Studies on the Structures and Hydrogen-bonding Interactions in Aqueous Glycine Solutions Using All-atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations and NMR Spectroscopy

All-atom molecular dynamics （MD） simulations and chemical shifts were used to study interactions and structures in the glycine-water system. Radial distribution functions and the hydrogen-bond network were applied in MD simulations. Aggregates in the aqueous glycine solution could be classified into different regions by analysis of the hydrogen-bonding network. Temperature-dependent NMR spectra and the viscosity of glycine in aqueous solutions were measured to compare with the results of MD simulations. The variation tendencies of the hydrogen atom chemical shifts and viscosity with concentration of glycine agree with the statistical results of hydrogen bonds in the MD simulations.     

Heck Reaction Catalyzed by Palladacycle in Neat Water

Cydopalladated ferrocenylimine has been found to be a type of excellent phosphine-free catalyst for Heck reactions in neat water with both higher yields and turnover numbers than those reported in the literature up to now. Some commercial emulsifying agents, indodin~ the commonly used quaternary ammonium salts, have been proved to be excellent additives in the catalysis of the reactions. Not only aromatic iodide, but also aromatic bromide could be coupled with the olef‘ms. All rcactions were able to be conducted in air under refluxlng condition.     

Mechanism study on the reactions between biphenyl and HNO_2 initiated by 355 nm irradiation in aqueous phase

The reactions taking place in the mixed solution of biphenyl and nitrous acid after it was exposed to UV irradiation were studied in this research work. The transient species were identified with the nanosec- ond transient spectroscopic technique, and the final products were ascertained by GC-MS analysis. It was shown that the OH radical, generated by the direct photolysis of nitrous acid, would attack biphe- nyl molecule to form Bp-OH adduct with a rate constant of 9.5×109 L·mol?1·s?1. The Bp-OH adduct could either react with H or be oxidized by nitrous acid to form nitrosobiphenol. The reactions between biphenyl and nitrous acid under UV irradiation in atmospheric aqueous phase were therefore sug- gested to be one promising source of nitrocompounds in the environment.     

Mechanism study on the reactions between biphenyl and HNO<Subscript>2</Subscript> initiated by 355 nm irradiation in aqueous phase

The reactions taking place in the mixed solution of biphenyl and nitrous acid after it was exposed to UV irradiation were studied in this research work. The transient species were identified with the nanosecond transient spectroscopic technique, and the final products were ascertained by GC-MS analysis. It was shown that the OH radical, generated by the direct photolysis of nitrous acid, would attack biphenyl molecule to form Bp-OH adduct with a rate constant of 9.5×109 L·mol-1·s-1. The Bp-OH adduct could either react with H or be oxidized by nitrous acid to form nitrosobiphenol. The reactions between biphenyl and nitrous acid under UV irradiation in atmospheric aqueous phase were therefore suggested to be one promising source of nitrocompounds in the environment.     

Kinetics of the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane over a VMgO Catalyst

The reaction kinetics of the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane was studied at 475-550℃ over a VMgO catalyst. Vanadium-magnesium-oxides are among the most selective and active catalysts for the dehydrogenation of propane to propylene. Selectivity to propylene up to about 60% was obtained at 10% conversion, but the selectivity decreased with increasing conversion. No oxygenates were detected, the only by-products were CO and CO2. The reaction rate of propane was found to be first order in propane and close to zero order in oxygen, which is in agreement with a Mars van Krevelen mechanism with the activation of the hydrocarbon as the rate determining step. The activation energy of the conversion of propane was found to be 122±6 kJ/mol.     

A STUDY ON THE ADSORPTION OF LOW CONCENTRATION FREE ALKALI BY SUBACID RESIN

1. INTRODUCTIONIn the purification process of food, drug, and biological products, usually the material to be purified were not neutral. Application of traditional neutralization method with acid or alkali could increase electrolyte content in the material to be purified. Due to the capability of the adsorption of free alkali by subacid resin, the defect of electrolyte absorption in neutralization could be avoided when used in the purification of food, drug, and biological products [1]. H…     

VISCOELASTICITY AND IONIC CONDUCTIVITY OF TWO-COMPONENT EPOXY NETWORK CONTAINING LITHIUM PERCHLORATE*

Polymeric solid electrolyte system composed of triglycidyl ether of glycerol (TGEG), diglycidyl ether of polyethylene glycol (DGEPEG)and LiClO_4 salt were synthesized. In this" system the electrolyte has a pecularity that not merely can the LiClO_4 provide ionic carriers, but also catalyze the crosslinking reaction without adding an usual curing agent. The effect of salt content and degree of crosslinking on the viscoelasticity and ionic conductivity were studied. Both WLF and VTF equations were used to treat the experimental data in order to elucidate the mechanism of ionic conduction. It was found that the ionic conductivity of the system is carded out through the segmental motion mechanism. However, the data must be treated with care. For example, in evaluating WLF parameters, the contribution concerned with ionic carrier generation with temperature to the conductivity must be differentiated from that concerned with segmental motion. Besides, the temperature range suitable to WLF equation must also be considered. For VTF equation, it might be inapplicable ff the temperature is too low and close to the glass transition temperature of the specimen. Further study is needed in order to have a quantitative information on the limitation of these equations.     

