On Transition Structures for Hydride Transfer Step in Enzyme Catalysis. A Comparative Study on Models of Glutathione Reductase Derived from Semiempirical, HF, and DFT Methods

As a model of the chemical reactions that take place in the active site of gluthatione reductase, the nature of the molecular mechanism for the hydride transfer step has been characterized by means of accurate quantum chemical characterizations of transition structures. The calculations have been carried out with analytical gradients at AM1 and PM3 semiempirical procedures, ab initio at HF level with 3-21G, 4-31G, 6-31G, and 6-31G basis sets and BP86 and BLYP as density functional methods. The results of this study suggest that the endo relative orientation on the substrate imposed by the active site is optimal in polarizing the C4-Ht bond and situating the system in the neighborhood of the quadratic region of the transition structure associated to the hydride transfer step on potential energy surface. The endo arrangement of the transition structure results in optimal frontier HOMO orbital interaction between NADH and FAD partners. The geometries of the transition structures and the corresponding transition vectors, that contain the fundamental information relating reactive fluctuation patterns, are model independent and weakly dependent on the level of theory used to determine them. A comparison between simple and complex molecular models shows that there is a minimal set of coordinates describing the essentials of hydride transfer step. The analysis of transition vector components suggests that the primary and secondary kinetic isotope effects can be strongly coupled, and this prompted the calculation of deuterium and tritium primary, secondary, and primary and secondary kinetic isotope effects. The results obtained agree well with experimental data and demonstrate this coupling.     

Tetrabutylammonium bromide/thenoyltri-fluoroacetone/mibk extraction for aas determination of cobalt, nickel, and manganese in copper ores and concentrates

An extraction-AAS method of determination of Co, Ni, and Mn in metallurgical copper materials containing considerable amounts ofCu, Fe, Pb, Zn, and Al has been developed. Good selectivity of group separation of Co, Ni, and Mn has been achieved by (a) the use of tetrabutylammonium bromide to improve extractability of HTTA complexes by ion-pair formation, and (b) the masking of major elements with sodium thiosulphate and sulphosalicylic acid. The extracts are stable for at least 3 weeks.     

Thermal Analysis of the System Na3AlF6–NaVO3

Summary. The phase diagram of the system Na₃AlF₆–NaVO₃ was determined by means of thermal analysis. The system is a simple binary eutectic one. The eutectic point was estimated at x(NaVO₃) = 0.975 and t _eut = 617°C. The XRD patterns of samples after thermal analysis revealed the presence of cryolite and NaVO₃ only supporting the above assumption of a simple eutectic binary system.     

Application of Et3NHCl-AlCl3 Ionic Liquid as an Initiator in Cationic Copolymerization of 1, 3-Pentadiene with Styrene

Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) as advanced, technological solvents can be designed to fit a particular application. They used as green “media and/or catalysts” for chemical synthesis have been extensively reviewed recently. RTILs1 not only show …     

Spectroscopic investigation of the adsorption and oxidation of thiourea on polycrystalline Au and Au(111) in acidic media

In the present paper, a systematic electrochemical investigation on thiourea (TU) electrooxidation was developed on polycrystalline and (111) single-crystal gold electrodes in 0.1 M perchloric acid. The combination of cyclic voltammetry with in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIRS) and differential electrochemical mass spectrometry techniques have allowed the nature of the species formed during the electroadsorption and electrooxidation of TU to be established. FTIRS experiments were performed in D2O to clean up the region of the H2O bending around 1600 cm(-1). It was concluded that TU adsorbs tilted on the surface in the 0.05-0.40 VRHE potential range. A dual-path reaction mechanism was evidenced in the oxidation process. The first pathway takes place from adsorbed TU at E > 0.40 VRHE and implies the formation of [Au(I)-(TU)2]+, which is oxidized to NH2CN and S0 at E > 0.80 VRHE. In a following oxidation step at E > 1.20 V, N2, CO2, and HSO4-/SO4(2-) were produced. The second parallel reaction occurs from TU in solution at E > 0.50 VRHE to form (TU)2(2+). All these species were characterized from the spectroscopic experiments. Similar results were obtained for both surfaces.     

钴(Ⅱ)与5-(5-硝基-2-吡啶偶氮)-2,4-二氨基甲苯络合物吸附波及其应用

钴 (Ⅱ )在NH3·H2O -NH2OH·HCl-5_(5_硝基_2_吡啶偶氮)_2,4_二氨基甲苯体系中有一灵敏的极谱波 ,其峰电位Vp 为 -1.20V(vsSCE) ,钴质量浓度在0.25～25μg/L范围内与峰电流Ip′有良好的线性关系 ,检出限为0.12μg/L;经多种电化学方法证明该波为络合物吸附波 ,其电极过程为不可逆过程 ,电子转移数为2 ,此外还试验了多种离子对峰电流Ip′的影响;所拟方法已用于维生素B12 和模拟样中痕量钴的测定     

脱羧氯雷他定的合成

脱羧氯雷他定 (ＤＣＬ)是一种有效的非镇定性抗组织胺 ,对过敏性鼻炎 ,糖尿病、咳嗽、普通感冒、流行性感冒、关节痛及其它不适症状都有很好的疗效[1～2 ] 。它克服了氯雷他定、酮康唑、红霉素、伊曲康唑等易引发黑色素瘤、纤维肉瘤、胃刺激、肥胖症、心律失调、传导紊乱等症状的缺点。且它的使用剂量只有氯雷他定的十分之一 ,有很好的市场前景和实际应用价值。ＭａｒｋＷ .Ｈｏｌｌａｄａｙｅｔａｌ[3] 在水溶液中由酸、碱催化得到了脱羧氯雷他定 ,但无具体操作和反应结果报道。Ａ .Ｋ .ＧｕｎｎａｒＡｂｅｒｇ[1] 直接用ＫＯＨ在绝对无水…     

A SAPO-11 Silicoaluminophosphate Molecular Sieve with Stable Crystal Structure

A SAPO-11 silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve with stable crystal structure was synthesized for the first time. After removing template by calcination, its crystal space group still retains Icm2 which the as-synthesized has. The catalyst deriving from the present SAPO-I 1 materials shows higher isomerization selectivity and higher paraffin hydroisomerization yield than those reported elsewhere.     

高锰酸盐指数的灰色GM(1,1)预测

以中山市岐江河近7年的高锰酸盐指数监测数据为基础，采用灰色系统理论中的预测方法，建立了岐江河高锰酸盐指数的灰色预测模型。用该模型预测岐江河2006年、2007年、2008年高锰酸盐指数的值分别为5．3，5．4和5．4。