Carboxylic Acids from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Phyllanthus urinaria</Emphasis>

Five compounds, terephthalic acid mono-[2-(4-carboxy-phenoxycarbonyl)-vinyl] ester (1), (E)-3-(5′-hydroperoxy-2,2′-dihydroxy[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-yl)-2-propenoic acid (2), 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid (3), succinic acid (or butanedioic acid) (4), and 2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxybenzoic acid (5), were isolated from Phyllanthus urinaria. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by means of spectral techniques including IR, MS, and 1D/2D NMR. 1 and 2 are new compounds.__________Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 14–17, January–February, 2005.     

Fuzzy Symmetries for Linear Molecules and their Molecular Orbitals

In this paper, the fuzzy symmetry of some prototypical linear molecules has been analyzed. The results show that some molecular orbitals (MOs) are less symmetrical but some others are more symmetrical than the molecular skeleton, which the MOs correspond to. The membership functions of space inversion for MOs are closely related to the chemical characteristics of the MOs. Sometimes, although the symmetry of a molecular skeleton is not obvious, however that of some MO is quite obvious. The membership functions of the fuzzy inversion symmetry depend on the choice of the position of the center of inversion. As compared to those of diatomic molecules and linear tri-atomic molecules, the linear polyatomic molecules in which a distinctive fuzzy symmetry of space translation may exist, and thus a significant effect on their properties can be expected.     

Synthesis and red luminescence of Pr-doped CaTiO3 nanophosphor from polymer precursor

Uniform and sphere-like nanoparticles of crystalline Pr³⁺-doped CaTiO₃ have been prepared from complex polymer precursor at 600°C, in which, metal atoms are previously dispersed by citric acid in ethylene glycol solvent. The decomposition process of the precursor, crystallization, and particle sizes of CaTiO₃ have been investigated by using thermal analysis, powder X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Diffuse reflectance spectra, photoluminescence and decay curve indicate that a strong red emission located at the nearly NTCS “ideal red” site is deduced from the energy transfer from the band gap absorption to doping Pr³⁺ ions. The thermoluminescence curves exhibit that a potential long phosphorescent material based on Pr³⁺-doped CaTiO₃ will be explored in future.     

The first example of enantioselective isocyanosilylation of meso epoxides with TMSCN catalyzed by novel chiral organogallium and indium complexes

The desymmetrization ring opening of meso epoxides using trimethylsilyl cyanide catalyzed by organogallium and indium complexes with binaphthol monoether derivatives as chiral ligands gave beta-isocyanohydrins with moderate to excellent enantioselectivities of up to 95% ee.     

Computation of auxiliary functions in STO molecular integrals up to arbitrary accuracy. I. evaluation of incomplete gamma function En(x) by forward recursion

A new inequality and an approximate relation of incomplete Gamma function E_n(x) are derived in this paper. Applying both to simplify the error analysis on the recursive algorithm of E_n(x), we analytically derived a criterion about relative error. The criterion decides whether the forward recursive relation can be used to compute {E_n(x), n = 0, 1, ?, N} with an acceptable loss of significant figures. Further analytical exploration leads to another criterion that decides whether the group of E_n(x) can be evaluated with an acceptable absolute error by the same methods. Both criteria are not only superior to those given in previous work by other authors, but also strongly supported by our numerical experiments. A strategy is illustrated to explain how to apply both criteria to evaluate molecular integral over Slater-type orbitals. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Photochemical modification and patterning of polymer surfaces by surface adsorption of photoactive block copolymers

We report a simple photolithographic approach for the creation and micropatterning of chemical functionality on polymer surfaces by use of surface-active block copolymers that contain protected photoactive functional groups. The block copolymers self-assemble at the substrate-air interface to generate a surface that is initially hydrophobic with low surface tension but that can be rendered hydrophilic and functional by photodeprotection with UV radiation. The block copolymer employed, poly(styrene-b-tert butyl acrylate), segregates preferentially to the surface of a polystyrene substrate because of the low surface tension of the polyacrylate blocks. The strong adsorption of block copolymers causes a bilayer structure to form presenting a photoactive polyacrylate layer at the surface. In the example described, the tert-butyl ester groups on the polyacrylate blocks are deprotected by exposure to UV radiation in the presence of added photoacid generators to form surface carboxylic acid groups. Surface micropatterns of carboxylic acid groups are generated by UV exposure through a contact mask. The success of surface chemical modification and pattern formation is demonstrated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and contact angle measurements along with imaging by optical and fluorescence microscopy methods. The resultant chemically patterned surfaces are then used to template patterns of various biomolecules by means of selective adsorption, covalent bonding and molecular recognition mechanisms. The surface modification/patterning concept can be applied to virtually any polymeric substrate because protected functional groups have intrinsically low surface tensions, rendering properly designed block copolymers surface active in almost all polymeric substrates.     

Formation and photoluminescence of silver nanoparticles stabilized by a two-armed polymer with a crown ether core

Silver nanoparticles were synthesized by the use of a two-armed polymer with a crown ether core [poly(styrene)]-dibenzo-18-crown-6-[poly(styrene)] based on the flexibility of the polymer chains and the complex effect of crown ether with Ag(+) and Ag. The size of silver nanoparticles could be tailored by controlling the initial concentrations of the polymer and Ag(+), and the molecular weight of the polymer. The emission of silver nanoparticles was blue-shifted, and the intensity of the photoluminescence of silver nanoparticles stabilized by the polymer was significantly increased due to the complex effect between the crown ether embedded in the polymer and the silver nanoparticles.     

铑配合物催化甲醇羰基化反应的性能和机理

本文合成了２－丁酸甲酯吡啶与四羰基二氯二铑形成的螯合形配合物，并用Ｘ射线光电子能谱（ＸＰＳ），红外光谱（ＩＲ）及核磁共振（ＮＭＲ）研究确定了其配位结构特征，通过甲醇羰基化制备乙酸的反应揭示了其结构特征对催化剂活性及稳定性的影响，并提出了可能的反应机理。     

环糊精及其包结物的电化学研究及应用

本文概述了近年来环糊精及其包结物的电化学研究及应用，同时介绍了我们实验室开展的关于环糊精电化学研究的一些工作。     

三苄基氯化锡及其衍生物的合成

三苄基氯化锡最初用格氏法制得。Keiti等曾报道由锡和苄基氯直接制备,这时溶剂对反应的影响很大:用水作溶剂时得到三苄基锡;用甲苯作溶剂时得到二苄基二氯化锡;用正丁醇作溶剂时三苄基氯化锡的产率只有61％。在反应体系中加入KI、KBr或H_3PO_4等催化剂,三苄基氯化锡的产率也只有60％。本文用DMF作溶剂,AlCl_3-I_2作催化剂,并首次在反应体系中加入镁、锌、铝和钠等使副产物氯化亚锡还原成活性很高的金属锡,后者再与等基氯反应,可使三苄基氯化锡的产率提高到91.3％。文中还报导三种尚