Inoculum studies in production of penicillin g acylase by Bacillus megaterium ATCC 14945

This article reports studies concerning the production of penicillin G acylase (PGA) by Bacillus megaterium. This enzyme has industrial use in the hydrolysis of penicillin G to obtain 6-aminopenicillanic acid, an essential intermediate for the production of semisynthetic β-lactam antibiotics. Although most microorganisms produce the enzyme intracellularly, B. megaterium provides extracellular PGA. The enzyme production by microorganisms involves several steps, resulting in a many operational variables to be studied. The study of the inoculum is an important step to be accomplished, before addressing other issues such as culture optimization and downstream processing. In this study, using a standard inoculum as reference, several runs were performed aiming at the definition of operational conditions in the PGA production. Cell concentration and PGA activity in the production medium were measured after 24, 48, and 72 h of the beginning of the production phase. This study encompasses the duration of the inoculum germination phase and the concentration of cells used to startup the germination. Based on these results, PGA productivity during the production phase was maximized. The selected values for these variables were 1.5 × 10⁷ spores/mL of germination medium, germination during 24 h, and 72 h for the production phase.     

Preparation and crystal structure of the La2Ni12P5 and isotypic ternary lanthanoid—Nickel phosphides

The new ternary phosphide La₂Ni₁₂P₅ has been prepared by direct arc melting of the components as pure metals and red phosphorus. The crystal structure has been determined using X-ray single crystal diffraction data. The compound exhibits a new type of crystal structure, P2₁/m with lattice parameters a = 10.911(3), b = 3.696(2), c = 13.174(4) Å, β = 108.02(2)°, V = 505,2(6) ų, Z = 2. Atomic parameters least squares refinement of 116 independent variables (anisotropic approximation for thermal vibrations) employed 1 284 independent I_o(hkl); R_F = 0.0278 and R_W = 0.0287. The crystal structure is characterized by trigonal prismatic arrangement of phosphorus atoms stacking variant of infinite (with phosphorus centered) columns built by metal trigonal prisms ‖ [010]. Two or three such columns are connected through common edges (lanthanum atoms). The compounds RE₂Ni₁₂P₅ (where RE = Ce, Pr, Nd and Eu) display the same with La₂Ni₁₂P₅ crystal structure. Lattice parameters of these compounds have been refined using powder diffraction data.     

Preparation and crystal structure of Nb6.74 Ta5.26S4 – a new compound in the ternary system Ta?Nb?S

Nb_6.74Ta_5.26S₄ has been prepared by high temperature techniques. The crystal structure has been determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction data (R/R_w = 0.0588/0.0655). The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma with unit cell dimensions a = 959.11 (26) pm, b = 336.37 (10) pm, and c = 3282.51 (74) pm. The orthorhombic cell contains four formula units. Its structure is similar to that of Nb-rich sulfides, rather than to that of Ta-rich sulfides. The metal coordinations are capped distorted cubic prisms and pentagonal prisms while the coordinations of sulfur are capped trigonal prisms.     

Deux methodes photothermiques a l'etude d'une preparation de contact d'un melange binaire de cristaux liquides

The photopyroelectric (PPE) method is proposed as a sensitive technique to study a binary mixture of liquid crystals in a contact preparation. The photothermal signal is generated while scanning the contact preparation. The crystal-smectic A, smectic A-nematic, and nematic-isotropic interphase boundaries are detected. The displacement of these boundaries due to the variation of the temperature is monitored. The study of these displacements allows us to draw the complete temperature-concentration phase diagram of a binary mixtures. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Simultaneous sample preparation for high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of Vitamin A and β-carotene in emulsified nutritional supplements after solid-phase extraction

Determination of small amounts of the fat-soluble species Vitamin A (VA) (2.5 μg/g) and β-carotene (9 μg/g) from emulsified nutritional supplements containing 50 kinds of co-existing compounds and a fat content between 2000 and 8000 times higher was performed by solid-phase extraction (SPE) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection set at ex. 350 nm and em. 480 nm, and visible detection at 450 nm using an Inertsil ODS 80A (5 μm) analytical column. Mobile phases of methanol-ethanol (50:50) and acetonitrile-ethanol (70:30) were used for the both vitamins. A Bond Elut C₁₈ cartridge was chosen for SPE after comparison with eight other types of SPE cartridge. Retention time of VA and β-carotene was 7 and 8 min, respectively, giving a limit of detection of ca. 0.1 ng per injection at a signal-to-noise ratio 3:1. Recoveries of VA and β-carotene were over 90% by the standard addition method. Relative standard deviation of VA and β-carotene were ca. 2.9 (n=5) and 2.3% (n=5), respectively.     

