Unconventional methyl galactan synthesized via the thexyldimethylsilyl intermediate: preparation, characterization, and properties

Reaction of a beta-(1 --> 4) linked galactan with TDMS chloride followed by methylation and desilylation yields methyl galactans with unconventional functionalization patterns. The products were characterized via FTIR and NMR of the intact polymer and by CE after controlled depolymerization. A TDMS-derivatized methyl galactan contains differently methylated secondary hydroxyl groups. SEC and analytical ultracentrifugation showed a consistent decrease in the molecular weight after the consecutive reaction steps. Biological studies revealed that the methyl galactans are less active in complement fixation assays as compared with a 3-O-methyl galactan-enriched polysaccharide fraction isolated from Acanthus ebracteatus.     

Expanded porphyrins: intriguing structures, electronic properties, and reactivities

The chemistry of expanded porphyrins, which are higher homologues of porphyrins, has been intensively explored for the last three decades. Expanded porphyrins exhibit structures, electronic properties, coordination chemistry, and reactivities that are entirely different from those of porphyrins. Through these studies, it has become increasingly apparent that expanded porphyrins are attractive in views of aromaticity and multimetal coordination, or as functional dyes, nonlinear optical materials, ion receptors, or stable organic radicals. As such, we have continuously witnessed the emergence of expanded porphyrins that exhibit unprecedented structures and properties, as is highlighted by the facile realization of Möbius aromatic and even antiaromatic systems with twisted molecular structures. In this Review, the recent progress of the chemistry of expanded porphyrins after the seminal Review by Sessler and Seidel in 2003 is presented.     

Determination of 3',4',5',5,7-pentamethoxyflavone in the plasma and intestinal mucosa of mice by HPLC with UV detection

In a preliminary experiment 3',4',5',5,7-pentamethoxyflavone (PMF) inhibited adenoma development in Apc(Min) mice, a model of the human heritable condition familial adenomatous polyposis. An HPLC method for tricin was modified and validated to permit measurement of PMF in mouse plasma and intestinal mucosa. HPLC analysis was carried out on a Hypersil-BDS C(18) column with detection at 324 nm and tricin as internal standard. The assay was linear in the range of 100-2000 ng/mL plasma and 1.0-40 microg/mL mucosa. PMF in plasma was efficiently extracted using solid-phase columns. In the case of mucosa organic solvent protein precipitation displayed satisfactory accuracy and precision. The assay recovery at low, medium and high concentrations was between 85 and 103% for both biomatrices, with a relative standard deviation of <15%. The lower limits of quantitation for plasma and mucosa were 100 ng/mL and 1.0 microg/mL, respectively. This method allowed measurement of PMF steady-state median concentrations in plasma (1.08 nmol/mL, n = 11; 10th and 90th percentiles: 0.633 and 2.385 nmol/mL) and mucosa (108.5 nmol/g, n = 9; 10th and 90th percentiles: 38.9 and 164.4 nmol/g) in mice which had received PMF (0.2%, w/w) with their diet.     

Vibrational and Thermodynamic Properties of 2,2',4,4',6,6'-Hexanitroazobenzene and Its Derivatives: A Density Functional Theory Study

HNAB (2,2′,4,4′,6,6′‐hexanitroazobenzene) and its derivatives have been optimized to obtain their molecular geometries and electronic structures by using density functional theory at the B3LYP/6‐31G* level. Their IR spectra have been computed and assigned by vibrational analysis. The strongest peaks are attributed to the N? O asymmetric stretching of nitro groups. Its central position moves towards higher frequency as the number of nitro groups increases. It is obvious that there is hydrogen‐bonding between amino and nitro groups in amino derivatives. Based on the frequencies scaled by 0.96 and the principle of statistical thermodynamics, the thermodynamic properties have been evaluated, which are linearly related with the temperature, as well as the number of nitro and amino groups, respectively, obviously showing good group additivity. And the thermodynamic functions for the nitro derivatives increase much more than those for the amino derivatives with the increase of the number of substituents. The values of heat of formation (HOF) for the nitro derivatives increase gradually with n, while those of the amino derivatives decrease smoothly with n.     

