Selective catalytic reduction of NO by C2H2 over Ce-Al2O3 catalyst with rate-determining step of NO oxidation

Ce-Al2O3 catalysts prepared by co-precipitation are investigated both in NO oxidation by O2 and in selective catalytic reduction of NO by C2H2(C 2 H 2-SCR).It is found that C2H2-SCR is initiated and controlled by NO oxidation to NO 2 over Al2O3.Ce loading on Al2O3 is almost inactive for NO oxidation below 350 C,since NO2 strongly adsorbs on cerium oxide,leading to the active sites being blocked,which was characterized by temperature-programmed desorption of NO and NO 2 and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy after NO+O 2 coadsorption over the samples.However,in the case of C2H2-SCR,Ce loading on Al 2 O 3 significantly improves the reaction by accelerating the NO oxidation step in the temperature range of 250-450 C,since the nitrate species produced by NO 2 adsorption is an active intermediate required by C2H 2-SCR.     

Non-respiring rat liver mitochondria do not have a Ca2+/2H+ antiporter

Liver mitochondria take up Ca2+ by the Ca2+ uniporter, whereas at steady state efflux is believed to occur mainly by means of a ruthenium red-insensitive Ca2+/2H+ antiporter. The latter activity was studied in respiration-inhibited mitochondria in the presence of ruthenium red and was measured as Ca2+ uptake following acidification of the matrix by addition of nigericin, which catalyzes K+/H+ exchange. Ca2+ uptake was stimulated by protonophorous uncoupling agents and inhibited by increasing the concentration of ruthenium red. However, the rates were always smaller than those obtained by addition of valinomycin instead of nigericin. This indicates that under these conditions, Ca2+ fluxes are not mediated by a Ca2+/2H+ antiporter but by residual uniporter activity.     

Properties of (Mg2 + Ca2+)-ATPase of erythrocyte membranes prepared by different procedures: influence of Mg2+, Ca2+, ATP, and protein activator.

Erythrocyte membranes prepared by three different procedures showed (Mg2+ + Ca2+)-ATPase activities differing in specific activity and in affinity for Ca2+. The (Mg2+ + Ca2+)-ATPase activity of the three preparations was stimulated to different extents by a Ca2+-dependent protein activator isolated from hemolysates. The Ca2+ affinity of the two most active preparations was decreased as the ATP concentration in the assay medium was increased. Lowering the ATP concentration from 2 mM to 2-200 microM or lowering the Mg:ATP ratio to less than one shifted the (Mg2+ + Ca2+)-ATPase activity in stepwise hemolysis membranes from mixed "high" and "low" affinity to a single high Ca2+ affinity. Membranes from which soluble proteins were extracted by EDTA (0.1 mM) in low ionic strength, or membranes prepared by the EDTA (1-10 mM) procedure, did not undergo the shift in the Ca2+ affinity with changes in ATP and MgCl2 concentrations. The EDTA-wash membranes were only weakly activated by the protein activator. It is suggested that the differences in properties of the (Mg2+ + Ca2+)-ATPase prepared by these three procedures reflect differences determined in part by the degree of association of the membrane with a soluble protein activator and changes in the state of the enzyme to a less activatable form.     

Biomimetic oxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol by dioxygen via Mn-enhanced base catalysis

The 6-coordinate dioximatomanganese(II) complex [Mn(HL)(CH3OH)]+ (2, where H2L is [HON=C(CH3)C(CH3)=NCH2CH2]2NH), formed by instant solvolysis of [Mn2(HL)2](BPh4)2 (1) in methanol, accelerates the triethylamine (TEA)-catalyzed oxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol (H2dtbc) by O2 to the corresponding o-benzoquinone. Significantly, 2 alone has no catalytic effect. The observed rate increase can be explained by the interaction of 2 with the hydroperoxo intermediate HdtbcO2- formed from Hdtbc- and O2 in the TEA-catalyzed oxidation. The kinetics of the TEA-catalyzed and Mn-enhanced reaction has been studied by gas-volumetric monitoring of the amount of O2 consumed. The initial rate of O2 uptake (V(in)) shows a first-order dependence on the concentration of 2 and O2 and saturation kinetics with respect to both H2dtbc and TEA. The observed kinetic behavior is consistent with parallel TEA-catalyzed and Mn-enhanced oxidation paths. The 3,5-di-tert-butylsemiquinone anion radical is an intermediate detectable by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. The dimeric catalyst precursor has been characterized by X-ray diffraction and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and the monomeric catalyst by ESR spectroscopy.     

