Barium dichromate [BaCr2O7], a mild reagent for oxidation of alcohols to their corresponding carbonyls in non-aqueous polar aprotic media

Barium dichromate is used as a mild oxidizing agent for the selective conversion of primary and secondary alcohols to their corresponding aldehydes and ketones, respectively. Over-oxidation does not occur and primary alcohols undergo oxidation to the aldehyde. Primary and secondary benzylic alcohols are oxidized faster and more efficiently.     

气相色谱-质谱法分析土壤中神经性毒剂及糜烂性毒剂

建立了土壤中神经性毒剂及糜烂性毒剂GC—MS-SIM分析法，对土壤中6种毒剂的样品制备和二步萃取方法进行了研究；该法的回收率在80．7％～89．5％，6种毒剂在0．5～10mg/L范围内毒剂质量浓度和峰面积有良好的线性相关，方法检出限为4～20ng／g，该法适用于痕量化学战剂分析。     

Theoretical study of p‐methacryloyl‐aminophenylarsonic acid

Conformations of p‐methacryloylaminophenylarsonic acid (p‐MAPHA) are determined through molecular mechanics and DFT/B3LYP calculations. Solvation effects are studied within the self‐consistent isodensity continuum model (SCI‐PCM). The stationary points were found to correspond to minima as verified by the analysis of vibrational frequencies in the molecule. The molecular optical absorption was obtained by using different solvent environments. The present results are in good agreement with the available experimental data. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2002     

Effects of coupling agents on mechanical and morphological behavior of the PP/HDPE blend with two different CaCO3

The main purpose of incorporating fillers, such as calcium carbonate, into blends of polyolefins is to decrease costs and change tensile and impact properties. Structural differences between both components give rise to the formation of large filler agglomerates in the polymer matrix, which influence the mechanical response of the material. Therefore, the coupling agents of the Lica 12 type at various concentrations was used to facilitate the link between filler and matrix (the latter consisting of PP/HDPE 80/20 wt). Filler was added to the PP/HDPE blend at a 30 wt.% concentration. Two types of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) were used. These have different average sizes (3.0 and 1.8 μm) which were determined by means of laser diffraction techniques. In addition other coupling agents of the titanate type, such as Lica 09, Lica 01, zirconates ZN 12, and a 1:1 mixture of Lica 12 and Lica 01, were used. This study clearly demonstrated that the addition of the coupling agent to CaCO₃ modifies the mechanical properties of the PP/HDPE/CaCO₃ composites. Values of the mechanical properties indicate that due to its characteristics, each coupling agent gives rise to increases in a particular mechanical property. In the case of Lica 01 an increase was verified in Young’s modulus at 0.7 wt.% and in elongation at break at both concentrations (0.3 and 0.7 wt.%), whereas ZN 12 brought about an increase in elongation at break. The 1:1 mixture of Lica 12 and Lica 01 caused impact resistance of the blend of PP/HDPE with CaCO₃ to increase considerably.     

Enzyme inhibitors as chemical tools to study enzyme catalysis: rational design, synthesis, and applications

Carefully designed molecules that are intimately related to the reaction mechanism of enzymes are often highly selective and potent inhibitors that serve as extremely useful chemical probes for understanding the reaction mechanism and structure of enzymes. This article describes the design, synthesis, and applications of specific inhibitors of two mechanistically distinct groups of enzymes, ATP-dependent amide ligases and Ser- and Thr-hydrolases. Our strategy is based on the premise that stable analogues of the transition state (transition-state analogues) are highly potent inhibitors that serve as good mechanistic probes, and that a key structure of a good inhibitor of one enzyme is also utilized for the inhibitors of other enzymes that share the same chemistry in their catalyzed reactions, irrespective of the degree of structural similarity and evolutionary link between the enzymes. According to these principles, we designed and synthesized a series of phosphinate- and sulfoximine-based transition-state analogue inhibitors of glutathione synthetase, gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase and asparagine synthetase. For the second group of enzymes, we synthesized a gamma-monofluorophosphono glutamate analogue for mechanism-based affinity labeling of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase and fluorescent phosphonic acid esters for the active-site titration of lipase. These inhibitors were used successfully as ligands for detailed kinetic analyses, X-ray crystallography, and mass analysis of the enzymes to identify the key amino acid residues responsible for catalysis and substrate recognition in the transition state.     

