Generating Parahydrogen-Induced Polarization Using Immobilized Iridium Complexes in the Gas-Phase Hydrogenation of Carbon–Carbon Double and Triple Bonds

Immobilized iridium complexes synthesized using [Ir(COD)Cl]₂ by anchoring on hydrous and anhydrous silica gels were studied in terms of generating parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) in the gas-phase hydrogenation of propylene and propyne. Distinguishing differences in the hydrogenations of carbon–carbon double and triple bonds were found. It has been shown that in the double bond hydrogenation both catalysts are very active even at 25 °C. The reaction yield in continuous flow experiments is more than 70 %, whereas the obtained PHIP degrees are very low. In the case of the triple bond hydrogenation, a more or less active hydrogenation reaction was observed at relatively high temperatures (≈70–80 °C) for the catalyst immobilized on anhydrous silica, while the catalyst immobilized on hydrous silica was inactive at these temperatures. Contrary to the double bond hydrogenation, the triple bond hydrogenation provided significant signal enhancements observed in ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra for the signals corresponding to protons of vinyl fragments of product propylene in both PASADENA and ALTADENA experiments. The catalyst, however, is not stable under the triple bond hydrogenation reaction conditions, and deactivates within several minutes. It was also found that at higher temperatures (100–120 °C), this catalyst demonstrates a reactivation most likely associated with the reduction of Ir(I) that results in the formation of Ir(0) surface metal nanoparticles.     

用于指导仲氢诱导核极化状态保存的己烯分子中五自旋的单重态制备和寿命研究

仲氢诱导核极化（PHIP）技术能极大地增强核磁共振（NMR）信号的灵敏度,已被应用于磁共振成像、原位化学反应监测等领域．除了不断提高不同分子极化后的灵敏度外,延长和保存高极化度状态对PHIP技术的应用也至关重要,其中将极化后的状态制备成核自旋单重态是目前被研究较多的一种方法．本文以能被PHIP技术极化的己烯分子为研究对象,通过设计优化控制脉冲,对分子中的一个五自旋体系进行操控,制备了多种核自旋单重态,结果表明：己烯分子的碳-碳双键上存在三种不同的核自旋单重态,它们的寿命均长于仲氢极化后产生的初始态的寿命,可以作为延缓极化度衰减的一种中间态;通过对比单重态的寿命与相应自旋的纵向弛豫时间发现,将极化后己烯的状态转化为纵向磁化可能也是一种保存极化度的有效方法．     

Adsorption of amino acids on indium arsenide (1 0 0) surfaces: Assessment of passivation capabilities

Angle-Resolved X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (ARXPS) was used to examine amino acid bonding and oxide removal on InAs(1 0 0) surfaces. Five amino acids were studied, including cysteine, lysine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid and arginine. Observations on the ability of specific functional groups to prevent oxide formation were made by examining the thickness of oxide films on the functionalize surfaces. Amino acids that possessed more than one functional group having resonance were shown to most effectively affect oxide formation. The influence of these groups on the electronic structure of InAs(1 0 0) provides insight into how multifunctional passivation strategies could be beneficial, as well as showing how biological molecules might affect detection when InAs(1 0 0) is used as a platform.     

14N NMR relaxation times of several protein amino acids in aqueous solution--comparison with 17O NMR data and estimation of the relative hydration numbers in the cationic and zwitterionic forms

