Mesoionic 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-c]quinazolines

Because of the close structural similarity between triazoloquinazolines and certain 5-membered ring mesoionic heterocycles, all of which possess antiinflammatory activity, we prepared several examples of the novel mesoionic 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-c]quinazoline ring system for their therapeutic potential. These compounds can be prepared by the cyclization of the appropriately substituted 4-hydrazinoquinazolines with phosgene. When the mesoionic product was unsubstituted at the 5-position (i.e., quinazoline 2-position), it could only be isolated as its hydrochloride salt and not as its unstable free base. None of the mesoionic products were sufficiently stable in solution to allow for evaluation of their antiinflammatory activity.     

Efficient way for detection of alcohols using hollow core photonic crystal fiber sensor

Optical Review - In this study, a simple hollow core hexagonal structured photonic crystal fiber is offered and analyzed to discern commonly used different type of alcohols in our daily life. The...     

Novel mono- and dinucleating ligands-containing artificial di- and tetrahistidine and their zinc(II) complexes as a structural phosphotriesterase models for the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl diphenylphosphate (p-NPDPP)

Two new artificial peptides with histidine side chains, namely N-methyl N,N′-bis(Im-bzl-l-histidylmethylestermethyl)amine L1 and N,N′,N″,N?-tetrakis(Im-bzl-l-histidylmethyl-estermethyl)ethylene diamine L2 have been synthesized and were shown to form stable zinc complexes [L1Zn(H₂O)₂](ClO₄)₂ 1 and [L2Zn₂(H₂O)₃](ClO₄)₄ 2, respectively. Solution studies (pH–¹NMR titrations) of the ligand L2 in the presence of zinc ions were also reported. The catalytic activity of zinc complex species 1 and 2 as structural phosphotriestrase models were tested on the hydrolysis/detoxification of p-nitrohenl diphenylphosphate (p-NPDPP). From the correlation between the pH-rate profiles and the species distribution curves, the catalytically active species could be identified. On the basis of R-dependence as well as the rate acceleration of each complex, the possibility of cooperative action of zincs in dinuclear zinc complex is debated.     

Phytoquinoids and Secoprezizaane‐Type Sesquiterpenes from Illicium arborescens

A phytochemical investigation of the MeOH extract of Illicium arborescens yielded the two new phytoquinoid epimers, 2,3‐didehydro‐5‐O‐methyl‐11‐epiillifunone E ( 1 ) and 2,3‐didehydro‐5‐O‐methylillifunone E ( 2 ), as well as five new sesquiterpene lactones (8,9‐secoprezizaane‐type sesquiterpenes). Two of them, i.e., 3 and 4 , were minwanensin‐type sesquiterpenes, the other two, i.e., 5 and 6 , had the anisatin‐type (or floridanolide type) skeleton, and the fifth, i.e., 7 , was a dunnianin‐type sesquiterpene. Their structures were established by analyses of 1D‐ and 2D‐NMR, HR‐MS, and chemical evidence. The in vitro cytotoxic activity of compounds 1 – 7 was tested against four human tumor cell lines, including HeLa (cervical epitheloid), WiDr (colon), Daoy (medulloblastoma), and Hep2 (liver carcinoma) human‐tumor cells.     

Experimental investigation of long-wavelength optical lattice vibrations in quaternary AlxInyGa1−x−yN alloys and comparison with results from the pseudo-unit cell model

Raman and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopies have been utilized to measure long-wavelength optical lattice vibrations of high-quality quaternary Al_xIn_yGa_1−x−yN thin films at room temperature. The Al_xIn_yGa_1−x−yN films were grown on c-plane (0 0 0 1) sapphire substrates with AlN as buffer layers using plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PA-MBE) technique with aluminum (Al) mole fraction x ranging from 0.0 to 0.2 and constant indium (In) mole fraction y=0.1. Pseudo unit cell (PUC) model was applied to investigate the phonons frequency, mode number, static dielectric constant, and high frequency dielectric constant of the Al_xIn_yGa_1−x−yN mixed crystals. The theoretical results were compared with the experimental results obtained from the quaternary samples by using Raman and FTIR spectroscopies. The experimental results indicated that the Al_xIn_yGa_1−x−yN alloy had two-mode behavior, which includes A₁(LO), E₁(TO), and E₂(H). Thus, these results are in agreement with the theoretical results of PUC model, which also revealed a two-mode behavior for the quaternary nitride. We also obtained new values of E₁(TO) and E₂(H) for the quaternary nitride samples that have not yet been reported in the literature.     

