A competent extraction method of plant proteins for 2-D gel electrophoresis

The efficient extraction of high‐quality proteins is a key factor for a successful proteomic analysis approach. In the method suggested here, absolute ethanol containing 10 mM DTT was used to precipitate the proteins in plant tissue homogenates followed by their resuspension in a urea‐/thiourea‐ and NP‐40‐containing solution. Protein profiles were examined on pH 3–11 non‐linear IEF strips and SDS‐PAGE and compared with extracts using the established method of acetone‐10% TCA/0.07% 2‐mercaptoethanol precipitation (V. Méchin et al., Methods Mol. Biol. 2006, 355, 1–8). In addition to protein profile similarity for the two extracts, the acidic part of the acetone containing 10% TCA/0.07% 2‐mercaptoethanol extraction showed protein spots with high molecular weight in the range of 250–150 kDa, while the ethanol containing 10 mM DTT extracts indicated extra proteins spots at the basic part of the gels with molecular weights in the range of 25–15 kDa. The MALDI‐TOF‐MS of differential spots from acetone containing 10% TCA/0.07% 2‐mercaptoethanol precipitation method and absolute ethanol containing 10mM DTT indicated no similarity, ruling out the possibility that the two clusters shown represent identical proteins. The described method is easy in implementation, chemicals used are less toxic and proteins are easier to resuspend therefore presents an additional choice to implement towards finding the optimum method for extraction.     

Simple and automatic determination of aldehydes and acetone in water by headspace solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

We describe a simple and automatic method to determine nine aldehydes and acetone simultaneously in water. This method is based on derivatization with 2,2,2-trifluoroethylhydrazine (TFEH) and consecutive headspace-solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Acetone-d(6) was used as the internal standard. Aldehydes and acetone in water reacted for 30 min at 40°C with TFEH in a headspace vial and the formed TFEH derivatives were simultaneously vaporized and adsorbed on polydimethylsiloxane-divinylbenzene. Under the established condition, the method detection limit was 0.1-0.5 μg/L in 4 mL water and the relative standard deviation was less than 13% at concentrations of 0.25 and 0.05 mg/L. This method was applied to determine aldehydes and acetone in 5 mineral water and 114 surface water samples. All mineral water samples had detectable levels of methanal (24.0-61.8 μg/L), ethanal (57.7-110.9 μg/L), propanal (11.5-11.7 μg/L), butanal, pentanal (3.3-3.4 μg/L) and nonanal (0.3-0.4 μg/L). Methanal and ethanal were also detected in concentration range of 2.7-117.2 and 1.2-11.9 μg/L, respectively, in surface water of 114 monitoring sites in Korea.     

MnOx/Al-SBA-15的结构性质及低温NH3选择性催化还原NOx

采用后合成法制备MnO_x/Al-SBA-15催化剂, 考察了催化剂的低温NH₃选择性催化还原(SCR)NO_x的性能. 利用傅里叶透射红外变换(FTIR)光谱、N₂吸附-脱附、X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)、拉曼光谱(Raman)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)及NH₃程序升温脱附(NH₃-TPD)的表征手段, 对催化剂的结构性质和SCR性能进行了系统分析. 结果表明, 适量Al的掺杂能提高MnO_x/SBA-15催化剂的SCR活性, 当硅铝摩尔比为50时, 催化剂活性最佳. 表征结果显示, Al掺杂后, 催化剂仍保持良好的骨架结构, 较大比表面、孔容和孔径, 并且Mn在催化剂表面富集, 由低价态转化为高价态, MnO₂为催化剂的主要活性相. 此外, Al的掺杂使MnO_x在催化剂表面高度分散, 表面酸性增强, 从而提高了催化剂的SCR活性.     

Reaction of hexafluoropropylene and its oligomers with acetone oxime

Reactions of perfluoropropylene and its oligomers with acetone oxime in the presence of a base afford perfluoroalkyl and/or perfluoroalkenyl ethers of acetone oxime. When heated to 100 °C, the 3-perfluoro-2-methyl-2-pentenyl ether of acetone oxime (3) is quantitatively converted to 4-hydroxy-3-methyl-5,5-bistrifluoromethyl-4-pentafluoroethyl-1-pyrroline (4), the structure of which was established by X-ray diffraction analysis. A convenient one-stage synthesis of perfluoro-3-isopropyl-4-methyl-3-penten-2-one (7) was proposed.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1068–1072, June, 1994.     