The 14N nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) linewidths of the alpha-amino groups of several protein amino acids were measured in aqueous solution, with and without composite proton decoupling, to estimate the effect of proton exchange and molecular weight on the linewidths. It is shown that, contrary to earlier claims, the increase in the linewidth at low pH is not exclusively due to the effect of proton exchange broadening. The 14N linewidths, under composite proton decoupling, increase with the bulk of the amino acid, and increase at low pH. Statistical treatment of the experimental 14N and literature 17O NMR data was performed assuming two models: (i) an isotropic molecular reorientation of a rigid sphere in a medium of viscosity eta, (ii) a stochastic diffusion of the amino and carboxyl groups comprising contributions from internal (tauint) and overall (taumol) motions. Assuming a single correlation time from overall molecular reorientation (taumol), then, a linear correlation was found between the linewidths and the molecular weights of the protein amino acids at the pH values 0.5 and 6.0, which are characteristic of the cationic and zwitterionic forms, respectively. The slopes of the straight-lines were found to be dependent of pH for 14N, contrary to the 17O linear correlations whose slopes were found to be independent of pH. Assuming effective correlation times of the amino and carboxyl groups, which comprise contributions from the internal (tauint) and overall (taumol) motions, then, a significant improvement of the statistics of the regression analysis was observed. The 14N relaxation data, in conjunction with 17O NMR linewidths, can be interpreted by assuming that the 14N quadrupole coupling constants (NQCCs) are influenced by the protonation state of the carboxyl group, the 17O NQCCs remain constant, and the cationic form of the amino acids is hydrated by an excess of 1-3 molecules of water relative to the zwitterionic state.     

Understanding the complexation of aliphatic and aromatic acids guests with octa acid

In this study, inclusion of 10 guest molecules, adamantyl and naphthyl carboxylic acids with different structural and electronic properties, within a synthetic cavitand octa acid was probed by isothermal calorimetry, 1D and 2D ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and molecular dynamic simulations. Under the condition of the experiments (pH ~ 8.7), the guests were included as carboxylate anions with the polar anionic head group facing water and hydrophobic carbon skeleton buried within the cavitand, forming 1:1 host to guest complexes. Importance of weak interactions between the guest and the cavitand interior is reflected in the measured negative ΔH values. Although ΔH was negative for all guests, ΔS was positive for adamantyl guests and negative for naphthyl guests. Quite likely the difference in hydrophobicity between the 2 sets of molecules and the strength of interaction between the guest and the host are responsible for the sign difference in ΔS between the 2 series. The importance of steric factor during inclusion of naphthyl carboxylic acids within octa acid cavity is brought out by the difference in thermodynamic parameters between the 1‐ and 2‐substituted naphthyl carboxylic acids; 2‐naphthyl carboxylic acids that can penetrate deeply have larger ?ΔH and 1‐naphthyl carboxylic acids that can only enter the cavity in an angle have smaller ?ΔH. As expected, based on the well‐known concept of “enthalpy‐entropy compensation,” the molecules that have large ?ΔH are accompanied by large ?ΔS.     

冷冻干燥对人类体液代谢组影响的NMR研究

样品前处理是代谢组分析的重要环节，而冷冻干燥是样品前处理过程中去除溶剂的重要方法，但冷冻干燥对代谢组分析结果的影响还有待进一步研究.本文以人类尿液和血清样本为研究对象，采用核磁共振（NMR）技术分析了冷冻干燥对这两种重要体液代谢组的影响，发现冷冻干燥会引起体液样本中部分有机羧酸和氨基酸含量的改变；而且，冷冻干燥对尿液和血清样品代谢组的影响不同，这可能与两种体液的生物基质差异有关.本研究结果表明，在代谢组学研究中要格外关注冷冻干燥对样品前处理及后续数据归一化所产生的影响.     

Molecular Spectral Analysis and Ab Initio Calculations of bis(3-aminopyridinium) Tetrachlorocuprate (II), 3-Ammoniumpyridinium Tetrachlorocuprate (II), and bis(3-aminopyridinium) Hexachlorodicuprate (II)

The aromatic character, distortion, and stabilization as a result of single and double protonation of 3-aminopyridine like three different complex salts were studied by infrared-, ultraviolet spectral analysis, proton nuclear magnetic resonance, and quantum chemical ab initio calculations. Linear-dichroic infrared spectroscopy was applied for identification of the infrared bands. The correlation structure-spectroscopic properties of the model systems are determined: bis(3-aminopyridinium) tetrachlorocuprate (II) salt, where the ring nitrogen atom participates in protonation; 3-ammoniumpyridinium tetrachlorocuprate (II) salt, where both nitrogen atoms are protonated; and a complex with copper (II) bis(3-aminopyridinium) hexachlorodicuprate (II), where the metal ion is coordinated through amino group.     

