Influence of microwave irradiation on DNA hybridization and polymerase reactions

We report herein that exposure of DNA to microwave irradiation at constant temperature leads to faster strand exchange, as compared with same experiments carried out in a water bath at the same temperature. Furthermore, polymerase chain reactions carried out under microwave irradiation were faster than those in a water bath at the same temperature as well. While the causes of these differences are unclear at this time, this research suggests that microwave irradiation can lead to subtle changes in DNA structural dynamics and functions.     

微波场对固态氧离子导体上的甲烷氧化偶朕的影响

研究了微波场下甲烷在具有Bi2O3结构的固态氧离子导体上氧化偶联反应行为．与常规加热条件下的反应结果相比较,微波辐照下的反应有如下特点;（1）在达到相同甲烷转化率时,微波辐照下所需床层温度要远低于常规加热条件下所需床层温度;（2）微波辐照下,甲烷氧化偶联产物中C2烃的选择性普遍较高,在低温区尤为突出．微波场下甲烷偶联产物乙烷、乙烯的再氧化得到一定程度的抑制,致使微波场下的甲烷氧化偶联反应通常有较低的烯／烷比．     

A new glycosylation method part 3: study of microwave effects at low temperatures to control reaction pathways and reduce byproducts

The efficiency of microwave irradiation at low temperature for glycosylations is described. Although oligosaccharide synthesis usually requires reactive donors for glycosylations, which have leaving groups on the anomer positions, i.e., trichloroacetoimidates, halogenates, thioalkyl glycosides, etc., the suitable donors in our microwave supported synthesis of Lewis X oligosaccharide were very stable acetate derivatives. Regarding glycosylation with a fucosyl acetate donor and a glucosamine acceptor, microwave irradiation with simultaneous cooling improved yields. Moreover, further synthesis to Lewis X derivatives was achieved only with microwave irradiation at low temperatures. Without microwave irradiation, we could only obtain byproducts and none of the designed product at any reaction temperature.     

Total synthesis of human urotension-Ⅱ by microwave-assisted solid phase method

Human urotension-Ⅱwas synthesized efficiently on Wang resin under microwave irradiation using Fmoc/tBu orthogonal protection strategy.Disulphide bridge was formed on solid phase with the irradiation of microwave,then the whole peptide was cleaved from the resin.The purity of crude peptide cyclized under microwave irradiation was higher than that under room temperature.     

微波化学温度模拟研究进展

在微波化学研究中,通过数学模拟分析微波作用在化学体系的温度分布及变化,有助于控制微波加热过程,了解微波与物质之间的相互作用机理.本文针对微波化学数值模拟的特点,系统介绍了各种方法及模拟过程,对数值模拟分析中的关键问题进行了讨论,综述了近年来数值模拟温度分布在微波化学中的应用,提出了目前的研究难点,并展望了发展趋势.     

Influence of microwave irradiation on the intraparticle diffusion of an insulin variant in reversed-phase liquid chromatography under linear conditions

The influence of microwave irradiation on the mass transfer kinetics of an insulin variant in reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) was investigated. The elution band profiles of insulin were obtained by the pulse-response method, under linear conditions. The RPLC column was placed in a microwave oven and the incremental change in the temperature of the column effluent stream at various microwave energies and mobile phase flow rates were measured. The microwave energy dissipated in the column was set at 15 and 30 W and the mobile phase flow rate was varied from 1.0 to 2.5 mL/min at a mobile phase composition of acetonitrile, water, and trifloroacetic acid (31:69:0.1, v/v/v). The experimental data were analyzed using the conventional method of moment analysis and the lumped pore diffusion model. Regardless of mobile flow rates, the effluent temperatures measured at 15 and 30 W microwave power input were 25+/-1 and 30+/-1 degrees C, respectively. The effect of microwave irradiation on the mass transfer of the variant insulin was determined by comparing the band profiles obtained under the same experimental conditions, at the same column temperature, with and without irradiation. The calculated intraparticle diffusion coefficient, D(e), at 30 W (30+/-1 degrees C) microwave irradiation was ca. 20% higher than without irradiation at 30+/-1 degrees C. These preliminary results suggest that microwave irradiation may have a significant influence on the intraparticle diffusion of insulin in RPLC.     

