A family of strong low-molecular-weight organogelators based on aminoacid derivatives

A new family of potent aminoacid-type organogelators obtained via an easy and unexpensive way is described. We demonstrated that structural variations onto the side chains of the aminoacid derivatives allowed modulations of the gelation properties. The organogelators bearing a benzyl or an isopropyl group (compounds 1e, 2a, and 2c) are able to provide gelation of apolar solvents at very low concentration (0.2 wt %) and to form thermostable gels.     

A linear expected-time algorithm for deriving all logical conclusions implied by a set of boolean inequalities

Consider a setR ofm binary relations on a set ofn boolean variables.R may imply a contradiction, the fixation of some variables at 0 or at 1 and/or the identification of some pairs of variables in direct or complemented form. An O(n) expected-time algorithm is given for the derivation of all such logical conclusions. Computational experiments with problems involving up to 2000 variables are reported on. The proposed algorithm is more than 100 times faster than previous methods whenn 100.On leave from Faculté Universitaire Catholique de Mons, Belgium. Written at CNRS, LAMSADE. Support of CNRS is gratefully acknowledged.     

Über Thio-, Selenido- und Telluridogermanate (III): Zur Kenntnis von K6Ge2S6, K6Ge2Se6 und Na6Ge2Te6

On Thio-, Selenido-, and Telluridogermanates (III): K₆Ge₂S₆, K₆Ge₂Se₆, and Na₆Ge₂Te₆ The new compounds K₆Ge₂S₆ and K₆Ge₂Se₆ crystallize in the monoclinic system, space group C2/m (No 12); lattice constants see “Inhaltsübersicht”. The compounds are isotypic and form the K₆Si₂Te₆ structure. Na₆Ge₂Te₆ crystallizes in the K₆Sn₂Te₆ structure, monoclinic, space group P2₁/c (No 14); lattice constants see “Inhaltsübersicht”.     

Die Photoenolisierung,Autoxidation und Dimerisation von 2-Isobutyliden-1,3-indandion

The title compound,1, slowly decomposes in solution by autodixation, especially in daylight. The chemism of this photoinduced autoxidation has been investigated.Upon irradiation1 passes to the brick red isolable dienol2. The quantum yield is 0.3 at 313 nm in methanol. In solution an equilibrium is set up within several minutes between2 and the colorless deconjugated3. Unpolar or moderately polar solvents shift the equilibrium completely to3, whereas in highly polar solvents2 and3 coexist. In the dark the equilibrium12 (ca. 501 in methanol) is established very slowly.3 upon irradiation reacts further to dimer8. 2 instantaneously reacts with oxygen. With high oxygen concentrations, hydroperoxide9 is formed, with lower ones dehydrodimer10, inter alia.9 and10 may further form12, 14, and15. These reactions, together with ESR spectroscopy, point to a central role of the free radical13 both in the autoxidation and in the reaction1014.Basic catalysis sets up an equilibrium between1 and its dimer,17. The photoreaction12 has been investigated by sensitizing and quenching experiments.

34. Mitteilung:J. Bitter, J. Leitich, H. Partale, O. E. Polansky, W. Riemer, U, Ritter-Thomas, B. Schlamann undB. Stilkerieg, Chem. Ber., im Druck.     

Characteristics of vellosimine reductase,a specific enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the rauwolfia alkaloid sarpagine

A plant enzyme - vellosimine reductase - has been isolated from $\text{Rauwolfia}$ cell suspension cultures. This new enzyme has been-purified (110-fold) and characterized. The reductase is a specific enzyme of the sarpagine pathway catalyzing the NADPH dependent conversion of vellosimine into 10-deoxysarpagine. The latter alkaloid is the immediate biogenetic precursor of sarpagine as shown by its high $\text{in}$$\text{vivo}$ incorporation rate (86%) into sarpagine.     

Darstellung und Konfiguration von Tricarbonylchromat-Anionen mit SnCl3− und GeCl3− als Liganden

B₃N₃Me₆Cr(CO)₃ reacts with [AsPh₄] [SnCl₃] and [AsPh₄] [GeCl₃] in tetrahydrofuran to give [AsPh₄]₃[Cr(CO)₃(SnCl₃)₃] and [AsPh₄]₃[Cr(CO)₃(GeCl₃)₃], respectively. According to IR. and ¹³C-NMR.-data, the tricarbonylate anions possess a meridional configuration. The donor-acceptor properties of SnCl₃^? and GeCl₃^? in the anions [Cr(CO)₃(ECl₃)₃]^3? (E = Sn, Ge) are very similar. A similar synthesis of [AsPh₄]₃[Cr(CO)₃(SnF₃)₃] was not successful.     

Proteocubosomes: nanoporous vehicles with tertiary organized fluid interfaces

Proteocubosomes are nanostructured open-nanochannel hierarchical fluid vehicles characterized by a cubic lattice periodicity of the lipid/protein supramolecular assembly (protein-loaded cubosomes). They are obtained here at very high hydration levels by a three-dimensional (3D) self-assembly process, which exploits a protein-directed 3D patterning and fragmentation to create a new, tertiary-level structural order of fluid lipid/water interfaces. Our freeze-fracture electron microscopy study reveals that the proteocubosome structures are built up by patterned assemblies of nanocubosomes, which comprise 3D nanoporous fracture surfaces throughout. Complex cubosomic architectures, involving arrays of nanodroplets (larger than 20 nm) inside the proteocubosome particles, are established at high resolution. The soft-matter hierarchical nanocompartment formations display internal aqueous pores belonging to the D-type lipid cubic lattice nanochannel system that is proven by synchrotron X-ray diffraction. The reported nanostructured fluid may give rise to novel applications in nanofluidic biomimetic devices, porous protein drug delivery vehicles, nanoscale enzymatic bioreactors, and protein-encapsulating fluid nanomaterials.