Simultaneous determination of phosphonate, phosphate, and diphosphate by capillary electrophoresis using in-capillary complexation with Mo(VI)

This study describes the simultaneous determination of phosphonate, phosphate, and diphosphate by CE with direct UV detection, based on in-capillary complexation with Mo(VI). When a mixture of phosphonate, phosphate, and diphosphate was injected into a capillary containing 3.0 mM Mo(VI), 0.05 M malonate buffer (pH 3.0) and 45% v/v CH3CN, three well-defined peaks, due to the migration of the corresponding polyoxomolybdate anions, were separated. The respective calibration graphs were linear in the concentration range of 2 x 10(-6)-2 x 10(-4) M for phosphonate, 1 x 10(-6)-5 x 10(-5) M for phosphate, and 1 x 10(-6)-2 x 10(-4) M for diphosphate; the correlation coefficients were better than 0.9990. The present CE method is successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of phosphonate, phosphate, and diphosphate in tap water.     

Synthesis, Characterization and Weak Intramolecular Interactions of Porphyrins Bearing Nucleobases

5,10, 15-Triphenyl-20-{2- [α- (adenine-9 ) acetylamino]} phenyl porphyrin ( 1 ), 5,10, 15-triphenyl-20-{2-[α-(cytosine-1)acetylamino]} phenyl porphyrin (2), 5, 10, 15-triphenyl-20-{4-[α-(cytosine-1)ethoxy]} phenyl porphyrin (3) and their zinc complexes Zn-1, Zn-2 and Zn-3 have been prepared and characterized by ^1H NMR spectra, elemental analyses, electronic absorption spectra and mass spectra (FAB). Intramolecular π-π interactions and intramolecular metal-~ interaction for 1, 2, Zn-1,and Zn-2 have been investigated by several methods. ^1H NMR studies demonstrate that the porphyrin π-system in 1 and 2 is parallel to the adenine and the cytosine aromatic ring, respectively. The electronic absorption spectral properties of free porphyrin derivatives and their zinc complexes have been compared with those of H2TPP and ZnTPP. The results show that the UV-vis spectra of 1 and 2 are the same as that of H2TPP,whereas the spectra of their zinc complexes show 7 nm red shifts of the Soret bands compared to that of ZnTPP. The emission spectra of Zn-1 and Zn-2 are independent of excitation wavelength. From combination of the evidence of absorption and emission spectra it is suggested the existence of intramolecular metal-π interaction in Zn-1 and Zn-2. The results of conformational analysis agreed quite nicely with that of experiments, thus it was further to validate the experimental conclusions.     

具有分子内折叠结构锌配合物的合成，与DNA键合及其对DNA切割作用研究

本文报道了一个锌配合物[Zn(bipy)(pmal)(H2O)]·2H2O（其中bipy = 2,2’-联吡啶, pmal = 苯基丙二酸）的合成,晶体结构及其光谱学研究。并通过单晶X射线衍射,元素分析,红外光谱等手段对它进行了表征。同时,利用紫外光谱和荧光光谱方法考察了该配合物与小牛胸腺DNA的键和作用。琼脂糖凝胶电泳实验的结果说明该配合物的平面结构对pBR 322DNA切割作用显著。     

Intracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate, adenosine 5'-diphosphate, and adenosine 5'-monophosphate detection by short-end injection capillary electrophoresis using methylcellulose as the effective electroosmostic flow suppressor

We present a new rapid CE method to measure adenine nucleotides adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP), adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP), and adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP) in cells. The short-end injection mode allows a decrease in the analysis time by injecting samples at the outlet end of a silica capillary closest to the detection window, reducing the migration distance. Moreover, the use of methylcellulose (MC) as run buffer additive to suppress EOF permits to further reduce the migration times of analytes. Thus, when a capillary with an effective length of 10.2 cm was used with a 60 mmol/L sodium acetate buffer pH 3.80 in the presence of 0.01% of MC, the migration time of analytes were 1.35 min for ATP, 1.85 min for ADP, and 4.64 min for AMP. These conditions gave a good reproducibility for intra- and interassay (CV <4 and 8%, respectively) and all the procedure demonstrated an excellent analytical recovery (from 98.3 to 99 %). The method suitability was proved both on red blood cells and in spermatozoa. We compared our proposed method to a spectrophotometric assay, by measuring ATP levels in 40 spermatozoa samples. The obtained data were analyzed by the Passing and Bablok regression and Bland-Altman test.     

Synthesis of Dinaphtho-dioxaphosphepin-4-oxides, Epoxides and Bisphosphonates

A few new seven-membered phosphorus heterocyclic compounds and bis-phosphonates (5a—5g, 5f’, 5g’, 9 and 10) were prepared by the reaction of 4-bromo dioxaphosphepin (2) with various Grignard reagents followed by their oxidation with H2O2. All the compounds were thoroughly characterized by elemental analysis, IR, 1H, 13C, 31P NMR and mass spectral data. Their antimicrobial activity was evaluated and some of them possess significant activity.     

