Preparation of o‐bromobenzophenone derivatives from lithium diarylcuprate(I) reagents

The reaction of lithium diarylcuprate(I) reagents with o‐bromobenzoyl chloride has been investigated. In general, the reaction proceeds well to give synthetically useful o‐bromobenzophenone derivatives as the major product. It is suggested that a minor substituent effect, whereby diarylcuprate reagents containing an ortho or meta substituent react more favourably, may be attributed to small changes in the structure of the organometallic reagent. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Diaquabis(5-methoxyindole-2-carboxylato)bis(3-picoline)nickel(II) Complex: Synthesis,Characterization, XRD,TGA, DFT and HSA

A new complex of diaquabis(5-methoxyindole-2-carboxylato)bis(3-picoline)nickel(II) (Ni(5-MeOI2CA)₂(3-pic)₂(H₂O)₂), was synthesized for the first time and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR and electronic spectroscopy (UV-Vis) and single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. The thermal degradation of the Ni(II) complex was investigated using thermogravimetric and differential thermal analyses techniques in oxygen atmosphere. The molecular structure of the complex was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction technique. Hirshfeld surface analysis (HSA) investigated the packing modes and intermolecular interactions in molecular crystals, as they provide a visual picture of intermolecular interactions. In addition, all computational studies at B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) were carried out for theoretical characterization of Ni(II) complex. The optimized geometry results, which were well represented the X-ray data, were shown that the chosen of DFT/B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) was a successful choice for title compound. After a successful optimization, FMOs, chemical activity, non-linear optical properties (NLO), molecular electrostatic potential (MEP), Mulliken population (MPA), natural population analyses (NPA), Fukui function analysis (FFA) and natural bond orbital analysis (NBO), which could not obtained by experimental ways, were calculated and investigated. The computed of net charges and chemical activity studies which helped to identifying the electrophilic/nucleophilic nature.     

The Cytochrome P450 Engineering Database: integration of biochemical properties

Background  

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYPs) form a vast and diverse enzyme class of particular interest in drug development and a high biotechnological potential. Although very diverse in sequence, they share a common structural fold. For the comprehensive and systematic comparison of protein sequences and structures the Cytochrome P450 Engineering Database (CYPED) was established. It was built up based on an extensible data model that enables its functions readily enhanced.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Thermally Curable Benzoxazine‐Functionalized Polystyrene Macromonomers

Summary: Thermally curable benzoxazine ring‐containing polystyrene macromonomers were synthesized and characterized. 1,4‐Dibromo‐2,5‐bis(bromomethyl)benzene and 1,4‐dibromo‐2‐(bromomethyl)benzene were used as initiators in the atom transfer radical polymerization of styrene. The resulting polymers were used in combination with 3‐aminophenylboronic acid hemisulfate, for a Suzuki coupling. The obtained polymers, with amino groups in the middle or end of the chains, were reacted with formaldehyde and phenol to yield benzoxazine ring‐containing macromonomers. In addition to the glass transition temperature of the polystyrene segment observed at ca. 105 °C, differential scanning calorimetry thermograms exhibit an exotherm at ca. 276 °C corresponding to the oxazine thermal polymerization. Both macromonomers undergo thermal curing with the formation of thermosets having polystyrene segments.

Structure of the benzoxazine‐functionalized polystyrene.     

Synthesis and Characterization of N-(2,2-Diphenylacetyl)- N′-Substituted Thiourea Derivatives: The Crystal Structure of N-(2,2-Diphenylacetyl)-N′-(4-chloro phenyl)-thiourea

A series of new N-(2,2-diphenylacetyl)-N ′-substituted thiourea derivatives (1–9) have been prepared and characterized by elemental analyses, IR and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. N-(2,2-diphenylacetyl)-N ′-(4-chlorophenyl)-thiourea was also characterized by a single crystal X-ray diffraction study. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c with Z = 4 and a = 9.6551(19) Å, b = 20.060(4) Å, c = 9.894(2) Å, β = 104.29(3)°. The molecular conformation of the compound is stabilized by an intramolecular (N1-H1···O1) hydrogen bond that forms a pseudo-six-membered ring.     

