Two new abietane diterpenes from Cordia latifolia

Two new abietane diterpenes cordioic acid and cordifolic acid were isolated from the methanolic extract of Cordia latifolia stem bark. The structures of these diterpenes were elucidated using spectroscopic techniques. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first instance of isolation of diterpenoids from this source. Furthermore, cordifolic acid is a rare 2,3-seco-abietane suggestive of its biogenesis from 3-keto-analogue.     

Full-dimensional quantum dynamics study of exchange processes for the D + H2O and D + HOD reactions

The exchange processes of D + H(2)O and D + HOD reactions are studied using initial state-selected time-dependent wave packet approach in full dimension. The total reaction probabilities for different partial waves, together with the integral cross sections, are obtained both by the centrifugal sudden (CS) approximation and exact coupled-channel (CC) calculations, for the H(2)O(HOD) reactant initially in the ground rovibrational state. In the CC calculations, small resonance peaks in the reaction probabilities and quick diminishing of the resonance peaks with the increase of total angular momenta J do not lead to clear step-like features just above the threshold in the cross sections for the title reactions, which are different in other isotopically substituted reactions where the hydrogen atom was included as the reactant instead of the deuterium atom [B. Fu, Y. Zhou, and D. H. Zhang, Chem. Sci. 3, 270 (2012); B. Fu and D. H. Zhang, J. Phys. Chem. A 116, 820 (2012)]. It is interesting that the shape resonance-induced features resulting from the reaction tunneling are significantly diminished accordingly in the reactions of the deuterium atom and H(2)O or HOD, owing to the weaker tunneling capability of the reagent deuterium atom in the title reactions than the reagent hydrogen atom in other reactions. In the CS calculations, the resonance peaks persist in many partial waves but cannot survive the partial-wave summations. The cross sections for the D(') + H(2)O → D(')OH + H and D(') + HOD → D(')OD + H reactions are substantially larger than those for the D(') + HOD → HOD(') + D reaction, indicating that the D(')/H exchange reactions are much more favored than the D(')/D exchange.     

Pentacyclic triterpenoids from the aerial parts of Lantana camara

Three new pentacyclic triterpenoids, camaryolic acid (1), methylcamaralate (2) and camangeloyl acid (3) and six known compounds beta-sitosterol 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (4), octadecanoic acid (5), docosanoic acid (6), palmitic acid (7), camaric acid (8) and lantanolic acid (9) were isolated from the aerial parts of Lantana camara. Structures of the new compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic and chemical methods.     

含苯并噻二唑的吩噻嗪染料分子的设计合成及其在染料敏化太阳能电池中的应用

设计合成了三种含苯并噻二唑的吩噻嗪类有机染料光敏剂JY50~JY52,在对其光物理和电化学性质进行研究的基础上,使用三种染料对纳米TiO₂电极进行敏化制备太阳能电池器件,并系统研究了其光电转化效率及电荷传输阻抗等光伏特性.研究结果表明,在染料分子中引入共轭基团有助于其摩尔吸光系数的提升,从而提升光电流.两个长烷基链的引入能够有效地抑制染料分子激发态电子在TiO₂光阳极表面的电子复合,从而提升其电子注入效率.其中,在AM 1.5（100 mW·cm^-2）的模拟光强下,基于碘电解质的染料JY51电池器件获得了7.61%的光电转化效率.     

Chemical constituents from the leaves of Psidium guajava

Five constituents including one new pentacyclic triterpenoid guajanoic acid (1) and four known compounds beta-sitosterol (2), uvaol (3), oleanolic acid (4), and ursolic acid (5) have been isolated from the leaves of Psidium guajava. The new constituent 1 has been characterized as 3beta-p-E-coumaroyloxy-2alpha-methoxyurs-12-en-28-oic acid through 2D NMR techniques and chemical transformations. This is the first report of isolation of compound 3 from the genus Psidium.     

