Reaction of triphenylphosphine with phenylethanethiolate-protected Au38 nanoparticles

The replacement of phenylethanethiolate (SC2Ph) ligands on 1.1 nm (core diameter) Au38(SC2Ph)24 monolayer-protected clusters (MPCs) with varied amounts of triphenylphosphine (PPh3) is investigated in methylene chloride. UV-vis spectra suggest that changes in the MPC Au core size occur when large amounts (> 10 equiv moles per cluster) of PPh3 are reacted with Au38(SC2Ph)24. 1H and 31P NMR spectra following the addition of smaller amounts (< 5 equiv moles) of PPh3 indicate that the reaction liberates a AuISC2Ph complex, as opposed to a SC2Ph thiol, disulfide, or anion. A 1H NMR kinetic study shows that the exchange is surprisingly rapid, even faster than exchanges of thiolates with other thiolates, at room temperature and in air. The reaction is slowed when cooled or conducted under Ar. The difference in potentials of the initial one-electron voltammetric reduction and oxidation of Au38(SC2Ph)24 decreases slightly upon reaction with small amounts of PPh3.     

A new cucurbitacin D related 16,23-epoxy derivative and its isomerization products

[reaction: see text] A new (23S,24Z)-16,23-epoxy cucurbitacin derivative was isolated from Ecballium elaterium L. (Cucurbitaceae) fruit juice along with known cucurbitacin derivatives. Structure elucidation of these derivatives was accomplished by NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry from HPLC-MS data. Isomerization of the epoxy derivative was monitored by 1D and 2D NMR experiments. The configuration of the reaction products was elucidated as (23R,24E) and (23R,24Z), and a mechanism for the acid-catalyzed rearrangement process is proposed.     

Antibody-catalyzed benzoin oxidation as a mechanistic probe for nucleophilic catalysis by an active site lysine

Aldolase antibody 24H6, which was obtained by reactive immunization against a 1,3-diketone hapten, is shown to catalyze additional reactions, including H/D exchange and oxidation reactions. Comparison of the H/D exchange reaction at the alpha-position of a wide range of aldehydes and ketones by 24H6 and by other aldolase antibodies, such as 38C2, pointed at the significantly larger size of the 24H6 active site. This property allowed for the catalysis of the oxidation of substituted benzoins to benzils by potassium ferricyanide. This reaction was used as a mechanistic probe to learn about the initial steps of the 24H6-catalyzed aldol condensation reaction. The Hammett correlation (rho=4.7) of log(k(cat)) versus the substituent constant, sigma, revealed that the reaction involves rapid formation of a Schiff base intermediate from the ketone and an active site lysine residue. The rate-limiting step in this oxidation reaction is the conversion of the Schiff base to an enamine intermediate. In addition, linear correlation (rho=3.13) was found between log(K(M)) and sigma, indicating that electronic rather than steric factors are dominant in the antibody-substrate binding phenomenon and confirming that the reversible formation of a Schiff base intermediate comprises part of the substrate-binding mechanism.     

SnCl2-catalyzed selective atom economic imino Diels-Alder reaction: synthesis of 2-(1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-3-yl)quinolines

The synthesis of 2-(1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-3-yl)quinolines by a SnCl(2)-catalyzed multicomponent reaction has been described. The reaction proceeds chemo- and regioselectively in an atom-economic way, generating a library of 24 quinoline derivatives.     

