Transition metal-free and substrate-selective oxidation of alcohols using water as an only solvent in the presence of β-cyclodextrin

A facile, substrate-selective and transition metal-free oxidation of benzylic and allylic alcohols catalyzed by β-cyclodextrin with NaOCl oxidant using water as an only solvent was developed.     

Study on the Determination of Cobalt,Nickel, Copper,Zinc and Vanadium in Environmental Samples by a Rapid High‐Performance Liquid Chromatography

A new method for the simultaneous determination of five transition metal ions in water and food by rapid high‐performance liquid chromatography was developed. The cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc and vanadium ions were pre‐column derivatized with 2‐(2‐quinolinylazo)‐4‐methyl‐1,3‐dihydroxidebenzene (QAMDHB) to form colored chelates, then the Co‐QAMDHB, Ni‐QAMDHB, Cu‐QAMDHB, Zn‐QAMDHB and V‐QAMDHB chelates were enriched by solid phase extraction with a C18 cartridge. The enrichment factor of 50 was achieved by eluting the retained chelates from the cartridge with tetrahydrofuran (THF). These chelates were separated on a ZORBAX Stable Bound rapid analysis column (4.6 × 50 mm, 1.8 um) with 68% methanol (containing 0.1% of acetic acid and 0.1% of CTMAB) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 2.0 mL/min and detected with a photodiode array detector from 450?600 nm. The Co‐QAMDHB, Ni‐QAMDHB, Cu‐QAMDHB, Zn‐QAMDHB and V‐QAMDHB chelates were separated completely within 2.0 min. The detection limits of cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc and vanadium are 2 ng/L, 1.5 ng/L, 2 ng/L, 3 ng/L, and 3 ng/L, respectively, in the original samples. This method was applied to the determination of the five transition metal ions in water and food samples with good results.     

Hydrolytic ring opening reactions of anhydrides for first row transition metal dicarboxylate complexes

Ring opening reactions of 2,3-pyridine dicarboxylic anhydride are studied with hydrated salts of cobalt, nickel and zinc. The hydrated metal salts preferentially hydrolyze 2,3-pyridine dicarboxylic anhydride rather than causing esterification in methanol medium. Hydrolytic opening of 2,3-pyridine dicarboxylic anhydride by hydrated cobalt(II) acetate and nickel(II) acetate resulted in the corresponding chelate complexes of monodeprotonated 2,3-pyridine dicarboxylic acid. The reaction of copper acetate with pyromellitic dianhydride in the presence of 1,10-phenanthroline gives a dinuclear copper complex whereas a similar reaction with copper(II) chloride gives a mononuclear copper complex.     

以卟啉为前驱体制备的M-N-C(M=Co,Fe,Mn)催化剂中不同过渡金属中心对催化乙苯氧化反应的影响

近年来,过渡金属氮碳材料由于其廉价、高效与持久耐用的性质得到广泛研究,被视为钯基催化剂的良好替代品.除了可应用于电催化领域,过渡金属氮碳材料还可作为有机反应催化剂,并显示出良好的催化性能.金属卟啉化合物因其高效模拟自然酶的仿生催化功能而闻名,然而在均相催化体系中其难回收、易自我氧化失活的缺点大大阻碍了其实际应用.对金属卟啉进行热处理是提高其催化性能与稳定性的有效方法.此外,作为内部含有金属-氮配合键的含碳大环化合物,金属卟啉是一步合成金属氮碳材料的良好前驱体.本课题组已证明以金属钴卟啉作为前驱体制得的金属氮碳催化剂具有良好的催化乙苯氧化性能.在此基础上,本文采用含有不同过渡金属中心的四苯基金属卟啉(四苯基钴卟啉、四苯基铁卟啉和四苯基钴卟啉)为前驱体,通过无模板法热处理制备了过渡金属氮碳催化剂M-N-C (M=Co,Fe,Mn),考察不同过渡金属中心对催化剂性能的影响.所得催化剂采用N2吸附-脱附、热重(TG)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、高分辨透射电子显微镜(HRTEM)、拉曼光谱(Raman)和X射线光电子能谱进行了表征.N2吸附-脱附结果表明,所得M-N-C材料具有不同的比表面积与孔道结构,其中Co-N-C催化剂比表面积最大.TG显示,不同金属卟啉的失重情况不同,四苯基钴卟啉失重最多,四苯基铁卟啉次之,四苯基锰卟啉失重最少.从TEM和Raman结果可见,所得不同金属氮碳材料具有不同的石墨化程度,其中Co-N-C材料具有明显的石墨化层状碳结构,石墨化程度最高,Fe-N-C材料次之,而Mn-N-C材料中的碳主要呈片状无定形状态,表明其石墨化程度最低.这可能是不同过渡金属中心在加热过程中对卟啉结构碳化过程催化效果不同所致,其中钴中心对卟啉结构碳化过程的催化效果最佳.另外,考察了该M-N-C催化剂在无溶剂条件下催化分子氧选择性氧化乙苯的性能.结果发现,不同金属中心的M-N-C催化剂表现出不同的催化性能.这可能归因于金属种类的不同、所得催化剂碳氮结构的差别以及金属中心与氮碳结构的协同效应.此外,这些M-N-C材料作为多相催化剂在以氧气为氧源的无溶剂选择性氧化乙苯反应中表现出良好的催化性能,且多次使用后没有明显的活性损失,具有良好的回收使用性能.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Tetrahedral Zinc(II) Complexes with 3, 6,7‐Triamino‐7H‐[1, 2,4]triazolo[4, 3‐b][1, 2,4]triazole as Nitrogen‐Rich Ligand

