Effect of C∶N molar ratio on monomer composition of polyhdroxyalk anoates produced by Pseudomonas mendocina 0806 and Pseudomonas pseudoalkaligenus YS1

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable polymers produced by bacteria. In this study, the effect of C∶N molar ratio on the monomer composition of PHAs was investigated, including medium chain length PHA produced by Pseudomonas mendocina 0806 and PHA blends consisting of monomers of 3-hydroxybutyrate and medium chain length hydroxyalkan⇘te produced by Pseudomonas pseudoalkaligenus YS1. It was observed that there were some fixed ranges of C∶N molar ratio that affect the monomer composition of PHA independently of the substrate. For strain 0806, the ranges were C∶N <20, 20<C∶N<200, and C∶N>200. The monomer composition was constant among these ranges when using glucose and octanoate as the sole substrate. For strain YS1, the ranges were C∶N<20, 20<C∶N<45, and C∶N>45. These results are useful for controlling monomer composition in PHA production.     

酸性铬蓝K固体石蜡碳糊修饰电极溶出伏安法测定痕量铅

在pH为8．5,0．2mol/L氨性缓冲底液中,以酸性铬蓝K（ACBK）为修饰剂,固体石蜡为粘合剂,制备了ACBK修饰碳糊电极。Pb2+以Pb-ACBK络合物的形式吸附在电极上,在-1．0V电位下电解,以阳极溶出伏安法测定Ph2+,在0．11V（vs.SCE）处有灵敏的氧化峰,其一次微分峰电流与Pb2+浓度在1．0×10-11～1．0×10-5mol/L范围内的对数呈良好的线性关系。此法的检测限为5．0×10-12mol/L。     

螺[1—溴—4—l—孟氧其—5—氧杂—6—氧代双环[3.1.0]已烷2,3‘—（4’—甲氧 …

本文报道了利用新手性还源合成的标题化合物Ｃ２９Ｈ４５ＢｒＯ７（Ｍｒ＝５８５．５６）的晶体结构,该晶体属正交晶系,空间群为Ｐ２１２１２１,晶胞参数α＝９．７４８（４）,ｂ＝１２．５３７（５）,ｃ＝２５．８５１（９）Ａ,Ｖ＝３１５９（２）Ａ＾３,Ｚ＝４,Ｄｘ＝１．２３１ｇ／ｃｍ＾２,μ１．３４１ｍｍ＾－１,Ｆ（０００）＝１２４０,偏离因子Ｒ＝０．０４７５,ＲＷ＝０．０６０９,分子中共有５个环,１２个手     

双膦配体的合成及铑-双膦配体催化剂对混合辛烯氢甲酰化反应的催化行为

合成了具有不同电子效应的 3种双膦配体 .其给电子性为 Ph2 P(CH2 ) 4 PPh2 >Ph2 P(O) (CH2 ) 4 PPh2 >Ph2 P(O) (CH2 ) 4 P(O) Ph2 .这 3种配体与醋酸铑二聚体配合物构成的催化剂 ,在混合辛烯的均相氢甲酰化反应中表现出的活性和选择性与配体给电子性强弱的次序完全相反 .我们认为 ,具有弱配位性的 [Rh(CH3COO) 2 ]2 Ph2 P-(O) (CH2 ) 4 P(O) Ph2 催化体系 ,因其形成的活性物种的活泼性高 ,有利于惰性的长碳链混合辛烯的活化转化 .对该体系循环使用的结果表明 ,经历 3次循环后 ,催化剂活性逐渐降低 .     

镨叶绿素a分子结构的确定

通过合成镨叶绿素a(Pr-Chla)研究了稀土在叶绿素中的结合方式.Pr-Chla的紫外可见光谱(UV-Vis)、红外光谱(FTIR)证实镨离子已配位到叶绿素a的卟啉环上.其磁圆二色谱(MCD)在Soret带具有双层夹心卟啉的特征结构;通过扩展X射线吸收精细结构谱(EXAFS),采用双层夹心结构模型拟合,确定了Pr周围的近邻结构.表明合成镨叶绿素a具有双层夹心结构.Pr(Ⅲ)夹于两个卟啉环之间,与上下卟啉环上共8个N原子配位,Pr-N键平均键长0.242nm.     

Micro-thermal analysis of thermal conductance distribution in advanced silicon nitrides

A micro-thermal analysis technique was applied to investigate advanced silicon nitride materials, which exhibit high thermal conductivity. Local thermal properties in the microstructure were evaluated, and the grain boundaries were observed to have lower thermal conductance than the Si₃N₄ grains. It was found that thermal conductance both in the grains and boundaries was lowered by the addition of the sintering aid Al₂O₃, which is soluble in Si₃N₄ grains. This indicates that high thermal conductivity in silicon nitride ceramics is achieved both by grain growth, leading to a reduction in boundary density, and by eliminating soluble elements in silicon nitride grains. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Flocculation and coalescence of droplets in oil-in-water emulsions formed with highly hydrolysed whey proteins as influenced by starch

The effects of added unmodified amylopectin starch, modified amylopectin starch and amylose starch on the formation and properties of emulsions (4 wt.% corn oil) made with an extensively hydrolysed commercial whey protein (WPH) product under a range of conditions were examined. The rate of coalescence was calculated based on the changes in the droplet size of the emulsions during storage at 20 degrees C. The rates of creaming and coalescence in emulsions containing amylopectin starches were enhanced with increasing concentration of the starches during storage for up to 7 days. At a given starch concentration, the rate of coalescence was higher in the emulsions containing modified amylopectin starch than in those containing unmodified amylopectin starch, whereas it was lowest in the emulsions containing amylose starch. All emulsions containing unmodified and modified amylopectin starches showed flocculation of oil droplets by a depletion mechanism. However, flocculation was not observed in the emulsions containing amylose starch. The extent of flocculation was considered to correlate with the rate of coalescence of oil droplets. The different rates of coalescence could be explained on the basis of the strength of the depletion potential, which was dependent on the molecular weight and the radius of gyration of the starches. At high levels of starch addition (>1.5%), the rate of coalescence decreased gradually, apparently because of the high viscosity of the aqueous phase caused by the starch.     

