UVB-activated psoralen reduces luminal narrowing after balloon dilation because of inhibition of constrictive remodeling

In this study we have explored the potential of PUVB (8-MOP + UVB) therapy for the reduction of luminal narrowing after arterial injury. In 15 rabbits, balloon dilation of iliac arteries was performed. In 20 arteries, dilation was combined with the delivery of pulsed ultraviolet light B (UVB) irradiation with 10 arteries being previously subjected to sensitizer infusion. Changes in vessel diameter, proliferation and extracellular matrix protein content at 6 weeks were evaluated by means of angiography and histomorphometry-immunohistochemistry. We found that PUVB, applied at the time of dilation, induced reduction in late loss (LL) at 6 weeks (percutaneous transluminal angioplasty vs UVB vs PUVB: 0.64 +/- 0.15 mm vs 0.61 +/- 0.05 mm vs 0.29 +/- 0.05 mm; p = 0.018). The same holds true for constrictive remodeling (0.53 +/- 0.15 mm vs 0.45 +/- 0.06 mm vs 0.15 +/- 0.05 mm; p = 0.016). In the irradiation groups, LL was independent of acute gain (AG), as opposed to the control. Collagen content increased significantly after PUVB in media and adventitia, without increased cellular proliferation in all vessel layers. Thus, PUVB at the time of dilation reduced luminal narrowing at follow-up without effecting proliferation. This effect was independent of AG and was associated with increased collagen content in media and adventitia.     

Kinetic of catalytic sucrose esterification in aqueous media

The process of sucrose esterification in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst was developed directing the reaction to the production of weakly substituted esters. Esterification of sucrose was processed with octanoyl chloride in a discontinuous reactor, in presence of 4-dimethylaminopyridine as catalyst. The process was operated in a time interval ranging from 0 to 80 min, at temperatures from 288 to 303 K, pH=10 and at atmospheric pressure. The following conversion levels were obtained: octanoyl chloride 11-84%, primary monoester production of 9-67%, secondary monoesters of 1.3-17%. Activation energies ranging from 158 l to 300 kJ/mol characterized the stages of the process, among them the stage of formation of the DMAP/RCOCl complex (162.43 kJ/mol). The increase in primary monoesters yield due to the temperature rise, leads to an increase in the rate of the direct reaction as well as in the speed of secondary monoester conversion to primary monoesters, quantifying a selectivity in primary isomers in the following positions sequence: 6> 1" > 6".     

New insights in the search for chiral Brønsted bases

The concept of using chiral bases in asymmetric synthesis appeared with the emergence of the chemistry of chiral lithium amides. In recent years, new classes of chiral bases, such as chiral magnesium bisamides and chiral alkali alkoxides have proven to be highly efficient and easy to handle. This paper highlights recent advances and new concepts in the chemistry of this second generation of chiral bases.     

First fluorescent ferrocenyl compound as multiresponsive calcium-sensing device. NMR,electrochemical, and photophysical preliminary investigations in CH(3)CN

A new ferrocene receptor binds a calcium guest via complex processes involving the whole unsaturated core of the ligand. Complexation induces significant changes in the ligand properties, as evidenced by the unprecedented cation sensing observed both by electrochemistry and fluorescence spectroscopy.     

Unprecedented metal template effect on the coupling of dithiafulvene moieties

Coordination of two dithiafulvenyldiphenylphosphines on a Mo(CO)(4) fragment allows a carbon-carbon bond formation upon oxidation, leading to a novel type of metallacycle substituted by a redox active vinylogous tetrathiafulvalene.     

Terpyridine Zn (II), Ru (III) and Ir (III) complexex as new asymmetric chromophores for nonlinear optics: first evidence for a shift from positive to negative value of the quadratic hyperpolarizability of a ligand carrying an electron donor substituent upon coordination to different metal centres

The synthesis of 4'-(C6H4-p-NBU2)-2,2':6',2" -terpyridine and the strongly enhanced second-order NLO response of its Zn(II), Ru(III) and Ir(III)complexes are reported, evidencing for the first time a shift from positive to negative value of the ligand quadratic hyperpolarizability by varying the nature of the metal centre. .     

Through-bond phosphorus-phosphorus connectivities in crystalline and disordered phosphates by solid-state NMR

2D 31P refocused INADEQUATE NMR experiments have been used to determine through-bond P-O-P connectivities in crystalline and disordered phosphates.     

Sur l’ordre de grandeur des quotients partiels du développement en fractions continues régulières

 For any irrational , let denote the regular continued fraction expansion of x and define f, for all z > 0 by and by J. GALAMBOS proved that (μ the Gauss measure)

Observation of a Sharp Transition in Contact Angle in the Wetting of Graphite by Solid Pb-Ni Alloys

The wetting of Pb-Ni crystals on graphite has been observed at 558 K in a Scanning Auger Microprobe. Samples were prepared so as to produce 10 m crystals of Pb with Ni contents increasing from 0 to 0.3 wt% along one axis of the graphite substrate. In the low Ni region, the contact angle was found to decrease slowly from 119° to 98° with increasing Ni content. In the region of high Ni content, a constant contact angle of 83° was measured. In between, crystals with contact angles of 98° and 83° were observed to coexist, near the limit of solubility of Ni in Pb, indicating the presence of a first order transition in contact angle. The continuous decrease in contact angle, in the low Ni region, is due to Ni adsorption at the Pb-graphite interface, which leads to a decrease in interfacial energy. The constant contact angle in the high Ni region is associated with the precipitation of a Ni-rich phase. Various hypotheses are advanced to account for the first order transition in contact angle as a function of Ni concentration.