Synthesis of a Photolabeling Probe for the Study of Antiviral Mechanism of Ribavirin

Ribavirin has been used in urgency to treat SARS patients recently. In order to study its antiviral mechanism by photolabeling approach, we have synthesized and characterized 5-azido-1-β-D-ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxiamide 1 as a photolabeling probe of ribavirin. The azidotriazole nucleoside showed rapid and clean photochemical reaction, suggesting that 1 is a promising probe to study the antiviral mechanism ofribarivin by photolabeling.     

Study of hexane adsorption in nanoporous MCM-41 silica

We study here the adsorption of hexane on nanoporous MCM-41 silica at 303,313, and 323 K, for various pore diameters between 2.40 and 4.24 nm. Adsorption equilibria, measured thermogravimetrically, show that all the isotherms, that are somewhat akin to those of type V, exhibit remarkably sharp capillary adsorption phase transition steps and are reversible. The position of the phase transition step gradually shifts from low to high relative pressure with an increase in the temperature as well as the pore sizes. The isosteric heats of adsorption derived from the equilibrium information using the Clapeyron equation reveal a gradual decrease with increasing adsorbed amount because of the surface heterogeneity but approach a constant value near the phase transition. A decrease in the pore size results in an increase in the isosteric heat of adsorption because of the increased dispersion forces. A simple strategy, based on the Broekhoff and De Boer adsorption theory, successfully interprets the hexane adsorption isotherms for the different pore size MCM-41 samples. The parameters of an empirical expression, used to represent the potential of interaction between the adsorbate and adsorbent, are obtained by fitting the monolayer region prior to capillary condensation and the experimental phase transition simultaneously, for some pore sizes. Subsequently, the parameters are used to predict the adsorption isotherm on other pore size samples, which showed good agreement with experimental data.     

A new method for inversion of hydroxyl group of carbocyclic nucleosides

The hydroxyl group of carbocyclic nucleosides was inversed when the compounds were treated with Me_3SiCl,KCN and a catalytic amount of NaI in DMF/CH_3CN.     

An Efficient and Green Synthesis of 5-Oxo-5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydro- 4H-benzo-[b]-pyran Derivatives Promoted by InCl_3·4H_2O Under Microwave Irradiation

Construction of tetrahydropyran rings has attracted a great deal of interests in organic synthesis in recent years1, since tetrahydropyran moiety constitutes a structural unit in a number of natural products2. In addition, tetrahydropyran derivatives possess wide range of biological activities and pharmacological properties, such as anticancer activity3 and antihypersensitivity4. Many methods for the preparation of such compounds have already been developed5. Among them, condensation of α, β…     

Improving the catalytic activity of Candida antarctica lipase B by circular permutation

Lipases (EC 3.1.1.3) play an important role in asymmetric biocatalysis. Tailoring these enzymes to novel, unnatural substrates is one of the primary challenges of protein engineering. We have used circular permutation, the intramolecular relocation of a protein's N- and C-termini, to explore the effects of altered active site accessibility and protein backbone flexibility on the catalytic performance of lipase B from Candida antarctica (CALB). Our combinatorial approach identified 63 unique functional protein permutants of CALB, and kinetic analysis of selected candidates indicated that a majority of enzyme variants either retained or surpassed wild-type CALB activity on a series of standard substrates. Beyond the potential benefits of these tailor-made lipases as new catalysts for unnatural substrates, our study validates circular permutation as a promising general method for lipase engineering.     

甲烷氧化偶联Ti-La-Li系混合氧化物催化剂

研究了Ti-La-Li三元氧化物的组成、结构及其对甲烷氧化偶联反应的催化性能；用XRD、IR、XPS和SEM等方法对催化剂进行表征，结果表明：在LiTi_xLa_(1-x)O_2系列催化剂中，随x值的不同，可生成LaTi_(1－y)Li_yO_(3-λ)、Li_2TiO_3、La_(0.66)TiO_(2.993)、La_2O_3和Li_(1.33)Ti_(1.66)O_4几种物相，其中，钙钛矿到三元复合氧化物LaTi_(1-y)Li_yO_(3-λ)是甲烷氧化偶联反应的主要活性相，活性位Li~＋-O~－-Ti~(3＋)的形成是活性提高的主要原因．Li_2TiO_3和La_(0.66)TiO_(2.993)是深度氧化活性相，而Li_(1.33)Ti_(1.66)O_4既无偶联活性，也无深度氧化活性．     

The Unusual Spectrum of the Mixture of Tin-octabutoxy Naphthalocyanine and SnCl2 in CH2Cl2

The Q-band position of tin-centered 5, 9, 14, 18, 23, 27, 32, 36-octabutoxy 2, 3-phthalocyanine(SnNc(OBu)8) exhibits dramatic red-shift as mixed with SnCl2 in CH2Cl2.     

三乙胺与2-氯-5-甲氧基对苯醌光电子转移反应的CIDNP研究

用化学诱导动态核极化（CIDNP）方法研究了三乙胺与2-氯-5-甲氧基对苯醌在 C6D6，CH3CN溶剂中的反应机理，实验结果表明反应过程中首先形成基态电荷转移 络合物（CTC），在CD3CN中，光照电荷分离形成离子自由基对，使三乙胺亚甲基产 生发射极化信号。同时用UV-vis实验证实CTC的存在。     

应用反向传播神经网络预测化合物脑血分配系数

选用27种三维结构性质描述符对脑血分配系数预测建立神经网络模型.网络模型选用典型的适合函数逼近的两层结构神经网络对脑血分配系数(lgBB,BB为脑血浓度比)进行预测,计算中采用的模型具有一个双曲正切型激活函数的隐含层和一个线性激活函数的输出层.计算表明,使用小心选择的反向传播神经网络模型对化合物脑血分配系数具有较好的预测能力.