Synthesis, characterization, and surface immobilization of platinum and palladium nanoparticles encapsulated within amine-terminated poly(amidoamine) dendrimers

Platinum and palladium dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticles (DENs) were prepared within commercially available, fourth-generation, amine-terminated, poly(amidoamine) dendrimers (G4-NH2). The synthesis is carried out by selectively encapsulating metal complexes within the dendrimer and then reducing the resulting composite. Intradendrimer complexation requires control over the solution pH to prevent attachment of the metal complexes to primary amine groups on the dendrimer periphery. That is, the surface primary amines of the dendrimer must be selectively protonated in the presence of the interior tertiary amines. The metal-ion encapsulation and reduction processes were characterized by UV-vis spectroscopy. Forty-atom Pt and Pd DENs were examined by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, which showed that the mean particle sizes were 1.4 and 1.5 nm, respectively, and that both were nearly monodisperse (standard deviation = 0.3 nm). The free amine groups on the dendrimer surface were used to link Pd DENs to monolithic Au surfaces via an intermediate self-assembled monolayer adhesion layer.     

Impact of azaproline on Peptide conformation

The amino acid analog azaproline (azPro) contains a nitrogen atom in place of the C(alpha) of proline. Peptides containing azPro were shown to stabilize the cis-amide conformer for the acyl-azPro bond and prefer type VI beta-turns both in crystals and in organic solvents by NMR. The increased stability for cis-amide conformers was relatively minor with respect to the trans-conformers. Further, their conformational preferences were depended on solvent. To elucidate the impact of azPro substitution on amide cis-trans isomerism and peptide conformation, this paper reports ab initio studies on azPro derivatives and a comparison with their cognate Pro derivatives: 1-acetyl-2-methyl pyrrolidine (1), 1-acetyl-2-methyl pyrazolidine (2), Ac-Pro-NHMe (3), Ac-azPro-NHMe (4), Ac-azPro-NMe(2) (5), Ac-azAzc-NHMe (6), and Ac-azPip-NHMe (7). Conformational preferences were explored at the MP2/6-31+G** level of theory in vacuo. Solvation effects for 1 and 2 were studied implicitly using the polarizable continuum model and explicitly represented by interactions with a single water molecule. An increase in the conformational preference for the cis-amide conformer of azPro was clearly seen. An intramolecular hydrogen bond occurred solely in the trans-amide conformer that reduced the preference for the cis-conformer by 2.2 kcal/mol. The larger ring homolog aza-pipecolic acid (azPip), in which this internal hydrogen bond was diminished, significantly augmented stabilization of the cis-amide conformer. In aqueous solution, the preference for the cis-amide conformers was greatly reduced, mainly as a result of interaction between water and the lone pair of the alpha-nitrogen in the trans-amide conformer that was 3.8 kcal/mol greater than that in the cis-conformer. In the azPro analog, the energy barrier for cis-trans amide isomerization was 6 kcal/mol less than that in the cognate Pro derivative. Because the azPro derivatives can stabilize the cis-amide bond and mimic a type VI beta-turn without incorporation of additional steric bulk, such a simple chemical modification of the peptide backbone provides a useful conformational constraint when incorporated into the structure of selected bioactive peptides. Such modifications can scan receptors for biological recognition of reverse turns containing cis-amide bonds by the incorporation of type VI beta-turn scaffolds with oriented appended side chains.     

Aggregation of sodium 1-(n-alkyl)naphthalene-4-sulfonates in aqueous solution: micellization and microenvironment characteristics

In aqueous solution, the micellization and microenvironment characteristics of the micelle assemblies of three anionic surfactants, sodium 1-(n-alkyl)naphthalene-4-sulfonates (SANS), have been investigated by steady-state fluorescence and time-resolved fluorescence decay techniques using pyrene, Ru(bpy)3(2+), and 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene as fluorescence probes. The critical micelle concentrations (cmc's), effective carbon atom numbers (neff's), hydrophilic-lipophilic balances (HLBs), mean micelle aggregation numbers, micropolarities, and microviscosities of these surfactant micelles have been determined. The logarithmic cmc of the alkylnaphthalene sulfonates decreases linearly with an increase in the neff. The logarithmic aggregation number of the alkylnaphthalene sulfonates increases linearly with an increase in the neff. However, in contrast to the alkylsufonates and the alkylbenzene sulfonates, the aggregation for these alkylnaphthalene sulfonate molecules is less sensitive to the increase in the neff. The micropolarity of these alkylnaphthalene sulfonate micelles is less sensitive to the increase in the alkyl chain length and is lower than that of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The microviscosity of these alkylnaphthalene sulfonate micelles increases with an increase in the alkyl chain length and is lower than those of nonionic surfactants and zwitterionic surfactants. These results suggest that naphthyl rings have a notable effect on the micellization of SANS.