A first total synthesis of a hybrid-type ganglioside associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-like disorder

The hybrid ganglioside X1, which was identified in the bovine brain, was synthesized for the first time. Ganglioside X1 is believed to be involved in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-like disorders in patients with neurological disorders after treatment with bovine brain gangliosides. A convergent approach using two branched glycan units, the GM2-core trisaccharide and the lacto-ganglio tetrasaccharide, efficiently provided the highly branched heptasaccharide part of ganglioside X1, which was conjugated with the ceramide part to produce the protected ganglioside X1. Global deprotection delivered homogenous ganglioside X1, with which serum from the patient was reacted.     

Analysis of carbofuran residues in soil by the stopped-flow technique

A simple method for the determination of carbofuran by the stopped-flow technique and which is suitable for its routine analysis in soil samples is reported. The method was based on the coupling reaction between carbofuran phenol (the hydrolysis product of carbofuran) and diazotised sulphanilic acid to form a coloured compound, the rate of formation of which was monitored spectrophotometrically. The calibration graph was linear in the range 1-40 micrograms ml-1 (RSD, 2%) and the method was highly selective. The average recovery of carbofuran was 96.5% from soil, and less than 0.5 micrograms g-1 could be detected. A procedure for the resolution of propoxur - carbofuran mixtures of mass ratios in the range 5:1-1:10 with a precision of ca 3% is also described.     

Rapid determination of multidrug resistance-associated protein in cancer cells by capillary electrophoresis immunoassay

The adenosine triphosphate (ATP) binding-cassette (ABC) transporters are a superfamily of cellular proteins that have been partly implicated as a cause of multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer cells. The ABC superfamily consists of P-glycoprotein, multidrug resistance-associated proteins (MRP) and breast cancer-related proteins, of which MRP is of particular interest because of its ability to efflux a broader range of substrates. Since MRP1 is the most prominent member of the MRP family, a simple technique is needed for its quantification. We developed a simple, fast (total analysis time of 3h) capillary electrophoresis immunoassay (CEIA) for the quantification of MRP1 in cancer cells. MRP1 antibody was labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate. The labeled antibody was incubated with the cell lysate for a fixed interval (1h), after which the cell lysate mixture was directly injected into the capillary to separate the complex of MRP1 and its antibody from free antibody. The noncompetitive CEIA method had a limit of detection of 0.2 nM and a good linear range (1.7-14.9×10(4) cells), and was fairly reproducible (RSD<10%). The results showed that two cell lines, A549 and RDES, expressed MRP1 in the absence of doxorubicin (DOX), with A549 registering a higher expression. Compared to DOX-free cancer cells, there was an acceleration of MRP1 expression during the 12h-exposure to DOX, after which the level of expression remained nearly constant as the intracellular accumulation of DOX decreased. The results obtained in this work indicate that the developed CEIA method is useful for relative quantification of MRPs in cancer cells.     

Determination of Iridium at Sub ng·g−1 Levels in Geological Materials by RNAA

Radiochemical neutron activation method is presented for the determination of iridium in geological materials. The procedure consisted of thermal neutron irradiation of an 500 mg sample followed by sinterization with sodium peroxide, precipitation with tellurium and high resolution gamma-spectrometry with a hyper-pure Ge-detector. The procedure was evaluated by the analysis of the certified reference materials SARM-7 and W-1. The detection limit for the analytical conditions employed was 0.004 ng·g^–1 Ir. The procedure was applied to the reference materials TDB-1 and WGB-1, which present provisional values for Ir concentration, and GXR-3, GXR-5 and GXR-6, which do not present any reported data for Ir contents.     

Electrochemical Immunosensor Made with Zein-based Nanofibers for On-site Detection of Aflatoxin B1

A disposable electrochemical immunosensor for on-site detection of aflatoxin B1(AFB1), one of the most toxic mycotoxins in agri-food products, was fabricated through a low-cost cut-printing method and then modified with zein/polypyrrole(PPy) electrospun nanofibers onto which anti-AFB1 monoclonal antibodies were immobilized covalently. Fabrication was possible with an innovative and simple approach to adsorb nanofibers onto the working electrode during electrospinning. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was employed as the principle of detection, and the data collected with a portable potentiostat were treated with information visualization techniques. The nanostructured immunosensor showed a high sensitivity for AFB1 with a linear detection range from 0.25 to 10 ng mL⁻¹ and a theoretical limit of detection of 0.092 ng mL⁻¹, which is adequate to detect AFB1 in food, according to regulatory agencies.     

