METALLOPURPURINS and LIGHT: EFFECT ON TRANSPLANTABLE RAT BLADDER TUMORS and MURINE SKIN

Purpurins are modified chlorins with photodynamic properties. Their strong absorption in the red region of the visible spectrum makes them candidates for use in photodynamic cancer therapy. A series of metal derivatives of the free base purpurins have been synthesized and shown to cause tumor necrosis in transplantable tumors when exposed to visible light. In the following set of experiments, the effects of two metallo-derivatives (tin and zinc) of two purpurins, octaethylpurpurin (NT2) and etiopurpurin (ET2), and light on the N-[4-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-thiazolyl] formamide transplantable tumors in Fischer CDF(F344)/CrlBr rats were studied. The photodynamic activity was assessed by a short term assay using tumor dry weight 12 days after purpurin-PDT as a criterion of response. From these experiments it appears that SnET2 greater than SnNT2 greater than ZnET2 greater than ZnNT2 in photodynamic activity. SnET2 was further characterized by attempting to determine the time interval after systemic injection at which maximum therapeutic effect occurred. These studies shown that 24 h after metallopurpurin injection was the optimum time for treatment of tumors with visible light. In a final set of experiments, the effect of solar light on the skin of hairless mice injected with SnET2 was found to be much less injurious than with hematoporphyrin derivative.     

Phosphatation of iron powder metallurgical samples for corrosion protection

Recently, powder metallurgy methods have been used widely for industrial purposes. In this work, powder-metallurgically produced samples were selected for zinc phosphate coating. Zinc phosphate coating was performed at 50 and 70 °C for 20 min in a bath containing 10 g l^?1 ZnO, 25.5 g l^?1 H₃PO₄, 5.88 g l^?1 HNO₃, and 2 g l^?1 NaNO₃. The effect of temperature on the phosphating process has been studied. The structure and corrosion resistance of coats have been investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electrochemical methods (polarization and EIS). Results show that an increase in temperature affects the crystalline structure of the coats. The formation of the zinc phosphate coat on the powder metallurgical samples significantly decreases the corrosion rate of the samples.     

Synthesis and properties of N-methylmorpholinium 6-methyl-4-(4-pyridyl)-5-phenylcarbamoyl-3-cyano-1,4-dihydropyridine-2-thiolate

Condensation of acetoacetic acid anilide, 4-pyridyl aldehyde, cyanothioacetamide and N-methylmorpholine gave N-methylmorpholinium 6-methyl-4-(4-pyridyl)-5-phenylcarbamoyl-3-cyano-1,4-dihydropyridine-2-thiolate from which were obtained the corresponding substituted pyridinethiones, 2-alkylthio-1,4-dihydropyridines and 3-amino-2-benzoyl-6-methyl-4-(4-pyridyl)-5-phenylcarbamoylthieno[2,3-b]pyridine.T. G. Shevchenko Lugansk Pedagogical Institute, Lugansk 348011. N. D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117913. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 672–675, May, 1997.     

Impurity and “surface” states in linear molecular systems

Within the approximation of strongly bound electrons the Green's functions in a lattice point representation are found for various linear chains and for a simple cubic lattice. These functions are subsequently used to calculate the impurity and surface states in semi-infinite and finite chains. The spectrum of the simplest model of a monodispersed polymer is calculated.     

On the Viscosity of Dilute Emulsions

The slow motion of a liquid droplet in a shear flow in the presence of surfactants is studied. The effects of the interfacial viscosity, Gibbs elasticity, surface diffusion and bulk diffusion of surfactants in both phases are taken into account. The analytical solution of the problem for small Reynolds and Peclet numbers gives a simple criterion for estimation of the tangential mobility of the droplet interface. By applying the standard procedure for averaging of the stress tensor flux at an arbitrary surface of the dilute emulsion, an analytical formula for the viscosity of emulsions in the presence of surfactants is derived. The result is a natural generalization of the well-known formula of Einstein for the viscosity of monodisperse dilute suspensions and of the expressions derived by Taylor and Oldroyd for the viscosity of monodisperse dilute emulsions taking into account the Marangoni effect. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.     

Molecular structures of β-amino-α-bromovinyl trifluoromethyl ketones

The molecular structures of β-amino-α-bromovinyl trifluoromethyl ketones was studied by UV, IR, ¹H, ¹³C, and ¹⁵N NMR spectroscopy and using the density functional (B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) and PBE/QZ3P) and ab initio riMP2/cc-pVTZm quantum-chemical calculations. Factors affecting stabilization of the EZE-conformation of the molecules, which is atypical of analogous unsubstituted amino enones, are considered.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 102–106, January, 2005.     