Substituent effects of the N,N-dimethyl- sulfamoyl group on the 1H and 13C NMR spectra of positional isomers of quinolines

The complete 1H and 13C NMR spectral assignments of seven positional isomers of N,N-dimethylsulfamoylquinolines 2-8 and quinoline have been made using 1D and 2D NMR techniques, including COSY, HMQC and HMBC experiments. Deltadelta(H) and Deltadelta(C) substituent effects induced by the sulfamoyl group were determined. The sulfamoyl substituent affects proton and carbon chemical shifts both in the parent and in the fused (pyridine or benzene) ring.     

Fast, accurate, and convenient analysis of bed densities for columns packed with fine reversed-phase particles

We determine the interparticle porosities of commercially available, analytical, reversed-phase HPLC columns by Donnan exclusion of a small, unretained, co-ionic tracer (nitrate ions). The columns contained packings of C(18)-modified, endcapped, silica particles, which differed in their nominal particle diameters (1.8-5 μm) and construction (fully porous or core-shell). Experiments were carried out by monitoring the elution volumes of nitrate samples in a mobile phase of acetonitrile/water 80:20 v/v at increasing concentrations of Tris-HCl buffer (pH 8.1) from 0.01 to 60 mM. At low buffer concentrations, nitrate ions are completely electrostatically excluded from the intraparticle mesopore space, which is reflected by a plateau region in the elution curves. The elution volume in the plateau region equals the interparticle void volume. Clearly defined plateau regions were observed for all columns, even those densely packed with core-shell and sub-2 μm particles, enabling the accurate determination of interparticle porosities to three decimal places in a fast and convenient way.     

T-CAM, a fastatin-FIII 9-10 fusion protein, potently enhances anti-angiogenic and anti-tumor activity via alphavbeta3 and alpha5beta1 integrins

We made fusion protein of fastatin and FIII 9-10, termed tetra-cell adhesion molecule (T-CAM) that can interact simultaneously with alphavbeta3 and alpha5beta1 integrins, both playing important roles in tumor angiogenesis. T-CAM can serve as a cell adhesion substrate mediating adhesion and migration of endothelial cells in alphavbeta3 and alpha5beta1 integrin-dependent manner. T-CAM showed pronounced anti-angiogenic activities such as inhibition of endothelial cell tube formation, endothelial cell proliferation, and induction of endothelial cell apoptosis. T-CAM also inhibited angiogenesis and tumor growth in mouse xenograft model. The anti-angiogenic and anti-tumoral activity of molecule like fastatin could be improved by fusing it with integrin-recognizing cell adhesion domain from other distinct proteins. The strategy of combining two distinct anti-angiogenic molecules or cell adhesion domains could facilitate designing improved anticancer agent of therapeutic value.     

Structure and redox properties of CexPr1−xO2−δ mixed oxides and their catalytic activities for CO, CH3OH and CH4 combustion

A series of Ce_xPr_1−xO_2−δ mixed oxides were synthesized by a sol–gel method and characterized by Raman, XRD and TPR techniques. The oxidation activity for CO, CH₃OH and CH₄ on these mixed oxides was investigated. When the value x was changed from 1.0 to 0.8, only a cubic phase CeO₂ was observed. The samples were greatly crystallized in the range of the value x from 0.99 to 0.80, which is due to the formation of solid solutions caused by the complete insertion of Pr into the CeO₂ crystal lattices. Raman bands at 465 and 1150 cm⁻¹ in Ce_xPr_1−xO_2−δ samples are attributed to the Raman active F_2g mode of CeO₂. The broad band at around 570 cm⁻¹ in the region of 0.3 ≤ x ≤ 0.99 can be linked to oxygen vacancies. The new band at 195 cm⁻¹ may be ascribed to the asymmetric vibration caused by the formation of oxygen vacancies. The TPR profile of Pr₆O₁₁ shows two reduction peaks and the reduction process is followed: . The reduction temperature of Ce_xPr_1−xO_2−δ mixed oxides is lower than those of Pr₆O₁₁ or CeO₂. TPR results indicate that Ce_xPr_1−xO_2−δ mixed oxides have higher redox properties because of the formation of Ce_xPr_1−xO_2−δ solid solutions. The presence of the oxygen vacancies favors CO and CH₃OH oxidation, while the activity of CH₄ oxidation is mostly related to reduction temperatures and redox properties.     