Fixed points of non-Newtonian contraction mappings on non-Newtonian metric spaces

The study of non-Newtonian calculi was started in 1972 by Grossman and Katz. These calculi provide an alternative to the classical calculus and they include the geometric, anageometric and bigeometric calculi, etc. Recently, Çakmak and Ba?ar (2002) have studied the concept of non-Newtonian metric. Also they have given the triangle and Minkowski’s inequalities in the sense of non-Newtonian calculus. In this paper, we introduce a fixed point theory by defining some topological structures of the relevant non-Newtonian metric space.     

Assessing protein–ligand binding modes with computational tools: the case of PDE4B

In a first step in the discovery of novel potent inhibitor structures for the PDE4B family with limited side effects, we present a protocol to rank newly designed molecules through the estimation of their IC\(_{50}\) values. Our protocol is based on reproducing the linear relationship between the logarithm of experimental IC\(_{50}\) values [\(\log\)(IC\(_{50}\))] and their calculated binding free energies (\(\Delta G_\mathrm{binding}\)). From 13 known PDE4B inhibitors, we show here that (1) binding free energies obtained after a docking process by AutoDock are not accurate enough to reproduce this linear relationship; (2) MM-GB/SA post-processing of molecular dynamics (MD) trajectories of the top ranked AutoDock pose improves the linear relationship; (3) by taking into account all representative structures obtained by AutoDock and by averaging MM-GB/SA computations on a series of 40 independent MD trajectories, a linear relationship between \(\log\)(IC\(_{50}\)) and the lowest \(\Delta G_\mathrm{binding}\) is achieved with \(R^2=0.944\).     

Structural and functional changes in ultrasonicated bovine serum albumin solutions

Effects of high-intensity ultrasonication on functional and structural properties of aqueous bovine serum albumin (BSA) solutions were investigated. The functional properties of BSA were altered by ultrasonication. Surface activity of BSA increased. Minimal changes were observed in the global structure of BSA but surface charge increased particularly at basic pH values (e.g. pH>9). While dynamic light scattering measurements indicated that the particle size increased up to 3.4 times after 90 min of sonication, no significant increase in the oligomeric state of BSA using blue native PAGE was observed. The amount of free sulfhydryl groups in BSA after 90 min of sonication decreased. The increased particle size and decreased number of free sylfhydryl groups may be attributed to formation of protein aggregates. Surface hydrophobicity increased and circular dichroism spectroscopy and FTIR analysis indicated changes in the secondary structure of BSA. We hypothesize that mechanical, thermal and chemical effects of ultrasonication resulted in structural changes in BSA that altered the functional properties of the macromolecule which may be attributed to the formation of an ultrasonically induced state that differs from a thermally, mechanically or solvent induced state.     

The origin of negative capacitance in Au/n-GaAs Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) prepared by photolithography technique in the wide frequency range

Capacitance–voltage (C–V) and conductance–voltage (G/ω–V) measurements of the Au/n-GaAs Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) in the wide frequency range of 10 kHz–10 MHz at room temperature were carried out in order to evaluate the reason of negative capacitance (NC). Experimental results show that C and G/ω are strong functions of frequency and bias voltage especially in the accumulation region. NC behavior was observed in the C–V plot for each frequency and the magnitude of absolute value of C increases with decreasing frequency in the forward bias region. Contrary to C, G/ω increases with decreasing frequency positively in this region. NC behavior may be explained by considering the loss of interface charges at occupied states below Fermi level due to impact ionization processes. Such behavior of the C and G/ω values can also be attributed to the increase in the polarization especially at low frequencies and the introduction of more carriers in the structure. The values of R_s decrease exponentially with increasing frequency according to literature. In addition, the values of C and G/ω at 1 MHz were corrected to obtain the real diode capacitance by taking the effect of R_s into account.