Complexation of Indole-3-acetic Acid with Iron(III): Influence of Coordination on the π-Electronic System of the Ligand

Summary.  The iron(III) complex of indole-3-acetic acid (1) was prepared, and its physicochemical properties, mode of iron(III) coordination, and electronic structure were studied using UV/Vis, diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT), and transmission ⁵⁷Fe M?ssbauer spectroscopic techniques. The data obtained provide evidence that iron(III) is not only coordinated by the carboxylic O-donor atom, but also via the conjugated π-electronic system of the pyrrole moiety involving both the non-shared electronic pair of the heteroatom and the C(2)*C(3) double bond. Considering the well-known increased sensitivity of the pyrrole residue in indole derivatives to oxidation as compared to the benzene ring, as well as the formation of a triple complex (peroxidase-1-O₂) proposed for the enzymatic 1 oxidative degradation mechanism involving as a key step the Fe³⁺ → Fe²⁺ transition in the enzyme form as discussed in literature, it is concluded that iron(III) coordination with 1 can influence the redox properties of the pyrrole ring by affecting its π-electronic system. Received September 17, 2000. Accepted (revised) October 31, 2000     

水果坚实度的近红外光谱检测分析试验研究

应用傅里叶漫反射近红外光谱技术探讨了水果坚实度无损检测的方法。利用偏最小二乘法建立了坚实度与漫反射光谱的无损检测数学模型,同时对不同光谱预处理方法和不同建模波段范围对模型的预测性能进行了对比分析。结果表明：利用傅里叶变换光谱仪采集的原始光谱的平滑预处理对结果并没有太大影响;原始光谱在800～2 500 nm范围的模型得到了最好的预测结果：校正集样本的相关系数r为0.869,校正均方根误差RMSEC为3.88 N;预测集样本的相关系数r为0.840,预测均方根误差RMSEP为4.26 N。 通过本研究得出：应用近红外漫反射光谱检测水果坚实度是可行的,为今后快速无损评价水果成熟度提供了理论依据。     

可见/近红外光谱漫透射技术检测西瓜坚实度的研究

西瓜是一种广受世界各国消费者喜爱的水果,坚实度是西瓜的一个重要品质指标,文章利用可见/近红外漫透射光谱技术进行了西瓜坚实度(FM)的无损检测研究。采用偏最小二乘法(PLS)和主成分回归法(PCR)建立了FM与漫透射光谱的无损检测数学模型,对比分析了不同光谱预处理方法(原始光谱%T,一阶微分处理光谱D1(%T ),二阶微分处理光谱D2(%T )以及光谱的Savitsky-Golay法滤波)对模型预测性能的影响。根据模型相关系数(r)及预测平方根标准偏差(RMSEP)进行了不同模型的预测性能对比,结果表明：光谱经二阶微分处理并使用Savitsky-Golay法滤波后,采用PLS法可以得到最好的FM建模结果(r=0.974,RMSEP=0.589 N)。研究表明：应用可见/近红外漫透射光谱技术检测西瓜的坚实度是可行的,为今后快速无损评价大果形厚果皮类水果坚实度提供了理论依据。     

原位漫反射红外光谱中采用新的实验手段研究煤岩显微组分中的氢键

首次提出采用小瓷片反应器,结合增大载气流量的方法进行产生挥发组分固体的原位漫反射红外光谱实验,研究了两种煤的镜质组和丝质组中的氢键分布及热稳定性.两种显微组分间氢键分布的规律相似;镜质组中SH-N、羧酸二聚体和自缔合羟基等的热稳定性比丝质组中的高.但对OH-N、羟基四聚体和OH-OR₂的热稳定性随煤岩组分的变化无明显规律;随着温度的升高,OH-π含量先升高后降低,于350～380℃达最大值,其中镜质组OH-π的含量增加较快.显微组分中氢键的变化规律反映了其结构上的差异.     

