X-ray diffraction study of mesogenic 4-methoxyphenyl-4′-n-nonyloxybenzoate

4-methoxyphenyl-4′-n-nonyloxybenzoate have been investigated by single crystal X-ray structural analysis. Crystal packing of the compounds does not represent a precursor of the mesophse although the typical for liquid crystal compounds separation of crystal packing on aromatic and aliphatic areas is observed here. Possible reason for monotropic properties are discussed.     

柠檬果茶中游离态和键合态挥发性成分分析

以柠檬果茶为研究对象,建立了顶空固相微萃取前处理结合气相色谱质谱联用技术测定其中挥发性化合物的分析方法。采用开水冲泡对样品进行提取,通过Amberlite XAD-2大孔吸附树脂对柠檬果茶中的糖苷类挥发性组分键合,分离游离态和键合态化合物,甲醇溶剂作为洗脱剂对键合态化合物进行洗脱,Almondsβ-D-葡萄糖苷酶对其酶解。使用气质联用对样品中游离态和键合态挥发性成分进行检测,其结果根据数据库匹配和对比文献保留时间定性,内标法进行定量。结果表明,柠檬果茶中含有游离态物质24种,键合态物质16种,主要为(+)-柠檬烯、1-辛醇、橙花醇、(-)-4-萜品醇、alpha-松油醇等。方法为花果茶干燥工艺提供参考。     

Enhanced headspace single drop microextraction method using deep eutectic solvent based magnetic bucky gels: Application to the determination of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons in water and urine samples

A facile headspace single drop microextraction method was developed using deep eutectic solvent‐based magnetic bucky gel as the extraction solvent for the first time. The hydrophobic magnetic bucky gel was formed by combining choline chloride/chlorophenol deep eutectic solvent and magnetic multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposite. Magnetic susceptibility, high viscosity, high sorbing ability, and tunable extractability of organic analytes are the desirable advantages of the prepared gel. Using a rod magnet as a suspensor in combination with the magnetic susceptibility of the prepared gel resulted in a highly stable droplet. This stable droplet eliminated the possibility of drop dislodgement. The prepared droplet made it possible to complete the extraction process in high temperatures and elevated agitation rates. Furthermore, using larger micro‐droplet volumes without any operational problems became possible. These facts resulted in shorter sample preparation time, higher sensitivity of the method, and lower detection limits. Under the optimized conditions, an enrichment factor of 520–587, limit of detection of 0.05–0.90 ng/mL, and linearity range of 0.2–2000 ng/mL (coefficient of determination = 0.9982–0.9995) were obtained. Relative standard deviations were < 10%. This method was successfully coupled with gas chromatography and used for the determination of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene isomers as harmful volatile organic compounds in water and urine samples.     

UPLC–ESI–Q-TOF–MS/MS analysis of anticancer fractions from Ophiocordyceps xuefengensis and Ophiocordyceps sinensis

Ophiocordyceps xuefengensis (O. xuefengensis), a new species of caterpillar fungus, has been identified as the sister taxon of Ophiocordyceps sinensis (O. sinensis). The aims of the present study are to evaluate the anticancer activity and to qualitatively analyze the potential bioactive chemical constituents of O. xuefengensis and O. sinensis, comparatively. An MTT assay was used to evaluate the in vitro anticancer activities of different fractions from O. xuefengensis and O. sinensis. The results show that ethyl acetate fractions of O. xuefengensis and O. sinensis have significant in vitro anticancer activity. These two bioactive fractions were analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization with quadrupole–time of flight tandem mass spectrometry technology. A total of 82 compounds and 101 compounds were identified or tentatively characterized in the bioactive fractions of O. xuefengensis and O. sinensis, respectively. Among these compounds, 68 existed in both O. xuefengensis and O. sinensis. A total of 67 compounds were reported in O. xuefengensis and 8 compounds were reported in caterpillar fungus for the first time. This is the first detailed comparative analysis of the in vitro anticancer activity and chemical ingredients between O. xuefengensis and O. sinensis. The application of this work will provide reliable fundamental pharmacological substances for the use of O. xuefengensis by Yao people.     

