NOx—Catalyzed Gas—Phase Activation of Methane： the Formation of Hydrogen

NOx-catalyzed oxidation of methane without a solid catalyst was investigated, and a hydrogen selectivity of 27% was obtained with an overall methane conversion of 34% and a free O2 concentration of 1.7% at 700℃.     

Nanoscale Hydroxyl Radical Generation from Multiphoton Ionization of Tryptophan

Exposure of solutions containing both tryptophan and hydrogen peroxide to a pulsed (∼180 fs) laser beam at 750 nm induces luminescence characteristic of 5-hydroxytryptophan. The results indicate that 3-photon excitation of tryptophan results in photoionization within the focal volume of the laser beam. The resulting hydrated electron is scavenged by hydrogen peroxide to produce the hydroxyl radical. The latter subsequently reacts with tryptophan to form 5-hydroxytryptophan. The involvement of hydroxyl radicals is confirmed by the use of ethanol and nitrous oxide as scavengers and their effects on the fluorescence yield in this system. It is postulated that such multiphoton ionization of tryptophanyl residues in cellular proteins may contribute to the photodamage observed during imaging of cells and tissues using multiphoton microscopy.     

气相自由基反应动力学的光电离质谱研究

气相自由基能与各种气体发生快速反应,在大气化学、燃烧化学和星际化学等重要的化学过程中起着关键性的催化作用。许多实验方法(例如荧光法和吸收法)已经用于研究气相自由基反应动力学过程,并取得许多重要的成果,但这些技术局限于探测小分子自由基反应。流动管反应器和闪光光解结合光电离质谱的实验技术以其通用性、多重探测性、选择性和灵敏性等多种优势,成为研究气相自由基反应的主要实验方法。本文介绍利用高通量、高分辨、连续可调的同步辐射光电离质谱开展多种自由基反应研究所取得的一些独创性的成果。另外,该技术具有独有的时间分辨、能量分辨和异构体分辨的能力,能够广泛用于大气化学、燃烧化学和星际化学中一些重要的气相自由基(如烷氧自由基、烃类自由基等)反应宏观动力学过程的研究。     

The Contribution of the Activation Entropy to the Gas-Phase Stability of Modified Nucleic Acid Duplexes

Tricyclo-DNA (tcDNA) is a sugar-modified analogue of DNA currently tested for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in an antisense approach. Tandem mass spectrometry plays a key role in modern medical diagnostics and has become a widespread technique for the structure elucidation and quantification of antisense oligonucleotides. Herein, mechanistic aspects of the fragmentation of tcDNA are discussed, which lay the basis for reliable sequencing and quantification of the antisense oligonucleotide. Excellent selectivity of tcDNA for complementary RNA is demonstrated in direct competition experiments. Moreover, the kinetic stability and fragmentation pattern of matched and mismatched tcDNA heteroduplexes were investigated and compared with non-modified DNA and RNA duplexes. Although the separation of the constituting strands is the entropy-favored fragmentation pathway of all nucleic acid duplexes, it was found to be only a minor pathway of tcDNA duplexes. The modified hybrid duplexes preferentially undergo neutral base loss and backbone cleavage. This difference is due to the low activation entropy for the strand dissociation of modified duplexes that arises from the conformational constraint of the tc-sugar-moiety. The low activation entropy results in a relatively high free activation enthalpy for the dissociation comparable to the free activation enthalpy of the alternative reaction pathway, the release of a nucleobase. The gas-phase behavior of tcDNA duplexes illustrates the impact of the activation entropy on the fragmentation kinetics and suggests that tandem mass spectrometric experiments are not suited to determine the relative stability of different types of nucleic acid duplexes.

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The Reaction of Ozonides Derived from Cycloalkenes With Stabilized Phosphorus Ylides

Ozonides derived from cycloalkenes reacted with 2.2 equivalents of methyl (triphenylphosphoranylidene)acetate or (triphenylphosphoranylidene)acetophenone to form trans, trans-α,β,χ-unsaturated dioates or diones, respectively. The trapping experiments have ruled out the possibility that the reaction involved the carbonyl oxide intermediate.     

