Adsorption of bovine serum albumin on nanosized magnetic particles

A new model was proposed to predict the adsorption equilibrium of mixtures composed of supercritical gases. The adsorbed phase was visualized as a two-dimensional nonideal compressed gas. Pore size distribution was used to describe the energetic heterogeneity of the surface, and the two-dimensional virial equation was used as the local adsorption isotherm. The new model obtained is thermodynamically rigorous because it reduces to Henry's law as pressure approaches zero. The prediction performance of the new model was verified and compared with other models using the experimental data of a ternary mixture of CH4/N2/H2 and two binary mixtures of CH4/C2H4 and CH4/N2. Better performance was shown for all systems tested.     

1-Ethylthio-2R-isoindoles. An example of nonsynchronous addition in the diels-alder reaction

The previously unknown 1-ethylthio-2R-isoindoles have been obtained by modifying the corresponding isoindol-1-ones. The reaction of these isoindoles with N-arylmaleimide derivatives has been investigated. A rare case of nonsynchronous addition in the Diels-Alder reaction has been found.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1200–1205, September, 1984.     

Syntheses in the 4,5-dihydro-1,2,4-triazin-6-one-series

A study was carried out of alkylation, acylation and aminomethylation reactions were studied in the 5-alkyl-4,5-dihydro-1,2,4-triazin-4-one series. Alkylation by alkyl halides proceeds in the presence of sodium methylate at the N ₍₁₎ and N ₍₄₎ atoms with the formation of a mixture of alkylated compounds of three types: derivatives of 4,5-dihydrotriazine, unsaturated triazine, and their dimers. Acylation with isocyanates leads to the formation of heterocyclic ureas — derivatives at the N ₍₄₎ atom. Mono- and bisaminals were obtained by the reaction of triazines with ethoxymethyldiethylamine.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 963–970, July, 1991.     

TPD study of catalyst surface acidity

Acidity of catalyst surfaces of different nature such as -Al₂O₃, natural zeolite-clinoptilolite, and synthetic zeolite zeokar by adsorption of ammonia over a wide temperature range has been studied. Ammonia is adsorbed on the catalysts with different strengths, as evidenced by the presence of different types of acid sites.

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Deposition of a photosensitive complex within a lecithin bilayer lipid membrane

In this paper the phenomenon of a photosensitive ion complex of Brilliant Yellow and ferric ions formation in the electrolyte phase and its subsequent deposition within a bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) is described. Deposition of light sensitive complex into the BLM considerably increases its mechanical stability and drastically changes its electrochemical and photoelectrical properties as well.     

The structure of the glucan of Arum korolkovii

A glucomannan has been isolated from the tubers ofArum korolkovii Regel. It has been shown that the polysaccharide contains O-acetyl groups and consists mainly of (1 → 4)-β-linked aldohexopyranose units of glucose and mannose in a ratio of 1:1.6. The nonreducing ends of the glucomannan are glucose residues, and branching is localized at C₂ and C₃ of mannose.     

Continuous electrophoretic separation of106Ru species in sea water and uptake of the separated fractions by sea algae

¹⁰⁶Ru chloro and nitrosyl-nitrato complexes in sea water were separated into several species by continuous electrophoresis on a filter paper curtain. Biological uptake experiments were carried out on sea algae Fucus virsoides with fractionated¹⁰⁶Ru chloro and nitrosyl-nitrato complex species in sea water. The biological uptake of¹⁰⁶Ru chloro complex species was about 8 times higher than the uptake of¹⁰⁶Ru nitrosyl-nitrato species. Electrophoretically most mobile electrically positively charged cationic species in both systems also showed about 8 times higher biological uptake than the most mobile negatively charged anionic species. A close relation of the biological uptake to the sign of the electrical charge and the electrophoretic mobility of the species is demonstrated. The results are discussed with respect to possible danger to the biological environment as a consequence of the aging of ruthenium species in sea water resulting from¹⁰⁶Ru waste disposal to the sea from a nuclear reprocessing plant. On leave of absence from the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 9-1, 4-chome, Anagawa, Chiba-shi, Japan, on a fellowship from The Science and Technology Agency of the Japanese Govemment.     

High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Analysis of Amino Acids in Edible Seaweeds after Derivatization with Phenyl Isothiocyanate

Summary A reversed-phase high-performance liquid-chromatographic method has been used for analysis of the amino acids in edible seaweed. Sample proteins were hydrolysed with hydrochloric acid and the amino acids produced were derivatized with phenyl isothiocyanate. The resulting phenylthiocarbamyl amino acids were chromatographed on an ODS2 column with UV detection at 254 nm. The mobile phase was a mixture of 0.14 M ammonium acetate buffer, pH 6.4, containing 0.05% triethylamine (A) and 60:40 (v/v) acetonitrile–water (B), at a flow rate of 1.1 mL min^–1; the elution gradient (min:A%) was: 0:90, 8:90, 10:70, 12:70, 18:52, 20:0, 25:0, 28:90, 35:90. Method precision for the different amino acids was between 1.33 and 3.88% (relative standard deviation); detection limits were between 6.9 and 14.3 ng mL^–1. The amino acid content of the algae analysed ranged from 22.4 ± 1.9 to 138.0 ± 5.6 mg g^–1 d.w. The amino acids present at highest concentrations were glutamic acid, alanine, and phenylalanine.     

Vilsmeier reaction with 4-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-1,5-benzodiazepin-2-one

4-Phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-1,5-benzodiazepin-2-one reacts with the Vilsmeier reagent to give a 3-dimethylaminomethylidene derivative, the hydrolysis of which leads to 3-formyl-4-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-1,5-benzodiazepinone.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 223–225, February, 1984.     

Direct versus resonances mediated F+OH collisions on a new 3A" potential energy surface

A theoretical study of the F(2P) + OH(2Pi) --> HF(1Sigma+) + O(3P) reactive collisions is carried out on a new global potential energy surface (PES) of the ground 3A" adiabatic electronic state. The ab initio calculations are based on multireference configuration interaction calculations, using the aug-cc-pVTZ extended basis sets of Dunning et al. A functional representation of the PES shows no nominal barrier to reaction, contrary to previous results by others. Wave packet and quasiclassical trajectory calculations have been performed for this PES to study the F + OH(v = 0,j) reactive collision. The comparison was performed at fixed and constant values of the total angular momentum from 0 to 110 and relative translational energy up to 0.8 eV. The reaction presents a dynamical barrier, essentially due to the zero-point energy for the bending vibration near the saddle point. This determines two different reaction mechanisms. At energies higher than approximately 0.125 eV the reaction is direct, while below that value it is indirect and mediated by heavy-light-heavy resonances. Such resonances, also found in the simulations of the photodetachment spectrum of the triatomic anion, manifest themselves in the quasiclassical simulations, too, where they are associated to periodic orbits.