Collective Total Synthesis of Englerin A and B,Orientalol E and F,and Oxyphyllol: Application of the Organocatalytic [4+3] Cycloaddition Reaction

The concise collective total synthesis of englerin A and B, orientalol E and F, and oxyphyllol has been accomplished in 10–15 steps, with the total synthesis of orientalol E and oxyphyllol being achieved for the first time. The success obtained was enabled by the realization of the [4+3] cycloaddition reaction of 9 and 10 . Other features of the synthesis include 1) the intramolecular Heck reaction to access the azulene core, 2) the epoxidation–S_N2′ reduction sequence to access the allylic alcohol, 3) the efficient regioselective and stereoselective formal hydration of the bridging C?C bond in the synthesis of englerins, and 4) the late‐stage chemo‐ and stereoselective C? H oxidation in the synthesis of orientalol E. The total synthesis of these natural products has enabled the structural revision of oxyphyllol and established the absolute stereochemical features of the organocatalytic [4+3] cycloaddition reaction. The identification of 5 as the natural product oxyphyllol, the success in converting 5 to orientalol E, along with the fact that englerins and oxyphyllol were isolated from plants of the same genus Phyllanthus gives support to our proposed biosynthetic pathways. This work may enable detailed biological evaluations of these natural products and their analogues and derivatives, especially of their potential in the fight against renal cell carcinoma (RCC).     

Quantum Chemical Insight of the Dimetallic Sulfide Endohedral Fullerene Sc2S@C70: Does It Possess the Conventional D5h Cage?

Like C₆₀, C₇₀ is one of the most representative fullerenes in fullerene science. Even though there are 8149 C₇₀ isomers, only two of them have been found before: the conventional D_5h and an isolated pentagon rule (IPR)‐violating C_2v(7854). Through the use of quantum chemical methods, we report a new unconventional C₇₀ isomer, C₂(7892), which survives in the form of dimetallic sulfide endohedral fullerene Sc₂S@C₇₀. Compared with the IPR‐obeying C₇₀ and the C_2v(7854) fullerene with three pairs of pentagon adjacencies, the C₂(7892) cage violates the isolated pentagon rule and has two pairs of pentagon adjacencies. In Sc₂S@C₂(7892)‐C₇₀, two scandium atoms coordinate with two pentalene motifs, respectively, presenting two equivalent Sc? S bonds. The strong coordination interaction, along with the electron transfer from the Sc₂S cluster to the fullerene cage, results in the stabilization of the non‐IPR endohedral fullerene. The electronic structure of Sc₂S@C₇₀ can be formally described as [Sc₂S]⁴⁺@[C₇₀]^4?; however, a substantial overlap between the metallic orbitals and cage orbitals has also been found. Electrochemical properties and electronic absorption, infrared, and ¹³C NMR spectra of Sc₂S@C₇₀ have been calculated theoretically.     

Determination of the total purity of a high-purity silver material to be used as a primary standard for element determination

A candidate material for the use as primary standard for silver determination was characterized with respect to total purity. Except the radioactive elements and He, all possible impurities were considered. Based on glow discharge mass spectrometry, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry and carrier gas hot extraction measurements, the demonstrated total purity and its standard uncertainty is w(Ag) = (99.999 52 ± 0.000 11) %. The purity value and its uncertainty is dominated by the contributions from the measurements of the nonmetallic impurities, namely S, N, C and O.     

Effect of hydrolysis degree of hydrolyzed polyacrylamide grafted carboxymethyl cellulose on dye removal efficiency

In this present work, a series of hydrolyzed polyacrylamide grafted carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC-g-HPAM) was prepared. The structure and solution properties of CMC-g-HPAM were characterized by FTIR, ¹H-NMR, elemental analysis and zeta potential measurements. The graft copolymers were applied as flocculants to remove methylene blue (MB), a cationic dye, from aqueous solutions. In comparison with its precursors, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and polyacrylamide CMC-g-PAM, CMC-g-HPAM exhibited higher removal efficiencies. Furthermore, the flocculation performance of the copolymers was significantly improved with the increase of the hydrolysis degree, and the MB removal efficiency was more than 90 % when the hydrolysis degree of CMC-g-HPAM was higher than 80 %. More importantly, image analysis in combination with fractal theory demonstrated that the graft copolymers could produce notably denser and larger flocs, which was of great significance in practical water treatment. The improved flocculation performance was ascribed to both charge neutralization and bridging effects.     

Multi-functional coating of cellulose nanocrystals for flexible packaging applications

In this paper, we systematically address the performance of cellulose nanocrystals (CNs) coated flexible food packaging films. Firstly, the morphology of CNs from cotton linters and homogeneity of its coating on different substrates were characterized by transmission electronic microscopy and atomic force microscopy. Then, the 1.5 μm thick CNs coating on polyethylene terephthalate (PET), oriented polypropylene, oriented polyamide (OPA), and cellophane films were characterized for their mechanical, optical, anti-fog, and barrier properties. CNs coating reduces the coefficient of friction while maintaining high transparency (~90 %) and low haze (3–4 %) values, and shows excellent anti-fog properties and remarkable oxygen barrier (oxygen permeability coefficient of CNs coating, P’O₂, 0.003 cm³ μm m^?2 24 h^?1 kPa^?1). In addition, the Gelbo flex test combined with oxygen permeance (PO₂) measurements and optical microscopy are firstly reported for evaluating the durability of coatings, revealing that the CNs coated PET and OPA provide the best performance among the investigated coated films. CNs are therefore considered to be a promising multi-functional coating for flexible food packaging.     

