The design of boronic acid spectroscopic reporter compounds by taking advantage of the pK(a)-lowering effect of diol binding: nitrophenol-based color reporters for diols

The complex that forms between a boronic acid and a diol is often much more acidic than the starting boronic acid. In conditions where the solution pH is between the two pK(a) values, the boron atom will convert from a neutral trigonal form to an anionic tetrahedral form upon complexation. Such a change is likely to dramatically alter the electron density of neighboring groups. Utilizing this effect, we have designed and synthesized two nitrophenol-based boronic acid reporter compounds that change ionization states and therefore spectroscopic properties upon diol binding. Both compounds show significant UV changes upon addition of saccharides. For example, a blue shift of the absorption max from 373 to 332 nm was observed with the addition of D-fructose to 2-hydroxy-5-nitrophenylboronic acid at neutral pH. Such a reporter compound can be used as a recognition and signaling unit for the construction of polyboronic acid sensors for the selective and specific recognitions of saccharides of biological significance.     

用ATRP法构筑核壳型梯度极性的多羟基多臂星状超支化聚合物及聚合物刷——三层聚合物刷的合成与表征

设计并通过原子转移自由基聚合方法 (ATRP)合成了核壳型具有梯度极性的多羟基多臂星状聚合物刷 .端羟基超支化聚 (3 乙基 3 羟甲基氧杂环丁烷 )与 2 溴 异丁基酰溴反应制得大分子引发剂 (HP Br) ,以Cu(I)Br和N ,N ,N′ ,N′ ,N″ 五甲基二乙基三胺 (PMDETA)为催化体系 ,进行甲基丙烯酸甲酯 (MMA)的ATRP反应 ,得到以甲基丙烯酸甲酯为臂的多臂星状超支化聚合物 (HP g PMMA) .又以HP g PMMA为引发剂 ,进行甲基丙烯酸羟乙酯 (HEMA)的ATRP聚合 ,得到核壳型具有梯度极性的多羟基多臂星状超支化聚合物 (HP g PMMA b PHEMA) ,继续将其羟基官能团溴代化 (与 2 溴 异丁基酰溴反应 ) ,引发HEMA的ATRP溶液聚合 ,得到了多臂星状超支化聚合物刷 .产物的结构用1 H NMR、FTIR、GPC等进行了表征和测试 .     

Solvent-free reactions of fullerenes and N-alkylglycines with and without aldehydes under high-speed vibration milling

The solvent-free reactions of fullerenes and N-alkylglycines with and without aldehydes (RCHO) 2a-e under high-speed vibration milling (HSVM) conditions have been investigated. Fulleropyrrolidines 4a-e (C₆₀(CH₂N(CH₃)CHR), R=H (4a), C₆H₅ (4b), p-NO₂-C₆H₄ (4c), p-CH₃O-C₆H₄ (4d), p-(CH₃)₂N-C₆H₄ (4e)) were obtained in moderate yields from reactions of C₆₀ with aldehydes 2a-e and N-methylglycine (Prato reaction). In all these solvent-free reactions, 4a was found to be formed besides 4b-e, indicating that fullerenes can react with N-substituted glycines in the absence of aldehyde to give fulleropyrrolidines. For this novel reaction, a possible reaction mechanism involving an electron transfer process has been proposed. Intrigued by this observation, the dependence of the yield on the reagent ratio for the reaction of C₆₀ with paraformaldehyde and/or N-methylglycine was examined to search the optimal conditions. The reaction of C₇₀ with paraformaldehyde and/or N-methylglycine under HSVM conditions was also studied and was found to give the positional isomers of [70]fulleropyrrolidines.     

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}   

Multilayer vesicles and vesicle clusters formed by the fullerene-based surfactant C60(CH3)5K

The self-assembly behavior of a fullerene-based surfactant, C60(CH3)5K, in water was studied using a combination of static and dynamic light scattering, as well as transmission electron microscopy, and compared to that of the compound C60(C6H5)5K. Both fullerene surfactant systems spontaneously assemble into large vesicles consisting of closed spherical shells formed by bilayers, with critical aggregation concentrations (CAC) lower than 10(-6) g ml(-1). At low concentrations, the aggregate sizes of C60(CH3)5K (radius R approximately 26.8 nm) and C60(C6H5)5K (R approximately 17.0 nm) were found to be substantially different from each other, showing that the change of the substituents surrounding the polar cyclopentadienide head group makes it possible to control the size of the resulting aggregates. Furthermore, the C60(CH3)5K vesicles were found to exist in two qualitatively different types of aggregation with a critical reaggregation concentration (CRC) located at 3.30 x 10(-6) g ml(-1). Above the CRC, larger aggregates were observed (R approximately 37.6 nm), showing a more complex form of supramolecular aggregation, e.g., in terms of multi-bilayer vesicles and/or of clusters of bilayer vesicles.     

