Analysis of the mechanism of retention on graphitic carbon by a computational chemical method

Retention mechanism on a graphitic carbon was analyzed by computational chemical calculation. The model graphitic carbon phase was a large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and analytes were carbohydrates and hydrocarbons separated by liquid and gas chromatography. Molecular mechanics calculation was fast and suggested their retention order and main retention force. Molecular orbital package calculation (MOPAC) demonstrated their complex form.     

pH-regulated formation of amyloid-like beta-sheet assemblies from polyglutamate grafted polyallylamine

A novel artificial protein with simple primary structure, poly(gamma-methyl-L-glutamate)-grafted polyallylamine, has been prepared and the resultant peptide has shown a unique property of pH-regulated conformation and morphology.     

Preparation and properties of poly(imide-oxoisoindolobenzothiadiazine dioxides)

New thermally stable poly(imide-oxoisoindolobenzothiadiazine dioxides) (PIOD) have been prepared by the three-step cyclopolycondensation reaction of diaminobenzenesulfonamides with aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydrides. The polymerization proceeded through the formation of poly(amic acid-sulfonamides) (PAAS), followed by cyclodehydration to yield polyimide-sulfonamides (PIS), which were subsequently converted to PIOD at 300°C. PAAS having inherent viscosities in the range of 0.1–0.5 in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) were obtained in approximately quantitative yield. PIOD were insoluble in most organic solvents, whereas PAAS and PIS were soluble in NMP and dimethyl sulfoxide. Differential thermal analysis and thermogravimetric analysis indicated that PIOD began to decompose at 460°C in air. The cyclodehydration of the model compounds was also investigated.     

Atomic one- and two-electron subshell moments in position and momentum spaces

For 357 subshells of the 53 neutral atoms He through Xe in their ground states, the two-electron intracule (relative motion) <u ^k > _nl and extracule (center-of-mass motion) <R ^k > _nl subshell moments in position space are examined as well as their counterparts <v ^k > _nl and <P ^k > _nl in momentum space, where n and l are the principal and azimuthal quantum numbers of the atomic subshell, respectively. It is clarified that between the intracule and extracule moments the “2 ^k -rule” is strictly valid, which means <u ^k > _nl = 2 ^k <R ^k > _nl and <v ^k > _nl = 2 ^k <P ^k > _nl for any nl subshell. Theoretical analysis also proves that for a particular case of k = +2, two relations <u ²> _nl = (N _nl −1)<r ²> _nl and <v ²> _nl = (N _nl −1)<p ²> _nl hold exactly, where N _nl (≥2) is the number of electrons in the subshell nl, and <r ^k > _nl and <p ^k > _nl are the familiar one-electron subshell moments in position and momentum spaces, respectively. The latter equality establishes a new and rigorous relation between the second electron-pair moments in momentum space and the total energy of an atom through the virial theorem. For k=+1, −1, and −2, the numerical Hartree-Fock results for the 357 subshells show that there are approximate but accurate linear relations between <u ^k > _nl and <r ^k > _nl and between <v ^k > _nl and <p ^k > _nl , in which the proportionality constant in each space depends on n,l, and k. Received: 27 April 1998 / Accepted: 29 May 1998 / Published online: 28 August 1998     

A Kinetic Aspect of the Thermal Dehydration of Dilithium Tetraborate Trihydrate

The reaction process of the thermal dehydration of dilithium tetraborate trihydrate, Li₂B₄O₇3H₂O, was reinvestigated from a viewpoint of reaction kinetics. On the basis of the results of thermogravimetry, constant rate thermal analysis, powder X-ray diffractometry, infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy, it was confirmed that the reaction proceeds via three consecutive kinetic steps characterized by different activation energies. The first and second kinetic steps, accompanied by the destruction of the original crystal structure of the reactant, seem to be assigned to the surface and internal reactions, respectively. During the third kinetic step, the thermal dehydration of hydrated amorphous intermediate, produced at the second kinetic step, and crystallization of the final dehydration product, Li₂B₄O₇, are likely to take place concurrently.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Cyclophanes as hosts for aromatic and aliphatic guests

A series of water-soluble cyclophanes, made by connecting two diarylmethane units and two bridging chains via four nitrogens, were found to provide hydrophobic cavities of definite shape and size for forming inclusion complexes with various organic compounds in aqueous solution. Some chemical modifications of these cyclophanes are described.This paper is dedicated to Professor D. J. Cram to celebrate his honor in receiving the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.     

Kinetic study of the electron-transfer oxidation of the phenolate anion of a vitamin E model by molecular oxygen generating superoxide anion in an aprotic medium

Electron-transfer reduction of molecular oxygen (O2) by the phenolate anion (1-) of a vitamin E model, 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethylchroman-6-ol (1H), occurred to produce superoxide anion, which could be directly detected by a low-temperature EPR measurement. The rate of electron transfer from 1- to O2 was relatively slow, since this process is energetically unfavourable. The one-electron oxidation potential of 1- determined by cyclic voltammetric measurements is sufficiently negative to reduce 2,2-bis(4-tert-octylphenyl)-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DOPPH*) to the corresponding one-electron reduced anion, DOPPH-, suggesting that 1- can also act as an efficient radical scavenger.     

Ratiometric direct detection of nitric oxide based on a novel signal-switching mechanism

A novel fluorescent probe, which could be the first example of a ratiometric molecular probe for direct monitoring of NO production, has been developed using a 'spin-exchange' mechanism.