Polyethylene Glycol as Support and Phase Transfer Catalyst in Aqueous Palladium-catalyzed Liquid-phase Synthesis

Recently, the liquid-phase synthesis of small organic compounds has been a preferable strategy due to its combination with the advantage of solution-phase and solid-phase methods1. Among the various soluble polymers, polyethylene glycol (PEG) is the most useful as support. It has been reported that PEG bound substrates could also play the role of phase-transfer catalyst (PTC) in some reactions2. Herein we reported that palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions could be taken place smoothly…     

A Convenient Method for the Synthesis of Aminomethylmonoalkylphosphinate

Starting from the readily available 4‐methylbenzoic acid, an efficient protocol for the preparation of ethyl 4‐(aminomethyl) benzyl (methyl) phosphinate ( 1 ), a novel aminomethylmonoalkylphosphinate was reported in this communication. The important step involves the selective monochlorination of phosphonic ester by POCl₃ and forming the phosphonochloridate, and followed by nucleophilic addition of CH₃MgBr to the acid chloride intermediate.     

Ultrasensitive aptamer-based bio bar code immunomagnetic separation and electrochemiluminescence method for the detection of protein

An ultrasensitive aptamer-based bio bar code immunomagnetic separation and electrochemiluminescence (IM-ECL) method for the detection of protein is developed. The target protein is captured by biotin-labeled aptamer (biotin probe) and [Ru(bpy)₃]²⁺ (TBR)-Au bio bar code-labeled aptamer (ECL nanoprobe), to form a double aptamer–protein sandwich complex. The complex is then immobilized on the streptavidin microbeads through biotin–streptavidin linkage and detected by ECL assay. The ECL signal of the target protein is amplified by the TBR-bio bar code DNAs. As an example, platelet-derived growth factor B-chain homodimer (PDGF-BB) was detected by the method. Experimental results show that the detection limit of the assay is 1 pM of PDGF-BB. A calibration curve with a linearity range from 1 pM to 10 nM is established, thus, make quantitative analysis possible. The method has been used to detect PDGF-BB in fetal calf serum with minimum background interference. Due to the wide availability of aptamer for numerous proteins, this aptamer-based bio bar code IM-ECL method holds great promise in protein detection.     

两例LnⅢ3配合物的构筑、晶体结构及生物活性

利用多齿席夫碱配体H₂L(H₂L=(E)-6-(羟甲基)-N′-((6-甲氧基吡啶-2-基)亚甲基)吡啶酰肼)与Ln(dbm)₃·2H₂O反应,通过溶剂热法,设计与构筑了 2例新的三核稀土配合物[Ln₃(dbm)₅(L)₂(CH₃OH)₂]·CH₂Cl₂,其中 Ln=Pr (1)、Ho (2),Hdbm=二苯甲酰甲烷。单晶 X射线衍射分析表明：配合物 1与 2同构,其结构由 3个 Ln(Ⅲ)离子、5个二苯甲酰甲烷阴离子(dbm^-)、2个席夫碱配体 L^2-、2个配位的 CH₃OH及 1个结晶 CH₂Cl₂分子组成。3个中心 Ln(Ⅲ)离子通过 4个 μ₂-O原子相互连接,形成折线形的 Ln₃核。生物活性研究表明,配体H₂L、Ln(dbm)₃·2H₂O及配合物1和2均具有较好的抑菌活性。与配体H₂L及Ln(dbm)₃·2H₂O相比较,稀土配合物具有更强的抑菌活性。此外,采用紫外光谱法、循环伏安法和荧光光谱法研究了配合物1和2与小牛胸腺DNA(ctDNA)之间的相互作用,结果表明配合物主要以插入键合的方式与ctDNA结合。     

Density Functional Theory Study of MoO3 Molecule Encapsulated inside Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes~

The binding energies, geometric structures and electronic properties of molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) molecule encapsulated inside (8,0), (9,0), (10,0) and (14,0) single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been investigated using density functional theory (DFT) method. Due to curvature effect, the calculated binding energy values are different, the variation of which indicated that the stability of MoO3 /SWNT systems increases with increasing the radius of SWNTs. At the same time, owing to the presence of MoO3 molecule, the band gap of MoO3 /SWNTs systems decreases. The analysis of density of states (DOS) reveals hybridization between C-2p and Mo-4d and between C-2p and O-2p orbitals near the Fermi level, which results in electron transfer from SWNTs to MoO3 molecule. The present computations suggest that electronic properties of SWNTs can be modified by doping MoO3 molecule.     