甲硫氨酸-脑啡肽的分子动力学模拟

The conformational properties of Met-enkephalin (Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met) were investigated by high temperature quenched molecular dynamics simulations in vapor. Each of these selected structures were then analyzed according to their backbone(φ,Ψ) conformational distributions and sorted into 13 families by computing the rms difference between the Cα-C backbone fragments of each residue over all the structures. Selected lowest energy conformations from each of 13 families were thoroughly energy minimized. The results of simulations show that Met-enkephalin is a flexible molecule. It shows a type Ⅰβ-turn, with the Gly2 carbonyl forming a hydrogen bond with the Met5 amino proton and a type Ⅱβ turn, with the Tyr1 amino proton forming a hydrogen bond with the Phe4 carbonyl. The multiple fit were carried out for all of the 13 conformers with morphine(9 atoms on the pharmacophore groups). F2 and F6 were the most similar to morphine. The rms were 0.0504 nm and 0.0726 nm. The results of simulations also show that Tyr amino N corresponds to N on piperidine ring in morphine, Tyr phenol corresponds to the phenol in morphine, the aromatic ring of Phe corresponds to the cyclohexene ring in morphine. The distances between the three pharmacophores, d1 (Tyr N to Tyr OH), d2 (Tyr N to Tyr du1), d3(Tyr N to Phe du2) and d4(Tyr N to Phe du2) were found to be about 0.8, 0.5, 0.7-0.9 and 0.5 nm, respectively, the corresponding, distances of morphine were found to be 0.7697(N18 to O6),0.5143(N18 to du25), 0.3962(N18 to du24)和0.5566(N18 to O15)nm. Therefore, they may be acted on the same receptor. This model should aid in pharmaceutical design of peptide and nonpeptide ligands with opioid.     

Studies on Agarofurans VIII. Synthesis of the Metabolites of 4-Butyl-a-agarofuran

Agarofurans have been found to be active on the nervous system in our institute. 4-Butyl-a-agarofuran 1 is a promising drug candidate. In order to explore the pharmacokinetics of 1, the metabolism of 1 in vitro was studied with liver microsomes from rats. Five metabolites were isolated and structures were identified as compounds 2-6. But the absolute configuration of 2,4,5 and the position of carbonyl in 3 could not be unambiguously determined. Further determination was limited by the smal…     

KINETIC STUDY OF GAS-PHASE POLYMERIZATION OF PROPENE BY THE INHIBITION METHOD USING CARBON MONOXIDE

The inhibition method using CO to determine the active center concentration C~* in olefin poly-merization and the kinetics of gas-phase polymerization of propene were studied. The reliabilityof the method when used in gas-phase polymerization of propene is proved and the influencing fac-tor of the method is found to be the "repeating inhibition" of CO to the active centers. The C~*, the rate constant k_P and the activation energy were determined from the experimentalresults. We concluded that the C~* decreases with polymerization time and coincides with the decayrate of the polymerization.     

Chemical inequivalence behavior of the protons attached to the same carbon in ethylene-propylene copolymer（EPC）

Six ethylene-propylene copolymer samples with different structural parameters were analyzed by ^1H NMR,^13C NMR and ^1H-^13C COSY in this paper.With the aid of the ^1H-^13C COSY spectra of ethylene-propylene copolymer,the chemical inequivalence behavior of the protons attached to the same carbon in the ethylene-propylene copolymer could be observed. Four basic types of chemical bonds were divided,and two kinds of main conformations were proposed to explain this phenomenon. Based on the calculation of conformation distribution,it can be proved that the explanation of this phenomenon was reasonable.     

生物相容性BAB型两亲嵌段共聚物的合成及其自组装

Lys(z)-NCA was synthesized in the presence of triphosgene, amphiphilic triblock copolymers poly(N^c-CBZ-Lysine)-PEG-poly(N^c-CBZ-Lysine) were synthesized in DMF using amino-end ended PEG as initiator with the mechanism of anion ring opening polymerization. The structures of block copolymers were characterized by IR, ^1H-NMR,GPC and DSC. The results showed triblock copolymers with expected structure and low polydispersity in molecular weight could be synthesized by this method. At the same time, the self-assembling behaviors of block copolymer were investigated by TEM. A novel helical aggregates were found to be formed in DMF. Because of biocompatibility of two components of block copolymers, these block copolymers have potential applications in the field of biomaterials.     

