“Living” radical graft polymerization of styrene to styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) with 2,2,6,6‐tetramethyl‐1‐piperidinyloxy (TEMPO)

Well‐defined graft copolymers with styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) backbones and polystyrene branches were synthesized by living free radical polymerization (LFRP) techniques. Thus 1‐ benzoyl‐2‐phenyl‐2‐(2′,2′,6′,6′‐tetramethyl‐piperidinyl‐1′‐oxy)ethane (BZ‐TEMPO) was synthesized and hydrolyzed to the corresponding 1‐hydroxyl derivative. This functional nitroxyl compound was coupled with brominated SBR (SBR‐Br). The resulting macroinitiator (SBR‐TEMPO) for “living” free radical polymerization was then heated in the presence of styrene for the formation of the controlled graft copolymer. ¹H‐NMR and IR spectroscopy were used to investigate the structure of the polymers. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

ＳRN 1 反应及某些SET引发的链式反应的新进展

本文综述了近几年来 S_(RN)1反应及某些 SET 引发的链式反应的研宄进展。包括四方面,即有机杂环化合物的 S_(RN)1反应;在 S_(RN)1反应中作为亲核试剂的各种有机负离子;金属离子对 S_(RN)1反应的催化作用以及 S_(RN)1在合成应用方面的进展。     

Functional polymethacrylates as bacteriostatic polymers

Two copolymers, P(PCEMA-co-MMA) and P(t-BMA-block-PCEMA), were prepared via ATRP using 2-(phenoxycarbonyloxy)ethyl methacrylate (PCEMA) as reactive monomer and methyl methacrylate (MMA) or tert-butyl methacrylate (t-BMA) as co-monomers. Alternatively phenoxycarbonyloxy decorated polymethacrylates were obtained via polymer analogous reaction: P(HEMA) was reacted with phenyl chloroformate to yield P(PCEMA). The highly reactive phenoxycarbonyloxy groups were used for polymer analogous reactions with nucleophiles to obtain polymers with ionic/hydrophilic and hydrophobic side groups. Different amines with long alkyl chains or tertiary amine groups were reacted with phenoxycarbonyloxy decorated polymers and subsequently reacted with methyl iodide to obtain amphipathic polymers with bacteriostatic properties.     

HIV-1蛋白酶与抑制剂作用的结合自由能计算

HIV-1蛋白酶是治疗艾滋病的重要靶标酶之一. 采用分子动力学模拟, 运用MM-PBSA方法计算了HIV-1蛋白酶与三个抑制剂BE4, BE5和BE6的结合自由能, 结果表明抑制剂P₁/ 位置的苄基上双氟原子的不同位置对结合自由能产生不同的影响. 通过能量分解的方法考察了HIV-1蛋白酶的主要残基与三个抑制剂间的相互作用与识别, 结果表明三个抑制剂以相同的作用模式与HIV-1蛋白酶结合, 计算结果与实验结果基本吻合.     

Click Chemistry beyond Metal‐Catalyzed Cycloaddition

No copper needed : In recent years, a large number of metal‐free click reactions have been reported based on thiol‐ene radical additions, Diels–Alder reactions, and Michael additions. In this Minireview, special attention is given to the advantages and limitations of the different methods to evaluate whether they have the potential to surpass the overwhelming success of the copper(I)‐catalyzed azide‐alkyne cycloaddition.

     

Pulse radiolysis study on the mechanisms of reactions of CCl3OO. radical with quercetin, rutin and epigallocatechin gallate

The mechanisms of reactions between CC1₃OO^• radical and quercetin, rutin and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) have been studied using pulse radiolytic technique. It is suggested that the electron transfer reaction is the main reaction between CC1₃OO^• radical and rutin, EGCG, but there are two main pathways for the reaction of CC1₃OO^• radical with quercetin, one is the electron transfer reaction, the other is addition reaction. The reaction rate constants were determined. It is proved that quercetin and rutin are better CC1₃OO^• radical scavengers than EGCG.     

