Introduction of Quantum Dots into PNIPAM microspheres by precipitation polymerization above LCST

Amphiphilic polymers having different polymerizable functional groups were synthesised and investigated as coatings for semiconductor nanoparticles (Quantum Dots, QDs). QDs coated with hydrophobic ligands were successfully transferred into water using these polymers and the assemblies were co-polymerized with N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) by a precipitation polymerization method. In the resulting hybrid microspheres, QDs were uniformly distributed within the PNIPAM matrix. The influence of different polymerizable groups and counter ions of the amphiphilic polymer on the copolymerization process were investigated.     

RP-HPLC determination of lipophilicity in series of quinoline derivatives

In the present paper we describe results on the synthesis and lipophilicity determination of a series of biologically active compounds based on their heterocyclic structure. For synthesis of styrylquinoline-based compounds we applied microwave irradiation and solid phase techniques. The correlation between RP-HPLC retention parameter log k (the logarithm of retention factor k) and log P data calculated in various ways is discussed, as well as, the relationships between the lipophilicity and the chemical structure of the studied compounds.      

Hydrogen bonding in the bromide salts of 4‐aminobenzoic acid and 4‐aminoacetophenone

In the title compounds, 4‐carboxyanilinium bromide, C₇H₈NO₂⁺·Br⁻, (I), and 4‐acetylanilinium bromide, C₈H₁₀NO⁺·Br⁻, (II), each asymmetric unit contains a discrete cation with a protonated amino group and a halide anion. Both crystal structures are characterized by two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded networks. The ions in (I) are connected via N—H...Br, N—H...O and O—H...Br hydrogen bonds, with three characteristic graph‐set motifs, viz. C(8), C₂¹(4) and R₃²(8). The centrosymmetric hydrogen‐bonded R²₂(8) dimer motif characteristic of carboxylic acids is absent. The ions in (II) are connected via N—H...Br and N—H...O hydrogen bonds, with two characteristic graph‐set motifs, viz. C(8) and R₄²(8). The significance of this study lies in its illustration of the differences between the supramolecular aggregations in two similar compounds. The presence of the methyl group in (II) at the site corresponding to the hydroxyl group in (I) results in a significantly different hydrogen‐bonding arrangement.     

Modeling highly branched structures: Description of the solution structures of dendrimers,polyglycerol, and glycogen

We show that Random Branching Theory (RBT) accurately describes the structures of various synthetic and natural highly branched polymers in solution. We test the theory against data taken from the literature, including radii of gyration of glycogen, hyperbranched polyglycerols, and polyamidoamine dendrimers and the small‐angle X‐ray scattering profiles of these same dendrimers. In particular, all these polymers can be described adequately by sequentially branching units, packed together in a random close packing arrangement. Combined with previous tests against experiments and computer simulations, the evidence presented here shows that RBT is a simple, but surprisingly useful, theory of highly branched polymers' solution structure. We suggest that it is sufficiently powerful to be useful in the design of new polymers. Our most surprising conclusion is that random attachment of component parts produces a good model of regularly branched polymers. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 49: 1525–1538, 2011     

Thermodynamic and kinetic studies on the binding of nitric oxide to a new enzyme mimic of cytochrome p450

A new model for the P450 enzyme carrying a SO(3)(-) ligand coordinated to iron(III) (complex 2) reversibly binds NO to yield the nitrosyl adduct. The rate constant for NO binding to 2 in toluene is of the same order of magnitude as that found for the nitrosylation of the native, substrate-bound form of P450(cam) (E.S-P450(cam)). Large and negative activation entropy and activation volume values for the binding of NO to complex 2 support a mechanism that is dominated by bond formation with concomitant iron spin change from S = (5)/(2) to S = 0, as proposed for the reaction between NO and E.S-P450(cam). In contrast, the dissociation of NO from 2(NO) was found to be several orders of magnitude faster than the corresponding reaction for the E.S-P450(cam)/NO system. In a coordinating solvent such as methanol, the alcohol coordinates to iron(III) of 2 at the distal position, generating a six-coordinate, high-spin species 5. The reaction of NO with 5 in methanol was found to be much slower in comparison to the nitrosylation reaction of 2 in toluene. This behavior can be explained in terms of a mechanism in which methanol must be displaced during Fe-NO bond formation. The thermodynamic and kinetic data for NO binding to the new model complexes of P450 (2 and 5) are discussed in reference to earlier results obtained for closely related nitrosylation reactions of cytochrome P450(cam) (in the presence and in the absence of the substrate) and a thiolate-ligated iron(III) model complex.     

Dihydropentalene und 6-Vinylfulvene aus cyclopentadienylcyclopropenen. Notiz zur Umsetzung von 1,2,3-Tris[(tert-butyl)thio]cyclopropenylium-tetrafluoroborat mit cyclopentadienid

Dihydropentalenes and 6-Vinylfulvenes from Cyclopentadienyl-cyctopropenes. Reaction of 1,2,3-Tris[(tert-butyl)thio]cyclopropenylium Tetrafluoroborate with Cyclopentadienide . Reaction of 1,2,3-tris[(tert-butyl)thio]cyclopropenylium tetrafluoroborate ( 6a ) with sodium Cyclopentadienide gives, besides of 7,8-bis{(tert-buty)thio calicene ( 7a ), rearranged products 7,8,8-tris[(tert-butyl)thio]-6-vinylpentafulvene ( 9a ) and 4,5.6-tris[(tert-butyl}thio]-1,2-dihydropentalene ( 10a )) in varying amounts depending on reaction conditions. Vinyl-carbenes 12 and 13 are supposed to be possible intermediates.     

A High‐Pressure Polymorph of Phosphorus Oxonitride with the Coesite Structure

The chemical and physical properties of phosphorus oxonitride (PON) closely resemble those of silica, to which it is isosteric. A new high‐pressure phase of PON is reported herein. This polymorph, synthesized by using the multianvil technique, crystallizes in the coesite structure. This represents the first occurrence of this very dense network structure outside of SiO₂. Phase‐pure coesite PON (coe‐PON) can be synthesized in bulk at pressures above 15 GPa. This compound was thoroughly characterized by means of powder X‐ray diffraction, DFT calculations, and FTIR and MAS NMR spectroscopy, as well as temperature‐dependent diffraction. These results represent a major step towards the exploration of the phase diagram of PON at very high pressures and the possibly synthesis of a stishovite‐type PON containing hexacoordinate phosphorus.