Photoenolization of o‐Methylvalerophenone Ester Derivative

Photolysis of ester 1 in argon‐saturated methanol and acetonitrile does not produce any product, whereas irradiation of 1 in oxygen‐saturated methanol yields peroxide 2 . Laser flash photolysis studies demonstrate that 1 undergoes intramolecular H atom abstraction to form biradical 3 (λ _max ~ 340   nm), which intersystem crosses to form photoenols Z ‐ 4 and E ‐ 4 (λ _max ~ 380   nm). Photoenols 4 decay by regenerating ester 1 . With the aid of density functional theory calculations, it was concluded the photoenol E ‐ 4 does not undergo spontaneous lactonization or electrocyclic ring closure because the transition state barriers for these reactions are too large to compete with reketonization of E ‐ 4 to form 1 .     

Studies on nucleic acid chemistry: VII. Synthesis of four oligoribonucleotides of dihydrouridine (D) loop of yeast alanine transfer RNA

This article described the preparation and the protection of 3′-DMP and dihydrouridine (Dr) as well as the synthesis of four oligoribonucleotides composed of them. DMP and Dr were obtained by hydrogenation of 3′-UMP and Ur under acidic conditions in the presence of platinum dioxide. They were monomethoxytritylated and benzoylated to (MeOTr)-D_bzp and (MeOTr) D_bzs, respectively. The latter was converted to D_bzs, by demonomethoxytritylation. The oligoribonucleotides containing DMP or Dr—ApGpD, DpApG, ApGpDpC and ApGpDpCpGpG were synthesized via phosphodiester approach and DCC was used as condensing reagent. DpApG was also synthesized via phosphotriester approach and TPST, MSTe, MSNI and MSNT were used as condensing reagents for a preliminary comparison of the coupling yields. These synthetic oligoribonucleotides were checked for purity and nucleotide sequences as usual. ApGpDpCpGpG and DpApG had been used for enzymatic synthesis of ApGpDpCpGpGpDpApG, which had been in turn successfully used for the total syntheses of the 5′-half molecule and the whole molecule of yeast alanine t-RNA     

Electrochemical Determination of Tyrosine Using Graphene and Gold Nanoparticle Composite Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

Russian Journal of Electrochemistry - A electrochemical sensor based on graphene and gold nanoparticles modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was developed for the determination of tyrosine (Tyr)....     

Impact of Wavelength-Routed Network Physical Topology on Blocking Probability Using a Dynamic Traffic Growth Model

We investigate the impact of network topology on blocking probability in wavelength-routed networks using a dynamic traffic growth model. The dependence of blocking on different physical parameters is assessed.     

A micro-sampling method for the determination of blood lead

The analytical micromethod discussed here has been found to be very rapid, accurate, and relatively inexpensive for the determination of blood and urine leads. It has the distinct advantage in that a determination can be repeated. The sensitivity of the method is 1.37 × 10^?10 g per 1% absorption at 283.3 nm. Our laboratories have analyzed 7353 specimens in duplicate or more from March 17, 1971 to April 30, 1972.Considering the many possible sources of contamination (the mobile unit being more so than a clinic) it is the Division of Chemistry's conclusion that an agreement of 84% is good and that a finger-stick method is feasible, and therefore, a complete micro-screening for blood lead is possible.     

Analyzing Transverse Momentum Spectra of Pions,Kaons and Protons in p–p,p–A and A–A Collisions via the Blast-Wave Model with Fluctuations

The transverse momentum spectra of different types of particles, π±, K±, p and p¯, produced at mid-(pseudo)rapidity in different centrality lead–lead (Pb–Pb) collisions at 2.76 TeV; proton–lead (p–Pb) collisions at 5.02 TeV; xenon–xenon (Xe–Xe) collisions at 5.44 TeV; and proton–proton (p–p) collisions at 0.9, 2.76, 5.02, 7 and 13 TeV, were analyzed by the blast-wave model with fluctuations. With the experimental data measured by the ALICE and CMS Collaborations at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the kinetic freeze-out temperature, transverse flow velocity and proper time were extracted from fitting the transverse momentum spectra. In nucleus–nucleus (A–A) and proton–nucleus (p–A) collisions, the three parameters decrease with the decrease of event centrality from central to peripheral, indicating higher degrees of excitation, quicker expansion velocities and longer evolution times for central collisions. In p–p collisions, the kinetic freeze-out temperature is nearly invariant with the increase of energy, though the transverse flow velocity and proper time increase slightly, in the considered energy range.     

Norms of powers of the Volterra operator

The norms of them-th powers of the Volterra operatorV onL ²[0, 1] are computed form=1,...,10. These numbers suggest that the sequencem!V is bounded above and below, which is shown, and that this sequence converges to 1/2, which is conjectured.     

山东省主栽果树生殖器官中稀土与微量营养元素的相关性研究

通过对山东省5大类主栽果树20余个树种的花粉、种子和果实稀土与微量元素自然含量进行分析比较, 认为稀土(RE)与微量元素在各树种花粉中平均含量顺序为Fe＞Zn＞B＞Cu＞Mn＞RE, 种子中B＞Fe＞Zn＞Mn＞Cu＞RE, 果实中Fe＞B＞Zn＞Cu＞Mn＞RE. 各元素在各生殖器官中的自然分布因树种而有很大差异. 但基本规律类同, 即花粉＞种子＞果实. 花粉富集各种微量营养元素的能力都很强. 花粉和果实稀土与微量元素之间绝大多数呈正相关, 种子大多呈负相关, 但相关性均不显著.