Reactions of monomeric [1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2CeH and CO with or without H2: an experimental and computational study

Addition of CO to [1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2CeH,Cp'2 CeH, in toluene yields the cis-(Cp'2Ce)2(mu-OCHCHO), in which the cis-enediolate group bridges the two metallocene fragments. The cis-enediolate quantitatively isomerizes intramolecularly to the trans-enediolate in C6D6 at 100 degrees C over 7 months. When the solvent is pentane, Cp'2Ce(OCH2)CeCp'2 forms, in which the oxomethylene group or the formaldehyde dianion bridges the two metallocene fragments. The cis-enediolate is suggested to form by insertion of CO into the Ce-C bond of Cp'2Ce(OCH2)CeCp'2, generating Cp'2CeOCH2COCeCp'2. The stereochemistry of the cis-enediolate is determined by a 1,2-hydrogen shift in the OCH2CO fragment that has the OC(H2) bond anti-periplanar relative to the carbene lone pair. The bridging oxomethylene complex reacts with H2, but not with CH4, to give Cp'2CeOMe, which is also the product of the reaction between Cp'2CeH and a mixture of CO and H2. The oxomethylene complex reacts with CO to give the cis-enediolate complex. DFT calculations on C5H5 model metallocenes show that the reaction of Cp2CeH with CO and H2 to give Cp2CeOMe is exoergic by 50 kcal mol-1. The net reaction proceeds by a series of elementary reactions that occur after the formyl complex, Cp2Ce(eta2-CHO), is formed by further reaction with H2. The key point that emerges from the calculated potential energy surface is the bifunctional nature of the metal formyl in which the carbon atom behaves as a donor and acceptor. Replacing H2 by CH4 increases the activation energy by 17 kcal mol-1.     

铁酸锌掺杂对二氧化钛结构相变及光催化性能的影响

分别采用共沉淀法和溶胶-凝胶法制备铁酸锌和二氧化钛纳米粉体,较系统地研究了铁酸锌纳米掺杂对二氧化钛“锐钛矿→金红石”的结构相变及光催化性能的影响.结果表明,适量铁酸锌的掺杂可促进二氧化钛的结构相变,显著提高其光催化活性,在最佳掺杂浓度时,其光催化降解苯酚的效率可以提高2～3倍.     

EFFECT OF OXYGEN ON PHOTO AUTOTROPHIC and HETEROTROPHIC GROWTH OF Chlamydomonas reinhardtii IN AN ANOXIC ATMOSPHERE

Photoautotrophic growth of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was shown to be independent of the presence of atmospheric oxygen. Under constant light and photoautotrophic conditions, C. reinhardtii grew equally well in either air or 367 PPM CO2-in-He. During 12-h light-dark cycles, the cells in air grew substantially faster than those grown in CO2-in-He, indicating a significant role for O2 in dark metabolism. Although cells grown under CO2-in-He were not supplied any exogenous O2, photosynthetic water splitting resulted in the liberation of O2. The effect of photoevolved O2 on the growth of C. reinhardtii was examined (1) by measuring the amount of O2 consumed by photosynthesizing algae, (2) by growing the algae heterotrophically on acetate in the dark and supplied with O2 generated by photoautotrophically grown cells, and (3) by determining the minimum level of O2 needed to stimulate CO2 evolution from cells suspended in minimal medium supplemented with acetate. The results from these investigations indicated that exogenous O2 was not required for photoautotrophic growth by C. reinhardtii and that this alga grew in an anoxic environment if supplied with CO2 and light.     

