Determination of anisotropy constants of protein encapsulated iron oxide nanoparticles by electron magnetic resonance

Angle-dependent electron magnetic resonance was performed on 4.9, 8.0, and 19 nm iron oxide nanoparticles encapsulated within protein capsids and suspended in water. Measurements were taken at liquid nitrogen temperature after cooling in a 1 T field to partially align the particles. The angle dependence of the shifts in the resonance field for the iron oxide nanoparticles (synthesized within Listeria-Dps, horse spleen ferritin, and cowpea chlorotic mottle virus) all show evidence of a uniaxial anisotropy. Using a Boltzmann distribution for the particles’ easy-axis direction, we are able to use the resonance field shifts to extract a value for the anisotropy energy, showing that the anisotropy energy density increases with decreasing particle size. This suggests that surface anisotropy plays a significant role in magnetic nanoparticles of this size.     

A new method for the synthesis of mixed orthoesters from O-allyl acetals

Two new methods for the synthesis of orthoesters and compounds containing an orthoester moiety (dihydroisoxazoles) are presented. Mixed orthoesters of general formulas RC(OR¹)(OR²)₂ and RC(OR¹)(OR²)(OR³) were prepared via addition of ROH (R = Bu or m-methylphenyl) to O-allyl acetals (acrolein acetals: diethyl or cyclic, i.e., 2-vinyl-1,3-dioxanes or dioxolanes). The catalytic systems for these reactions were generated from [RuCl₂(PPh₃)₃] and Na₂CO₃; {[RuCl₂(COD)]_x} or {[OsCl₂(1,5-COD)]_x}, PPh₃, and Na₂CO₃. Compounds containing an orthoester moiety (dihydroisoxazoles) were prepared via tandem isomerization of O-allyl acetals (to O-vinyl acetals) catalyzed by ruthenium complexes followed by cycloaddition to in situ-generated 2,6-dichlorophenylnitrile oxide.     

Difluoromethylation of some C-H acids with chlorodifluoromethane under conditions of phase transfer catalysis (PTC)

Selected C-H acids react with difluorocarbene generated from chlorodifluoromethane with concentrated aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide, and a catalyst, benzyltriethylammonium chloride (TEBAC) in benzene or THF affording C-difluoromethyl substituted derivatives. This process is restricted to C-H acids of pK_a ≅ 16.3-19.1. The observed facts are rationalized.     

Study of effect of phosphate and uranium ions on the thermal properties of surfactant-modified natural red clay using TG–FTIR–MS techniques

Products of sorption of uranyl ions on HDTMA-red clay in the presence of phosphates were characterized by thermal analysis. It was established on the basis of DTG curves of the sorption products and FTIR spectra of the gaseous phase of sorption products decomposition that the thermal stability of the mineral increased when P(V) ions were sorbed along with U(VI) ions, i.e., the temperature of defragmentation/oxidation of surfactant increased when going from U(VI)–HDTMA-clay to U(VI)–P(V)–HDTMA-clay to P(V)–HDTMA-clay. The DSC curves of the sorption products showed that defragmentation/oxidation was an exothermic process and dehydration and dehydroxylation had an endothermic character. The investigated sorption system has practical importance, since an evident increase in U(VI) sorption over the entire pH range is observed when going from U(VI)–HDTMA-clay to U(VI)–P(V)–HDTMA-clay.

     

The heat risk during hardening of dental glass-ionomer cements using a light-curing

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - An use of a polymerization lamp to irradiate chemically hardened glass-ionomer materials may improve their properties and accelerate the setting time....     

A new mesogenic fluorene derivative: 2,7-bis(4-pentylphenyl)-9,9-diethyl-9H-fluorene

The title compound, 2,7-bis(4-pentylphenyl)-9,9-diethyl-9H-fluorene, is a new mesogenic compound containing the fluorene moiety. It exhibits a monotropic nematic liquid crystalline behaviour, with isotropisation temperature of 53°C. The compound is also polymorphic in the solid state, with one crystal phase melting at 103°C and another one melting at 71°C. The crystal and molecular structure of the high melting solid phase have been determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Crystals are monoclinic, with cell dimensions a = 16.649(6) Å, b = 8.305(3) Å, c = 24.598(7) Å, β = 111.60(2)?, space group P2₁/c and four molecules in the unit cell. Refinement leads to R = 0.0558. The two terminal alkyl chains and one phenyl ring are disordered over two split positions. The imbricated molecular packing observed in the solid state seems to resemble that of the nematic phase that is formed upon cooling the melt.     

Crystal structure and mesogenic behaviour of a new fluorene derivative: 9,9‐dimethyl‐2,7‐bis(4‐pentylphenyl)‐9H‐fluorene

The title compound, C₃₇H₄₂, is a new mesogenic compound containing the fluorene moiety. It exhibits enantiotropic nematic liquid crystalline behaviour with melting at 125 °C and isotropization at 175 °C. The crystallographically independent unit contains two molecules oriented face‐to‐edge with respect to each other. The two molecules have nearly the same conformation of the bis‐phenyl fluorene moiety. The molecular packing in the crystal phase is nematic‐like.     

Chemometric Comparison of Thin-Layer Chromatography,Gradient High-Performance Liquid Chromatography,and Computational Methods for Lipophilicity Assessment of Model Compounds

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) on two adsorbents (RP18 and CN) and with six modifiers (acetonitrile, acetone, dioxane, propan...