UROCANIC ACID ANALOGUES AND THE SUPPRESSION OF THE DELAYED TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY RESPONSE TO Herpes simplex VIRUS

Ultraviolet irradiated urocanic acid (4-imidazoleacrylic acid) containing a mixture of cis- and trans-isomers has been shown previously to induce suppression of the delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in a murine model of infection. The cis-isomer of urocanic acid was prepared and the cis- and trans-isomers of 2-methylurocanic acid. 2-pyrroleacrylic acid, 2-furanacrylic acid, 2-thiopheneacrylic acid, 3-thiopheneacrylic acid as well as dihydrourocanic acid and histamine. Each was applied at concentrations of 1 and 50 micrograms per mouse to the shaved dorsal skin and the mice were infected subcutaneously with HSV 5 h later. After 8-10 days the DTH response to the virus was measured by an ear swelling test. It was found that cis-urocanic acid was effective in suppressing the DTH response at levels of 1 microgram per mouse or less. The cis- and trans-isomers of 2-furanacrylic acid, 2-pyrroleacrylic acid and 2-thiopheneacrylic acid were also effective, with the cis- form generally being more active than trans, and 2-pyrroleacrylic acid being particularly potent. Cis- and trans-3-thiopheneacrylic acid, on the other hand, were only marginally immunosuppressive while neither isomer of 2-methylurocanic acid had any suppressive ability. Dihydrourocanic acid and histamine were also shown to suppress the DTH response. Thus the structural features necessary for urocanic acid and its analogues to act as mediators of UV-induced immunosuppression could be deduced and implications for their mechanism of action discussed.     

Low-temperature synthesis of niobium oxide nanoparticles from peroxo niobic acid sol

A peroxo niobic acid sol was prepared by peptization of the niobic acid precipitate (Nb2O5.nH2O) with a H2O2 aqueous solution. Crystallized Nb2O5 nanoparticles and niobic acid nanoparticles were obtained by heating the peroxo niobic acid sol. When peroxo niobic acid sol prepared by peptization of the niobic acid precipitate ([NH3]=0.3 mol/l) was heated at 348 K for 1 week, Nb2O5 nanoparticles with a diameter of 4.5 nm and a S(BET) of 275 m2/g were obtained. When peroxo niobic acid sol prepared by peptization of the niobic acid precipitate ([NH3]=1 mol/l) was heated at 348 K for 1 week, niobic acid nanoparticles with a diameter of less than 2 nm were obtained. The pore structure and degree of crystallinity of the nanoparticles prepared by heating the peroxo niobic acid sol greatly depended on the concentration of the ammonia solution used for preparing the niobic acid precipitate.     

Synthesis of gallic acid: Cu(2+)-mediated oxidation of 3-dehydroshikimic acid

With the elaboration of high-yielding, high-titer syntheses of 3-dehydroshikimic acid from glucose using recombinant Escherichia coli, oxidation of this hydroaromatic becomes a potential route for synthesis of gallic acid. Conversion of 3-dehydroshikimic acid into gallic acid likely proceeds via initial enolization of an alpha-hydroxycarbonyl and oxidation of the resulting enediol. 3-Dehydroshikimate enolization in water was catalyzed by inorganic phosphate while Zn(2+) was used to catalyze enolization in acetic acid. Enediol oxidation employed Cu(2+) as either the stoichiometric oxidant or as a catalyst in the presence of a cooxidant. Gallic acid was produced in a yield of 36% when 3-dehydroshikimic acid in phosphate-buffered water reacted for 35 h with H2O2 and catalytic amounts of CuSO(4). 3-Dehydroshikimate-containing, phosphate-buffered culture supernatants reacted with stoichiometric amounts of CuCO(3)Cu(OH)(2) and Cu(x)(H(3-x)(PO4)(2) to give gallic acid in yields of 51% in 5 h and 43% in 12 h, respectively. Solutions of 3-dehydroshikimic acid in acetic acid reacted with stoichiometric amounts of Cu(OAc)(2) to afford a 74% yield of gallic acid in 36 h. Acetic acid solutions of 3-dehydroshikimic acid could also be oxidized by air using catalytic quantities of Cu(OAc)(2). ZnO accelerated these oxidations leading to a 67% yield of gallic acid in 4 h when an acetic acid solution of 3-dehydroshikimic acid was reacted with O(2) and a catalytic amount of Cu(OAc)(2).     