A Novel Toxicological Evaluation of TiO2 Nanoparticles on DNA Structure0

TiO2 has been tested to be toxic to DNA under the photo-irradiation of ultraviolet A （UVA）. However, in the dark conditions, after several days of treatment with TiO2 in aqueous solution, the interaction between TiO2 and two types of DNA was detected and the mechanisms were studied by the methods of gel-electrophoresis, IR spectroscopy and TEM. The results showed that the DNA would be bound to TiO2; the ratio of binding was related to the concentration and the treating time; the mechanism of binding is related to phosphate groups of DNA. Besides, DNA with different structure showed different degree of binding. These findings showed a new possible way through which the TiO2 nanoparticles interact with DNA.     

NATURE OF THE A AND THE F MATRIX IN THE CALCULATION OF FORCE CONSTANTS OF MOLECULAR VIBRATION

In this paper,calculations of force constants of molecular vibrations are carried out by using Wilson GF matrix method.In the determination of force constants from frequencies and factorization of Gmatrix,an ordering relationship of A matrix(may be n dimensional) relative to L matrix was found according to the ordering of symmetry coordinates.With the help of inverse unitary transformation,a general method to calculate Ft from constants Fs was established.The additivity of Fr depending on the symmetry block was determined to be true.All the force constants in non-planar and planar of urea,thiourea and sclenouroa molecules were calculated by using the general va-leine force field.The calculated values of frequencies were com-pairec with other data given in the literature,and it was shown that the present calculation is in good agreement with the experimental     

Controlled drug release studies of atenolol using differently sulfonated acryloxyacetophenone and methyl methacrylate copolymer resins as drug carriers

2-Acryloxyacetophenone(AAP) was prepared and subjected to suspension polymerization with methyl methacrylate(MMA) using azobisisobutyronitrile(AIBN) as free radical initiator.The differently sulfonated AAP-MMA cross-linked copolymer cationic exchange resins were prepared by sulfonation with concentrated sulphuric acid at 70 °C.Several characteristics of the prepared resins were evaluated,i.e.FTIR,the ion-exchange capacity(IEC),thermo gravimetric analysis(TGA),particle size distribution and microscopic morphology.The resin characteristics were altered with degree of sulfonation,providing that differently sulfonated resins could be prepared.The behavior of atenolol(ATL) loading and in vitro release in the USP stimulated gastric and intestinal fluids of the obtained resins were evaluated.The drug loaded in the resin increased with increasing degree of sulfonation and hence the drug binding site in resin employed.The drug release was lower from the resins with higher content of sulfonic group due to the increase in the diffusive path depth.The drug release was a little lower in stimulated gastric fluid(SGF) than in stimulated intestinal fluids(SIF).The basic groups,ionized to a little greater extent in SGF and preferred binding with the resin rather than releasing.Hence,the differently sulfonated resins could be utilized as novel carriers for drug delivery.     

Insight into the Structural Requirements of Protoporphyrino- gen Oxidase Inhibitors： Molecular Docking and CoMFA of Di- phenyl Ether, Isoxazole Phenyl, and Pyrazole Phenyl Ether

Protoporphyrinogen oxidase （PPO, EC 1.3.3.4） is one of the most significant targets for a large family of in- hibitors that may be used as herbicide, bactericide, fungicide, or photosensitizing activator to treat cancer through photodynamic therapy （PDT）. Molecular docking and CoMFA were combined in a multistep framework with the ultimate goal of identifying important factor contributing to the activity of PPO inhibitors. As a continuation of the previous research work on the development of new PPO inhibitors, the bioassay results indicated that good PPO in- hibitors were discovered in all of the three chemical series with ICs0 values ranging from 0.010 to 0.061 pmol·L ^-1. Using the crystal structure of tobacco mitochondrial PPO （mtPPO） as template, all the compounds were docked into the enzyme active site. The docking pose of each compound was subsequently used in a receptor-based alignment, leading to the development of a significant CoMFA model with r^2 value of 0.98 and q^2 （cross validation r^2） value of 0.63. This novel multistep framework gives insight into the and it can be extended to other classes of PPO inhibitors. In be particularly applicable in virtual screening procedures. structural characteristics for the binding of inhibitors, addition, the simplicity of the proposed approach may     

INTRODUCTION, EXPRESSION AND REGENE-RATION OF THE TiT-DNA GENES IN CULTURED CELLS FROM Hyoscyamus muticus +Nicotiana tabacum SOMATIC HYBRIDS

