Bilayer sample for fast or slow magic angle oriented sample spinning solid-state NMR spectroscopy

An alternative setup for Magic Angle Oriented Spinning Spectroscopy is proposed. Samples were prepared by orienting lipid bilayers onto polymer films, which were wrapped into a spiral so as to fit into 4 or 7 mm MAS rotors. This geometry resulted in narrow line widths and a higher upper spinning limit when compared to the conventional MAOSS setup with stacked glass plates. Whereas orientational information was extracted from low spinning spectra, fast spinning will be applicable to high-resolution multidimensional NMR pulse sequences.     

Immobilized Sonogashira catalyst systems: new insights by multinuclear HRMAS NMR studies

A new chelate phosphine linker and its Pd and Cu complexes have been synthesized and immobilized. The solvent impact on these immobilized species, their mobility, and coordination preferences have been studied in situ by HRMAS (High-Resolution Magic Angle Spinning) NMR. The catalyst recycling characteristics match the HRMAS results.     

Michael and Acetal Aldol-Type Reactions on Solid-Phase. Use of the Swollen- Resin Magic Angle Spinning (SR-MAS) NMR Technique for the Development of the Solid-Phase Organic Reactions

Michael reactions of α,β-unsaturated ketones and aldol-type reactions of acetals with polymer- supported silyl enol ethers (PSSEEs) proceeded smoothly using a rare earth triflate as a catalyst. The Swollen-Resin Magic Angle Spinning (SR-MAS) NMR technique has been successfully used for the development of the reactions.     

Production of textile filaments from carboxymethylated cellulosic pulps

Cellulose - Textile filaments were fabricated from a solution obtained from carboxymethylated cellulose dissolved in aqueous NaOH solution, by wet spinning in an acid coagulation bath. Spinning is...     

An improved NMR study of liposomes using 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospatidylcholine as model

In this paper we report a comparative characterization of Small Unilamellar Vesicles (SUVs), Large Unilamellar Vesicles (LUVs) and Multilamellar Vesicles (MLVs) prepared from 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospatidylcholine (POPC), carried out using two NMR techniques, namely High Resolution NMR in solution and High Resolution-Magic Angle Spinning (HR-MAS). The size and size distributions of these vesicles were investigated using the dynamic light scattering technique. An improved assignment of the (1)H-NMR spectrum of MLVs is also reported.     

13C固体核磁共振测定气体水合物结构实验研究

采用高功率1H去偶结合魔角旋转13C固体核磁共振技术,在低温常压条件下对合成的乙烷和丙烷气体水合物进行了测试,获得了两种纯气体水合物的13C核磁共振谱图,初步建立了固体核磁共振波谱法测定天然气水合物的实验方法.实验表明:乙烷水合物的13C核磁共振谱图中仅有一条谱线(δ7.7),结构类型为sI,且乙烷分子仅填充在大笼中(...     

NaCl对烷基苯磺酸盐Gemini表面活性剂水溶液性质的影响

采用旋滴法测定了烷基苯磺酸盐Gemini表面活性剂Ia水溶液与正庚烷的界面张力,用超微电极循环伏安法测定了水溶液中Ia的胶束扩散系数.结果发现,NaCl的加入能够使界面张力降低2倍左右,使Ia的胶束扩散系数变大;Ia浓度增大,胶束扩散系数变小,而NaCl浓度增大,胶束扩散系数变大.这些变化说明NaCI的加入使得Ia胶束大小发生了变化.这是由于NaCl的加入降低了Ia离子头基之间的静电斥力,使得Ia分子排列更加紧密,更有效降低了油水的界面张力,使胶束形状变小;同时胶束表面电荷得到中和,胶束的静电斥力相应减小,胶束流动性相应增加,从而表现出较大的胶柬扩散系数.     