Catalyst-Free Arylation of Tertiary Phosphines with Diaryliodonium Salts Enabled by Visible Light

The visible-light-induced arylation of tertiary phosphines with aryl(mesityl)iodonium triflates to produce the quaternary phosphonium salts occurs under mild, metal, and catalyst-free conditions. Photo-excited EDA complexes between diaryliodonium salts and phosphines supposedly enable this transformation, which is difficult to achieve through the traditional ground-state reactions. Demonstrating high functional group tolerance, broad scope, and complete selectivity of the aryl group transfer, the method is particularly compatible with sterically congested phosphines, which are challenging under metal-based catalytic methods.     

GPR40 受体苯丙酸类激动剂三维定量构效关系研究

苯丙酸类化合物是G蛋白偶联受体40(GPR40)潜在的生物活性药物。本文基于比较分子力场分析法(Co MFA)和比较分子相似性指数分析法(CoMSIA),分别建立了40个已知活性的GPR40受体苯丙酸类激动剂的三维定量构效关系(3D-QSAR)模型,研究该类激动剂与生物活性之间的关系。CoMFA和CoMSIA模型的交叉验证系数(q~2)分别为0. 527和0. 500,拟合验证系数(r~2)分别为0. 901和0. 860,两个3D-QSAR模型预测值与实验值基本一致,表明模型具有良好的可信度和预测能力。根据两个3D-QSAR模型提供的立体场、静电场、疏水场、氢键供体场和氢键受体场所提供的信息提出优化该类抑制剂结构的药物设计思路,为指导设计更高活性的GPR40激动剂以及GRR40新分子激动活性的预测提供理论依据。     

More QACs,more questions: Recent advances in structure activity relationships and hurdles in understanding resistance mechanisms

Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are a class of antimicrobials that have been around for over a century; nevertheless, they have found continued renewal in the structures to which they can be appended. Ranging from antimicrobial polymers to adding novel modes of action to existing antibiotics, QACs have found ongoing use due to their potent properties. However, resistance against QACs has begun to emerge, and the mechanism of resistance is still only partially understood. In this review, we aim to summarize the current state of the field and what is known about the mechanisms of resistance so that the QACs of the future can be designed to be evermore efficacious and utilized to unearth the remaining mysteries that surround bacteria’s resistance to them.     

Cycloadditions of anionic N-heterocyclic carbenes of sydnone imines

Sydnone imines were deprotonated with lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide at the C4 position to give the corresponding sydnone imine anions as lithium adducts. These can be represented as lithium stabilized anionic N-heterocyclic carbenes. Treatment with diisopropyl azodicarboxylate (DIAD) gave the corresponding C4 adducts, i.e. 4-hydrazinyl-sydnone imines, which form tautomers in solution. Reductive 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of the sydnone imine anions with tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) resulted in the formation of pyrazoles, the mechanism of formation of which differs from known reactions. Reaction of the anion derived from the 2-methoxyphenyl sydnone imine with N,N-diisopropylcarbodiimide gave a ring-cleaved bisiminonitrile. Structure elucidations were accomplished by NMR spectroscopy and by four single crystal X-ray analyses.     

From Heptazines to Triazines – On the Formation of Poly(triazine imide)

Poly(triazine imide), a 2D extended carbon nitride network compound that is obtained from ionothermal synthesis in LiCl/KCl or LiBr/KBr salt melt has been known for over a decade. We now have investigated the formation process of this material starting from various triazine‐ and heptazine‐based precursors as well as the differences between ionothermal and conventional synthesis via thermal condensation. Independent of chosen starting material, melem (triamino‐s‐heptazine) is initially formed from the starting material as the imminent precursor to poly(triazine imide). We elucidate the impact of various different carbon nitride precursor compounds on the formation process, propose a mechanism for the back reaction of heptazines to triazines, and rationalize the occurring processes.