植物纤维微波辐射预处理的研究进展

综述了微波辐射预处理技术在植物纤维发酵、纸浆生产、木材加工三个化学加工中的应用研究进展。结果表明,微波辐射预处理能有效地提高植物纤维的化学反应和加工性能,而且预处理作用深度大,具有缩短反应时间,提高生产效率,降低生产能耗等优点。并且指出了微波辐射预处理植物纤维的不足:应用范围有限,其工业化研究处于探索阶段;升温快,反应过程不易控制。最后提出未来研究的重点:微波辐射预处理植物纤维加速反应机理、温度的控制和检测方法等方面。     

Microwave-assisted rapid decomposition of persulfate

Microwave irradiation has been a promising alternative to conduct several chemical reactions. In this work the microwave effects in potassium persulfate decomposition rate, under controlled conditions of temperature and microwave power, were evaluated. Higher decomposition rate constants were obtained in microwave irradiated reactions in comparison with conventional heated ones. To study the effect of high power microwave irradiation, a pulsed irradiation strategy was developed, in which the samples were repeatedly heated within short intervals of time at high power levels (500 or 1400 W). A great decomposition percentage was achieved in shorter irradiation times, showing the kinetic advantages of microwave-assisted reactions. However, it was found no differences in the reaction yields, even when high power levels were involved, proving that microwave enhancements may arise only from the ability to quickly provide a large amount of energy to the reaction medium.     

Non-thermal effects of microwaves on protease-catalyzed esterification and transesterification

The non-thermal effects of microwave irradiation on enzyme-catalyzed reactions have been evaluated by keeping the reaction temperature constant during irradiation. Subtilisin-catalyzed transesterification and α-chymotrypsin-catalyzed esterification have been carried out in six solvents of differing polarities and at three different temperatures. In all cases, microwave irradiation was found to increase the initial reaction rates by 2.1-4.7 times at all hydration levels. It is also shown that microwave irradiation can be used in conjunction with other strategies (like pH tuning and salt activation) for enhancing initial reaction rates.     

Hot or not—the influence of elevated temperature and microwave irradiation on the solid phase synthesis of an affibody

Despite the advances of solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) the synthesis of long peptides is still challenging. Microwave irradiation and conventional heating are considered to improve the efficiency of SPPS. It has been shown that conventional heating and heating by microwave irradiation improves the efficiency of solid phase synthesis of peptides that are prone to aggregation as compared to the synthesis at room temperature. In this Letter, the influence of elevated temperature and microwave irradiation on the homogeneity of the synthesis product of a 58-mer peptide affibody has been compared. A detailed analysis by high resolution HPLC and LC-MS mass spectrometry using a high-mass resolution Orbitrap Exactive mass spectrometer was performed. This study revealed that neither thermal heating nor microwave heating improves the yield and purity of the crude product as compared to the synthesis at room temperature. In contrast, the formation of undesirable side products rather increased by microwave irradiation. These results indicate that neither heating nor microwave enhancement of solid phase synthesis does allow a significant improvement of peptide sequences with a low aggregation potential.     

Oscillatory Reaction of a Pendant Drop in a Liquid–Air System under Microwave Irradiation

A Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction in a pendant drop under microwave radiation was observed under nonstirring conditions. The period decreased as the irradiation power and time were increased because the droplet temperature increased. Moreover, the color change of the solution during the oscillatory reaction depended on the irradiation power and time although the droplet temperature returned to room temperature quickly. Irradiation at higher powers or longer times suspended the oscillatory reaction. However, for moderate irradiation powers or times, the oscillatory reaction stopped after irradiation because the concentration distribution of the reagents became homogeneous. After a time, the oscillatory reaction restarted because a concentration gradient developed again. Accordingly, the effect of the microwave irradiation history continued because the oscillatory reaction stopped even after the irradiation was stopped. This is because the rotation of the polar molecule caused by the irradiation produced a flat concentration distribution for the reagents through increased molecular diffusion.     

