A Novel Mononuclear Copper（Ⅱ） Complex：Crystal Structure and DNA Cleavage Ability

The reaction of N-tosylatirdine with 1,2-diaminopropane in dry benzene solution yields an intermediate H2L, N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-(p-tolylsulfonyl)aminoethyl) propane-1,2-diamine. The mononuclear copper(Ⅱ) complex, [CuLH2O]·H2O, was synthesized by the reaction between the intermediate and copper(Ⅱ) in absolute methanol. The complex has been characterized by IR, UV-vis and X-ray diffraction technology, and its crystal crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, space group Pbca with a = 15.589(1), b = 21.897(2), c = 27.645(2) , V = 9436.4(1) 3, Dc = 1.352 g/cm3, Z = 8, Mr = 960.68, F(000) = 4040, μ(MoKa) = 0.698 mm-1, S = 0.98, R = 0.0537 and wR = 0.1180 for 5804 observed reflections (I > 2σ(I)). In the crystal structure, a one-dimensional chain is formed by abundant hydrogen bond interactions. The interaction of the complex with DNA was monitored using agarose gel electrophoresis. The result shows that the complex can transform the supercoiled to nicked and liner forms, and has a concentration-dependent cleavage activity.     

Cation-anion interactions involving hydrogen bonds: Syntheses and crystal structures study of hexafluorotitanate(IV) salts with pyridine and methyl substituted pyridines

Fluorotitanates (LH)₂[TiF₆]·nH₂O (1: R = pyridine, n = 1, 2: R = 2-picoline, n = 2, 3: R = 2,6-lutidine, n = 0, 4: R = 2,4,6-collidine, n = 0) and (LH)[TiF₅(H₂O)] (3a: L = 2,6-lutidine) have been synthesized by the reaction of pyridine or corresponding methyl substituted pyridines and titanium dioxide dissolved in hydrofluoric acid. The crystal structures of ionic compounds 1, 2, 3, 3a and 4 have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The hydrogen bonding led to the formation of discrete (LH)₂[TiF₆] units (4), chains (1-3), and layers (3a). The additional π-π interactions present in 1, 2, and 4 results in chain structures of 1 and 4 and in a layer structure of 2. The [TiF₆]²⁻ and [TiF₅(H₂O)]⁻ anions were observed by ¹⁹F NMR spectroscopy in aqueous solutions of 1, 2, 3, 3a and 4.     

Disulfide bond cleavage in TEMPO-free radical initiated peptide sequencing mass spectrometry

The gas‐phase free radical initiated peptide sequencing (FRIPS) fragmentation behavior of o‐TEMPO‐Bz‐conjugated peptides with an intra‐ and intermolecular disulfide bond was investigated using MSⁿ tandem mass spectrometry experiments. Investigated peptides included four peptides with an intramolecular cyclic disulfide bond, Bactenecin (RLC RIVVIRVC R), TGF‐α (C HSGYVGVRC ), MCH (DFDMLRC MLGRVFRPC WQY) and Adrenomedullin (16–31) (C RFGTC TVQKLAHQIY), and two peptides with an intermolecular disulfide bond. Collisional activation of the benzyl radical conjugated peptide cation, which was generated through the release of a TEMPO radical from o‐TEMPO‐Bz‐conjugated peptides upon initial collisional activation, produced a large number of peptide backbone fragments in which the S? S or C? S bond was readily cleaved. The observed peptide backbone fragments included a‐, c‐, x‐ or z‐types, which indicates that the radical‐driven peptide fragmentation mechanism plays an important role in TEMPO‐FRIPS mass spectrometry. FRIPS application of the linearly linked disulfide peptides further showed that the S? S or C? S bond was selectively and preferentially cleaved, followed by peptide backbone dissociations. In the FRIPS mass spectra, the loss of ?SH or ?SSH was also abundantly found. On the basis of these findings, FRIPS fragmentation pathways for peptides with a disulfide bond are proposed. For the cleavage of the S? S bond, the abstraction of a hydrogen atom at C_β by the benzyl radical is proposed to be the initial radical abstraction/transfer reaction. On the other hand, H‐abstraction at C_α is suggested to lead to C? S bond cleavage, which yields [ion ± S] fragments or the loss of ?SH or ?SSH. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Doubly hydrophilic multiarm hyperbranched polymers with acylhydrazone linkages as acid-sensitive drug carriers

A novel type of drug carrier capable of controlled drug release is proposed. It consists of an acid-sensitive doubly hydrophilic multiarm hyperbranched copolymer with a hyperbranched polyamidoamine core and many linear poly(ethylene glycol) arms. Using pH-sensitive acylhydrazone linkages, the polymer forms unimolecular micelles that can encapsulate hydrophobic drugs. Due to their amphiphilicity, the drug-loaded unimolecular micelles can self-assemble into multimolecular micelles that show acid-triggered intracellular delivery of the hydrophobic drugs.     

