Synthesis by the method of Merrifield of an actapeptide contained in lysozyme of hen egg-white (sequence Cys64--Gly71)

The solid-phase peptide synthesis of an octapeptide contained in hen egg-white lysozyme (sequence Cys (residue 64) to Gly (residue 71)) is reported. Each step of the synthesis was verified by amino acid analysis. Three main reaction products were obtained. The octapeptide (50% of the reaction products) was purified by two chromatographies on Dowex 50 × 2. The purified peptide was digested by an aminopeptidase and degradated by means of Edman' s method; this latter procedure has shown that the purified octapeptide still contained around 10% of a shorter peptide.     

Phototoxic and photochemical properties of sanguinarine.

Sanguinarine, a commercial drug exhibiting antimicrobial and antitumor properties, was studied with respect to its basic photochemical characteristics and also with regard to its phototoxicity to mosquito larvae (Aedes atropalpus). Sanguinarine proved to be clearly phototoxic to larvae, with an LD50 of 0.096 mg/mL with near UV exposure as compared with 23.3 mg/mL without. Flash photolysis experiments enabled the study of the triplet state of sanguinarine to be undertaken. Quenching by oxygen occurs with a rate constant of 6 x 10(9) M-1s-1 and time-resolved emission studies indicate that sanguinarine produces a significant amount of singlet oxygen (phi delta = 0.16) as does the isoquinoline alkaloid, berberine (phi delta = 0.25). These values represent the first direct quantitative measurements of photosensitization parameters of these compounds. Additionally, sanguinarine exhibits efficient electron donation properties, undergoing reaction with methyl viologen with a rate constant greater than 10(10) M-1s-1, but is a poor electron acceptor. Phototoxicity of sanguinarine can thus be explained in terms of its photosensitization properties.     

Goldstone theorem for bose systems

In three or more dimensions (3) it is proved that if the correlations decay faster than |x|^-(-20) then gauge symmetry breaking is excluded. In one and two dimensions (=1 or 2) the gauge symmetry is always preserved.     

Study of the incorporation of carrier-free57Co in Fe(II) and Mn(II) oxalates by a double radioactive tracer method

The incorporation of carrier-free⁵⁷Co²⁺ by coprecipitation in Fe and Mn oxalato compounds is characterized by a double radioactive tracer method. This is achieved by labelling the host compound with a short-lived tracer,⁵²Fe or⁵²Mn. Activity ratios are measured at several stages, during the precipitation and, afterwards, during the dissolution of the solid. In any case, results indicate very large incorporation yields of⁵⁷Co in the precipitate, independently from the intrinsic precipitation yield of the host compound. The observation of a continuous distribution of dopant atoms in the matrix in coprecipitation and dissolution experiments allows to rule out the adsorption of the doping species on a pre-existing precipitate of the host compound and accounts for isomorphous replacement. Incorporation of⁵⁷Co in Fe(II) oxalate follows a logarithmic distribution law, giving rise to a concentration gradient of dopant species in the precipitate. Dopant atoms are found to be concentrated in the internal layers of the crystals.     

Indentation-induced deformations of GaAs(011) at a high temperature

Indentation tests were performed at a high temperature on GaAs(011). This orientation allowed the activation of normal and inclined slip systems. Samples with two different thicknesses were prepared and a large range of loads was used. Observations on decreasing scales were carried out using different microscopies and more particularly transmission electron microscopy on thin foils prepared by the focused-ion-beam technique. The back side of the thinnest samples could be deformed using the highest loads. The deformation was observed to be anisotropic on the back side as well as at the indented surface. On one side of the indentation, an anisotropic climb of matter was revealed and associated with microtwinning development. Convergent-beam electron diffraction as well as chemical etching allowed us to determine rigorously the polarity of the samples and the character of dislocations ( for g) generated by the indenter. The dislocations extending deeper into the samples were determined to be fdislocations. This result was discussed in view of the difference between the core reconstructions and mobilities of fand gdislocations.     

