Magnetic microcapsules for targeted delivery of anticancer drugs

To achieve targeted distribution of anticancer drugs with sustained activity, ferromagnetic ethylcellulose microcapsules containing an anticancer drug, mitomycin C (FM-MMC-mc), were prepared by a method based on phase separation principles. Two prototypes of FM-MMC-mc were made: one with the drug as the core and zinc ferrite on its capsular surface (outer type); the other with both the drug and zinc ferrite as the core (inner type). Both preparations provided a sustained-release property and a sensitive response to conventional magnetic force, although certain differences in the release rate of drug, magnetic responsiveness, and particle size were found between the two dosage forms. Animal studies showed that the magnetic microcapsules could be magnetically controlled in the artery and urinary bladder. VX2 tumors in the rabbit hind limb and urinary bladder were successfully treated with magnetic control of FM-MMC-mc. Pharmacokinetic study revealed that the targeting of the microcapsules markedly enhanced the drug absorption into the surrounding tissues for a prolonged period of time. The results indicate the feasibility and effectiveness of the magnetic microcapsules as a targeted drug delivery system.     

Ba2Cu3O5+δ as an intermediate phase during the synthesis of YBa2Cu4O8

We propose a reaction model for the synthesis of YBa₂Cu₄O₈ under normal pressure conditions, which contains 4 partial reaction steps. In a first step bariumnitrate and copperoxide react to Ba₂Cu₃O_5+δ. This substance will be formed for each mixtures Ba:Cu=2∶3...3∶2. The following two partial reaction steps are connected to Ba₂Cu₃O_5+δ, which reacts with Y₂O₃ and CuO to YBa₂Cu₄O₈ or decomposes to BaCuO₂ and CuO. In a last step parts of BaCuO₂ reacts with Y₂O₃ and CuO to YBa₂Cu₄O₈.     

核磁共振法研究CH2=CHSi（OET）3的水化反应

高强水泥的生产近年来巳成为许多国家发展水泥生产的一个主要方向。在水泥中加入有机单体可以改善混凝土的质量,如加重量比为3％的有机硅烷偶联剂乙烯基三乙氧基硅烷CH_2=CHSi(OEt)_3(简称VTES)于水泥中,即可在较大程度上增加水泥石的强度。     

The absorption spectra of the phenoxyl radical in solid argon

Vacuum ultraviolet photolysis of phenol, phenol-d₆ and anisole during condensation with excess argon at 20 K has produced and trapped the phenoxyl radical as evidenced by structured absorptions at 397.2 and 628.1 nm. A broad photosensitive 416 ± 2 nm band is tentatively assigned to the phenol cation.     

Analysis of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons by glass capillary gas chromatography using simultaneous flame ionization and electron capture detection

The possibility of simultaneous application of an electron capture (ECD) and a flame ionization detector (FID) connected to a glass capillary column for analyzing polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PNA) has been investigated. The ECD/FID ratio is determined for 46 PNA compounds. The ratios vary from 0.02 to 117 with relative standard deviations better than 20 percent determined from 10 replicate analyses. The results suggest that the method may be used for obtaining additional evidence in identifying PNA in environmental samples. Impurities and transformation products in the standard were identified by computerized glass capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Quinones and diones are responsible for the high EC-response determined in some trace components in the standard. An application of the method is shown for PNA from particulates in urban atmospheres.     

Minipol, a desk-computer program for refinement of protonation constants from differential-pulse polarographic data

The program MINIPOL, designed to run on a desk-computer with 32 kbytes of memory, can calculate the optimum values of overall protonation constants and molar intensities of up to 8 species with composition H_XXXL_ρ, from differential-pulse polarographic data.     

A comparison of phototautomerism in different sites of free-base porphin (H2P) in n-alkane crystals

Selective laser-induced phototautomerism of free-base porphin in different n-alkanes (n-hexane, n-heptane, n-octane, nnonane, n-decane, n-undecane and n-dodecane) has been used to identify tautomer splittings in a number of sites in polycrystalline samples at 2 K. Pairs or lines arising from the two molecular orientations in each site can be reversibly transformed into each other. In the odd n-alkanes the occupation of different sites was not dependent on the rate at which the samples were frozen, but in the even n-alkanes metastable sites were only occupied following rapid quenching.     

Determination of manganese(II) by a chemiluminescence reaction

Manganese(II) ( 1.5 ng/ml) is determined by measuring either of the two emission peaks given by alkaline oxidation of luminol. Several other metal ions, which enhance both emission peaks, are masked by cyanide ions.     

Quantum chemical studies on electrophilic addition

The geometries of the 2-chloroethyl and ethylenechloronium cations, two possible intermediates in the electrophilic addition of chlorine to ethylene, have been fully optimized using ab initio molecular orbital calculations employing the split valence shell 4-31G basis set.These geometries were then used to compute more accurate wave functions using Dunning's double-zeta basis set. The bridged chloronium ion was found to be more stable by 9.35 kcal/mole, the opposite order of stability from the C₂H₄F⁺ ions. Interconversion of the two C₂H₄Cl⁺ cations was computed to have a barrier of 6.25 kcal/mole.The activation energy for this chlorination reaction, using the ethylenechloronium cation and a chlorine anion at infinite separation as the model for the activated complex, was computed to be 128.7 kcal/mole, showing that this is not a feasible gas phase reaction.     

N-苄叉基-1-氨基-萘及其类似物的构象与分子扭曲的共轭 驱动力

确定了N-[(4-二甲基氨基)-苄叉基]-2-氨基苯并咪唑(1)，N-[(4-二甲基氨基)-苄叉基]-2-氨基苯并噻唑(2)和N-苄叉基-1-氨基-萘(3)的晶体结构。利用AM1，RHF，DFT方法和STO-3G,4-31G,6-311G及6-311G基组，优化每个分子的23个扭曲构象(θ=0°～-89°)。尽管不同方法得到的最优构象的扭角不同，分子扭曲的驱动力总是起因于电子作用，在任一分子、任何电子态中，离域的π体系总是失稳定的，全平面构象不是π体系最稳定的构象。π电子的离域是分子扭曲的驱动力之一，与经典观点相反，非键原子间的核排斥作用是分子扭曲的阻力，而不是动力。