蒙脱土负载聚合催化剂用于乙烯原位共聚制备LLDPE

将蒙脱土 (MMT)负载的聚合催化剂rac Et(Ind) 2 ZrCl2 和均相低聚催化剂 { [(2 ArNC(Me) ) 2 C5H3N]FeCl2 } (Ar=2 ,4 C6 H4 (Me) 2 )组成双功能催化体系用于乙烯原位共聚制备线性低密度聚乙烯 (LLDPE) .通过调节两种催化剂之间的比例和MAO的用量制备了一系列支化度不同的LLDPE产品 .聚合反应动力学曲线表明 ,两种催化剂表现出各自的乙烯吸收特征 ,蒙脱土负载化的共聚催化剂催化乙烯聚合时反应平稳易控制 .DSC曲线表明 ,聚合物的熔点和结晶度随Fe Zr的增大而减小 .用密度梯度法测得的聚合物密度随Fe Zr的增大而降低 .从1 3C NMR谱图上可以看到 ,得到的聚合物是LLDPE ,其支化度随Fe Zr的增大而增大 ,聚合物中仍含有未共聚的α 烯烃 ,这一点从GPC上也能得到验证 .扫描电镜 (SEM)照片表明用这种双功能催化剂共聚得到的LLDPE具有良好的形态     

Snail Hepatopancreatic Lipase: A New Member of Invertebrates Lipases' Group

Higher animal's lipases are well characterized; however, much less is known about lipases from mollusks. A lipolytic activity was located in the land snail (Eobania vermiculata) digestive glands (hepatopancreas), from which a snail digestive lipase (SnDL) was purified. Pure SnDL has a molecular mass of 60 kDa; it does not present the interfacial activation phenomenon. It was found to be more active on short-chain triacylglycerols than on long-chain triacylglycerols. The NH₂-terminal sequence of the SnDL shows 66% of identity with the 17 NH₂-terminal amino acids of a putative lipase from sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus). No sequence identity was found with known lipases. Interestingly, neither colipase nor bile salts were detected in the snail hepatopancreas. This suggests that colipase evolved in vertebrates simultaneously with the appearance of an exocrine pancreas and a true liver which produces bile salts. Altogether, these results suggest that SnDL is a member of a new group of digestive lipases belonging to invertebrates.     

New Analytical Method using Coupled Enzymes for Determination of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Content in Olive Oil

A new, simple, and original method is described for specific measurement of polyunsaturated fatty acid content in olive oil. This analytical system uses coupled enzymes, lipase and lipoxygenase. The system consists of lipase-catalyzed hydrolysis of triacylglycerol and subsequent lipoxygenation of liberated polyunsaturated fatty acids. The hydroperoxy-fatty acids formed were easily monitored by spectrophotometry at 234 nm. After being optimized, the method was validated in terms of linearity, precision sensitivity, and recovery. Linear calibration graph was obtained in the range 50–500 µg mL^?1, with a correlation coefficient higher than 0.921 and a detection limit (S/N?=?3) of 15 µg mL^?1. The precision of the method (relative standard deviation) for within and between days is better than 7% and 12%, respectively. The proposed method was successfully applied to the estimation of polyunsaturated fatty acids level in olive oil samples and results obtained were in excellent agreement with those obtained by the classical official method. The proposed method is accurate, simple, cheap, and can be satisfactorily used for routine analysis of edible oils.     

Molecular mass dependence of point-to-set correlation length scale in polymers

We use a recently proposed metric, termed the point-to-set correlation functions, to probe the molecular weight dependence of the relevant static length scales in glass-forming oligomeric chain liquids of 4, 5, 8, and 10 repeat units. In agreement with the results for simple, monatomic fluids, we find that static length scales of the oligomers increase monotonically when the temperature is lowered towards the glass transition temperature of the fluid. More interestingly, the static length scale increases with increasing chain length. Within the bounds of error in our simulations, the static length scale appears to scale as the radius of gyration of the oligomer, but with a prefactor, which is much larger than unity and which grows with the temperature. The preceding behavior contrasts with the length scales extracted from the radial distribution function of the oligomer system, which is practically independent of the chain length.     

