Structure of starches extracted from near isogenic wheat lines

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), acidic hydrolysis and different physico-chemical approaches were used to study thermodynamic and structural characteristics of starches from near-isogenic wheat lines to establish the effect of different combinations of active granule-bound starch synthase isoforms, taking part in amylose biosynthesis, on the structure and thermodynamic properties of starches. Obtained results suggest that the effect of different GBSS I combinations is realized through altered amylose localization within starch granules, reflecting in changes of melting temperature of crystalline lamellae (T _m) and rates of acidic hydrolysis. It has also been demonstrated that changes in T _m values for native wheat starches are determined by amylose content in amylopectin clusters.     

Structure and thermodynamic melting parameters of wheat starches with different amylose content

The hierarchical granule structure of starches with different amylose content extracted from winter wheat was investigated using light microscopy (LM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXS), high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry (HS DSC) and different thermodynamic approaches. Morphology (size, size distribution and shape), crystallinity of native granules with different amylose content (1.5-39.5%), as well as the cooperative melting unit, thickness of crystalline lamellae, heat capacity drop related to hydration during melting of native granules, and thermodynamic parameters related to the surface of crystalline lamellae were determined. The relationship between structure and thermodynamic properties of mutant wheat starches is discussed. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Calorimetric study of the native and postdenatured structures in starches with different degree of hydration

DSC studies of melting process of annealed native structures and postdenatured ones in low-amylose starches with different degrees of hydration were carried out. The starch recrystallization at different thermal treatments of the samples was studied both after the complete and partial destroy of native structures. It has been shown that native structures as well as postdenatured ones possess the ability to perfection, which is most clearly seen at the annealing at temperatures inside their melting ranges. The results obtained demonstrate that at the same duration of annealing the process of crystal perfection for secondary starch structures proceed more intensively compared to the native ones. The presence of the remained native structures in partial melt in contrast to the remained gel ones restricts the ability of the recrystallized structures to perfection.     

Structure and Processing Properties of Nine Yam (Dioscorea opposita Thunb) Starches from South China: A Comparison Study

In order to explore the processing and application potential of Chinese yam starch, nine kinds of Chinese yam starch (GY11, GY5, GY2, GXPY, LCY, SFY, MPY, SYPY, ASY) from South China were collected and characterized. The chemical composition, rheological properties, thermal properties, and in vitro starch digestion were compared, and the correlation between the structure and processing properties of these yam starches was analyzed using Pearson correlation. The results show that GY2 had the highest amylose content of 28.70%. All the yam starches were similarly elliptical, and all the yam starch gels showed pseudoplastic behavior. Yam starches showed similar pasting temperatures and resistant starch content, but SYPY showed the largest particle size (28.4 μm), SFY showed the highest setback (2712.33 cp), and LCY showed the highest peak viscosity (6145.67 cp) and breakdown (2672.33 cp). In addition, these yam starches also showed different crystal types (A-type, B-type, C-type), relative crystallinity (26.54–31.48%), the ratios of 1045/1022 cm⁻¹ (0.836–1.213), pasting properties, and rheological properties, so the yam starches have different application potentials. The rheological and pasting properties were related to the structural properties of starch, such as DI, Mw, and particle size, and were also closely related to the thermodynamic properties. The appropriate processing methods and purposes of the processed products of these yam starches can be selected according to their characteristics.     

Analysis of small-angle X-ray scattering from fibers: Structural changes in nylon 6 upon drawing and annealing

