Bioinspired core‐crosslinked micelles from thymine‐functionalized amphiphilic block copolymers: Hydrogen bonding and photo‐crosslinking study

Bioinspired core‐bound polymeric micelles, based on hydrogen bonding and photo‐crosslinking, of thymine have been prepared from poly(vinylbenzylthymine)‐b‐poly(vinylbenzyltriethylammonium chloride). The amphiphilic block copolymer was synthesized by 2,2‐tetramethylpiperidin‐1‐oxyl‐mediated living radical polymerization in water/ethylene glycol solution. Micelle characterization and critical micelle concentration measurements demonstrated that the hydrogen bonding of the attached thymine units stabilizes the micelles. Further, core‐crosslinked polymeric micelles were formed by ultraviolet (UV) radiation showing that the stability of the micelle could be controlled by the UV crosslinking of the attached thymines. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2011     

Holstein极化子能带和有效质量的温度依赖性

使用正则变换方法,考察了一维Holstein极化子能带和有效质量的温度依赖性。结果表明,对于一定的电子声子耦合强度,Holstein极化子能带宽度随温度升高而变窄,有效质量随温度升高而增大。特别是当电子声子耦合强度足够大时,极化子能带宽度在很小的温度范围内会迅速地变为零,我们认为这种情况实际上是极化子从能带状态向自陷局域态的迅速转变,这与通常的相变现象有点相类似。当电子声子耦合常数越大时,极化子有效质量随温度的升高而增加得越快。很显然,研究电子声子相互作用,对理解固体的光学和输运等性质将有重要的意义。     

毛细管电泳-激光诱导荧光检测分枝杆菌脱氧核糖核酸限制性内切酶谱

建立了毛细管电泳分离-激光诱导荧光检测（CE-LIFD）分析分枝杆菌脱氧核糖核酸（DNA）限制性内切酶谱的新方法。用聚合酶链反应(PCR)扩增分枝杆菌hsp65基因的长度为439 bp的片段,该扩增片段经限制性内切酶BstEⅡ和 HaeⅢ酶切后,分别用CE-LIFD装置和常规琼脂糖电泳（AGE）对比检测酶切片段。对PCR扩增片段的酶切样品的预处理和CE条件进行了优化,获得了8种分枝杆菌DNA的限制性内切酶谱图。 DNA片段相对迁移时间的相对标准偏差（RSD）≤3.6%。结果表明,CE的分离效能明显高于AGE,是研究DNA限制性内切酶谱的更有效的检测手段。     

升温速率对胜利褐煤热解过程中N迁移转化的影响

在固定床/流化床管式石英反应器中进行了胜利褐煤的快速热解和慢速热解实验,考察了升温速率对N迁移转化及对半焦内部N化学形态变化的影响。研究结果表明,快速升温热解气相N(NH₃和HCN)生成量明显高于慢速热解时的生成量,且随着温度的升高,两者差值均逐渐增大。在多数情况下,NH₃或HCN的产率在973 K左右并不随温度的升高而增加,这与高温下的半焦热缩聚反应以及挥发分的二次反应有关。快速热解条件下,半焦N的释放速率要快于半焦炭本身失重速率。X射线光电子能谱(XPS)分析认为,热解使得吡咯型N(N-5)部分转化为吡啶型N(N-6)和季氮型N(N-Q),快速热解有利于生成N-6,而慢速热解下半焦中N-Q含量较高。     

球状、立方状及空心立方状PbS纳米晶的控制合成及其形成机理

以醋酸铅为铅源,硫代乙酰胺为硫源,在表面活性剂十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)和十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)共同作用下,通过简单地调节水热反应的反应温度控制合成出球状、立方状和空心立方状PbS纳米晶。利用XRD、TEM对合成产物的结构和形貌进行了表征,发现合成的球状、立方状和空心立方状PbS纳米晶尺寸均一,直径为100 nm左右。对球状、立方状和空心立方状PbS纳米晶的形成机理进行了初探,结果表明反应温度较低时,水热反应初始阶段形成的PbS小颗粒呈球形,在表面活性剂SDS的烷基链模板和CTAB微胶束软模板共同作用下生成球状PbS纳米晶;反应温度较高时,水热反应初始阶段形成的PbS小颗粒由于自身的立方相岩盐晶体结构的影响有呈立方状趋势,在SDS和CTAB共同作用下产物堆积成空心立方体状或立方状。     

(2-Fluoro­phenyl­imino)­tri(1-pyrrolyl)­phospho­rane

The P atom of the title compound, C₁₈H₁₆FN₄P, has a slightly distorted tetrahedral geometry. The P—N bond lengths range from 1.671 (3) to 1.680 (3) Å, while the P=N bond is 1.517 (3) Å. The pyrrolyl groups are arranged around the P atom in a chiral propeller-like geometry.     

