Synthesis of O-methyl epi-heliannuol E

A synthesis of the methyl ether of an epimer of the alleochemical heliannuol E is described. The route involves indium mediated allylation of a benzopyranone carboxylate and subsequent one carbon degradation to a vinyl group.     

Ionic liquid as an efficient promoting medium for two-phase nucleophilic displacement reactions

The use of the room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate as an efficient catalyst and solvent for several representative nucleophilic substitution reactions under aqueous-RTIL phase transfer conditions was explored. Recycling and reuse of the reaction medium was demonstrated for the azide formation.     

Synthesis of a novel 14-membered highly constrained cyclic peptidic scaffold

The synthesis and NMR analysis of a novel highly constrained scaffold is described. The 14-membered macrocyclic ring structure was inspired by many medicinally relevant natural products that also contain the bi-aryl ether moiety. The synthesis required only commercially available starting materials and involved a base mediated S_NAr cyclization. A conformational search was performed, which indicated a strong preference for a single conformation, which was consistent with observed ROE signals by NMR.     

Modular chiral polyether podands and their lanthanide complexes

A novel series of modular chiral polyether podands derived from enantiomerically pure hydrobenzoin and binaphthol has been prepared using a NaH/15-crown-5 mediated Williamson ether synthesis. These new homochiral ligands form catalytically active complexes with lanthanide triflates, two of which have been characterised by X-ray diffraction.     

Poly(ether ether ketone)/poly(aryl ether sulfone) blends: Melt rheological behavior

Dynamic rheological measurements were carried out on blends of poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK)/poly(aryl ether sulfone) (PES) in the melt state in the oscillatory shear mode. The data were analyzed for the fundamental rheological behavior to yield insight into the microstructure of PEEK/PES blends. A variation of complex viscosity with composition exhibited positive–negative deviations from the log‐additivity rule and was typical for a continuous‐discrete type of morphology with weak interaction among droplets. The point of transition showed that phase inversion takes place at composition with a 0.6 weight fraction of PEEK, which agreed with the actual morphology of these blends observed by scanning electron microscopy. Activation energy for flow, for blend compositions followed additive behavior, which indicated that PEEK/PES blends may have had some compatibility in the melt. Variation of the elastic modulus (G′) with composition showed a trend similar to that observed for complex viscosity. A three‐zone model used for understanding the dynamic moduli behavior of polymers demonstrated that PEEK follows plateau‐zone behavior, whereas PES exhibits only terminal‐zone behavior in the frequency range studied. The blends of these two polymers showed an intermediate behavior, and the crossover frequency shifted to the low‐frequency region as the PEEK content in PES increased. This revealed the shift of terminal‐zone behavior to low frequency with an increased PEEK percentage in the blend. Variation of relaxation time with composition suggested that slow relaxation of PEEK retards the relaxation process of PES as the PEEK concentration in the blend is increased because of the partial miscibility of the blend, which affects the constraint release process of pure components in the blend. A temperature‐independent correlation observed in the log–log plots of G′ versus loss modulus (G″) for different blend systems fulfilled the necessary condition for their rheological simplicity. Further, the composition‐dependent correlations of PEEK/PES blends observed in a log–log plot of G′ versus G″ showed that the blends are either partially miscible or immiscible and form a discrete‐continuous phase morphology. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 42: 1548–1563, 2004     

Anthracylmethyl Benzoazacrown Ether as Selective Fluorescence Sensors for Zn^2＋

A new benzoazacrown ether fluorescence sensor was synthesized with 9-anthrylmethyl chloride and benzoaza-15-crown-5 in CH3CN, which particularly shows a strong affinity for Zn^2 .Its fluorescence quantum yield increase more than one order of magnitude and a red shift could be noticed when passing from the apolar to the polar solvent.     

套索冠醚固定相的气相色谱研究

用一种新合成的套索冠醚Ｎ，Ｎ′－双（乙酰苄胺）－二氮杂－１８－冠－６作为固定相，涂渍在弹性石英毛细管内，测其柱效、惰性、热稳定性、平均极性及选择性等性质。实验表明，它具有良好的色谱性能，中等极性，分离选择性高，适用于对醇、卤代烃、芳香烃等各类异构体的分离，并从分子结构和热力学参数等探讨了保留机理。     

A New Version of the Dirac's Æther and Its Cosmological Applications

We propose a new formulation for the æther of Dirac, which extends Dirac's original idea to a model where the vacuum is modified by the presence of the electromagnetic field. These results are then applied to the analysis of the amplification of the primordial magnetic induction in a curved background of Friedmann's geometry.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(ether imide)s Containing m-Methyl and Phthalazinone Moieties

Aromatic polyimides are distinguished for their excellent mechanical and thermal properties in many engineering fields1. However, aromatic polyimides are normally insoluble in common organic solvents, which restricts their applications in some fields. Many efforts have been taken to improve their solubility. Introducing bulky side groups and non-coplanar structure into polymers bone chains is a good way to obtain the polymers with excellent mechanical and thermal properties2. In this paper…     

Sulfamic acid as a cost-effective catalyst instead of metal-containing acids for acetolysis of cyclic ethers

Sulfamic acid has been used as an efficient catalyst and green alternative for metal-containing acidic materials to promote the acetolysis reaction of THF to produce 1,4-diacetoxybutane. This method is also applicable to the acetolysis of other cyclic ethers, such as methyl substituted THF and tetrahydropyran and 1,4-dioxane, which is less reactive.