The changes in the fibrillar and the lamellar structure in nylon 6 fibers resulting from drawing and annealing were studied by a detailed analysis of their two-dimensional small-angle scattering patterns. The scattering object that gives to rise the diffuse equatorial scattering in the angular range of Q = 0.02 to 0.3 Å⁻¹ is assumed to be a fibril. There are two distinct regimes in the equatorial diffuse scattering. The scattering at Q < 0.1 Å⁻¹ is dominated by scattering due to the longitudinal dimension of the fibril, and that at Q > 0.1 Å⁻¹ to the lateral dimensions/organization of the fibril. The interfibrillar regions, unlike the interlamellar regions that are essentially made of amorphous chain segments, may have microvoids in addition to amorphous chain segments. The intensity distribution within the lamellar reflections was used to obtain the lamellar spacings and the dimension of the lamellar stacks. The length of the fibrils is between 1000 and 3000 Å, the higher values being more prevalent at lower draw ratios. The fibril length is larger than the length of the lamellar stack, and approaches the latter at higher draw ratios. Annealing does not change the lengths of the fibrils, but the length of the lamellar stack increases. The fibrils form crystalline aggregates with a coherence length of ∼200 Å at higher draw ratios. The diameter of the fibrils (50–100 Å) determined from the lamellar reflection using both the Scherrer equation and the Guinier law are consistent with the lateral size of the crystallites derived from wide-angle x-ray diffraction. The longitudinal correlation of the lamellae between the neighboring fibrils improves upon drawing and decreases upon annealing. The degree of fibrillar and lamellar orientation is about the same as the crystalline orientation. Lamellar spacing increases upon drawing (from ∼60 to 95 Å) and annealing (from ∼85 to 100 Å). This is accompanied by an increase in the width of the amorphous domains from 30 to 50 Å in drawn fibers, and from 45 to 55 Å in annealed fibers. The diameter of the fibrils decreases slightly upon drawing and increases considerably upon annealing. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

四核钴羰基簇合物的合成和晶体结构

用Co₂(CO)₈与有机杂环二硫代次膦酸盐SP(C₆H₄OR)(S)N(C₆H₅)NC(Me)(R=Me,Et)反应,得到两类4个含S,P桥基配体的四核钴羰基簇合物Co₄(CO)₁₀(μ₄-S)[μ₄-P(C₆H₄OR)](1:R=Me;3:R=Et)和Co₄(CO)₁₀(μ₃-S)[μ₂-P(C₆H₄OR)N(C₆H₅)NC(Me)](2:R=Me,4:R=Et).在反应中,前配体中的PS键以及C-S,P-S,P-N键劈开,产生的分子片与金属钴原子配位,组建成新的羰基钴簇.对这4个簇合物进行了元素分析,IR,¹HNMR和MS谱学表征,并测定了簇合物4的晶体结构,该晶体属单斜晶系,P2₁/c空间群,晶胞参数a=1.9065(4)nm,b=1.0081(2)nm,c=1.6663(3)nm,β=97.36(3)°,V=3.1704(11)nm₃,Z=4,D_c=1.743g/cm³.Co1Co3Co4呈三角形分布,其中Co-Co平均键长为0.251nm,而Co₂在该三角平面的一侧,Co2-Co3键为0.269nm.该簇合物分子骨架为三角钉型结构,每个Co原子的立体几何均为变形八面体,但配位环境各不相同.     

含羧酸配体的鼓形有机锡氧簇合物：六聚苯基锡氧3-吲哚丁酸酯的合成及晶体结构

利用Ph3SnOH和3-吲哚丁酸以1：1摩尔比反应，合成了新型含羧酸配体的鼓形 有机锡氧簇合物：六聚苯基锡氧3-吲哚西酸酯。通过元素分析、红外光谱和X射线 单晶衍射对其结构进行了表征。测试结果表明：该化合物为三斜晶系，空间群P1， a=1.1722(6),b=1.5694（8）nm，c=1.7227(9)nm，α=116.251（8）°，β=100. 854（10）°，γ=95.606（9）°，Z=1，V=2.732(3)nm^3，Dc=1.554g·cm^-3，μ =1.420mm^-1，F(000)=1276，R=0.0630，ωR=0.0762。晶体结构中，六配位的锡原 子呈畸变的八面体构型。     

(AB)8(AB=BN，AlP，GaAs，InSb)团簇环状结构与性质的密度泛函理论研究

用杂化密度泛函B3LYP方法研究了(AB)₈(AB=BN，AlP，GaAs，InSb)团簇环形结构的平衡几何构型、电子结构、振动特性以及极化率。计算结果表明，(AB)₈团簇的双层环状结构中，每个A(B)原子都与3个B(A)原子成键，且Ⅴ族元素的原子比Ⅲ族元素的原子更接近团簇中心，(BN)₈、(AlP)₈、(GaAs)₈、(InSb)₈的平均极化率依次增大，IR和Raman谱峰发生红移。另外，讨论了热力学稳定性和动力学稳定性的变化。     

对甲苯磺酰甘氨酸构建的鼓型有机锡簇合物的合成与晶体结构(英)

The title complex [ ⁿBuSn(O)(tsglyO)]₆·6CHCl₃ (tsglyO=N-p-tolysulfonyl-glycinate monoanion) was synthesized by the reaction of ⁿBuSn(O)OH with N-p-tolysulfonyl-glycine in 1∶1 molar ratio. The complex was characterized by IR, ¹H NMR spectra and elemental analysis. The crystal structure was determined by X-ray diffraction method. It crystallizes in rhombohedral system with space group R3. The crystal data are: a=b=2.738 7(4) nm, c=1.446 5(4) nm, α=β=90°, γ=120°, Z=6, D_c=1.726 g·cm^-3, F(000)=4 878, V=9.396(3) nm³, R₁=0.032 5, wR₂=0.089 8. The structure shows a distorted octahedral configuration with six-coordination for the central tin atom. CCDC: 274183.     