Microkinetics of H2S Removal by Zinc Oxide in the Presence of Moist Gas Atmosphere

The microkinetics os H2S removeal by ZnO desulfurization in H2O-CO2-N2,H2O-CO-N2 and H2O-O2-N2 gas mixtures was studied by thermogravimetric andlysis.Experiments were carried out with 100-120 mesh ZnO powder at temperatures from 473K to 563K.The results show that the kinetic behaviors of desulfurization could all be described by an improved shrinking-core model.The activation energies of the reaction and the diffusion in different gas atmospheres were estimated.     

Concise syntheses of 2-aminoindans via indan-2-ol

2-Amino-5,6-dimethoxyindan hydrochloride was synthesized in seven steps and with an overall yield of 48%. Indan-2-ol was converted to 5,6-dibromo-indan-2-ol in three steps by acetylation, electrophilic bromination and deacetylation. Dimethoxylation of 5,6-dibromoindan-2-ol with NaOCH₃ in the presence of CuI gave 5,6-dimethoxy-indan-2-ol, which was converted to 2-amino-5,6-dimethoxyindan hydrochloride by azidation, followed by Pd-C catalyzed hydrogenation. Similarly, 2-amino-5-bromoindan was synthesized in five steps and with an overall yield of 50%. Indan-2-ol was converted to 2-aminoindan by azidation followed by Pd-C catalyzed hydrogenation. The reaction of 2-aminoindan with 2.5 equiv Br₂ afforded 2-amino-5,6-dibromoindan.     

Can H2 inside C60 communicate with the outside world?

The quenching rate constants of singlet oxygen by C60, H2@C60, D2@C6o, H2, and D2 in solution were measured. The presence of a hydrogen (H2@C60) or deuterium (D2@C60) molecule inside the fullerene did not produce any observable effect based on triplet lifetime or EPR measurements. However, a remarkable effect was found for the 1O2 quenching by C60, H2@C60, D2@C6o, H2, and D2. Singlet oxygen was generated by photosensitization or by thermal decomposition of naphthalene endoperoxide derivatives. Comparison of the rate constants for quenching of 1O2 by H2@C60 and D2@C60 demonstrates a significant vibrational interaction between oxygen and H2 inside the fullerene. The quenching rate constant for H2 is 1 order of magnitude higher than that of D2, in agreement with the results observed for the quenching of 1O2 with H2@C60 or D2@C60.     

TiO2-Al2O3复合载体的比较研究

对用混胶法和共沉淀法分别制备的ＴｉＯ２－Ａｌ２Ｏ３复合载体（ＴｉＯ２含量为０．０８ｇ／ｇγ－Ａｌ２Ｏ３）进行了对比研究，采用的表征方法有ＸＲＤ，ＸＲＳ，ＬＲＳ等，得出的结论如下：两种载体均保持了γ－Ａｌ２Ｏ３的骨架结构，但ＴｉＯ２的分散状态不尽相同，混胶样品中ＴｉＯ２主要以表面富集的形式分散在γ－Ａｌ２Ｏ３表面，这有利于集二者的优点于一体，共沉淀样品中ＴｉＯ２趋于整个体相均匀分散，这有利于相互作用     

重水中固氮酶催化还原乙炔产物的^1H NMR研究

用^1HNMR研究了固氮酶在重水中催化还原乙炔的反应产物氘代乙烯.种用群对称性对^1HNMR谱图进行了归属,计算了几种可能的C`2H~2D~2结构以及C~2H~3D结构的NMR谱线频和强度,得出了理论谱.通过理论谱与实验谱的比较,表明固氮酶在重水中催化还原乙炔的产物主要以顺式结构C~2H~2D~2为主,并含有较多的单氘代烯.单氘代乙烯相对乙烯的化学位移往高场移动约4.0Hz,而双氘代乙烯向高场的位移大约是单氘代乙烯的2倍左右。     