Activatable Singlet Oxygen Generation from Lipid Hydroperoxide Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy

Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced apoptosis is a widely practiced strategy for cancer therapy. Although photodynamic therapy (PDT) takes advantage of the spatial–temporal control of ROS generation, the meticulous participation of light, photosensitizer, and oxygen greatly hinders the broad application of PDT as a first-line cancer treatment option. An activatable system has been developed that enables tumor-specific singlet oxygen (¹O₂) generation for cancer therapy, based on a Fenton-like reaction between linoleic acid hydroperoxide (LAHP) tethered on iron oxide nanoparticles (IO NPs) and the released iron(II) ions from IO NPs under acidic-pH condition. The IO-LAHP NPs are able to induce efficient apoptotic cancer cell death both in vitro and in vivo through tumor-specific ¹O₂ generation and subsequent ROS mediated mechanism. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of modulating biochemical reactions as a ROS source to exert cancer death.     

Generation and Characterization of Psoralen Radical Cations

Abstract— Radical cations of psoralen, 8-methoxypsoralen(8-MOP) and 5-methoxypsoralen have been generated by photosensitized electron transfer in acetonitrile and aqueous buffer/acetonitrile (1:1) and have absorption maxima at 600, 650 and 550 nm, respectively. The radical cations have lifetimes of 5 p.s under these conditions, are unreactive toward oxygen and show behavior typical of ar-ylalkene radical cations in their reactivity toward nucle-ophiles and the precursor psoralens. Direct 355 nm excitation of 8-MOP in aqueous buffer at physiological pH results in monophotonic photoionization to give 8-MOP_*+ with a quantum yield of 0.015.The 8-MOP_*+ reacts with both guanosine and adenosine mononucleotides ( k = 2.5 times 10₉ and 3.4 times 10₇ M_-1 s₁, respectively) via electron transfer to give the purine radical cations, but does not react with pyrimidine mononucleotides. These results suggest that reactions of psoralen radical cations generated by electron transfer or photoionization may be involved in psoralen/UVA therapy.     

Gas-Phase Fragmentations of Anions Derived from N-Phenyl Benzenesulfonamides

In addition to the well-known SO₂ loss, there are several additional fragmentation pathways that gas-phase anions derived from N-phenyl benzenesulfonamides and its derivatives undergo upon collisional activation. For example, N-phenyl benzenesulfonamide fragments to form an anilide anion (m/z 92) by a mechanism in which a hydrogen atom from the ortho position of the benzenesulfonamide moiety is specifically transferred to the charge center. Moreover, after the initial SO₂ elimination, the product ion formed undergoes primarily, an inter-annular H₂ loss to form a carbazolide anion (m/z 166) because the competing intra-annular H₂ loss is significantly less energetically favorable. Results from tandem mass spectrometric experiments conducted with deuterium-labeled compounds confirmed that the inter-ring mechanism is the preferred pathway. Furthermore, N-phenyl benzenesulfonamide and its derivatives also undergo a phenyl radical loss to form a radical ion with a mass-to-charge ratio of 155, which is in violation of the so-called “even-electron rule.”

Mechanochemical Activation of K2PtCl6: Heterogeneous Catalyst for Gas-Phase Hydrochlorination of Acetylene

A heterogeneous catalyst for hydrochlorination of acetylene by gas-phase HCl is formed as a result of mechanical treatment of the solid salt K₂PtCl₆ under an acetylene, ethylene, or propylene atmosphere. We used X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to prove that under these conditions, in the near-surface layers of the K₂PtCl₆ matrix, there was formation of Pt(II) complexes and platinum complexes with vacancies in the coordination sphere. We hypothesized that the active centers of the catalyst are defects in the K₂PtCl₆ lattice in the form of impurity platinum(II) ions in the K₂PtCl₆ matrix.     

Electrospray Ionization Based Methods for the Generation of Polynuclear Oxo- and Hydroxo Group 6 Anions in the Gas-Phase

Electrospray ionization (ESI) of the Lindqvist (n-Bu₄N)₂[M₆O₁₉] (M = Mo, W) polyoxometalates provides a straightforward entry for the generation of an assortment of oxo- and hydroxo anions in the gas-phase. In particular, the series of oxo dianions of general formula [(MO₃) _n O]²⁻ (n = 2–6; M = Mo, W), monoanions, namely [(MO₃) _n O]⁻ (n = 1, 2) and [(MO₃) _n ]⁻ (n = 1, 2), and the hydroxo [(MO₃) _n (OH)]⁻ (n = 1–6) species can be readily generated in the gas-phase upon varying the solvent composition as well as the ionisation conditions (typically the U_c cone voltage). Complementary tandem mass experiments (collision induced dissociation and ion–molecule reactions) are also used aimed to investigate the consecutive dissociation of these species and their intrinsic gas-phase reactivity towards methanol. Special emphasis is paid to some of the key factors of these group 6 anions related to the gas-phase activation of methanol, such as molecular composition, open vs closed shell electronic nature and cluster size.     