The role of angular momentum in collision-induced vibration-rotation relaxation in polyatomics

Vibrational relaxation of the 6(1) level of S(1)((1)B(2u)) benzene is analyzed using the angular momentum model of inelastic processes. Momentum-(rotational) angular momentum diagrams illustrate energetic and angular momentum constraints on the disposal of released energy and the effect of collision partner on resultant benzene rotational excitation. A kinematic "equivalent rotor" model is introduced that allows quantitative prediction of rotational distributions from inelastic collisions in polyatomic molecules. The method was tested by predicting K-state distributions in glyoxal-Ne as well as J-state distributions in rotationally inelastic acetylene-He collisions before being used to predict J and K distributions from vibrational relaxation of 6(1) benzene by H(2), D(2), and CH(4). Diagrammatic methods and calculations illustrate changes resulting from simultaneous collision partner excitation, a particularly effective mechanism in p-H(2) where some 70% of the available 6(1)-->0(0) energy may be disposed into 0-->2 rotation. These results support the explanation for branching ratios in 6(1)-->0(0) relaxation given by Waclawik and Lawrance and the absence of this pathway for monatomic partners. Collision-induced vibrational relaxation in molecules represents competition between the magnitude of the energy gap of a potential transition and the ability of the colliding species to generate the angular momentum (rotational and orbital) needed for the transition to proceed. Transition probability falls rapidly as DeltaJ increases and for a given molecule-collision partner pair will provide a limit to the gap that may be bridged. Energy constraints increase as collision partner mass increases, an effect that is amplified when J(i)>0. Large energy gaps are most effectively bridged using light collision partners. For efficient vibrational relaxation in polyatomics an additional requirement is that the molecular motion of the mode must be capable of generating molecular rotation on contact with the collision partner in order to meet the angular momentum requirements. We postulate that this may account for some of the striking propensities that characterize polyatomic energy transfer.     

Synthesis of Thiochroman 1,1-Dioxide Derivatives on the Basis of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene

Treatment of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene with -mercaptocarboxylic acid esters and subsequent oxidation gave 2-(alkoxycarbonyl-R-methylsulfonyl)-4-X-6-nitrotoluenes which were brought into Knoevenagel condensation with aromatic aldehydes (heating in benzene in the presence of secondary amine acetates). As a result of intramolecular cyclization, 2-alkoxycarbonyl-3-aryl-2-R-5-X-7-nitrothiochroman 1,1-dioxides (R = H, Me; X = NO₂, R'SO₂) were obtained. The developed procedure opens the way to hitherto unknown thiochroman 1,1-dioxide derivatives.     

Capillary gas chromatographic separation of urinary organic acids. Retention indices of 101 urinary acids on a 5% phenylmethyl silicone capillary column

Gas chromatographic retention indices (methylene units) are reported for 101 urinary organic acids as their trimethylsilyl and oximated trimethylsilyl derivatives on a 5% phenylmethyl silicone fused silica capillary column. Using anion exchange chromatography, organic acids were extracted from urines of five healthy individuals, seven patients with neuroblastoma, and nine patients with inherited organic acidurias. Separation of the various acids was achieved by capillary gas chromatography and identification was done by mass spectrometry using a computerized library search program. All identifications were confirmed by visual comparison with reference mass spectra. Standard deviations of the retention indices for all acids were less than 0.035 methylene units and for 46 acids less than 0.01 methylene units. Three chromatograms of urine from individuals with neuroblastoma, phenylketonuria, and propionic acidemia and one from a healthy individual are shown.     

Application of ESCA to polymer chemistry. XVI. Electron mean free paths as a function of kinetic energy in polymeric films determined by means of ESCA

Electron mean free paths as a function of kinetic energy have been measured by the substrate overlayer technique for in situ-polymerized films of poly(p-xylylene) and the monochloro- and monobromo-substituted derivatives. The results are compared with previous estimates of mean free paths available in the literature for organic materials. Comparison is also drawn with corresponding experimental data for typical metals and semiconductors, and it is shown that organic polymers fit into a consistent picture which may be rationalized on the basis of existing theory. For electrons of kinetic energy ～969 eV, ～1170 eV, 1202 eV, and 1403 eV, mean free paths of ～14 Å, ～22 Å, ～23 Å, and ～29 Å, respectively, are obtained for the poly(p-xylylene) polymer films studied in this work.