A Novel 3‐D Heterobimetallic Cyano‐bridged Coordination Polymer Incorporating Ag···Ag Interaction: [Cu(dien)Ag(CN)2]2[Ag2(CN)3][Ag(CN)2]

A three‐dimensional cyano‐bridged copper(II) complex, [Cu(dien)Ag(CN)₂]₂[Ag₂(CN)₃][Ag(CN)₂] ( 1 ) (dien = diethylenetriamine), has been prepared and characterized by X‐ray crystallography. Complex 1 crystallized in the monoclinic space group P2₁/n with a = 6.988(2), b = 17.615(6), c = 12.564(4) Å, β = 90.790(5)°. The crystal consists of cis‐[Cu(dien)]²⁺ units bridged by [Ag(CN)₂]^— to form a zig‐zag chain. The Ag atoms of the free and bridging [Ag(CN)₂]^— link together to form additional infinite zig‐zag chains with short Ag···Ag distances. The presence of Ag···Ag interactions effectively increases the dimensionality from a 1‐D chain to a 3‐D coordination polymer.     

Electrochemical behavior and determination of epinephrine at a mercaptoacetic acid self-assembled gold electrode

The electrochemical behavior of epinephrine (EP) at a mercaptoacetic acid (MAA) self-assembled monolayer modified gold electrode was studied. The MAA/Au electrode is demonstrated to promote the electrochemical response of epinephrine by cyclic voltammetry. The possible reaction mechanism is also discussed. The diffusion coefficient D of EP is 6.85 × 10⁻⁶ cm² s⁻¹. In 0.1 mol L⁻¹ phosphate buffer (pH 7.20), a sensitive oxidation peak was observed at 0.177 V, and the peak current is proportional to the concentration of EP in the range of 1.0 × 10⁻⁵–2.0 × 10⁻⁴ mol L⁻¹ and 1.0 × 10⁻⁷–1.0 × 10⁻⁶ mol L⁻¹. The detection limit is 5 × 10⁻⁸ mol L⁻¹. The modified electrode is highly stable and can be applied to the determination of EP in practical injection samples. The method is simple, quick, sensitive and accurate.     

Prediction of soil organic carbon partition coefficients by soil column liquid chromatography

To avoid the limitation of the widely used prediction methods of soil organic carbon partition coefficients (KOC) from hydrophobic parameters, e.g., the n-octanol/water partition coefficients (KOW) and the reversed phase high performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) retention factors, the soil column liquid chromatographic (SCLC) method was developed for KOC prediction. The real soils were used as the packing materials of RP-HPLC columns, and the correlations between the retention factors of organic compounds on soil columns (ksoil) and KOC measured by batch equilibrium method were studied. Good correlations were achieved between ksoil and KOC for three types of soils with different properties. All the square of the correlation coefficients (R2) of the linear regression between log ksoil and log KOC were higher than 0.89 with standard deviations of less than 0.21. In addition, the prediction of KOC from KOW and the RP-HPLC retention factors on cyanopropyl (CN) stationary phase (kCN) was comparatively evaluated for the three types of soils. The results show that the prediction of KOC from kCN and KOW is only applicable to some specific types of soils. The results obtained in the present study proved that the SCLC method is appropriate for the KOC prediction for different types of soils, however the applicability of using hydrophobic parameters to predict KOC largely depends on the properties of soil concerned.     

Use of the tubulin bound paclitaxel conformation for structure-based rational drug design

A new computational docking protocol has been developed and used in combination with conformational information inferred from REDOR-NMR experiments on microtubule bound 2-(p-fluorobenzoyl)paclitaxel to delineate a unique tubulin binding structure of paclitaxel. A conformationally constrained macrocyclic taxoid bearing a linker between the C-14 and C-3'N positions has been designed and synthesized to enforce this "REDOR-taxol" conformation. The novel taxoid SB-T-2053 inhibits the growth of MCF-7 and LCC-6 human breast cancer cells (wild-type and drug resistant) on the same order of magnitude as paclitaxel. Moreover, SB-T-2053 induces in vitro tubulin polymerization at least as well as paclitaxel, which directly validates our drug design process. These results open a new avenue for drug design of next generation taxoids and other microtubule-stabilizing agents based on the refined structural information of drug-tubulin complexes, in accordance with typical enzyme-inhibitor medicinal chemistry precepts.     

