Darstellung und Polymerisation von D-3-0(11-Methacryloyloxyundecanoyl)-1,2:5,6-di-O-isopropyliden glucofuranose

Ohne Zusammenfassung     

Indications of neutrino oscillation in a 250 km long-baseline experiment

The K2K experiment observes indications of neutrino oscillation: a reduction of nu(mu) flux together with a distortion of the energy spectrum. Fifty-six beam neutrino events are observed in Super-Kamiokande (SK), 250 km from the neutrino production point, with an expectation of 80.1(+6.2)(-5.4). Twenty-nine one ring mu-like events are used to reconstruct the neutrino energy spectrum, which is better matched to the expected spectrum with neutrino oscillation than without. The probability that the observed flux at SK is explained by statistical fluctuation without neutrino oscillation is less than 1%.     

Three new trimeric stilbenes from Gnetum gnemon

Three stilbene trimers (gnemonols D, E, F) were isolated from the root of Gnetum gnemon. The structures were determined by spectroscopic analysis. In addition, the antioxidant activity of the compounds on lipid peroxide inhibition and super oxide scavenging activity were also investigated.     

Columnar Liquid Crystals from a Giant Macrocycle Mesogen

Columnar liquid crystals composed of a giant macrocyclic mesogen were prepared. The giant macrocyclic mesogen has a square hollow with a 2.5 nm diagonal, which was bounded by diindolo[3,2‐b:2′,3′‐h]carbazole (diindolocarbazole) moieties as the edges and bis(salicylidene)‐o‐phenylenediamine (salphen) moieties as the corners. The shape and size of the macrocycle were directly observed by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Each side of the bright square in the STM image corresponds to a diindolocarbazole moiety, and the length of the sides was consistent with the result of the single crystal analysis of diindolocarbazole. Finally, we successfully obtained a giant macrocycle with long and branched side chains, which exhibited a rectangular columnar LC phase over a wide temperature range. To the best of our knowledge, it contained the largest discrete inner space of any thermotropic columnar liquid crystal composed of macrocyclic mesogens.     

Occurrence of Stilbene Glucosides in Upuna borneensis

Four new stilbene glucosides, upunosides A ( 1 ), B ( 5 ), C ( 6 ), and D ( 7 ), were isolated from the stem of Upuna borneensis (Dipterocarpaceae) together with the three known glucosides 3, 4 , and 8 . Upunoside A ( 1 ) is the first natural instance of a glucoside of a resveratrol pentamer, and its aglycone has a dibenzo‐fused bicyclo[5.3.0]octadiene and two dihydrobenzofuran moieties. The relative structure of the aglycone was determined by spectral analysis including 1D and 2D NMR experiments.