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Tingting Guo Jie Yang Xiaoli Sun Yuhang Wang Liying Yang Guimei Kong Hongmei Jiao Guangyu Bao Guocai Li 《Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)》2022,27(17)
The CRISPR-Cas system is a bacterial and archaea adaptive immune system and is a newly recognized mechanism for controlling antibiotic resistance gene transfer. Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is an important organism responsible for a variety of nosocomial infections. A. baumannii infections have become problematic worldwide because of the resistance of A. baumannii to multiple antibiotics. Thus, it is clinically significant to explore the relationship between the CRISPR-Cas system and drug resistance in A. baumannii. This study aimed to analyze the genomic characteristics of the A. baumannii strain AB3 containing the type I-Fb CRISPR-Cas system, which was isolated from a tertiary care hospital in China, and to investigate the relationship between the CRISPR-Cas system and antibiotic resistance in this strain. The whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of the AB43 strain was performed using Illumina and PacBio sequencing. The complete genome of AB43 consisted of a 3,854,806 bp chromosome and a 104,309 bp plasmid. The specific characteristics of the CRISPR-Cas system in AB43 are described as follows: (1) The strain AB43 carries a complete type I-Fb CRISPR-Cas system; (2) Homology analysis confirmed that the cas genes in AB43 share high sequence similarity with the same subtype cas genes; (3) A total of 28 of 105 A. baumannii AB43 CRISPR spacers matched genes in the bacteriophage genome database and the plasmid database, implying that the CRISPR-Cas system in AB43 provides immunity against invasive bacteriophage and plasmids; (4) None of the CRISPR spacers in A. baumannii AB43 were matched with antimicrobial resistance genes in the NCBI database. In addition, we analyzed the presence of antibiotic resistance genes and insertion sequences in the AB43 strain and found that the number of antibiotic resistance genes was not lower than in the “no CRISPR-Cas system” strain. This study supports the idea that the CRISPR-Cas system may inhibit drug-resistance gene expression via endogenous gene regulation, except to the published mechanism that the CRISPR-Cas system efficiently limits the acquisition of antibiotic resistance genes that make bacteria sensitive to antibiotics. 相似文献
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Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii), is a Gram negative, coccobacilli and is associated with nosocomial infections. The bacterium has developed resistance to all known classes of antibiotics. Multi-drug resistant A. baumannii infections have been treated with the carbapenem group of antibiotics like imipenem and meropenem. Recent reports indicate that A. baumannii has acquired resistance to imipenem due to the secretion of carbapenem hydrolysing class D beta-lactamases (CHDLs). Such CHDLs found in carbapenem resistant A. baumannii belongs to OXA-143 and its variant OXA-231, which has Alanine (A) in place of Aspartic acid (D) at sequence position 224. The mutation of the OXA-231 CHDL alters the catalytic activity of the enzyme. Hence, the present study was carried out to find the probable mechanism of imipenem resistance in OXA-143 and OXA-231 (D224A) CHDLs expressing A. baumannii by employing molecular docking and dynamics. Methods Our study reveals that OXA-143 CHDL-imipenem complex has more binding affinity than OXA-231 (D224A) CHDL-imipenem complex. Our results indicate that there is a strong binding affinity of OXA-143 with imipenem when compared with OXA-243 and this mechanism might be the probable reason for imipenem resistance in OXA-143 expressing A. baumannii strains. 相似文献
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Sabrina Steinwand Thomas Halbritter Dominique Rastädter Dr. Juan Manuel Ortiz‐Sánchez Prof. Dr. Irene Burghardt Prof. Dr. Alexander Heckel Prof. Dr. Josef Wachtveitl 《Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2015,21(44):15720-15731
Ultrafast UV/Vis pump/probe experiments on ortho‐, meta‐ and para‐hydroxy‐substituted azobenzenes (HO‐ABs), as well as for sulfasalazine, an AB‐based drug, were performed in aqueous solution. For meta‐HO‐AB, AB‐like isomerisation behaviour can be observed, whereas, for ortho‐HO‐AB, fast proton transfer occurs, resulting in an excited keto species. For para‐HO‐AB, considerable keto/enol tautomerism proceeds in the ground state, so after excitation the trans‐keto species isomerises into the cis form. Aided by TD‐DFT calculations, insight is provided into different deactivation pathways for HO‐AB, and reveals the role of hydroxy groups in the photochemistry of ABs, as well as their acetylation regarding sulfasalazine. Hydroxy groups are position‐specific substituents for AB, which allow tuning of the timescale of thermal relaxation, as well as the amount and contribution of the keto species to photochemical processes. 相似文献
