阿拉伯树胶修饰的纳米Ru-Zn催化剂上苯选择加氢制环己烯

用共沉淀法制备了纳米Ru-Zn催化剂,考察了阿拉伯树胶修饰对苯选择加氢制环己烯催化剂性能的影响,并用X射线衍射(XRD)、透射电镜(TEM)、N_2-物理吸附、X射线光电能谱(XPS)和X射线荧光光谱(XRF)等手段对催化剂进行了表征。结果表明,阿拉伯树胶的用量可以调变Ru-Zn催化剂的粒径。最高环己烯收率随粒径的增大呈火山型变化趋势。当阿拉伯树胶与RuCl_3·x H_2O的质量比为0.033时,Ru-Zn催化剂的最佳粒径为4.0 nm,最高环己烯收率达59.6%。且该催化剂具有良好的重复使用性能。     

酸性质对磷钨酸改性CeO_2上NH_3选择性催化还原NO性能影响

分别制备了磷钨酸、磷酸、偏钨酸铵及磷酸+偏钨酸铵改性的CeO_2催化剂,用于NO的NH3选择性催化还原反应(NH3-SCR),对酸改性的作用进行了研究。结果表明,不同酸改性后的CeO_2催化剂均含有弱酸和中强酸位,但酸量差别明显,依次为:磷钨酸/CeO_2偏钨酸铵/CeO_2磷酸+偏钨酸铵/CeO_2磷酸/CeO_2。由于磷钨酸改性的CeO_2催化剂中P与W之间相互作用,导致磷钨酸/CeO_2催化剂表面弱酸及中强酸含量较多,Ce物种和O物种相对活跃,有利于NH3的吸附、活化和NH3-SCR反应的进行;因此,磷钨酸改性的CeO_2催化剂活性最佳,在225-450℃下NO转化率高于90%。     

非晶态CeO_2@TiO_2催化剂的结构、性质及其选择催化还原脱硝性能

采用自发沉积法制备了非晶态Ce O_2@Ti O_2催化剂,通过XRD、Raman光谱、TEM、N_2吸附、H_2-TPR、NH_3-TPD及FTIR等手段表征了催化剂结构和表面性质,研究了Ce O_2@Ti O_2在选择催化还原脱NO反应中的催化性能。结果表明,非晶态Ce O_2@Ti O_2催化剂中Ce与Ti间存在很强的相互作用,能够在原子水平上相互结合,表现出与晶态结构截然不同的还原特性,具备更强的氧化还原能力。同时,与浸渍法制备的Ce O_2/Ti O_2相比,Ce O_2@Ti O_2还具有更大的比表面积和更强的表面酸性,因而具有更加优异的脱硝性能。在175℃下NO转化率即达到80%以上,在200-400℃脱硝率稳定在96.0%-99.4%;同时,H_2O和SO_2的阶跃应答实验表明,Ce O_2@Ti O_2具有很强的抗水和抗SO_2毒化能力。     

高浓度F~--Al~(3+)体系的热力学分析及氟的测定

设定了Visual minteq软件F~--Al~(3+)体系的物种及平衡常数。模拟滴定和实验滴定结果的相似性证明了软件设定的合理。对F-(0.01/0.1 mol/L)-Al~(3+)(0.02 mol/L)-OH-体系的模拟和分析表明,当F与Al摩尔比相差大时,体系平衡物种分布不同,OH-掩蔽铝的机理也不同,但是在p H值11~12铝都被成功掩蔽;不同的反应机理导致F与Al摩尔比大的体系模拟和滴定曲线差别较大。进一步模拟得到了此p H值区间的最大可掩蔽铝浓度。考虑OH-对氟离子电极的影响,最终确定高氟(0.01~0.1 mol/L)高铝体系氟的测定条件:控制p H值为(11.5±0.2),不大于0.02 mol/L的铝。误差分析表明,当电势测定误差较大时,标准曲线法比标准加入法误差小。     

Regulating the Rate of Molecular Self‐Assembly for Targeting Cancer Cells

Besides tight and specific ligand–receptor interactions, the rate regulation of the formation of molecular assemblies is one of fundamental features of cells. But the latter receives little exploration for developing anticancer therapeutics. Here we show that a simple molecular design of the substrates of phosphatases—tailoring the number of phosphates on peptidic substrates—is able to regulate the rate of molecular self‐assembly of the enzyme reaction product. Such a rate regulation allows selective inhibition of osteosarcoma cells over hepatocytes, which promises to target cancer cells in a specific organ. Moreover, our result reveals that the direct measurement of the rate of the self‐assembly in a cell‐based assay provides precise assessment of the cell targeting capability of self‐assembly. This work, as the first report establishing rate regulation of a multiple‐step process to inhibit cells selectively, illustrates a fundamentally new approach for controlling the fate of cells.     

Readily Accessible Bulky Iron Catalysts exhibiting Site Selectivity in the Oxidation of Steroidal Substrates

Bulky iron complexes are described that catalyze the site‐selective oxidation of alkyl C?H bonds with hydrogen peroxide under mild conditions. Steric bulk at the iron center is introduced by appending trialkylsilyl groups at the meta‐position of the pyridines in tetradentate aminopyridine ligands, and this effect translates into high product yields, an enhanced preferential oxidation of secondary over tertiary C?H bonds, and the ability to perform site‐selective oxidation of methylenic sites in terpenoid and steroidal substrates. Unprecedented site selective oxidation at C6 and C12 methylenic sites in steroidal substrates is shown to be governed by the chirality of the catalysts.     