Toward the synthesis of norzoanthamine: complete fragment assembly

The complex marine alkaloid norzoanthamine (2) was envisioned to be assembled from three key building blocks: the C1-C5 fragment A, the C6-C10 fragment B, and the C11-C24 fragment C. The synthesis of fragment A was achieved in 14 steps and 33% overall yield from (R)-gamma-hydroxymethyl-gamma-butyrolactone. Fragment B was made in two steps from PMB-protected 4-pentynol in 76% yield. The C11-C24 fragment C was made from (S)-carvone via (R)-isocarvone in 18 steps (6% overall yield). The convergent stereoselective synthesis of the entire carbon framework (C1-C24) of the target molecule was achieved via the following assemblage. Alkenyl iodide 20 derived from the C11-C24 fragment C was coupled to fragment B (C6-C10) through a high-yielding Stille coupling reaction of these two sterically very demanding coupling partners, affording the key Diels-Alder precursor 24. The intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction proceeded smoothly in excellent yield and diastereoselectivity, generating the tricyclic trans-anti-trans perhydrophenanthrene motif of norzoanthamine (C6-C24). The final fragment coupling between lithiated fragment A (C1-C5) and aldehyde 40 (C6-C24) has also been successfully accomplished affording the entire carbon framework of the natural product.     

不同形貌纳米氧化锌的水热法合成

以氯化锌为锌源,以氢氧化钠为碱源,采用水热法合成了不同形貌的纳米氧化锌;探讨了晶化时间、晶化温度、表面活性剂十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)对纳米ZnO形貌的影响.结果表明:不添加CTAB时,在120℃下反应24h得到的纳米氧化锌为颗粒状,而在160℃下反应24h得到的纳米氧化锌为片状.当添加CTAB后,在120℃可得到片状氧化锌,而在160℃可得到颗粒状氧化锌.     

Carboxylation and decarboxylation of active site Lys 84 controls the activity of OXA-24 β-lactamase of Acinetobacter baumannii: Raman crystallographic and solution evidence

The class D β-lactamases are characterized by the presence of a carboxylated lysine in the active site that participates in catalysis. Found in Acinetobacter baumannii, OXA-24 is a class D carbapenem hydrolyzing enzyme that exhibits resistance to most available β-lactamase inhibitors. In this study, the reaction between a 6-alkylidiene penam sulfone inhibitor, SA-1-204, in single crystals of OXA-24 is followed by Raman microscopy. Details of its reaction with SA-1-204 provide insight into the enzyme's mode of action and help define the mechanism of inhibition. When the crystal is maintained in HEPES buffer, the reaction is fast, shorter than the time scale of the Raman experiment. However, when the crystal holding solution contains 28% PEG 2000, the reaction is slower and can be recorded by Raman microscopy in real time; the inhibitor's Raman bands quickly disappear, transient features are seen due to an early intermediate, and, at approximately 2-11 min, new bands appear that are assigned to the late intermediate species. At about 50 min, bands due to all intermediates are replaced by Raman signals of the unreacted inhibitor. The new population remains unchanged indicating (i) that the OXA-24 is no longer active and (ii) that the decarboxylation of Lys84 occurred during the first reaction cycle. Using absorbance spectroscopy, a one-cycle reaction could be carried out in aqueous solution producing inactive OXA-24 as assayed by the chromogenic substrate nitrocefin. However, activity could be restored by reacting aqueous OXA-24 with a large excess of NaHCO(3), which recarboxylates Lys84. In contrast, the addition of NaHCO(3) was not successful in reactivating OXA-24 in the crystalline state; this is ascribed to the inability to create a concentration of NaHCO(3) in large excess over the OXA-24 that is present in the crystal. The finding that inhibitor compounds can inactivate a class D enzyme by promoting decarboxylation of an active site lysine suggests a novel function that could be exploited in inhibitor design.     

Redistribution Mechanism of Chloromethylsilanes Catalyzed by HZSM-5 with Big and Small Apertures

The disproportionation to produce(CH_3)_2SiCl_2 can convert CH_3SiCl_3 and(CH_3)_3 SiCl wastes into treasure. In this paper, B3 LYP/6-311++G(3 df, 2 pd) basis set was used to calculate the mechanism of disproportionation, reaction catalyzed by 7 T cluster HZSM-5 with small aperture and 24 T cluster HZSM-5 with large aperture. The results showed that the activation energies for the rate-determining step of the reaction catalyzed by 7 T and 24 T HZSM-5 were 362.06 and 220.05 k J/mol, respectively. In combination with the structural analysis, activation energy analysis and LOL analysis were carried out for 7 T and 24 T HZSM-5. The obtained results show that the 24 T HZSM-5 with large aperture is good for disproportionation reaction compared to 7 T HZSM-5 with small aperture.     

