基于自由基配体的Dy(Ⅲ)配合物的设计、合成、结构及磁性

以氮氧自由基为配体,合成了2例未见文献报道的氮氧自由基-稀土配合物[Dy（hfac）₃（NIT-C₃H₅）（H₂O）]与[Dy（hfac）₃（NIT-C₃H₅）]_n（hfac=六氟乙酰丙酮,NIT-C₃H₅=2-环丙烷基-4,4,5,5-四甲基-2-咪唑啉-3-氧化-1-氧基自由基）。单晶结构分析表明配合物1为单核结构,单斜晶系P2₁/c空间群;配合物2为一维结构,单斜晶系P2₁/c空间群。交流磁化率测试结果表明配合物2虚部表现出频率依赖,这表明配合物2是单链磁体。     

Asymmetric Synthesis, Antifungal Activity and Molecular Modeling of Iodiconazole Isomers

Iodiconazole is a novel antifungal agent that was developed in its racemic form. In order to investigate the ef- fects of the chiral center on the antifungal activity, R- and S-isomers of iodiconazole were prepared on the basis of the asymmetric Sharpless epoxidation. （S）-Iodiconazole was proved to have better antifungal activity than the （R）- isomer. The binding modes of the two isomers with lanosterol 14~z-demethylase were clarified by molecular dock- ing.     

基于4-(2,4-二羧基苯氧基)邻苯二甲酸配体的锌配位聚合物的合成、结构及其荧光传感性能

基于H₄dpa和bpy(H₄dpa=4-(2,4-二羧基苯氧基)邻苯二甲酸,bpy=4,4''-联吡啶)为配体,在水热条件下设计、合成了金属锌配位聚合物(Zn-CP)[Zn(H₂dpa)(bpy)_1.5]_n (1),并用元素分析、红外光谱、X射线单晶衍射等对其进行了结构表征。在1中相邻Zn²⁺与H₂dpa^2-离子和bpy配位形成的一维双链结构,相邻的一维双链通过氢键作用扩展形成三维超分子网结构。荧光研究表明:1是一种灵敏度高、选择性好、多响应的荧光传感器,可用于农药和硝基爆炸物的检测。有趣的是,2,4,6-三硝基苯(TNP)和嘧霉胺(Pth)对1的荧光发射显示出明显的猝灭效果,而抑霉唑(Ima)对1有荧光增强效果。此外,通过紫外可见吸收光谱、荧光寿命以及X射线光电子能谱探究了1的荧光传感机理。     

石墨烯的边界效应在电化学生物传感器中的应用

石墨烯是由底面和边界组成的,这种独特的结构赋予石墨烯很多特殊的性质,如边界上的异相电子转移速率、电容量、局域态密度和结构缺陷、功能性基团等均高于石墨烯的底面,这些固有特征对石墨烯的电化学性能有极大的促进作用,是边界效应的具体体现。本文在阐述石墨烯电化学性能边界效应的基础上,对具有不同形貌特征的石墨烯,如石墨烯纳米片、纳米毯、片晶、纳米墙、纳米纤维、纳米带、量子点等在电化学生物传感领域的具体应用进行了综述和展望。     

Comparison of sample preparation methods combined with gas chromatography with electron‐capture detection for the analysis of multipesticide residues in lotus seeds

Sample preparation is always the major bottleneck in analytical chemistry for the determination of pesticide residues. Different sample preparation methods have been proposed due to the wide variety of pesticides used and the inherent complexity of the matrices. In this study, different sample preparation methods including SPE, matrix solid‐phase dispersion, the quick, easy, cheap, efficient, rugged, and safe method, and a one‐step completion method were compared and evaluated for extracting pesticides from lotus seeds. Analysis was carried out using GC with electron‐capture detection. The results showed that good recoveries for tested pesticides were obtained by using Florisil in the four methods, and the extraction efficiency of the one‐step completion method was superior to the other three methods. The one‐step completion method was confirmed to have good linearity, reproducibility, stability, and recovery for the detection of 36 pesticides in lotus seed samples. The data collected from this study are expected to prove useful in regulating the concentration of the residues in lotus seeds, as well as in protecting human health from the hazards posed by these residues.     

Direct conversion of fructose-based carbohydrates to 5-ethoxymethylfurfural catalyzed by AlCl3·6H2O/BF3·(Et)2O in ethanol

Direct conversion of fructose-based carbohydrates to 5-ethoxymethylfurfural (EMF) catalyzed by Lewis acid in ethanol was investigated. It was found that BF₃·(Et)₂O was favorable for 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) etherification to EMF. BF₃·(Et)₂O combination with AlCl₃·6H₂O with the molar ratio of 1 was an effective catalyst system for synthesis of EMF from fructose-based carbohydrates. 55.0%, 45.4% and 23.9% of EMF yields were obtained from fructose, inulin and sucrose under optimized conditions, respectively.     