Molecular imprinted membrane based on molecular imprinted nanoparticles polymer for separation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

The phase inversion technique was used for synthesis anthracene molecularly imprinted membrane (An–MIM) by hybridizing anthracene molecularly imprinted nanoparticles polymer (An–MINP) with cellulose acetate (CA). An–MIM gives high binding capacities toward anthracene, naphthalene, pyrene, benzo(a)pyrene, phenanthrene, and acenaphthylene. Meanwhile, cellulose acetate membrane (CAM) and none imprinted membrane give very low binding capacities toward Anthracene, Naphthalene, Pyrene, Benzo(a)pyrene, Phenanthrene and Acenaphthylene. The separation properties of An–MIM, none imprinted membrane (NIM), and CAM were investigated in terms of selectivity, rejection percentages, and concentrating factor. The optimum operation time of An–MIM was found to be 3 hr. The overall results indicated that the presence of chemical binding sites in the An–MIM plays predominating role in the separation properties. Therefore, An–MIM proved to be highly efficient for the removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at various percentages. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Study of beta-cyclodextrin/fluorinated trimethyl ammonium bromide surfactant inclusion complex by fluorinated surfactant ion selective electrode

The construction and performance of a liquid membrane electrode responsive to N-(1,1,2,2-tetrahydroperfluorooctyl)-N,N,N-trimethylammonium bromide (FTABr) and its use for the study of β-cyclodextrin/fluorinated surfactant inclusion complex is described. The electrode is based on the use of tetrahydroperfluorooctyltrimethylammonium-tetraphenylborate ion pair as electro active material in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) matrix plasticized using 2-Nitrophenyl octyl ether (NPOE). The electrode exhibits a fast, stable, reproducible and “Nernstian” response (59 ± 2 mV) for FTABr over the concentration range of 10⁻⁵ to 2 × 10⁻³ mol L⁻¹ at 298 K. The lowest detection limit is 2 × 10⁻⁶ mol L⁻¹ and the response time is around 20-30 s. The validity of the electrode, for detection of fluorinated surfactant ions and hence to carry out electrochemical measurements to study micellization of fluorinated surfactant, is verified by comparing the critical micelle concentration (cmc) value of FTABr obtained by using the electrode, with that obtained by surface tension measurements. Association constant K for β-cyclodextrin/FTABr complex is evaluated from the potentiometric measurements carried out using this electrode and is observed to be ∼1.26 × 10⁵. The results suggest that β-cyclodextrin forms an equimolar association complex with the FTA⁺ surfactant ion.     

Separation and determination of diversiform phytosterols in food materials using supercritical carbon dioxide extraction and ultraperformance liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometry

This paper presents at first time that the ultra-performance™ liquid chromatographic atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometer (UPLC-APCI-MS) was used as an efficient method for the identification and quantification of diversiform phytosterols in food materials. The sample preparation consisted of extraction by supercritical carbon dioxide fluid extraction (SCE) and saponification by refluxing with ethanolic KOH, and then the non-saponificable fraction was extracted with petroleum ether. This fraction was subjected to solid phase extraction (SPE) on silica gel cartridge and then the sterols were eluted with hexane-ethyl acetate. Sterols were separated on an Acquity UPLC™ BEH C18 column (100 mm × 1.0 mm, 1.7 μm particle size) with a gradient of methanol/water (1% acetonitrile) at a flow of 0.1 mL min⁻¹. The determination was performed in selective ion monitoring mode. The quality parameter of the developed method was established using 6-ketocholestanol as internal standard. Limits of quantification (LOQ) were 0.1754, 0.0341, 0.0500, 0.0205, 0.0225, 0.3674, 0.0241, 0.0272, 0.0076 μg L⁻¹ and 0.1525 μg mL⁻¹ for 6-ketocholestanol, desmosterol, ergosterol, cholesterol, lanosterol, cholestanol, campesterol, stigmasterol, β-sitosterol, and stigmastanol, respectively. The intra- and inter-day determination precision for the 10 phytosterols were less than 5 and 6% in relative standard deviations, and their recoveries were located in the range of 94-107%. The developed approach has been applied successfully for efficient determination of diversiform phytosterols in food materials, including corn, sesame, oat and peanut.     

Bimetallic Pd/Sn-based Nanoparticles and their Catalytic Properties in the Semihydrogenation of Diphenylacetylene

Multimetallic nanoparticles often enhance the catalytic performance of their monometallic counterparts by increasing reaction rates, catalyst selectivity, and/or stability. A prerequisite for understanding structure- and composition-associated properties, however, is the careful design of multimetallic nanoparticles with various structures and compositions. Here, bimetallic Pd/Sn-based nanoparticles are prepared with a tunable composition and structure exploiting ionic liquids (ILs) as reaction medium (i. e., methyltrioctylammonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide). The nanoparticles are obtained in a one-pot synthetic procedure by reducing the metal salt precursors with triethylborohydride in the IL. The results show that the reaction parameters, in particular the nature and ratio of the Pd²⁺/Sn²⁺ precursors as well as the reaction temperature, influence NP formation and composition. X-ray diffraction with Rietveld analysis and transmission electron microscopy are employed to determine NP size and phase composition. Under optimized reaction conditions Pd₂Sn or PdSn nanocrystals are formed as single-phase products after introducing an additional annealing step at 200 °C. Nanocrystals with intermetallic composition reveal enhanced catalytic properties in the semihydrogenation of diphenylacetylene which was used as a model reaction.