An example of quality control of fine chemical intermediates: related impurity analysis of industrial phthalic anhydride by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

A reliable reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method has been developed for analysis of related impurities in industrial phthalic anhydride (PA). Maleic acid (hydrolysis product of maleic anhydride), phthalimide, and benzoic acid were separated from phthalic acid (Pa, hydrolysis product of PA) on a C₁₈ column by gradient elution with acetonitrile and 0.1% (v/v) aqueous perchloric acid solution. This method is simple, sensitive, and accurate, and has been successfully applied to quality control of PA for industrial use.     

Two Titanium-oxo-Clusters with Malonate and Succinate Ligands: Single-Crystal Structures and Catalytic Property

Two alkane dicarboxylates substituted titanium-oxo-clusters, Ti₆O₃(OOCCH₂COO)₂(O ⁱ Pr)₁₄ (1) and Ti₆O₃(OOCC₂H₄COO)₂(O ⁱ Pr)₁₄ (2), were successfully prepared by one step in situ solvothermal synthesis. The compounds are the first examples of only flexible alkane dicarboxylate-substituted titanium-oxo-clusters. The structures of the compounds are best described as two trinuclear oxo-Ti₃ subunits linked by a μ ₂-O bridge and two malonate or succinate ligands, forming Ti₆ clusters. A photochromic effect was observed upon irradiating the crystals, and the color of the crystals was changed from transparent to gray. Photodegradation of the methyl orange in aqueous dispersions of microcrystals of compounds 1 and 2 were carried out under UV cut white light with the assistance of H₂O₂. Compound 2 exhibited higher photocatalytic activity than 1, which might be related to the smaller angles of μ ₂-O bridge in 2.     

自下而上法制备金-介孔二氧化硅复合纳米管用作还原4-硝基苯酚的催化剂

采用自下而上方法制备了金-介孔二氧化硅复合纳米管,其中金纳米粒子作为催化剂嵌在介孔二氧化硅纳米管管壁内侧。金纳米颗粒的团聚、脱落和晶粒尺寸生长都可以被有效限制,而且催化剂负载量和尺寸大小均可实现简单控制。管壁中的介孔孔道、纳米管末端开口以及一维中空管道可以协同促进反应物扩散,从而提高4-硝基苯酚还原反应活性。循环实验证明这种复合纳米管催化剂具有良好的可重复使用性,而且在反应过程中未出现金纳米粒子脱落或团聚现象。     

新型低共熔溶剂的制备及其在分散液-液微萃取水样中臧红T和胭脂红的应用EI北大核心CSCD

建立了一种基于低共熔溶剂的旋涡辅助分散液-液微萃取和高效液相色谱连用检测水样中臧红T和胭脂红染料的方法。制备了一类分别由苄基三乙基溴化铵、苄基三丁基溴化铵、苄基三乙基氯化铵或苄基三丁基氯化铵(氢键受体)和正辛酸(氢键供体)组成的新型疏水性低共熔溶剂。最佳萃取条件为:选取苄基三丁基氯化铵和正辛酸(摩尔比为1∶2)制备的低共熔溶剂为萃取剂,萃取剂用量为75μL,萃取时间为1 min,溶液pH=7,NaCl浓度为3 mg/mL。在最优化条件下,检测臧红T和胭脂红的线性范围为4.8~1000 ng/mL;相关系数(R^(2))分别为0.9981和0.9987;检出限分别为1.5和1.8 ng/mL;定量限均为4.8 ng/mL。将该方法应用于实际水样中臧红T和胭脂红的测定,加标回收率为88.5%~113.6%,相对标准偏差均低于8.8%。     

Flash memory effects based on styrene/maleimiade copolymers with pendant azobenzene chromophores