Competition between π–π stacking and hydrogen bonding in (1:2) picrates of 1,5-diamino-3-oxapentane, 1,8-diamino-3,6-dioxaoctane and 1,5-diamino-3-azapentane—solid state studies

Crystallographic studies of (2:1) salts of picric acid with 1,5-diamino-3-oxapentane (1OPICR), 1,8-diamino-3,6-dioxaoctane (2OPICR) and 1,5-diamino-3-azapentane (1NPICR) showed significant conformational change of the picrate ion due to numerous electrostatic, H-bonding and π–π stacking interactions present in the crystal lattice. In particular, intermolecular N–HO H-bonds were found to cause significant twisting of the o-NO₂ groups from the plane of the benzene ring, whereas overlapping of the picrate ions due to electrostatic interactions and π–π stacking caused flattening of the molecule. Analysis of the geometry of 74 picrate ions found in the Cambridge Crystallographic Database, in their various crystallochemical environments, showed that competition between essentially weak but numerous intermolecular interactions of different types led to systematic changes in geometric parameters within the picrate ion. In particular, relations found between the C1–C2–N–O (C1–C6–N–O) torsion angle and the endocyclic C1–C2–C3 (C1–C6–C5) valence angle can be explained on the basis of competition between resonance effects of the o-NO₂ group and π–π stacking.     

Complete (1)H and (13)C NMR spectral assignment of alpha- and beta-adenosine, 2'-deoxyadenosine and their acetate derivatives

(1)H and (13)C NMR chemical shifts of alpha- and beta-anomers of adenosine, 2'-deoxyadenosine and their acetate derivatives were completely and definitely assigned using the concerted application of one- and two-dimensional experiments (gCOSY, gNOESY, gHSQC and gHMBC). The influence of the stereochemistry of the purine base on the NMR data of the hydrogen and carbon atoms of the furanose moiety was estimated.     

两种吩噻嗪衍生物的合成，光学性质及其电化学性质

The synthesis, luminescence and electrochemical properties of two novel phenothiazine derivatives were presented, which exhibit good one-photon fluorescence emission. The quantum yields and solvent effects of them were studied in detail. Compound 3,7-bis（2-4＇-imidazolylbenzylidenehydrazonoethyl）-（0-ethylphenothiazine） （5） was used as an effective initiator, of which two-photon fluorescence spectra were investigated under 800 nm fs laser pulse and the measured two-photon absorption cross-section was 18 × 10^-50 cm^4·s per photon. Two-photon initiated polymerization microfabrication experiments were carried out. X-ray diffraction analyses revealed that the shape of the compound 3,7-bis（2-pyrid-4＇-ylmethylidenehydrazonoethyl）-（0-ethylphenothiazine） （4） looks like a butterfly with nearly planar wings. The dihedral angle of the two benzene rings is 37.6° and there is an obvious π-π stacking interaction between the molecules in the crystal.     

提高非均相芬顿催化活性策略、研究进展及启示

非均相芬顿反应由于固体芬顿催化剂与H₂O₂反应生成高活性羟基自由基,在去除难降解有机物方面得到了广泛的关注。与均相芬顿相比,其具有pH响应范围广、催化剂稳定性和可重复使用性好以及产泥量少等优点。然而,非均相芬顿反应仍存在一些缺陷,如金属离子析出、H₂O₂有效利用率低和Fe(Ⅱ)生成速率慢等,阻碍了非均相芬顿在实际废水处理中的应用。为解决这些问题研究者做了大量的工作,本文综述了非均相芬顿反应机制,总结了加速Fe(Ⅱ)生成和促进H₂O₂分解的策略,以期为开展非均相芬顿催化剂的研究提供技术支持。     

Determination of fluoxetine and norfluoxetine in rat plasma by HPLC with pre-column derivatization and fluorescence detection

Both fluoxetine (FLX) and its N-demethylated metabolite, norfluoxetine (NFLX), have been reported to be potent serotonin-reuptake inhibitors. A sensitive and reliable method that allows simultaneous quantification of their plasma levels would be valuable and was developed in this work. The procedure included extraction of FLX and NFLX from plasma, fluorescence derivatization with 4-(N-chloroformylmethyl-N-methyl) amino-7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole (NBD-COCl), separation of the derivatives on an octadecylsilica column with acetonitrile-water (55:45,v/v) as mobile phase and fluorescence detection with emission at 537 nm and excitation at 478 nm. The calibration curves were linear for FLX and NFLX concentration over the range of 10-1000 nM (r = 0.9992 and r = 0.9997) and the limits of quantitation were 10 nM in 100 micro L of plasma. Precision of intra- and inter-day RSD of less than 12% and accuracy of intra- and inter-day RE within -6.0-13% were achieved. The method described was applied to analysis of the plasma samples from rats treated with FLX hydrochloride and to the pharmacokinetic study.