Development of a Sensitive Method for the Determination of 4‐(Methylnitrosamino)‐1‐(3‐pyridyl)‐1‐butanol in Human Urine Using Solid‐phase Extraction Combined with Ultrasound‐assisted Dispersive Liquid–liquid Microextraction and LC‐MS/MS Detection

An efficient and sensitive analytical method based on molecularly imprinted solid‐phase extraction (MISPE) and reverse‐phase ultrasound‐assisted dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (USA‐DLLME) coupled with LC–MS/MS detection was developed and validated for the analysis of urinary 4‐(methylnitrosamino)‐1‐(3‐pyridyl)‐1‐butanol (NNAL), a tobacco‐specific nitrosamine metabolite. The extraction performances of NNAL on three different solid‐phase extraction (SPE) sorbents including the hydrophilic‐lipophilic balanced sorbent HLB, the mixed mode cationic MCX sorbent and the molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP) sorbent were evaluated. Experimental results showed that the analyte was well retained with the highest extraction recovery and the optimum purification effect on MIP. Under the optimized conditions of MIP and USA‐DLLME, an enrichment factor of 23 was obtained. Good linearity relationship was obtained in the range of 5‐1200 pg/mL with a correlation coefficient of 0.9953. The limit of detection (LOD) was 0.35 pg/mL. The recoveries at three spiked levels ranged between 88.5% and 93.7%. Intra‐ and inter‐day relative standard deviations varied from 3.6% to 7.4% and from 5.4% to 9.7%, respectively. The developed method combing the advantages of MISPE and DLLME significantly improves the purification and enrichment of the analyte and can be used as an effective approach for the determination of ultra‐trace NNAL in complex biological matrices.     

Concentration induced the interfacial self‐assembly polymorphism of 4, 4′‐dihexadecyloxy‐benzophenon by scanning tunneling microscopy

The concentration effect on a two‐dimensional (2D) self‐assembly of 4, 4′‐dihexadecyloxy‐benzophenon (DHB) has been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy. The self‐assembly of DHB at the phenyloctane/graphite interface was concentration dependent. Under low concentration, the DHB molecules were adsorbed intactly on the graphite surface. With the increasing of concentration, one of side chains connecting the conjugated moiety stretched into the liquid phase. The coexistence of two self‐assembled structures was observed in a moderate concentration. The result indicated that the van der Waals interactions between the molecules and the graphite lattice were decreasing with the increasing concentration. After the samples were placed in ambient conditions over 24 h, a different self‐assembled structure was obtained on the gas/solid interface, in which the DHB molecules were adsorbed on the surface with only one of the side chains. Both the benzophenon core and the other side chain were extended to the gas phase. The results demonstrated that concentration played an important role in forming the 2D molecular self‐assembly and provided an efficient approach for the control of the DHB molecular nanostructure. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

FIPSDock: A new molecular docking technique driven by fully informed swarm optimization algorithm

The accurate prediction of protein–ligand binding is of great importance for rational drug design. We present herein a novel docking algorithm called as FIPSDock, which implements a variant of the Fully Informed Particle Swarm (FIPS) optimization method and adopts the newly developed energy function of AutoDock 4.20 suite for solving flexible protein–ligand docking problems. The search ability and docking accuracy of FIPSDock were first evaluated by multiple cognate docking experiments. In a benchmarking test for 77 protein/ligand complex structures derived from GOLD benchmark set, FIPSDock has obtained a successful predicting rate of 93.5% and outperformed a few docking programs including particle swarm optimization (PSO)@AutoDock, SODOCK, AutoDock, DOCK, Glide, GOLD, FlexX, Surflex, and MolDock. More importantly, FIPSDock was evaluated against PSO@AutoDock, SODOCK, and AutoDock 4.20 suite by cross‐docking experiments of 74 protein–ligand complexes among eight protein targets (CDK2, ESR1, F2, MAPK14, MMP8, MMP13, PDE4B, and PDE5A) derived from Sutherland‐crossdock‐set. Remarkably, FIPSDock is superior to PSO@AutoDock, SODOCK, and AutoDock in seven out of eight cross‐docking experiments. The results reveal that FIPS algorithm might be more suitable than the conventional genetic algorithm‐based algorithms in dealing with highly flexible docking problems. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Adsorption Mechanism of Comb Polymer Dispersants at the Cement/Water Interface

Comb polymers are commonly used as dispersants to stabilize highly concentrated cement suspensions. The effectiveness of such polymeric additives to stabilize these suspensions is determined to a large extent by the amount adsorbed. In this study we investigated the adsorption characteristics of various comb dispersant containing different graft densities on surfaces of cement particle. The effect of inorganic salts on their adsorption was also examined in order to elucidate their adsorption mechanism. The results show that the adsorption of comb polymer dispersants on cement surface conforms approximately to Langmuir's adsorption isotherm and the characteristic plateau A _s and adsorption free energy ΔG_ads are largely dependent on the anionic group content of the comb polymers. The A _s and ΔG_ads increase with increasing anionic group content. This information suggests that the adsorption of comb polymers on cement surfaces is dominated by electrostatic interaction between COO-groups on the comb polymers and the positive surface of the cement. This conclusion is supported by effects of inorganics such as calcium and sulfate ions, and diffuse reflectance FTIR spectroscopy. The implication of results for tuning polymers for the required performance in cement manufacture should be noted.