Understanding the electronic reorganization along the nonpolar [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of carbonyl ylides

The nonpolar [3 + 2] cycloaddition (32CA) reaction of the carbonyl ylide (CY) 23 with tetramethylethylene (TME) 24 has been studied with DFT methods at the B3LYP/6-31G* level. This cycloaddition reaction, which has a very low activation energy of 4.7 kcal/mol, takes place through a synchronous transition structure. A topological analysis of the ELF along the 32CA reaction provides a new scope of the electronic structure of CY 23 as a pseudodiradical species offering a sound explanation of the high reactivity of this CY in nonpolar reactions. In addition, this analysis points to the nonparticipation of the oxygen lone pairs in the 32CA reaction. This cycloaddition can be seen as a pseudodiradical attack of the terminal carbon atoms of the CY 23 on the π system of TME 24. Therefore, the present study establishes that this 32CA reaction, which is not a pericyclic electron reorganization, may be electronically classified as a [2n + 2π] process.     

Giant porphyrin wheels with large electronic coupling as models of light-harvesting photosynthetic antenna

Starting from a 1,3-phenylene-linked diporphyrin zinc(II) complex 2ZA, repeated stepwise Ag(I)-promoted coupling reactions provided linear oligomers 4ZA, 6ZA, 8ZA, and 12ZA. The intramolecular cyclization reaction of 12ZA under dilute conditions (1x10(-6) M) gave porphyrin ring C12ZA with a diameter of approximately 35 A in 60% yield. This synthetic strategy has been applied to a 1,3-phenylene-linked tetraporphyrin 4ZB to provide 8ZB, 12ZB, 16ZB, 24ZB, and 32ZB. The intramolecular coupling reaction of 24ZB gave a larger 24-mer porphyrin ring C24ZB with a diameter of approximately 70 A in 34% yield. These two large porphyrin rings were characterized by means of 1H NMR spectroscopy, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography (GPC) analysis, and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) techniques. The STM images of C12ZA reveal largely circular structures, whereas those of C24ZB exhibit mostly ellipsoidal shapes, indicating more conformational flexibility of C24ZB. Similar to the case of C12ZA, the efficient excitation energy transfer along the ring has been confirmed for C24ZB by using the time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) and picosecond transient absorption anisotropy (TAA) measurements, and occurs with a rate of (35 ps)(-1) for energy hops between neighboring tetraporphyrin subunits. Collectively, the present work provides an important step for the construction of large cyclic-arranged porphyrin arrays with ample electronic interactions as a model of light-harvesting antenna.     

Mild and high-yielding syntheses of diethyl phosphoramidate-stoppered [2]rotaxanes

The mild and efficient reaction between triethyl phosphite and benzylic azides allows us not only to construct rotaxanes in high yield from dibenzo[24]crown-8 (DB24C8) and dibenzylammonium (DBA(+))-derived threads but also to incorporate di(p-toluidine)[24]crown-8, which binds DBA(+) ions much more weakly than does DB24C8, into a corresponding [2]rotaxane.     

Synthesis and study of the cluster [Pd(AuPPh3)6(HgNO3)](NO3) by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, thermoanalysis, infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance, and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry

The addition reaction of Hg0 and Hg(2)2+ to the bimetallic cluster [(PPh3)Pd(AuPPh3)6](NO3)2 (I) has been studied. The reaction, monitored by HPLC, showed the time elapsed to obtain the pure cluster [Pd(AuPPh3)6(HgNO3)](NO3) (II). The use of 31P[1H] NMR, IR spectra, FABMS and thermoanalysis data was very useful for confirming the results. The reaction was monitored by taking five samples after 3, 6, 17, 21 and 24 h. The process was finalised after 24 h and the pure trimetallic cluster II, free of the intermediate, appeared in the chromatogram as a large, unique peak.     