复合近红外光谱法在牛奶测定中的应用

研究了用于快速测定牛奶主要成分含量的近红外透射光谱法和漫反射光谱法,分析了两种方法在实际测量中的差异,并提出将两种方法结合形成复合光谱法用于牛奶成分含量的检测。结果表明:复合光谱法的应用有效地提高了多变量回归分析中牛奶成分含量的预测精度。     

A theoretical study of radiation between two concentric spheres using a modified discrete ordinates method associated with Legendre transform

A modified discrete ordinates method (DOM) is used in spherical participating media. The radiative intensity is broken up into two components. One component is traced back to the enclosure's source. It is called direct intensity. The other component is rather traced back to the contribution of the medium itself. It is called diffuse intensity. Thus, the radiative transfer equation (RTE) is transformed into two simultaneous equations: a direct RTE and a diffuse RTE. The direct RTE is solved analytically. The diffuse RTE is solved numerically using the DOM. The streaming angular derivative term appearing in spherical geometry is modeled by making use of the Finite Legendre Transform. We study a pure radiation transfer problem between two concentric spheres. The medium is assumed to be gray and isotropically scattering. The limiting spheres are considered to be opaque, gray, diffusely emitting and diffusely reflecting with uniform emissivity over each surface. The obtained results are compared with available cases reported in the literature. In particular, relative importance of the direct radiation in optically thin media is studied.     

Investigation of the iodine–poly(vinylpyrrolidone) interaction employed in the determination of biocidal iodine by colorimetric solid-phase extraction

Colorimetric solid-phase extraction (C-SPE) has been previously explored as a means to monitor the iodine-based disinfectant used in the water systems on board the space shuttle. This same disinfectant is baselined for eventual deployment in the US water recovery system planned for node 3 of the International Space Station (ISS). With C-SPE, the I₂ concentration is determined from the diffuse reflectance spectrum (DRS) of the yellow iodine–poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) complex using the Kubelka–Munk function. However, the solution chemistry of iodine is very complex and results in a variety of inorganic species (e.g., I⁻, I₂, I₃⁻, HOI) that have very different biocidal capabilities. Thus, the nature of the interaction of iodine with PVP, and more specifically, the identity of the iodine species involved in the interaction, requires more elucidation. This paper reports the findings from a series of detailed experiments conducted to elicit a more complete understanding of the iodine–PVP system employed in C-SPE. The results indicate that I₂, one of the two dominant biocidal forms of iodine, is the species responsible for the analytical signal in our C-SPE platform. These findings lay the ground work for the planned development of a multiplexed iodine determination and speciation platform for in-flight analysis of spacecraft water samples.     

FTIR漫反射光谱法定量分析胶囊中头孢氨苄的含量

采用漫反射红外定量分析技术测定胶囊中的头孢氨苄，可排除辅料的影响，且吸光度与头孢氨苄的质量分数成良好的线性关系，平均回收率为98．9％，RSD为1．6％。     

Surface composition of alloys

The practical importance of alloy surfaces in catalysis, corrosion andother aspects of materials performance is widely recognized. What is needed now is sufficient knowledge of the relationship between externally controllable factors — alloy composition, temperature, environment — and surface properties — composition, structure, chemical activity — to control materials performance in these applications. Our purpose here is to review progress in determining and predicting the relationship between one surface property, composition, and certain externally controllable variables: overall composition, temperature, environment and physical form.We find that theoretical treatments of metal alloy surface composition now include essentially all significant physical effects and can predict values for most parameters of interest. Though improvements are still possible, the accuracy of predictions is more often limited by uncertainties or absence of the basic data for the calculations (e.g., thermochemical values) than by the models themselves.Alloy surface composition can now be measured well. The first monolayercomposition of large alloy slabs can be determined quantitatively over a wide temperature range in ultra-high vacuum. Difficulties with specimens of practical interest still challenge experimentalists. Among these are supported catalysts, surfaces under chemisorbed layers and composition of layers below the first. Significant progress is being made and we expect the next few years will see success.     

Optosensing of chlorine gas using a dry reagent strip and diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry

Chlorine gas concentrations in the range 0–5 ppm can be measured with a limit of detection of 0.043 ppm using an immobilized reagent (o-tolidine is best) and refiectance spectrophotometry. The system described utilizes a nylon tape dry reagent carrier whose change in reflectance over 10 s is probed in real time by means of an optical fibre.