Headspace gas chromatographic determination of beta-galactosidase activity using electron-capture detection

A headspace gas chromatographic method for the determination of beta-galactosidase (E.C. 3.2.1.23) activity is described. The method, in which 2,2,2-trichloroethyl beta-D-galactopyranoside (beta-TCG) is used as substrate, involves determination of the liberated 2,2,2-trichloroethanol by gas chromatography with electron capture detection. The preparation of beta-TCG and of 2,2,2-trichloroethyl alpha-D-galactopyranoside is described. A Km = 0.80 mM was found for the enzymatic hydrolysis of beta-TCG employing beta-galactosidase from Escherichia coli. The assay has been applied to the quantitative determination of E. coli bacteria.     

On the Randić Index of Acyclic Conjugated Molecules

The Randić index of an organic molecule whose molecular graph is G is the sum of the weights (d(u)d(v))^−1/2 of all edges uv of G, where d(u) and d(v) are the degrees of the vertices u and v in G. We give a sharp lower bound on the Randić index of conjugated trees (trees with a perfect matching) in terms of the number of vertices. A sharp lower bound on the Randić index of trees with a given size of matching is also given Mei Lu: Partially supported by NNSFC (No. 60172005) Lian-zhu Zhang: Partially supported by NNSFC (No. 10271105) Feng Tian: Partially supported by NNSFC (No. 10431020)     

3-(2-羟基苯基)-5-苯基-6-乙氧羰基-2-环己烯酮的合成与晶体结构

合成了3-(2-羟基苯基)-5-苯基-6-乙氧羰基-2-环己烯酮.通过元素分析、红外光谱、紫外光谱、核磁共振氢谱和质谱对其组成和结构进行了表征.利用X射线衍射分析方法测定了它的晶体结构.该化合物的晶体属单斜晶系,空间群P21/c,a=1.41946(17)nm,b=0.58445(7)nm,c=2.1756(3)nm,β=104.795(2)°,V=1.7450(4)nm3,Z=4,Dc=1.280 g·cm-3,F(000)=712,μ=0.088mm-1,R1[I＞2σ(I)]=0.0627,wR2[I＞2σ(I)]=0.1484.晶体结构测定结果表明化合物分子中的环己烯部分为半椅式构象,分子间通过氢键形成具有16元环的二聚体.     

Copper corrosion in buffered and non-buffered synthetic seawater: a comparative study

The electrochemical behaviour of copper in neutral buffered and non-buffered synthetic seawater and in pure chloride solutions has been studied by cyclic voltammetry, weight loss measurements, open circuit potential and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Values of the repassivation potentials of Cu in non-buffered and buffered synthetic seawater, at 50 mV s^–1, were 0.12 and 0.46 V vs. SCE, respectively. The sharpness, heights and location of the different peaks as well as their charges were shown to be influenced by the composition of the solution, buffering conditions, deoxygenation, polarization potential and time. High chloride concentrations lead to higher oxidation charges. The anodic and the cathodic charges were shown to increase as the chloride concentration increases. The open circuit potential transients of copper in non-deoxygenated, non-buffered synthetic seawater indicate pitting from the beginning of the exposure, while in buffered solutions the pitting appeared only after a quite long exposure period, i.e. after 40 days. Corrosion rates of Cu samples after 3 months of immersion were higher in solutions of pure chloride (0.5 M) than in synthetic seawater. After six months the differences were even more noticeable. SEM images have showed a somewhat higher density of pits on copper samples immersed in the chloride solution (0.5 M), in comparison with those in synthetic seawater.     