Industrial production of L-2-amino-4-phenylbutyric acid from 2-oxo-4-phenylbutyric acid by paracoccus denitrificans containing aminotransferase activity

An industrial production method of L-2-amino-4-phenylbutyric acid from 2-oxo-4-phenylbutyric acid by microbial cells containing aminotransferase activity was investigated. By usingParacoccus denitrificans pFPr-1, 0.19M L-2-amino-4-phenylbutyric acid was produced with a 95% conversion yield. Accumulated L-2-amino-4-phenylbutyric acid was readily isolated in pure form. Overall yield from 2-oxo-4-phenylbutyric acid was 83.7%.     

Synthesis of Coordination Polymers Using Different Maleic Acid Ligands under Hydrothermal Conditions

A novel coordination polymer, [Ni(mal)(1,10′-phen)(H2O)]n(1)(mal=malate, 1,10′-phen=1,10-phenanthroline) was synthesized using malic acid which was generated from maleic acid via hydrothermal reaction. Complex 1, which displays a two-dimensional supramolecular network, was formed by the addition reaction of Ni and maleic acid with water molecules. To our knowledge, several coordination polymers have been directly synthesized from malic acid, but these types of complexes have seldom been synthesized from maleic acid via hydrothermal reactions. When Ni(Ⅱ) ion was changed to Zn(Ⅱ) ion under the same condition, two-dimensional covalent complex 2[Zn2(fma)2(1,10′-phen)2]n(fma=fumatic acid) was formed. Furthermore, complex 2 exhibits intense photoluminescent property at room temperature.     

Phenazines-IV The synthesis of 3-aminophenazine-1-, 3-aminophenazine-2-and 8-aminophenazine-1-carboxylic acids

The oxidative cyclization in boiling nitrobenzene of 4,6-diaminodiphenylamine-2-carboxylic acid gave 3-aminophenazine-1-carboxylic acid. 4,6-Diaminodiphenylamine-3-carboxylic acid underwent decarboxylation, but the methyl ester gave methyl 3-aminophenazine-2-carboxylate from which the acid was obtained. 2,4-Diaminodiphenylamine-3′-carboxylic acid gave a mixture of 7-aminophenazine-2- and 8-aminophenazine-1-carboxylic acids from which the pure acids were separated and oriented. 8-Aminophenazine-1-carboxylic acid, together with some 1,8-diamino-acridone, was also obtained from 3′,6-diaminodiphenylamine-2-carboxylic acid.     

Zur Synthese sulfonierter Derivate von 2-Fluoranilin

Syntheses of Sulfonated Derivatives of 2-Fluoroaniline Synthesis of 4-amino-3-fluorobenzenesulfonic acid ( 3 ) was achieved in two ways: reaction of 2-fluoroaniline ( 1 ) with amidosulfonic acid and by first conventionally converting 4-nitro-3-fluoroaniline ( 8 ) to 4-nitro-3-fluorobenzenesulfonyl chloride ( 9 ) followed subsequently by hydrolysis to 3-fluoro-4-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid ( 10 ) and reduction. Hydrogenolysis of 3 gave sulfanilic acid ( 7 ). Both, sulfonation of fluorobenzene ( 6 ) to 4-fluorobenzenesulfonic acid ( 11 ) followed by nitration and sulfonation of 1-fluoro-2-nitrobenzene ( 12 ) led to 4-fluoro-3-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid ( 13 ). Reduction of 13 gave the isomeric 3-amino-4-fluorobenzenesulfonic acid ( 4 ), which was also obtained both by sulfonation of 1 and by sulfonation of o-fluoroacetanilide ( 14 ) followed by hydrolysis. Selective hydrogenolyses of 2-amino-5-bromo-3-fluorobenzenesulfonic acid ( 15 ), prepared by reaction of 4-bromo-2-fluoroaniline ( 16 ) with amidosulfonic acid, and of 4-amino-2-bromo-5-fluorobenzenesulfonic acid ( 20 ), obtained by sulfonation of 5-bromo-2-fluoroaniline ( 19 ) yielded the isomers 2-amino-3-fluorobenzenesulfonic acid ( 5 ) and 3 , respectively. The fourth isomer, 3-amino-2-fluorobenzenesulfonic acid ( 2 ), was synthesized by sulfur dioxide treatment of the diazonium chloride derived from 2-fluoro-3-nitroaniline ( 21 ) to 2-fluoro-3-nitrobenzenesulfonyl chloride ( 22 ), followed by hydrolysis to 2-fluoro-3-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid ( 23 ) and final Béchamp-reduction.     

