Evaluating a time-delay of hydrogen production quantitatively in photosynthetic bacteria for stabilizing intermittency

Renewable energy is regarded as a clean energy source but has some problems, one of which is intermittency. To reduce this, the time-delay of hydrogen production by photosynthetic bacteria can be effective. In this study, we qualitatively evaluated the time-delay of hydrogen production by photosynthetic bacteria under various irradiation conditions, and we also quantitatively evaluated it by fitting the experimental data and the hydrogen production model with a genetic algorithm. As a result of model fitting, we found that the relationship between the lengths of the optimized time-delay of hydrogen production by photosynthetic bacteria and the amount of light irradiation is linear. And we also found that the time-delay of hydrogen production by photosynthetic bacteria had an upper limit under low light intensity. We have suggested the existence of an energy store mechanism in photosynthetic bacteria.     

Convenient green preparation of dipeptides using unprotected α-amino acids

Dipeptides and amides were obtained in high yields from N-carbobenzyloxy α-amino acids and 3-phenylpropanoic acid with unprotected α-amino acids via the corresponding mixed carbonic carboxylic anhydrides using ethyl chloroformate and triethylamine by an ecological and convenient method in which the protection of C-terminals is not needed.     

An intense terahertz radiation source at the Compact ERL

The Compact ERL is an energy recovery LINAC (ERL) test facility that is planned for KEK. The circumference of the recirculation path will be 70 m. Initially, the beam energy will be about 65 MeV and the current about 10 mA. Although the primary purpose of the machine is to aid the development of the key technologies that are essential for building an ultra-brilliant new synchrotron light source based on an ERL, the Compact ERL itself has great potential as an intense source of terahertz radiation. To generate the intense terahertz radiation, an electron bunch of a very short bunch length is required and bunch compression is inevitable. We discuss the parameters of the Compact ERL, present the results of a simulation of bunch compression, and make an estimate of the generated coherent synchrotron radiation.     

Observation of D+(s)K- and evidence for D+(s)pi- final states in neutral B decays

We report the first observation of a B meson decay that is not accessible by a direct spectator process. The channel B(0)-->D(+)(s)K- is found in a sample of 85 x 10(6) BB; events, collected with the Belle detector at KEKB, with a branching fraction B(B(0)-->D(+)(s)K-)=(4.6(+1.2)(-1.1)+/-1.3) x 10(-5). We also obtain evidence for the B0-->D(+)(s)pi(-) decay with branching fraction B(B0-->D(+)(s)pi(-))=(2.4(+1.0)(-0.8)+/-0.7) x 10(-5). This value may be used to extract a model-dependent value of |V(ub)|.     

Large four-wave mixing of spatially extended excitonic states in thin GaAs layers

We study the size dependence of the nonlinear response of weakly confined excitons for the size region beyond the long wavelength approximation regime. The observed degenerate-four-wave mixing signal of GaAs thin layers exhibits an anomalous size dependence, where the signal is resonantly enhanced at a particular thickness region. The theoretical analysis elucidates that this enhancement is due to the size-resonant enhancement of the internal field with a spatial structure relevant to the nondipole-type excitonic state. These results establish the formerly proposed new type of size dependence of nonlinear response due to the nonlocality induced double resonance.     

Tandem Cyclization of Alkynylmetals Bearing a Remote Leaving Group via Cycloalkylidene Carbenes

Treatment of terminal alkynes bearing a remote leaving group with MNR(2) (M = Li, Na, K) gives bicyclo[n.3.0]-1-alkenes (n = 3, 4). The tandem cyclization proceeds through a mechanism involving exo-cyclization of an alkynylmetal intermediate and intramolecular C-H insertion of the resulting carbenoid.     

A Facile Route to Indolo

Treatment of 1-(2'-bromobenzyl)-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines 2 in the presence of K(2)CO(3) in boiling DMF efficiently provided a variety of alkoxy-substituted indolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines 3. Application of this cyclization to 7-benzyloxyisoquinoline derivatives, followed by further elaboration of the resultant 2-benzyloxy-5,6-dihydroindolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines 16a,b, led to the formal synthesis of dibenzopyrrocoline alkaloids, (+/-)-cryptaustoline (1a) and (+/-)-cryptowoline (1b).     

Aryl radical cyclizations: one-Pot syntheses of protoberberine and pavine alkaloids

Treatment of 2-(2'-bromo-beta-phenethyl)isocarbostyrils 7 with AIBN-Bu(3)SnH in boiling benzene gave 8-oxoberbines 3 in good yields. A similar treatment of 2-(2'-bromo-beta-phenethyl)isoquinolinium bromides 6 and their nor- and homoanalogues (10,11) induced 6-, 5-, and 7-exo radical closures in a one-pot manner to give protoberberines 2, dibenzo[b,g]indolizidine 14a and, dibenzo[a, h]-1-azabicyclo[5.4.0]undecane 15a, respectively. A one-pot radical cyclization of 1-(2'-bromobenzyl)isoquinoline methiodide 18a gave a pavine alkaloid, (+/-)-algemonine (19a).     

Chronopotentiometric determination of the outer-sphere association constants of substitution-inert metal complexes

Summary A new method for the determination of association constants by the measurement of chronopotentiometric transition time has been developed and applied to the study on the outer-sphere association of some substitution-inert complex cations with sulphate ions. The association constants were determined from the change in transition time as function of the concentration of sulphate ions at ionic strength 0.1 (NaClO₄) and 25° C: 93 ±8 for [Co(NH₃)₆]³⁺SO₄ ^2–, 99 ±15 for [Co(en)₃]³⁺SO₄ ^2–, 61 ±7 for [Cr(NH₃)₆]³⁺SO₄ ^2– and 58 ±8 for [Cr(en)₃]³⁺SO₄ ^2–. The ratios of the diffusion coefficients of the univalent ion-pairs and tervalent substitution-inert complex cations were also obtained. From these ratios the diffusion coefficients of the univalent ion-pairs were calculated, which were found to differ not greatly from those of univalent complex ions with similar structures.

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Zusammenfassung Eine neue Methode zur Bestimmung von Assoziationskonstanten aus den Transitionszeiten chronopotentiometrischer Messungen wurde entwickelt. Sie wurde zur Untersuchung der Assoziation von Sulfationen in zweiter Sphäre an koordinativ abgesättigten Komplex-Kationen herangezogen. Die Assoziationskonstanten wurden aus der Abhängigkeit der Transitionszeit von der Sulfatkonzentration in Medien der Ionenstärke 0,1 (NaClO₄) und bei 25° C bestimmt. Man erhält folgende Werte: 93±8 für [Co(NH₃)₆]³⁺SO₄ ^2–, 99±15 für [Co(en)₃]³⁺SO₄ ^2–, 61±7 für [Cr(NH₃)₆]³⁺SO₄ ^2– und 58±8 für [Cr(en)₃]³⁺SO₄ ^2–. Die Verhältnisse der Diffusionskoeffizienten der einwertigen Ionenpaare zu denen der dreiwertigen Komplex-Kationen wurden ebenfalls bestimmt. Aus diesen Verhältnissen lassen sich die Diffusionskoeffizienten der Ionenpaare berechnen. Man erhält eine gute Übereinstimmung mit den Werten für einwertige Komplexionen mit ähnlicher Struktur.

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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. M. von Stackelberg on his 70th birthday.