微波辐照下（Bi_2O_3）_（0．8）（La_2O_3）_（0．2）固熔体对甲

微波辐照下（Ｂｉ_２Ｏ_３）_（０．８）（Ｌａ_２Ｏ_３）_（０．２）固熔体对甲烷氧化偶联的催化行为陈长林,洪品杰,戴树珊,阚家德（云南大学化学系,昆明,６５００９１）关键词微波,甲烷氧化偶联,（Ｂｉ_２Ｏ_３）_（０．８）（Ｌａ_２Ｏ_３）_（０．２）甲烷氧化...     

Effect of microwave dielectric heating on intraparticle diffusion in reversed-phase liquid chromatography

The influence of microwave (MW) irradiation on the mass transfer kinetics in reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) was studied by placing a column in a microwave oven and measuring the incremental change in the temperature of the column effluent stream at various microwave energies and mobile phase compositions. The microwave energy dissipated in the column was set between 15 and 200 W and the mobile phase composition used varied from 100 to 70, 50, and 10% methanol in water at 1.2 mL/min. At all the mobile phase compositions considered, the effluent temperature increased with increasing microwave energy. At 70% methanol, the mobile phase flow rate was set at 1.2, 2.0, and 2.8 mL/min. At 1.2 mL/min, the effluent temperatures at the lowest (15 W) and highest (200 W) microwave energy inputs were 25 +/- 1 degrees C and 41 +/- 1 degrees C for pure methanol, 25 +/- 1 degrees C and 48 +/- 1 degrees C for 70% methanol, 25 +/- 1 degrees C and 50 +/- 1 degrees C for 50% methanol, and, 25 +/- 1 degrees C and 52 +/- 1 degrees C for 10% methanol, respectively. With 70% methanol and microwave energy inputs of 15, 30, and 50 W, the effluent temperature did not change with increasing flow rate; a considerable change was observed at 100, 150, and 200 W between 1.2 and 2.0 mL/min and none between 2.0 and 2.8 mL/min. Chromatographic elution band profiles of propylbenzene were recorded under linear conditions, in 70% methanol solutions, for microwave energy inputs of 0, 15 and 30 W, at constant temperature. The intraparticle diffusion coefficient, De, under microwave irradiation was ca. 20% higher than without irradiation. These preliminary results suggest that microwave irradiation may have a considerable influence on intraparticle diffusion in RPLC.     

微波场中甲烷部分氧化制合成气 Ⅱ.Co/ZrO_2催化剂在微波场中的升温行为及催化活性

近年来，甲烷部分氧化制合成气（ＰＯＭ）的研究一直十分活跃［１，２］．前文报道了用于甲烷部分氧化制合成气的镍基催化剂（Ｎｉ／Ｌａ２Ｏ３）在微波场中的升温行为和催化活性［３］，发现在达到相同的ＣＨ４转化率时，微波活化方式下的催化剂床层温度比常规加热低得多...     

Microwave-assisted one-pot synthesis of substituted tetrahydrocarbazole and 8,9,10,11-tetrahydro-7H-pyrido[a]carbazoles

One-pot synthesis of one-substituted tetrahydrocarbazole and 4-substituted 8,9,10,11-tetrahydro-7H-pyrido[a]carbazoles from substituted quinolinylhydrazines and cyclohexanone in acetic acid was performed by microwave irradiation in a controlled temperature with simultaneous cooling system in closed vessel. The optimization procedures of process variables, power, temperature, and irradiation time are reported in detail, and the results from microwave processes are compared with conventional ones.     