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Han Wu Hongtong Chen Jungan Zhang Xinxin Hu Chunyang Xie Weiting Cao Ziqi Zhao Zengshuo Xiao Yixin Ren Luyao Dong Peiyi Sun Xuefu You Xinyi Yang Wei Hong Hao Wang 《Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)》2022,27(23)
As a major public health problem, the prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) infections in hospitals due to the pathogen’s multiple-antibiotic resistance has attracted extensive attention. We previously reported a series of 1,3-diamino-7H-pyrrolo[3,2-f]quinazoline (PQZ) compounds, which were designed by targeting Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase (ecDHFR), and exhibited potent antibacterial activities. In the current study, based on our molecular-modeling study, it was proposed that PQZ compounds may function as potent A. baumannii DHFR (abDHFR)-inhibitors as well, which inspired us to consider their anti-A. baumannii abilities. We further found that three PQZ compounds, OYYF-171, -172, and -175, showed significant antibacterial activities against A. baumannii, including multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains, which are significantly stronger than the typical DHFR-inhibitor, trimethoprim (TMP), and superior to, or comparable to, the other tested antibacterial agents belonging to β-lactam, aminoglycoside, and quinolone. The significant synergistic effect between the representative compound OYYF-171 and the dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS)-inhibitor sulfamethoxazole (SMZ) was observed in both the microdilution-checkerboard assay and time-killing assay, which indicated that using SMZ in combination with PQZ compounds could help to reduce the required dosage and forestall resistance. Our study shows that PQZ is a promising scaffold for the further development of folate-metabolism inhibitors against MDR A. baumannii. 相似文献
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Several cerium(III) complexes with lacunary polyoxotungstates -B-XW9O9–
33 (X=AsIII, SbIII) and W5O6–
18, have been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray analysis, elemental analysis and IR spectroscopy. The X-ray analysis of Na25[Ce(H2O)5As4W40O140]63H2O (1) reveals the framework of the well-known [As4W40O140]28– anion with a {Ce(H2O)5}3+ unit in the central site S1. The anion in (NH4)19[(SbW9O33)4{WO2(H2O)}2Ce3(H2O)8(Sb4O4)]48H2O (2) consists of a tetrahedral assembly of four -B-SbIIIW9O9–
33 units connected by two additional six-coordinate tungsten atoms, three nine-coordinate monocapped square-antiprismatic cerium atoms and a Sb4O4 cluster. The CeIII center in the [Ce(W5O18)2]9– anion in Na9[Ce(W5O18)]NaCl30H2O (3) displays the square-antiprismatic environment observed in all complexes of the type [Ln(W5O18)2]
n–. 相似文献
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Idania Carrillo Carmen Quintana Ana M. Esteva Lucas Hernández Pedro Hernández 《Electroanalysis》2011,23(12):2862-2869
The formation of an inclusion complex between 4‐aminobiphenyl (4‐AB) and β‐cyclodextrin molecules (β‐CD), allows the use of thiolated β‐CDs as chemi‐adsorbed material on a Au electrode as a self‐assembled submonolayer for the selective square wave voltammetric determination of 4‐AB. The submonolayer was characterized by reductive desorption and an association constant of 1.2×104 L/mol was obtained. The optimization of variables yielded a linear dependence of ip/4‐AB concentration in the range of 10?5 to 10?4 mol/L. The selectivity of the method was evaluated in the presence of other aromatic amines obtaining better results with the modified electrode. This methodology was applied to the voltammetric determination of 4‐AB in wastewater samples. 相似文献
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Amol Chhatrapati Bisen Anjali Mishra Sristi Agrawal Sachin Nashik Sanap Arpon Biswas Sarvesh Kumar Verma Rabi Sankar Bhatta 《Journal of mass spectrometry : JMS》2024,59(6):e5031