New process for the preparation of 3,5-dihydroxy-1-pentylbenzene

A new process for the preparation of 3,5-dihydroxy-1-pentylbenzene, which is used as medicinal intermediate and raw material for the synthesis of HIV restrainer, is proposed in this paper. Technical 3,5-dimethoxybenzoic acid reacted with lithium hydride to form a salt (I) which acylated n-butyllithium directly to give 1-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-pentanone (II) in 85.06% yield. Then (II) was reduced through a Wolff-K-Huangminglong reaction at 210°C to give 3,5-dimethoxy-1-pentylbenzene (III). Finally, (III) refluxed with melt pyridine hydrochloride at 200°C for 2 h to afford the target product 3,5-dihydroxy-1-pentylbenzene (IV). The total yield of (IV) amounted to 61.50% and its mass percentage was 98.22%. The products were characterized by means of IR, ¹H-NMR, GC and HLPC-MS. The results indicated that this synthetic route was feasible, characterized by simple process and higher yield, and superior to the published ones.     

QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF ARRANGEMENT OF MONOMERS IN LINEAR BINARY COPOLYMERS USING A MONTE CARLO SIMULATION METHOD

A Monte Carlo method was used to take thorough account of the influences of different reactivity ratios and initial feed compositions on copolymer microstructure.The model proves the lack of azeotropic behavior in systems in which r_A>1 and r_B<1 or vice versa;it is also able to calculate the drift in the copolymer properties:copolymer composition,and randomness parameter.Moreover,for each reactivity ratio pair given,there is a unique reaction conversion,at which macromolecules produced inherit their max...     

High-performance liquid chromatographic assay for prostaglandin E1 in various ointment vehicles. Separation and stability testing

A high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) incorporated in white petrolatum, white ointment, hydrophilic petrolatum and Plastibase was investigated. The prostaglandin was separated from the oleaginous vehicles with n-hexane-aqueous acetonitrile. Most of white petrolatum, which is a principal component in the vehicles, remained in the n-hexane layer, and the recovery of the drug from any vehicle attained 100%. The method was applied to stability studies of PGE1 in white petrolatum and macrogol ointment. In which pure PGE1 and PGE1-alpha-cyclodextrin complex (PGE1-CD) were incorporated. The drug remained intact for up to 6 months when stored at 5 degrees C. At 25 and 40 degrees C, pure PGE1 was more stable than PGE1-CD and both PGE1 species were more stable in white petrolatum than in macrogol ointment.     

Thermal lens spectrophotometry of nitrogen dioxide using an excimer-laser-pumped dye laser

A thermal lens spectrophotometer based on a pulsed dye laser pumped by an excimer laser was constructed. A thermal lens spectrum was measured for nitrogen dioxide by scanning the dye laser wavelength, which was well correlated with an absorption spectrum. A linear calibration graph was obtained in the nl 1^?1 range, the detection limit being 4 nl 1^?1, which is similar to the best value achieved by other laser spectrometric methods. The enhancement factor achieved was 16, which is much smaller than the theoretical value of 292 calculated by assuming an exciting laser with a single transverse mode (beam waist radius 0.12 mm). However, the observed enhancement factor agrees fairly well with the theoretical value of 17 calculated from the observed beam radius (0.5 mm) at the waist. Hence the observed small enhancement factor is ascribed to poor beam quality of the dye laser used. Pulsed thermal lens spectrophotometry is shown to be useful especially for the analysis of gaseous samples at elevated temperatures.     