均相水解法制备金红石含量可控的纳米TiO2

用均相水解法通过调节对甲苯磺酸的添加量制备了金红石含量线性可控的纳米TiO2粒子,相同条件下,没有加入对甲苯磺酸时,制备的TiO02颗粒为纯锐钛矿晶型．制备的纳米TiO2颗粒,其单晶尺寸为19．5mm(金红石),13．5mm(锐钛矿),比表面积72．7m^2／g,通过公式计算得到了制备的TiO2纳米颗粒带隙能为2．83eV,比P25和纯锐钛矿纳米TiO2颗粒的带隙能均低．     

芳香酸淋洗液的单柱阳离子色谱法测定碱金属,铵离子和烷基胺

研究了邻苯二甲酸、苯甲酸和对羟基苯甲酸３种芳香酸分别做淋洗液的单柱阳离子色谱法分离测定Ｌｉ＋、Ｎａ＋、ＮＨ４＋、Ｋ＋、甲胺、乙胺和正丙胺７种物质。３种芳香酸做淋洗液均可将７种物质分离开，且分离结果差异不大。在淋洗液浓度相同的条件下，邻苯二甲酸做淋洗液测定的检出限较低。选择３．０ ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ邻苯二甲酸做淋洗液测得了上述７种物质的检出限和线性范围，并进行了叶面肥试样分析，７种物质的加标回收率在９６．４％～９８．６％之间。     

Preparation of single-enantiomer 2-methyl-4-heptanol, a pheromone of Metamasius hemipterus, using (S)-2-methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propionic acid

To investigate the resolution of secondary alcohols using 2-methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propionic acid (MalphaNP acid), 2-methyl-4-heptanol, one of the aggregation pheromones of Metamasius hemipterus, was resolved using (S)-MalphaNP acid. As a chiral-resolving agent, MalphaNP acid is superior to 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-methoxy-2-phenylpropionic acid (MTPA) in terms of HPLC separation and NMR shielding. A better separation of diastereomeric MalphaNP esters was observed when n-hexane-THF was used as the eluent for silica gel HPLC. The solvolysis of the diastereomeric MalphaNP esters gave (R)-2-methyl-4-heptanol and its enantiomer; enantiopure (S)-MalphaNP acid was also recovered. In addition, the preferred conformation of the MalphaNP ester was confirmed using methyl (R)-3-hydroxyvalerate as an authentic compound.     

Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitory cerebrosides from phytolaccae radix

A mixture of cerebrosides, called poke-weed cerebrosides, was purified from Phytolaccae Radix (Phytolaccaceae) and characterized as 1-O-beta-D-glucopyranosides of phytosphingosine type ceramides comprised of a common long chain base (2S,3S,4R,8Z)-2-amino-8-octadecene-1,3,4-triol and fatty acids. The fatty acyl chain of ceramide moieties was determined as (2R)-2-hydroxypentacosanoic acid, (2R)-2-hydroxylignoceric acid, (2R)-2-hydroxytricosanoic acid, (2R)-2-hydroxybehenic acid, (2R)-2-hydroxypalmitic acid, and palmitic acid. The pokeweed cerebroside inhibited the cyclooxygenase-2 dependent phase of prostaglandin D2 generation in bone marrow-derived mast cells in a concentration dependent manner with an IC50 of 6.2 microg/ml.     

