A Novel Plasticizer for the Preparation of Thermoplastic Starch

TPS was a biodegradable material based on starch. Starch was an inexpensive and natural renewable polysaccharide, which was widely investigated as the substitute of petroleum-derived plastics. Native starch commonly existed in granule structure with about…     

Synthesis, characterization, and stability of Fe-MCM-41 for production of carbon nanotubes by acetylene pyrolysis

Fe-substituted MCM-41 molecular sieves with ca. 1, 2, and 3 wt % Fe were synthesized hydrothermally using different sources of colloidal silica (HiSil and Cab-O-Sil) and characterized by ICP, XRD, N2 physisorption, UV-vis, EPR, TPR, and X-ray absorption. Catalysts synthesized from Cab-O-Sil showed higher structural order and stability than those from HiSil. The local environment of Fe in the mesoporous material as studied by UV-vis reveals the dominance of framework Fe in all the as-synthesized Fe-MCM-41 samples. Dislodgement of some Fe species to extraframework location occurs upon calcination, and this effect is more severe for Fe-MCM-41 (2 wt %) and Fe-MCM-41 (3 wt %), as confirmed by EPR and X-ray absorption. These materials have been used as catalytic templates for the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by acetylene pyrolysis at atmospheric pressure. A relationship between the Fe loading in MCM-41 and the carbon species produced during this reaction has been established. Using our optimized conditions for this system, Fe-MCM-41 with ca. 2 wt % Fe showed the best results with particularly high selectivity for single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) production. This catalyst was selective for carbon nanotubes with a low amount of amorphous carbon for a narrow range of temperatures from 1073 to 1123 K. To account for the different selectivity of these catalysts for CNTs production, the local environment and chemical state of Fe in the used catalyst was further probed by X-band EPR.     

脱氢姜黄烯及其类似物的合成

利用苯乙酮及苯乙酮衍生物,经过傅-克乙酰化反应、偶联反应、Wittig烯化反应,合成了脱氢姜黄烯及其类似物.再经选择性催化氢化反应,可分别得到α-姜黄烯、黄根醇甲醚及姜黄氢醌甲醚.     

N-（4＇-取代嘧啶-2＇-基）-取代苯氧基磺酰脲的合成及除草活性

光谱;N-（4＇-取代嘧啶-2＇-基）-取代苯氧基磺酰脲的合成及除草活性     

非均相羰基氧化合成碳酸二苯酯反应液组分的分析

通过色质联用仪对非均相催化一步合成碳酸二苯酯(DPC)过程中的反应液的主要产物及副产物进行了定性分析，其结果发现该反应的主要副产物为苯氧基丙酸和4-苯氧基苯酚以及四丁基铵盐；用气相色谱外标法对反应液中的DPC进行了定量分析，并通过回归法得到了定量分析：DPC的计算方程式，实验证明该方程在DPC的浓度小于10％范围内比较可靠。     

带功能基的全氟烷基乙烯基醚的研究——3、四氟乙烯与-7,7-二氯-3-氧杂全氟庚烯-1的共聚反应及共聚物的转化

 研究了二个新的全氟烷基乙烯基醚7,7-二氯-3-氧杂全氟庚烯-1(M_0)和10,10-二氯-3,6-二氧杂全氟5-甲基癸烯-1(M₁)-与四氟乙烯(TFE)的共聚反应,聚合物的性质,并测定了TFE-M₀竞聚率。竞聚率的测定证明M₀较其它已报道的全氟烷基乙烯基醚的聚合活性都大。TFE-M₀共聚物通过化学反应可转化成相应的全氟羧酸甲酯树脂。     

Poly(dimethylsiloxane) microchip for precolumn reaction and micellar electrokinetic chromatography of biogenic amines

We have demonstrated that precolumn derivatization and capillary electrophoresis separation on a poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microchip can be realized as efficient as those on glass microchips. In an optimized condition of micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC), using 25 mM sodium borate buffer (pH 10.0) with 25 mM sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and 5% v/v methanol, the electroosmotic flow in an oxidized PDMS microchip is stabilized within 3% for days. By employing a fluorometric derivatization with o-phthaldialdehyde (OPA) in an optimally designed reaction chamber, four most important biogenic amines occurring in foods, histamine, tyramine, putrescine, and tryptamine, are quantitatively determined in less than 1 min at the levels applicable to real samples. The migration behaviors of anionic OPA-derivatized biogenic amines under the MEKC conditions are analyzed, and it has been found that under our separation conditions, the electrophoretic mobility of the SDS micelles is significantly greater than those of the anions in the aqueous phase. The channel manifold in a PDMS substrate is fabricated using replica molding against a thick photoresist, SU-8, pattern generated by photolithography. The plate with the microchannel pattern is strongly, irreversibly bonded to another PDMS plate by using a new bonding technique, which employs surface oxidation by corona discharge generated from a cheap, handy source, Tesla coil.     

Improved expression by cytomegalovirus promoter/enhancer and behavior of vascular endothelial growth factor gene after myocardial injection of naked DNA

Direct injection of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene plasmid DNA into the myocardium was shown to induce development of new blood vessels to increase the circulation in the heart of patients with coronary artery diseases. However, such angiogenic gene therapy (via naked DNA) was limited by low level of gene expression. Furthermore, the temporal and spatial characteristics of VEGF gene transfer in the heart are not known. In this study, we demonstrated that a plasmid vector, containing the human cytomegalovirus immediate early (HCMV IE) promoter and enhancer, induces greater expression of gene in the rat heart monitored by gene fused to the chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) reporter, than four different viral and cellular promoters. Interestingly, expression of VEGF121 protein showed an earlier peak, a shorter duration, and a wider distribution than that of CAT only. Therefore, a plasmid vector with an HCMV IE promoter/enhancer provides clear advantages over other previously developed plasmids. Furthermore, expression profile of VEGF121 gene may provide useful information in the design of angiogenic gene therapy in the heart.     

γ－芳基取代烯丙醇菊酯的合成及杀虫活性

γ－芳基取代烯丙醇菊酯的合成及杀虫活性陈亚娟，黄润秋，马军安（南开大学元素有机化学研究所，天津，３０００７１）关键词γ－芳基取代烯丙醇，拟除虫菊酯，杀虫活性第一个人工合成除虫菊酯烯丙菊酯保留了天然除虫菊酯醇部分的环戊烯醇酮结构，至今仍广泛用作卫生杀虫...     

Sphingosine mediates FTY720-induced apoptosis in LLC-PK1 cells

FTY720, a synthetic sphingoid base analog, was examined as a new sphingosine kinase inhibitor, which converts endogenous sphingosine into its phosphate form. With 20 microM of FTY720, sphingosine accumulated in the LLC-PK(1) cells in a time- and dose-dependent manner. The FTY720 treated cells showed a high concentration of fragmented DNA, a high caspase-3 like activity and TUNEL staining cells. It was also found that the sphingosine and sphinganine level increased in a time- and dose-dependent manner within 12 h after the FTY720 treatment. The sphingosine kinase activity was reduced by FTY720 as much as other sphingosine kinase inhibitors, N, N-dimethylsphingosine (DMS), dl-threo-dihydrosphingosine (DHS). The fragmented DNA content as a result of the 20 microM of FTY720 treatment and by 5 microM of the exogenously added BSA-sphingosine complex indicated typical apoptosis. Under similar conditions, the accumulated sphingosine concentration in all the cells was almost identical even though the sphingosine distribution inside the cells was somewhat different. These results indicate that the FTY720 induced apoptosis is associated with the inhibition of the sphingosine kinase activity and is strongly associated with the successive accumulation of sphingosine.