Determination of rate constants by a double-line flow injection method incorporating a well-stirred tank reactor

Equations have been derived for the concentration-time profiles of reactants and products in a first order reaction obtained on passage of a reactant plug through a single well-stirred tank reactor. When taken together with the equations for physical dispersion of such a reactor under plug flow conditions, an expression for the reaction rate constant was derived which allowed its experimental determination in a relatively simple fashion. The method was tested for reactions between cerium and oxalic acid and between dichromate and ascorbic acid, for which values of the rate constants of around 2 x 10(2) sec(-1) and 5.5 x 10(3) sec(-1) were obtained. Good agreement with other experimentally determined values was obtained. The scope and the limitations of the proposed method are critically discussed with the aid of some model calculations. The range of values for which the method might be suitable is approximately 10(-3)-10(-1) sec(-1). An equation analogous to a peak-width equation was derived as a further development of this approach. Good agreement with the previously determined values were obtained for both systems. The extension of the method to reactions other than first order is discussed.     

Development of an on-line high performance liquid chromatography detection system for human cytochrome P450 1A2 inhibitors in extracts of natural products

An on-line HPLC screening method for detection of inhibitors of human cytochrome P450 1A2 in extracts was developed. HPLC separation of extracts is connected to a continuous methoxyresorufin-O-demethylation (MROD) assay in which recombinant human P450 1A2 converts methoxyresorufin to its fluorescent metabolite resorufin. The system was tested with three P450 1A2 inhibitors, for which minimum detectable amounts (MDA) ranging from 0.7 to 9.5 ng were obtained. Analysis of a kava kava and a basil extract showed that the on-line system is applicable to complex mixtures, since in both extracts, peaks with P450 1A2 inhibiting activity were observed.     

[Bmim]Br-AlCl3催化苯与1-十二烯烃烷基化反应机理的研究

利用同位素取代法考察了[Bmim]Br-AlCl3催化苯与1-十二烯烃烷基化反应机理. 首先进行了[Bmim]Br-AlCl3催化氘代苯与1-十二烯烃的反应, 通过GC-MS及NMR分析产物十二烷基苯同分异构体的结构, 验证了氘原子与产物侧链1-位碳相连的结论. 示踪氘原子推导了烷基化反应机理, 结果表明: [Bmim]Br-AlCl3催化苯与长链烯烃的烷基化反应是由[Al2Cl6Br]－发生平衡移动, 生成Lewis酸AlCl3引发的; AlCl3吸电子作用使1-十二烯烃的π电子向1-碳转移, 在烯烃的2-碳上形成正电荷中心, 碳正离子与苯发生亲电反应生成不稳定的σ络合物, 与σ络合物环上的σ-C相连的D＋转移到负电的侧链1-C上形成C—D键, AlCl3离去, 生成产物2-十二烷基苯. Lewis酸催化机理为离子液体催化苯与长链烯烃的反应中, 2-十二烷基苯选择性高于H质子催化产物提供了理论依据.     

新的钌环丙烷化催化体系的探索(Ⅱ) 氮膦配体立体化学结构控制顺反比选择性的初步研究

本文研究了一个新的钌催化的苯乙烯环丙烷化反应催化体系。当该催化体系用三氟甲磺酸银预处理后其催化的环丙烷化反应产物的顺反比接近1：1,且顺式产物略微占优。这在环丙烷化反应中是不多见的。我们用分子力学／动力学对该催化体系进行了模拟。结果表明键能并非是决定产物顺反比的主要因素,但是对于非键能来说,由于中间体M1与苯乙烯作用生成顺式产物时的范德华作用非常强,它弥补了由静电能所引起的能量上的不利因素。所以总能量对生成顺式产物较为有利。但是由于生成顺式产物与反式产物的总能量差别不大（2．5kcal.mol^-1),所以环丙烷化产物的顺反比接近1：1。这是氮膦配体立体化学结构控制产物选择性的结果。     

Determination of iodide by derivatization to 4-iodo-N,N-dimethylaniline and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

A real-time determination of iodide is proposed which involves the oxidation of iodide with 2-iodosobenzoate in the presence of N,N-dimethylaniline. The reaction is completed within 1 min to yield 4-iodo-N,N-dimethylaniline, which is extracted in cyclohexane and determined by GC-MS. It was also possible to determine iodine by derivatization in the absence of 2-iodosobenzoate, and iodate by its reduction with ascorbic acid to iodide and subsequent derivatization. A rectilinear calibration graph was obtained for 0.02-50 micrograms l-1 iodide with a correlation coefficient of 0.9998. The limit of detection was 8 ng l-1 iodide. The method was applied to the determination of iodate in iodized table salt and free iodide and total iodine in sea-water, and to spiked samples when the recovery was in the range 96.8-104.3% (RSD 1.9-3.6%). A sample clean-up by solid-phase extraction with a LiChrolut EN cartridge is proposed.     