Effects of Al concentration and resulting long-period superstructures on the plastic properties at room temperature of Al-rich TiAl single crystals

The role of Al₅Ti₃ and h-Al₂Ti long-period superstructures on the plastic properties of TiAl at room temperature is investigated on five single crystals with aluminium content comprised between 54.7 at.%, and 62.5 at.%. After annealing at 1200°C for 1?h, the Al₅Ti₃ superstructure develops in the L1₀ (γ) matrix upon increasing Al concentration except for Ti–62.5 at.%Al where h-Al₂Ti substitutes for Al₅Ti₃. The CRSS for <110]{111} first increases abruptly with the development of the Al₅Ti₃-type ordering. Then, the CRSS reaches a plateau at which dislocations assemble in groups of four to prevent extra anti-phase boundary (APB) from being engendered during glide throughout the Al₅Ti₃ phase. In Ti–62.5 at.%Al, the CRSS for ordinary slip further increases upon the precipitation of h-Al₂Ti in the L1₀ phase, whereas it decreases when the crystal is fully transformed into single-phased Al₅Ti₃. <101] superlattice dislocations are primarily activated under both the [210] and [1?1?8.6] load orientations irrespective of the Al concentration, but the dislocation microstructure strongly depends on orientation as well as on the degree of Al₅Ti₃ ordering. In the [210] orientation, the frequency of the decomposition of <101] dislocations into 1/2<110] and 1/2<112] dislocations decreases abruptly with the development of Al₅Ti₃. This is interpreted in terms of the increased difficulty to move ordinary dislocations. Under the [1?1?8.6] orientation, the density of faulted dipoles diminishes remarkably with the development of Al₅Ti₃. This is consistent with the transformation of the low energy extrinsic stacking fault of the L1₀ phase into a higher energy complex extrinsic stacking fault.     

Low generation PEGylated phosphorus-containing dendrons with phosphonate anchors

We present a simple strategy to obtain non-symmetrical polyethylene glycols equipped with telechelic phosphorus-containing dendrimeric moieties having adhesive phosphonate surface functions. The dendronized PEG tails were characterized by means of multi-nucleus NMR. The grafting abilities of model symmetrical PEG compounds equipped with telechelic amino-bis(methylene-dimethylphosphonates) and amino-bis(methylenephosphonic acids) were rapidly screened on plasma treated silicon wafers and activated silica.     

Preparation of Chiral Amino Esters by Asymmetric Phase‐Transfer Catalyzed Alkylations of Schiff Bases in a Ball Mill

The asymmetric alkylation of Schiff bases under basic conditions in a ball mill was performed. The starting Schiff bases of glycine were prepared beforehand by milling protected glycine hydrochloride and benzophenone imine, in the absence of solvent. The Schiff base was then reacted with a halogenated derivative in a ball mill in the presence of KOH. By adding a chiral ammonium salt derived from cinchonidine, the reaction proceeded asymmetrically under phase‐transfer catalysis conditions, giving excellent yields and enantiomeric excesses up to 75 %. Because an equimolar amount of starting material was used, purification was greatly simplified.     

Electronic structure of IPR and non-IPR endohedral metallofullerenes: Connecting orbital and topological rules

The electronic structure of endohedral metallofullerenes is rationalized by connecting the apparently independent orbital and topological rules that explain the stability of this family of fullerenes. The separation of the 12 pentagons of the fullerene, which is maximized in order to minimize the Coulomb repulsion, is found to be correlated with the orbital energies of the cage that accepts the electron transfer from the internal cluster. An explanation for the absence of non-IPR cages in large-size EMFs is also provided.     

A Lie symmetry approach for the solution of the inverse kinematics problem

In this paper, it is considered the inverse kinematics problem, which is faced from a differential point of view. In particular, it is shown that an asymptotic inverse kinematics can be interpreted as a Lie symmetry of the direct kinematics. A parameterization of all Lie symmetries of the direct kinematics is proposed, and the classical Newton and gradient method are obtained as particular cases.