Polymerization of n-Octylallene with Rare Earth Catalyst Composed of Ln(P204)3/Al(i-Bu)3

Polymerization of n‐octylallene was successfully carried out using a conventional binary rare earth catalytic system composed of rare earth tris(2‐ethylhexylphosphonate) (Ln(P₂₀₄)₃) and tri‐isobutyl aluminum (Al(i‐Bu)₃) for the first time. The effects of catalyst, solvent, reaction time and temperature on the polymerization of n‐octylallene were studied. The resulting poly(n‐octylallene) has weight‐average molecular weight of 11000, molecular weight distribution of 1.4 and 96% yield under the moderate reaction conditions: [Al]/[Y] =50 (molar ratio), [n‐octylallene]/[Y] =100 (molar ratio), polymerized at 80°C for 20 h in bulk. The poly(n‐octylallene) obtained consisted of 1,2‐ and 2,3‐polymerized units, and was characterized by FT‐IR, ¹H NMR and GPC. Further investigation shows that the polymerization of n‐octylallene has some living polymerization characteristics, preparing the polymer with controlled molecular weight and narrower molecular weight distribution.     

Calorimetric study of the acidic character of V<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>5</Subscript>–TiO<Subscript>2</Subscript>/SO<Subscript>4</Subscript><Superscript>2−</Superscript> catalysts used in methanol oxidation to dimethoxymethane

The surface acidic properties of sulfated vanadia–titania catalysts prepared by various methods were investigated by adsorption microcalorimetry, using ammonia as probe molecule. The acidic characteristics of the samples were shown to be strongly affected by the preparation method, calcination temperature, and sulfur content. The samples prepared by sol–gel and mechanical grinding exhibited higher acidity than co-precipitated samples. Moreover, increasing the calcination temperature of co-precipitated samples resulted in a decrease in surface area from 402 to 57 m² g⁻¹ and sulfur content from around 4 to 0.2 mass%, but up to a certain point generated a stronger acidity. The optimal calcination temperature appeared to be around 673 K.     

Density functional theory investigation on the electronic structure of furo[3,4-b]pyridine-type heterocyclics: from monomer to polymer

The geometries and electronic properties of six polymers based on furo[3,4-b]pyridine-type heterocyclics were studied using density functional theory (DFT) at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level. Bond lengths, bond critical point (BCP) properties, nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS), and Wiberg bond indexes (WBIs) are analyzed and correlated with conduction properties. The changes of bond length, BCP properties, NICS, and WBIs all show that the conjugational degree is increased with main chain extension. The changes of NICS also show that the conjugation is stronger in the central section than in the outer section. And the HOMO–LUMO energy gap (E _g) is decreased steadily upon chain elongation. The results suggest that the six polymers all have lower energy gaps (in the range of 0.39–0.58 eV), which indicate that these proposed polymers are good candidates for the conductive materials.     

Gene Cloning,Overexpression, and Characterization of the Nitrilase from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Rhodococcus rhodochrous</Emphasis> tg1-A6 in <Emphasis Type="Italic">E. coli</Emphasis>

A DNA fragment containing the entire coding sequence of nitrilase gene was amplified from Rhodococcus rhodochrous tg1-A6 with high nitrilase activity using PCR and sequenced. The open reading frame of the nitrilase gene contains 1,101 base pairs, which encodes a putative polypeptide of 366 amino acid residues. The nitrilase gene was cloned into an expression vector pET-28a and expressed in an Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3). The enzymatic activity of nitrilase, which converts various nitriles to the corresponding carboxylic acids, was detected to reach 24.5 U/ml at 9 h in the recombinant bacteria.     

EFFECT OF GAS FLOW RATE ON CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF ELECTROSPUN AND GAS-JET/ELECTROSPUN POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE) FIBERS

The effect of gas flow rate on crystal structures of electrospun and gas-jet/electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) fibers was investigated.PVDF fibers were prepared by electrospinning and gas-jet/electrospinning of its N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) solutions.The morphology of the PVDF fibers was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM).With an increase of the gas flow rate,the average diameters of PVDF fibers were decreased.The crystal structures and thermal properties of the PVDF fibers w...     

