Chiral Separation of Carboxymethyl Derivatives of Amines by Liquid Chromatography on Reversed-phase Silica Gel Coated with N-n-Dodecyl-L-hydroxyproline

Carboxymethyl derivatives of amines containing a chiral α-carbon were separated into enantiomers by high-performance liquid chromatography using octadecylsilanized silica gel coated with N-n-dodecyl-L-hydroxyproline as the stationary phase and an aqueous solution containing copper(II) as the mobile phase. Detection was by post-column reaction involving derivatization to tertiary amine and chemiluminescence reaction of ruthenium bipyridine complex.     

Synthesis of [1,3,4]thiadiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidines in the presence of formic acid

Formic acid-phosphorus pentoxide was effective for the preparation of 5,7-dimethyl[1,3,4]thiadiazolo- and -[1,3]thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ium salts. Further, the pyrimidine ring transformation and the isocyanation of 5imino-6H-[1,3,4]thiadiazolo- and -[1,3]thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-7-ones were carried out in the presence of formic acid and triethyl orthoformate, respectively.     

On \alpha-conformal equivalence of statistical submanifolds

In this paper, we show a procedure to realize a statistical manifold, which is -conformally equivalent to a manifold with an -transitively flat connection, as a statistical submanifold. Received 29 December 1999.     

Low p T phenomena in A+A and p+A collisions at mid-rapidity

CERN experiment NA44 measures pion and kaon distributions at p _T = 0–320 MeV/c at midrapidity in p+A and A+A collisions at 450 and 200A GeV/c, respectively. Pion production from p+Pb and A+A is slightly enhanced at low p _T relative to p+Be, but less than observed at target rapidity. The low p _T behavior can be understood in the context of the RQMD model as arising from baryonic resonance decays.     

LowpT phenomena in A+A and p+A collisions at mid-rapidity

CERN experiment NA44 measures pion and kaon distributions atpT=0–320 MeV/c at midrapidity in p+A and A+A collisions at 450 and 200A GeV/c, respectively. Pion production from p+Pb and A+A is slightly enhanced at lowpT relative to p+Be, but less than observed at target rapidity. The lowpT behavior can be understood in the context of the RQMD model as arising from baryonic resonance decays.     

Analysis of sialo-N-glycans in glycoproteins as 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone derivatives by capillary electrophoresis

A method for the analysis of the sialo-N-glycans in glycoproteins was established by the electrokinetic chromatography mode of capillary electrophoresis (CE) in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelles as 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone (PMP) derivatives, using sialo-N-glycans in fetuin as a model. Six major and some minor peaks were observed for the N-glycans in fetuin, which were well separated from each other using 50 mM phosphate buffer, pH 6.0, containing SDS to a concentration of 30 mM in an uncoated fused-silica capillary, and these peaks were assigned to sialo-N-glycans having either of the biantennary or β1-3/β1-4 linked galactose-containing complex type triantennary N-glycans as the basic structures, by an indirect method based on the assignment of the peaks in high-performance liquid chromatography separated in parallel with CE and peak collation between these two separation methods. The attaching position of the sialic acid residue was determined using the linkage preference of neuraminidase isozymes. The established system is considered to be useful for routine analysis of microheterogeneity of the carbohydrate moiety of this model glycoprotein from the following reasons: (1) the derivatization with PMP proceeds quantitatively under mild conditions without causing release of the sialic acid residue, (2) the derivatives can be sensitively detected by UV absorption, (3) the procedure is simple, rapid and reproducible. Preliminary results of N-glycan analysis for several other glycoproteins under these conditions are also presented.     

Thermal analysis in numerical thermodynamic modeling of solid fuel conversion

Detailed kinetic models dominate in combustion modeling. However, their application is often complicated by insufficient knowledge of a mechanism and reaction rates for heterophase interactions especially as applied to gasification. The novel approach using thermodynamic model of extreme intermediate states (MEIS) could make up an efficient alternative. MEIS is strictly deterministic and simple in structure. Along with the search for the final equilibrium, it allows partial equilibria to be found and various macroscopic phenomena to be taken into account, e.g., transport phenomena and kinetic rates. The core problem in MEIS construction is formulation of macrokinetic constrains whose form depends on the problem statement and accessible information on the process. Thermal analysis has been deployed to infer proper constraints for modeling of wooden biomass gasification. The advantage of the method consists in much higher availability of the initial information compared with detailed kinetics. Model results are in good agreement with experiment.     

Biodegradable stereocomplex materials of polylactide‐grafted dextran exhibiting soft and tough properties in dry and wet states

Water‐swellable biodegradable materials exhibiting mechanically tenacious and tough characters in the wet state were prepared by a simple blend of two enantiomeric polylactide‐grafted dextran copolymers (Dex‐g‐PLLA and Dex‐g‐PDLA). DSC and WAXD analyses demonstrated the formation of SC crystals in the copolymer blend films. SC blend films showed lamellar‐type microphase‐separated structures. When swollen with water, these blend films showed the same level of tensile strengths and Young's modulus as the films in the dry state. SC blend films degraded gradually over a month under physiological conditions with a degradation rate faster than the corresponding Dex‐g‐PLLA films. The SC‐forming enantiomeric mixture of polylactide‐grafted polysaccharides should be a good candidate for an implantable biocompatible material exhibiting favorable mechanical properties and degradation behavior. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012