Diels-Alder reaction of maldoxin with an isopropenylallene

The Diels-Alder reaction of maldoxin with an isopropenylallene at 60-75 °C afforded an adduct closely related to chloropestolide A (24%) and a second adduct (0-11%) that underwent an ene reaction to generate the chloropupukeanolide D (11-22%) skeleton. The Diels-Alder reaction occurred with good selectively (>5:1) from a single face of maldoxin under much milder conditions than previously reported for the analogous dimethoxycyclohexadienone. Furthermore, the ene reaction took place under mild conditions, whereas the analogous Diels-Alder adduct from the dimethoxycyclohexadienone did not undergo an ene reaction.     

Total synthesis of (+/-)-deoxypenostatin A. Approaches to the syntheses of penostatins A and B

A short synthesis of (+/-)-deoxypenostatin A (28) has been carried out using the convergent coupling of dienal 11, epoxide 13, and methylenetriphenylphosphorane (17) to prepare trienol 19 in only two steps. The key step is the Yb(OTf)(3)-catalyzed intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of hydrated trienyl glyoxylate 23, which gives lactone 24 stereoselectively. Elaboration of lactone 24 to enone 27 by an intramolecular Horner-Emmons Wittig reaction and epimerization completes the synthesis of 28. Modest yields of Diels-Alder adducts 45a and 46a could be prepared analogously from MEM ether 44c, but the sensitivity of several of the intermediates precluded the elaboration of 45a to penostatin A (1).     

A second-generation total synthesis of (+)-discodermolide: the development of a practical route using solely substrate-based stereocontrol

A novel total synthesis of the complex polyketide (+)-discodermolide, a promising anticancer agent of sponge origin, has been completed in 7.8% overall yield over 24 linear steps, with 35 steps altogether. This second-generation approach was designed to rely solely on substrate control for introduction of the required stereochemistry, eliminating the use of all chiral reagents or auxiliaries. The common 1,2-anti-2,3-syn stereotriad found in each of three subunits, aldehyde 9 (C(1)-C(5)), ester 40 (C(9)-C(16)), and aldehyde 13 (C(17)-C(24)), was established via a boron-mediated aldol reaction of ethyl ketone 15 and formaldehyde, followed by hydroxyl-directed reduction to give 1,3-diol 14. Alternatively, a surrogate aldehyde 22 was employed for formaldehyde in this aldol reaction, leading to the beta-hydroxy aldehyde 20 as a common building block, corresponding to the discodermolide stereotriad. Key fragment unions were achieved by a lithium-mediated anti aldol reaction of ester 40 and aldehyde 13 under Felkin-Anh control to provide (16S,17S)-adduct 51 and a boron-mediated aldol reaction between enone 10 and aldehyde 9, exploiting unprecedented remote 1,6-stereoinduction, to give the (5S)-adduct 57.     

An atom-economical approach to conformationally constrained tricyclic nitrogen heterocycles via sequential and tandem Ugi/intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of pyrrole

An efficient approach to rigid tricyclic nitrogen heterocycles via sequential and tandem Ugi/intramolecular Diels-Alder (IMDA) cycloaddition of pyrrole is described. The one-pot Ugi four-component condensation (4CC) reaction was used as the key transformation to prepare trienes with a carboxamide substituent on the tether. The use of acrylic acid (21) and N-propyl- and N-benzylmaleamic acids (24b and 24C) as the acid components provided trienes 22, 25b, and 25c, respectively, which upon heating at 120 degrees C for 12 h yielded the corresponding [4 + 2] cycloaddition products. In the case of maleic acid derivative 24a, heating the reaction mixture at 60 degrees C for 6 h promoted the cycloaddition reaction and provided the desired product 26a in 78% yield. In contrast, fumaric acid monoethyl ester (27a) and 3-acetyl- and 3-(4-methylbenzoyl) acrylic acids (27b-c) directly yielded the corresponding Ugi/IMDA cycloaddition products 29a-c in high yields at room temperature without any trace of initially formed trienes 28a-c. The IMDA cycloaddition reactions proceed with excellent stereoselectivity with the formation of five stereogenic centers and three rings.     