Easily accessible chiral dicyclopentadiene ligands for rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective 1,4-addition reactions

A variety of novel C₁-symmetric chiral diene ligands based on the dicyclopentadiene (DCP) skeleton were easily prepared from commercially available DCP. The application of these diene ligands in the rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition of arylboronic acids to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds has been examined and excellent enantioselectivities (up to 97% ee) as well as good yields were achieved under mild reaction conditions.     

离子液体在气相色谱固定相中的应用

本文综述了离子液体在气相色谱固定相中的发展过程。为提高固定相的使用温度、选择性和色谱柱效,离子液体先后经历多次制备方法的改善,本文主要介绍了小分子离子液体、大体积离子液体、柱内烯基咪唑聚合离子液体、物理混配离子液体和化学键合离子液体等非手性离子液体的合成进展;同时综述了由手性氨基酸、手性胺和键合环糊精合成的手性离子液体的研究进展;并比较各种离子液体用作色谱固定相时的稳定性及选择性差异。另外,对离子液体在二维气相色谱和快速气相色谱中的应用扩展作了总结,并展望离子液体作为新型分离材料在气相色谱固定相中的研究和应用前景。     

Preparation of Polylactide/Poly(ether)urethane Blends with Excellent Electro-actuated Shape Memory <Emphasis Type="Italic">via</Emphasis> Incorporating Carbon Black and Carbon Nanotubes Hybrids Fillers

In this work, hybrid conductive fillers of carbon black (CB) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were introduced into polylactide (PLA)/thermoplastic poly(ether)urethane (TPU) blend (70/30 by weight) to tune the phase morphology and realize rapid electrically actuated shape memory effect (SME). Particularly, the dispersion of conductive fillers, the phase morphology, the electrical conductivities and the shape memory properties of the composites containing CB or CB/CNTs were comparatively investigated. The results suggested that both CB and CNTs were selectively localized in TPU phase, and induced the morphological change from the sea-island structure to the co-continuous structure. The presence of CNTs resulted in a denser CB/CNTs network, which enhanced the continuity of TPU phase. Because the formed continuous TPU phase provided stronger recovery driving force, the PLA/TPU/CB/CNTs composites showed better shape recovery properties compared with the PLA/TPU/CB composites at the same CB content. Moreover, the CB and CNTs exerted a synergistic effect on enhancing the electrical conductivities of the composites. As a result, the prepared composites exhibited excellent electrically actuated SME and the shape recovery speed was also greatly enhanced. This work demonstrated a promising strategy to achieve rapid electrically actuated SME via the addition of hybrid nanoparticles with self-networking ability in binary PLA/TPU blends over a much larger composition range.     

Catalytic Asymmetric Functionalization of Aromatic CH Bonds by Electrophilic Trapping of Metal‐Carbene‐Induced Zwitterionic Intermediates

Asymmetric functionalization of aromatic C? H bonds of N,N‐disubstituted anilines with diazo compounds and imines is reported for the efficient construction of α,α‐diaryl benzylic quaternary stereocenters in good yields with high diastereoselectivities and excellent enantioselectivities. This Rh^II/chiral phosphoric acid cocatalyzed transformation is proposed to proceed through a metal‐carbene‐induced zwitterionic intermediate which undergoes electrophilic trapping. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first asymmetric example of metal carbene‐induced intermolecular functionalization of aryl C? H bonds.