Contact atomic structure and electron transport through molecules

Using benzene sandwiched between two Au leads as a model system, we investigate from first principles the change in molecular conductance caused by different atomic structures around the metal-molecule contact. Our motivation is the variable situations that may arise in break junction experiments; our approach is a combined density functional theory and Green function technique. We focus on effects caused by (1) the presence of an additional Au atom at the contact and (2) possible changes in the molecule-lead separation. The effects of contact atomic relaxation and two different lead orientations are fully considered. We find that the presence of an additional Au atom at each of the two contacts will increase the equilibrium conductance by up to two orders of magnitude regardless of either the lead orientation or different group-VI anchoring atoms. This is due to a resonance peak near the Fermi energy from the lowest energy unoccupied molecular orbital. In the nonequilibrium properties, the resonance peak manifests itself in a negative differential conductance. We find that the dependence of the equilibrium conductance on the molecule-lead separation can be quite subtle: either very weak or very strong depending on the separation regime.     

Arylethynylacridines: electrochemiluminescence and photophysical properties

Electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) of six new ethyne-based acridine derivatives (1-6) has been studied. The new acridine derivatives were synthesized by cross-coupling of 9-chloroacridine and corresponding donor-substituted phenylethynes under modified Sonogashira conditions. The donor groups were varied in the order of increasing steric hindrance and donor strength at the donor site. The solution phase photophysical properties and ECL of these compounds were studied comparatively in acetonitrile solvent. The UV-Visible spectra of compounds 1-5 exhibit closely the same maxima. Density functional theory (DFT) has been invoked to analyze and understand the unexpected UV-Visible absorption behavior. Compounds with weak electron donors produce excimer ECL irrespective of steric hindrance at the donor site, while the compound with a stronger donor gives rise to ECL that is blue-shifted with respect to its photoluminescence spectrum. All except one of these compounds also exhibit solid state fluorescence which may be useful for solid state devices such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and as laser dyes. The observed properties are discussed with reference to the structure of the compounds synthesized.     

An <Emphasis Type="BoldItalic">in silico</Emphasis> approach for screening flavonoids as P-glycoprotein inhibitors based on a Bayesian-regularized neural network

Summary P-glycoprotein (P-gp), an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter, functions as a biological barrier by extruding cytotoxic agents out of cells, resulting in an obstacle in chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer. In order to aid in the development of potential P-gp inhibitors, we constructed a quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) model of flavonoids as P-gp inhibitors based on Bayesian-regularized neural network (BRNN). A dataset of 57 flavonoids collected from a literature binding to the C-terminal nucleotide-binding domain of mouse P-gp was compiled. The predictive ability of the model was assessed using a test set that was independent of the training set, which showed a standard error of prediction of 0.146 ± 0.006 (data scaled from 0 to 1). Meanwhile, two other mathematical tools, back-propagation neural network (BPNN) and partial least squares (PLS) were also attempted to build QSAR models. The BRNN provided slightly better results for the test set compared to BPNN, but the difference was not significant according to F-statistic at p = 0.05. The PLS failed to build a reliable model in the present study. Our study indicates that the BRNN-based in silico model has good potential in facilitating the prediction of P-gp flavonoid inhibitors and might be applied in further drug design.     

Superheating Limit of Boiling n-Hexane Spinodal Decomposition Versus Nucleation Process

Two predicative theories for superheating limits of a boiling liquid are considered in this work. In the nucleation picture, classical homogeneous nucleation theory is used to calculate superheating temperature at various pressures. In spinodal decomposition picture, stability limits are taken as the superheating temperature. A perturbed-hard chain equation of state was developed and used for the purpose of calculating mechanical stability limit. Calculations are done for the case of normal hexane at different pressures and compared with experimental results. Classical nucleation theory gives good prediction at negative and smaller pressures. While near critical pressure, spinodal picture seems to be more accurate.     