钼过氧配合物与HSO 在酸性溶液中的反应动力学和机理

用载流法研究了Mo~4O~12(O~2) [简作Mo~4(O~2)~2] 与HSO 在酸性条件(4×10^-3～0.5mol·dm^-3)下的反应动力学,并提出了反应机理.反应经历下列历程:Mo~4(O~2)~2+H~2O Mo~4(O~2)(OOH)(k~1,k~-1) Mo~4(O~2)(OOH)+HSO Mo~4(O~2)OOSO~2+H~2O(k~2,k~-2) Mo~4(O~2)OOSO~2+H~2O Mo~4(O~2)+H~2SO~4(k~1,k~-1)中间产物Mo~4(O~2)再以相同机理继续与HSO 反应.由机理,得到了[S(IV)/k~观察与[H^+],[S(IV)]之间的线性关系式以及20℃时的动力学参数:K~1=7.4±0.3dm^3·mol^-1·S^-1,k~-1/k~2=(5.8±0.5)×10^-2和k~-2/k~3=(1.4×0.8)×10^-4.配合物Mo~4(O~2)~2中(O~2)基质子化是决定反应速度的关键步骤.用此机理讨论了Thompson研究的 MoO(O~2)~2与HSO 的反应结果.     

Crystal phase evolution of TiO2 nanoparticles with reaction time in acidic solutions studied via freeze-drying method

The crystal phase evolution of TiO₂ nanoparticles, during hydrolysis and condensation of titanium tetraisopropoxide, was quenched at various reaction times by a freeze-drying method, followed by various characterizations. Three types of solutions with different acid input times were studied: (1) addition in infinite time (no addition), (2) addition at 24 h after the hydrolysis/condensation reaction started, and (3) addition from the beginning of the reaction. The acid-free solution yielded amorphous TiO₂, which transformed to anatase very slowly. The acid input in 24 h resulted in a fast transformation of amorphous to a metastable anatase having a highly distorted atomic arrangement: thereby its transformation to a more stable phase, rutile, was suitable. The acid addition from the beginning of the reaction yielded the formation of a relatively stable anatase from the hydrolysis seed, thereby the subsequent transformation to rutile was sluggish.     

新型纳米结构V10O24·12H2O的制备及结构表征

以V2O5粉末为原料, 在常压下制备新型纳米结构V10O24·12H2O材料, 并分析了其反应机制. 利用XRD, TEM, TG-DSC, FTIR和XPS对其结构和形貌等进行了表征. 结果表明, V10O24·12H2O的层间距d(002)≈1.43 nm; 微观形貌为球形, 球径40~60 nm; 有V4+和V5+两种化学状态; IR峰的变化主要由晶格膨胀和V4+引起; 存在吸附水、层间水及结晶水.     

Tritiation of Peptides to High Specific Radioactivity. Part 1. Synthesis and Biological Properties of [13-(3H4)Norvaline]-α-MSH and of [2,23-Bis((3H2)tyrosine)]ACTH(1–24)

α-MSH and ACTH(1–24) were tritiated to high specific radioactivity (> 100 Ci/mmol) using a new tritiation apparatus with which the tritiation reaction can be performed at slightly elevated pressure. This allows short reaction times with the least possible damage to the molecule. The starting compounds for the tritiation were [13-propargylglycine]α-MSH and [2,23-Bis(3′,5′-diiodotyrosine)]ACTH(1–24). Both tritiations were quantitative and yielded products of high purity, full biological activity, and with a specific radioactivity of 115 Ci/mmol and 100 Ci/mmol, respectively.