Radiation Chemical Studies of Protein Reactions: Effect of Alkaline-Earth Metals on the Breaking of Secondary Bonding in Protein

The radiation protective effect of the breaking of secondary bonding in protein was examined with alkaline-earth metals such as magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, strontium nitrate, and barium chloride, and alkaline metals and heavy metals such as lithium chloride, sodium chloride, potasium nitrate, ferrous chloride, ferric sulfate, nickel sulfate, aluminum nitrate, and zinc sulfate. An empirical equation for the viscosity change was obtained.     

Synthesis of Polybenzoacenes: Annulative Dimerization of Phenylene Triflate by Twofold C−H Activation

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) represent an emerging class of π‐conjugated molecules in the area of optoelectronic devices and materials. Unprecedented synthetic routes to various PAHs from simple phenol derivatives by a palladium‐catalyzed annulative dimerization of phenylene triflate through twofold inter‐ and intramolecular C?H activation have been established. The initially formed partially fused PAHs can be smoothly transformed into a variety of fully fused PAHs by the Scholl reaction. Furthermore, the reactions of phenanthrene‐substituted aryl triflates proceeded regioselectively. The findings inspired the development of a rapid and efficient synthesis of polybenzoacene derivatives. This study not only allows transformation of phenyl triflates, but also discloses a new retrosynthetic strategy towards PAHs, especially polybenzoacenes.     

New solanocapsine-type tomato glycoside from ripe fruit of Solanum lycopersicum

A new solanocapsine-type tomato glycoside, a novel and interesting natural steroidal glycoside, was isolated from a mini tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L. The chemical structure of the new minor glycoside, esculeoside B-5 (3), was determined to be (5S,22R,23S,24R,25S)-22,26-epimino-16β,23-epoxy-3β,23,24-trihydroxycholestane 3-O-β-lycotetraoside.     

Anchoring transitions of nematic liquid crystals

A crystalline substrate such as mica or gypsum can orient a thin layer of nematic liquid crystal spread on top. By adsorbing one or more other kinds of molecules onto the surface, we have observed transitions in the orientation of the molecules on the surface. These “anchoring transitions” are analyzed via Landau-Ginzburg theory and may be first or second-order. The second-order anchoring transition is the first two-dimensional system where critical fluctuations may be observed optically.     

Existence results for quasilinear elliptic equations with multivalued nonlinear terms

In this paper we study the existence of solutions u ∈ \({{W}^{1,p}_{0}}\) (Ω) with △ _p u ∈ L ²(Ω) for the Dirichlet problem 1 $$ \left\{ \begin{array} [c]{l}-\triangle_{p}u\left( x\right) \in-\partial{\Phi}\left( u\left( x\right) \right) +G\left( x,u\left( x\right) \right) ,x\in{\Omega},\\ u\mid_{\partial{\Omega}}=0, \end{array} \right. $$ where Ω ? R ^N is a bounded open set with boundary ?Ω, △ _p stands for the p?Laplace differential operator, ?Φ denotes the subdifferential (in the sense of convex analysis) of a proper convex and lower semicontinuous function Φ and G : Ω × R → 2^R is a multivalued map. We prove two existence results: the first one deals with the case where the multivalued map u ? G(x, u) is upper semicontinuous with closed convex values and the second one deals with the case when u ? G(x, u) is lower semicontinuous with closed (not necessarily convex) values.     

Controlling the Emergence and Shift Direction of Mechanochromic Luminescence Color of a Pyridine‐Terminated Compound

In this study, mechanochromic luminescence was induced in a complex of mechano‐inactive compounds. Dye/acid complexes containing the same π‐conjugated backbones were prepared. While the luminophore showed blue and red shifts in photoluminescence spectra when combined with different acids by grinding, it exhibited slight mechanoresponsiveness itself. Also, compounds with similar molecular backbones to the dye/acid complex were synthesized to clarify the color change mechanism. The compounds showed both blue and red shifts in photoluminescence and diffuse reflectance spectra upon grinding, indicating that mechanochromic luminescence in the hydrogen‐bonded complex is like its monomeric analogue and that aggregation structure plays an important role in mechanoresponsive behavior rather than the π‐conjugated structure. It was shown that a color change can be mechanically induced by imitating the solid‐state aggregation structure of other mechanoresponsive compounds without synthetic modification.