Using nitrile-derivatized amino acids as infrared probes of local environment

It is well-known that the C=N stretching vibration in acetonitrile is sensitive to solvent. Therefore, we proposed in this contribution to use this vibrational mode to report local environment of a particular amino acid in proteins or local environmental changes upon binding or folding. We have studied the solvent-induced frequency shift of two nitrile-derivatized amino acids, which are, AlaCN and PheCN, in H(2)O and tetrahydrofuran (THF), respectively. Here, THF was used to approximate a protein's hydrophobic interior because of its low dielectric constant. As expected, the C=N stretching vibrations of both AlaCN and PheCN shift as much as approximately 10 cm(-1) toward higher frequency when THF was replaced with H2O, indicative of the sensitivity of this vibration to solvation. To further test the utility of nitrile-derivatized amino acids as probes of the environment within a peptide, we have studied the binding between calmodulin (CaM) and a peptide from the CaM binding domain of skeletal muscle myosin light chain kinase (MLCK(579-595)), which contains a single PheCN. MLCK(579-595) binds to CaM in a helical conformation. When the PheCN was substituted on the polar side of the helix, which was partially exposed to water, the C=N stretching vibration is similar to that of PheCN in water. In constrast, when PheCN is introduced at a site that becomes buried in the interior of the protein, the C=N stretch is similar to that of PheCN in THF. Together, these results suggest that the C=N stretching vibration of nitrile-derivatized amino acids can indeed be used as local internal environmental markers, especially for protein conformational studies.     

The Synthesis of Bis（carboxyalkylmethyl） Diselenides by Selenium Transfer Reaction of Aryl Selenoamides

Aryl selenoamides react smoothly with a-haloacetic acid in various alcohol to givecorresponding bis(carboxyalkylmethyl) diselenides in good yields.     

天然水体底质中腐植酸的光谱表征

分别用紫外-可见光谱、傅立叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、三维荧光光谱和荧光等高线谱对提取的腐植酸和商品腐植酸进行了表征，并将分析结果与Aldrich和上海试剂二厂生产的腐植酸进行了比较。结果表明：3种底质腐植酸之间以及同商品腐植酸的紫外-可见光谱、傅立叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)相似，含有相同类型的官能团。对不同腐植酸的三维荧光光谱和荧光等高线谱的分析表明其在结构上存在一定的差异；腐植酸有较明显的荧光光谱特性，可以尝试使用三维荧光光谱技术来揭示其在结构上的差异。     

核磁共振研究MoDTP及其与ZnDTP的相互作用和机理

利用31P核磁共振谱研究了MoDTP及其与ZnDTP的相互作用，并用Timken实验机、SEM、DSC法分别考察了MoDTP与ZnDTP复合对润滑油板压、抗磨损及抗氧化性能的影响。结果表明：MoDTP与ZnDTP分子间有烷基和／或烷氧基的相互转换；二者并用在综合性能上有较好的协同增效作用。在此基础上，提出了MoDTP与ZnDTP协同增效作用的机理。     

Highly selective two-photon chemosensors for fluoride derived from organic boranes

[reaction: see text] Three organoboron compounds are shown to be two-photon fluorescent sensors for fluoride anion with high sensitivity and selectivity. The recognition mechanism is attributed to the unique steric structure of the bulky dimesitylboryl group and the Lewis acid-base interaction between trivalent boron atom and fluoride anion.     

亚甲胺叶立德参与的[3＋2]环加成反应的最新进展

综述了亚甲胺叶立德的制备、它参与的[3＋2]环加成反应的反应机理、反应选择性及在天然产物全合成中的应用等方面的最新进展.     

C74(BN)2的UV和IR 光谱研究

Equilibrium geometries of 16 possible isomers for C74（BN）2 were studied by INDO series of methods, to indicate that the most stable three geometries are those where boron and nitrogen atoms substitute carbon atoms located at the same hexagon near the longest axis of C78 （C2v） to form B-N-B-N unit. Electronic spectra of C74（BN）2 were investigated with INDO/CIS method. The reason for the red shift of UV absorptions for C74（BN）2 compared with those of C78 （C2v） was discussed. IR spectra for 9,8,28,29-C74（BN）2 and 28,29,30,31-C74（BN）2 were calculated on the basis of AM1 geometries.     

Study on the Tautomer Interconversion of 3-Oxo Pentanoate During Gas Chromatography

Enol and keto tautomers of methyl 3-oxo pentanoate could be separated on a HP-5 capillary column. The chromatographic peaks were identified by examining characteristic mass ions arose from the corresponding enol and keto molecular ions. The study showed that the area percentage of enol tautomer is a function of temperature of the column. Treating the column as a reactor, the energy of activation for the on-column tautomerization could be extracted (35.1 kJ mol⁻¹) by monitoring the loss of the enol tautomer, because the reaction is found to obey pseudo first-order kinetics. The enthalpy and the entropy changes (ΔH = −3.98 kJ mol⁻¹, ΔS = −7.89 J K⁻¹mol⁻¹) for the enol-to-keto reaction in the stationary phase were also obtained.     

Surface plasmon resonances of silver triangle nanoplates: graphic assignments of resonance modes and linear fittings of resonance peaks

The extinction spectra of five silver equilateral triangle plates with a fixed thickness of 10 nm and side lengths of 50, 100, 150, 200 ,and 250 nm, respectively, have been simulated by the discrete dipole approximation (DDA) method in which a geometric object of interest is meshed and represented by a lattice of spatial dipoles. Irradiated by an incident plane wave with a given propagation direction and polarization state, each triangle nanoplate presents three surface plasmon resonance (SPR) peaks in the range of 300 to 1200 nm. At a given peak, every complex spatial oscillatory vector derived by DDA (corresponding to a certain dipole in the meshed target) is orthogonally resolved into three basic oscillations. Each basic component can be subsequently expressed by two parameters, amplitude (P) and phase angle (varphi). The distributions of six such physical parameters of all the dipoles in the selected cross plane of the target are illustrated colorfully in plots as a graphic characterization and assignment of the SPR modes. The graphic method is applied to reveal the local fine features of SPR modes. And it provides direct evidence for classifying SPR peaks which belong to different triangle nanoplates and appear at different wavelengths. Three SPR modes are recognized graphically and the wavelengths of SPR peaks are found to have linear relationships with the side lengths of the triangle nanoplates.     

Determination of phenolic compounds using high-performance liquid chromatography with Ce-Tween 20 chemiluminescence detection

A novel method for the simultaneous determination of phenolic compounds such as salicylic acid, resorcinol, phloroglucinol, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, and m-nitrophenol by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with chemiluminescence (CL) detection was developed. The procedure was based on the chemiluminescent enhancement by phenolic compounds of the cerium(IV)-Tween 20 system in a sulfuric acid medium. The separation was carried out with an isocratic elution or with a gradient elution using a mixture of methanol and 1.5% acetic acid. For six phenolic compounds, the detection limits (3σ) were in the range 1.40-5.02 ng/ml and the relative standard deviations (n=11) for the determination of 0.1 μg/ml compounds were in the range 1.9-2.9%. The CL reaction was well compatible with the mobile phase of HPLC, no baseline drift often occurred in HPLC-CL detection was observed with a gradient elution. The method has been successfully applied to the determination of salicylic acid and resorcinol in Dermatitis Clear Tincture and p-hydroxybenzoic acid in apple juices.