After the cultured cells from Hyoscyamus muticus + Nicotiana tabacum somatic hybridswere cocultivated with different virulent strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens harboringoctopine- type Ti plasmid or nopaline- type Ti plasmid using the transformation procedurein vitro developed in the present investigation, the TiT- DNA genes were introducedinto the host cells. The onc genes and ocs or nos genes located on TiT- DNA were expres-sed in transformed colonies derived from the cocultivated cells. Although the platingefficiencies of recipient cells were reduced by the agrobacterial treatment, the frequenciesof phytohormone autotrophy ranged from 33.9 to 76 .8% in the cells infected with viru-lent strains in hormone- free conditions, and the frequencies of opine synthase activityamounted to 9.7- 47 .5%. Teratomatous shoots were regenerated from the transformed col-onies. During the course of culture the shoots were no longer to lengthen when theygrew up to 1 -3 cm in length, and they could not be rooted. Follo     

Measurement of the association constants through micro-Raman spectra of supersaturated lithium perchlorate droplets

High quality micro-Raman spectra of the LiClO4droplet with mass of nanogram scale were obtained at various concentrations from dilute to supersaturated state.From component band analysis of the v1-ClO4band,four peaks at 933.3,936.8,942.1 and950.7 cm 1were identified and assigned to free solvated perchlorate anion,solvent-shared ion pair,contact ion pair and complex ion aggregates,respectively.As expected,the signature of free solvated ClO4ion was observed to decrease in intensity with the increase in concentration.The intensity of the signature from solvent-shared ion pair was observed to rise with increase in concentration from 1.8 mol/kg to 5.0 mol/kg before decreasing as the concentration was further increased to 5.6mol/kg.Signatures of contact ion pair and of complex ion aggregates were shown to increase as the concentration was enhanced.Based upon the Eigen mechanism,we show that three association equilibria can be used to describe the transformations between free solvated perchlorate anion,solvent-shared ion pair,contact ion pair and complex ion aggregates.The overall association constant,K,and the stepwise association constants Ki(i=1 to 3)in the Eigen mechanism were determined separately with values of 0.025±0.003,0.023±0.002,0.068±0.033 and 0.686±0.174.Based on these constants,the electronic performance can be reasonably predicted by the optimum choice of electrolyte concentrations.     

Stability of pyrrolidone derivatives against γ-ray irradiation

To evaluate the stability of N-alkylated pyrrolidone derivatives(NRPs),which are supposed to be used as precipitants for U(VI) and Pu(IV,VI) species in HNO 3 media,under irradiation environment,some candidate NRPs were irradiated by γ-ray.Irradiation to HNO 3 solutions up to 6 mol dm 3(= M) containing 2 M N-n-butyl-2-pyrrolidone(NBP),one of NRPs with lower hydrophobicity,has revealed that the residual ratios of NBP in the samples of HNO 3 up to 3 M decreased identically and linearly.Approximately 20% of NBP was found to be degraded after the irradiation at 1 MGy.It was also found that the decrease in the precipitation ratio of UO 2 2+(P.R.,%) was gentle and that the P.R.values were relatively in accordance with the residual ratios of NBP.On the other hand,the degradation of the samples irradiated in 6 M HNO 3 was found more distinguished.It was proposed from the analyses of degraded compounds that the degradation of NBP in HNO 3 by γ-ray irradiation started from the cleavage of the pyrrolidone ring by the addition of oxygen atom originating from HNO 3,followed by the formation of chain compounds by the successive addition of oxygen,leading to the generation of oxalic acid and acetic acid.The stability of other NRPs in 3 M HNO 3 was evaluated to be nearly identical with that of NBP except lower P.R.values of the samples containing NRPs with higher hydrophobicity irradiated at more than 0.5 MGy.     

Degradation of sulfadiazine antibiotics by water falling film dielectric barrier discharge

A new water falling film dielectric barrier discharge was applied to the degradation of sulfadiazine in the aqueous solution. The various parameters that affect the degradation of sulfadiazine and the proposed evolutionary process were investigated. The results indicated that the inner concentrations of 10 mg/L sulfadiazine can be all removed within 30 min. The optimum pH value was 9.10 and both strong acidic and alkaline solution conditions were not suitable for the degradation. The degradation of sulfadiazine can be enhanced by the addition of hydrogen radical scavengers, but be inhibited by adding hydroxyl radical scavengers. The water falling film dielectric barrier discharge was rather ineffective in mineralization, because of the intermediates were recalcitrant to be degraded. The existence of Fe2+and CCl4 in the liquid phase can promote the degradation and mineralization of sulfadiazine. It was found that the degradation of SDZ was enhanced by CCl4 was mainly because of the increase of OH due to the reaction of CCl4 with H that reduce the chances of their recombination with OH. Based on the 8 intermediate products identified by LC–MS, the proposed evolution of the degradation process was investigated.