Evaluating and monitoring the packing behavior of process-scale chromatography columns

The packing characteristics of process-scale chromatography columns were evaluated using the responses to conductivity-based pulse and step inputs derived from tracer experiments and in-process transitions (i.e. column equilibration and regeneration steps). Characteristics of the measured residence time distributions (RTDs) were quantified by statistical moments and using the equations derived from the Gaussian model. The first and second moments calculated from in-process step transitions for multiple runs were in good agreement with those moments calculated from the pulse-input experiments conducted immediately after column packing. This indicates that most of the time the bed behavior at the time of packing is consistent with that at the time of operation. Due to the significant resistance to protein mass transfer inside the particles, estimated plate heights for protein solutes are expected to be much greater than those observed from the experiments using saltbased tracers. Thus, the column efficiency derived from salt-based experiments can be a useful measure of packing consistency rather than a significant parameter influencing the outcome of protein separations.     

Diffusion from within a Spherical Body with Partially Blocked Surface: Diffusion through a Constant Surface Area

Diffusion from spherical bodies has been a subject of interest since the earliest times of modern sciences and a few equivalent analytical formulations of the problem are taught in engineering textbooks dealing with cooling rates of hot spheres. However, all these former studies assume that the diffusing material is transferable to/from the surrounding space through the whole surface of the spherical body. Conversely, the development of nanoscience and the improved knowledge of microscopic biological events have evidenced that diffusion from spherical bodies is a ubiquitous problem. It often occurs in situations where the nanosphere surfaces are not isotropic and partly impermeable to diffusing materials. This work elaborates on this issue and theoretically establishes that—with some specific allowance—the basic analytical equation of diffusion from/to fully accessible spherical bodies may be used.     

An experimental and computational investigation on the fragmentation behavior of enaminones in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

The dissociation pathways of protonated enaminones with different substituents were investigated by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI‐MS/MS) in positive ion mode. In mass spectrometry of the enaminones, Ar? CO? CH?CH? N(CH₃)₂, the proton transfers from the thermodynamically favored site at the carbonyl oxygen to the dissociative protonation site at ipso‐position of the phenyl ring or the double bond carbon atom adjacent to the carbonyl leading to the loss of a benzene or elimination of C₄H₉N, respectively. And the hydrogen? deuterium (H/D) exchange between the added proton and the proton of the phenyl ring via a 1,4‐H shift followed by hydrogen ring‐walk was witnessed by the D‐labeling experiments. The elemental compositions of all the ions were confirmed by ultrahigh resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance tandem mass spectrometry (FTICR‐MS/MS). The enaminones studied here were para‐monosubstituted on the phenyl ring and the electron‐donating groups were in favor of losing the benzene, whereas the electron‐attracting groups strongly favored the competing proton transfer reaction leading to the loss of C₄H₉N to form a benzoyl cation, Ar‐CO⁺. The abundance ratios of the two competitive product ions were relatively well‐correlated with the σ_p⁺ substituent constants. The mechanisms of these reactions were further investigated by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Theoretical study of the CO catalytic oxidation on Au/SAPO‐11 zeolite

Quantum chemistry calculations were carried out, using ONIOM2 methodology, to investigate the CO adsorption and oxidation on gold supported on Silicoaluminophospates (SAPO) molecular sieves Au/SAPO‐11 catalysts. Two models were studied, one containing one Au atom per site (Au? SAPO‐11), and the other with two Au atoms per site (Au₂? SAPO‐11). The results reveal that the CO adsorption and oxidation are exothermic on Au/SAPO11 with an ΔE of ?41.0 kcal/mol and ΔE = ?52.0 kcal/mol, for the adsorption and oxidation, respectively. On the Au₂? SAPO‐11 model, the CO adsorption and oxidation reaction occur, with a ΔE of ?29.7 kcal/mol and ?52 kcal/mol, respectively. According to our results, the oxidation reaction exhibits an Eley‐Rideal type mechanism with adsorbed CO. The theoretical calculations reveal that this type of material could be interesting to disperse Au and consequently to strengthen its catalytic use for different reactions. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem 110:2573–2582, 2010     