用4,4‘—壬二酰基—双（1—苯基—3—甲基—吡唑酮—5）萃取分离钍

本文研究了标题试剂(简称H_2A)与Th(Ⅳ)的络合作用及萃取行为,考查了H_2A对Fe(Ⅲ)、Co(Ⅱ)、Ni(Ⅱ)、Zn(Ⅱ)、Pb(Ⅱ)、Cu(Ⅱ)、La(Ⅲ)、Yb(Ⅲ)和U(Ⅵ)的萃取作用,试验了它对Th(Ⅳ)与上述元素及Ca(Ⅱ)、Mg(Ⅱ)、Cr(Ⅲ)、In(Ⅲ)、V(Ⅴ)、Zr(Ⅵ)的分离效果。     

若干3d过渡金属的硫代脯氨酸配合物

合成了七个新的过渡金属的硫代脯氨酸(tcH)配合物,它们分别是:[M(tc)_2](M=Mn(Ⅱ),Co((Ⅱ))和Ni(Ⅱ)),[Ni(tc)(Ac)(H_2O)],[Ni(tc)(tcH)(H_2O)]NO_3·H_2O,[Ni(tc)(Py)_2(H_2O)NO_3和[Fe(tc)_2(Cl)(H_2O)]。上述配合物的磁化率,摩尔电导,热量分析,红外及电子光谱数据表明,它们都具有八面体构型,tcH主要通过亚氨氮和羧基氧原子与金属键合。文章对这些配合物的可能结构作了初步的讨论。     

Effect of nucleating agent on the structure and properties of polypropylene/poly(ethylene-octene) blends

The effect of the sorbital nucleating agent on properties of the ethylene-octene copolymer (POE) toughened polypropylene (PP) was studied. The results show that the addition of POE increases notched Izod and Charpy impact strength significantly but impair the tensile strength and flexural modulus. As a nucleating agent (1,3,2,4-di(p-methylbenzylidene) sorbitol, DM) was added, the toughness and stiffness of toughed PP increased simultaneously at the same content of POE. This result shows that the toughness and stiffness of toughed PP are in balance. Polarized light microscopy analysis shows that with the addition of POE and nucleating agent, only a low level of PP spherulites were observed.     

Synthesis and antitumor activity of DNA binding cationic porphyrin-platinum(II) complexes

A new series of DNA binding 5,10,15-tri(N-methyl-4-pyridiniumyl)porphyrin (TrisMPyP)-platinum(II) conjugates was synthesized, in which different spacer ligands were used for appropriate coordination to platinum(II) complexes. Compound 9b exhibited in vivo antitumor activity (T/C%, 294) superior to cisplatin (T/C%, 184) against the leukemia L1210 cell line.     

Initiation of polymer degradation via transfer of infectious species

A novel dual stage chemiluminescence detection system incorporating individually controlled hot stages has been developed and applied to probe for material interaction effects during polymer degradation. Utilization of this system has resulted in experimental confirmation for the first time that in an oxidizing environment a degrading polymer A (in this case polypropylene, PP) is capable of infecting a different polymer B (in this case polybutadiene, HTPB) over a relatively large distance. In the presence of the infectious degrading polymer A, the thermal degradation of polymer B is observed over a significantly shorter time period. Consistent with infectious volatiles from material A initiating the degradation process in material B it was demonstrated that traces (micrograms) of a thermally sensitive peroxide in the vicinity of PP could induce degradation remotely. This observation documents cross-infectious phenomena between different polymers and has major consequences for polymer interactions, understanding fundamental degradation processes and long-term aging effects under combined material exposures.