Microstructure, distribution and properties of conductive polypyrrole/cellulose fiber composites

Highly intrinsic conductive polypyrrole/cellulose fiber composites (CF) were successfully prepared through in situ chemical oxidation polymerization simply by increasing fiber concentration at the same dosage of pyrrole, oxidant and dopant (based on the weight of dry fiber). FeCl₃ and anthraquinone-2-sulfonic acid sodium salt (AQSNa) were utilized as oxidant and dopant. As fiber concentration increased from 1 % (CF1) to 20 % (CF20), N and S content increased from 0.24 and 0.25 % to 1.24 and 0.89 %, and great increase in the retention of PPy and AQSNa was confirmed by elemental analysis. In addition, on the surface of conductive fiber, PPy of compact fibroid structure was detected instead of interconnected globular structure at higher fiber concentration. Furthermore, scanning transmission electron microscope and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)-depth profile analysis demonstrated denser and more uniformly distributed PPy inside fiber wall for CF20, while PPy tended to deposit on the surface of fiber for CF1. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, together with XPS certified that the PPy with longer conjugation length and higher doping level across the conductive fiber was obtained at higher fiber concentration. The doping level for CF10 decreased from 21.55 to 16.39 % with increasing fiber wall thickness, while that of CF20 decreased slightly from 30.73 to 24.10 %. The resulting CF20 showed lowest surface resistivity of 0.433 KΩ/square, as well as improved electro-conductivity stability. The incorporation of more PPy in CF improved the thermal stability.     

CdSe/泡沫镍薄膜电极对结晶紫的光电催化降解

采用恒电位电沉积法,以泡沫镍为基底电极,制备了CdSe/泡沫镍薄膜电极,采用扫描电子显微镜、紫外可见漫反射光谱和能谱分析表征了CdSe薄膜的形貌及其组成。应用该电极研究结晶紫溶液在光电催化降解过程中的COD去除率。结果表明,以白炽灯(100 W,2只)为光源,采用电沉积30 min所得的CdSe/泡沫镍薄膜电极为工作电极,外加偏压为0.4 V(vs.SCE),0.01 mol/L NaCl为电解质,光电催化降解浓度为0.001 g/L的结晶紫溶液120 min,COD去除率达到84.3%。     

液相色谱-串联质谱测定降血糖功能食品中双胍类药物

建立了降血糖功能食品中二甲双胍和苯乙双胍的液相色谱-串联质谱测定方法。采用体积比1:1的甲醇-乙醇溶液超声提取降血糖功能食品降糖粉、奶粉、口服液、胶囊、清渴茶中的二甲双胍和苯乙双胍,提取液经WCX固相萃取柱净化后,以乙腈和2 mmol/L NH4Ac溶液(含0.1%甲酸)为流动相进行梯度洗脱,经Agilent ZORBAX Eclipse XDB-C18色谱柱分离,电喷雾正离子(ESI+)模式电离,多反应监测(MRM)模式检测,基质回收标准曲线定量。二甲双胍和苯乙双胍的定量限(LOQ)均为10.0μg/kg,在不同基质中添加水平为10.0,20.0,50.0μg/kg时,二甲双胍和苯乙双胍的平均回收率分别为92.7%～99.6%和91.3%～100.3%,RSD分别为2.1%～8.4%和1.1%～11%。本方法可用于降血糖功能食品中双胍类药物的测定和确证。     

邻苯二酚和对苯二酚在电活化玻碳电极上的电化学行为及同时测定

制备了电活化的玻碳电极,利用循环伏安法研究了邻苯二酚和对苯二酚在该电极上的电化学行为,结果表明该电极对两者的氧化还原具有很好的电催化能力。在0.1 mol/L PBS(pH 7.0)中,采用示差脉冲伏安法对对苯二酚和邻苯二酚分别测定和同时测定,对苯二酚和邻苯二酚的氧化峰电流与其浓度分别在3.0×10-7～1.2×10-5 mol/L和1.0×10-7～1.2×10-5 mol/L范围内呈良好的线性关系,检测限分别为1.0×10-7和6.34×10-8mol/L(S/N=3)。该法已用于模拟废水样中对苯二酚和邻苯二酚的测定。     

固相微萃取-气相色谱-质谱法检测30种农药残留

建立使用一种萃取头同时检测蔬菜中30种农药的GC-MS分析方法。采用了SPME-GC/MS自动进样技术,比较聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)、聚丙烯酸酯(PA)、聚二甲基硅氧烷-二乙烯基苯(PDMS/DVB)、聚乙二醇-二乙烯基苯(CW/DVB)4种固定相涂层的分析效果,选择了目标物萃取效率较高、干扰物萃取较少的PDMS。通过正交实验设计,选择不同的萃取温度、萃取时间、振荡速度进行试验,最终确定振荡速度250 r/min,萃取温度70℃,萃取时间60 min作为萃取条件。对不同的无机盐浓度对标准品溶液和加入基质标准品溶液的提取效率的影响分别进行了试验,确定用10%(w/V)NaCl溶液增加提取液离子强度。试验过程中优化分析的色谱条件和质谱条件,进样到分析结束时间可控制在40 min。该方法检测蔬菜样品中混合标准溶液的回收率为43%～119%,相对标准偏差在3.4%～19%之间。