BEP relations for N2 dissociation over stepped transition metal and alloy surfaces

We present density functional theory (DFT) calculations for N2 dissociation on stepped face-centred cubic (211) surface slabs. By using the same crystal structure, the same adsorption site for atomic nitrogen, and the same transition-state bond length of N2 over a range of pure metal surfaces, a perfectly linear Br?nsted-Evans-Polanyi (BEP) relation between the transition-state potential energy and the dissociative chemisorption energy is obtained. The perfect BEP relation, which extends over 12 eV in chemisorption energy, suggests that the manifestation of BEP relations for surface reactions is a general electronic structure effect, and that geometric effects are responsible for the scatter which is normally observed around the BEP line. The BEP relation is also shown to be valid for both surface and bulk alloys. The scatter is, however, larger than for the pure elements. This can be understood as a larger geometrical variance. To analyze the accuracy of the DFT calculations a detailed convergence study is performed for several adsorbates on stepped hexagonal close-packed and face-centred cubic Ru slabs.     

Nucleic acid secondary structures containing the double-headed nucleoside 5'(S)-C-(2-(thymin-1-yl)ethyl)thymidine

Oligodeoxynucleotides containing the double-headed nucleoside 5'(S)-C-(2-(thymin-1-yl)ethyl)thymidine were prepared by standard solid phase synthesis. The synthetic building block for incorporating the double-headed moiety was prepared from thymidine, which was stereoselectively converted to a protected 5'(S)-C-hydroxyethyl derivative and used to alkylate the additional thymine by a Mitsunobu reaction. The oligodeoxynucleotides were studied in different nucleic acid secondary structures: duplexes, bulged duplexes, three-way junctions and artificial DNA zipper motifs. The thermal stability of these complexes was studied, demonstrating an almost uniform thermal penalty of incorporating one double-headed nucleoside moiety into a duplex or a bulged duplex, comparable to the effects of the previously reported double-headed nucleoside 5'(S)-C-(thymin-1-yl)methylthymidine. The additional base showed only very small effects when incorporated into DNA or RNA three-way junctions. The various DNA zipper arrangements indicated that extending the linker from methylene to ethylene almost completely removed the selective minor groove base-base stacking interactions observed for the methylene linker in a (-3)-zipper, whereas interactions, although somewhat smaller, were observed for the ethylene linker in a (-4)-zipper motif.     

Trends in UV irradiance of tanning devices in Norway: 1983-2005

Abstract Indoor tanning increases skin cancer risk, but the importance of different parts of the UV spectrum is unclear. We assessed irradiance of tanning devices in Norway for the period 1983-2005. Since 1983, all tanning models needed approval before being sold or used. UV Type 3 limits were valid from late 1992 (<0.15 W m(-2) for CIE-weighted, i.e. erythemally weighted, short and long wave irradiances). We analyzed data from 90% of the approved tanning models (n = 446 models) and two large inspection surveys in 1998/1999 and 2003 (n = 1341 tanning devices). Mean CIE-weighted short wave irradiance of approved models increased from 0.050 W m(-2) (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.045-0.055) in 1983-1992 to 0.101 W m(-2) (95% CI 0.098-0.105) in 1993-2005, and mean long wave from 0.091 W m(-2) (95% CI 0.088-0.095) to 0.112 W m(-2) (95% CI 0.109-0.115), respectively. Inspection surveys revealed short wave irradiances much higher than that approved. In 1998-1999, only 28% (293/1034) of the devices were equipped with correct sunlamps and only 1 out of 130 inspected establishments fulfilled all requirements. In 2003, corresponding numbers were 59% (180/307) of devices and 2 out of 52 establishments. Mean short and long wave irradiances of the inspected tanning devices in 2003 were 1.5 and 3.5 times, respectively, higher than the irradiance of natural summer sun in Oslo. In conclusion, the short wave irradiance has increased in indoor tanning devices in Norway over the last 20 years. Due to the high long wave irradiance throughout this period, the percentage of short wave irradiance was much lower than for natural sun.     

A new method for assigning common spot boundaries for multiple gels in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis

The benefits of defining common spot boundaries when several gels from 2-DE are compared and analyzed have lately been stressed by both commercial software producers and users of this software. Though the importance of common spot boundaries is clearly stated, few reports exist that target this issue explicitly. In this study a method for defining common spots boundaries is developed, called the spot density method. The method consists of the following steps: segmentation and spot identification on each individual gel, transferring the spot-center coordinates for all gels onto a single new gel, collecting spot centers clustered together in the new gel and finally assigning pixels and new spot boundaries based on the spots in each cluster. The method is compared to a synthetic gel approach, and validated by visual inspection of three representative areas in the gels. The gel images need to be aligned prior to segmentation and spot identification, but the method can be used regardless of the choice of segmentation procedure. This makes the method an easy extension to existing methods for spot identification and matching. Conclusions based on the visual inspection are that the spot density method identifies partly overlapping spots and low-intensity spots better than the synthetic gel approach.     