Structure and morphology of nylon 2 4 lamellar crystals: Comparison with polypeptides and relationship with other nylons

Chain-folded lamellar crystals of nylon 2 4 have been prepared from dilute solution by addition of poor solvent. Two crystal structures are observed at room temperature: a monoclinic form I, precipitated at elevated temperature, and a less-defined, orthorhombic form II, precipitated at room temperature. The unit cell parameters for both forms are similar to those reported for its isomer, nylon 3. Nylon 2 4 form II is a liquid–crystal-like or disordered phase, consisting of hydrogen-bonded sheets in poor register in the hydrogen bond direction. Form I crystals have two characteristic interchain spacings of 0.41 nm and 0.39 nm at room temperature and on heating, exhibit a structural transformation and a Brill temperature (250°C) characteristic of many other even–even nylons. Nylon 2 4 is a member of the nylon 2 Y and nylon 2N 2(N+1) families, and the form I crystals show behavior commensurate with both. We propose they contain a proportion of intersheet hydrogen bonds at room temperature, similar to that for the nylon 2 Y family, and the short dimethylene alkane segments mean that the structure consists of hydrogen-bonded a-sheets, with an amide unit in each fold, similar to that of nylon 4 6. The fold geometry and sheet structure is compared with chain-folded apβ-sheet polypeptides and nylon 3. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J. Polym. Sci. B Polym. Phys. 36: 2401–2412, 1998     

Reaction of Tetracopper(I)-Phosphonitocavitand with PhSeSiMe3: Synthesis and Structure of a Polyanionic Cluster [pyH]6[(CuCl)9(μ3-SePh)5(μ4-SePh)]

Treatment of tetracopper(I)-phosphonitocavitand [1·Cu₄(μ-Cl)₄(μ₄-Cl)] (2) (1 = tetraphosphonitocavitand [rccc-2,8,14,20-tetrakis-(iso-butyl)-phosphonitocavitand (C₄₄H₄₈O₈P₄Ph₄)]) with PhSeSiMe₃ in THF at low temperature afforded a novel polyanionic cluster [pyH]₆[(CuCl)₉(μ₃-SePh)₅(μ₄-SePh)] (4) as a major product along with a new tetracopper(I)-phosphonitocavitand (3) with a centered μ₃-Cl. Molecular structure of anionic cluster in 4 consists of six PhSe⁻ bridging ligands containing five μ₃-SePh and one exceptional μ₄-SePh bridging nine copper atoms, of which eight copper atoms have trigonal coordination geometry and the other has distorted tetrahedral geometry. Dedicated to Professor Han-Qin Liu on the occasion of his 70th birthday.     

An Intricate Molecule: Aluminum Triiodide. Molecular Structure of AlI3 and Al2I6 from Electron Diffraction and Computation.

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(XY)12(X=B,Al;Y=P)团簇的结构与稳定性

采用B3LYP／6031G*方法,对(XY)12(X=B,Al;Y=P)笼状团簇的同分异构体进行优化,筛选出能量最低的构型．讨论它们的几何构型、HOMO-LUMO能隙、生成焓、核独立化学位移(NICS)和自由能．得到(BP)12和(AlP)12团簇的最稳定构型均为具有Th对称性的四、六元环组成的笼,亚稳态结构中含有五元环。     

从大概念“尺度与结构”角度构建深度思维课堂——以“晶体结构”为例

氯化钠与氯化铯的阴阳离子个数比相同但晶胞结构却有很大差别。用模型建构、数学计算等方式并融合“尺度与结构”等大概念思维,引导学生循着科学家的科学研究方式思考问题。     

Synthesis, Structure and Antitumor Activities of Tridccapeptide PSPP3 from Papaver Somniferum Pollen

