Pentafluorobenzaldehyde and its utilizing in organic synthesis

Over the past 50 years, pentafluorobenzaldehyde has received much attention due to its unique chemical and physical properties as well as its real or potential applications in chemistry of porphyrines, additives, drug delivery and in analytical chemistry. Pentafluorobenzaldehyde is multifunctional aromatic compound containing five atoms of fluorine and one aldehydic function. That is why it can provide nucleophilic substitutions of all or some atoms of fluorine, nucleophilic additions of aldehydic function, “haloform reaction” and some cyclization reactions. This year, it is being the 50th year, since the first synthesis of this compound was published.     

A Rapid Method for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Major Constituents in Dengzhanxixin Injection by LC-DAD-ESI–MSn

For the first time a rapid method for qualitative and quantitative analysis of constituents in Dengzhanxixin injection was established by liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization–tandem mass spectrometry. Eighteen compounds including flavonoids and phenolic acids were characterized or tentatively identified. Ten of these compounds, including 5-O-caffeoylquinic acid, caffeic acid, 1,3-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 6′-O-caffeoylerigeroside, scutellarin, 3,4-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 3,5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, erigoster B, apigenin-7-O-glucuronide and 4,5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, were further quantified as marker substances by LC-DAD using a C₁₈ column at 0.4 mL min^?1 within 37 min. The quantitative method was validated for ten interesting compounds, including linearity, accuracy, precisions, LOQ and LOD, which was proved to be sensitive, reproducible and accurate. The study might provide a comprehensive method for the quality assessment of dengzhanxixin injection.     

A top-down LC-FTICR MS-based strategy for characterizing oxidized calmodulin in activated macrophages

A liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)-based approach for characterizing the degree of nitration and oxidation of intact calmodulin (CaM) has been used to resolve ～250 CaM oxiforms using only 500 ng of protein. The analysis was based on high-resolution data of the intact CaM isoforms obtained by Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FTICR MS) coupled with an on-line reversed-phase LC separation. Tentative identifications of post-translational modifications (PTMs), such as oxidation or nitration, have been assigned by matching observed protein mass to a database containing all theoretically predicted oxidation products of CaM and verified through a combination of tryptic peptide information (generated from bottom-up analyses) and on-line collisionally induced dissociation (CID) tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) at the intact protein level. The reduction in abundance and diversity of oxidatively modified CaM (i.e., nitrated tyrosines and oxidized methionines) induced by macrophage activation has been explored and semiquantified for different oxidation degrees (i.e., no oxidation, moderate, and high oxidation). This work demonstrates the power of the top-down approach to identify and quantify hundreds of combinations of PTMs for single protein target such as CaM and implicate competing repair and peptidase activities to modulate cellular metabolism in response to oxidative stress.     

领结形中空表面等离子体波导的传输特性

设计了一种领结形中空表面等离子体波导.采用频域有限差分法,对这种波导所支持的基模的能流密度分布、有效折射率、传播长度和模式面积随几何结构参数和工作波长的依赖关系进行了分析.结果表明,沿纵向的能流主要分布在两个上下突起所形成的中间区域.通过调整几何参数及工作波长,可以调节模式的有效折射率、传播长度和模式面积.在工作波长确定的条件下,有效折射率随突起半径的增大呈减小趋势,而传播长度和模式面积则随着突起半径的增大呈增大趋势,四个角上的圆弧半径对波导的传输特性有微调作用,左右扇形区域的半径对波导的传输特性有较明显 关键词： 集成光学 光波导 表面等离子体波导     

Formation of defects in a GaAs crystal under the action of picosecond laser radiation near the optical damage threshold

The nonlinear optical properties of a GaAs crystal are investigated by the z-scan method. An increase (by a factor of more than 10) in the concentration of defects was observed in the GaAs crystal subjected to long-term pulsed laser irradiation (more than 10⁴ pulses, τ = 35 ps, λ = 1.064 μm) near the optical damage threshold.     