Hochauflösende Festkörper-NMR-Untersuchungen an Kieselsäuren. II. Hochauflösende 1H-Festkörper-NMR-Untersuchungen an polykristallinen Phyllokieselsäuren (H2Si2O5)x mit Hilfe von Vielimpulsverfahren bei tiefem und hohem Magnetfeld

Solid-State High Resolution N.M.R. Studies of Silicic Acids. II. Solid-State High Resolution ¹H N.M.R. Studies of Polycrystalline Phyllosilicic Acids (H₂Si₂O₅)_x by Using Combined Multiple Pulse Magic Angle Spinning Techniques at Low and High Magnetic Fields The α- and δ-phases of the phyllosilicic acid (H₂Si₂O₅)_x are studied by means of multiple pulse techniques (MREV8, BR24) and combined multiple pulse-magic angle spinning experiments at low (1.42 T) and high (6.35 T) magnetic fields. In addition to the main signal due to SiOH groups the NMR spectra of both samples show a small peak which can be assigned to water molecules. For the SiOH groups of both phases the anisotropy of the proton shielding tensors Δσ and the isotropic chemical shift values δ are obtained. According to the N.M.R. results a model for the hydrogen bonds is derived for the phyllosilicic acids. Compared with the α-phase, the SiOH groups in the δ-phase form weaker hydrogen bonds.     

High resolution magic angle spinning NMR for analyzing small molecules attached to solid support

Solid phase synthesis has become a routine technique in combinatorial chemistry. The need in analytical methods to characterize nondestructively resin bound molecules has been fulfilled by the introduction of High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning (HR MAS) NMR of solvent swollen beads. HR MAS NMR can give solution like proton NMR spectra and one- and two-dimensional NMR techniques are amenable, allowing detailed structure analysis. Recent developments are the application of a diffusion filter to suppress solvent signals and dipolar recoupling techniques to gain spatial information. HR MAS NMR has been applied to monitor reactions and elucidate reaction products.     

Multidimensional HRMAS NMR: a platform for in vivo studies using intact bacterial cells

In vivo analysis in whole cell bacteria, especially the native tertiary structures of the bacterial cell wall, remains an unconquered frontier. The current understanding of bacterial cell wall structures has been based on destructive analysis of individual components. These in vitro results may not faithfully reflect the native structural and conformational information. Multidimensional High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning NMR (HRMAS NMR) has evolved to be a powerful technique in a variety of in vivo studies, including live bacterial cells. Existing studies of HRMAS NMR in bacteria, technical consideration of its successful application, and current limitations in studying true human pathogens are briefly reviewed in this report.     

Fiber spinning from the nematic melt. II. Effect of thermal history on spinning of the copolyester of polyethylene terephthalate and p-oxybenzoate

Fibers were spun from the nematic phase of the copolymer of polyethylene terephthalate having 60 mol % of p-oxybenzoate units. A capillary rheometer was used for spinning with a shear rate at the wall of 6.4 sec^?1, and capillary (length/diameter) ratio of 14.1. The spinning temperature was varied from 250° to 300°C and, at each temperature, the spin-draw ratio was examined as a variable. Spinning was performed under two conditions. When spinning from the melt without preheating, the initial modulus of the fibers increased with spin-draw ratio and increased with increasing spinning temperature for a fixed spin-draw ratio. In the second case, the melt was preheated and then cooled to the desired temperature before spinning the fibers. The preheating temperature was 280°C for spinning at 250°C, and 300°C for spinning at 280°C. Preheating increased the fiber modulus to the value obtained by spinning at the preheating temperature. A reduction of the viscosity due to the melting of poly(p-hydroxybenzoic acid) (PHB) crystallites produces better orientation and higher modulus. However, with increasing spin-draw ratio, the modulus of the preheated fibers decreased to the values expected for the spinning temperature. This decrease in modulus is due to recrystallization of PHB in the threadline.     

Spectroscopy analyses of hybrid unsaturated polyester composite reinforced by Alfa,wool, and thermo-binder fibres

Alfa’s fibres surfaces were modified chemically by the presence of wool and [poly(ester terephthalate) (PET)–polyethylene (PE)] thermo-binder fibres. Indeed, vibrational analyses based on Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Raman measurements have confirmed the existence of chemical interactions between these fibres. These analyses have shown that the hydrophilic character of Alfa fibres could be decreased either by hydrogen bonds between water molecules and wool fibres or by the crystallinity of PET constituents in PET-PE thermo-binder fibres which might confer its hydrophobic character to Alfa’s fibres surfaces. As a result, the compatibility between the Alfa fibres and the unsaturated polyester matrix was enhanced, which allowed adhesion mechanism based on chemical bonds formed by secondary bonding. Such adhesion mechanism was also proven by the ¹³C Cross-Polarization Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy results.     

