应用ABEEMσπ／MM模型探讨小α-螺旋在显性水中折叠／展开的可逆过程

应用ABEEMσπ／MM模型进行分子动力学模拟,研究了显性水溶液中小α-螺旋（短肽Ala5）折叠／展开的可逆过程．动力学分析显示,300K下α-螺旋可以保存2ns的时间,该结果支持Margulis等人的结论．每个结构与α-螺旋结构骨架重原子的均方根偏差的时间轨迹指出,“300K下螺旋成核现象在0．1ns内快速发生”的结论是不恰当的．通过对300、400和500K温度下的研究,首次定量地给出各温度下螺旋保存的时间分别为2ns、1～1．5ns和0．8ns,并且增加温度并不改变折叠／展开的方式,只是改变折叠／展开的速率．本文对“转化态集合”结构的分析表明,从螺旋到卷曲的转换,主要通过螺旋端的氢键断裂发生（92％）、尤其是C端的氢键断裂发生（50％）．氢键的破坏和形成在0．1ns的时间内完成．     

The peptide Z‐Aib‐Aib‐Aib‐L‐Ala‐OtBu

The title peptide, N‐benzyloxycarbonyl‐α‐aminoisobutyryl‐α‐aminoisobutyryl‐α‐aminoisobutyryl‐L‐alanine tert‐butyl ester or Z‐Aib‐Aib‐Aib‐L‐Ala‐OtBu (Aib is α‐aminoisobutyric acid, Z is benzyloxycarbonyl and OtBu indicates the tert‐butyl ester), C₂₇H₄₂N₄O₇, is a left‐handed helix with a right‐handed conformation in the fourth residue, which is the only chiral residue. There are two 4→1 intramolecular hydrogen bonds in the structure. In the lattice, molecules are hydrogen bonded to form columns along the c axis.     

Synthesis,Structure Characterization and Biological Activity of a Novel Amino Acid Salt(HAla)_8(H_3O)_(10)[PMo_(12)O_(40)]_6·22H_2O

A novel compound was synthesized and characterized by means of elemental analysis, IR and UV spectra, TG, CV and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The compound crystallized in an orthorhombic space group C222 with a = 1. 622 4(3) nm, b=3. 498 4(7) nm, c=l. 301 5(3) nm,V=7. 387(3) nm3, Z = 6, R1 = 0. 037 3, wR2 = 0. 114 0. The Ala (Ala = alanine) molecules were protonated at the amino nitrogen N (1) and the C (2) of Ala group with the terminal oxygen atom O(15), O(14), O(26) and O(27) of the polyoxometalates participating in the hydrogen bond network. The anti-tumor activity of the title compound was estimated against Hela and Pc-3m cancer cells.     

Calorimetric study and thermal analysis of [ErY(Ala)4(H2O)8](ClO4)6 (Ala=ALANINE)

A solid complex of rare-earth compounds with alanine, [ErY(Ala)₄(H₂O)₈](ClO₄)₆ (Ala=alanine), was synthesized, and a calorimetric study and thermal analysis for it was performed through adiabatic calorimetry and thermogravimetry. The low-temperature heat capacity of [ErY(Ala)₄(H₂O)₈](ClO₄)₆ was measured with an automated adiabatic precision calorimeter over the temperature range from 78 to 377 K. A solid-solid phase transition was found between 99 and 121 K with a peak temperature at 115.78 k. The enthalpy and entropy of the phase transition was determined to be 1.957 Kj mol^-1, 16.90 j mol^-1 k^-1, respectively. Thermal decomposition of the complex was investigated in the temperature range of 40~550°C by use of the thermogravimetric and differential thermogravimetric (TG/DTG) analysis techniques. The TG/DTG curves showed that the decomposition started from 120 and ended at 430°C, completed in three steps. A possible mechanism of the thermal decomposition was elucidated. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

气相环境下丙氨酸Ca2+配合物的手性转变机理及水分子的催化作用

采用基于密度泛函理论的M06方法,研究了气相环境下2种稳定构型的丙氨酸（Ala）与Ca²⁺配合物的手性转变及水分子的催化。研究发现,Ala_1·Ca²⁺的手性转变有a和b 2个通道,a通道是α-氢只以羰基氧为桥迁移;b通道是α-氢迁移到羰基氧后,氨基上的质子在纸面内侧向α-碳迁移。Ala_2·Ca²⁺的手性转变有a、b、c、d 4个通道,a和b通道分别是羧基内质子迁移后,α-氢只以羰基氧为桥迁移和α-氢迁移到羰基氧接质子从氨基氮向α-碳迁移;c通道是钙与氮的配位键断裂后,α-氢向氨基氮迁移;d通道是钙与氮的配位键断裂后,Ala_2·Ca²⁺向Ala_1·Ca²⁺异构,再接Ala_1·Ca²⁺的手性转变。势能面计算表明,Ala_1·Ca²⁺手性转变的a通道具有优势,总包能垒为134.8 kJ·mol^－1,Ala_2·Ca²⁺手性转变的d通道具有优势,总包能垒为235.3 kJ·mol^－1;水分子的催化使能垒分别降至40.8和141.3 kJ·mol^－1。结果表明,Ca²⁺对Ala的手性转变具有催化作用,水分子对丙氨酸Ca²⁺配合物的手性转变具有极好的催化作用。     

Amino acid-peptide-catalyzed enantioselective Morita-Baylis-Hillman reactions

Peptide-based catalysts in the presence of proline as co-catalyst have been found to catalyze the enantioselective ketone-based Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction. The co-catalyst combination has afforded catalysis where enantioselectivities of up to 81% have been obtained.     

Indirect resolution of enantiomers of penicillamine by TLC and HPLC using Marfey's reagent and its variants

TLC and HPLC methods were developed for indirect chiral separation of penicillamine (3,3-dimethylcysteine) enantiomers after derivatization with Marfey's reagent (FDNP-Ala-NH(2)) and two of its structural variants, FDNP-Phe-NH(2) and FDNP-Val-NH(2). The binary mobile phase of phenol-water (3:1 v/v) and solvent combinations of acetonitrile and triethylamine phosphate buffer were found to give the best separation in normal and reversed-phase TLC, respectively. The diastereomers were also resolved on a reversed-phase C18 HPLC column with gradient elution of acetonitrile and 0.01 m trifluoroacetic acid. The results due to these three reagents were compared. The method was successful for checking the enantiomeric impurity of l-penicillamine in d-penicillamine and to check the enantiomeric purity of pharmaceutical formulations of d-penicillamine. The method was validated for linearity, repeatability, limit of detection and limit of quantification.