葡萄糖在Ti/NanoTiO2-ZrO2修饰电极上电催化氧化

在无水乙醇和乙酰丙酮混合溶液中,电解Ti金属制得前驱体Ti(OCH2CH3)4-y(acac)y,再加入ZrCl4,将上述溶液直接水解、干燥后,在450℃煅烧2 h,粉体通过X射线衍射(XRD)分析表明:纳米TiO2-ZrO2粉体呈单分散结构。扫描电子显微镜(SEM)测试表明,颗粒平均尺寸为30~40 nm。通过溶胶-凝胶法制得高活性的Ti/NanoTiO2-ZrO2修饰电极,采用循环伏安研究发现,Ti/NanoTiO2-ZrO2电极对葡萄糖氧化具有高催化活性。在NaBr电解液中,Br-在Ti/NanoTiO2-ZrO2电极表面氧化为Br2,Br2间接电氧化葡萄糖。     

CO2 Fixation by Cu2+ and Zn2+ complexes of a terpyridinophane aza receptor. Crystal structures of Cu2+ complexes, pH-metric, spectroscopic, and electrochemical studies

The synthesis of the terpyridinophane-type polyamine 2,6,9,12,16-pentaaza[17]-(5,5' ')-cyclo-(2,2':6',2' ')-terpyridinophane heptahydrobromide tetrahydrate (L.7HBr.4H2O) is described. L presents six protonation constants with values in the range 9.21-3.27 logarithmic units. L interacts with Cu2+ and Zn2+ forming in both cases, neutral, protonated, and hydroxylated mono- and binuclear complexes whose constants have been calculated by potentiometry in 0.15 M NaClO4 at 298.1 K. The crystal structures of the compounds [Cu(HL-carb)(H2O)](ClO4)3.2H2O (1) and [Cu2(H2L)(CO3)]2(ClO4)8.9H2O (2) have been solved by X-ray diffraction. In 1, the metal center presents square pyramidal geometry. The base of the pyramid is formed by the three nitrogen atoms of pyridine and one oxygen atom of a CO2 group which is forming a carbamate bond with the central nitrogen atom of the polyamine chain. The axial position is occupied by a water molecule. In 2, one Cu2+ is bound by the three pyridine nitrogens and the other one by the three central nitrogen atoms of the polyamine chain. The square planar coordination geometry is completed by a carbonate group taken up from the atmosphere that behaves as a bridging mu,mu'-ligand between the two centers. The pH-metric titrations on the ternary Cu2+-L-carbonate and Zn2+-L-carbonate systems show the extensive formation of adduct species which above pH 6 are formed quantitatively in solution. The stoichiometries of the main species formed in solution at pH = 6.8 agree with those found in the crystalline compounds. CO2 uptake by the Zn2+ and Cu2+ 1:1 complexes in aqueous solution has also been followed by recording the variations in the band at ca. 300 nm. The formation of the Zn2+ carbamate moiety has been evidenced by 13C NMR and ESI spectroscopy.     

葡萄保鲜过程中SO2的离子色谱法测定

研究了离子色谱法（IC）检测葡萄保鲜过程中SO2的方法,并用于SO2释放量及葡萄中SO2残留量的检测。SO2被水吸收或提取后,由H2O2氧化成稳定的SO4^2-。用离子色谱仪测定SO4^2-的含量,与碘量法、盐酸付玫瑰苯胺比色法作对比,结果很好地吻合。结果表明,IC法是一种测定葡萄保鲜过程中SO2及SO2残留量的准确、方便、快速的方法,可用于SO2使用效果的评价。     