在Ar气流中热处理KOH-煤焦制大比表面积活性炭

本文将煤焦与ＫＯＨ混合，在Ａｒ气流中进行低温、高温二次热处理，制得了比表面积为２９１８ｍ２／ｇ的活性炭。考查了操作条件对产品性能的影响，同时用Ｘ射线衍射分析研究了煤焦制活性炭过程中的结构变化特征     

对甲烷氧化偶联W－Mn／SiO＿2催化剂Na＿2WO＿4的流失及其影响的考察

用ＸＲＤ、ＦＴ－ＩＲ、ＥＳＲ、Ｈ２－ＴＰＲ和ＴＰＯ等方法，对Ｎａ２ＷＯ４－Ｍｎ２Ｏ３／ＳｉＯ２催化剂和其经水煮处理的一系列样品进行了表征．实验发现该催化剂中的结晶态Ｎａ２ＷＯ４易于流失，单层分布的Ｎａ２ＷＯ４在苛刻的处理条件下也有可能流失．依此，探讨了上述流失现象与Ｎａ２ＷＯ４－Ｍｎ２Ｏ３／ＳｉＯ２催化剂的催化活性及该催化剂在长时间反应中发生的ＳｉＯ２相变之间的关系，证明了结晶态Ｎａ２ＷＯ４的流失对该催化剂甲烷氧化偶联反应的催化活性只有轻微的影响，单层分布Ｎａ２ＷＯ４的流失可造成催化剂中Ｍｎ从Ｍｎ３＋转变为Ｍｎ２＋，并使催化剂的催化活性明显降低．但在水煮条件下，无论是结晶态的还是单层分布，Ｎａ２ＷＯ４的流失都没有对ＳｉＯ２的α－方石英结构产生影响     

Pt/HM和Pd/HM催化剂表面氧的恢复与供出活化能测定

催化氧化是最重要的工业催化反应之一。七十年代以来,关于氧化催化剂的基础研究取得了长足的进步,采用各种手段对氧化催化剂的表面及体相氧种进行了考察。本文作者根据研究实用氧化催化剂的经验,结合控制论方法,亦提出了多相催化氧化反应的集团结构适应性规律。近年来,作者用TPD和吸附平衡法研究了V_2O_5/SiO_2催化剂表面氧的种类、数目和供出活性,较好地关联了催化氧化的一些事实,使以上规律更趋于半定量化。在多相氧化反应中,催化剂表面活性氧不断处于供出和恢复的循环之中,催化剂表面氧中心的供     

Two Novel Myrinsol Diterpenes from Euphorbia prolifera

Two novel diterpenes,Euphorprolitherin A(1) and Euphorprolitherin B(2), were isolated from the roots of Euphorbia prolifera. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic methods.     

乙基苯乙烯与二乙烯苯球形共聚物吸附树脂作反相薄层色谱固定相

本文合成了乙基苯乙烯与二乙烯苯球形共聚物PED－9吸附树脂，粒径3～7μm，用作薄层色谱固定相，对板效进行了研究，并通过分离实例说明它对硝基苯酚及芳胺具有优良的分离性能。     

Parallel transformations of cyclohexene mediated by the Cp*W(NO) fragment

Hydrogenolysis of Cp*W(NO)(CH2CMe3)2 at room temperature in cyclohexene results in the formation of the intermediate 16e organometallic complex, [Cp*W(NO)(eta2-cyclohexene)]. This intermediate leads to three parallel transformations of cyclohexene, namely (a) C-H activation of cyclohexene to form an eta3-cyclohexenyl hydrido complex, (b) combination of cyclohexene and H2 to form a cyclohexyl hydrido complex, and (c) coupling of two molecules of cyclohexene with concomitant loss of two hydrogen atoms to form a complex containing a novel eta1,eta3-(cyclohexyl)cyclohexenyl ligand. Single-crystal X-ray crystallographic analyses of products resulting from transformations (b) and (c) have been effected.