Managing ocular microbial infections typically requires pharmacotherapy using antibiotic eye drops, such as moxifloxacin hydrochloride (MFX), combined with an antifungal agent like amphotericin B (AB). We carried out and validated an LC–MS/MS assay to quantify these compounds in rabbit tear fluid in order to look into the pharmacokinetics of these two drugs. We employed a protein precipitation technique for the extraction of drugs under examination. A Waters Symmetry C18 column was used to separate the analytes and internal standard. The composition of the mobile phase was like (A) 0.1% v/v formic acid in water and (B) methanol. The detection of MFX and AB was accomplished through the utilization of positive ion electrospray ionization under multiple reaction monitoring mode. The linearity curves for both analytes exhibited an acceptable trendline across a concentration range of 2.34–300 ng/mL for MFX and 7.81–1000 ng/mL for AB in surrogate rabbit tear fluid. The lower limit of quantitation for MFX was 2.34 ng/mL, while for AB, it was 7.81 ng/mL. The approach was strictly validated, encompassing tests of selectivity, linearity (with r2 > 0.99), precision, accuracy, matrix effects, and stability. Consequently, we employed this method to evaluate the pharmacokinetics profiles of MFX and AB in rabbit tear fluid following single topical doses. 相似文献
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Yue Wu Yanqiong Yang Dr. Yan Zhang Dr. Liwei Dai Dr. Wenhao Dong Dr. Huibin He Dr. Hao Li Prof. Dr. Zhihong Nie Prof. Dr. Yutao Sang 《Angewandte Chemie (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2024,136(1):e202313406
Colloidal molecules (CMs) are precisely defined assemblies of nanoparticles (NPs) that mimic the structure of real molecules, but externally programming the precise self-assembly of CMs is still challenging. In this work, we show that the photo-induced self-assembly of complementary copolymer-capped binary NPs can be precisely controlled to form clustered AB x or linear ( AB ) y CMs at high yield (x is the coordination number of NP- B s, and y is the repeating unit number of AB clusters). Under UV light irradiation, photolabile p-methoxyphenacyl groups of copolymers on NP- A *s are converted to carboxyl groups (NP- A ), which react with tertiary amines of copolymers on NP- B to trigger the directional NP bonding. The x value of AB x can be precisely controlled between 1 and 3 by varying the irradiation duration and hence the amount of carboxyl groups generated on NP- A s. Moreover, when NP- A * and NP- B are irradiated after mixing, the assembly process generates AB clusters or linear ( AB ) y structures with alternating sequence of the binary NPs. This assembly approach offers a simple yet non-invasive way to externally regulate the formation of various CMs on demand without the need of redesigning the surface chemistry of NPs for use in drug delivery, diagnostics, optoelectronics, and plasmonic devices. 相似文献
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S. Yilmaz I. Yalcin S. Okten F. K. Onurdag 《SAR and QSAR in environmental research》2017,28(11):941-956
AbstractAcinetobacter baumannii has emerged as an important pathogen for nosocomial infections having high morbidity and mortality. This pathogen is notorious for antimicrobial resistance to many common antimicrobial agents including fluoroquinolones, which have both intrinsic and acquired resistance mechanisms. Fluoroquinolones targeting the bacterial topoisomerase II (DNA gyrase and Topo IV) show potent broad-spectrum antibacterial activity by the stabilization of the covalent enzyme–DNA complex. However, their efficacy is now being threatened by an increasing prevalence of resistance. Fluoroquinolones cause stepwise mutations in DNA gyrase and Topo IV, having alterations of their binding sites. Furthermore, the water–Mg+2 bridge, which provides enzyme–fluoroquinolone interactions, has a significant role in resistance. In this study, 13 compounds were synthesized as 1,4-benzoxazine derivatives which act as bacterial topoisomerase II inhibitors and their antibacterial activities were determined against multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter strains which have ciprofloxacin (CIP) resistant and GyrA mutation. Afterwards we performed docking studies with Topo IV (pdb:2XKK) of these compounds to comprehend their binding properties in Discovery Studio 3.5. The results of this study show significant conclusions to elucidate the resistance mechanism and lead to the design of new antibacterial agents as bacterial topoisomerase II inhibitors. 相似文献
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L. Ait Said K. Zahlane I. Ghalbane S. El Messoussi C. Cavaleiro 《Natural product research》2015,29(6):582-585
