A luminescent bacterial biosensor was used to quantify bioavailable arsenic in artificial groundwater. Its light production
above the background emission was proportional to the arsenite concentration in the toxicologically relevant range of 0 to
0.5 μM. Effects of the inorganic solutes phosphate, Fe(II) and silicate on the biosensor signal were studied. Phosphate at
a concentration of 0.25 g L−1 phosphate slightly stimulated the light emission, but much less than toxicologically relevant concentrations of the much
stronger inducer arsenite. No effect of phosphate was oberved in the presence of arsenite. Freshly prepared sodium silicate
solution at a concentration of 10 mg L−1 Si reduced the arsenite-induced light production by roughly 37%, which can be explained by transient polymerization leading
to sequestration of some arsenic. After three days of incubation, silicate did not have this effect anymore, probably because
depolymerization occurred. In the presence of 0.4 mg L−1 Fe(II), the arsenite-induced light emission was reduced by up to 90%, probably due to iron oxidation followed by arsenite
adsorption on the less soluble Fe(III) possibly along with some oxidation to the stronger adsorbing As(V). Addition of 100 μM
EDTA was capable of releasing all arsenic from the precipitate and to transform it into the biologically measurable, dissolved
state. The biosensor also proved valuable for monitoring the effectiveness of an arsenic removal procedure based on water
filtration through a mixture of sand and iron granules. 相似文献
Twelve novel oxo-technetium and oxo-rhenium complexes based on N2S2-, N2SO- or N3S-tetradentate semi-rigid ligands have been synthesised and studied herein. By reacting the ligands with a slight excess of suitable [MO]3+ precursor (ReOCl3(PPh3)2 or [NBu4][99gTcOCl4]), the monoanionic complexes of general formula [MO(Ph-XN2S)]- could be easily produced in high yield. The complexes have been characterized by means of IR, electrospray mass spectrometry, elemental analysis, NMR and conductimetry. The crystal structures of [PPh4][ReO(Ph-ON2S)] 1b and [NBu4][99gTcO(Ph-ON2S)] 1c have been established. The [MO]3+ moiety was coordinated via the two deprotonated amide nitrogens, the oxygen and the terminal sulfur atoms in 1b and 1c. In both compounds, the ON2S coordination set is in the equatorial plane, and the complexes adopted a distorted square-pyramidal geometry with an axial oxo-group. The chemical and structural identity of the different prototypic complexes (rhenium, 99gTc complexes and their corresponding 99mTc radiocomplexes) have been also established by a comparative HPLC study. 相似文献
Six Ru2(6+) derivatives of the form Ru2(L)4(C[triple bond]CC6H5)(2), where L = 2-Fap, 2,3-F(2)ap, 2,4-F(2)ap, 2,5-F(2)ap, 3,4-F(2)ap, or 2,4,6-F(3)ap, are synthesized and characterized as to their electrochemical, spectroscopic, and/or structural properties. These compounds are synthesized from a reaction between LiC[triple bond]CC6H5 and Ru2(L)4Cl. Two of the investigated complexes exist in a (4,0) isomeric form while four adopt a (3,1) geometric conformation. These two series of geometric isomers are compared with previously characterized (4,0) Ru2(ap)4(C[triple bond]CC6H5)(2), (4,0) Ru2(F5ap)4(C[triple bond]CC6H5)(2), and (3,1) Ru2(F5ap)4(C[triple bond]CC6H5)(2). The overall data on the nine compounds thus provide an opportunity to systematically examine how the electrochemical and structural properties of these Ru2(6+) complexes vary with respect to isomer type and electronic properties of the bridging ligands. 相似文献
Films of titanate nanosheets (approx. 1.8-nm layer thickness and 200-nm size) having a lamellar structure can form electrolyte-filled semi-permeable channels containing tetrabutylammonium cations. By evaporation of a colloidal solution, persistent deposits are readily formed with approx. 10-μm thickness on a 6-μm-thick poly(ethylene-terephthalate) (PET) substrate with a 20-μm diameter microhole. When immersed in aqueous solution, the titanate nanosheets exhibit a p.z.c. of − 37 mV, consistent with the formation of a cation conducting (semi-permeable) deposit. With a sufficiently low ionic strength in the aqueous electrolyte, ionic current rectification is observed (cationic diode behaviour). Currents can be dissected into (i) electrolyte cation transport, (ii) electrolyte anion transport and (iii) water heterolysis causing additional proton transport. For all types of electrolyte cations, a water heterolysis mechanism is observed. For Ca2+ and Mg2+ions, water heterolysis causes ion current blocking, presumably due to localised hydroxide-induced precipitation processes. Aqueous NBu4+ is shown to ‘invert’ the diode effect (from cationic to anionic diode). Potential for applications in desalination and/or ion sensing are discussed.
