Highly Axial Magnetic Anisotropy in a N3O5 Dysprosium(III) Coordination Environment Generated by a Merocyanine Ligand

A spiropyran‐based switchable ligand isomerizes upon reaction with lanthanide(III) precursors to generate complexes with an unusual N₃O₅ coordination sphere. The air‐stable dysprosium(III) complex shows a hysteresis loop at 2 K and a very strong axial magnetic anisotropy generated by the merocyanine phenolate donor.     

Overcoming Symmetry Mismatch in Vaccine Nanoassembly through Spontaneous Amidation

Matching of symmetry at interfaces is a fundamental obstacle in molecular assembly. Virus‐like particles (VLPs) are important vaccine platforms against pathogenic threats, including Covid‐19. However, symmetry mismatch can prohibit vaccine nanoassembly. We established an approach for coupling VLPs to diverse antigen symmetries. SpyCatcher003 enabled efficient VLP conjugation and extreme thermal resilience. Many people had pre‐existing antibodies to SpyTag:SpyCatcher but less to the 003 variants. We coupled the computer‐designed VLP not only to monomers (SARS‐CoV‐2) but also to cyclic dimers (Newcastle disease, Lyme disease), trimers (influenza hemagglutinins), and tetramers (influenza neuraminidases). Even an antigen with dihedral symmetry could be displayed. For the global challenge of influenza, SpyTag‐mediated display of trimer and tetramer antigens strongly induced neutralizing antibodies. SpyCatcher003 conjugation enables nanodisplay of diverse symmetries towards generation of potent vaccines.     

Electrochemical sensors of heavy metals using novel polymer-modified glassy carbon electrodes

Electroanalytical determination of heavy metals using stripping voltammetry is commonly employed and has many advantages over other methods. The sensitivity of the technique is greatly improved by employing different modified electrodes. Seven novel polymer-modified glassy carbon electrodes have been developed in this investigation for the trace analysis of heavy metals such as zinc, cadmium, lead, arsenic, and copper in formulated samples of waters by square wave stripping voltammetry. Very good responses have been observed for all the metals, while all the modified electrodes employed. The poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-modified electrode has resulted in very low limit of detection (LOD) value. Comparison is made between literature results of LOD and the results obtained in this study. An independent atomic absorption spectroscopic analysis of the industrial wastewater sample was carried out and the results compared. The suitability of the method for practical application was ascertained by applying the procedure for the wastewater from a plating industry.     

A new benchmark for transient analysis of laminated plate elements

Conclusions In this paper, a new benchmark was presented to verify the finite element method programs for analysis of composite element impact problems. The benchmark presented possesses a double contact between the impactor and the laminated plate. The results of the analytical solution were presented, and compared with the results obtained by a commercially available FEM-program. This work was an example of a numerical solution method verification, and the test was found suitable as a benchmark due to its simplicity in modeling and its versatility in assessing programs.Published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 209–215, March–April, 1995.Presented at the Ninth International Conference on the Mechanics of Composite Materials (Riga, October, 1995).     

Structure of antitumor agents 2-acetylpyridinethiosemicarbazone hemihydrate and 2-acetylpyridinethiosemicarbazone hydrochloride

The structures of two antitumor agents, 2-acetylpyridinethiosemicarbazone hemihydrate (1), C₁₈H₁₁N₄O_0.5S, colorless,M _r 203.3, monoclinic,P2₁ lc,a=16.713(3),b=9.460(2),c=12.642(2) ?, β=97.60(1)°,V=1981.2(6) ?³,Z=8,R=0.054,R _w =0.085 and 2-acetylpyridinethiosemicarbazone hydrochloride (2), C₁₈H₁₂N₄SCl, yellow,M _r =230.7, monoclinic,P2₁ ln,a=7.676(2),b=7.889(1),c=17.452(4), ?, β=100.96(2)°,V=1037.5(4) ?³ Z=4,R=0.041,R _w =0.076, have been determined. Both compounds exhibit an E configuration(S atomtrans to the N atom of the hydrazine group). Three hydrogen bonds link the two crystallographically independent molecules in a pairwise fashion in the hemihydrate. An intramolecular N−H...Cl bond lends extra conformational stability to the hydrochloride salt.     

Generic fast gradient liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry techniques for the assessment of the in vitro permeability across the blood-brain barrier in drug discovery

Rapid, generic gradient liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) assays, designed to accelerate sample analyses, have been developed to keep pace with the productivity of advanced synthetic procedures. In this study, LC/MS/MS was combined with an in vitro, cell-based, blood-brain barrier (BBB) model to evaluate the potential of new chemical entities (NCEs) to cross the BBB. This in vitro assay provides the permeability of discovery compounds across a monolayer of a primary culture of bovine brain microvessel endothelial cells in a fraction of the time that is required for in vivo studies (brain/plasma concentrations), using only 2 mg of the compound. The results are consistent with in vivo brain/plasma concentration ratio data.     

Alkali ion exchanged Nafion as a confining medium for photochemical reactions

Methanol-swollen Nafion beads were used as microreactors to control the photochemical reaction pathways. Product selectivity in three unimolecular reactions, namely, the photo-Fries rearrangement of naphthyl esters, Norrish Type I reaction of 1-phenyl-3-p-tolyl-propan-2-one and Norrish Type I and Type II reactions of benzoin alkyl ethers were examined. The influence of cations over the photodimerization of acenaphthylene and cross-photodimerization between acenaphthylene and N-benzyl maleimide included within Nafion were also examined. The photochemical behaviors of the above substrates were significantly altered within Nafion compared with their solution photochemistry. Of particular interest, the product distributions were found to depend on the counter cations of Nafion.