In situ hydrothermal growth of a zirconium-based porphyrinic metal-organic framework on stainless steel fibers for solid-phase microextraction of nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Microchimica Acta - The authors describe the in-situ hydrothermal growth of a porphyrinic zirconium metal-organic framework (MOF), referred to as PCN-222(Zr), on stainless steel fibers. The...     

没食子酸丙酯纯度标准物质的研究

研制了没食子酸丙酯纯度标准物质。依据国家《一级标准物质研制技术规范》,采用高效液相色谱(HPLC)法和差示扫描量热(DSC)法对没食子酸丙酯纯度标准物质进行联合定值,进行了相应的不确定度评定。研制的没食子酸丙酯纯度标准物质定值结果为(99.8±0.5)%(k=2,P=0.95)。该标准物质可用于相关药品生产及使用单位的质量控制和分析方法确认评价。     

Transition Metal Ions: Charge Carriers that Mediate the Electron Capture Dissociation Pathways of Peptides

Electron capture dissociation (ECD) of model peptides adducted with first row divalent transition metal ions, including Mn²⁺, Fe²⁺, Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, Cu²⁺, and Zn²⁺, were investigated. Model peptides with general sequence of ZGGGXGGGZ were used as probes to unveil the ECD mechanism of metalated peptides, where X is either V or W; and Z is either R or N. Peptides metalated with different divalent transition metal ions were found to generate different ECD tandem mass spectra. ECD spectra of peptides metalated by Mn²⁺ and Zn²⁺ were similar to those generated by ECD of peptides adducted with alkaline earth metal ions. Series of c-/z-type fragment ions with and without metal ions were observed. ECD of Fe²⁺, Co²⁺, and Ni²⁺ adducted peptides yielded abundant metalated a-/y-type fragment ions; whereas ECD of Cu²⁺ adducted peptides generated predominantly metalated b-/y-type fragment ions. From the present experimental results, it was postulated that electronic configuration of metal ions is an important factor in determining the ECD behavior of the metalated peptides. Due presumably to the stability of the electronic configuration, metal ions with fully-filled (i.e., Zn²⁺) and half filled (i.e., Mn²⁺) d-orbitals might not capture the incoming electron. Dissociation of the metal ions adducted peptides would proceed through the usual ECD channel(s) via “hot-hydrogen” or “superbase” intermediates, to form series of c-/z ^•- fragments. For other transition metal ions studied, reduction of the metal ions might occur preferentially. The energy liberated by the metal ion reduction would provide enough internal energy to generate the “slow-heating” type of fragment ions, i.e., metalated a-/y- fragments and metalated b-/y- fragments.     

Formation of Peptide Radical Cations (M<Superscript>+·</Superscript>) in Electron Capture Dissociation of Peptides Adducted with Group IIB Metal Ions

Peptides adducted with different divalent Group IIB metal ions (Zn²⁺, Cd²⁺, and Hg²⁺) were found to give very different ECD mass spectra. ECD of Zn²⁺ adducted peptides gave series of c-/z-type fragment ions with and without metal ions. ECD of Cd²⁺ and Hg²⁺ adducted model peptides gave mostly a-type fragment ions with M^+• and fragment ions corresponding to losses of neutral side chain from M^+•. No detectable a-ions could be observed in ECD spectra of Zn²⁺ adducted peptides. We rationalized the present findings by invoking both proton-electron recombination and metal-ion reduction processes. As previously postulated, divalent metal-ions adducted peptides could adopt several forms, including (a) [M + Cat]²⁺, (b) [(M + Cat – H) + H]²⁺, and (c) [(M + Cat – 2H) + 2H]²⁺. The relative population of these precursor ions depends largely on the acidity of the metal–ion peptide complexes. Peptides adducted with divalent metal-ions of small ionic radii (i.e., Zn²⁺) would form predominantly species (b) and (c); whereas peptides adducted with metal ions of larger ionic radii (i.e., Hg²⁺) would adopt predominantly species (a). Species (b) and (c) are believed to be essential for proton-electron recombination process to give c-/z-type fragments via the labile ketylamino radical intermediates. Species (c) is particularly important for the formation of non-metalated c-/z-type fragments. Without any mobile protons, species (a) are believed to undergo metal ion reduction and subsequently induce spontaneous electron transfer from the peptide moiety to the charge-reduced metal ions. Depending on the exothermicity of the electron transfer reaction, the peptide radical cations might be formed with substantial internal energy and might undergo further dissociation to give structural related fragment ions.     