The aim of this study was to analyse the composition of the essential oil (EO) of Lavandula coronopifolia from Morocco and to evaluate its in vitro antibacterial activity against antibiotic-resistant bacteria isolated from clinical infections. The antimicrobial activity was assessed by a broth micro-well dilution method using multiresistant clinical isolates of 11 pathogenic bacteria: Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae, Klebsiella ornithinolytica, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter cloacae, Enterobacter aerogenes, Providencia rettgeri, Citrobacter freundii, Hafnia alvei, Salmonella spp., Acinetobacter baumannii and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The main compounds of the oil were carvacrol (48.9%), E-caryophyllene (10.8%) and caryophyllene oxide (7.7%). The oil showed activity against all tested strains with minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values ranging between 1% and 4%. For most of the strains, the MIC value was equivalent to the minimal bactericidal concentration value, indicating a clear bactericidal effect of L. coronopifolia EO. 相似文献
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《Journal of Coordination Chemistry》2012,65(17):2903-2908
The Schiff base furfural-histidine with Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) in solution gives M(AB), M(AB)B, or M(AB)2. The Schiff base is tetradentate in M(AB)2 and M(AB)B and tridentate in M(AB)2; [M(AB)2] · 2H2O (M = Co, Ni and Zn) and [Cu(AB)]NO3 were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, molecular weight determination, conductance, IR, UV–Vis, and CV. The electronic spectral measurements indicate that M(AB)2 (M = Co(II) and Ni(II)) are octahedral and Cu(AB) is square planar geometry. The donor groups in the complexes have been identified by IR. The complexes undergo irreversible one step, two-electron reduction. Antibacterial activity of the complexes was screened for Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Cu(II) complex was found to be more active than the Co(II), Ni(II), and Zn(II) complexes. 相似文献
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CuxCo1−xO Nanoparticles on Graphene Oxide as A Synergistic Catalyst for High‐Efficiency Hydrolysis of Ammonia–Borane
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Kun Feng Dr. Jun Zhong Binhua Zhao Hui Zhang Dr. Lai Xu Prof. Dr. Xuhui Sun Prof. Dr. Shuit‐Tong Lee 《Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)》2016,55(39):11950-11954
Ammonia–borane (AB) is an excellent material for chemical storage of hydrogen. However, the practical utilization of AB for production of hydrogen is hindered by the need of expensive noble metal‐based catalysts. Here, we report CuxCo1?xO nanoparticles (NPs) facilely deposited on graphene oxide (GO) as a low‐cost and high‐performance catalyst for the hydrolysis of AB. This hybrid catalyst exhibits an initial total turnover frequency (TOF) value of 70.0 (H2) mol/(Cat‐metal) mol?min, which is the highest TOF ever reported for noble metal‐free catalysts, and a good stability keeping 94 % activity after 5 cycles. Synchrotron radiation‐based X‐ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) investigations suggested that the high catalytic performance could be attributed to the interfacial interaction between CuxCo1?xO NPs and GO. Moreover, the catalytic hydrolysis mechanism was studied by in situ XAS experiments for the first time, which reveal a significant water adsorption on the catalyst and clearly confirm the interaction between AB and the catalyst during hydrolysis. 相似文献
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Mine en Teker Erhan Karaca Nuran
ziek Pekmez Uur Tamer Kadir Pekmez 《Electroanalysis》2019,31(1):75-82
A poly(2‐aminophenylbenzimidazole)/gold nanoparticles (P2AB/AuNPs) coated disposable pencil graphite electrode (PGE) was fabricated as an enzyme‐free sensor for the H2O2 determination. P2AB/AuNPs and P2AB were successfully synthesized electrochemically on PGE in acetonitrile for the first time. The coatings were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction spectroscopy, Energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy, Surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy, and UV‐Vis spectroscopy. AuNPs interacted with P2AB as carrier enhances the electrocatalytic activity towards reduction of H2O2. The analytical performance was evaluated in a 100 mM phosphate buffer solution at pH 6.5 by amperometry. The steady state current vs. H2O2 concentration is linear in the range of 0.06 to 100 mM (R2=0.992) with a limit of detection 3.67×10?5 M at ?0.8 V vs. SCE and no interference is caused by ascorbic acid, dopamine, uric acid, and glucose. The examination for the sensitive determination of H2O2 was conducted in commercially available hair oxidant solution. The results demonstrate that P2AB/AuNPs/PGE has potential applications as a sensing material for quantitative determination of H2O2. 相似文献
