Degradation of ferric EDTA by Burkhol cepacia

EDTA, the target compound of this study from the effluent of secondary biotreatment units, can be biodegraded by special microorganisms. So far, there are three species of microorganisms—Agrobacterium, Gram-negative BNCI, and DSM9103—that can degrade EDTA and are published in the literature. We have successfully isolated a bacterial strain that can degrade EDTA. It was identified as Burkhol cepacia, an aerobic species, elliptically shaped with a length of 5–15 μm. The growth medium contains 1000 mg/L of ferric-EDTA as carbon source, 750 mg/L of (NH₄)₂SO₄+(NH₂)₂CO as nitrogen source, and 1000 mg/L of KH₂PO₄ as phosphorus source, and mineral factors such as Fe and Mg. Incubated at pH, 7.0, 30°C, and 150 rpm on a shaker for 15 d, the average specific growth rate of this microbe is 0.135 d⁻¹, which shows that the respective degradation efficiency of Fe-EDTA and Cu-EDTA is 90 and 75% individually.     

A constant-denominator perturbation theory using circulant orbitals

Molecular-orbital calculations, using the INDO procedures, were carried out on the tautomers of 1, 2, 4-triazole and its benzo-derivative as well as on 1, 2, 5-oxadiazole and its benzo-derivative. Calculations of the transition energy as well as the dipole moment helped to predict the predominant tautomer in an equilibrium mixture. The correspondence between the calculated and observed data is satisfactory. The results of calculations indicated some differences in the electronic structures of the tautomers of a compound.     

Phase-locked InGaAsP laser array with diffraction coupling

A phase-locked array of InGaAsP lasers has been fabricated for the first time. The array utilized diffraction coupling between 10 adjacent lasers to achieve phase locking. Threshold current as low as 200 mA is obtained for arrays with 250 m cavity length. Smooth single-lobe far field patterns with beam divergence as narrow as 3° have been achieved.     

A one-pot multicomponent coupling reaction for the stereocontrolled synthesis of (Z)-trisubstituted allylic alcohols

In this Communication, we outline a new one-pot, multicomponent coupling reaction that allows easy access to (Z)-trisubstituted allylic alcohols. Our strategy is based on E to Z isomerization of the 1-bromo-1-dialkylvinylborane upon reaction with dialkylzinc reagents, and subsequent transmetalation to give (Z)-trisubstituted vinylzinc species. In situ trapping of the reactive vinylzinc intermediates with aldehydes furnished a series of (Z)-trisubstituted allylic alcohols. This method represents a viable alternative to the Still-Gennari modification of the HWE olefination reaction, and it has the advantage that it allows coupling of larger fragments.     

相转移催化元素硫的歧化反应

本工作将相转移催化(PTC)应用于元素硫歧化反应,大大降低了反应温度,提高了反应速度。该反应被证实与熔态硫在水溶液中的歧化相同,即4S+6OH~-=2S~(2-)+S_2O_3~(2-)+3H_2O。比较了四乙基铵、四丁基铵、十六烷基三甲基铵和三辛基甲基铵四种相转移催化剂及四氯乙烯、二甲苯和四氯乙烷三种溶剂的影响。讨论了本体系相转移催化的证据。为改进以元素硫歧化反应为基础的提取冶金过程提供了依据。     

Palladium-catalyzed C-O bond formation: direct synthesis of phenols and aryl/alkyl ethers from activated aryl halides

A simple and efficient palladium-catalyzed carbon-oxygen bond formation is reported. The palladium-tri-tert-butylphosphine complex was found to be effective in converting haloarenes to corresponding substituted phenols. This methodology offers a direct transformation of aryl halides to phenols, as well as the straightforward application to generate a wide variety of diaryl or alkyl/aryl ethers.     

Continuation calculations of boron- (aluminum-, titanium-, and nickel-) doped La13 clusters

In this work, we have calculated boron-, aluminum-, titanium-, and nickel-doped La13 clusters by DMOL method based on the density-functional theory. Two doping modes are employed: surface and center doping. The boron, aluminum, and nickel atoms prefer to occupy the surface sites while the titanium atom prefers to occupy the center site. The doped La13 clusters with these four kinds of atoms have lower binding energy than pure La13 clusters. The icosahedral isomers are of lower binding energy than cubotahedral and decahedral isomers for La12B(-1), La12Al(-1), and La12Ni, while doping makes the cubotahedral La12Ti stable with a binding energy a little lower than icosahedral La12Ti. There are electronic shell effects in icosahedral La12B(-1) and La12Al(-1). The icosahedral La12B(-1) is promising to be formed during the doped process experimentally. Furthermore, we have also discussed the distorted structures of center doping by bond lengths, density of states, and charge transfers.     

