Catalytic Asymmetric Functionalization of Aromatic CH Bonds by Electrophilic Trapping of Metal‐Carbene‐Induced Zwitterionic Intermediates

Asymmetric functionalization of aromatic C? H bonds of N,N‐disubstituted anilines with diazo compounds and imines is reported for the efficient construction of α,α‐diaryl benzylic quaternary stereocenters in good yields with high diastereoselectivities and excellent enantioselectivities. This Rh^II/chiral phosphoric acid cocatalyzed transformation is proposed to proceed through a metal‐carbene‐induced zwitterionic intermediate which undergoes electrophilic trapping. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first asymmetric example of metal carbene‐induced intermolecular functionalization of aryl C? H bonds.     

Genetic profile characterization and population study of 21 autosomal STR in Chinese Kazak ethnic minority group

Short tandem repeat loci have been recognized as useful tools in the routine forensic application and in recent decades, more and more new short tandem repeat (STR) loci have been constantly discovered, studied, and applied in forensic caseworks. In this study, we investigated the genetic polymorphisms of 21 STR loci in the Kazak ethnic minority as well as the genetic relationships between the Kazak ethnic minority and other populations. Allelic frequencies of 21 STR loci were obtained from 114 unrelated healthy Kazak individuals in the Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region of China. We observed a total of 159 alleles in the group with the allelic diversity values ranging from 0.0044 to 0.5088. The highest polymorphism was found at D19S433 locus and the lowest was found at D1S1627. Statistical analysis of the generated data indicated no deviation from Hardy–Weinberg equilibriums at all 21 STR loci. In order to estimate the population differentiation, allelic frequencies of all STR loci of the Kazak were compared with those of other neighboring populations using analysis of molecular variance method. Statistically significant differences were found between the studied population and other populations at 2–7 STR loci. A neighbor‐joining tree was constructed based on allelic frequencies of the 21 STR loci and phylogenetic analysis indicates that the Kazak has a close genetic relationship with the Uigur ethnic group. The present results may provide useful information for forensic sciences and population genetics studies, and can also increase our understanding of the genetic background of this group. The present findings showed that all the 21 STR loci are highly genetically polymorphic in the Kazak group, which provided valuable population genetic data for the genetic information study, forensic human individual identification, and paternity tests.     

A general,recursive, and open‐ended response code

We present a new implementation of a recent open‐ended response theory formulation for time‐ and perturbation‐dependent basis sets (Thorvaldsen et al., J. Chem. Phys. 2008, 129, 214108) at the Hartree–Fock and density functional levels of theory. A novel feature of the new implementation is the use of recursive programming techniques, making it possible to write highly compact code for the analytic calculation of any response property at any valid choice of rule for the order of perturbation at which to include perturbed density matrices. The formalism is expressed in terms of the density matrix in the atomic orbital basis, allowing the recursive scheme presented here to be used in linear‐scaling formulations of response theory as well as with two‐ and four‐component relativistic wave functions. To demonstrate the new code, we present calculations of the third geometrical derivatives of the frequency‐dependent second hyperpolarizability for HSOH at the Hartree–Fock level of theory, a seventh‐order energy derivative involving basis sets that are both time and perturbation dependent. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Simulations of remote mutants of dihydrofolate reductase reveal the nature of a network of residues coupled to hydride transfer

Recent experimental and theoretical studies have proposed that enzymes involve networks of coupled residues throughout the protein that participate in motions accompanying chemical barrier crossing. Here, we have examined portions of a proposed network in dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) using quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics simulations. The simulations use a hybrid quantum mechanics‐molecular mechanics approach with a recently developed semiempirical AM1‐SRP Hamiltonian that provides accurate results for this reaction. The simulations reproduce experimentally determined catalytic rates for the wild type and distant mutants of E. coli DHFR, underscoring the accuracy of the simulation protocol. Additionally, the simulations provide detailed insight into how residues remote from the active site affect the catalyzed chemistry, through changes in the thermally averaged properties along the reaction coordinate. The mutations do not greatly affect the structure of the transition state near the bond activation, but we observe differences somewhat removed from the point of C? H cleavage that affect the rate. The mutations have global effects on the thermally averaged structure that propagate throughout the enzyme and the current simulations highlight several interactions that appear to be particularly important. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Fe3O4@SiO2@mTiO2介孔多功能纳米复合颗粒的制备及载药能力

以溶剂热法制备氨基功能化的Fe_3O_4纳米颗粒为磁核,结合溶胶-凝胶法和模板法在其表面先后包覆上致密的SiO_2层和介孔TiO_2层,制备了磁性-发光-微波热转换性-介孔结构为一体的多功能核-壳结构纳米复合颗粒,并对其结构、性能及载药能力进行了研究。XRD分析表明:Fe_3O_4表面包覆上了无定形结构的SiO_2和TiO_2。TEM照片表明:所得的纳米复合颗粒具有明显的核壳结构和完美的球形,构成核的Fe_3O_4颗粒的尺寸在40~50 nm之间,Fe_3O_4@SiO_2@mTiO_2核壳结构纳米复合颗粒的尺寸为60~70 nm,壳层厚度约10 nm,并可观察到壳层中清晰的孔状结构。磁性、荧光光谱和微波热转换特性分析表明:该复合颗粒同时具有良好的发光性、磁性和微波热转换特性。N_2气吸附及药物负载率分析表明,该复合颗粒具有较高的比表面积(640 m~2·g~(-1))和介孔结构(孔径约2.8 nm)并且具有较高的药物负载率。     

