A selective voltammetric method for uric acid detection at Nafion(R)-coated carbon paste electrodes

A square-wave voltammetric method together with Nafion®-coated carbon paste electrodes were used for the selective determination of uric acid in the presence of a high concentration of ascorbic acid. Since the oxidation potential of uric acid is about 200 mV more positive than that of ascorbic acid at the Nafion®-coated carbon paste electrode, the selectivity can be greatly improved simply by applying an electrolysis potential of +0.4 V vs. Ag/AgCl where only ascorbic acid is oxidised. The acceptable tolerance of ascorbic acid concentration for the determination of uric acid is as high as 1.5 mM. With 30 s of electrolysis time, a linear calibration curve is obtained over the 0–50 μM range in 0.05 M citrate buffer solution, pH 4.0, with slope (μA/μM) and correlation coefficient of 0.34 and 0.9984, respectively. The detection limit (3σ) is 0.25 μM. The practical analytical utility is illustrated by selective measurements of uric acid in human urine without any preliminary treatment.     

Tetra(μ3-hydroxo)hexa(μ2-carboxylato-O,O′)-bridged tetranuclear terbium(III) cubane complex

A novel tetranuclear terbium(III) complex [Tb₄(OH)₄(pybet)₆(H₂O)₈][Tb₄(OH)₄(pybet)₆(H₂O)₇ (NO₃)](ClO₄)₁₄·6H₂O has been synthesized and shown by X-ray crystallography to have a cubane-like Tb₄(μ₃-OH)₄(μ₂-carboxylato-O,O′)₆ core. The ligand pybet is pyridinoacetate, C₅H₅⁺N-CH₂CO₂⁻. Magnetic susceptibility data were measured for this Tb₄ complex in the range of 2.0–320 K and in fields of 1.0 G to 50.0 kG. It is concluded that either there is very weak antiferromagnetic exchange interaction (J = −0.015 cm⁻¹) or there is a small crystal-field splitting of the ⁷F₆ Tb^III ground state.     

Ce-Zr-Ba-O纳米材料的制备及其结构与性能研究

以金属硝酸盐为原料,分别采用高分子前驱体法、柠檬酸盐凝胶法制备了纳米级的Ce-Zr-Ba-O复合氧化物超细粒子,采用X-射线衍射(XRD)、透射电镜(TEM)、BET比表面测定、热重-差热(TG-DTA)技术对催化剂进行了表征,并考察了催化剂的CO氧化活性和热稳定性。实验结果表明,高分子前驱体法和柠檬酸盐凝胶法制备的催化剂粉体都达到了纳米级。两种方法中,高分子前驱体法所制得的催化剂的BET比表面达118.96m²·g^-1,CO氧化反应活性较高,同时该方法制得的催化剂分散性好,无团聚,经1000℃高温焙烧后仍基本无烧结、无团聚现象,具有较高的热稳定性。     

CuO在ZrO2上的分散状态及其对催化性能的影响

用ＸＲＤ、ＴＰＲ和ＴＰＤ－ＭＳ等手段表征了浸渍法制备的ＣｕＯ／ＺｒＯ２催化剂，发现ＺｒＯ２上高度分散的氧化铜具有显著的易被还原和再氧化的特性，从而催化剂具有高的ＣＯ氧化活性。     

Room-temperature ferroelectric and ferroelastic orders coexisting in a new tetrafluoroborate-based perovskite

The coexistence of multiferroic orders has attracted increasing attention for its potential applications in multiple-state memory, switches, and computing, but it is still challenging to design single-phase crystalline materials hosting multiferroic orders at above room temperature. By utilizing versatile ABX₃-type perovskites as a structural model, we judiciously introduced a polar organic cation with easily changeable conformations into a tetrafluoroborate-based perovskite system, and successfully obtained an unprecedented molecular perovskite, (homopiperazine-1,4-diium)[K(BF₄)₃], hosting both ferroelectricity and ferroelasticity at above room temperature. By using the combined techniques of variable-temperature single-crystal X-ray structural analyses, differential scanning calorimetry, and dielectric, second harmonic generation, and piezoresponse force microscopy measurements, we demonstrated the domain structures for ferroelectric and ferroelastic orders, and furthermore disclosed how the delicate interplay between stepwise changed dynamics of organic cations and cooperative deformation of the inorganic framework induces ferroelectric and ferroelastic phase transitions at 311 K and 455 K, respectively. This instance, together with the underlying mechanism of ferroic transitions, provides important clues for designing advanced multiferroic materials based on organic–inorganic hybrid crystals.

An unprecedented tetrafluoroborate-based perovskite reveals the coexistence of ferroelastic and ferroelectric transitions arising from delicate interplay between stepwise frozen organic cations and cooperative deformation of the framework.     

Influence of the composition of perovskites based on SrMnO<Subscript>3</Subscript> on their catalytic properties in the oxidative coupling of methane

The oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) in a periodic regime over the SrMnO₃ and its derivatives has been investigated. It has been established that partial replacement of the strontium ion by alkali metal ions leads to an increase in both catalytic activity and in selectivity with respect to higher hydrocarbons. Comparison of the results obtained in the present work with those obtained earlier for catalysts based on SrCoO₃ led to the conclusion that the Co-containing catalysts were preferable to the Mn-containing catalysts for carrying out oxidative coupling of methane in a periodic regime.__________Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimentalnaya Khimiya, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 30–34, January–February, 2005.     