1-(2-羟甲基-1,3-氧硫杂环戊基)吡啶酮类化合物的合成

研究了1,3-氧硫杂环戊烷核苷类似物的合成. 以吡啶酮为碱基, 利用三甲基硅基三氟甲磺酸酯(TMSOTf)催化, 与1,3-氧硫杂环戊烷发生Vorbruggen缩合反应, 合成了一系列的保护的核苷类似物, 经过进一步脱保护或者还原得到目标产物. 并测试了合成化合物的抗菌活性, 发现该类化合物对革兰氏阳性菌具有中等抑制活性.     

Mn助剂加入方式对铁基催化剂F-T合成性能的影响

采用连续共沉淀与喷雾干燥成型技术相结合的方法制备了系列微球状Fe/Mn/K催化剂,结合H2 DTG、CO TPR、Mossbauer谱等表征手段,研究了Mn助剂的加入方式对铁基催化剂物相结构、还原和碳化行为以及F-T合成性能的影响。催化剂在浆态床反应器中以接近F-T合成实际工况条件 (250℃、1.5MPa、H2/CO=0.67和2.0L /(gcat·h)) 进行评价。结果表明,以共沉淀方式加入Mn助剂具有较强的Fe Mn相互作用,从而抑制了催化剂的还原和碳化,降低了催化剂的活性,提高了催化剂的稳定性。而以部分共沉淀和黏结剂方式加入Mn助剂促进了催化剂的还原和碳化,提高了反应活性加速了催化剂的失活。与共沉淀Mn相比,部分共沉淀和黏结剂Mn提高了重质烃和烯烃的选择性,同时抑制了有机含氧化合物的生成。     

高效液相色谱-串联质谱联用测定脂肪中乙酰孕激素残留

建立了脂肪中5种乙酰孕激素,包括醋酸甲羟孕酮(MPA)、醋酸氯地孕酮(CMA)、醋酸甲地孕酮(MEGA)、甲烯雌醇醋酸酯(MLA)及17α-羟基孕酮醋酸酯(HPA)的液相色谱-串联质谱(LC-MS/MS)检测方法。考察了脂肪样品溶剂提取、固相萃取净化对样品分析的影响,确定样品各前处理过程的条件。采用电喷雾(ESI)阳离子,在选择反应监测模式(SRM)下,本方法对5种乙酰孕激素的检出限为0.2～0.3μg/kg,定量限为0.5μg/kg。在空白猪脂肪样品中以0.5、1.0和5.0μg/kg3个水平添加时,5种乙酰孕激素的回收率范围在60.5%～84.1%,RSD为8.9%～16.8%。     

选择氧化法合成烷基多环苯酰氧基苯甲酸的研究

提出了一种在无水丙酮体系中, 采用KMnO4选择性氧化芳环上醛基的新方法. 运用此法, 氧化烷基多环苯酰氧基苯甲醛制备相应的苯甲酸. 采用循环伏安法研究了KMnO4在丙酮体系中的氧化活性, 利用红外光谱探讨了氧化反应的机理, 产物结构用IR, MS, 1H NMR及元素分析表征. 结果表明, 在无水丙酮体系中, KMnO4的氧化活性明显降低, 可以在芳环上同时存在烷基和醛基时, 选择性氧化醛基, 选择性达100%. 经正交试验确定反应最佳条件为高锰酸钾用量为原料的2倍, 反应时间4 h, 酸解时间1.5 h, 产率94%. 通过对结构类似化合物的合成, 表明该法具有一定的普遍性.     

Determination of ivermectin and transformation products in environmental waters using hollow fibre-supported liquid membrane extraction and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry

A simple and easy-to-use extraction method for aqueous samples based on hollow fibre-supported liquid membrane (HF-SLM) followed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed to determine ivermectin and transformation products, the monosaccharide (TP1) and the aglycon of ivermectin (TP2). The proposed method attained enrichment factors up to 80, after optimising parameters, such as fibre length, organic solvent, stirring speed, salt level, pH in samples/fibre, extraction time and fibre emptying technique. Method validation with tap and lake water samples provided good linearity and detection limits of 0.2, 1.6 and 0.9 microg/l for ivermectin, TP1 and TP2 in lake water with RSD below 15%.     

Quantitative comparison of a corona-charged aerosol detector and an evaporative light-scattering detector for the analysis of a synthetic polymer by supercritical fluid chromatography

A corona-charged aerosol detector (CAD) was developed to improve the sensitivity, reproducibility and quantitativeness of detection as compared to evaporative light-scattering detector (ELSD) for liquid chromatography. Our laboratory used the corona CAD as a detector for supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) and evaluated its performance compared to the ELSD by using a certified reference material of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and a well-defined equimass mixture of uniform PEG oligomers. The corona CAD was able to detect a 10 times more dilute solution of uniform oligomers compared to the ELSD. Although the original data of molecular mass by ELSD was 4.6% smaller than the certified value of PEG 1000, molecular mass distribution obtained by corona CAD was virtually almost the same as the certified value without any calibrations.