Bioimprinted protein exhibits glutathione peroxidase activity

A strategy for design of bioimprinted proteins with glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity has been proposed. The proteins imprinted with a glutathione derivative were converted into selenium-containing proteins by chemical modifying the reactive hydroxyl groups of serines followed by sodium hydrogen selenide displacement. These selenium-containing proteins exhibited remarkable GPX activities and the GPX activities of reduction of H₂O₂ by glutathione (GSH) were found to be 101-817 U μmol⁻¹, which approaches the activity of a selenium-containing catalytic antibody elicited by a hapten similar to our template. The steady state kinetic study for imprinted protein catalysis revealed Michaelis-Menten kinetics for both H₂O₂ and GSH, e.g. the pesudo-first-order rate constant k_cat (H₂O₂) and the apparent Michaelis constant K_m (H₂O₂) at 1 mM GSH were calculated to be 784 min⁻¹ and 1.24×10⁻³ M, respectively, and the apparent second-order rate constant k_cat (H₂O₂)/K_m (H₂O₂) was determined to be 6.33×10⁵ (M min)⁻¹. The kinetics and the template inhibition showed that the strategy might be a remarkably efficient one for generating artificial enzyme with GPX activity.     

Reaction of 1,2-diarylhydrazines with acetic anhydride catalyzed by 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine

Summary A new method for the synthesis of 1,2-diaryl-1,2-dihydro-5-methyl-3H-pyrazol-3-ones3 and 4-acetyl-1,2-diaryl-1,2-dihydro-5-methyl-3H-pyrazol-3-ones5 is presented. The reaction of 4,4-disubstituted 1,2-diarylhydrazines1 with acetic anhydride in the presence of an equimolar amount of 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine leads to mixtures of the corresponding acetyl derivatives2 and3. Under the same conditions, 2,2-disubstituted 1,2-diarylhydrazines yield mixtures of3 and5.

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4-(Dimethylamino)pyridin-katalysierte Reaktion von 1,2-Diarylhydrazinen mit Essigsäureanhydrid

Zusammenfassung Eine neue Methode zur Synthese von 1,2-Diaryl-1,2-dihydro-5-methyl-3H-pyrazol-3-onen3 und 4-Acetyl-1,2-diaryl-1,2-dihydro-5-methyl-3H-pyrazol-3-onen5 wird beschrieben. Die Reaktion von 4,4-disubstituierten 1,2-Diaryl-hydrazinen1 mit Essigsäureanhydrid führt in Gegenwart eines Äquivalentes 4-(Dimethylamino)pyridin zu Gemischen der entsprechenden Acetylderivate2 und3. Unter den gleichen Bedingungen werden aus 2,2-disubstituierten 1,2-Diarylhydrazinen Gemische aus3 und5 erhalten.

     

TiSiW12O40/TiO2催化合成苹果酯

以固载杂多酸盐TiSiW12O40/TiO2为多相催化剂，通过乙酰乙酸乙酯和乙二醇反应合成了苹果酯，探讨TiSiW12O40/TiO2对缩酮反应的催化活性，较系统地研究了原料量比，催化剂肜量，反应时间诸因素对产品收率的影响，实验表明：TiSiW12O40/TiO2是合成苹果酯的良好催化剂，在n(乙酰乙酸乙酯）：n(乙二醇）＝1：1．5，催化剂用量为反应物料总质量的1．0％，环己烷为带水剂，反应时间50min的优化条件下，苹果酯的收率可达84．1％。     

A chemoselective deprotection of trimethylsilyl acetylenes catalyzed by silver salts

Trimethylsilyl acetylenes can be selectively deprotected in the presence of a catalytic amount of silver salts. AgNO₃ and AgOTf proved to be the most effective catalyst in a mixture of methanol, water and dichloromethane. Other functional groups, and especially silyl ethers, are not affected in these conditions.     

The “Facilitated Transition” hypothesis as an explanation for the gemdialkyl effect

A new technique of searching the conformational space of transition states was used to explore the cause of the rate acceleration in the gem-dialkyl effect in intramolecular cyclization reactions. Several previous hypotheses were discarded and a new hypothesis was advanced based on this new data. This hypothesis, the “Facilitated Transition” hypothesis, states that increased steric hindrance reduces the overall activation energy by facilitating rotation through the transition state. The older “Reactive Rotamer” hypothesis was eliminated by generating all conformations of the starting materials using the and computer programs and demonstrating that no relationship is found between rate increase and a change in the concentration of “reactive rotamers”.     

