Preparation of MIP grafts for quercetin by tandem aryl diazonium surface chemistry and photopolymerization

The food antioxidant quercetin was used as a template in an ultrathin molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) film prepared by photopolymerization. Indium tin oxide (ITO) plates were electrografted with aryl layers via a diazonium salt precursor bearing two terminal hydroxyethyl groups. The latter act as hydrogen donors for the photosensitizer isopropylthioxanthone and enabled the preparation of MIP grafts through radical photopolymerization of methacrylic acid (the functional monomer) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (the crosslinker) in the presence of quercetin (the template) on the ITO. The template was extracted, and the remaining ITO electrode used for the amperometric determination of quercetin at a working potential of 0.26 V (vs. SCE). The analytical range is from 5.10⁻⁸ to 10⁻⁴ mol L⁻¹, and the detection limit is 5.10⁻⁸ mol L⁻¹.

This work describes the grafting of a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) film by combining diazonium surface chemistry and surface-initiated photopolymerization. The MIP grafts specifically and selectively recognize quercetin in pure solution in THF and in real green tea infusion.

     

Preparation of MIP grafts for quercetin by tandem aryl diazonium surface chemistry and photopolymerization

The food antioxidant quercetin was used as a template in an ultrathin molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) film prepared by photopolymerization. Indium tin oxide (ITO) plates were electrografted with aryl layers via a diazonium salt precursor bearing two terminal hydroxyethyl groups. The latter act as hydrogen donors for the photosensitizer isopropylthioxanthone and enabled the preparation of MIP grafts through radical photopolymerization of methacrylic acid (the functional monomer) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (the crosslinker) in the presence of quercetin (the template) on the ITO. The template was extracted, and the remaining ITO electrode used for the amperometric determination of quercetin at a working potential of 0.26 V (vs. SCE). The analytical range is from 5.10^?8 to 10^?4 mol L^?1, and the detection limit is 5.10^?8 mol L^?1.

Computational high-frequency overtone spectra of the water-ammonia complex

We have computed vibrational high-frequency overtone spectra of the water-ammonia complex, H(2)O-NH(3), and its isotopomers. The complex has been modeled as two independently vibrating monomer units. The internal coordinate Hamiltonians for each monomer unit have been constructed using exact gas phase kinetic energy operators. The potential energy and dipole moment surfaces have been calculated with the explicitly correlated coupled cluster method CCSD(T)-F12A and the valence triple-ζ VTZ-F12 basis around the equilibrium geometry of the complex. The vibrational eigenvalues have been calculated variationally and the eigenfunctions obtained have been used to compute the intensities of the absorption transitions. In H(2)O-NH(3), the water molecule acts as the proton donor and its symmetry is broken. The hydrogen-bonded OH bond oscillator undergoes a large redshift and intensity enhancement compared to the free hydrogen bond. Broken degeneracy of the asymmetric vibrations, quenched inversion splittings, and blueshift of the symmetric bending mode are the most visible changes in the ammonia unit.     

Effect of modifier structure in the enantioselective hydrogenation of 1-phenyl-1,2-propanedione

Three different modifiers, (-)-cinchonidine, 10,11-dihydrocinchonidine and (+)-cinchonine were investigated in the enantioselective hydrogenation of an unsymmetrical dione, 1-phenyl-1,2-propanedione, over a commercial Pt/Al₂O₃ catalyst. The catalytic activity, as well as the regio- and enantioselectivity in the hydroxyketones and diols formed were compared.     

Catalysis Involving Multi-Centered Species on Nonuniform Surfaces, 2. Kinetics

Multi-centered nature of adsorption as well as adsorbate-adsorbate interactions is addressed. A discussed reaction mechanism includes adsorption of a bulky molecule A, which requires several sites for adsorption, and two successive reaction steps of Eley type. Numerical treatment is performed for a special case of this mechanism.     

Modelling of catalyst deactivation in liquid phase reactions: citral hydrogenation on Ru/Al2O3

Selective hydrogenation of citral was investigated at 70 °C over Ru/Al₂O₃. Activity changes in a series of consecutive experiments were described by a mathematical model, which included reaction kinetics and deactivation. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

On the kinetic coupling and mechanism of aromatic ring hydrogenation

Synthesis of a mesoporous material by pillaring of magadiite with silica was investigated. The composite samples were characterized by XRD and BET methods. The acidity of surface OH groups was studied by adsorption of pyridime monitored by IR spectroscopy.     

Efficient preparation of secondary aminoalcohols through a Ti(IV) reductive amination procedure. Application to the synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of new 3β-N-[hydroxyalkyl]aminosteroid derivatives

An efficient method for the synthesis of various secondary aminoalcohols through a titanium(IV) isopropoxide-mediated reductive amination reaction of ketones is reported. Thus, different ketones gave the expected products in moderate to excellent yields up to 89% in numerous cases. A series of 3β-N-[hydroxyalkyl]aminosteroid derivatives were prepared according to this methodology and evaluated for their in vitro antimicrobial properties against human pathogens. All the compounds showed moderate to excellent activities against Gram-positive bacteria exhibiting similar results against Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus faecalis with Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MICs) varying from 3.12 to 25 μg/mL. No significant antibacterial activities are encountered against Gram-negative bacteria.