Copper(II)-mediated resolution of alpha-halo carboxylic acids with chiral O,O'-dibenzoyltartaric acid: spontaneous racemization and crystallization-induced dynamic resolution

Herein we present a new example of coordination-mediated resolution of racemic acids by a chiral acid. The reaction of copper(II) acetate monohydrate, optically pure O,O'-dibenzoyltartaric acid (DBTA) and racemic alpha-bromo-2-chlorophenylacetic acid (HL1) in acetonitrile solution afforded a binuclear copper(II) complex with D-DBTA dianion, alpha-bromo-2-chlorophenylacetate and acetate as ligands. After decomposition of the complex with acid, the optically active acid ((R)-HL1) was obtained. Similarly, alpha-bromo-2-fluorophenylacetic acid (HL2), alpha-bromo-2-bromophenylacetic acid (HL3), alpha-chloro-2-chlorophenylacetic acid (HL4), alpha-chloro-2-fluorophenylacetic acid (HL5), alpha-bromophenylacetic acid (HL6), alpha-bromo-4-chlorophenylacetic acid (HL7), 2-bromopropionic acid (HL8) and 2-chloropropionic acid (HL9) were resolved by the same method. Satisfactory results were obtained for HL2 to HL5. For HL6 and HL7, only racemic acids were obtained. For the two alpha-halo aliphatic acids (HL8 and HL9), poor enantioselectivity was obtained. It is more interesting that three acids (HL1, HL2 and HL3) could spontaneously racemize in acetonitrile solution, which resulted in crystallization-induced dynamic resolution (CIDR) with greater than 50% yield.     

基于氧化镍沉积硅胶固相萃取与液相色谱-质谱联用技术的2型糖尿病血清中咪唑丙酸的检测

咪唑丙酸可以通过哺乳动物雷帕霉素靶蛋白复合物1(mTORC1)路径引起人的胰岛素抵抗, 从而导致2型糖尿病(T2D), 因此, 咪唑丙酸的准确定量可辅助2型糖尿病的诊断. 本文利用NiO与咪唑基团之间的配位作用, 采用氧化镍沉积硅胶(NiO@SiO₂)萃取材料对咪唑丙酸进行选择性富集和萃取. 首先对NiO@SiO₂ 固相萃取(SPE)条件进行优化: 吸附剂用量为200 mg, 上样液为20 mmol/L的磷酸盐缓冲溶液(pH=3.0), 解吸液为1.0 mL含1%(质量分数)NH₃·H₂O的水溶液; 然后, 对萃取液进行高效液相色谱-质谱(HPLC-MS)分离分析, 建立了血清中咪唑丙酸的检测方法. 结果表明, 咪唑丙酸浓度在0.05~10 ng/mL范围内对质谱响应值具有良好的线性关系(R ²≥0.996), 检出限和定量限分别为0.02和0.05 ng/mL, 加标回收率为84.0%~119%, 相对标准偏差RSD<17.2%. 将该方法用于检测2型糖尿病患者与正常人血清样品中的咪唑丙酸, 发现在2型糖尿病患者与正常人的血清中咪唑丙酸含量存在显著性差异, 说明咪唑丙酸的准确定量对2型糖尿病具有医学诊断上的潜力.     

钨酸催化氧化环己烯合成己二酸

以钨酸为催化剂,过氧化氢为氧化剂,催化氧化环己烯(1)合成了己二酸（2）,其结构经¹H NMR和IR确证。采用正交实验法研究了过氧化氢浓度、钨酸用量和磷酸用量对2收率的影响。采用单因素法考察了酸性助剂,过氧化氢用量及其加料方式对收率的影响。结果表明：在最佳反应条件［n(H₂O₂)：n(1)：n(钨酸)=4.6 ：1.0：0.06, w(H₂O₂)=27.5%,回流反应1.7 h］下,2收率95.1%,纯度99.2%。     

A novel biosurfactant, 2-acyloxyethylphosphonate, isolated from waterblooms of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae

