Vapor‐Phase Reaction of Citronellal over Mesoporous Molecular Sieves MCM‐41 and Zeolites

The vapor‐phase reaction of citronellal (CTN) at 220 °C and atmospheric pressure has been studied using mesoporous molecular sieves and zeolites in a fixed‐bed reactor. The primary products included isopulegol (IPG), menthone, and pulegol with subsequent reactions to form cyclic hydrocarbons. The CTN conversion and the product selectivity depend on the acidity and the textural property of catalysts. Lewis and/or Brönsted acid sites are essential for catalyzing this reaction. An increase of SiO₂/Al₂O₃ mol ratio diminishes the acid amount of all catalysts and enhances both the surface area and the structural order of MCM‐41. The catalytic activity follows the order of MCM‐41 > HZSM‐5 > Hβ > USY, in accordance with the relative total acid amount except that of MCM‐41. Despite its low acidity, Si‐MCM‐41 exhibits the best catalytic performance due to its uniform mesopores, large surface area and good stability; the CTN conversion and the IPG yield attain 91.9% and 58.6%, respectively, after at least 25 h time‐on‐stream.     

A general strategy for the assignment of aliphatic side-chain resonances of uniformly 13C,15N-labeled large proteins

A general strategy is proposed to assign aliphatic side-chain resonances of large 13C,15N-labeled proteins without deuteration, using 4D 13C,15N-edited NOESY and MQ-(H)CCH-TOCSY experiments on the basis of prior assignments of backbone and 13Cbeta resonances. The strategy has been tested on a 214 residue protein (DdCAD-1) and applied to a chain-selectively 13C,15N-labeled hemoglobin (65 kDa). About 96 and 80% aliphatic side-chain spins in DdCAD-1 and hemoglobin have been assigned, respectively. The strategy proposed here will be very useful for the structure determination and dynamics characterization of large proteins by NMR.     

鹿角短指软珊瑚Sinularia Cervicornis Tix-Dur 中的一个新糖甙-Cervicoside

珊瑚属腔肠动物门 ( Clelenterata) ,海鸡冠目 ( Alcyonacea) ,是一种热带与亚热带海洋中广泛分布Scheme 1　 Structure of cervicoside(1 )的低等海洋生物 .软珊瑚的次生代谢物中含有萜类和甾体类等各类生理活性物质[1～ 5] .我们在对鹿角短指软珊瑚的次生代谢产物研究中 ,分离到一个新三糖甙 ,命名为 Cervicoside( 1 ) ,结构见 Scheme 1 .该化合物具有较强的体外抗癌活性 .1　实验部分1 .1　样品　鹿角短指软珊瑚采自海南岛三亚海域 .样品储藏于中山大学化学与化学工程学院天然有机化学研究室 ,编号为 98- SY- 3.种属由中国科学院南海…     

Pt／钇稳定氧化锆固体电解质在高温下的电化学性质

用交流阻抗技术研究了二电极、三电极Ｐｔ／钇稳定氧化锆（简称ＹＳＺ）高温固体电化学体系．开路电位下，Ｐｔ／ＹＳＺ体系只有一个阻抗半圆，对应于电极体系的电化学活化控制过程，极化电阻随温度变化的表观活化能为１７１．５ｋＪ／ｍｏｌ．Ｐｔ／ＹＳＺ界面的双电层电容约为３００μＦ／ｃｍ２．阳极极化下，交流阻抗极化电阻显著减小；阴极极化下，极化电阻反而增大，并出现浓差控制现象．     

Enthalpy of Adsorption and Isotherms for Adsorption of Naphthenic Acid onto Clays

The enthalpies of adsorption and the isotherms for adsorption of naphthenic acid onto Na-montmorillonite, Na-kaolinite, and Na-illite were studied by means of calorimetry and the static method at 298.15 K. The results show that the enthalpies of adsorption and saturated adsorption amounts of naphthenic acid on different clays change in the order Na-montmorillonite > Na-illite > Na-kaolinite. The interaction between naphthenic acid and clays is discussed.     

Affinity Chromatography of Insulin with a Heptapeptide Ligand Selected from Phage Display Library

A heptapeptide phage display library was screened with insulin to find its ligands for affinity chromatography. The peptide was synthesized and coupled to EAH Sepharose 4B (5.4 mol mL^–1 bed). Then, insulin chromatography was carried out with mobile phases of different pH values and by the addition of urea and ethylene glycol. It was found that electrostatic interactions were predominant for the affinity binding, and hydrogen bonding might also contribute somewhat to the affinity. Finally, frontal analysis was performed and the dynamic binding capacity of the affinity column for insulin at 50% breakthrough was estimated at 60.6 mg mL^–1 bed, which was about two times higher than the theoretical binding capacity of the monomeric insulin. The result suggests that insulin was bound in dimer state in a stoichiometric relationship with the coupled peptide, indicating the high binding efficiency of the peptide ligand for insulin.     

Synthesis and structure of Mn(II) and Zn(II) complexes containing 1,10-phenanthroline unit

The Mn(II) and Zn(II) complexes of N,N′-diisopropyl-1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dimethanamine have been synthesised, and the structure of the two complexes have been studied by X-ray crystallography.     

Dendritic nanowire ultraviolet laser array

Self-organized dendritic crystal growth is explored to assemble uniform semiconductor nanowires into highly ordered one-dimensional microscale arrays that resemble comb structures. The individual ZnO nanowires have uniform diameters ranging from 10 to 300 nm. They are evenly spaced on a stem with a regular periodicity of 0.1-2 micrometer. Under optical excitation, each individual ZnO nanowire serves as a Fabry-Perot optical cavity, and together they form a highly ordered nanowire ultraviolet laser array.     

Styrylpyridine-based epoxy resins: Synthesis and characterization

Polymers containing rigid aromatic structures in the chain backbone usually gave high thermal stability and good flammability resistance. Three glycidyl ethers of epoxy resins were prepared from 2,4-di(p-hydroxystyryl)pyridine (2,4-DGESP), 2,6-di-(p-hydroxystyryl)pyridine (2,6-DGESP), and 2,4,6-tri-(p-hydroxystyryl)pryidine (2,4,6-TGESP) to study the relationships of structure to polymer degradation. To prepare a highly crosslinked material, trimethoxyboroxine (TMB) was used as the curing agent. The relative char yields of the three different resins, as measured by TGA, were 2,4-DGESP ≈ 2,6-DGESP > 2,4,6-TGESP. The char yield of the cured 2,6-DGESP varied with different amounts of the TMB curing agent, and was higher than the uncured 2,6-DGESP. The oxygen index increased as a function of thermal curing time for the 2,6-DGESP epoxy resin. An intermolecular Diels–Alder reaction with 2,6-DGESP is proposed as a primary reaction during thermal curing.