环糊精的理论计算

环糊精对超分子化学的发展具有重要意义,其特殊的物理和化学性质已经在实验和理论研究中受到广泛关注。本文对近10年来环糊精的理论计算发展情况进行了综述。重点概述了分子动力学模拟结合自由能计算方法在环糊精识别和自组装行为中的应用,最后展望了环糊精未来的理论计算发展方向。     

双极性半导体钝化膜空间电荷电容分析(II)

将双极性半导体钝化膜空间电荷电容等效为钝化膜/溶液界面处电容和内层钝化膜/外层钝化膜界面处的np结电容的串联, 根据前期研究建立的半导体富集态、耗尽态以及反型态空间电荷电容的统一计算公式, 给出了双极性钝化膜Mott-Schottky(M-S)曲线的非线性拟合方法. 并将这一方法应用于镍基合金G3高温高压H2S/CO2腐蚀后的钝化膜半导体特征研究. M-S曲线非线性拟合结果显示, 温度升高外层p型半导体钝化膜多数载流子浓度明显增高, 而内层n型半导体钝化膜的多数载流子浓度基本未变. 通过非线性拟合, 证明本文所给出的M-S曲线非线性拟合方法能够同时给出钝化膜内外层多个半导体性质参数,为揭示钝化膜形成及破坏机制提供更多信息. 结合X射线光电子能谱(XPS)分析, 讨论了钝化膜结构变化机制及np结在抑制腐蚀过程中的作用.     

The role of central ion in chiral recognition by taking phenylalanine as an example

Chiral recognition of phenylalanine (Phe) was achieved in the gas phase by electrospray ionization Q-TOF tandem mass spectrometry. In this method, two central ions, i.e. proton and divalent copper, were used and chiral crown ether, (+)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid-18-crown-6 (18-C-6-TCA), was used as a chiral host. Dimeric complexes were readily formed by electrospray ionization of a methanol/water (50/50, V/V) solution containing central ions, Phe and 18-C-6-TCA. The dimeric complex included proton-bound (18-C-6-TCA)(Phe)H+ and copper-bound deprotonated [Cu²⁺(18-C-6-TCA)(Phe)-H]⁺ ions were mass selected and then collided with Ar in the CID experiments. The chiral recognition capability of these complexes was evaluated using the relative abundance of daughter ion to parent ion. A higher degree of chiral recognition ability was observed with Cu²⁺ compared to that of H⁺. Different central ions exhibited distinctive dissociation pathways and unique chiral recognition characteristics. The chiral recognition mechanism was also discussed in detail with the help of the structure of copper-bound complex predicted by theoretical calculation.     

吡啶甲酸铑阳离子催化甲醇羰基化反应机理的理论计算

采用有效核近似从头算方法,在HF/LANL2DZ水平下用Berny优化法,对吡啶甲酸铑阳离子催化剂催化甲醇羰基化反应中各基元反应的中间体、过渡态和产物的几何结构进行了优化,过渡态结构通过振动分析进行了确认;计算了各反应的活化位垒.CH_3OH与CO在吡啶甲酸铑阳离子催化剂的作用下反应分4步进行:(1)CH3I氧化加成反应;(2)羰基重排反应:(3)羰基配位反应;(4)CH_3COI还原消除反应.对于各基元反应,CH3I氧化加成反应位垒最高(167.78kJ/mol),是整个反应过程的决速步骤;羰基重排反应和CH_3COI还原消除反应的活化位垒分别为110.67和62.94 kJ/mol,羰基配位反应的位垒为零.与[Rh(CO)_2I_2]-催化剂相比,吡啶甲酸铑阳离子催化剂具有相同的催化机理,但后者催化剂上各步反应的位垒较低.