含氮亲核试剂在2-甲磺酰基-5-(3,4,5-三甲氧基苯基)-1,3,4-噁二唑环上取代反应的研究

2,5—二取代—l,3,4—噁二唑化合物具有消炎,抗菌,调节植物生长,杀虫门等广泛的生物活性。作者曾研究了取代胺在2—甲磺酰基—5—(2—苯基—4—喹啉基)—1,3,4—噁二唑化合物环2—位上的亲核加成消去反应,制得了一系列新的2—取代基—5—(2—苯基—4—喹啉基)—1,3,4—噁二唑衍生物,并发现它们具有一定的抗菌活性。在此基础上,我们又研究了含氮亲核试剂在 2—甲磺酰基—5—(3,4,5—三甲氧基苯基)—1,3,4,—噁二唑环2—位上的亲核加成消去反应,制得一系列新的2—取代基—5—(3,4,5—三甲氧基苯基)—1,3,4—噁二唑衍生物。作者用3,4,5—三甲氧基苯甲酰肼在KOH催化下与CS_2反应得到2—巯基—5—(3,4,5—三甲氧基苯基)—l,3,4—噁二唑1,1在NaOH溶液中与Me_2S0_4作用得到2—甲硫醚—5—(3,4,5—三甲氧基苯基)—1,3,4—噁二唑2,2在冰醋酸水溶     

Site-specific detection of S-nitrosylated PKB alpha/Akt1 from rat soleus muscle using CapLC-Q-TOF(micro) mass spectrometry

Protein Kinase Balpha(PKBalpha, or Akt1) is believed to play a crucial role in programmed cell death, cancer progression and the insulin-signaling cascade. The protein is activated by phosphorylation at multiple sites and subsequently phosphorylates and activates eNOS. Free cysteine residues of the protein may capture reactive, endogenously produced nitric oxide (NO) as S-nitrosothiols. Site-specific detection of S-nitrosylated cysteine residues, usually at low stoichiometry, has been a major challenge in proteomic research largely due to the lack of mass marker for S-nitrosothiols that are very labile under physiologic conditions. In this report we describe a sensitive and specific MS method for detection of S-nitrosothiols in PKB alpha/Akt1 in rat soleus muscle. PKB alpha/Akt1 was isolated by immunoprecipitation and 2D-gel electrophoresis, subjected to in-gel tryptic digestion, and cysteinyl nitrosothiols were reacted with iodoacetic acids [2-C(12)/C(13) = 50/50] under ascorbate reduction conditions. This resulted in the production of relatively stable carboxymethylcysteine (CMC) immonium ions (m/z 134.019 and m/z 135.019) within a narrow argon collision energy (CE = 30 +/- 5 V) in the high MS noise region. In addition, free and disulfide-linked cysteine residues were converted to carboxyamidomethylcysteines (CAM). Tryptic S-nitrosylated parent ion was detected with a mass accuracy of 50 mDa for the two CMC immonium ions at the triggered elution time during capillary liquid chromatography (LC) separation. A peptide containing Cys(296) was discriminated from four co-eluting tryptic peptides under lock mass conditions (m/z 785.8426). S-nitrosothiol in the tryptic peptide, ITDFGLBKEGIK (B: CAM, [M + 2H](2+) = 690.86, Found: 690.83), is believed to be present at a very low level, since the threshold for the CMC immonium trigger ions was set at 3 counts/s in the MS survey. The high levels of NO that are produced under stress conditions may result in increased S-nitrosylation of Cys(296) which blocks disulfide bond formation between Cys(296) and Cys(310) and suppresses the biological effects of PKB alpha/Akt1. With the procedures developed here, this process can be studied under physiological and pathological conditions.     

新型铂(Ⅱ)类配合物的合成、表征和抗肿瘤活性

Seven novel platinum(Ⅱ) complexes[Pt(Ⅱ)(NH₃)(H₂O)X](Ⅰ～Ⅶ) {X=(COO^-)₂(oxalato), 2p-CH₃O-C₆H₄-COO^-(p-methyoxbenzolato), 2C₆H₅-COO^-(benzolato), 2CH₃COO^-(acetato), (CH₂)(COO^-)₂(malonato), (CH₂)₂(COO^-)₂(succinato), (CH=CH)(COO^-)₂(maleato)} have been prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, thermal analysis，IR, UV, and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. The antitumor activities of these complexes in vitro against EJ、HCT-8, KB, BGC-823, Bel-7402, HL-60, MCF-7 and Hela cell lines have been studied. Complex Ⅰ and Ⅴ show remarkable antitumor activities against EJ cell line, and the inhibitory rate is 45.96% and 54.32% at concentration of 10 μmol·L^-1, respectively. The inhibitory rate of the complexes Ⅱ and Ⅲ is greater than 50% against HL-60, BGC-823, KB and EJ cell lines. The inhibitory rate of the complex Ⅵ is 51.89% and 57.96% against BGC-823 and EJ cell lines. The complexes Ⅳ and Ⅶ have no antitumor activities against tested tumor cell lines. The complexes Ⅱ, Ⅲ and Ⅵ can stem the cell cycle of HL-60 on the G₂+M.     

新型氨基甲酸含氮杂环甲基酯的合成及生物活性研究

常规加热或微波照射下, 含氮杂环1与多聚甲醛反应以良好的产率生成含氮杂环基甲醇3, 反应物物质的量的比、反应温度等对反应产率有影响, 微波条件下的反应时间比常规加热下大大缩短. 化合物3和异氰酸酯4在常规加热或微波照射下生成相应的氨基甲酸含氮杂环甲基酯5a～5m. 反应温度、反应物物质的量的比、反应时间、微波辐射功率等对反应产率都有一定的影响, 与常规加热相比微波条件下的反应时间大大缩短. 化合物5的结构经过IR, ¹H NMR, MS, 元素分析测定, 部分化合物经过¹³C NMR测定. 测定了化合物5的杀虫和除草活性, 结果表明其杀虫活性较低, 除草活性高于杀虫活性, 5a, 5d, 5e和5m对苋菜和黄瓜的防除率高达100%.