Theoretical Studies on Reaction Mechanisms of HNCS with NH （ X^3∑）

The reaction mechanisms of HNCS with NH（X^3∑ ） were theoretically investigated. The minimum energy paths （MEP） of the reaction were calculated by using the density functional theory（DFT） at the B3LYP/6-311 ＋ ＋ G^＊＊ level. The equilibrium structural parameters, the harmonic vibrational frequencies, the total energies, and the zeropoint energies（ZPE） of all the species were calculated. The single-point energies along the MEP were further refined at the QCISD（T）/6-311 ＋ ＋ G^＊ ＊ level. It was found that the mechanisms of the HNCS ＋ NH（X^3∑） reaction involve two channels producing the HNC ＋ HNS and the N2H2 ＋ CS products. Channel 1 plays a dominant role and the HNC ＋ HNS are the main preduets. The reaction is exothermie.     

N,N''''-硝基苯酰基取代苯酰氨基硫脲的合成与生物活性

酰氨基硫脲类化合物不仅具有广谱抗菌性能 ,还具有极好的杀虫和植物生长调节活性 [1～ 3] ,因而引起许多国内外学者对硫脲类化合物的合成及其化学结构与生物活性关系方面的研究 [4～ 8] .为了进一步研究不同的取代基团对此类化合物生物活性的影响 ,作者用硝基苯酰基异硫氰酸酯与芳基酰肼加成制得相应的 N ,N -硝基苯酰基取代苯酰氨基硫脲 ( ) ,并初步测定了它们抑制大肠杆菌和枯草杆菌生长的生物活性 .这些化合物尚未见文献报道 .Ar— COCl KSCN Ar—CONCS a～ cAr CONHNH2 ( 1 ～ 7) Ar—CONHC( S) NHNHCOAr Ar:a.o-N…     

Hf[N(SO2C8F17)2]4-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts acylation in a fluorous biphase system

In a fluorous biphase system, Hf[N(SO₂C₈F₁₇)₂]₄ complex (1 mol %) catalyzes Friedel-Crafts acylation of aromatic compounds such as anisole, toluene and chlorobenzene, and the corresponding aromatic ketones are obtained in satisfactory to high yields. The catalyst is selectively soluble in lower fluorous phase and can be easily recovered by simple phase separation. Furthermore, the catalyst can be reused without decrease of activity in most cases.     

Reversed stereoselectivity in iodohydroxylation of allenyl sulfides. An efficient synthesis of (Z)-3-organosulfur-2-iodo-2-propenols

[reaction: see text] It is observed that the iodohydroxylation of 1,2-allenyl sulfides with I(2) and water in aqueous acetone showed Z-selectivity, which is opposite to that of the iodohydroxylation of 1,2-allenyl sulfoxides.     

The electronic structure of FeV-cofactor in vanadium-dependent nitrogenase

The electronic structure of the active-site metal cofactor (FeV-cofactor) of resting-state V-dependent nitrogenase has been an open question, with earlier studies indicating that it exhibits a broad S = 3/2 EPR signal (Kramers state) having g values of ∼4.3 and 3.8, along with suggestions that it contains metal-ions with valencies [1V³⁺, 3Fe³⁺, 4Fe²⁺]. In the present work, genetic, biochemical, and spectroscopic approaches were combined to reveal that the EPR signals previously assigned to FeV-cofactor do not correlate with active VFe-protein, and thus cannot arise from the resting-state of catalytically relevant FeV-cofactor. It, instead, appears resting-state FeV-cofactor is either diamagnetic, S = 0, or non-Kramers, integer-spin (S = 1, 2 etc.). When VFe-protein is freeze-trapped during high-flux turnover with its natural electron-donating partner Fe protein, conditions which populate reduced states of the FeV-cofactor, a new rhombic S = 1/2 EPR signal from such a reduced state is observed, with g = [2.18, 2.12, 2.09] and showing well-defined ⁵¹V (I = 7/2) hyperfine splitting, a_iso = 110 MHz. These findings indicate a different assignment for the electronic structure of the resting state of FeV-cofactor: S = 0 (or integer-spin non-Kramers state) with metal-ion valencies, [1V³⁺, 4Fe³⁺, 3Fe²⁺]. Our findings suggest that the V³⁺ does not change valency throughout the catalytic cycle.

Active site FeV-cofactor of the V-nitrogenase and the EPR spectrum of the reduced cofactor showing ⁵¹V-hyperfine coupling.