Spinning drop experiments on interfacial phenomena: Theoretical background and experimental evidence

Interfacial phenomena contribute strongly to structure formation in multiphase polymer blends. Spinning drop experiments allow not only to analyze the magnitude of the interfacial energy, but also to determine dynamic features such as coarsening or the break-up of elongated threads. This contribution reports the theoretical background of static and dynamic spinning drop experiments; it describes experimental evidence on the break-up dynamics of such elongated threads and it finally sketches a spinning drop apparatus designed for investigations of viscous polymer blends, even at elevated temperatures.Dedicated to Prof. H. H. Kausch on the occasion of his 60th birthday.     

The metabolic profile of lemon juice by proton HR-MAS NMR: the case of the PGI Interdonato Lemon of Messina

We have studied by means of High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (HR-MAS NMR) the metabolic profile of the famous Sicilian lemon known as 'Interdonato Lemon of Messina PGI’. The PGI Interdonato Lemon of Messina possesses high organoleptic and healthy properties and is recognised as one of the most nutrient fruits. In particular, some of its constituents are actively studied for their chemo-preventive and therapeutic properties. In this paper, we have determined by means of HR-MAS NMR spectroscopy the molar concentration of the main metabolites constituent the juice of PGI Interdonato Lemon of Messina in comparison with that of the not-PGI Interdonato Lemon of Turkey. Our aim is to develop an analytical technique, in order to determine a metabolic fingerprint able to reveal commercial frauds in national and international markets.     

PET/PTT双组分弹性长丝的结晶取向结构和卷曲性能

为研制军官礼服用PET/PTT双组分弹性长丝,在纺丝加工工艺研究的基础上,通过声速法、WAXD、DSC、Instron5566对典型工艺下的弹性长丝进行了结晶和取向结构及卷曲性能的测试分析.在可纺的前提下,PET/PTT两组分复合纺丝中,PET组分优先结晶,具有高于其单组分纤维的拉伸诱导取向和结晶;而PTT组分只有形变,其结晶度和晶区取向均低于其对应的单组分纤维.在实验条件范围内,两组分粘度差异越大,纤维的卷曲伸长率和收缩率越大、声速取向因子增加、各单组分结晶度增加;两组分质量比为50/50时,纤维有最大的卷曲伸长率和收缩率,且各单组分结晶度随该两组分含量差异的增加而减少,而声速取向变化相反;随牵伸比的增加,纤维的整体取向、各组分结晶度均有所增加,卷曲伸长和收缩率也增加.牵伸温度和定型温度对双组分纤维的结构和卷曲性能影响较小.     

Influence of silica fillers during the electron irradiation of DGEBA/TETA epoxy resins, part III: Solid-state NMR investigations

The influence of silica fillers on chemical modifications of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A/triethylene tetramine (DGEBA/TETA) epoxy resins induced by electron beam irradiation has been studied by ¹³C CP-MAS (Cross Polarisation and Magic Angle Spinning) NMR. Four kinds of silica filler were investigated: a pure micrometric silica, a treated micrometric silica, a pure nanometric silica and a treated nanometric silica. On the unirradiated epoxy resins, the magnetization transfer curves reveal structural differences due to the kind of silica fillers. A decrease of the epoxy network rigidity in the presence of nanometric silica fillers is shown. During irradiation, the formation of phenolic ends and enamine functions is confirmed. The slowing of the magnetization transfer of the pure and treated micrometric silica filled epoxy resin reveals an important decrease of the rigidity of these resins. On the pure and treated nanometric silica filled epoxy resins, reactions of the reactive species created by the irradiation in the epoxy resin and the silica particles surface are shown.     

