NMR chemical shifts in the low–pH form of a-chymotrypsin. A QM/MM and ONIOM–NMR study

 The relationship between hydrogen bonding and NMR chemical shifts in the catalytic triad of low-pH α-chymotrypsin is investigated by combined use of the effective fragment potential [(2001) J Phys Chem A 105:293] and ONIOM–NMR [(2000) Chem Phys Lett 317:589] methods. Our study shows that while the His57 N^δ1−H bond is stretched by a relatively modest amount (to about 1.060 ?) this lengthening, combined with the polarization due to the molecular environment, is sufficient to explain the experimentally observed chemical shifts of 18.2 ppm. Furthermore, the unusual down-field shift of H^ɛ1 (9.2 ppm) observed experimentally is reproduced and shown to be induced by interactions with the C=O group of Ser214 as previously postulated. The free-energy cost of moving H^δ1 from His57 to Asp102 is predicted to be 5.5 kcal/mol. Received: 26 September 2001 / Accepted: 6 September 2002 / Published online: 21 January 2003 Contribution to the Proceedings of the Symposium on Combined QM/MM Methods at the 222nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, 2001 Correspondence to: J. H. Jensen e-mail: jan-jensen@uiowa.edu Acknowledgements. This work was supported by a Research Innovation Award from the Research Corporation and a type G starter grant from the Petroleum Research Fund. The calculations were performed on IBM RS/6000 workstations obtained through a CRIF grant from the NSF (CHE-9974502) and on supercomputers at the National Center for Supercomputer Applications at Urbana-Champaign. The authors are indebted to Visvaldas Kairys for help with the CHARMM program, and to Daniel Quinn for many helpful discussions.     

Concentrated reverse micelles in a random graft block copolymer system: structure and in-situ synthesis of silver nanoparticles

The structure and rheological properties of a poly(dimethylsiloxane)-graft-poly(oxyethylene) copolymer at high concentrations in block-selective solvents were studied by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and rheometry. Analysis of SAXS data indicates that quasispherical, reverse micellar aggregates (with no ordered packing) are present in concentrated solutions of the copolymer in nonpolar solvents, and that upon addition of water, the size of such aggregates increases due to the solubilization inside the micellar cores. The viscosity of concentrated polymer solutions increases exponentially as water is added, and finally, viscoelastic, gel-like behavior is found in the vicinity of the phase separation limit. It was found that small silver nanoparticles with an average diameter of ≈3 nm can be synthesized inside the copolymer aggregates without the need of a reducing agent; namely, particles embedded in a viscoelastic matrix are obtained. The synthesis seems to follow first-order kinetics. Electronic supplementary material Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at and is accessible for authorized users.     

二氧化碳/环氧丙烷/γ-丁内酯三元共聚物微球降解性的研究

动物体内的体液和肠胃等器官的环境各不相同，这就要求各种不同用途的载药体的降解性能必须满足特定环境的要求。同时，可降解材料在不同的降解介质中通常有着不同的降解表现，这也决定着可降解材料的运用环境。因此，有必要对降解性材料在不同降解介质中的降解性进行专门的研究，由CO2和环氧化物合成的脂肪族聚碳酸酯具有良好的生物降解性能。     

Palladium salicylaldimine complexes containing boronate esters

Reactions of salicylaldehydes with boronate ester derivatives of aniline have been examined. Addition of these Schiff base ligands to palladium acetate or Na₂PdCl₄ afforded novel boron-containing trans-bis(N-arylsalicylaldiminato) palladium complexes.Condensation of salicylaldehyde (2-HOC₆H₄C(O)H) with H₂NC₆H₄Bpin (pin=1,2-O₂C₂Me₄) afforded the boron-containing Schiff bases, 2-HOC₆H₄C(H)=NC₆H₄Bpin (1–3a). Similar reactivity with 2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzaldehyde and 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde gave the corresponding Schiff bases (1-3b) and (1-3c), respectively. Reaction of Schiff bases (2) and (3) with palladium acetate or Na₂PdCl₄ afforded complexes of the type PdL₂ (4,5), where L=deprotonated Schiff base. The molecular structure of the nitro-salicylaldehyde 4-Bpin palladium complex (5b) was characterized by an X-ray diffraction study. All new palladium compounds have been characterized fully and tested for their antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus.     

Flocculation with poly(ethylene oxide)/tyrosine-rich polypeptide complexes

New insights into the mechanism for the flocculation of aqueous colloids by the sequential addition of a water-borne phenolic polymer, called cofactor, followed by very high molecular poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) are presented. It is proposed that PEO/cofactor complexes form in the aqueous phase and adsorb onto the surfaces of the target colloidal particles. Flocculation will occur if PEO/cofactor complex on one particle will bind to adsorbed complex on a second particle; i.e., if the complexes are sticky. The proposed mechanism was illustrated by flocculation experiments with precipitated calcium carbonate, very high molecular weight PEO, and a polypeptide cofactor called PEY1 which was a 1:1 random copolymer of l-glycine and l-tyrosine. Independent measurements of the PEO/PEY1 complex properties, in the absence of calcium carbonate, were used to support the mechanism. In order for PEO/PEY1 complexes to be sticky, they must simultaneously have unbound PEY1 and polymer segments. With time the complexes deactivate (i.e., lose their stickiness) by a reconfiguration process which results in elimination of either unbound PEY1 or PEO segments.     

硅胶固载化─（Lewis）酸催化剂的研究Ⅰ．硅胶固载化─四氯化钛复合物催化体系

以硅胶球为基质键合γ－ＧＯＰＳ并各接枝上具有络合功能的三种配体，邻位氨基吡啶、间酰氨基吡啶及对酰氨基吡啶，再和ＴｉＣｌ＿４络合成固载化的Ｌｅｗｉｓ酸催化剂，将这些催化剂进行缩醛、缩酮及酯化反应，有很好的催化活性，重复使用多次不失效．本文在合成此类催化剂的过程中利用热失重（ＴＧ）法及等离子光谱法（ＩＣＰ）等检测方法对合成此类催化剂的每一步进行跟踪检测，得到键合反应，开环反应及络合反应过程中的键合量，开环相量和ＴｉＣｌ＿４络合量的定量数据．对固载化催化剂表面的接枝量有所了解，从而可进一步检测此类催化剂的催化效应并得到一些启示．     

新型含氟液晶类化合物的质谱研究

本文报道66个新型含氟液晶类化合物的电子轰击电离质谱(EIMS). 66个化合物分为三个类型, 即炔醚类, 炔酯类和炔类. 并利用MS/MS联用技术和高分辨质谱(HRMS)数据研究了三种不同类型化合物的裂解机理, 并总结其规律性, 结果将有助于未知的类似化合物的结构鉴定 .     

聚-4,7-二硫杂壬基倍半硅氧烷铂配合物的合成及其对烯烃硅氢加成反应的催化性能

4,7-二硫杂壬基三甲氧基硅烷以气相法二氧化硅固载化,再与氯亚铂酸钾反应,合成了气相法二氧化硅固载的聚-4,7-二硫杂壬基倍半硅氧烷铂配合物。该配合物用量为烯烃摩尔数十万分之一时,仍能有效地催化烯烃与三乙氧基硅烷的硅氢加成反应,单程烯烃转化数可达80,000。     

有害杂草的微量元素分析

紫茎泽兰和水葫芦均属有害杂草，大规模防治的有效方法还未找到，本文分析研究了采自昆明郊区的紫茎泽兰和滇池水域的水葫芦中微量元素的含量，为进一步开发利用这两种杂草提供科学依据。