Solid-phase reagent for molecular spectroscopic determination of heavy metal speciation in natural water

A solid-phase reagent based on 1-(4-adamantyl-2-thiasolylazo)-2-naphthol adsorbed onto silica gel was prepared for Co(II) recovery and preconcentration prior to its sorption-spectroscopic detection. The immobilized reagent was applied to the determination of free cobalt ions in natural water. The solid-phase reagent and chemiluminescent method coupled with membrane filtration, gel-permeation and ion-exchange chromatography were applied to the study of the speciation of iron and cobalt in water from the Dnieper reservoirs and lakes of Kyiv City; their predominant forms were complexes of Fe(III) and Co(II) with dissolved organic matter and fulvic acids play a main role in their complexation.     

IR study of heterogeneity of OH groups in zeolite HY-splitting of OH and OD bands

We have been studying the problem of heterogeneity of OH groups in zeolites HY for a long time. The heterogeneity was suggested by the shift of the IR band of OH groups restoring upon ammonia desorption and also by the fact that the band of OH groups forming hydrogen bonds was relatively broad (broader than for homogeneous acidic OH). In the present study we present another important argument for heterogeneity: the splitting of the IR band of free OH and OD groups in a zeolite of Si/Al=8.3 dealuminated by (NH₄)₂SiF₆ treatment. Such a splitting is the best seen in low temperature spectra of OD groups. We found less acidic 3640 cm⁻¹ (AlO)(SiO)₂SiO₁HAl(OSi)₃ and more acidic 3625 cm⁻¹ (SiO)₃SiO₁HAl(OSi)₃ groups. The presence of these two kinds of hydroxyls corresponds to the presence of Si(2Al) and Si(1Al), respectively, detected in ²⁹Si MAS NMR spectra. We also found a small amount of strongly acidic 3599 cm⁻¹ hydroxyls interacting with extraframework Al species.     

氯化二氯代四苯基卟啉磷合二氯甲烷的晶体结构

氯化二氯代四苯基叶啉磷（Dichloro（5，10，15，20－tetraphenylporphinato）－phosphorus（V）chloride，［PCl2TPP］Cl）是典型的非金属卟琳配合物．据文献报导［1］该配合物能够与噻吩类化合物反应，所得单体经电解氧化，可生成具有导电性的聚合物．因此，测定［PCl2TPP］Cl的分子结构有着十分重要的意义．1标题化合物的制备及单晶生长标题化合物技文献［2］合成．用于X－射线衍射的单晶样品是将标题化合物的二氯甲烷／正庚烷混合溶液静置数周后得到的．单晶为紫色，用于X－射线衍射测定的晶粒尺寸为0．38mm×0．38mm×0．28mm．…     

共价氢化物与汞离子反应的研究 Ⅰ 痕量锑高灵敏度的分析新方法

本文提出了一个氢化物发生一冷原子荧光法间接测定痕量锑的新方法。考察了各种实验条件,并将此法用于水及沉积物标样分析,结果令人满意,对水中锑检出限为0.1μg/L,回收率96％～102％。     

以水、甲苯及其混合溶剂超临界萃取煤的研究

在半连续萃取装置上,以水、甲苯及其混合物为溶剂对黄县褐煤进行了非等温超临界萃取,考察了不同溶剂对萃取过程的影响。结果表明,以甲苯为溶剂的萃取率高于以水为溶剂的。以水为溶剂萃取物中的沥青烯和预沥青烯的H/C原子比高于以甲苯为溶剂的,而O/C原子比则低。在水中加入适量甲苯,能够明显改善萃取效果,大幅度提高萃取率。     

Determination of ethaverine and papaverine using ion-selective electrodes.

Ion-selective poly(vinyl chloride) membrane electrodes for the opium alkaloids papaverine and ethaverine are presented. The electrode membranes contain ion pairs of the alkaloids with the anionic counter ion tetraphenylborate. The detection limits for all electrodes were approximately 2 x 10(-6) mol dm-3 at pH 5.0 in 100 mmol dm-3 buffered solutions and the measured slopes were close to the values theoretically expected. The selectivity coefficient observed for the ethaverine-tetraphenylborate electrode is 10(-1.1) with respect to papaverine. The suitability of the membranes for single-use electrodes is discussed.