A novel biosurfactant, 2-acyloxyethylphosphonate, was isolated from waterblooms of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae. Its structure was elucidated by chemical degradation and HRFABMS, GC/EI-MS and 1D- and 2D-NMR spectral analyses. The surfactant contained one mole of 2-hydroxyethylphosphonate and one mole of fatty acid, with hexadecanoic acid accounting for 84.1% of the total fatty acid content. The structure was confirmed by synthesis of 2-oleoyloxyethylphosphonate from ethylene oxide, phosphorus acid and oleic acid chloride. Considering the isolated surfactant molecule as hexadecanoyloxyethylphosphonic acid (mw. 364), the critical micelle concentration (CMC) was about 22 mM.     

Synthesis of 1, 5- and 1, 7-dichloro-9H-thioxanthen-9-ones

1, 5-Dichloro-9H-thioxanthen-9-one ( 2 ) was prepared by cyclization of 2-chloro-6-[(2-chlorophenyl)thio]-benzoic acid ( 10 ) obtained from 2-chloro-6-iodobenzoic acid ( 9 ) and 2-chlorobenzenethiol. Similarly, 1, 7-di-chloro-9H-thioxanthen-9-one ( 6 ) was prepared from 9 via 2-chloro-6-[(4-chlorophenyl)thio]benzoic acid ( 11 ). Compound 6 was also obtained by condensation of 2-chloro-6-mercaptobenzoic acid ( 12 ) with chlorobenzene in the presence of sulfuric acid.     

2-氯烟酸绿色合成工艺

以烟酸为原料,经双氧水氧化制得N-氧化烟酸（2）; 2经氯化、水解并精制得2-氯烟酸,总收率76.8%,纯度≥99.5%,其结构经¹H NMR和¹³C NMR确证。     

Synthesis of polyamides by the polyaddition of bisimidazoline with dicarboxylic acids

N,N′-Dipropionylethylenediamine was synthesized by the ring-opening addition reaction of 2-ethyl-2-imidazoline with propionic acid at 220°C. By applying this reaction to polymerization, polyamides were synthesized by the ring-opening polyaddition reaction at 220°C. of 1,4-bis(imidazoline-2-yl)butane with adipic acid, succinic acid, sebacic acid, and terephthalic acid. The reaction product of 1,4-bis(imidazoline-2-yl)butane with adipic acid, which was proposed to be nylon 26, was compared with an authentic sample of nylon 26 and shown to possess a very similar infrared spectrum and melting point.     

Ischemic change of organic acids in kidney

Organic acids in rabbit renal tissue biopsy were analyzed by capillary column gas chromatography--mas s spectrometry. The change of these organic acids under ischemic conditions was determined over 60 min after clamping the renal artery and vein. The results showed that lactic acid, glycolic acid, 2-hydroxybutyric acid, 3-hydroxypropionic acid, 2-methyl-glyceric acid, glyceric acid and malic acid increased at 4 and 6 min after clamping, but then decreased at 15 min. Glycerol increased 2 min after clamping and then decreased. However, 3-deoxyaldonic acids of 3-deoxytetronic acid, 3-deoxy-2-C-hydroxymethyltetronic acid and 3-deoxypentonic acid decreased in the renal tissue biopsy from 2 min after clamping.     

以混旋邻氯扁桃酸为模板的分子印迹聚合物的制备及拆分性能研究

以混旋邻氯扁桃酸为模板分子和合成的(S)-(1-萘乙基)-丙烯酰胺为手性功能 单体制备分子印迹聚合物作为色谱固定相，对混旋邻氯扁桃酸有较好的拆分能力， 分离因子α达到1.36。但对模板分子的类似物混旋扁桃酸和对氯扁桃酸没有拆分能 力。用Hyperchem软件模拟了(S)-邻氯扁桃酸与(S)-(1-萘乙基)-丙烯酰胺形成的复 合物的结构模型，其在聚合物母体中留下的具有立体构型和作用力双重识别的S-S 型空穴，对(S)-邻氯扁桃酸有较强的保留作用，从而达到对混旋物拆分的目的。