溶胶—凝胶合成（Mg,Ca）O—SiO2：Eu^3＋,Bi^3＋发光体及其发光行为

以Ｍｇ（ＮＯ３）２，Ｃａ（ＮＯ３）２，Ｅｕ（ＮＯ３）３，Ｂｉ（ＮＯ３）３和Ｓｉ（ＯＣ２Ｈ５）４为反应物，采用溶胶－凝胶法，在比较低的温度，首次合成０．７０１ｍｏｌＭｇＯ－０．１７５ｍｏｌＣａＯ－１．２５ｍｏｌＳｉＯ２：０．０６ｍｏｌＥｕ＾３＋，０．００２ｍｏｌＢｉ＾３＋（加入Ｌｉ＾＋作为电荷补偿剂）发光体，得到了最佳合成条件，研究了由溶胶向凝胶转变和凝胶向发光晶体的转变过程，探讨了发光体在不同激光     

环境内分泌干扰素分析方法进展

本文详细介绍了国内外环境内分泌干扰素的分析研究进展。着重介绍了环境样品的预处理方法，并进行了比较和评价，对不同环境样品中内分泌干扰素的分析检测方法进行了介绍。     

Ce-Zr-Ba-O纳米材料的制备及其结构与性能研究

以金属硝酸盐为原料,分别采用高分子前驱体法、柠檬酸盐凝胶法制备了纳米级的Ce-Zr-Ba-O复合氧化物超细粒子,采用X-射线衍射(XRD)、透射电镜(TEM)、BET比表面测定、热重-差热(TG-DTA)技术对催化剂进行了表征,并考察了催化剂的CO氧化活性和热稳定性。实验结果表明,高分子前驱体法和柠檬酸盐凝胶法制备的催化剂粉体都达到了纳米级。两种方法中,高分子前驱体法所制得的催化剂的BET比表面达118.96m²·g^-1,CO氧化反应活性较高,同时该方法制得的催化剂分散性好,无团聚,经1000℃高温焙烧后仍基本无烧结、无团聚现象,具有较高的热稳定性。     

Pentaazadienido-Komplexe von Zink,Cadmium und Quecksilber Die Kristallstruktur von [Cd(EtOC6H4-N5-C6H4OEt)2(py)2] und [Hg(tol-N5-tol)2(py)]

Pentaazadienido Complexes of Zinc, Cadmium, and Mercury. The Crystal Structure of [Cd(EtOC₆H₄-N₅-C₆H₄OEt)₂(py)₂] and [Hg(tol-N₅-tol)₂(py)] The pentaazadienido complexes [M(EtOC₆H₄N₅C₆H₄OEt)₂] (M = Zn ( 1 ), Cd ( 2 )) are formed by the reaction of [M(NH₃)₄]²⁺ with [EtOC₆H₄N₅C₆H₄OEt]^? in aqueous ammonia. 2 crystallizes from pyridine as [Cd(EtOC₆H₄N₅C₆H₄OEt)₂py₂] ( 3 ) with the triclinic space group P1 and a = 937.2(2); b = 1422.7(2); c = 2085.5(2) pm; α = 75.28(1)°; β = 94.74(1)°; γ = 99.75(1)°; Z = 2. The central Cd²⁺ ion of 3 exhibits an octahedral coordination by two pyridine ligands in cis arrangement and two (N1, N3)-²⁺ chelating pentaazadienide ions. The reaction of [HgI₄]² with the 1,5-di(tolyl)pentaazadienide anion in aqueous ammonia affords [Hg(p-tol-N₅-tol)₂] ( 4 ), which crystallizes from pyridine in form of [Hg(tol-N₅-tol)₂py] ( 5 ) with the space group P1 and a = 1176.2(4); b = 1203.1(3); c = 1295.6(5) pm; α = 100.77(3)°; β = 110.08(3)°; γ = 94.29(2)°; Z = 2. In 5 the Hg²⁺ cation is threefold coordinated by two monodentate (N3)-η¹ pentaazadienid anions and one pyridine ligand. Within the N₅ chains of the pentaazadienid anions of 3 and 5 localized N? N double bonds are found in the positions N1? N2 and N4? N5 with distances between 125 and 129 pm.     

锂离子二次电池电解质材料LiPF6的制备及表征

0引言 液态锂离子电池自1990年开发成功以来,由于具有比能量高、工作电压高、应用温度范围宽、自放电率低、循环寿命长、无污染、安全性能好等许多独特的优势[1],所以其发展前景十分广阔.目前液态锂离子二次电池中开发使用的无机阴离子导电盐主要有LiClO4、LiPF6、LiAsF6等,但LiClO4为强氧化剂,使用不安全而不宜用于电池,LiAsF6虽然性能颇佳,但有毒且价格较贵,故也不宜广泛使用.LiPF6被认为是目前较合适的电解质[1],但其制备困难,价格较贵,且目前报道的合成方法也多是以HF为介质[2～5].本文作者以PF5和LiF为原料在CH3CN溶剂中简单有效地合成了高纯LiPF6,并通过在手套箱中制样的方法对目标产物进行了红外、热重和X射线衍射分析,给出了LiPF6的红外光谱图、热重分析数据和X射线衍射图.