CHO Cells Adhering to Nitrogen‐Rich Plasma‐Polymerised Ethylene Exhibit High Production of a Specific Recombinant Protein

In many industrial applications, inadequate cell attachment can be a limitation, especially when serum‐free media are used. Nitrogen‐rich plasma‐polymerised ethylene (PPE:N) exhibits high concentrations of polar groups that can help to promote the attachment of weakly adherent cell types. Tissue plasminogen activator‐producing Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, adapted to suspension, were grown in the presence PPE:N flakes and were found to adhere to them. The growth rate was reduced, but cell viability was enhanced and their metabolism was more efficient, with generally higher recombinant protein productivity. Finally, cell adhesion on PPE:N surfaces was found to be independent of integrins, and was probably mediated by certain non‐specific interactions with the PPE:N surface.

     

Etude des propriétés cristallographiques,diélectriques et d'optique non linéaire de quelques nouvelles phases de composition BaxLi5−2xNb5(1−y)Ta5yO15 et de structure bronzes oxygénés de tungstène quadratiques

Two series of phases with tetragonal bronze-like structure and composition Ba_xLi_5?2xT₅O₁₅ (T = Nb, Ta) have been isolated in the systems BaNb₂O₆LiNbO₃ and BaTa₂O₆LiTaO₃. All these phases show ferroelectric-paraelectric transitions. The Curie temperature increases with the lithium content. The value of T_C for Ba_2.03Li_0.94Nb₅O₁₅ is the highest ever observed for this type of structure: the obtained phases are potentially good materials for the harmonic generation of the 0.53-μm radiation. The optical yield of the niobate Ba_2.14Li_0.71Nb₅O₁₅ is about 2.5 times that of Ba₂NaNb₅O₁₅ and 250 times that of the K.D.P. The crystallographic and dielectric data of the system Ba_2.14Li_0.71Nb₅O₁₅Ba_2.14Li_0.71Ta₅O₁₅ characterize three domains, which are respectively antiferroelectric, ferroelectric, and paraelectric. The Curie temperature and the optical yield decrease with increasing tantalum content.     

Spectrometrie de Masse D'ozonides Aliphatiques

A primary cleavage of aliphatic ozonides by electron-impact, implying O? O and C? C bond breaking, is described. This mode of degradation, which is not observed for aromatic ozonides, is fav oured by electron releasing substituents. For the cis and trans 4-methyl-2pentene ozonides, the ionization potentials are 8.81 and 8.86 (±0.5) eV, respectively. Two formation thresholds are observed for the [RCHO₂]⁺ion which are interpreted in terms of different modes of ozonide cleavage.     

Singlet and triplet energy transfers in tetra-(meso-truxene)zinc(II)- and tetra-(meso-tritruxene)zinc(II) porphyrin and porphyrin-free base dendrimers

The synthesis, optical properties, and energy transfer features of four dendrimers composed of meso-tetrasubstituted zinc(II) porphyrin (ZnP) or a free base (P) central core, where the substituents are four truxene (Tru) or four tritruxene dendrons (TriTru), TruP, TriTruP, TruZnP, and TriTruZnP, are reported. Selective excitation of the truxene donors results in a photoinduced singlet energy transfer from the truxenes to the porphyrin acceptor. The rates for singlet energy transfer (k(ET)), evaluated from the change in the fluorescence lifetime of the donors (Tru and TriTru) in the presence and absence of the acceptor (P or ZnP) for TruP, TruZnP, TriTruP, and TriTruZnP, are 5.9, 1.2, 0.87, and 0.74 (ns)(-1) at 298 K and 2.6, 2.6, 2.7, and 1.2 (ns)(-1) at 77 K, respectively. A slow triplet-triplet energy transfer from truxene to porphyrin cores in glassy 2MeTHF at 77 K is also reported with rates of 1.3 × 10(3) and 0.10 × 10(2) s(-1) for TruZnP and TriTruZnP, respectively. If the Dexter mechanism for the triplet energy transfers is considered, these slow rates are easily explained by a poor orbital overlap between the truxene and porphyrin π systems. The fluorescence quantum yields (Φ(F)) are 0.20 and 0.16 for TruP and TriTruP and 0.08 and 0.10 for TruZnP and TriTruZnP, respectively at 298 K. At 298 K, a phosphorescence from TruZnP at 795 nm was also observed and is associated with the ZnP chromophore.     

Formation of the monoanion [Ar*P(BH3)(mu-BH2)2H]- with a symmetrically bridging hydride from the attempted synthesis of the dianion [Ar*P(BH3)3]2-

Addition of an excess of BunLi to the bis(borano)phosphide complex [Ar*PH(BH3)2]-Li+ 1 (Ar* = 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl) and subsequent treatment with BH3, gives the anionic complex [Ar*P(BH3)(mu-BH2)2H]-Li+ 2 instead of the expected tris(borano)phosphide dilithium, [Ar*P(BH3)3]2-2Li+ 3.     

