Synthesis of (zinc(II) phthalocyanine)-containing cellulose derivative using phthalocyanine-ring formation reaction

2,3-Di-O-myristyl-6-O-(zinc(II) phthalocyaninyl) cellulose (5) was synthesized from cellulose (1) by five reaction steps via 6-O-(3′,4′-dicyanophenyl)-2,3-di-O-myristyl cellulose (4). The key reaction was phthalocyanine-ring formation on a cellulose backbone, that is, the reaction of compound 4 with o-phthalodinitrile in the presence of hexamethyldisilazane and zinc acetate in DMF afforded to compound 5 in 35.4 % yield. Consequently, the degree of substitution with phthalocyanine moieties of compound 5 was 0.38. The LB monolayer film of compound 5 on an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode was found to show photocurrent generation performance at 680 nm.     

Phase unwrapping algorithm based on singularity compensation for three-dimensional shape measurement

Three-dimensional (3D) imaging continues to attract much research interest for its wide applications. In 3D shape measurement, the phase carries information about the object. However, phase mapping is ambiguous as the extracted phase is returned in a form that suffers from 2π phase jumps. In this case, the phase data must be unwrapped to be fit for use. Furthermore, sometimes the presence of noise in the measured data, in which many singular points (SPs) are found, makes general phase unwrapping algorithms fail to produce accurate unwrapped results. For this reason, we propose a new phase unwrapping method for dynamic 3D shape measurement. The new algorithm is based on compensating the singularity of discontinuity sources. It uses direct compensators for adjoining SP pairs and uses rotational compensators for other SP pairs. The proposed algorithm has been evaluated and compared with past phase unwrapping methods. Results show that the proposed method gives satisfactory unwrapped results with a low computation time.     

Chiroptical properties of an alternatingly functionalized cellotriose bearing two porphyrin groups

Right-handedness derived from bisporphyrins attached to a cellotriose backbone at O-6 and O'-6 positions is revealed for the first time. This cellotriose is proposed as a model of alternatingly functionalized cellulosics, which have promising properties for applications in optoelectronics and molecular receptors owing to the chirality and rigid backbone effects.     

Distance Between Qubit States with Initial System-Environment Correlation

The time-evolution of the trace distance between two qubit states in the presence of an initial correlation with an environment is investigated by means of the exactly solvable model of qubit and environmental system, where there is at most one excitation in the whole system, It is found that the trace distance can exceed its initial value during the time-evolution under certain conditions if the qubit is initially entangled with the environment. Furthermore the Bures distance between two qubit states is investigated. It is seen that the time-evolution of the Bures distance is quite different from that of the trace distance.     

PSP measurement of flow fields in a supersonic combustor with a backward-facing step

The mixing fields within a SCRAM-jet combustion chamber are visualized using pressuresensitive paint (PSP) as an oxygen sensor. The experiments are performed in a small supersonic wind tunnel at the National Aerospace Laboratory — Kakuda Research Center (NAL-KRC). The main stream Mach number is 2.4, and the dynamic pressure ratios between the injected gas and the main flow are 0.3, 0.7, 1.1 and 1.5. Three fuel injection nozzles are used; oxygen is injected from the central nozzle and air from the two nozzles at either side. The spread of the injected gas is measured to observe the effects of placing the nozzles in different positions. The results show that the jet has its own independent flow structure, and that little mixing of gases occurs between the flow structures created by each nozzle. When the injection dynamic pressure ratio is increased, the oxygen fraction rises in the recirculation zone and falls in the separation zone downstream of the injection.     

二（2,6-二甲基-4-甲氧基）苯基卡宾的产生和反应

为了考察卡宾稳定性的电子效应,合成了对位具有强推电性甲氧基的二（2, 6-二甲基-4-甲氧基）苯基重氮甲烷(1c),通过光分解而产生了二（2,6-二甲基- 4-甲氧基）苯基卡宾(2c)。分别用电子顺磁共振（EPR）光谱,紫外可见(UV/vis) 光谱及激光闪光光分解法对二（2,6-二甲基-4-甲氧基）苯基卡宾(2c)的产生和衰 减过程进行了详细的观察。由于甲氧基的强推电子作用使二苯基卡宾的稳定性大大 降低,其二次动力学衰减速度常数为130s~(-1),是对位非取代二苯基卡宾(2b) (14s~(-1))的约9倍,且室温苯溶液中的寿命为20ms,仅为2b(180ms)的1/9。且通过 产物分析对二（2,6-二甲基-4-甲氧基）苯基卡宾(2c)的反应及甲氧基的取代基效 应进行了详细探讨。     

立体拥挤二苯基卡宾分子结构的电子效应

通过对二苯基重氮甲烷的光照射产生了一系列具有对称对位取代基的三线态二(2,6-二甲苯基)卡宾.用电子顺磁共振波谱对其进行了研究.通过对不同粘度的基质(matrix)中零磁场分裂参数D和E的测定,依据电子自旋离域取代基常数σr对三线态二苯基卡宾的分子结构的取代基效应进行了分析.并通过对卡宾的热消失温度及其室温脱气苯溶液中寿命的测定,对三线态二(2,6-二甲苯基)卡宾的稳定性进行了定量考察.结果表明,对卡宾中心的自旋电子具有离域效应的取代基使三线态二(2,6-二甲苯基)卡宾采取低能稳定的直线型结构,且显示了更好的热稳定性和更长的寿命.     

Facile Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Amino Acids Employing Chiral Ligand-Mediated Asymmetric Addition Reactions of Phenyllithium with Imines

A three-step methodology involving an external chiral ligand-mediated asymmetric addition of phenyllithium to an anisidine imine, oxidative removal of N-PMP group, and finally oxidative conversion of the phenyl group to a carboxyl group provides a facile synthesis of optically pure α-amino acid derivatives bearing a bulky α-substituent.     

First Cellulose Langmuir‐Blodgett Films towards Photocurrent Generation Systems

Langmuir‐Blodgett films of a cellulose derivative containing porphyrins, porphyrin‐cellulose, were fabricated in order to construct a cellulose‐based molecular photocurrent generation system. On visible light illumination of the LB monolayer film deposited on an ITO electrode, anodic photocurrents were observed with a quantum yield of 1.6% at an applied potential of 0 V versus SCE, and 3.8–4.6% at 0.2–0.3 V versus SCE. These values indicate that the self‐quenching of the photoexcited porphyrins in the cellulose LB film was suppressed, while porphyrin moieties in the LB film had a densely packed structure. This is because the porphyrins are located at a distance of approximately 1.0 nm along the cellulose backbone.

     

Preparations of regioselectively methylated cellulose acetates and their 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic analyses

Seven possible regioselectively methylated cellulose acetates (RS‐MCAs)—2,3,6‐tri‐O‐methyl cellulose acetate, 3,6‐di‐O‐methyl cellulose acetate, 2,6‐di‐O‐methyl cellulose acetate, 2,3‐di‐O‐methyl cellulose acetate, 6‐O‐methyl cellulose acetate, 3‐O‐methyl cellulose acetate, and 2‐O‐methyl cellulose acetate—were prepared for the first time from chemically synthesized cellulose derivatives obtained by cationic ring‐opening polymerization and then were analyzed by ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. The chemical shifts of ring protons and carbons were influenced by substituent groups (methyl or acetyl) and clearly reflected the pattern of substituent distribution in anhydroglucose units. These data may conveniently be used for the determination of the substituent distribution of methyl cellulose. The synthesized RS‐MCAs also may be used for the elucidation of the structure–property relationship. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 4167–4179, 2002