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Nana Ma Mengxiao Song Qi Meng Changgeng Wei Guisheng Zhang 《International journal of quantum chemistry》2020,120(9):e26162
For the traditional reduction of ketones and aldehydes, NH3BH3 ( AB ) and N-methyl amine borane ( M n AB ) have been effective reducing agents. However, the reaction process is indefinite and different mechanisms have been proposed; also the solvent effect, which is closely related to the mechanism, has not been considered seriously. Here we employ density functional theory to carry out a comprehensive study on the mechanism. The calculated free energy of the concerted double hydrogen transfer process is lower than the hydroboration mechanism by 4.7 kcal/mol, which indicates that reduction of carbonyl by AB is likely due to be the concerted double hydrogen transfer in both aprotic (tetrahydrofuran) and protic (MeOH) solvents. For the reduction by M n AB , the corresponding free energies of all reactions are higher than those of AB . Meanwhile, the reduction of benzaldehyde by M n AB (n = 1, 2) also favors a concerted double hydrogen transfer rather than hydroboration. 相似文献
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Thissa N. Siriwardena Alexandre Lüscher Thilo Khler Christian vanDelden Sacha Javor Jean‐Louis Reymond 《Helvetica chimica acta》2019,102(4)
We recently reported the discovery of antimicrobial peptide dendrimers (AMPDs) acting by a membrane‐disruptive mechanism against multidrug resistant pathogenic bacteria. Here, we combined amino acid sequence elements from different AMPDs with different activity profiles to form AMPD chimeras. By joining the outer branches of TNS18 , an AMPD active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, with the core of T7 , another AMPD active against P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae, we obtained AMPD chimera DC5 displaying all previously observed activities while retaining a similar mechanism of action. These experiments show that chimera design represents a useful strategy to improve the properties of AMPDs. 相似文献
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Integration of Temperature and Blue‐Light Sensing in Acinetobacter baumannii Through the BlsA Sensor
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Inés Abatedaga Lorena Valle Adrián E. Golic Gabriela L. Müller Matías Cabruja Faustino E. Morán Vieyra Paula C. Jaime María Alejandra Mussi Claudio D. Borsarelli 《Photochemistry and photobiology》2017,93(3):805-814
BlsA is a BLUF photoreceptor present in Acinetobacter baumannii, responsible for modulation of motility, biofilm formation and virulence by light. In this work, we have combined physiological and biophysical evidences to begin to understand the basis of the differential photoregulation observed as a function of temperature. Indeed, we show that blsA expression is reduced at 37°C, which correlates with negligible photoreceptor levels in the cells, likely accounting for absence of photoregulation at this temperature. Another point of control occurs on the functionality of the BlsA photocycle itself at different temperatures, which occurs with an average quantum yield of photoactivation of the signaling state of 0.20 ± 0.03 at 15°C < T < 25°C, but is practically inoperative at T > 30°C, as a result of conformational changes produced in the nanocavity of FAD. This effect would be important when the photoreceptor is already present in the cell to avoid almost instantaneously further signaling process when it is no longer necessary, for example under circumstances of temperature changes possibly faced by the bacteria. This complex interplay between light and temperature would provide the bacteria clues of environmental location and dictate/modulate light photosensing in A. baumannii. 相似文献
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Ammonia borane (AB) is used as a combustion agent to improve the properties of high explosives. The detonation velocity (Dv) and detonation pressure (P) of raw high explosives and of samples containing AB were calculated and compared. The detonation properties, impact sensitivities, thermal sensitivities, and thermal decomposition characteristics of high explosives containing AB were also measured. The results indicated that when the AB content was 20 wt‐%, the optimal detonation velocity and detonation pressure were achieved. Both the detonation velocity and detonation pressure of the high explosives containing AB were clearly increased compared with those of the raw high explosives. Moreover, the detonation velocities of high explosives containing AB were 7078 to 7423 m · s–1 and their density ranged from 1.570 to 1.589 g · cm–3. The detonation pressure ranged from 34.5 to 37 GPa and the average heat of detonation was 6688 J · g–1. Furthermore, the impact and thermal sensitivities were 170 cm and 613 K, respectively, whereas a slight change occurred in the thermal decomposition characteristics. These results suggest that AB can serve as a powerful combustible agent in energetic materials and improve the detonation properties and sensitivities of high explosives. 相似文献