Photocatalytic degradation of dichloromethane by chlorocuprate(II) ions

Near UV irradiation of aerated solutions of (Et 4N) 2[CuCl 4] in dichloromethane causes the decomposition of CH 2Cl 2, as evidenced by the buildup of HCl, C 2H 2Cl 4, and peroxides. A net reduction to [CuCl 2] (-) occurs in the early stages, but is later reversed. In CH 2Cl 2, [CuCl 4] (2-) is in equilibrium with [Cu 2Cl 6] (2-), and only the latter species is photoactive. The decomposition is initiated by the photodissociation of chlorine atoms, which propagate to peroxy radicals, CHCl 2OO. Experimental evidence, including a linear dependence of the decomposition rate on the incident light intensity and on the fraction of light absorbed by [Cu 2Cl 6] (2-), is consistent with a mechanism in which CHCl 2OO is reduced by electron transfer from [CuCl 2] (-), following which protonation yields CHCl 2OOH. The hydroperoxide accumulates during irradiation and it too can reoxidize [CuCl 2] (-). The quantum yield for HCl production at the outset of irradiation at 313 nm is 1.3 mol/einstein, based on the fraction of light absorbed by [Cu 2Cl 6] (2-).     

The problem of synthesizing 5-propionyl-2-thiophene aldehyde

5-Propionyl-2-thiophene aldehyde, mp 101–101. 5°, is synthesized by two routes, from 2-propiothienone, and from 2-thiophene aldehyde, and its structure is confirmed by oxidation to 5-propionyl-2-thiophene carboxylic acid and thiophene-2, 5-dicarboxylic acid. The fact that 2-acetals and 2-ketals of the thiophene series are metallated only at position 5 in the ring by n-butyllithium is confirmed. Attempts to synthesize 5-propionyl-2-thiophene aldehyde by a method given by Janda and Dvorak [1, 2] were unsuccessful.     

带功能基的全氟(烷基乙烯基)醚的研究 II: 全氟(5-甲基-4,7-二氧杂-Δ^8-壬酸)甲酯的合成

本文报道全氟4-甲基-3,6-二氧杂-Δ^7-辛基亚磺酸钠的制备及其反应, 并应用于合成标题化合物。     

Pyridine-substituted hydroxythiophenes. IV. Preparation of 3- and 4-(2-, 3- and 4-pyridyl)-2-hydroxythiophenes

3-(2-, 3- and 4-Pyridyl)-2-methoxythiophenes have been prepared in good yields through the Pd(0)-cat-alyzed coupling of the three isomeric bromopyridines with 3-trimethylstannyl-2-methoxythiophene. This compound was prepared through halogen-metal exchange of 3-bromo-2-methoxythiophene followed by stannylation. 3-Bromo-2-methoxythiophene was prepared by dibromination and α-debromination of 2-methoxythiophen. Most attempts to demethylate 2-methoxy-3-pyridylthiophenes using a large variety of reagents failed, probably due to the instability and high reactivity of the desired 3-pyridyl-2-hydroxythiophene systems. Only 2-methoxy-3-(3-pyridyl)thiophene reacted with boron tribromide to give 3-(3-pyridyl)-3-thiolene-2-one, which only was stable in ether solution at ?20°. The attempted demethylation of 2-methoxy-3-(2-pyridyl)thiophene with trimethylsilane chloride/sodium iodide in refluxing acetonitrile led to a dimer. Demethylation of the 2-methoxy-3-pyridylthiophenes with dibenzyl diselenide and sodium borohydride gave 3-pyridylthiophan-2-ones. A number of other routes to prepare 3-pyridyl-2-hydroxythiophenes were also explored, but none of them gave the desired compounds. On the other hand, the 4-(2-, 3-, and 4-pyridyl)-2-hydroxythiophene systems could easily be prepared by hydrogen peroxide oxidation of the corresponding 4-pyridyl-2-thiopheneboronic esters, which were obtained from 2-bromo-4-pyridylthiophenes by halogen-metal exchange followed by reaction with ethyl borate. The 2-bromo-4-pyridylthiophenes were prepared by dibromination of the known 3-pyridylthiophenes to the 2,5-dibromo derivatives, and removal of the 2-bromine by halogen-metal exchange at ?100°, followed by hydrolysis. The ¹H nmr and ir spectroscopic investigations show that these quite stable 2-hydroxythiophene systems exist exclusively in the 4-pyridyl-3-thiolen-2-one forms.