微波辅助的金属氯化物Lewis酸催化纤维素水解

研究了微波辐射下四种金属氯化物Lewis酸的催化纤维素酸水解反应性能,发现CuCl₂的催化性能最好。反应温度、反应时间、微波功率、催化剂用量和酸种类对纤维素水解转化率、葡萄糖和5-羟甲基糠醛(5-HMF)的选择性均有明显影响。与传统热反应相比,微波辐射明显加快纤维素酸水解速率,提高葡萄糖的选择性。0.5g纤维素和15g水,在微波功率800W,温度到达225℃时立即停止反应的条件下,当CuCl₂用量为0.05mmol时,纤维素转化率和葡萄糖选择性达72.6%和62.3%;当CuCl₂用量为0.15mmol时,5-HMF的选择性最高为13.2%;当CuCl₂用量为0.30mmol时,纤维素的转化率高达90.6%,但葡萄糖选择性只有6.7%。     

Fast synthesis of temperature-sensitive PNIPAAm hydrogels by microwave irradiation

A novel method, microwave irradiation synthesis, is proposed for the preparation of thermo-sensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) hydrogels. The PNIPAAm hydrogels were separately synthesized by using microwave irradiation method and water-bath heating method. Chemical groups, lower critical solution temperature (LCST) and surface morphology of these PNIPAAm hydrogels were characterized by FT-IR, DSC and SEM. Swelling ratios of the gels were measured gravimetrically in the temperature range from 10.0 to 60.0 °C. Results showed that (1) the use of microwave irradiation can greatly shorten the reaction time required for PNIPAAm hydrogel synthesis from several hours to several minutes in comparison with water-bath heating method, and obviously improve the yields of the PNIPAAm gels, which were up to 99% after a short reaction time; (2) SEM micrographs and textural measurement revealed that the gels synthesized using microwave irradiation had more porous structure, and their average pore sizes and specific surface areas were larger than those of the gels synthesized using water-bath heating method; and (3) the PNIPAAm hydrogels synthesized using microwave irradiation had much higher swelling ratios at 10.0 °C below the LCST, and had lower swelling ratio at 60.0 °C above the LCST compared to the hydrogels synthesized by water-bath method.     

Microwave-assisted asymmetric organocatalysis. A probe for nonthermal microwave effects and the concept of simultaneous cooling

A series of five known asymmetric organocatalytic reactions was re-evaluated at elevated temperatures applying both microwave dielectric heating and conventional thermal heating in order to probe the existence of specific or nonthermal microwave effects. All transformations were conducted in a dedicated reactor setup that allowed accurate internal reaction temperature measurements using fiber-optic probes. In addition, the concept of simultaneous external cooling while irradiating with microwave power was also applied in all of the studied cases. This method allows a higher level of microwave power to be administered to the reaction mixture and, therefore, enhances any potential microwave effects while continuously removing heat. For all of the five studied (S)-proline-catalyzed asymmetric Mannich- and aldol-type reactions, the observed rate enhancements were a consequence of the increased temperatures attained by microwave dielectric heating and were not related to the presence of the microwave field. In all cases, in contrast to previous literature reports, the results obtained either with microwave irradiation or with microwave irradiation with simultaneous cooling could be reproduced by conventional heating at the same reaction temperature and time in an oil bath. No evidence for specific or nonthermal microwave effects was obtained.     

微波场中甲烷部分氧化制合成气 Ⅰ.Ni/La_2O_3催化剂在微波场中的升温行为及催化活性

微波场中甲烷部分氧化制合成气Ⅰ．Ｎｉ／Ｌａ２Ｏ３催化剂在微波场中的升温行为及催化活性毕先钧段爱红（云南师范大学化学系，昆明６５００９２）王真洪品杰戴树珊（云南大学化学系，昆明６５００９１）关键词微波，甲烷，合成气，氧化镍，氧化镧分类号Ｏ６４３近年来，...     

Rapid and easy access to indoles via microwave-assisted Hemetsberger-Knittel synthesis

Hemetsberger-Knittel indole synthesis can be carried out under microwave activation. The optimum reaction conditions were found by using different solvents and by varying irradiation times and temperature. After 10 min of microwave irradiation, high conversion into the corresponding indole products was achieved without formation of any side products.