A new sensitive and selective fluorescence method for determination of chlorine dioxide in water using rhodamine S

A new simple, selective and sensitive method for the determination of trace chlorine dioxide in water has been developed, based on the oxidation by chlorine dioxide to reduction the fluorescence of rhodamine dyes in ammonia-ammonium chloride buffer solution. Four rhodamine dyes systems such as rhodamine S, rhodamine G, rhodamine B and butyl-rhodamine B were tested. The rhodamine S system is the best, with a linear range of 0.0060-0.450 μg mL⁻¹ and a detection limit of 0.0030 μg mL⁻¹ ClO₂. It was applied to the determination of chlorine dioxide in synthetic samples and real samples, with satisfactory results. This method has good selectivity, especially, other chlorine species such as chlorine, hypochlorite, chlorite and chlorate do not interfere the determination. The mechanism of fluorescence reduction was also considered.     

Crystallization and melting behaviors of polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene-co-butene) block copolymers

Non-isothermal and isothermal crystallization behaviors of polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene-co-butene) (PSt-b-PEB) block copolymers with different compositions and chain lengths were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results show that crystallization of PEB block is strongly dependent on the composition. Crystallization temperature (T_c), melting temperature (T_m) and fusion enthalpy (ΔH_f) increase rapidly with PEB volume fraction (V_E) for block copolymers with V_E below 50%, but there is little change when PEB block becomes the major component. Glass transition temperature (T_g) of the PSt block and order-disorder transition temperature (T_ODT) of block copolymers also have a weak effect. The isothermal crystallization kinetics results show that Avrami exponent (n) was strongly dependent on the composition and crystallization temperature. For the block copolymers with V_E below 38.7 vol%, the values of n vary between 0.9 and 1.3, indicating that crystallization is confined. For the PSt-b-PEB block copolymers with V_E higher than 50%, fractionated crystallization behavior is usually observed. A two-step isothermal crystallization procedure is applied to these block copolymers. It is found that breakout crystallization occurs at higher T_c, but confined at lower T_c. Two overlapped melting peaks are observed for the block copolymers with fractionated crystallization behavior after two-step crystallization, and only the higher melting peak corresponding to breakout crystallization can be used to derive equilibrium melting temperature.     

微波衍生-离子对高效液相-磺化四苯基卟啉光度法同时测定痕量镍、铜、锰和锌

 用磺化四苯基卟啉 (TPPS4 )作柱前衍生试剂 ,在微波作用下进行衍生反应 ,研究了衍生和分离Ni2 + ,Mn2 + ,Zn2 + 和Cu2 + 的最佳条件。在 75 0W的微波作用下衍生反应 3min ,在C18柱上采用乙腈 水 (体积比为 2 2 5∶77 5 )体系作流动相 ,四乙基溴化铵 (TEABr)作离子对试剂 ,在 415nm处检测 ,建立了微波衍生 离子对高效液相快速分离、光度检测Ni2 + ,Mn2 + ,Zn2 + 和Cu2 + 的新方法。络合物和反应试剂在 15min内出峰完毕。Zn2 + ,Cu2 + ,Ni2 + 和Mn2 + 的检测限分别为 0 0 5 μg/L ,0 0 1μg/L ,0 10 μg/L和 0 40 μg/L。     

金属—血清白蛋白的结构研究——Ⅵ.等离子点附近HSA和BSA中Cu(Ⅱ)和Ni(Ⅱ)金属中心的结构

本文用紫外光谱研究了等离子点附近HSA或BSA ¹Cu(Ⅱ)或Ni(Ⅱ)金属中心的结构。结果表明:在pH₄.0～5.3时,Cu(Ⅱ)—HSA配合物在低浓度时独具五配位的四方锥构型,高浓度时(>10^-4mol·l^-1)为四配位的四方平面构型,Cu(Ⅱ)—BSA、Ni(Ⅱ)—BSA在上述pH范围内均只存在四方平面构型。Cu(Ⅱ)、Ni(Ⅱ)结合位置与生理pH下的相同,均在白蛋白的N端三肽段上,与Asp^{1相似文献}   

Voltammetric determination of uric acid by using gold nanotubule electrode

Gold nanotubule membranes were prepared by using electroless deposition of gold within the pores and surfaces of polycarbonate track-etched membranes.And the gold nanotubule membrane was used as an electrode for determination of uric acid in urine samples for the first time.In Britton-Robinson buffer of pH 4.56,uric acid exhibited well-defined differential pulse voltammograms.And the interference between coexistent ascorbic acid and uric acid was overcome owing to the attractive ability of the gold nanotubule electrode to yield a large anodic peak difference ca.0.404 V(vs.SCE).The proposed method was then applied to the determination of uric acid in urine without any pretreatment.