Quantification of L-ascorbic acid and total ascorbic acid in fruits and spinach by capillary zone electrophoresis

A standard curve for the quantification of L-ascorbic acid (L-AA) by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) was established, and the quantification of ascorbic acid and total ascorbic acid in fruits (lemon, Sunkist, and pineapple) and spinach were performed using D-isoascorbic acid (D-IAA) as an internal standard. The minimum detection limits (MDLs) for L-AA and D-IAA were determined to be 1 and 2 microg/mL, respectively, at 265 nm. Dehydroascorbic acid (DHAA) in fruits and spinach was quantified in the presence of DL-homocysteine. The recoveries for L-AA in these juices were between 95 and 105%.     

Assessing the balance between protein-protein interactions and enzyme-substrate interactions in the channeling of intermediates between polyketide synthase modules.

6-Deoxyerythronolide B synthase (DEBS) is the modular polyketide synthase (PKS) that catalyzes the biosynthesis of 6-deoxyerythronolide B (6-dEB), the aglycon precursor of the antibiotic erythromycin. The biosynthesis of 6-dEB exemplifies the extraordinary substrate- and stereo-selectivity of this family of multifunctional enzymes. Paradoxically, DEBS has been shown to be an attractive scaffold for combinatorial biosynthesis, indicating that its constituent modules are also very tolerant of unnatural substrates. By interrogating individual modules of DEBS with a panel of diketides activated as N-acetylcysteamine (NAC) thioesters, it was recently shown that individual modules have a marked ability to discriminate among certain diastereomeric diketides. However, since free NAC thioesters were used as substrates in these studies, the modules were primed by a diffusive process, which precluded involvement of the covalent, substrate-channeling mechanism by which enzyme-bound intermediates are directly transferred from one module to the next in a multimodular PKS. Recent evidence pointing to a pivotal role for protein-protein interactions in the substrate-channeling mechanism has prompted us to develop novel assays to reassess the steady-state kinetic parameters of individual DEBS modules when primed in a more "natural" channeling mode by the same panel of diketide substrates used earlier. Here we describe these assays and use them to quantify the kinetic benefit of linker-mediated substrate channeling in a modular PKS. This benefit can be substantial, especially for intrinsically poor substrates. Examples are presented where the k(cat) of a module for a given diketide substrate increases >100-fold when the substrate is presented to the module in a channeling mode as opposed to a diffusive mode. However, the substrate specificity profiles for individual modules are conserved regardless of the mode of presentation. By highlighting how substrate channeling can allow PKS modules to effectively accept and process intrinsically poor substrates, these studies provide a rational basis for examining the enormous untapped potential for combinatorial biosynthesis via module rearrangement.     

Theoretical studies on alkyne addition to molybdenum alkylidenes: the preference of alpha- and beta-additions.

The addition of alkynes HC=CR to Mo(NH)(CH(2))(OR')(2) (R = H, Me, Ph; R' = CH(3), CF(3)) has been studied with both ab initio molecular orbital and density functional calculations. Geometry optimizations were carried out with the HF/3-21G, HF/HW3, and B3LYP/HW3 methods. The transition structures for these addition reactions are in distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometries, similar to those of alkene additions. The calculated activation enthalpy for HC=CH addition to Mo(NH)(CH(2))(OR')(2) is about 10.3 kcal/mol for R' = CH(3) and about 2.3 kcal/mol for R' = CF(3), indicating a significant preference for acetylene addition to Mo(NH)(CH(2))(OCF(3))(2) over Mo(NH)(CH(2))(OCH(3))(2). These barriers are higher than those of the corresponding ethylene addition by about 2-4 kcal/mol, even though the reaction of acetylene is much more exothermic. The alpha-addition of HC=CR (R = Me, Ph) is found to be considerably more favorable than the beta-addition to Mo(NH)(CH(2))(OR')(2). Interestingly, the alpha-addition has a lower activation energy, while the beta-addition has a higher activation energy, compared to that of the parent acetylene addition. Thus, alpha-addition is intrinsically favored over beta-addition by over 4 kcal/mol. This preference is reduced by solvent effect. All these can be explained by a destabilizing interaction between the nonreacting pi-orbital of alkyne and one of the lone pairs on the imido nitrogen. The steric effect of the bulky ligands in the real catalysts is also investigated qualitatively by the PM3 method. These studies give results in good accord with the experimentally observed regioselectivity.     