The Practical Asymmetric Syntheses of Key Chiral Intermediates of Chiral Drug from Four-Carbon Chiral Pool

(S)-or (R)-2-Amino-4-phenylbutyric acid and (S)-or (R)-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutyric acid and their ethyl esters are key chiral intermediates for the preparation of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and other chiral drugs. Their practically asymmetric synthetic methods in large scale from four-carbon chiral pool, commercially available L-aspartic acid and L-malic acid, will be presented (as scheme). (S)-2-Amino-4-phenylbutyric acid and its ethyl ester hydrochloride were prepared from the easily available L-aspartic acid via activation by forming anhydride hydrochloride, Friedel-Crafts reaction with benzene, hydrogenolysis and esterification with ethanol in the presence of thionyl chloride in overall yield of 80% and 73.6% respectively with 99% ee. We first used amino acid anhydride hydrochloride as the acylating agent in Friedel-Crafts reaction without racemization. [1]     

Outer‐sphere electron transfer metal‐catalyzed polymerization of styrene using a macrobicyclic ligand

The CuBr‐catalyzed polymerizations of styrene in the presence of a macrobicyclic mixed donor (N and S) encapsulating ligand, NH₂capten, were carried out in toluene at 60 and 100 °C. The macrobicyclic nature of the ligand ensures that a transition metal ion is effectively encapsulated (caged) within the three‐dimensional cavity, resulting in activation of radicals through an outer‐sphere electron transfer mechanism. The kinetic data showed that the polymerizations were uncontrolled with little “living” behavior. The external orders of reaction in [CuBr], [NH₂capten], and [CuBr₂] were 0.5, 0.5, and close to zero, respectively, in agreement with the postulated mechanism of little or no deactivation of polymeric radicals and a significant amount of bimolecular termination. Although “living” behavior was not found using the cage ligand, it was decided that it would provide an ideal method for radical coupling experiments to make high‐molecular weight multiblock copolymers from a difunctional PSTY (Br‐PSTY‐Br, PDI = 1.11). The coupling reaction of Br‐PSTY‐Br using CuBr/NH₂capten and excess Cu(0) in toluene at 100 °C gave no loss of the starting Br‐PSTY‐Br. Changing the solvent to the aprotic DMSO resulted in a significant increase in the rate of consumption of starting Br‐PSTY‐Br, with over 87% being used in under 10 min at 60 °C. In addition, higher molecular weight species were also formed, suggesting that OSET gives little or no side reactions on this time scale. It was initially thought that to get such high rates of reaction that the SET‐LRP disproportionation mechanism (2Cu(I) → Cu(0) + Cu(II)) was at play. However, UV–Vis experiments of the CuBr/NH₂capten showed little or no disproportionation products. This important result suggests that DMSO catalyzes the OSET reaction through the stabilization of the radical‐anion intermediate, which then rapidly fragments to a polymeric radical. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 146–154, 2008     

Divergence theorems in path space

We obtain divergence theorems on the solution space of an elliptic stochastic differential equation defined on a smooth compact finite-dimensional manifold M. The resulting divergences are expressed in terms of the Ricci curvature of M with respect to a natural metric on M induced by the stochastic differential equation. The proofs of the main theorems are based on the lifting method of Malliavin together with a fundamental idea of Driver.     

Tyrphostin Tumor Growth Inhibitors of EGFR and ErbB2 Tyrosine Kinase

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are small molecules that bind to the ATP binding site of the tyrosine kinase domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and disrupt the uncontrolled signaling reactions in cancer cells by inhibiting tyrosine phosphorylation. Tyrphostins (or malononitriles) are one class of compounds known to function as tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Our focus is to determine the structural features of these molecules that make them candidates for tyrosine kinase inhibitors. In this study, the X-ray crystal structures of four compounds shown to have EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibition have been determined. They are 4-methoxybenzylidenemalononitrile, (3,4,5-trihydroxybenzylidene) malononitrile, α-cyano-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxy)thiocinnamide, and N-(3′,4′-dihydroxybenzylidenecyanoacetyl)indoline. Crystallographic data: 4-methoxybenzylidenemalononitrile, P2₁/c, a = 3.9173(6) Å, b = 24.909(3) Å, c = 9.6487(9) Å, β = 91.10(1)°, V = 941.3(2) ų; (3,4,5-trihydroxybenzylidene) malononitrile, P2₁/c, a = 7.0065(5) Å, b = 10.7158(9) Å, c = 13.4191(10) Å, β = 102.986(6)°, V = 981.7(1) ų; α-cyano-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxy)thiocinnamide, P1bar, a = 9.6640(19) Å, b = 9.7204(13) Å, c = 10.3305(18) Å, α = 88.93(1)°, β = 83.88(2)°, γ = 66.12(1)°, V = 882.0(3) ų; N-(3′,4′-dihydroxybenzylidenecyanoacetyl)indoline, P1bar, a = 7.8887(7) Å, b = 8.220(1) Å, c = 12.967(2) Å, α = 94.42(1)°, β = 99.45(9)°, γ = 118.37(8)°, V = 718.0(2) Å³.