Triphenylsilyl as a protecting group in the synthesis of 1, 12-heterodisubstituted p-carboranes

A triphenylsilyl group is used as an auxiliary in the synthesis of heterodisubstituted p-carboranes via triphenylsilyl-p-carborane (1). The preparation of 1 is statistical, but with recovery of the starting p-carborane, the effective conversion to 1 is about 90%. Carborane 1 has been easily converted to its lithium and copper derivatives, which were reacted with a range of electrophiles including alkyl halides: an aryl iodide, an acetylene bromide, and a sulfenyl chloride. The derivatives of 1 are crystalline and UV active, which facilitates their isolation and purification. The Ph(3)Si group is efficiently removed with fluoride to give monosubstituted p-carboranes I, which upon further nucleophilic substitution yield p-carboranes II. The yields of heterodisubstituted products II are higher than for direct, "statistical" syntheses. For example, 12-pentyl-1, 12-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane-1-carboxylic acid was synthesized from p-carborane via 1 in 62% overall yield, a considerable improvement over the 44% yield obtained by direct methods.     

Diastereoselective addition of gamma-substituted allylic nucleophiles to ketones: highly stereoselective synthesis of tertiary homoallylic alcohols using an allylic tributylstannane/stannous chloride system

The diastereoselective addition of gamma-substituted allylic nucleophiles to ketones has been accomplished to give tertiary homoallylic alcohols. The reaction of tributylcinnamyltin 1a with simple ketones 2 in the presence of stannous chloride (SnCl(2)) gave the tertiary homoallylic alcohols 3, which include the anti form (based on Ph and OH), with high diastereoselectivity. In the reaction course, transmetalation of tributylcinnamyltin 1a with SnCl(2) proceeds to form an active nucleophile which is tentatively considered to be a cinnamyltin(II) species. A cyclic transition state A is favorable because the chlorinated tin(II) center is highly capable of accepting ligands. The other diastereomers (syn form) 4 were obtained in the reaction of tributylcinnamyltin 1a with ketones 2 by the use of BF(3) x OEt(2) instead of SnCl(2). This reaction proceeds through an acyclic transition state in which BF(3) acts as a Lewis acid for activation of ketones. When 3-tributylstannylcyclohexene 1b or 3-tributylstannylcyclopentene 1c was used with SnCl(2), high diastereoselective formation of the corresponding homoallylic alcohols 6 which have the syn form (based on ring chain and OH) was observed. The selectivity was also explained by the cyclic transition state B. When tributylcrotyltin 1d or 1e was used, the stereochemistry of the products depends on the additives (SnCl(2) or BF(3) x OEt(2)), substituents of ketones, and reaction temperature. It is interesting that those additives compensate for each other in terms of diastereoselective alkylation. The alkylation of alpha-alkoxy, aryloxy, or hydroxyketones 16 was achieved in extremely high selectivity using an allylic tributyltin 1a-c/SnCl(2) system. The chelation by carbonyl and beta-oxygens provides a rigid transition state (E or F) for selective reactions. It is noted that the hydroxyketone can be used without protection in this reaction system. The relative stereochemistry of the produced tertiary homoallylic alcohols was determined on the basis of X-ray analyses.     