固体酸催化合成马来酸二辛酯

首次将铌酸用于催化合成马来酸二辛酯,在酐醇摩尔比1：3,回流反应1h,催化剂用量为5g/mol酐的条件下,转化率为99．3％,选择性为85．6％,催化剂不经处理,可循环使用多次,且不污染环境,相对于一些常见催化剂,具有明显的优点。     

发酵法黄腐酸磺化产物减水性能的研究

以腐植酸（HA）类新技术产品－发酵法黄腐酸（BFA）的磺化（磺甲基化）产物为研究对象,就其物化特性和泡沫性能以及表面活性、水泥净浆流动度和减水率等一系列减水性能进行了较系统的考察和研究,并与常用减水剂木钙（木质磺酸钙）对比,提出发酵法黄腐酸应用于混凝土减水剂的可能性。文中还对BFA磺化（磺甲基化）产物的减水机理进行了探讨。     

以有机溶剂热生长技术制备金属硫族化合物 [Mn(en)~3]PdSe~2及其晶体结构分 析

以有机溶剂热生长技术(solvothermaltechnique),即在180℃乙二胺(en)溶液中,以MnCl~3,PdCl~2,K~2Se在密闭容器中反应7d,制备出新的硫族化合物[Mn(en)~3]PdSe~2,其阴离子基团为[PdSe~2]^2^-,阳离子基团为过渡金属Mn与乙二胺(en)的配合物：[Mn(en)~3]^2^+。以单晶X射线衍射技术解得该晶体结构属正交晶系,空间群为Pbcn,[Mn(en)~3]PdSe~2(Ⅰ)的晶胞数据：a=1.1484(2),b=1.5057(3),c=0.93622(19)nm,Z=4。     

嵌入电极反应循环伏安曲线的理论研究

嵌入电极反应的循环伏安图一般具有氧化峰和还原峰间距很大的特点,并且往往要求采用非常低的电位扫描速度。本研究基于嵌入电极反应的热力学方程和电荷传递动力学方程,对其循环伏安曲线进行了理论处理,讨论了嵌入电极反应热力学参数b,动力学参数D和k,电位扫描速度u,及电极和溶液电阻对循环伏安曲线的影响,解释了实验得到的嵌入电极反应循环伏安曲线的特殊性。     

共线量子散射方法研究D+CID体系

用共线量子散射方法计算D+CID体系的反应几率和传能几率。发现存在很强的振荡现象。体系的碰撞中间态的寿命的计算结果为fs-ps数量级。当某一反应通道打开时,在能量阈值附近通常都伴随着一些长寿命的碰撞中间态。这一点该体系中表现很比较明显。     

有机官能团对硅基MSU-X织构性能的影响

采用有机硅氧烷(RTES)与硅氧烷(TEOS)共水解缩聚合成了有机官能化的MSU-1中孔材料(R=甲基,苯基,乙烯基,脲丙基)。当前驱体中RTES与TO64EOS的摩尔比为0.1:0.9时合成R10-MSU-1分子筛,通过现化分析技术证明BA所选有机官能团均能进入分子筛骨架,而且在相同摩尔数的各数有机硅氧烷存在下,由于其反应速率、空间位阻的不同使其对骨架的缩聚程度、孔道和表面性质有不同的影响。利用SAXS实验技术对所合成R10-MSU-1材料结构表面以及由于有机官能团的存在对无机骨架产生的影响进行了研究。SAXS较强的散射强度分布对Porod定理形成负偏离,表明孔和基体之间有明显的界而层存在,并求得界面层的平均厚度。实验证明有机基团的均匀分布于孔道表面而形成有机界面层。SAXS测试还显示上述分子筛呈质量分形特征,其形成过程可能为非平衡非线性的聚集机制。     

生物素衍生化环孢素A的合成及其与人亲环素A的相互作用 研究

通过∈-氨基已酸二聚体的乙酯与生物素缩合将其羧端延伸14个原子,然后与氨基衍生化的环孢素A缩合合成了生物素衍生化的环孢素A。经过药物免疫印迹和表面等离子体共振(SurfacePlasmonResonance)测定表明生物素衍生化的环孢素A还保留了与人亲环素A结合的活力。