Quantification of cellulose forms in complex cellulose materials: a chemometric model

In this paper, we present a chemometric model for quantifying the cellulose forms with different states of order found within cellulose I fibrils. The relative amounts of the different cellulose forms, that is crystalline cellulose I, para-crystalline cellulose and cellulose at accessible and inaccessible cellulose surfaces, were determined by non-linear least squares fitting of the C4-region in CP/MAS ¹³C-NMR (Cross-Polarisation Magic Angle Spinning Carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) spectra. By correlating these results from the C4-region with the full spectral data we obtained a model which is able to provide an assessment of the relative amounts of the different cellulose forms directly from NMR-spectra of complex lignocellulosic samples. Furthermore, this model enabled new assignments to be made in the C1-region for signals from cellulose at accessible fibril surfaces.     

Use of various spectroscopy techniques to investigate raw materials and define processes in the overpainting of Apulian red figured pottery (4th century BC) from southern Italy

Analytical investigations using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), with Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (EDS), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) and High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (CP-MAS NMR), were carried out on white, yellow and red overpaintings on Apulian red-figured pottery fragments (4th century BC) from Altamura, Monte Sannace and Canosa - among the most relevant archaeological sites in ancient Peucetia - in order to outline technological features and define the nature of pigments. The results obtained allow us to highlight that Apulian objects have an external appearance which is very similar to Attic objects, but that they are nevertheless different, as they were made using locally available raw materials employing similar but not identical production technology. Perhaps familiarity, rather than real and proper continuity with the Attic pottery tradition, would explain the analytical results.Moreover, this paper proves that solid state nuclear magnetic spectroscopy (CP-MAS NMR) is a useful analytical tool for the examination of ancient pottery, which is also suitable for the identification of its firing temperature.     

纯硅介孔分子筛SBA-15表面的手性移植

聚环氧乙烯醚-聚环氧丙烯醚-聚环氧乙烯醚(EO20PO70EO20)三嵌段高分子为模板剂制备了SBA-15分子筛. 用3-氨丙基-三乙氧基硅烷对SBA-15进行改性, 改性后SBA-15表面上的氨基再与(+)-O,O'-二苯甲酰基-L-酒石酸酐(DBTA)进行酰化反应, 以酰胺键将该手性羧酸连接在SBA-15表面上. XRD和氮气吸附结果表明, 材料经过处理后仍然保持良好的孔性质; 13C和29Si魔角旋转核磁共振(MAS NMR)谱图表明, SBA-15与氨丙基化合物的作用是共价成键, 表面修饰度达25%; 从傅里叶变换红外(FTIR) 光谱可见, 有部分修饰氨基与DBTA成功地进行了酰化反应, 以一个羧基裸露的形式将该二元羧酸化合物连接在表面上; 从孔径分布图可知, 胺丙基修饰之后孔减小了1.5 nm, 与DBTA修饰后孔尺寸又减少0.5 nm, 说明胺丙基化合物是头对头垂直连接在Si表面上, 而酒石酸分子是采取平行方式侧卧在氨基表面.     

Asymmetric induction during electron transfer mediated photoreduction of carbonyl compounds: role of zeolites

Photochemistry of 17 aryl alkyl ketones included within cation exchanged zeolites has been examined. In solution five of the 17 ketones undergo intramolecular hydrogen abstraction reaction even in the presence of a chiral amine and the rest are photoreduced to the corresponding alcohol. Within zeolites all 17 ketones yielded in presence of a chiral amine, the corresponding alcohol as the major product. When a chiral amine was used as the coadsorbent within alkali ion exchanged zeolites, enantiomerically enriched alcohol was formed in all cases. The best chiral induction was obtained with phenyl cyclohexyl ketone (enantiomeric excess: 68%). 1H-13C Cross Polarization Magic Angle Spinning (CP-MAS) experiments, with a model ketone (perdeuterated acetophenone) and chiral amine (pseudoephedrine) included within MY zeolites, suggested that the cation brings the reactant and the chiral amine closer. The role of the cation in such a process is also revealed by the computation results. The results presented here highlight the importance of a supramolecular structure in forcing a closer interaction between a reactant and a chiral inductor that could be used to achieve asymmetric induction in photoproducts.