LINEAR SEARCH FOR A BROWNIAN TARGET MOTION

A target is assumed to move according to a Brownian motion on the real line. The searcher starts from the origin and moves in the two directions from the starting point.The object is to detect the target. The purpose of this paper is to find the conditions under which the expected value of the first meeting time of the searcher and the target is finite,and to show the existence of a search plan which made this expected value minimum.     

Design of polyethers,thioethers, and amines with pendent iron moieties

Soluble organoiron polyethers, thioethers, and amines were synthesized via nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions. The synthesis of these classes of organometallic polymers involved either the reaction of cyclopentadienyliron complexes of dichloroarenes with various oxygen and sulfur dinucleophiles or the reaction of ether‐ or amine‐containing diiron complexes with dithiols. Polymerization reactions with the diiron complexes gave rise to organoiron polymers with alternating ether/thioether or amine/thioether bridges. Removal of the iron moieties from the backbone of these polymers allowed for the production of the corresponding organic materials. Furthermore, the organometallic polymers had much higher solubilities than their organic analogues. Thermogravimetric analysis of the organoiron polymers indicated that the polymers lost their metallic moieties at approximately 200 °C, whereas degradation of the polymer backbones occurred around 500 °C. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 39: 1216–1231, 2001     

Verticillane‐Type Diterpenoids and an Eudesmanolide‐Type Sesquiterpene from the Formosan Soft Coral Cespitularia hypotentaculata

Four new diterpenes, cespihypotins W–Z ( 1 – 4 ), having the verticillane skeleton and characterized by an α,β‐unsaturated γ‐hydroxycyclopentanone moiety, and a new eudesmanolide‐type sesquiterpene, cespilactam A ( 5 ), containing an α,β‐unsaturated γ‐lactam residue, were isolated from the AcOEt‐soluble fraction of the Taiwanese soft coral Cespitularia hypotentaculata. The structure and relative configuration of these metabolites was elucidated through extensive interpretation of MS, COSY, HSQC, HMBC, and NOESY experiments and by comparison of their NMR data with those of related compounds.     

Investigation of the effect of drying and refining on the fiber–fiber shear bond strength measured using tensile fracture line analysis of sheets weakened by acid gas exposure

No reliable method exists for measuring the cellulose fiber–fiber shear bond strength in paper. This paper reports a simple method for measuring the fiber–fiber shear bond strength by weakening the fibers independently of the bonds in a sheet of paper, using acid vapor, until all the fibers break across the fracture line. The bond strength is then calculated from the fiber strength, as measured by the zero span test, at the point where the fibers first are weakened such that they all break. The method was used to calculate the average bond strength of handsheets made out of two different pulps. The first pulp was a never dried, 60% yield, unbleached radiata pine. The bond strength was 25.0 ± 3.3 MPa. Drying the fibers before reslushing and making sheets reduced the bond strength by up to 33%, with the reduction depending on the severity of the drying treatment. The second pulp was a bleached dried softwood kraft and was used to investigate the effect of low consistency refining on bond strength. The bond strength increased from 13.7 ± 1.0 MPa for the sheets made from the unrefined pulp to 37.0 ± 1.0 MPa, for the sheets made from the most heavily refined pulp. The bond strength measurements are considerably higher than previous literature estimates for the shear bond strength. The causes for the discrepancy include stress concentrations in tests of single fiber–fiber bonds.