Two styrene/maleimiade copolymers with pendant azobenzene chromophores, poly(styrene-1-(4-phenylazo-phenyl)-pyrrole-2,5-dione) (PS-DP) and poly((4-vinyl-benzyl)-9H-carbazole-1-(4-phenylazo-phenyl)-pyrrole-2,5-dione) (PVCz-DP), were synthesized. The polymeric memory devices based on each of the two polymer films (ITO/Polymer/Al) show similar rewritable flash memory behaviors but different transition voltages. By introduction of carbazole groups in the polymer side chains, the voltage difference from OFF to ON state of ITO/PVCz-DP/Al is reduced obviously in comparison with that of ITO/PS-DP/Al, which is beneficial to the protection of devices. Both ITO/PS-DP/Al and ITO/PVCz-DP/Al show high stability under a constant stress or continuous read pulses voltage of 1.0 V. The memory mechanism is governed by space-charge limited conduction (SCLC) on the basis of the I–V curves of these fabricated memory devices. With excellent flash memory characteristics and simple processability, the memory devices fabricated with these two styrene/maleimiade copolymers have potential applications for the future electronic memory devices.     

Squaraine-based colorimetric and fluorescent sensors for Cu-specific detection and fluorescence imaging in living cells

New squaraine-based chemosensors SQ1 and SQ2 functionalized with 2-picolyl units were first synthesized and used as highly selective and sensitive colorimetric and fluorometric dual-channel sensors for Cu²⁺-specific recognition in aqueous systems. Among a series of individual metal ions, only Cu²⁺ could result in dramatic color changes. We also evaluated their capability of biological applications and found that SQ2 could be successfully employed as a Cu²⁺-selective probe in the fluorescence imaging of living cells.     

氢转移聚合反应的研究

羟乙基丙烯酸酯(HEA)进行游离基型聚合,生成聚羟乙基丙烯酸酯(PHEA)的研究已有报道,但有关该化合物氢转移聚合反应仅有Saegusa等进行过研究,而在钠催化下的氢转移聚合反应却未见报道。本文研究了HEA在钠作用下的氢转移聚合反应,用IR、NMR、VPO和元素分析等手段研究了它的结构和分子量,讨论了反应机理。     

Pyrolysis and combustion model of oil sands from non-isothermal thermogravimetric analysis data

Thermogravimetric (TG) data of oil sand obtained at Engineering Research Center of Oil Shale Comprehensive Utilization were studied to evaluate the kinetic parameters for Indonesian oil sand samples. Experiments were carried out at heating rates of 5, 15, and 25 °C min^?1 in nitrogen, 10, 20, and 50 °C min^?1 in oxygen atmosphere, respectively. The extent of char combustion was found out by relating TG data for pyrolysis and combustion with the ultimate analysis. Due to distinct behavior of oil shale during pyrolysis, TG curves were divided into three separate events: moisture release, devolatilization, and evolution of fixed carbon/char, where for each event, kinetic parameters, based on Arrhenius theory, were calculated. Coats–Redfern method, Flynn–Wall–Ozawa method, and distributed activation energy model method have been used to determine the activation energies of degradation. The methods are compared with regard to their characteristics and the ease of interpretation of the thermal kinetics. Activation energies of the samples were determined by three different methods and the results are discussed.     

Charge Transport within a Three-Dimensional DNA Nanostructure Framework

Three-dimensional (3D) DNA nanostructures have shown great promise for various applications including molecular sensing and therapeutics. Here we report kinetic studies of DNA-mediated charge transport (CT) within a 3D DNA nanostructure framework. A tetrahedral DNA nanostructure was used to investigate the through-duplex and through-space CT of small redox molecules (methylene blue (MB) and ferrocene (Fc)) that were bound to specific positions above the surface of the gold electrode. CT rate measurements provide unambiguous evidence that the intercalative MB probe undergoes efficient mediated CT over longer distances along the duplex, whereas the nonintercalative Fc probe tunnels electrons through the space. This study sheds new light on DNA-based molecular electronics and on designing high-performance biosensor devices.