Electron scattering on C6F6 and SF6 molecules

Total absolute cross sections for electron scattering on hexafluorobenzene, C₆F₆, and sulfur hexafluoride, SF₆, molecules, have been measured as a function of impact energy from 0.6 to 250 eV. The total cross section for C₆F₆ exhibits a very broad peak stretching from 10 to 100 eV with some weak features near 9.5 and 15 eV superimposed on the peak. Apart from the well-known low-energy resonant structures in the SF6 total cross section function, a new weak resonant feature close to 25 eV has been noticed in the present experiment, in accordance with earlier theoretical calculations.     

High throughput screening technology and the small molecules modulating aging related signals

Aging and its related diseases are severe issues in modern society. Many efforts have been made to understand the mechanisms of aging and to find the ways to prevent age-related diseases. Identifying the compounds targeting aging-related signals is a challenging work because there are so many proteins and signals involved. Recently, alone with the progresses in high throughput screening (HTS) technology, increasing numbers of small molecules targeting aging-related pathologic processes have been identified. In this review, we introduce the basic workflow, classification and assay strategies of HTS technology, and sort out known small molecules identified via HTS technology by their roles in aging related diseases, such as neural degenerative diseases, diabetes and tumors. Given the fact that application of HTS on aging research is still at an early stage, we also summarize the cellular mechanisms about aging process, paralleled with the compounds which can modulate the functions of proteins important for aging signals. Finally, we briefly discuss some advanced HTS technologies for their potent applications on the discovery of anti-aging compounds. The main purpose of this review is to provide updated and useful information to those who are interested in pharmacology and HTS technology, but not familiar with aging biology, or vice versa.     

Electronic structure and molecular orbital study of the first excited state of the high‐efficiency blue OLED material bis(2‐methyl‐8‐quinolinolato)aluminum(III) hydroxide complex from ab initio and TD‐B3LYP

Bis(2‐methyl‐8‐quinolinolato)aluminum(III) hydroxide complex (AlMq₂OH) is used in organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs) as an electron transport material and emitting layer. By means of ab initio Hartree–Fock (HF) and density functional theory (DFT) B3LYP methods, the structure of AlMq₂OH was optimized. The frontier molecular orbital characteristics and energy levels of AlMq₂OH have been analyzed systematically to study the electronic transition mechanism in AlMq₂OH. For comparison and calibration, bis(8‐quinolinolato)aluminum(III) hydroxide complex (Alq₂OH) has also been examined with these methods using the same basis sets. The lowest singlet excited state (S₁) of AlMq₂OH has been studied by the singles configuration interaction (CIS) method and time‐dependent DFT (TD‐DFT) using a hybrid functional, B3‐LYP, and the 6‐31G* basis set. The lowest singlet electronic transition (S₀ → S₁) of AlMq₂OH is π → π* electronic transitions and primarily localized on the different quinolate ligands. The emission of AlMq₂OH is due to the electron transitions from a phenoxide donor to a pyridyl acceptor from another quinolate ligand including C → C and O → N transference. Two possible electron transfer pathways are presented, one by carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen atoms and the other via metal cation Al³⁺. The comparison between the CIS‐optimized excited‐state structure with the HF ground‐state structure indicates that the geometric shift is mainly confined to the one quinolate and these changes can be easily understood in terms of the nodal patterns of the highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals. On the basis of the CIS‐optimized structure of the excited state, TD‐B3‐LYP calculations predict an emission wavelength of 499.78 nm. An absorption wavelength at 380.79 nm on the optimized structure of B3LYP/6‐31G* was predicted. They are comparable to AlMq2OH 485 and 390 nm observed experimentally for photoluminescence and UV‐vis absorption spectra of AlMq₂OH solid thin film on quartz, respectively. Lending theoretical corroboration to recent experimental observations and supposition, the reasons for the blue‐shift of AlMq2OH were revealed. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2004     

Stereoselective assembly of complex oligosaccharides using anomeric sulfonium ions as glycosyl donors

The development of selectively protected monosaccharide building blocks that can reliably be glycosylated with a wide variety of acceptors is expected to make oligosaccharide synthesis a more routine operation. In particular, there is an urgent need for the development of modular building blocks that can readily be converted into glycosyl donors for glycosylations that give reliably high 1,2-cis-anomeric selectivity. We report here that 1,2-oxathiane ethers are stable under acidic, basic, and reductive conditions making it possible to conduct a wide range of protecting group manipulations and install selectively removable protecting groups such as levulinoyl (Lev) ester, fluorenylmethyloxy (Fmoc)- and allyloxy (Alloc)-carbonates, and 2-methyl naphthyl ethers (Nap). The 1,2-oxathiane ethers could easily be converted into bicyclic anomeric sulfonium ions by oxidization to sulfoxides and arylated with 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene. The resulting sulfonium ions gave high 1,2-cis-anomeric selectivity when glycosylated with a wide variety of glycosyl acceptors including properly protected amino acids, primary and secondary sugar alcohols and partially protected thioglycosides. The selective protected 1,2-oxathianes were successfully employed in the preparation of a branched glucoside derived from a glycogen-like polysaccharide isolated form the fungus Pseudallescheria boydii , which is involved in fungal phagocytosis and activation of innate immune responses. The compound was assembled by a latent-active glycosylation strategy in which an oxathiane was employed as an acceptor in a glycosylation with a sulfoxide donor. The product of such a glycosylation was oxidized to a sulfoxide for a subsequent glycosylation. The use of Nap and Fmoc as temporary protecting groups made it possible to install branching points.     