N-[(2-烷氧基)-取代苯乙基]-苯乙酰胺类化合物的合成及生物活性

以双炔酰菌胺为模板, 利用"基团反转"原理将酰胺中的羰基和氮原子交换位置, 设计了一系列苯乙酰儿茶酚胺类化合物. 从取代苯乙酮出发, 经过溴代、 胺化、 还原制备2-氨基-1-取代苯乙醇(6), 然后与取代苯乙酸反应制备酰胺(7), 最后经烷基化得到一系列保持氮原子位置不变的N-(2-烷氧基-2-取代苯基乙基)苯乙酰胺类化合物(8). 所有目标化合物均通过核磁共振氢谱、 元素分析或高分辨质谱确认, 并测试了其生物活性. 结果表明, 部分化合物对黄瓜霜霉病具有较好的防治活性, 化合物8k在浓度为100 μg/mL时对黄瓜霜霉防效可达75%. 研究还发现, 该类化合物均对蚜虫具有较好的防治效果.     

Complex surface chemistry of 4-mercaptopyridine self-assembled monolayers on Au(111)

The adsorption of 4-mercaptopyridine on Au(111) from aqueous or ethanolic solutions is studied by different surface characterization techniques and density functional theory calculations (DFT) including van der Waals interactions. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electrochemical data indicate that self-assembly from 4-mercaptopyridine-containing aqueous 0.1 M NaOH solutions for short immersion times (few minutes) results in a 4-mercaptopyridine (PyS) self-assembled monolayer (SAM) with surface coverage 0.2. Scanning tunneling microscopy images show an island-covered Au surface. The increase in the immersion time from minutes to hours results in a complete SAM degradation yielding adsorbed sulfur and a heavily pitted Au surface. Adsorbed sulfur is also the main product when the self-assembly process is made in ethanolic solutions irrespective of the immersion time. We demonstrate for the first time that a surface reaction is involved in PyS SAM decomposition in ethanol, a surface process not favored in water. DFT calculations suggest that the surface reaction takes place via disulfide formation driven by the higher stability of the S-Au(111) system. Other reactions that contribute to sulfidization are also detected and discussed.     

Quadracyclic Adenine: A Non‐Perturbing Fluorescent Adenine Analogue

Fluorescent‐base analogues (FBAs) comprise a group of increasingly important molecules for the investigation of nucleic acid structure and dynamics as well as of interactions between nucleic acids and other molecules. Here, we report on the synthesis, detailed spectroscopic characterisation and base‐pairing properties of a new environment‐sensitive fluorescent adenine analogue, quadracyclic adenine (qA). After developing an efficient route of synthesis for the phosphoramidite of qA it was incorporated into DNA in high yield by using standard solid‐phase synthesis procedures. In DNA qA serves as an adenine analogue that preserves the B‐form and, in contrast to most currently available FBAs, maintains or even increases the stability of the duplex. We demonstrate that, unlike fluorescent adenine analogues, such as the most commonly used one, 2‐aminopurine, and the recently developed triazole adenine, qA shows highly specific base‐pairing with thymine. Moreover, qA has an absorption band outside the absorption of the natural nucleobases (>300 nm) and can thus be selectively excited. Upon excitation the qA monomer displays a fluorescence quantum yield of 6.8 % with an emission maximum at 456 nm. More importantly, upon incorporation into DNA the fluorescence of qA is significantly less quenched than most FBAs. This results in quantum yields that in some sequences reach values that are up to fourfold higher than maximum values reported for 2‐aminopurine. To facilitate future utilisation of qA in biochemical and biophysical studies we investigated its fluorescence properties in greater detail and resolved its absorption band outside the DNA absorption region into distinct transition dipole moments. In conclusion, the unique combination of properties of qA make it a promising alternative to current fluorescent adenine analogues for future detailed studies of nucleic acid‐containing systems.