Inhibitory effect of bis(2-aminohexyl) disulfide and bis(2-amino-3-phenylpropyl) disulfide on several mouse inflammations.

The anti-inflammatory profile of the analogues of bis(2-aminopropyl) disulfide dihydrochloride with butyl (compd. II) and phenyl (compd. III) instead of the methyl group was studied in several mouse models related to phagocyte functions. The test samples were administered 2-3 h before the inflammatory stimulation or the peak of inflammation. Subcutaneously administered, compds. II and III significantly inhibited serotonin-induced paw edema in a dose-dependent manner (50% inhibitory dose values: 10 and 5 mg/kg, respectively), when orally administered at 25 mg/kg, these compounds were significantly effective, but their potencies were weaker. Neither compound had any irritant activity when administered at a dose of 12.5 micrograms/5 microliters/paw into the paw. In a sheep red blood cells (SRBC)-induced delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction model, compd. II (25 mg/kg, s.c.) significantly inhibited the DTH responses when administered at two different times in relation to the time of challenge. However, there was only slight inhibition by compd. III (25 mg/kg, s.c.) on paw edema formation when administered 14 h after secondary immune response. In a model of experimental acute hepatic failure induced by successive injections of Propionibacterium acnes and lipopolysaccharide, both compounds increased mouse survived, compared with the control mice, and kept the serum levels of components involved in hepatic failure to nearly normal levels. These results demonstrate that compds. II and III possess an inhibitory effect on inflammation related to phagocytes.     

纳米TiO_2表面有机化改性的研究

本文依次采用2,4-甲苯二异氰酸酯(TDI)和丙烯酸羟乙酯(HEA)对纳米TiO2表面进行有机化改性,通过FT-IR、激光粒度分析和分散性测试表征其表面的结构并对改性前后的性能进行了比较.结果表明,TDI- HEA与TiO2表面的羟基发生了反应,表面化学键接的TDI-HEA量在40℃较20℃高,并随TDI-HEA/TiO2摩尔比的增大迅速增加,当摩尔比达0.4时趋于平缓,达到10.46%.在非极性有机溶剂中,改性后的TiO2分散性较未改性时有了明显的提高.     

Molecular structure of bis(2,8-diphenylindolizin-3-yl) disulfide

Conclusions The structure of bis(2-,8-diphenylindolizin-3-yl) disulfide was studied by x-ray structural analysis. It was shown that the unsual geometric parameters of the molecule are apparently due to the contribution of the form with the highest number of C-S bonds and that the molecule studied can be considered a double autocomplex with charge transfer.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2724–2731, December, 1985. Original article submitted.We would like to thank N. S. Prostakov, A. T. Soldatenkov, and V. I. Kuznetsov for supplying the object of investigation and participating in the discussion of the results.     

PVC-based bis(2-nitrophenyl)disulfide sensor for zinc ions

A PVC membrane electrode based on bis(2-nitrophenyl)disulfide carrier exhibits a very good response for Zn²⁺ in a wide concentration range (from 2.9×10⁻⁷ to 3.2×10⁻² mol l⁻¹) with a slope of 29.9±0.4 mV per decade of Zn²⁺ concentration. The response time of the sensor is about 10 s and the membrane can be used for more than 3 months without any observed divergence in potentials. The proposed sensor exhibits very good selectivity for Zn²⁺ over many cations and can be used in a wide pH range (2-9). This assembly served also as an indicator electrode in potentiometric titrations involving zinc ions and direct potentiometric determination of zinc ions in real and synthetic samples.     

Surface modification of iron particles with a polyfluorinated disulfude: Effect of solvent and temperature

Adsorption of bis(2-chloro-3-oxaperfluorobutyl) disulfide from nonaqueous solutions onto the surface of carbonyl iron particles was studied with the aim of modification of these particles. The adsorption parameters were calculated using the Langmuir equation from the adsorption isotherms obtained in the interval 20-60°C. With an increase in temperature and in the solvent affinity for the modifying agent, the limiting amounts of the reagent that has interacted with the iron particle surface increase. This fact suggests the chemisorption nature of the process. The products of the reaction of iron with the disulfide can be desorbed from the particle surface.     

The reactions of hydrogen atoms with bis(trifluoromethyl)disulfide

The reactions of hydrogen atoms produced by the mercury-photosensitized decomposition of H₂ with bis(trifluoromethyl)disulfide has been studied. The rate coefficient for the primary reaction, H + CF₃SSCF₃ → CF₃SH + CF₃S, was determined in competition with the reaction H + C₂H₄S → SH + C₂H₄ to have the value k = (3.0 ± 0.18) × 10¹⁴ exp[-(4560 ± 140)/RT] cm³ mol^?1 S^?1. The high A factor can be partially accounted for by assuming free rotation for the two CF₃ groups and the SCF₃ groups about the S—S bond in the transition state. The relatively high activation energy is attributed to inductive and orbital overlap effects. CH₃SH, H₂S, and CF₃SH all react with CF₃SSCF₃ to yield solid complexes which were not explored further.     

Surface modification of colloidal silica particles

Colloidal silica particles in organic solvents were grafted, using several reagents, in order to make them hydrophobic. The hydrophobicity of the beads could be easily varied. Quasielastic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy experiments showed that no aggregation occurs during the reaction when monofunctional agents are used. Elemental analysis and solid-state NMR measurements gave us the rate of surface modification of the silanol groups. We also studied the rheological behaviour of the grafted particles as a function of the volume fraction in solvents of various hydrophobicity. Hexamethyldisilazane-grafted particles display hard-sphere behaviour in polar solvents such as 2-propanol, but not in alkanes, whereas dimethyldodecylchlorosilane-grafted particles flocculated in polar solvents but could easily be dispersed in apolar solvents. Received: 15 March 2000 Accepted: 11 July 2000     

O2 activation by bis(imino)pyridine iron(II)-thiolate complexes

The new iron(II)-thiolate complexes [((iPr)BIP)Fe(II)(SPh)(Cl)] (1) and [((iPr)BIP)Fe(II)(SPh)(OTf)] (2) [BIP = bis(imino)pyridine] were prepared as models for cysteine dioxygenase (CDO), which converts Cys to Cys-SO(2)H at a (His)(3)Fe(II) center. Reaction of 1 and 2 with O(2) leads to Fe-oxygenation and S-oxygenation, respectively. For 1 + O(2), the spectroscopic and reactivity data, including (18)O isotope studies, are consistent with an assignment of an iron(IV)-oxo complex, [((iPr)BIP)Fe(IV)(O)(Cl)](+) (3), as the product of oxygenation. In contrast, 2 + O(2) results in direct S-oxygenation to give a sulfonato product, PhSO(3)(-). The positioning of the thiolate ligand in 1 versus 2 appears to play a critical role in determining the outcome of O(2) activation. The thiolate ligands in 1 and 2 are essential for O(2) reactivity and exhibit an important influence over the Fe(III)/Fe(II) redox potential.