Pollenplaysakeyroleinthereproductiveprocessofhigherplant,whichcontainsmuchimportantsubstancewithdifferentphysiologicalactivities,ofwhichpeptideandproteinareimportantonesl'2.Pollenisstillwidelyusedasnutritiveandhealthfulfoodinmanycountriesl.Inrecentyears,wehavepaidmuchattentiontothestudiesontheisolation,structurecharacterizationandsynthesisofsomeoligopeptidesfromseveralkindsofpollens'-',andfoundthattheyhadsomeactivitiesofpromotingimmunityandrestrainingsomecancercelldivisions-7.Inpreviousstudies…     

新的滇桂艾纳香寡糖BROS结构分析

以滇桂艾纳香枝叶为原料,经陶瓷膜、有机膜分离,醇沉、Sevag法除蛋白,DEAE-纤维素柱层析和SephadexG- 10,SephadexG-50凝胶柱色谱纯化得到的BROS;经HPGPC检测分析表明,BROS为均一寡糖,MALDI-TOF-MS测定分子量为1314.用IR,HPLC,甲基化分析,GC-MS,NMR (1H NMR,13C NMR,1H)HCOSY,HMQC和HMBC)等方法对BROS结构进行表征,结果表明,该寡糖由1个葡萄糖(α-D-Glcp)和7个果糖(β-D-Fru组成,残基间以→2)Fruf-(1→链接,分子末端链接为a-Glcp-(1→,→2)-β-D-Fruf推出BROS的结构式为:β-D-Fruf1-(2→1)-β-D-Fruf2-(2→1)-β-D-Fruf3-(2→ 1)-β-D-Fruf4-(2→1)-β -D-Fruf5-(2→1)-β-D-Fruf6-(2→ 1)-β-D-Fruf7-(2→ 1)-a-D-Glcp.     

四核钴羰基簇合物Co4(CO)8(μ-CO)2(μ4-PSR)2的合成和晶体结构

The title compounds Co4(CO)8(μ-CO)2 (μ4-PSR) [R=-CH3, -C2H5, -C(CH3)3,-(CHa)4CH3] were synthesized by the reaction of Co2(CO)8 with RSPCl2. They were characterized by IR, 1HNMR, elemental analysis. The crystal and molecular structure of Co4(Co)8(μ-CO)2 (μ4-PSC2H5) has been determined by single crystal diffraction method. Crystal data: monoclinic, space group P21 /c, with a=8-445(3), 6=8.562(3), c= 17.125(6)Å, β=104.26 (3)' 9 V=1200.1Å3, Z=2, Dc=1.937gcm-3. Its molecular structure contains an octahedral Co4P2 skeleton which consists of a rectangular four cobalt atoms core and the Co4 core is capped above and below by two quadruply bridging PSR ligands.     

ChemInform Abstract: Crystal Structure Solution of Hydrated High-Alumina Cement from X-Ray Powder Diffraction Data.

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AlmN2和AlmN+2(m=1～8)团簇结构与稳定性的量子化学研究

用密度泛函理论(DFT）的B3LYP方法，在6-311G水平上AlmN2和AlmN^ 2(m=1～8)团簇的几何构型、电子结构、振动频率和分子轨道进行了理论研究．结果表明，AlmN2类团簇的基态结构有两种基本构型，一种是以N-N键为核心周围与Al原子相配位形成的，一种是由两个AlnN(n≤m，2)分子碎片通过共用Al原子或Al—Al键相互结合形成的．对AlnN分子碎片相互结合形成结构的绝热电离能讨论得到，m为偶数的团簇比m为奇数的稳定。     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Mo-S Cluster Compound Coordinated by Isonicotinate

A cluster compound, Mo3S4(DTP)3(IN)(Py)·EtOH I (DTP = diethyl dithiophospha- te, IN = isonicotinate) has been rationally synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal belongs to the triclinic system, space group P1 with a = 13.6345(2), b = 13.7805(2), c = 14.5400(1) , α = 107.078(1), β = 113.380(1), γ = 96.310(1)o, C25H45Mo3- N2O9P3S10, Mr = 1218.96, V = 2315.75(5) 3, Z = 2, Dc = 1.748 g/cm3, μ = 1.399, F(000) = 1224, R = 0.0425 and wR = 0.1144 for 6335 observed reflections (I > 2σ(I)). 31P NMR spectrum has been measured with the resonance 110.050 and 108.783 (2:1).