霉菌甲醛脱氢酶活性的分光光度法测定

甲醛在甲醛脱氢酶的作用下与辅酶Ⅰ(NAD)形成甲酸或甲酸盐,根据其生成的还原型辅酶Ⅰ二钠盐(β-NADH)的量与吸光度成正比,建立了测定3株霉菌在3个处理方法中的甲醛脱氢酶活性的分光光度法.以绿色木霉(Trichoderma viride)、爪哇青霉(Penicillium javanicum)、黄曲霉(Aspergillus flavus) 3株甲醛降解霉菌为材料,通过全温振荡培养,pH 7.5的0.05 mol/L 的磷酸钾缓冲溶液洗涤、离心、提取,并在37 ℃、pH 7.5、340 nm处测定甲醛脱氢酶活性.结果表明:细胞破碎处理1(600 W,工作5 s、间歇7 s,60次)破碎细胞不完全,只能测得部分酶活性;细胞破碎处理3(800 W,工作5 s、间歇7 s,60次)破碎细胞完全,但破坏了部分酶活性;细胞破碎处理2(700 W,工作5 s、间歇7 s,60次)能很好地破碎细胞且对酶活性的破坏最少,测得最高酶活性.     

稀土钼酸2-氨基-4,6-二甲氧基嘧啶三元配合物的合成、表征及其生物活性研究

以稀土氯化物、钼酸钠和2-氨基-4,6-二甲氧基嘧啶为原料,制备了一类新型稀土三元配合物,通过元素分析、红外光谱、紫外光谱、热重-差热分析、透射电子显微镜及X射线粉末衍射等手段对配合物进行了表征,确定了该类配合物的化学组成为:RE3(ADP)(MoO4)2(CH3OH)4Cl5·2H2O(RE=La3+,Sm3+,Y3+,Er3+,ADP=2-氨基-4,6-二甲氧基嘧啶).抗菌实验结果表明,稀土三元配合物对大肠杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌具有较强的抑制作用,属于广谱抗菌剂.用四甲基偶氮唑蓝微量酶反应比色法(MTT)法初步研究了三元配合物的抗癌能力,结果证明其具有使癌细胞凋亡的效果.     

A fluorescent chemical sensor for Fe based on blocking of intramolecular proton transfer of a quinazolinone derivative

In this paper, 2-(2′-hydroxy-phenyl)-4(3H)-quinazolinone (HPQ), a typical compound that exhibits excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) reaction and possesses good photophysical properties, is synthesized and used as fluoroionophore for Fe³⁺ sensitive optochemical sensor. The decrease of fluorescence intensity of HPQ membrane upon the addition of Fe³⁺ was attributed to the blocking of ESIPT reactions of HPQ and quenching its fluorescence. The effect of the composition of the sensing membrane was studied, and experimental conditions were optimized. The sensor shows a linear response toward Fe³⁺ in the concentration range of 7.1 × 10⁻⁷ M to 1.4 × 10⁻⁴ M with a limit of detection of 8.0 × 10⁻⁸ M, and a working pH range from 2.5 to 4.5. It shows excellent selectivity for Fe³⁺ over a large number of cations such as alkali, alkaline earth and transitional metal ions. The proposed sensor is applied to the determination of the content of iron ions in pharmaceutical preparations samples with satisfactory results.     

A combination of modified particle swarm optimization algorithm and support vector machine for gene selection and tumor classification

In the analysis of gene expression profiles, the number of tissue samples with genes expression levels available is usually small compared with the number of genes. This can lead either to possible overfitting or even to a complete failure in analysis of microarray data. The selection of genes that are really indicative of the tissue classification concerned is becoming one of the key steps in microarray studies. In the present paper, we have combined the modified discrete particle swarm optimization (PSO) and support vector machines (SVM) for tumor classification. The modified discrete PSO is applied to select genes, while SVM is used as the classifier or the evaluator. The proposed approach is used to the microarray data of 22 normal and 40 colon tumor tissues and showed good prediction performance. It has been demonstrated that the modified PSO is a useful tool for gene selection and mining high dimension data.