High-yield synthesis of ultrathin silica-based nanosheets and their superior catalytic activity in H2O2 decomposition

Ultrathin silica-based nanosheets with a thickness of ～1 nm are fabricated in a low-cost and high-yield system excluding alkali metal ions. Unlike the Na-zeolites with a long capillary and microporous structure, the ultrathin nanosheets exhibit highly effective surface and active sites. As a result, the 0.4 wt% Pt-loaded nanosheets exhibit superior catalytic activity in H(2)O(2) decomposition with an O(2) evolution rate of 342.5 mL g(-1) min(-1) in a clean aqueous system.     

Porous,Conductive Metal‐Triazolates and Their Structural Elucidation by the Charge‐Flipping Method

A new family of porous crystals was prepared by combining 1H‐1,2,3‐triazole and divalent metal ions (Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, and Zn) to give six isostructural metal‐triazolates (termed MET‐1 to 6). These materials are prepared as microcrystalline powders, which give intense X‐ray diffraction lines. Without previous knowledge of the expected structure, it was possible to apply the newly developed charge‐flipping method to solve the complex crystal structure of METs: all the metal ions are octahedrally coordinated to the nitrogen atoms of triazolate such that five metal centers are joined through bridging triazolate ions to form super‐tetrahedral units that lie at the vertexes of a diamond‐type structure. The variation in the size of metal ions across the series provides for precise control of pore apertures to a fraction of an Angstrom in the range 4.5 to 6.1 Å. MET frameworks have permanent porosity and display surface areas as high as some of the most porous zeolites, with one member of this family, MET‐3, exhibiting significant electrical conductivity.     

Graphene-supported hemin as a highly active biomimetic oxidation catalyst

Well supported: stable hemin-graphene conjugates formed by immobilization of monomeric hemin on graphene, showed excellent catalytic activity, more than 10 times better than that of the recently developed hemin-hydrogel system and 100 times better than that of unsupported hemin. The catalysts also showed excellent binding affinities and catalytic efficiencies approaching that of natural enzymes.     

Insight into the activity of efficient acid–base bifunctional catalysts for the coupling reaction of CO2

The fixation of carbon dioxide with epoxide catalysed by a series of carboxylic acidic functionalised ionic liquids (ILs) catalysts is investigated by density functional theory method. Except for the catalysts reported by the experiment, the catalytic activity of a new designed catalyst (4c see Scheme 1) is also explored. These ILs are categorised into four groups according to the different cation structures and number of functional groups. The effects of different chain length, anion, and cation structure on the catalytic activity are explored. The elongation of alkyl chain length in cation will increase the product yield, while increasing the chain bulk has almost negligible effect on the enhancement of catalytic activity. Utilisation of imidazole group as the cation is better than pyridine group. And the cation with two functional groups will have a better catalytic activity than that with one functional group.     

非Lipschitz系数下随机泛函微分方程适度解的存在唯一性及其渐近性态(英文)

本文主要运用Picard迭代和算子分数次幂方法,讨论了随机时滞偏微分方程适度解的存在性与唯一性,并对解的渐近性态进行了研究.这里方程的系数不满足Lipschitz条件,时滞r>0为有限的.最后给出了一个非Lipschitz条件的例子.     

Highly Selective and Sensitive Chemosensor for Hg2+ Based on the Naphthalimide Fluorophore

A new OFF-ON fluorescent chemosensor (H1) composed of a naphthalimide fluorophore and a 6-[(quinolin-8-yloxy)methyl]pyridin-2-ylmethanamine receptor has been synthesized and characterized by infra-red, (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR and mass spectrometry. The developed chemosensor H1 exhibited good turn-on and reversible responses toward Hg(2+), with excellent selectivity and sensitivity, in a neutral buffered aqueous solution. Other common metal ions did not interfere with the fluorescence-enhancement response to Hg(2+). Furthermore, the chemosensor H1, at a concentration of 10?μM, showed a rapid and linear response toward Hg(2+) in the concentration range 0-10?μM. On addition of 10?μM Hg(2+), the fluorescence intensity of H1 was enhanced about 4-fold. The detection limit was calculated to be 63?nM. The association constant was 1.11?×?10(5)?M(-1). The fluorescence quantum yield and lifetime of H1/Hg(2+) were 0.42 and 3.83?ns, respectively.