新修正偶应力层合板理论中的几个基本假设对自由振动计算的影响

基于新修正偶应力理论,在对微细观尺度的复合材料层合梁/板进行力学响应计算时,往往采用一系列假设来简化模型。现有文献都全部或部分应用了这些假设,但对这些假设是否会对计算结果造成影响尚未进行充分讨论分析。本文建立了未经简化的新修正偶应力Reddy层合板模型,并对其自由振动进行了分析。通过数值算例的对比,讨论了常用的几个简化假设对微细观复合材料四边简支方板自振频率的影响以及适用范围。算例结果表明,常用的几个简化假设对于微尺度层合薄板自由振动的影响很小,对于厚板的低阶频率影响也很小,但对厚板的高阶频率影响显著。     

Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) of Ethyl Acrylate: Its Mechanistic Studies

Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of ethyl acrylate was carried out in bulk using ethyl 2-bromoisobutyrate as initiator, CuBr as well as CuCl as catalyst in combination with different ligands e.g., 2,2′ bipyridine (bpy)andN,N, N′,N″,N″-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (PMDETA). In most of the cases very high conversion (72–98%) was achieved. The polymerization was well controlled with a linear increase of molecular weight (M_n^SEC) with conversion and relatively narrow molecular weight distributions (polydispersity index 1.2–1.3). Use of PMDETA as the ligand resulted in faster polymerization rate (98% conversion in 1 h) than those using bipyridine (72% conversion in 5 h). The MALDI-TOF-MS analysis of poly (ethyl acrylate) (PEA) prepared by using bpy as ligand showed the presence of halogen as the end group. On the contrary, when PMDETA was used as the ligand, the mass analysis showed no trace of this end group.     

HPLC-ECD检测羟自由基方法的研究

采用高效液相色谱结合库仑阵列多电极检测器体系(HPLC-ECD)建立了一套操作简便、高效、快速测定羟自由基的方法,并探究了检测的灵敏性,浓度和响应因子之间的线性关系,系统的稳定性等.2,3-二羟基苯甲酸(2,3-DHBA)、 2,5-二羟基苯甲酸(2,5-DHBA)以及水杨酸(SA)的相关系数分别为0.9999、 0.9996、 0.9968.2,3-DHBA和2,5-DHBA的检出限都低于0.1 ng/mL,SA的检出限均低于10 ng/mL,各种物质的方法回收率为100.5%～102.9%.     

Improving the efficiency and reliability of free energy perturbation calculations using overlap sampling methods

A challenge in free energy calculation for complex molecular systems by computer simulation is to obtain a reliable estimate within feasible computational time. In this study, we suggest an answer to this challenge by exploring a simple method, overlap sampling (OS), for producing reliable free-energy results in an efficient way. The formalism of the OS method is based on ensuring sampling of important overlapping phase space during perturbation calculations. This technique samples both forward and reverse free energy perturbation (FEP) to improve the free-energy calculation. It considers the asymmetry of the FEP calculation and features an ability to optimize both the precision and the accuracy of the measurement without affecting the simulation process itself. The OS method is tested at two optimization levels: no optimization (simple OS), and full optimization (equivalent to Bennett's method), and compared to conventional FEP techniques, including the widely used direct FEP averaging method, on three alchemical mutation systems: (a) an anion transformation in water solution, (b) mutation between methanol and ethane, and (c) alchemical change of an adenosine molecule. It is consistently shown that the reliability of free-energy estimates can be greatly improved using the OS techniques at both optimization levels, while the performance of Bennett's method is particularly striking. In addition, the efficiency of a calculation can be significantly improved because the method is able to (a) converge to the right answer quickly, and (b) work for large perturbations. The basic two-stage OS method can be extended to admit additional stages, if needed. We suggest that the OS method can be used as a general perturbation technique for computing free energy differences in molecular simulations.