A rigid linker-scaffold for solid-phase synthesis of dimeric pharmacophores

Bifunctional linker-scaffolds (compounds 1-3) were designed to meet several criteria for solid-phase syntheses of bivalent ligands. They have two amine-functionalized arms that can be differentially protected. Elaboration of these arms could give ligand-pharmacophore dimers wherein the two active components are held reasonably rigidly at around 10 A separation. Their bifunctional design also enables reactions of libraries with libraries to amplify diversity in a truly combinatorial fashion. Molecules 1-3 are also designed so that cleavage of the linker liberates the scaffold entity into solution under conditions that create only byproducts that should not interfere with biological assays. Thus they contain 2-nitrobenzene sulfonamide components that cleave in the presence of good nucleophiles. In the event, the linker-scaffolds 1-3 were prepared (Schemes 1 and 2). The N-benzyl system 2 was shown to have good stability to the types of conditions that might be used to functionalize the scaffold arms and to be sufficiently labile to the cleavage nucleophile (vide infra). The nucleophiles generally used to cleave nitrobenzene sulfonamides either generate undesirable byproducts (thiophenol or alkane thiols) or proved to be insufficiently reactive for the required solid-phase transformations (n-propylamine). However, sodium sulfide was investigated as a new alternative and shown to be a highly reactive cleavage agent that gives only volatile byproducts and sodium hydroxide. It is suggested that sodium sulfide is a highly desirable nucleophile for cleavage of 2-nitrobenzene sulfonamides, in general. The linker-scaffolds 1-3 were used to prepare a small library of bivalent ligands targeted to a protein receptor having charged cavities separated by approximately 10 A. These systems were made from guanidine, pyridinium, carboxylic acid, and sulfonic acid constituents (Tables 1 and 2).     

Synthesis and characterization of Ru2(DMBA)4X2 (X = CN, N3, N(CN)2, I): controlling structural, redox, and magnetic properties with axial ligands

Metathesis reactions between Ru(2)(DMBA)(4)Cl(2) (DMBA = N,N'-dimethylbenzamidinate) and MX (M = Na and K) yielded bis-adduct derivatives Ru(2)(DMBA)(4)X(2) (X = CN (1), N(3) (2), N(CN)(2) (3)). Metathesis reactions between Ru(2)(DMBA)(4)(NO(3))(2) and KI resulted in Ru(2)(DMBA)(4)I(2) (4). Compound 1 is diamagnetic, while compounds 2-4 are paramagnetic (S = 1). Both compounds 1 and 2 undergo two reversible one-electron processes, an oxidation and a reduction, while compound 3 features a quasireversible reduction. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies revealed that the Ru-Ru bond lengths are 2.4508(9), 2.3166(7), 2.304[1], and 2.328(1) A for compounds 1-4, respectively. Structural and electrochemical data clearly indicate that the axial ligands impart a significant influence on the electronic structures of diruthenium species.     

Comparing Intrinsic Reactivities of the First‐ and Second‐Generation Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts in the Gas Phase

An experimental comparison of the gas‐phase reactivity of the 14‐electron reactive intermediates produced by phosphine dissociation from the first‐ and second‐generation ruthenium metathesis catalysts, (L)Cl₂Ru?CHR (L=PCy₃ or NHC), supports Grubbs's contention that the second‐generation catalysts show hundred‐fold higher phenomenological activity despite a slower phosphine dissociation because of a much more‐favorable partitioning of the 14‐electron active species towards product‐forming steps. The gas‐phase study finds, in ring‐opening metathesis of norbornene as well as acyclic metathesis of ethyl vinyl ether, that the first‐generation systems display evidence for a higher barrier above that for phosphine dissociation; the second‐generation systems, on the other hand, behave as if there is no significantly higher barrier.