Macrocycles provide an attractive modality for drug development, but generating ligands for new targets is hampered by the limited availability of large macrocycle libraries. We have established a solution-phase macrocycle synthesis strategy in which three building blocks are coupled sequentially in efficient alkylation reactions that eliminate the need for product purification. We demonstrate the power of the approach by combinatorially reacting 15 bromoacetamide-activated tripeptides, 42 amines, and 6 bis-electrophile cyclization linkers to generate a 3780-compound library with minimal effort. Screening against thrombin yielded a potent and selective inhibitor (Ki = 4.2 ± 0.8 nM) that efficiently blocked blood coagulation in human plasma. Structure–activity relationship and X-ray crystallography analysis revealed that two of the three building blocks acted synergistically and underscored the importance of combinatorial screening in macrocycle development. The three-component library synthesis approach is general and offers a promising avenue to generate macrocycle ligands to other targets.Combination of three efficient chemical reactions allows for solution-phase synthesis of 3780 macrocycles and identification of potent thrombin inhibitor.相似文献
The effectiveness of applying a pulsed corona discharge to the destruction of olfactory pollution in air was investigated.
This paper presents a comparative study of the decomposition of three representative sulfide compounds in diluted concentrations:
hydrogen sulfide (H2S), dimethyl sulfide (DMS), and ethanethiol (C2H5SH), which could be completely removed when a sufficient but reasonable energy density was deposited in the gas. DMS showed
the lowest energy cost (around 30 eV/molecules); C2H5SH and H2S had an EC of respectively 45 eV and 115 eV. The efficiency of the non-thermal plasma process increased with decreasing the
initial concentration of sulfide compounds, while the energy yield remained almost unchanged. SO2 was the only identified byproduct of H2S decomposition, but the sulfur balance suggests the formation of undetected SO3. The byproducts analyzed during the degradation of DMS and C2H5SH enabled to propose a reaction mechanism, starting with radical attack and breaking of C–S bonds. 相似文献
The nature of the chemical bonding in the 1:1 complexes formed by the fourth period transition metals (Sc, ..., Cu) with 14 electrons (N(2), CN(-), C(2)H(2)) and 10 electrons (NH(3), H(2)O, F(-)) ligands has been investigated at the ROB3LYP/6-311+G(2d) level by the ELF topological approach. The bonding is ruled by the nature of the ligand. The 10 electrons and anionic ligands are very poor electron acceptors and therefore the interaction with the metal is mostly electrostatic and for all metal except Cr the multiplicity is given by the [Ar]c(n)() configuration of the metallic core (n = Z - 20). The electron acceptor ligands which have at least a lone pair form linear or bent complexes involving a dative bond with the metal and the rules proposed previously for monocarbonyls hold. In the case of ethyne, it is not possible to form a linear complex and the cyclic C(2)(v)() structure imposed by symmetry possesses two covalent M-C bonds, therefore the multiplicity is given by the local core configuration [Ar]c(n)() for all metals except Mn and Ni. 相似文献
The sol-gel method was used to prepare two different starting gels containing SiCH3-groups for the preparation of SiOC ceramics. To understand the role of Si—H bonds in the incorporation of carbon into the SiOC network, gels prepared from a 1:2 mixture of triethoxysilane and methyldiethoxysilane (THDH2) and solely methyltriethoxysilane (TMe) were investigated. Thermogravimetric analysis coupled with mass spectroscopy (TG-MS) in inert atmosphere was performed to attain an insight into the decomposition reactions involved during gel-glass transformation. Samples calcined at different temperatures up to 1000°C were characterized by 29Si and 13C magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS-NMR) spectroscopy. The presence of SiH groups in the starting gel allows an efficient conversion of Si—CH3 groups into CSi4 sites at lower temperatures. As a result, despite a much lower amount of carbon in the starting THDH2 gel (C/Si = 0.33) compared to the TMe gel (C/Si = 1), the amount of carbon inserted into the SiOC network of both glasses is equivalent, but the TMe sample contains the 10 fold amount of free carbon. 相似文献