Simultaneous determination of tungsten and molybdenum in sea water by catalytic current polarography after preconcentration on a resin column

The simultaneous determination of tungsten and molybdenum in sea water is based on preconcentration by column extraction with 7-(1-vinyl-3,3,5,5-tetramethylhexyl)-8-quinolinol (Kelex- 100) resin, and measurement of the polarographic catalytic currents obtained in a solution of chlorate, benzilic acid and 2-methyl-8-quinolinol. When the concentration factor is 50, the detection limits are 2.4 pM for tungsten and 17 pM for molybdenum (for a signal-to-noise ratio of 3). The precision of the determination is ca. 10% for 67 pM tungsten and ca. 5% for 106 nM molybdenum in sea water (n=4). Results for sea water and other natural waters are presented.     

Three new phenylethanoid glycosides from Caryopteris incana and their antioxidative activity

Three new phenylethanoid glycosides, incanoside C, incanoside D and incanoside E were isolated together with one known glycoside, beta-D-fructofuranosyl-alpha-D-(6-O-[E]-sinapoyl) glucopyranoside from the whole plant of Caryopteris incana (THUNB.) Miq. On the basis of chemical and spectral analyses, the structures of the new compounds were elucidated to be 1-O-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethyl-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1-->2)-alpha-L- rhamnopyranosyl(1-->3)-4-O-feruloyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside (incanoside C), 1-O-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1-->2)-alph a-L- rhamnopyranosyl(1-->3)-4-O-feruloyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside (incanoside D) and 1-O-(3methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1-->2) -alpha-L- rhamnopyranosyl(l-->3)-4-O-feruloyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside (incanoside E). The three new phenylethanoid glycosides exhibited radical scavenging activities against DPPH radical and inhibitory activities against the oxidation of linoleic acid.     

Microstructure of the copolymers of methyl methacrylate with other methacrylates obtained by radical and anionic copolymerizations in tetrahydrofuran

Monomer reactivity ratios r₁ and r₂ were determined in the copolymerizations of methyl methacrylate (MMA, M₁) with 1, 1-diphenylethyl (DPEMA), α,α-dimethylbenzyl (DMBMA), tert-butyl (t-BuMA), diphenylmethyl (DPMMA), phenyl (PhMA), and 1-naphthyl (NpMA) methacrylates (M₂) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) by azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) at 60°C and butyllithium (n-BuLi) at ?78°C. The reactivities of the monomers were explained in terms of the polar effect of the ester groups in both copolymerizations. All the copolymers isolated in low yields were converted to PMMA either directly or by copoly(MMA—methacrylic acid) to determine the triad tacticities of the copolymers. Coisotactic parameters σ₁₂ and σ₂₁ were determined by assuming the terminal model statistics. The σ₂₁ values always accorded to the σ₂₁ values within experimental error, and in radical copolymerizations they were between isotactic parameters σ₁₁ and σ₂₂ of the homopolymerizations of MMA and M₂ monomers. In anionic copolymerizations, however, the σ₁₂ = σ₂₁ values varied, depending on the M₂ monomers. In copolymerization with DPEMA the values were less than both σ₁₁ and σ₂₂ with DMBMA they were between σ₁₁ and σ₂₂, with DPMMA, nearly equal to σ₁₁, and with PhMA and NpMA, greater than both σ₁₁ and σ₂₂. The application of these parameters to copolymerizations performed at high conversion was also investigated.     

Synthesis of optically active polymers containing chiral phosphorus atoms in the main chain

We successfully synthesized optically active polymers by using a chiral bisphosphine, (S,S)‐1,2‐bis[boranato(t‐butyl)methylphosphino]ethane, as a key building block. Their structures were characterized with ¹H, ¹³C, and ³¹P NMR spectra. The obtained polymers exhibited different glass‐transition temperatures depending on the structure of each comonomer, whereas a model compound had a melting point. According to circular dichroism spectra, the difference in the stereochemistry of the comonomers yielded the different higher‐ordered structures of the polymers induced by chiral phosphine units. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 45: 866–872, 2007     

Synthesis of the starfish ganglioside AG2 pentasaccharide

This Letter reports the first synthesis of the AG2 pentasaccharide, using silylene-oxazolidinone double-locked sialic acid building blocks. The di-DTBS-protected sialic acid building block was easily prepared and readily activated with NIS and TfOH to provide the sialylated lactose unit in good yield with moderate selectivity. After obtaining the trisaccharide unit, the oxazolidinone-protected C4-OH on the sialic acid residue was readily deprotected by treatment with NaOMe. Coupling with the galactofuranosylβ(1-3)galactopyranosyl fluoride building block produced the desired AG2 pentasaccharide in a highly stereoselective manner. Finally, the desired AG2 pentasaccharide was obtained in good yield following global deprotection.     

Synthesis of through‐space conjugated polymers containing [2.2]paracyclophane and thieno[3,4‐b]pyrazine in the main chain

We synthesized through‐space conjugated polymers with [2.2]paracyclophane and thieno[3,4‐b]pyrazine units in the main chain by the Sonogashira–Hagihara coupling reaction. The obtained polymers were soluble in common organic solvents, and homogeneous thin films were readily obtained from the polymer solutions by spin‐coating techniques. The polymers exhibited the extension of the conjugation length via the through‐space interaction. The polymers showed orangish‐red emission with peak maxima of around 610 nm in diluted solutions and their thin films, which were derived from the thieno[3,4‐b]pyrazine moieties. The optical and electrochemical behaviors of the polymers containing pseudo‐para‐ and pseudo‐ortho‐linked [2.2]paracyclophane were identical. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2009