Ozonolysis of 1,4-cyclohexadienes in the presence of methanol and acid. Mechanism and intermediates in the conversion of 1,4-cyclohexadiene derivatives to beta-keto esters

Conditions for the preparation of beta-keto esters directly from 1,4-cyclohexadiene derivatives are described. This procedure is a further step in the application of the synthetic methodology, which consists of the combination of Birch reduction of available benzene derivatives followed by ozonolysis. In this work, the syntheses of derivatives of dimethyl gamma-keto-alpha-aminoadipate and dimethyl beta-keto glutamate from the corresponding 1,4-cyclohexadiene derivatives are described. The latter compounds are prepared from phenylalanine and phenylglycine, respectively. The study of the ozonolysis of simple alkyl derivatives of 1,4-cyclohexadiene in the presence of methanol, both in the presence and absence of acid, helped to establish the mechanism of this reaction. The proximity of the two double bonds, which are cleaved, leads to the intermediate formation of 1,2-dioxolane derivatives that could be identified by NMR spectroscopy. It is shown that regardless of the regioselectivity of the cleavage of the primary ozonide, which is formed, all 1,2-dioxolane derivatives can lead to beta-keto esters. This is due to the equilibrium between these dioxolanes in the presence of methanol and acid.     

不同形貌/晶型CdSe纳米材料的合成

以乙二胺(en)为溶剂, 通过调控反应物中镉源与硒源的摩尔比得到了不同形貌与晶型的CdSe纳米材料, 达到了同时调控形貌与晶型的目的. 当反应物中镉源与硒源摩尔比为1∶1时, 得到的产物为en体系常见的六方相棒状CdSe纳米晶体；当反应物中镉源与硒源摩尔比为1∶2时, 得到的产物为立方相CdSe纳米颗粒. 进一步研究结果表明, 反应体系中Se^2－离子生成的多少及速度是影响反应进程得到不同产物的关键.     

Noroleanane Triterpenoids from the Aerial Parts of Lantana camara

Two novel triterpenoids, lantadienone ( 1 ) and camaradienone ( 2 ), were isolated from the aerial parts of Lantana camara, along with seven known compounds, lantadene A, lantadene B, β‐sitosterol 3‐(β‐D ‐glucopyranoside), camaric acid, lantanilic acid, lantanolic acid, and camangeloyl acid. Their structures were elucidated as (3β,22β)‐3,25‐epoxy‐3‐hydroxy‐22‐{[(2Z)‐2‐methyl‐1‐oxobut‐2‐enyl]oxy}‐28‐noroleana‐12,17‐dien‐11‐one ( 1 ) and (3β)‐3,25‐epoxy‐3‐hydroxy‐28‐noroleana‐12,17‐dien‐11‐one ( 2 ), respectively, by means of spectral studies. The triterpenoids 1 and 2 represent 28‐noroleananes oxidized at C(11) and C(22) or at C(11), reported for the first time.     

Roaming Dynamics of H+C\begin{document}$_{2}$\end{document}D\begin{document}$_{2}$\end{document} Reaction on Fundamental-Invariant Neural Network Potential Energy Surface

We performed extensive quasiclassical trajectory calculations for the H+C\begin{document}$_2$\end{document}D\begin{document}$_2$\end{document}\begin{document}$\rightarrow$\end{document}HD+C\begin{document}$_2$\end{document}D/D\begin{document}$_2$\end{document}+C\begin{document}$_2$\end{document}H reaction based on a recently developed, global and accurate potential energy surface by the fundamental-invariant neural network method. The direct abstraction pathway plays a minor role in the overall reactivity, which can be negligible as compared with the roaming pathways. The acetylene-facilitated roaming pathway dominates the reactivity, with very small contributions from the vinylidene-facilitated roaming. Although the roaming pathways proceed via the short-lived or long-lived complex forming process, the computed branching ratio of product HD to D\begin{document}$_2$\end{document} is not far away from 2:1, implying roaming dynamics for this reaction is mainly contributed from the long-lived complex-forming process. The resulting angular distributions for the two product channels are also quite different. These computational results give valuable insights into the significance and isotope effects of roaming dynamics in the biomolecular reactions.     

A hierarchical construction scheme for accurate potential energy surface generation: an application to the F+H2 reaction

We present a hierarchical construction scheme for accurate ab initio potential energy surface generation. The scheme is based on the observation that when molecular configuration changes, the variation in the potential energy difference between different ab initio methods is much smaller than the variation for potential energy itself. This means that it is easier to numerically represent energy difference to achieve a desired accuracy. Because the computational cost for ab initio calculations increases very rapidly with the accuracy, one can gain substantial saving in computational time by constructing a high accurate potential energy surface as a sum of a low accurate surface based on extensive ab initio data points and an energy difference surface for high and low accuracy ab initio methods based on much fewer data points. The new scheme was applied to construct an accurate ground potential energy surface for the FH(2) system using the coupled-cluster method and a very large basis set. The constructed potential energy surface is found to be more accurate on describing the resonance states in the FH(2) and FHD systems than the existing surfaces.