Synthesis and characterization of gadolinium nanostructured materials with potential applications in magnetic resonance imaging,neutron-capture therapy and targeted drug delivery

Two Gadolinium nanostructured materials, Gd₂(OH)₅NO₃ nanoparticles and Gd(OH)₃ nanorods, were synthesized and extensively characterized by various techniques. In addition to the potential use of Gd₂(OH)₅NO₃ in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and Neutron-capture therapy (NCT) application, it could also be used in targeted drug delivery. An antibiotic (nalidixic acid), two amino acids (aspartic and glutamic acid), a fatty acid and a surfactant (SDS) were intercalated in the nanoparticles. The surface of the nanoparticles was modified with folic acid in order to be capable of targeted delivery to folate receptor expressing sites, such as tumor human cells.     

Trans‐2‐Aminocyclohexanol derivatives as pH‐triggered conformational switches

A series of trans‐2‐aminocyclohexanol derivatives have been explored as powerful conformational pH triggers. On protonation of the amino group, a conformer with equatorial position of ammonio and hydroxy groups becomes predominant because of an intramolecular hydrogen bond and electrostatic interactions. The energy of these interactions was estimated to be above 10 kJ/mol and in some models exceeded 20 kJ/mol (strong enough to twist a ring in tert‐butyl derivatives). As a result of this conformational flip, all other substituents are forced to change their orientation. If the substituents are designed to perform certain geometry‐dependent functions, for example, as cation chelators or as lipid tails, such acid‐induced transition may be used to control the corresponding molecular properties. The pH sensitivity of conformational equilibria was explored by ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), and the titration curves were used for estimation of the pK_a values of protonated compounds that varied from 2.6 to 8.5 (in d₄‐methanol) depending on the structure of amino group. Thus, trans‐2‐aminocyclohexanols can be also used as conformational pH indicators in organic solvents.     

Preparation of chitosan–ethylenediaminetetraacetate-enwrapped magnetic CoFe2O4 nanoparticles via zero-length emulsion crosslinking method

A kind of magnetic multiple functional groups nanocomposites, chitosan–ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA)-enwrapped CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles, i.e. CoFe₂O₄@chitosan–EDTA nanocomposites were synthesized by a facile zero-length emulsion crosslinking process. In this method, CoFe₂O₄ was used as magnetic core, and 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDAC) was used as a crosslinker, integrating amino group of chitosan and carboxyl group of EDTA. Determination of amino groups in chitosan modified by EDAC-activated EDTA was carried out through the trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS) method. The as-prepared magnetic nanocomposites were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, XPS, SEM, EDS, TEM, SAED and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), and the results showed that the as-prepared CoFe₂O₄@chitosan–EDTA nanocomposites have good dispersibility, spherical shape and enough magnetization. The method proposed can be extended to fabricate other magnetic nanocomposites possessed amino and carboxyl groups.     

Mass spectrometric study of the decomposition pathways of canonical amino acids and α‐lactones in the gas phase