Study of the ternary system FeCrTe around the composition FeCr2Te4

The system FeCrTe was investigated around the composition FeCr₂Te₄. FeCr₂Te₄ is a metastable compound. Single crystals with Fe_0·93Cr_1·76Te₄ composition were grown by vapor transport or the Bridgman method. These crystals are metallic and anisotropic ferromagnets.     

Pore-filling-dependent selectivity effects in the vapor-phase separation of xylene isomers on the metal-organic framework MIL-47

Vapor-phase adsorption and separation of the C8 alkylaromatic components p-xylene, m-xylene, o-xylene, and ethylbenzene on the metal-organic framework MIL-47 have been studied. Low coverage Henry adsorption constants and adsorption enthalpies were determined using the pulse chromatographic technique at temperatures between 230 and 290 degrees C. The four C8 alkylaromatic components have comparable Henry constants and adsorption enthalpies. Adsorption isotherms of the pure components were determined using the gravimetric technique at 70, 110, and 150 degrees C. The adsorption capacity and steepness of the isotherms differs among the components and are strongly temperature dependent. Breakthrough experiments with several binary mixtures were performed at 70-150 degrees C and varying total hydrocarbon pressure from 0.0004 to 0.05 bar. Separation of the different isomers could be achieved. In general, it was found that the adsorption selectivity increases with increasing partial pressure or degree of pore filling. The separation at a high degree of pore filling in the vapor phase is a result of differences in packing modes of the C8 alkylaromatic components in the pores of MIL-47.     

Further conventions for NMR shielding and chemical shifts (IUPAC Recommendations 2008)

IUPAC has published a number of recommendations regarding the reporting of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data, especially chemical shifts. The most recent publication [Pure Appl. Chem. 73, 1795 (2001)] recommended that tetramethylsilane (TMS) serve as a universal reference for reporting the shifts of all nuclides, but it deferred recommendations for several aspects of this subject. This document first examines the extent to which the (1)H shielding in TMS itself is subject to change by variation in temperature, concentration, and solvent. On the basis of recently published results, it has been established that the shielding of TMS in solution [along with that of sodium-3-(trimethylsilyl)propanesulfonate, DSS, often used as a reference for aqueous solutions] varies only slightly with temperature but is subject to solvent perturbations of a few tenths of a part per million (ppm). Recommendations are given for reporting chemical shifts under most routine experimental conditions and for quantifying effects of temperature and solvent variation, including the use of magnetic susceptibility corrections and of magic-angle spinning (MAS). This document provides the first IUPAC recommendations for referencing and reporting chemical shifts in solids, based on high-resolution MAS studies. Procedures are given for relating (13)C NMR chemical shifts in solids to the scales used for high-resolution studies in the liquid phase. The notation and terminology used for describing chemical shift and shielding tensors in solids are reviewed in some detail, and recommendations are given for best practice.     

Homoleptic 2-mercapto benzothiazolate uranium and lanthanide complexes

Treatment of [Ln(BH 4) 3(THF) 3] (Ln = Ce, Nd) with 3 and 4 mol equiv of KSBT in tetrahydrofuran (THF) led to the formation of [Ln(SBT) 3(THF)] and [K(THF)Ln(SBT) 4], respectively. The uranium(IV) compound [U(SBT) 4(THF) 2] was obtained from U(BH 4) 4 and was reversibly reduced by sodium amalgam into the corresponding anionic uranium(III) complex. The crystal structures of [Ln(SBT) 3(THF) 2] (Ln = Ce, Nd), [K(15-crown-5) 2][Nd(SBT) 4], [U(SBT) 4(THF)], and [K(15-crown-5) 2][U(SBT) 4(py)] show the bidentate coordination mode and the thionate character of the SBT ligand.     

CHEMILUMINESCENCE AND ENERGY TRANSFER FROM SINGLET OXYGEN PAIRS

Abstract— Chemiluminescence and photochemiluminescence of systems generating excited (singlet) molecular oxygen has been studied at low temperature in fluid media. A possible interpretation is proposed: that dimers of singlet oxygen are directly or indirectly responsible for the observed emission, the species [¹δg +¹σg⁺] predominating. Energy transfer to a fluorescent molecule is possible only when conditions of spectral overlap, required for transfer by inductive resonance, are fulfilled. Evidence is also presented for the formation of a transient complex between oxygen and a sensitiser or acceptor molecule [S…O₂], which is the precursor of singlet oxygen in these systems. However, other possible mechanisms cannot be excluded.