EFFECT OF OVERLAP CONCENTRATION AND PERSISTENCE LENGTH ON DNA SEPARATION IN POLYMER SOLUTIONS BY ELECTROPHORESIS

The persistence length and the overlap concentration(c~*) of poly(ethylene oxide)(PEO) and hydroxyethylcellulose(HEC) with similar molecular weight in 1×TBE buffer were studied by laser light scattering and viscometry.Their effect on DNA separation was investigated by capillary electrophoresis.It was determined that the persistence length of HEC was at least 5 times higher than that of PEO.Therefore,the c~* of HEC was smaller than that of PEO by a factor of ca.2.5.It was also found that the c~* values de...     

竹炭固相萃取/气相色谱-质谱联用对环境水样中16种多环芳烃的测定

以竹炭为固相萃取吸附材料,考察了其对环境水样中16种多环芳烃的吸附富集能力,采用DB-35MS弹性石英毛细管色谱柱对16种多环芳烃进行分离,气相色谱-质谱联用法对多环芳烃进行定性及定量分析.结果表明,1 000 mg竹炭作为固相萃取吸附剂,10 mL二氯甲烷作为洗脱剂,上样速率5 mL/min,水样中甲醇体积分数为15%的条件下,16种多环芳烃有较好的回收率,竹炭固相萃取柱的穿透体积大于500 mL,通过实验比较竹炭的萃取回收率优于商品化的C18固相萃取柱.16种多环芳烃的质量浓度在10 ～500 ng/L范围内与峰面积的线性关系良好(苯并(k)荧蒽,苯并(a)芘,二苯并(a,h)蒽,苯并(g,h,i)苝为25 ～500 ng/L),相关系数为0.983 6 ～0.998 4.方法的检出限为0.6 ～8.0 ng/L,实际水样的加标回收率为67% ～113%,相对标准偏差为2.1% ～11.3%.通过对白沙河河水的分析表明,该方法能够满足实际水样的测定,竹炭可以作为固相萃取材料应用于水中16种多环芳烃的分析测定.     

Thermal properties and stability of lithium titanophosphate glasses

DTA was used to study thermal properties and thermal stability of (50-x)Li₂O-xTiO₂-50P₂O₅ (x=0–10 mol%) and 45Li₂Ot-yTiO₂-(55-y)P₂O₅ (y=5–20 mol%) glasses. The addition of TiO₂ to lithium phosphate glasses results in a non-linear increase of glass transition temperature. All prepared glasses crystallize under heating within the temperature range of 400–540°C. The lowest tendency towards crystallization have the glasses with x=7.5 and y=10 mol% TiO₂. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that major compounds formed by annealing of the glasses were LiPO₃, Li₄ P₂O₇, TiP₂O₇ and NASICON-type LiTi₂(PO₄)₃. DTA results also indicated that the maximum of nucleation rate for 45Li₂O-5TiO₂-50P₂O₅ glass is close to the glass transition temperature.     

The absolute sign of J coupling constants determined using the order matrix calculation

A novel methodology using the order matrix calculation to determine the absolute sign of spin-spin couplings based on the structure of organic compounds is presented. The sign of the residual dipolar coupling (RDC) depends on the sign of corresponding scalar spin-spin coupling constant and the sign of the RDC has a dramatic influence on the order matrix calculation. Therefore, the sign of the spin-spin coupling constant can be obtained by an order matrix calculation through the corresponding RDC. Six types of spin-spin coupling constants, including 2J(H,H), 1J(C,F), 2J(C,F), 3J(C,F), 2J(F,H) and 3J(F,H), were obtained simultaneously. Except for 3J(C,F) where the measured RDCs have very small magnitudes, the signs were determined unambiguously.     

Microstructure and structural transition in coconut oil microemulsion using semidifferential electroanalysis

The microemulsification in coconut oil/octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide/iso-pentanol/water system is investigated. The effect of iso-pentanol concentrations on the size of single-phase microemulsion region is discussed. It is found that the maximum microemulsion domain is obtained when cosurfactant (iso-pentanol)-to-surfactant (octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide) mass ratio is 1.5. The diffusion coefficients of ferrocene (electroactive probe) in microemulsion microenvironment are measured by semidifferential electroanalysis. The microstructure and structural transition from water-in-oil to oil-in-water microemulsions through a bicontinuous structure is examined. The results are found to be in agreement with that of conductivity measurements.     

Analysis of Polysaccharides in Shii - Take fiom Guizhou

Polysaccharides, special those with physiological actions and nutrition, are widely used as an important resources for food, medicine industries, health etc. Herba Glossogynes Tenuifoliae (Shii-Take) is rich in polysaccharides with physiological actions and nutrition. Guizhou lies to the southwest of China, Natural resources abound in this province, in which there is high output and many species of Shii-Fake. So study in the Shii-Take is favor of reasonably utilizing the natural resources and getting high addvalue products. And what is more, It is necessary for energetically developing west economy.