A New Capillary Electrophoresis Apparatus with Piezoelectric Ceramics High Voltage Source and Amperometric Detector

IntroductionHighperformancecapiliar}'electrophoresis(HPCE)isanewanalyticaltechnology'rapidly'developedinrecentyears.Withtheadvantagesofsmallsample.highsensitivity,highresolution.rapidanalysisandverycheaprunning,ithasbeenappliedinchemistry'.lifescienc...     

A New Rearrangement Reaction of 2-Phenyl Substituted Benzothiazepine with Ethoxycarbonyl Carbene─Mechanism of the Reaction and Structure of the Product

Intheprevi0usaFticlesl-2wehavereportedthatthereacti0n0fbenz0diazepinewithethoxycarbonylcarbenemayobtainnormal[2 l]cycIoadditi0npr0ductsregardlessthe2-substitUentismethyl0rphenyl.Howeverunderthesamec0nditi0nsthereaction0fbenzothiazepinewithethoxycarbonylcarbeneunderwentrearrangementreacti0n.Forexample,whenthe2-substituentismethyl,thereacti0nofbenzothiazepinewithethoxycarbonylcarbenegivearing-openingproductIIatroomorhightemperature'.Whenthe2-substituentisphenyl,weunexpectedlyfoundan0thernewrea…     

Quantitative analysis of 3‐OHB[a]P and (+)‐anti‐BPDE as biomarkers of B[a]P exposure in rats

The aim of this study was to develop an analytical method for the determination the levels of metabolites of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), 3‐hydroxybenzo(a)pyrene (3‐OHB[a]P) and (+)‐anti‐benzo(a)pyrene diol‐epoxide [(+)‐anti‐BPDE, combined with DNA to form adducts], in rat blood and tissues exposed to B[a]P exposure by high‐performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC/FD), and to investigate the usefulness of 3‐OHB[a]P and (+)‐anti‐BPDE as markers of intragastrical exposure to B[a]P in rats. The levels of 3‐OH‐B[a]P and B[a]P‐tetrol I‐1 released after acid hydrolysis of (+)‐anti‐BPDE in the samples were measured by HPLC/FD. The calibration curves were linear (r² > 0.9904), and the lower limit of quantification ranged from 0.34 to 0.45 ng/mL for 3‐OHB[a]P and from 0.43 to 0.58 ng/mL for (+)‐anti‐BPDE. The intra‐ and inter‐day stability assay data suggested that the method is accurate and precise. The recoveries of 3‐OHB[a]P and (+)‐anti‐BPDE were in the ranges of 73.6 ± 5.0 to 116.5 ± 6.3% and 73.3 ± 8.5 to 141.2 ± 13.8%, respectively. A positive correlation was found between the concentration of intragastrical B[a]P and the concentrations of 3‐OH‐B[a]P and (+)‐anti‐BPDE in the blood and in most of the tissues studied, except for the brain and kidney, which showed no correlation between B[a]P and 3‐OHB[a]P and between B[a]P and (+)‐anti‐BPDE, respectively. A sensitive, reliable and rapid HPLC/FD was developed and validated for analysis of 3‐OHB[a]P and (+)‐anti‐BPDE in rat blood and tissues. There was a positive correlation between the concentration of 3‐OHB[a]P or (+)‐anti‐BPDE in the blood and the concentration of 3‐OHB[a]P or (+)‐anti‐BPDE in the most other tissues examined. The concentration of 3‐OHB[a]P or (+)‐anti‐BPDE in the blood could be used as an indicator of the concentration of 3‐OHB[a]P or (+)‐anti‐BPDE in the other tissues in response to B[a]P exposure. These results demonstrate that 3‐OHB[a]P and (+)‐anti‐BPDE are potential biomarkers of B[a]P exposure, which would also be useful to assess the carcinogenic risks from B[a]P exposure. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Synthesis of thermal‐stable and photo‐crosslinkable polyfluorenes for the applications of polymer light‐emitting diodes

Three polyfluorene derivatives which have oxetane‐containing phenyl group at C‐9 position were synthesized via the palladium‐catalyzed Suzuki‐coupling reaction. The synthesized polymers PFB, PFG, and PFR emit blue, green, and red light, respectively. A double‐layer device with the configuration of ITO/PEDOT/polymer/Ca/Al using PFB as the active layer showed a threshold voltage of 5 V, a maximum brightness of 2030 cd/m², and a maximum current efficiency of 0.35 cd/A. Using PFG as the active layer, the device exhibited a threshold voltage of 6 V, a maximum brightness of 6447 cd/m², and a maximum current efficiency of 1.27 cd/A. Using PFR as the active layer, the device showed a threshold voltage of 4 V, a maximum brightness of 2135 cd/m², and a maximum current efficiency of 0.16 cd/A. Better electroluminescent performance was also found based on different design of device structures. Due to photo‐crosslinking property of oxetane groups, the UV‐exposed thin films are insoluble in common organic solvents. A device comprised of blue, green, and red‐emissive pixels was successfully fabricated by spin‐coating and photo‐lithographic processes. In addition, a white light‐emitting device with CIE coordinate of (0.34, 0.33) was achieved by blending PFR into a host material PFB as the active layer. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 516–524, 2010     

Synthesis of 6H-isoindolo[2,1-a]indol-6-ones through a sequential copper-catalyzed C-N coupling and palladium-catalyzed C–H activation reaction

A series of 6H-isoindolo[2,1-a]indol-6-ones were synthesized through one-pot sequential coupling reactions, which were comprised of a copper-catalyzed C–N coupling cyclization and a palladium-catalyzed C–H activation course. General chemicals benzoyl chlorides and o-gem-dibromovinyl anilines were employed as the starting substrates.     

Biologically Active Iridoids from Hedyotis diffusa

Two new iridoids, 10‐O‐benzoyl‐6′‐O‐α‐L ‐arabino(1→6)‐β‐D ‐glucopyranosylgeniposidic acid ( 1 ), deacetyl‐6‐ethoxyasperulosidic acid methyl ester ( 2 ), along with 14 other known iridoids, were isolated from the whole plant of Hedyotis diffusa Willd. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analysis. The short‐term‐memory‐enhancement activities of compounds 1, 7 – 9, 11 , and 13 were evaluated on an Aβ transgenic drosophila model.