Triaminotriazolotriazole (TATOT) was used as a nitrogen‐rich ligand for the formation of the energetic Zn^II complexes [ZnCl₂(TATOT)₂] · H₂O ( 2 ), [Zn(H₂O)(TATOT)₃](NO₃)₂ · 2H₂O ( 3 ), and [Zn(TATOT)₄](ClO₄)₂ · 2H₂O ( 4 ). The zinc species were prepared in a straightforward and inexpensive synthesis. The complexes 2 – 4 were structurally characterized using X‐ray diffraction. Additionally, the compounds were characterized using elemental analysis and infrared (IR) spectroscopy. Finally, the sensitivities toward thermal and mechanical stimuli were determined by differential thermal analysis (DTA) and BAM (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und ‐prüfung) methods.     

含穿透配体Y—Y键的反夹心配合物[Y—C_8H_8—Y]~(2+)和L[Y—C_8H_8—Y]L (L=F,Cl,Br,I,Cp)的理论研究

对反夹心配合物[Y—C_8H_8—Y]~(2+)和L[Y—C_8H_8—Y]L(L=F,Cl,Br,I,Cp)进行了理论研究.计算结果表明,反夹心配合物的单态异构体为基态,异构化稳定性较好.[Y—C_8H_8—Y]~(2+)和L[Y—C_8H_8—Y]L(L=Cl,Br,I)中含有明显的穿透C_8H_8配体中心孔洞的Y—Y金属键,而在F[Y—C_8H_8—Y]F中Y—Y键较弱.此外,多层夹心配合物Cp[Y—C_8H_8—Y]Cp(Cp=C_5H_5)中也含有穿透中心配体的Y—Y金属键;另外,Y—Y键越强配合物的解离能越大,这种穿透配体的成键对于反夹心配合物的稳定性具有显著的贡献.     

Mechanistic study on DNA mutation of the cytosine methylation reaction at C5 position

DNA methylation is a crucial epigenetic mark connected to conventionally changing the DNA bases, typically by adding methyl groups into DNA bases. Methylation of cytosine at the C5 position (5-methylcytosine) occurs mostly in the context of cytosine-phosphate-guanine dinucleotides, the methylation of which has important impacts on gene regulation and expression. However, the mechanistic details of this reaction are still debatable concerning the concertedness of the key reaction steps and the roles played by the base that abstracts the proton in the β-elimination and water molecules at the active site. To gain a deeper insight into the formation of 5-mehtylcytosine, an extensive density functional theory (DFT) study was performed with the B3LYP functional in conjunction with different basis sets. Our study has clearly established the mechanistic details of this methylation approach, based on which the roles of conserved active site residues, such as glutamic acid and waters, are well understood. Our results show that the reaction of 5-methylcytosine follows a concerted mechanism in which water molecules are critically involved. Moreover, arginine and alanine give more significant catalytic effects than glutamic acid on the 5-methylcytosine process. Considering the effect of Alanine, Arginine, and one water bridging molecule, the activation energy is 31 kJ mol^?1 calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(d) level of theory.     

染料敏化太阳能电池中过渡金属取代的Keggin型磷钨酸盐染料性能的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)和含时密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)方法系统研究了过渡金属取代的Keggin型磷钨酸盐染料的电子性质、吸收光谱和相关性能参数.结果表明,与实验合成的[PW_(11)O_(39)Rh CH_2COOH]~(5-)(1)体系相比,[PW_(11)O_(39)MCH_2COOH]~(n-)[M=Ru~Ⅱ(2),Ir~Ⅲ(3),Os~Ⅱ(4),Co~Ⅲ(5)]体系的吸收光谱均有所红移,其中M为OsⅡ的体系4的吸收光谱在可见光区域有宽而强的吸收.此外,体系4具有较高的电子注入效率和光捕获效率,有望成为性能良好的染料敏化剂.     

Transition edge sensor system for material analysis using transmission electron microscope

We have developed a Transition Edge Sensor (TES) – Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) for Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) based on a dilution refrigerator. The dilution refrigerator was cooled by liquid helium (L-He), which was supplied from an L-He container separated from the dilution refrigerator. We adopted the hybrid magnetic shields combining a permalloy shield and a NbTi/Nb/Cu superconducting shield to operate the TEM–TES system under a magnetic field of 200 mT. The permalloy shield was used to prevent the ambient magnetic field until the NbTi superconducting shield cooled from room temperature (RT) to 2 K. The critical magnetic field was 220 mT for the TES change from a superconducting state to a normal state. The SQUID – current vs. bias current curve, under the condition that the snout was inserted in the TEM, was equal to the curve of the snout that was out of the TEM. The C (0 0 2) planes could be observed at 120 kV under the condition the snout was inserted in the TEM.