Kinetics of Free Radical Generation in the Catalytic Oxidation of Methanol

The formation of free radicals over the surface of platinum-containing catalysts in the methanol oxidation reaction depending on the temperature, the composition of the reaction mixture, and the procedure used for introducing platinum was studied by the matrix isolation method technique. The nature and transformations of surface intermediates depending on the temperature and the presence of oxygen in the gas phase were studied by Fourier transform IR spectroscopy. The main surface intermediate was the methoxy group. The following three types of these groups were stabilized in alumina-based catalysts: (I) CH₃O–Al_oct (_s(–) = 2806 cm^–1), (II) CH₃O–Al_tetr (_s(–) = 2825 cm^–1), and (III) CH₃O < (Al)₂ (_S(–) = 2845 cm^–1, _s(–) = 1460 cm^–1, _s(–) = 1440 cm^–1, r _|| (₃) = 1185 cm^–1, and (–) = 1095 cm^–1). At the same time, isolated methoxy groups (_as(–) = 2997 cm^–1, _as(–) = 2959 cm^–1, _s(–) = 2857 cm^–1, and (₃) = 1450 cm^–1) and hydrogen-bonded groups ((–) = 3400–3550 cm^–1), which resulted from chemisorption at siloxane bridges, were stabilized in silica gel–based catalysts. It was found that CH₃O and CH₃OO radicals were formed only over the surfaces of pure supports (SiO₂ and Al₂O₃) and their mechanical mixtures with platinum. The total concentration of radicals was described by an extremal function of the composition of reactants, whereas the relative concentration depends on the nature of the support. This is conceivably due to the effect of coordinatively unsaturated cations of the support, which are formed by dehydroxylation in the course of catalyst pretreatment. An increase in the rate of formation of gas-phase radicals on mixed catalysts was explained by special properties of the platinum/support interface region, at which surface intermediates were formed in superequilibrium concentrations under reaction conditions.     

有机正离子自由基的产生及其结构研究的进展

本文介绍了产生正离子自由基的方法,对正离子自由基的结构特点作了详细的讨论。     

超氧自由基电化学发生体系的研究

超氧自由基是人体内氧代谢的重要产物 [1 ] .迄今为止 ,超氧自由基的研究方法有电子自旋共振法、光度法和电化学法等 [2～ 5] .其中 ,通过电化学还原氧产生超氧自由基是一种简便快捷的方法 [6,7] .本文使用长链表面活性剂 DSAB作为疏水分子 ,比较了强碱性介质中氧在汞电极和 4种非汞电极上的电化学还原行为 ,建立了超氧自由基在非汞电极 (铂电极 )上电化学发生新体系 .通过石英晶体微天平和计时电量法进一步证实了超氧自由基的产生 ,并用循环伏安法比较了抗坏血酸和半胱氨酸两种抗氧化剂对超氧自由基的清除能力 .1　实验部分1.1　试剂与仪…     

Gas-Phase Generation and Characterization of Nitrileimine,HCNNH: A new,stable isomer of diazomethane

A new isomer of diazomethane 1 , the nitrile imine, HCNNH ( 2 ) is reported to be a stable molecule in the gas phase. Upon neutralizing the α-distonic HCNNH⁺ cation in a beam experiment, this long-time predicted ylide can be generated. The experiments are supported by theoretical calculations (DFT/HF hybride method) on the neutral and cationic diazomethane 1 , nitrile imine 2 , and N-isocyano amine 3 as well as the transition states for their interconversion.     

Stereoelectronic Control in the Ozone‐Free Synthesis of Ozonides

The value of stereoelectronic guidelines is illustrated by the discovery of a convenient, ozone‐free synthesis of bridged secondary ozonides from 1,5‐dicarbonyl compounds and H₂O₂. The tetraoxane products generally formed in reactions of carbonyl and dicarbonyl compounds with H₂O₂ were not detected because the structural distortions imposed on the tetraoxacyclohexane subunit in [3.2.2]tetraoxanonanes by the three‐carbon bridge leads to the partial deactivation of anomeric effects. The new procedure is readily scalable to produce gram quantities of the ozonides. This reaction enables the selective preparation of ozonides without the use of ozone.