Schiff碱Cu(II)配合物的结构、光谱及电化学性质

为了探讨配合物结构对性质的影响,合成了两个Schiff碱的铜配合物{[Cu(II) (L1)]ClO_4(1)和[Cu(II)(L2)-(H_2O)_2](BF_4)_2(2)},并用红外、质谱和元素分 析对它们进行了表征,用X射线衍射方法测定了它们的昌体结构。实验结果表明： 配合物1和2均属三斜晶系,P1空间群。1的晶胞参数为a = 1.1147(6)nm, b = 1. 1481(7)nm, c = 0.770(3)nm; α = 98.81(4) °,β=106.94(4)°γ= 66.49(4)° ;V=0.8715(8)nm~3,Z=2,R=0.044.2的晶胞参数为a=1.0819(4)nm, b = 1.4095(6) nm, c = 1.0192(4)nm; α=96.54(4)°,β=106.18(3)°,γ=80.51(3)°;V=1. 4681(5)nm~3, Z=2, R = 0.068.此外,配合物1的Cu-O(1)键长[0.1880(5)nm]和可 见吸收波长(λ_(max)=557nm)比2[0.1982(6)nm,λ_(max)=605nm]短。配合物2在- 0。80～-1.20V范围内出现两个氧化和两个还原过程。     

星状四芳胺类空穴传输材料的合成

有机电致发光器件 (ＯＥＬＤ)是继阴极射线管平板显示器 (ＣＲＴ)和液晶显示器 (ＬＣＤ)之后的第三代平板显示器。它具有主动发光、驱动电压低(2伏左右 )、发光亮度高 (1 3 0 0 0ｃｄ ｍ2 以上 ) ,无软Ｘ 射线污染 ,响应速度快 (1 0 -6 ～ 1 0 -8秒 )等优点。从 1 987年美藉华人邓清云等提出多层结构的ＯＥＬＤ的器件结构以来的十多年间 ,ＯＥＬＤ以及其材料的研究已成为显示技术以及显示材料等方面的研究热点 ,发展很快[1～ 3] 。在 1 999年日本先锋公司已开发出了单色的汽车用ＯＥＬ平板显示器商品 ,今年东芝公司又开发出了 2 .7英寸的彩…     

A New HPLC Method to Determine Carbonyl Compounds in Air

In this paper,a new HPLC method was established to determine the earbonyl compounds in air.As the absorbent,2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazint(2,4-DNPH)reaeted with earbonyls specifieally,which form the corresponding 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazones,then analyzed by HPLC.The chromatographic conditions,the recovery rate,stability of samples,reagent blank,sampling efficiency were all studied systematically.The results showed that this established method had high sensitivity and good selectivity compared with other analytical methods,and it can detemine ten earbonyl compounds in air in 26 min simultancously.     

低氧亲和力血红蛋白类氧载体的制备及大鼠动脉血压响应

氧亲和力是血红蛋白氧载体非常重要的参数之一,但其高低还没有统一的认识,有一种理论认为低氧亲和力是造成高血压的原因。为了进一步研究氧亲和力与血压之间的关系,本文制备了两种低氧亲和力的血红蛋白氧载体。用高碘酸钠氧化棉子糖（高碘酸钠：棉籽糖=6：1,摩尔比）,得到氧化均一的开环棉子糖;以其作为交联剂聚合脱氧猪血红蛋白,在聚合1 h得到了低氧亲和力（P50 = 43.1 torr）主要为分子内交联的64 kDa的血红蛋白,在聚合2 4 h得到了低氧亲和力（P50 = 51.5 torr）平均分子量为600 kDa的聚合血红蛋白;分别进行大鼠50%等容量换血实验,前者显著引起血压升高而后者血压平稳,证实高血压主要和64 kDa血红蛋白有关,低氧亲和力不是造成高血压的主要原因。     

CeO2对催化剂银物种及CO氧化性能的影响

采用共浸渍、不同分步浸渍的方法制备了8 wt% Ag/CeO2-SiO2催化剂,运用XRD、UV-Vis、BET等多种手段对催化剂的结构进行表征,考察了其对CO氧化的活性,并初步探讨了助剂CeO2对催化剂结构及活性物种的影响。实验结果表明,添加1 wt% CeO2的8 wt% Ag/SiO2催化剂表现出较好的低温CO催化活性,随后氢气预处理明显提高了催化剂的反应活性。XRD和UV-Vis谱图表明少量的CeO2（1 wt%）有利于金属银物种的形成,并且能够提高Ag粒子的稳定性,高温处理不易聚集。高CeO2负载量下的催化剂中银物种主要以银簇（ ）形式存在。