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Liangshen Duan Qin Nie Yongxin Hu Liming Wang Kaiyan Guo Zhuoyi Zhou Xu Song Yuanhong Tu Hui Liu Thomas Hansen Jian-song Sun Qingju Zhang 《Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)》2023,62(33):e202306971
Herein, we described the first synthesis of the pentasaccharide and decasaccharide of the A. baumannii ATCC 17961 O-antigen for developing a synthetic carbohydrate-based vaccine against A. baumannii infection. The efficient synthesis of the rare sugar 2,3-diacetamido-glucuronate was achieved using our recently introduced organocatalytic glycosylation method. We found, for the first time, that long-range levulinoyl group participation via a hydrogen bond can result in a significantly improved β-selectivity in glycosylations. This solves the stereoselectivity problem of highly branched galactose acceptors. The proposed mechanism was supported by control experiments and DFT computations. Benefiting from the long-range levulinoyl group participation strategy, the pentasaccharide donor and acceptor were obtained via an efficient [2+1+2] one-pot glycosylation method and were used for the target decasaccharide synthesis. 相似文献
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Synthesis and physical properties of highly branched perfluorinated polymers from AB and AB2 monomers
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Matthew J. Quast Aaron D. Argall Cassandra J. Hager Anja Mueller 《Journal of polymer science. Part A, Polymer chemistry》2015,53(16):1880-1894
Highly branched perfluorinated aromatic polyether copolymers were prepared from the polycondensation of the AB2 monomer, 3,5‐bis[(pentafluorobenzyl)oxy]benzyl alcohol with a variety of fluoroaryl and alkyl bromide AB comonomers. The structures and comonomer distribution of the resulting polymers were characterized in detail. 1H NMR data from kinetic trials illustrated that perfluoroaryl AB comonomer distribution correlated to AB comonomer sterics. 19F NMR data revealed that fluorinated AB monomers and 3‐bromo‐1‐propanol AB monomers were distributed within the AB2 polymer backbone, while longer alkyl bromide AB monomers, 6‐bromo‐1‐hexanol, were mostly distributed along hyperbranched polymer chain ends. In general, as AB comonomer incorporation increased for nonsterically hindered copolymers, thermal decomposition onset increased and glass transition temperatures decreased. The combined data demonstrated the effect of comonomer distribution and sterics on physical properties of AB2‐based polymer systems. The resulting materials were used to cast thin polymer films for measurement of contact angle, which were shown to be directly related to comonomer content. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2015 , 53, 1880–1894 相似文献
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Alexander L. Gulledge Xiaoming Chen Brian C. Benicewicz 《Journal of polymer science. Part A, Polymer chemistry》2014,52(5):619-628
In the present work, a unique series of random polybenzimidazole (PBI) copolymers consisting of the recently reported novel isomeric AB‐PBI (i‐AB‐PBI) and the well known AB‐PBI were synthesized. The i‐AB‐PBI incorporates additional linkages (2,2 and 5,5) in the benzimidazole sequence when compared with AB‐PBI. Random copolymers, varying in composition at 10 mol % increments, were synthesized to evaluate the effects of sequence isomerism in the polymer main chain without altering the fundamental chemical composition or functionality of a polymer chain consisting of 2,5‐benzimidazole units. Polymer solutions were prepared in polyphosphoric acid (PPA) and cast into membranes using the sol–gel PPA process. The resulting polymers were found to have high inherent viscosities (>2.0 dL/g) and showed elevated membrane proton conductivities (~0.2 S/cm) under anhydrous conditions at 180 °C. Fuel cell performance evaluations were conducted, and an average output voltage ranging from 0.5 to 0.60 V at 0.2 A/cm2 was observed for hydrogen/air at an operational temperature of 180 °C without applied backpressure or humidification. Herein, we report for the first time glass transition (Tg) temperatures for AB‐PBI, i‐AB‐PBI, and an anomalous Tg effect for the series of randomized PBIs. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2014 , 52, 619–628 相似文献