Kinetics of the degradation of polystyrene in supercritical acetone

The kinetic analysis of the degradation of polystyrene (PS) in supercritical acetone has been studied using the nonisothermal weight loss technique with heating rates of 3, 5 and 7 °C/min. The weight loss data according to degradation temperature have been analyzed using the integral method based on Arrhenius form to obtain the kinetic parameters such as apparent activation energy and overall reaction order. The kinetic parameters obtained from this work were also compared with those of the thermal degradation of PS in nitrogen atmosphere. From this work, it was found that the activation energies of PS degradation in supercritical acetone were 73.3-200.7 kJ/mol and lower than those of the thermal degradation in nitrogen atmosphere.     

On the nature of the surprisingly small (red) shift in the halothane...acetone complex.

The halothane???acetone and fluoroform???acetone complexes are studied using the second‐order Møller–Plesset (MP2) method with a cc‐pVTZ basis set and the density functional theory (DFT) method with a TZVP basis set. Whereas halothane exhibits a small red shift upon complexation, fluoroform shows a pronounced blue shift. To explain this difference in behavior, we perform symmetry‐adapted perturbation theory (SAPT) and natural bond orbital (NBO) analyses. Although the composition of the total stabilization energy of each complex is different, that alone does not provide a satisfactory explanation for the difference in the spectral shifts. This difference is interpreted as a result of the interplay of the hyperconjugation and rehybridization mechanisms. The small and surprising red shift of the C? H stretching frequency of halothane, which resulted from the complexation of this species with acetone,is explained by the compensation of the two above‐mentioned mechanisms. On the other hand, the fluoroform???acetone complex exhibits a blue shift of the C? H stretching frequency upon complexation, the most likely reason for this shift being a concerted occurrence of the hyperconjugation and rehybridization mechanisms. The calculated shift of the C? H stretching vibration frequencies of halothane (+27 cm^?1) agree with the experimental value of +5 cm^?1.     

丙酮/水混合体系合成聚苯胺的聚合过程研究

对丙酮/水体系中合成聚苯胺(PAn)的反应进行跟踪,通过聚合过程的开路电压、聚合温度、特性粘度和中间体的分子结构对聚合过程进行研究。结果表明,丙酮/水体系对控制产物的粒度和分子量都有利;当丙酮/水的体积比为0.2左右时,所得产物的各项性能较好。与水体系相比,在丙酮/水混合体系中聚合过程维持高电位的时间延长,聚合链增长时间和自加速反应时间也有延长。苯胺聚合是以头-尾连接形式进行,且中间产物由高氧化态逐渐转变成中间氧化态。     

铕(Ⅲ)、铽(Ⅲ) β-二酮配合物的制备及表征

醋酸铕、醋酸铽分别与乙酰丙酮在60°C水浴下加热回流,生成两种稀土β-二酮配合物,即乙酰丙酮铕(Eu(acac)3?3H2O)和乙酰丙酮铽(Tb(acac)3?3H2O),在紫外灯下观察配合物发光现象,乙酰丙酮铕在紫外灯下显暗红色,乙酰丙酮铽在紫外灯下显亮绿色。红外分析结果与理论相吻合,荧光分析表明它们是较好的荧光材料,热分析结果说明它们的热稳定性相对较高。     

Recent methods for the determination of peroxide-based explosives

In the last few years, the need to determine peroxide-based explosives in solid samples and air samples has resulted in the development of a series of new analytical methods for triacetonetriperoxide (TATP, acetone peroxide) and hexamethylenetriperoxidediamine (HMTD). In this review, after a short introduction describing the state of the art in the field, these new analytical methods are critically discussed. Particular emphasis is placed on spectroscopic and mass spectrometric methods as well as on chromatographic techniques with selective detection schemes. The potential of these methods to analyse unknown solid samples that might contain one or more of the explosives and to analyse peroxide-based explosives in air is evaluated.     

Spectroscopic properties in the liquid phase: combining high-level ab initio calculations and classical molecular dynamics.

We present an integrated computational tool, rooted in density functional theory, the polarizable continuum model, and classical molecular dynamics employing spherical boundary conditions, to study the spectroscopic observables of molecules in solution. As a test case, a modified OPLS-AA force field has been developed and used to compute the UV and NMR spectra of acetone in aqueous solution. The results show that provided the classical force fields are carefully reparameterized and validated, the proposed approach is robust and effective, and can also be used by nonspecialists to provide a general and powerful complement to experimental techniques.