The silicon atom may increase its coordination number to values greater than four, to form pentacoordinated compounds. It
has been observed experimentally that, in general, pentacoordinated compounds show greater reactivity than tetracoordinated
compounds. In this work, density functional theory is used to calculate the global softness and the condensed softness of
the silicon atom for SiHnF4−n and SiHnF
5−n1−
. The values obtained show that the global and condensed softness are greater in the pentacoordinated compounds than in the
tetracoordinated compounds, a result that explains the enhanced reactivity. If the results are analysed through a local version
of the hard and soft acids and bases principle, it is possible to suggest that in nucleophilic substitution reactions, soft
nucleophiles preferably react with SiHnF
5−n1−
, and hard nucleophiles with SiHnF4−n. 相似文献
Pentacyclic isoxazolines were obtained by the cycloaddition of benzonitrile oxide to norbornene-azetidinone-fused 3,1-oxazines. The constitutions of two of the isomers obtained, and the configurations and conformations of all products, were determined by means of 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and DNOE experiments. 相似文献
Cancer immunotherapy aims at stimulating the immune system to react against cancer stealth capabilities. It consists of repeatedly injecting small doses of a tumor-associated molecule one wants the immune system to recognize, until a consistent immune response directed against the tumor cells is observed.
We have applied the theory of optimal control to the problem of finding the optimal schedule of injections of an immunotherapeutic agent against cancer. The method employed works for a general ODE system and can be applied to find the optimal protocol in a variety of clinical problems where the kinetics of the drug or treatment and its influence on the normal physiologic functions have been described by a mathematical model.
We show that the choice of the cost function has dramatic effects on the kind of solution the optimization algorithm is able to find. This provides evidence that a careful ODE model and optimization schema must be designed by mathematicians and clinicians using their proper different perspectives. 相似文献
We consider the problem of scheduling orders for multiple different product types in an environment with m dedicated machines in parallel. The objective is to minimize the total weighted completion time. Each product type is produced by one and only one of the m dedicated machines; that is, each machine is dedicated to a specific product type. Each order has a weight and may also have a release date. Each order asks for certain amounts of various different product types. The different products for an order can be produced concurrently. Preemptions are not allowed. Even when all orders are available at time 0, the problem has been shown to be strongly NP-hard for any fixed number (?2) of machines. This paper focuses on the design and analysis of efficient heuristics for the case without release dates. Occasionally, however, we extend our results to the case with release dates. The heuristics considered include some that have already been proposed in the literature as well as several new ones. They include various static and dynamic priority rules as well as two more sophisticated LP-based algorithms. We analyze the performance bounds of the priority rules and of the algorithms and present also an in-depth comparative analysis of the various rules and algorithms. The conclusions from this empirical analysis provide insights into the trade-offs with regard to solution quality, speed, and memory space. 相似文献
We have computed electronic structures and total energies of circularly confined two-dimensional quantum dots and their lateral
dimers in zero and finite uniform external magnetic fields using different theoretical schemes: the spin-density-functional
theory (SDFT), the current-and-spin-density-functional theory (CSDFT), and the variational quantum Monte Carlo (VMC) method.
The SDFT and CSDFT calculations employ a recently-developed, symmetry-unrestricted real-space algorithm allowing solutions
which break the spin symmetry. Results obtained for a six-electron dot in the weak confinement limit and in zero magnetic
field as well as in a moderate confinement and in finite magnetic fields enable us to draw conclusions about the reliability
of the more approximative SDFT and CSDFT schemes in comparison with the VMC method. The same is true for results obtained
for the two-electron quantum dot dimer as a function of inter-dot distance. The structure and role of the symmetry-breaking
solutions appearing in the SDFT and CSDFT calculations for the above systems are discussed.
Received 16 October 2001 and Received in final form 17 January 2002 相似文献
The photoelectron spectra (PES) of anions of uracil-glycine and uracil-phenylalanine complexes reveal broad features with
maxima at 1.8 and 2.0 eV. The results of ab initio density functional B3LYP and second order M?ller-Plesset theory calculations indicate that the excess electron occupies a
π* orbital localized on uracil. The excess electron attachment to the complex can induce a barrier-free proton transfer (BFPT)
from the carboxylic group of glycine to the O8 atom of uracil. As a result, the four most stable structures of the anion of
uracil-glycine complex can be characterized as the neutral radical of hydrogenated uracil solvated by the anion of deprotonated
glycine. The similarity between the PES spectra for the uracil complexes with glycine and phenylalanine suggests that the
BFPT is also operative in the case of the latter anionic species. The BFPT to the O8 atom of uracil may be related to the
damage of nucleic acid bases by low energy electrons because the O8 atom is involved in a hydrogen bond with adenine in the
standard Watson-Crick pairing scheme.
Received 6 April 2002 Published online 13 September 2002 相似文献