醋酸铅作为铅源合成CH3NH3PbBr3-xClx纳米晶体颗粒

Lead acetate, which is highly soluble in dimethylformamide, was used to synthesize mixed halide perovskite CH₃NH₃PbBr_3-xCl_x (MA = CH₃NH₃, 0 ≤ x ≤ 3) nanocrystals (NCs). This method provides an approach to address the low solubility of lead halides, especially lead chloride. Different Br/Cl ratios in MAPbBr_3-xCl_x lead to various optical properties. The photoluminescence emission peak can be tuned from 399 to 527 nm. Their full-widths at half-maxima (FWHM) are about 20 nm. MAPbBr_3-xCl_x NCs have an average diameter of ~(11 ± 3) nm and have uniform dispersion in toluene. The MAPbBr₃ NCs have a long average recombination lifetime (τ_ave = 97.4 ns) and a photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of up to 73%.     

锐钛矿型TiO2担载的Pd催化剂用于乙炔选择加氢的催化性能及其表征

Anatase TiO₂ nanospindles containing 89% exposed {101} facets (TiO₂-101) and nanosheets with 77% exposed {001} facets (TiO₂-001) were hydrothermally synthesized and used as supports for Pd catalysts. The effects of the TiO₂ materials on the catalytic performance of Pd/TiO₂-101 and Pd/TiO₂-001 catalysts were investigated in the selective hydrogenation of acetylene to polymer-grade ethylene. The Pd/TiO₂-101 catalyst exhibited enhanced performance in terms of acetylene conversion and ethylene yield. To understand these effects, the catalysts were characterized by H₂ temperature-programmed desorption (H₂-TPD), H₂ temperatureprogrammed reduction (H₂-TPR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), pulse CO chemisorption, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The TEM and CO chemisorption results confirmed that Pd nanoparticles (NPs) on the TiO₂-101 support had a smaller average particle size (1.53 nm) and a higher dispersion (15.95%) than those on the TiO₂-001 support (average particle size of 4.36 nm and dispersion of 9.06%). The smaller particle size and higher dispersion of Pd on the Pd/TiO₂-101 catalyst provided more reaction active sites, which contributed to the improved catalytic activity of this supported catalyst.     

Synthesis,characterization of naphthalene‐based polyimides,and their use as immobilized enzyme membrane

A new monomer, 1,5‐bis(p‐dimethylaminophenylimino)naphthalene, was prepared through Schiff‐base condensation reaction of 1,5‐diaminonaphthalene and 4‐(dimethylamino)benzaldehyde in the presence of ethanol. A series of aromatic polyimides bearing naphthalene and ? CH?N? groups were synthesized from the diamine with five kinds of commercial dianhydrides via a conventional one‐stage process. The resulting naphthalene based polyimides (NBPs) showed good solubilities in N‐methyl‐2‐pyrrolidone and m‐cresol. NBPs had glass‐transition temperatures at 139–174°C and 10% weightloss temperatures above 430 °C in nitrogen atmospheres. Excellent properties of NBPs are attributed to the incorporation of the naphthalene and ? CH?N? group in 1,5‐bis(p‐dimethylaminophenylimino)naphthalene. Moreover, chemically prepared polyimides were used for immobilization of glucose oxidase (GOx). The amperometric responses of the NBPs‐GOx‐Pt electrodes toward glucose were examined at a potential of 0.7 V in PBS solution by means of time‐base (TB) technique. Results show that NBPs bearing ? O? group membrane (PI‐3) has many advantages in the immobilization of glucose oxidase because of its strong adherence to electrode surface and chemical stability and selectivity. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Applications of hybrid universality to multivariable zeta-functions

In the present paper, we obtain new results on universality as applications of hybrid universality and almost-periodicity in its half-plane of absolute convergence. By using these, we show the universality for Euler products of Igusa type, Euler-Zagier multiple zeta-functions and Tornheim-Hurwitz type of double zeta-functions.