Oligoether-strapped calix[4]pyrrole: an ion-pair receptor displaying cation-dependent chloride anion transport

A ditopic ion-pair receptor (1), which has tunable cation- and anion-binding sites, has been synthesized and characterized. Spectroscopic analyses provide support for the conclusion that receptor 1 binds fluoride and chloride anions strongly and forms stable 1:1 complexes ([1·F](-) and [1·Cl](-)) with appropriately chosen salts of these anions in acetonitrile. When the anion complexes of 1 were treated with alkali metal ions (Li(+), Na(+), K(+), Cs(+), as their perchlorate salts), ion-dependent interactions were observed that were found to depend on both the choice of added cation and the initially complexed anion. In the case of [1·F](-), no appreciable interaction with the K(+) ion was seen. On the other hand, when this complex was treated with Li(+) or Na(+) ions, decomplexation of the bound fluoride anion was observed. In contrast to what was seen with Li(+), Na(+), K(+), treating [1·F](-) with Cs(+) ions gave rise to a stable, host-separated ion-pair complex, [F·1·Cs], which contains the Cs(+) ion bound in the cup-like portion of the calix[4]pyrrole. Different complexation behavior was seen in the case of the chloride complex, [1·Cl](-). Here, no appreciable interaction was observed with Na(+) or K(+). In contrast, treating with Li(+) produces a tight ion-pair complex, [1·Li·Cl], in which the cation is bound to the crown moiety. In analogy to what was seen for [1·F](-), treatment of [1·Cl](-) with Cs(+) ions gives rise to a host-separated ion-pair complex, [Cl·1·Cs], in which the cation is bound to the cup of the calix[4]pyrrole. As inferred from liposomal model membrane transport studies, system 1 can act as an effective carrier for several chloride anion salts of Group 1 cations, operating through both symport (chloride+cation co-transport) and antiport (nitrate-for-chloride exchange) mechanisms. This transport behavior stands in contrast to what is seen for simple octamethylcalix[4]pyrrole, which acts as an effective carrier for cesium chloride but does not operates through a nitrate-for-chloride anion exchange mechanism.     

锂在共轭双键高分子中的电化学嵌入反应3: 锂在聚萘中的电 化学嵌入反应

研究了锂在导电高聚物---聚萘中的嵌入反应。聚萘样品经650℃处理,作为锂电池的正极,组装成Li/(C~1~0H~6)~n电池。X射线衍射分析、ESR实验、X射线光电子能谱分析等一系列实验证实上述电池的正板反应是锂在聚萘中的电化学嵌入反应。通过XPS实验对嵌入聚萘的锂进行了价态分析,认为嵌进去的锂是以原子态及离子态两种状态存在,其结合能分别为55.7eV和57.4eV。采用电化学暂态测量技术研究了锂在导电高聚物---聚萘中的扩散,计算了锂在嵌合物中的离子电导率及淌度。用Hebb-Wagner直流极化法测量了嵌合物的电子电导。     

High frequency titrations involving chelation with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid: Determination of uranyl ion

It has been shown that for the pH range of 3.5 to 4.0, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid reacts with uranyl ion to form a stable salt. The reacting ratio was found to be 2 : 1 (metal to addendum) which is in contrast to the usual reacting ratio of 1 : 1 obtained with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and other heavy metals. The chelate obtained with uranyl ion is probably a pseudo salt.A high frequency titration employing tri-sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate is suggested for the determination of uranyl ion.     

Bioassay of bile acids using an enzyme-linked DNA aptamer

A new analytical method for the detection of bile acids has been developed by adopting an alkaline phosphatase-linked DNA oligomer that binds to bile acids. A 5'-biotin-labeled DNA oligomer with a 40-nucleotide length that is defined by the in vitro selection method was connected with alkaline phosphatase through an avidin-biotin linkage and applied to an enzyme immunoassay format. Sample solutions were incubated with small aliquots for a cholic acid-immobilized agarose matrix, on which the alkaline phosphatase-linked DNA oligomer had been bound prior to carrying out the assay. The amount of the alkaline phosphatase-linked DNA oligomer dissociated from the cholic acid-immobilized agarose matrix, which was detected using a fluorogenic substrate for alkaline phosphatase, indicated the amount of bile acids in the samples. The results suggest that the DNA aptamer directly linked with the reporter enzyme is applicable as a detector ligand for the immunoassay format. A linear calibration range was obtained for cholic acid between 0.1 to 5 mmol l-1 with a limit of detection of 10 mumol l-1. The %RSD was 7 at 5 mmol l-1 of cholic acid.