Development and characterisation of a new interface for coupling capillary LC with collision-cell ICP–MS and its application for phosphorylation profiling of tryptic protein digests

A comparison of different nebulisers for direct hyphenation of capillary and nano liquid chromatography (Cap-LC, Nano-LC) and quadrupole-based collision cell inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (CC-ICP–MS) for phosphorylation profiling of tryptic protein digests is described. Helium was used as cell gas and specially tuned instrumental conditions were used to achieve background minimisation at the mass of phosphorus, because of kinetic energy discrimination of the interfering polyatomic ions. The proposed set-up is based on a modified capillary electrophoresis interface and a home-made 4 mL spray chamber. It enables the use of gradient conditions with a highly concentrated organic mobile phase as often used in protein phosphorylation analysis, without the need to apply membrane desolvation for removal of the organic phase or further background minimisation. No significant signal suppression or other negative effects caused by the organic mobile phase occur, because of the low flow rates used in Cap-LC and the robust plasma conditions of the CC-ICP–MS instrument. A tryptic digest of beta-casein was investigated as model compound to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed set-up for phosphorylation profiling in protein analysis using quadrupole based collision-cell ICP–MS as phosphorus-specific detector. Detection limits for phosphorylated peptides down to the sub picomole level were obtained. As a complementary technique, electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry (ESI–MS–MS) with data base searching was used for further characterisation of the phosphorylated peptides detected.     

芥子气模拟剂2-氯乙基乙基硫醚的光催化降解

利用连续流动微反、原位红外和GC/MS等手段考察了芥子气模拟剂2-氯乙基乙基硫醚（2-CEES）在P25 TiO2上的光催化降解反应,证实CO2和H2O是这个反应的最终产物.详细的跟踪分析表明,除了CO2和H2O外,在反应的气相混合物中可检测到C2H4、CH3CHO、CH4、CO、HCl和H2S；少量小分子的羧酸、醚和砜；微量C2H5SC2H5、C2H5S2C2H5、C2H5SC2H4Cl和CH2ClCH2Cl等中间产物;在反应后的催化剂表面可检测到C2H5S2C2H5、C2H5SC2H4OH、C4H9S2C2H5和C2H5S2C2H4OH、等物.根据这些结果提出了2-CEES光催化降解的反应机理,推断2-CEES的光催化降解涉及脱氯、C－S键断裂、有机硫化物光聚合和裂解等复杂过程最终转化为CO2和H2O.认为各种硫物种在表面的积聚引起了催化剂的缓慢失活.     

Oxidation of allylic alcohols, amines, and sulfides mediated by assembled triphase catalyst of phosphotungstate and non-cross-linked amphiphilic copolymer

A novel catalyst PWAA, an assembled complex of phosphotungstic acid (H₃PW₁₂O₄₀) and a non-cross-linked copolymer of N-isopropylacrylamide with an ammonium, was developed. It is an amphiphilic, cross-linked, and supramolecular insoluble complex and showed catalytic activity on oxidation with aqueous hydrogen peroxide. PWAA, used in 2.7×10⁻⁵-2.0×10⁻³ mol equiv., catalyzed oxidation of allylic alcohols, amines, and sulfides efficiently. The turnover number (TON) of PWAA reached up to 35,000. PWAA showed a good stability in organic/aqueous media and was reused three to five times.     

Pd-H from Pd/C and triethylamine: Implications in palladium catalysed reactions involving amines

The palladium hydride-iminium complex generated from Pd/C and triethylamine catalyses the isomerisation of allylic alcohols into carbonyl compounds, and Pd/C catalyses the conjugate reduction of activated double bonds using triethylamine as the source of the two newly incorporated hydrogen atoms via the same complex.     

Gold nanoparticles as dehydrogenase mimicking nanozymes for estradiol degradation

Small gold nanoparticles can mimic dehydrogenase activity to catalyze estradiol (E2) oxidation to estrone (E1), extending the range of nanozyme catalysis to environmentally and biologically important substrates.