The dissociation pathways of a gas‐phase amino acid with a canonical (non‐zwitterionic) α‐amino acid moiety are studied by using mass spectrometry. Investigation of the canonical amino acid moiety is possible because the ionized amino acid, a sulfonated phenylalanine, has a charge center that is separated from the amino acid, and dissociation occurs by charge‐remote fragmentation. The amino acid is found to dissociate only by loss of NH₃ upon collision‐induced dissociation to form a substituted α‐lactone. The dissociation is consistent with what has been observed previously upon pyrolysis of other α‐substituted carboxylic acids. Decarboxylation, which has also been reported previously for amino acid pyrolysis, is not observed, likely because the product would be a high‐energy, ammonium ylide. The resulting α‐lactone is found to undergo dissociation by decarbonylation to give an aldehyde, and by loss of CO₂. Decarboxylation is calculated to occur through a transition state involving hydride shift coupled with lactone ring‐opening. The transition state is found to be stabilized by the negative charge, and therefore, decarboxylation is more favorable for anions. The results show that remote ionic groups can be used as mostly inert charge carriers to enable mass spectrometry to be used to investigate the gas‐phase physical and chemical properties of different types of functional groups, including amino acids. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一种脑代谢研究的有效方法——高分辨率磁共振波谱分析

介绍了一种脑代谢研究的有效方法.成年大鼠脑经漏斗法液氮冷冻,制备脑组织高氯酸提取物并冷冻干燥,所得固体溶于D2O后用¹H和³¹P磁共振波谱(MRS)检测.结果表明：脑高氯酸提取物的磁共振波谱有着极好的分辨率,³¹P MRS可以分辨出ATP、ADP、磷酸肌酸(PCr)、无机磷以及多种磷酯和糖磷;¹H MRS可以分辨出乳酸(Lac)、N-乙酰天冬氨酸(NAA)、胆碱(Cho)、肌酸(Cr)、GABA、肌醇(Ino)、琥珀酸(Suc)以及多种氨基酸.各波峰积分后得到各种物质的相对含量,而这些代谢中间产物的相对含量变化可以反应脑内的代谢状况和脑受损伤情况.     

质子化改性壳聚糖吸附硫酸根行为及其光谱分析

壳聚糖(CTS)具有活性基团氨基和羟基,可用作吸附剂。在酸性介质中其氨基容易质子化形成氨基正离子,具有吸附阴离子的能力,同时也导致吸附剂的溶解流失;进行交联处理可提高吸附剂的酸稳定性,但也导致吸附性能的下降。因此可进行氨基保护后进行交联以改善其酸溶液稳定性,再脱去氨基保护剂进行质子化处理以获得较好的对阴离子的吸附性能。以甲醛为氨基保护剂,戊二醛为交联剂,通过反相悬浮法制得交联壳聚糖(CCTS),对其进行质子化制得质子化改性壳聚糖吸附剂(P-CCTS),并首次将该吸附剂用于处理水溶液中的硫酸根离子。通过静态吸附实验,考察了质子化改性壳聚糖对硫酸根的吸附性能;利用X射线能谱元素分析(EDS)和红外光谱分析(FTIR)对该吸附剂的制备以及对硫酸根离子的吸附过程进行了表征,探索了交联反应和吸附反应的发生机理。实验结果表明：质子化改性壳聚糖吸附剂与交联壳聚糖相比,其对硫酸根离子的吸附性能提高了约10倍;甲醛、戊二醛的醛基与壳聚糖的交联反应主要发生在的氨基(—NH₂)和部分一级羟基(C₆—OH)上;质子化过程中交联壳聚糖的氨基与质子化剂形成了氯化壳聚糖氨盐;对硫酸根离子的吸附则主要是质子化氨基上氯离子与硫酸根离子的交换作用。     

溶液酸碱性对低聚苯亚乙炔基分子结电输运性质的影响

结合密度泛函理论和非平衡格林函数方法计算了溶液酸碱性对低聚苯亚乙炔基分子结电输运性质的影响,此低聚苯亚乙炔基分子中两个不同位置的H原子被氨基和羧基取代.通过质子化和去质子化模拟酸性溶液和碱性溶液对分子结构的影响.计算结果表明:中性环境下分子器件具有良好的导电性和微弱的整流效应;碱性溶液中羧基去质子化后,分子器件电流值增长近一倍,但整流效应变化不明显;酸性溶液中氨基质子化后,分子器件正向偏压导电性能略微降低,但整流方向发生明显反转,且与中性环境下的情况相比,整流比提高了近三倍.提出了一种利用化学手段控制分子结导电能力和整流性能的方法.     