Intermolecular hydrogen bonding in the binary mixture [(C2H5)2CO + CH3OH] probed by polarized Raman measurements and DFT calculations

The Raman spectra of neat (C₂H₅)₂CO (pentanone) and its binary mixtures with hydrogen donor solvent (CH₃OH), [(C₂H₅)₂CO + CH₃OH] having different mole fractions of the reference system, (C₂H₅)₂CO in the range 0.1-0.9 at a regular interval of 0.1 were recorded in the CO stretching region. In neat liquid, the Raman peak appears asymmetric. The asymmetric nature of the peak has been attributed to the CO stretching mode of the two conformers of (C₂H₅)₂CO having C₂ and C_2v point groups and the corresponding bands at ∼1711 and ∼1718 cm⁻¹, respectively. A careful analysis of the I_iso (isotropic component of the Raman scattered intensity) at different concentrations reveals that upon dilution with methanol, at mole fraction C = 0.6, an additional peak in the CO stretching region is observed at ∼1703 cm⁻¹ which is attributed to the hydrogen bonding with methanol. A peculiar feature in this study is that upon dilution, the peak at ∼1718 cm⁻¹ shows a minimum at C = 0.6, but on further dilution it shows a blue shift. However, the other peak at ∼1711 cm⁻¹ shows a continuous red shift with dilution as well as a maximum at C = 0.7 in the linewidth vs. concentration plot, which is essentially due to competition between motional narrowing and diffusion phenomena. A significant amount of narrowing in the Raman band at ∼1718 cm⁻¹ can be understood in terms of caging effect of the reference molecule by the solvent molecules at high dilution. A density functional theoretic (DFT) calculation on optimized geometries and vibrational frequencies of two conformers of neat (C₂H₅)₂CO in C₂ ad C_2v forms and the complexes with one and two CH₃OH molecules with both the conformers was performed. The experimental results and theoretical calculations together indicate a co-existence of two conformers as well as hydrogen bonded complex with methanol in the binary mixture, [(C₂H₅)₂CO + CH₃OH] at intermediate concentrations.     

用GGA密度泛函及其长程、色散校正方法计算各类氢键的结合能

应用广义梯度近似(GGA) (PW91和PBE)、含动能密度的广义梯度近似(meta-GGA) (M06-L)、杂化泛函(hyper-GGA)(M06-2X、X3LYP和B3LYP)及其长程校正泛函LC-DFT(CAM-B3LYP、LC-ωPBE和ωB97X)和色散校正密度泛函(DFT-D)(ωB97X-D和B97-D),用多种基函数对15种不同强度的传统氢键和非传统氢键体系的结合能进行了系统的计算与分析.并与高精度的CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ结果比较发现:在上述各类泛函中,对于氢键结合能的计算M06-2X和ωB97X-D泛函较为精确与可靠,且没有必要使用过大的基函数,6-311++G(2d,2p)或aug-cc-pVDZ水平的基组就已足够,各类泛函所计算结合能的基组重叠误差(BSSE)均较小,除ωB97X和ωB97X-D外,其它9种泛函不经BSSE校正也能得到同样甚至更准确的结果.     

葡萄糖水溶液氢键结构和动力分析

利用分子动力学模拟方法研究了不同浓度下葡萄糖水溶液的氢键结构和氢键生存周期. 分析了参与i个氢键(分子内、分子间、所有类型)的葡萄糖分子和水分子的百分比分布. 研究发现存在一个特征数N, 参与N个氢键的分子的比例最高, 当iN时, 参与i个氢键的分子的比例随着浓度的增加而减小. 还分析了不同类型氢键(葡萄糖分子内、葡萄糖分子间、水分子间、葡萄糖分子与水分子间、所有类型)的连续和截断自相关函数, 并计算了对应的氢键生存周期.     

1,1′-Methylene-bis(1,1′,2,2′,3,3′,4,4′-octahydroisoquinoline): synthesis, reaction, resolution, and application in catalytic enantioselective transformations

The preparation of new chiral 1,3-diamine ligand systems based on the 1,1′-methylene-bis(1,1′,2,2′,3,3′,4,4′-octahydroisoquinoline) framework is described. Synthesis of various mono-, di-, and bridged N-alkyl derivatives are presented. Resolution of one compound, its Cu(I)Br X-ray crystallographic structure and the preliminary results on its application in the enantioselective Henry and Aldol reactions are disclosed.     

纤维素/明胶复合膜的超分子结构与性能

通过一种绿色的方法在NaOH/尿素水体系中制备出纤维素和明胶组成的复合膜(C/G),并且证明这两种大分子间存在强的氢键作用,导致明胶耐水性明显改善.同时,用戊二醛作为交联剂对复合膜化学交联,进一步提高其抗水性.通过红外光谱(FTIR)、紫外光谱(UV-Vis)、13C固体核磁共振谱、扫描电镜(SEM),力学和溶胀测试对...