Copper‐catalyzed asymmetric 1,4‐conjugate addition of dialkylzinc to enones

Asymmetric 1,4‐conjugation addition of dialkylzinc (diethylzinc and dimethylzinc) to cyclic enones, chalcone and nitroalkenes was achieved by a 25 mol% (R)‐6,6′‐Br₂‐BINOL( 1f ), 25 mol% CuSPh and 100 mol% dicyclohexylmethylamin(Cy₂NMe) catalyst system. The Cu(I) catalyst system enables the cyclic enone, chalcone and nitroalkene generality with high enantioselectivity (up to 84% ee) and isolated yield (up to 94%) under mild reaction conditions. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A SPECIAL CUBIC SYSTEM CLOSE RELATED TOTHE GENERAL QUADRATIC SYSTEM

1NumberandDistributionofCriticalPoilltsConsiderthefollowingcubicsystem:itcontainsonlytwocubictermspx'andqx'morethanthegeneralquadraticsystem:Thecoordinatesofthecriticalpointsatinfinityof(1)mustsatisfytheequation:px'y~qx'=0.(3)SoA(P,q,0)andB(0,l,0)aretheonlycriticalpointsatinfinityof(1).Itiseasilyseenthatthetwocharacteristicrootsof(1)atAareAl=AZ=--p,soAisastable(unstable)nodewhenp>0(<0).Moreover,Bisahigherordercriticalpointatinfinityof(1)withindex0,itisthepileupof3criticalpointsontheequat…     

Ultrafast optical switching in Kerr nonlinear photonic crystals

Nonlinear photonic crystals made from polystyrene materials that have Kerr nonlinearity can exhibit ultrafast optical switching when the samples are pumped by ultrashort optical pulses with high intensity due to the change of the refractive index of polystyrene and subsequent shift of the band gap edge or defect state resonant frequency. Polystyrene has a large Kerr nonlinear susceptibility and almost instantaneous response to pump light, making it suitable for the realization of ultrafast optical switching with a response time as short as a few femtoseconds. In this paper, we review our experimental progress on the continual improvement of all-optical switching speed in two-dimensional and three-dimensional polystyrene nonlinear photonic crystals in the past years. Several relevant issues are discussed and analyzed, including different mechanisms for all-optical switching, preparation of nonlinear photonic crystal samples by means of microfabrication and self-assembly techniques, characterization of optical switching performance by means of femtosecond pump-probe technique, and different ways to lower the pump power of optical switching to facilitate practical applications in optical information processing. Finally, a brief summary and a perspective of future work are provided.     

Image magnification based on similarity analogy

Aiming at the high time complexity of the decoding phase in the traditional image enlargement methods based on fractal coding, a novel image magnification algorithm is proposed in this paper, which has the advantage of iteration-free decoding, by using the similarity analogy between an image and its zoom-out and zoom-in. A new pixel selection technique is also presented to further improve the performance of the proposed method. Furthermore, by combining some existing fractal zooming techniques, an efficient image magnification algorithm is obtained, which can provides the image quality as good as the state of the art while greatly decrease the time complexity of the decoding phase.     

A Novel Ion‐Selective Electrode for Determination of the Mercury(II) Ion Based on Schiff Base as a Carrier

A new poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) membrane ion‐selective electrode based on bis‐salicyladehyde‐diaminjodipropylamine (BSDDA) as an ion carrier was successfully applied to the detection of Hg²⁺ ions. This electrode displayed good selectivity toward Hg²⁺ in comparison with other metal ions and exhibited a Nernstian slope of 30.5 ± 0.4 mV per decade of Hg²⁺ over a concentration range of 9.5 × 10^?7 to 6.4 × 10^?2 M of Hg²⁺ in the pH range 1.5 to 3.5. The detection limit was 7.0 ± 0.2 × 10^?7 M and response time was about 10 s to 25 s. The electrode can be used at least 2 months without apparent divergence in potential. In addition, the effects of experimental parameters such as membrane composition, nature and amounts of plasticizer and additive were investigated. The proposed electrode could be used as an indicator electrode in the detection of Hg²⁺ in samples.     

Computing the Degree-4 Shortest Network under a Given Topology

Let F be a set of n (n being an even number) fixed points and let M be a set of n / 2 -1 moving points, whose locations are to be determined, in the plane. A topology is a set of edges connecting these points in the set V=F\cup M . Let E be a full 4-degree Steiner topology; i.e., the topology forms a tree which contains fixed points of degree 1 and moving points of degree 4, and let H(E) be a set of topologies which include E and its degeneracies. We define a canonical tree over V as one whose topology belongs to H(E) and in which the sum of two adjacent angles around any node is not less than π . In this paper we prove that if a canonical tree exists, then it is the shortest (degree-4) network under a given topology E . We present an O(n ² ) time algorithm for finding a degree-4 shortest network whose topology belongs to H(E) . Received November 16, 1998.     

2,2′-Biimidazole as an Efficient Ligand for Copper(I)-Catalyzed C‒N Coupling Reactions

An efficient copper(I)-catalyzed system using 2,2′-biimidazole as the ligand was applied to N-arylation of a broad spectrum of nitrogen nucleophiles with aryl halides. The reactions were carried out in relatively mild conditions with good to excellent yields.     

Electrochemiluminescence Behavior of Ru(bpy)32+/Carbofuran System on an Electrically Heated Microelectrode Chip

An electrically heated microelectrode chip (HMEC) was designed and the Ru(bpy)₃²⁺/carbofuran electrochemiluminescence (ECL) systems were applied to characterize the performance of the HMEC. The ECL intensities increase at elevated electrode temperature, and the detection limit at 60°C (electrode surface temperature) was about 10 times lower than that at 30°C. The results indicate that new heated electrode can be handled easily and can be mass produced, the difference between the electrodes was little. The stability of the HMEC was good since the electrode surface can hardly be destroyed during detection and storage.