Carboxylated magnetic nanoparticles as MRI contrast agents: Relaxation measurements at different field strengths

At the moment the biomedical applications of magnetic fluids are the subject of intensive scientific interest. In the present work, magnetite nanoparticles (MNPs) were synthesized and stabilized in aqueous medium with different carboxylic compounds (citric acid (CA), polyacrylic acid (PAA), and sodium oleate (NaOA)), in order to prepare well stabilized magnetic fluids (MFs). The magnetic nanoparticles can be used in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as contrast agents. Magnetic resonance relaxation measurements of the above MFs were performed at different field strengths (i.e., 0.47, 1.5 and 9.4 T) to reveal the field strength dependence of their magnetic responses, and to compare them with that of ferucarbotran, a well-known superparamagnetic contrast agent. The measurements showed characteristic differences between the tested magnetic fluids stabilized by carboxylic compounds and ferucarbotran. It is worthy of note that our magnetic fluids have the highest r2 relaxivities at the field strength of 1.5 T, where the most of the MRI works in worldwide.     

羧酸中羟基17O NMR化学位移计算方法的改进

讨论羧酸类化合物中羟基¹⁷O NMR 化学位移计算方法的改进. 该化合物包括饱和脂肪酸、不饱和脂肪酸、苯甲酸、苯乙酸、苯丙烯酸和氨基酸等. 提出Δα的新计算参数.     

氨基酸官能团的太赫兹振动模式研究

对比于氨基酸的红外分析法,太赫兹波的电子能量更低,可实现无损检测。氨基酸分子内原子振动、分子间氢键的作用、以及晶体中晶格的低频振动均处于太赫兹波段,使其在太赫兹波段具有吸收峰,且不同的氨基酸分子太赫兹吸收峰不同,故可用氨基酸在太赫兹波段的这种“指纹特性”实现氨基酸类物质的定性分析。量子化学分析方法可以应用量子力学的基本原理和方法,研究稳定和不稳定分子的结构、性能及其之间的关系,还可以针对分子与分子间的相互作用、相互碰撞及相互反应等问题进行研究。通过量子化学计算方法计算氨基酸分子的太赫兹吸收谱,可以为氨基酸分子的太赫兹吸收峰匹配分子振动模式,对氨基酸定性分析有一定参考性与指向性,并为实验获取的样品太赫兹时域光谱提供理论支撑,在实验获得太赫兹吸收谱的基础上进行量子化学计算,还能为实验结果进行验证。首先利用太赫兹时域光谱技术获取了谷氨酰胺、苏氨酸、组氨酸的太赫兹吸收谱,分别构建这三种氨基酸样品在实物中以两性离子形式存在的单分子构型,利用量子化学计算方法在完成结构优化后进行太赫兹吸收谱模拟计算。计算结果表明三种氨基酸单分子的太赫兹吸收谱计算结果与实验获取的太赫兹吸收谱差异较大,但在高频段吸收峰峰位基本吻合。通过GaussView分别查看了这三种氨基酸分子在太赫兹段内的吸收峰对应频率处的振转情况,发现在高频段内三种氨基酸分子官能团均只发生转动而未见振动,并且转动模式基本一致。通过对氨基酸官能团的太赫兹吸收谱进行量子化学计算,将官能团在高频段内吸收峰对应频率处的振转模式与三种氨基酸分子在该段内吸收峰对应频率处的振转模式做了对比。研究表明,在氨基酸单分子构型下由量子化学方法计算所得的太赫兹吸收谱中,高频段内计算得出的模拟吸收峰与实验获取的太赫兹吸收峰基本吻合;振转模式分析发现,谷氨酰胺、苏氨酸、组氨酸在太赫兹高频段内的氨基酸官能团振转模式相同,三种氨基酸分子在高频段内的吸收峰主要来源于氨基酸官能团。因此,结合量子化学计算与太赫兹吸收谱可以实现氨基酸类物质的定性分析。     

共振光散射技术测定核酸的研究进展

核酸分析是生命科学研究中最重要的技术之一。目前主要是应用核酸内源紫外吸收光谱的紫外分光光度法和基于荧光探针分子与核酸相互作用的荧光分光光度法。紫外分光光度法灵敏度低 ,荧光分光光度法试剂昂贵 ,有毒性。近年来 ,共振光散射技术在核酸分析中的应用得到了迅速的发展。核酸的共振光散射分析方法可以用普通的荧光分光光度计进行测定 ,应用安全、便宜的试剂获得很高的灵敏度。简要介绍了共振光散射分析的基本原理 ,并对近年来利用共振光散射技术分析核酸的研究进行了评述。内容主要包括利用有机染料分子作为核酸的共振光散射探针的分析方法 ;基于阳离子表面活性剂、金属离子及其络合物以及药物与核酸相互作用的分析方法 ;核酸形成大粒子的散射分析方法。     

Parahydrogen-Induced Polarization in Heterogeneous Hydrogenations over Silica-Immobilized Rh Complexes

The use of heterogeneous catalysts for parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) of nuclear spins opens new horizons for production of hyperpolarized substances. Immobilization of homogeneous hydrogenation catalysts is a promising approach for designing the efficient heterogeneous catalytic systems capable of PHIP generation. Herein, we study the formation of PHIP in the gas-phase and in the liquid-phase hydrogenations of propyne and propylene catalyzed by silica-immobilized Rh complexes synthesized by the ligand-exchange anchoring of the Wilkinson’s complex RhCl(PPh₃)₃, the binuclear complex Rh₂Cl₂(C₈H₁₂)₂ and the cationic complex [Rh(C₈H₁₂)₂]⁺[BF₄]^? to the phosphine-modified silica gel. We consider the stability and the mechanistic aspects of the hydrogenation over the immobilized Wilkinson’s catalyst in terms of PHIP observation. Using a PASADENA (parahydrogen and synthesis allow dramatically enhanced nuclear alignment) effect, it is found, in particular, that liquid-phase propyne hydrogenation over the immobilized Wilkinsons’s catalyst at 70°C proceeds in a stable regime with a stereoselective cis addition of a hydrogen molecule, while in the gas phase at the same temperature the hydrogenation stereoselectivity is observed only for a short time after the reaction is started, and then the catalyst rapidly loses its activity. The reasons of the catalyst deactivation are discussed based on the literature data, the results of infrared spectroscopy study, and the comparison to the behavior of the immobilized binuclear and cationic Rh complexes. In addition, it is shown that the immobilized Wilkinson’s catalyst is reduced as temperature increases in the range of 90–130°C, as confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.     

Understanding the leaching properties of heterogenized catalysts: a combined solid-state and PHIP NMR study

Para-hydrogen induced polarization (PHIP) NMR in solution, combined with solid-state NMR, can be efficiently employed for the highly sensitive in-situ detection of the leaching properties of immobilized catalysts. The knowledge of this property is important for possible applications of PHIP experiments in medicine, biology or industry, where leached catalysts poison the solution of hyperpolarized products. As experimental example Wilkinson's catalyst RhCl(PPh(3))(3) (1) immobilized on mesoporous silica is chosen. As model reaction the hydrogenation of styrene in solvents with different polarities (methanol-d(4), acetone-d(6) and benzene-d(6)) is used. A (31)P solid-state MAS-NMR study reveals that there are two different species of catalysts on the silica, namely coordinatively bound catalysts and physisorbed catalyst. Only the second species exhibits substantial leaching, which is visible in a strong PHIP enhancement of the reaction product.