Description of the turbidity measurements near the phase transition temperature of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) copolymers: the effect of pH, concentration, hydrophilic and hydrophobic content on the turbidity

Absorbance values between 300 and 800 nm of aqueous solutions of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-itaconic acid-9.80), poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-itaconic acid-52.05) and poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)s containing Tegomer H-Si 2111 end groups and/or blocks were measured using a Shimadzu 160-A UV-visible spectrometer. Turbidities obtained from these absorbance values were used to interpret the macromolecular phase transition from a hydrophilic to a hydrophobic structure of the polymers. The effects of comonomer type and content, concentration of the solutions, pH and temperature on the coil-globule transition were discussed in terms of turbidity form factor, β related to size and shapes of particles and calculated by using the simplified form of Debye equation.The results presented in this work show that the presence of Tegomer H-Si 2111 (Si containing end groups and/or blocks) or high amount of itaconic acid (IA) in the chains prevent a collapse transition from hydrated extended coils to hydrophobic globules, which aggregate and form a separate phase (β<2). Furthermore, it was observed that in the case of concentrated solutions intermolecular hydrophobic interactions between isopropyl groups overcame the repulsive forces resulting from the ionized carboxylic acid groups of IA or surface active nature of Si containing hydrophobic groups (β>2). This stage of the transition corresponds to macroscopic phase separation after an intramolecular process.     

Computational study of conformational preferences of thioamide-containing azaglycine peptides

The effect of thioamide substitution on the conformational stability of an azaglycine-containing peptide, For-AzaGly-NH2 (1), was investigated for the sake of finding possible applications by using ab initio and DFT methods. As model compounds, For-[psiCSNH]-AzaGly-NH2 (2), For-AzaGly-[psiCSNH]-NH2 (3), and For-[psiCSNH]-AzaGly-[psiCSNH]-NH2 (4) were used. Two-dimensional phi-psi potential energy surfaces (PESs) for 2-4 were calculated at the B3LYP/6-31G*//HF/6-31G* level in gas (epsilon = 1.0) and in water (epsilon = 78.4) by applying the isodensity polarizable continuum model (IPCM) method. On the basis of these PESs, the minimum energy conformations for 2-4 were characterized at the B3LYP level with 6-31G*, 6-311G**, and 6-31+G** basis sets. The remarkable structural effect of thioamide substitution for 2-4 is that beta-strand structure is observed as a global or local minimum. The minima of 2-4 are also compared with those for glycine and thioamide-containing glycine peptides. Our theoretical results demonstrate that compounds 2-4 would be used to design controllable secondary structures.     

Molecular Replacement Studies of Cucurmosin from Cucurbita Moschata:Structure Homology with Trichosanthin

1 INTRODUCTION Many plants contain proteins that are capable of inactivating ribosomes and therefore are called ribosome-inactivating proteins or RIPs[1]. RIPs are RNA N-glycosidases that inactivate ribosomes through a site-specific deadenylation of the large ribosomal RNA[2, 3]. RIPs are also capable of inactivating many nonribosomal nucleic acid substrates and can be considered as polynucleotide: adenosine glycosidases[4～6]. There are two types of RIPs: type I, single chain pr…     

铝与溴代二甲氨基苯基荧光酮的多元配合物的光度研究

本文研究了在表面活性剂存在性，铝与溴代二甲氨基苯基荧光酮的显色反应。在弱酸性介质中，Ａｌ＾３＋ＢＤＭＡＦ－ＣＴＭＡＢ三元配合物在水浴加热至７０℃－８０℃时形成，其最大吸收波长为５７７ｎｍ，Ａｌ＾３＋：ＢＤＭＡＦ＝１：２，表观摩尔吸光系数为１．３４×１０＾５Ｌ．ｍｏｌ＾－１．ｃｍ＾－１，表观稳定常数为７．４×１０＾５。在ＰＨ９．５－１０．５的氨性缓冲介质中，Ａｌ＾３＋－Ｆ＾－－ＢＤＭＡＦ－非离子表面     

研磨法合成1,2,3,6-四氢嘧啶-2-酮衍生物

以NH₂SO₃H为催化剂, 室温无溶剂条件下, 研磨芳醛、β-酮酸酯和尿素合成了一系列1,2,3,6-四氢嘧啶-2-酮衍生物. 该方法具有反应条件温和、操作简便、环境友好、产率高等优点.     

信息型常见毒物质谱用户库的建立及其在毒物快速筛选上的应用研究

质谱定性是目前世界上最通用的定性分析方法之一,在法庭科学领域毒物分析实践中,质谱一直是对未知样品进行药毒物筛选检测的利器.     

Analyzing electrochemical noise with Chebyshev’s discrete polynomials

The principles underlying a novel method intended for analyzing experimental data obtained when studying fluctuation processes are considered. The method in question is Chebyshev’s spectroscopy. The application of this method allows one to determine statistic characteristics of steady-state electrochemical noise against the background of severe deterministic interference without invoking the procedure of the fitting of the initial data. The potentialities of this novel method, which is intended for treating noise experiment, are demonstrated by examining model examples and analyzing the electrochemical noise generated by a lithium electrode placed in an aprotic organic electrolyte.     

催化动力学极谱法测定痕量钼

在稀Ｈ２ＳＯ４介质中，钼（Ⅵ）对硫酸联氨还原乙基橙的反应有强烈的催化作用。建立了催化动力学极谱法测定痕量钼的新体系，方法线性范围为２０－３００ｎｇ／ｍＬ，检出限为３．５４ｎｇ／ｍＬ。方法应用于尿中中钼的测定，结果满意。     

1－N－（苯并咪唑－1－乙酰基）－4－苯基－3－氨基硫脲金属配合物的合成及结构表征

合成了新配体１－Ｎ－（苯并咪唑－１－乙酰基）－４－苯基－３－氨基硫脲（ＢＰＭＳ），将其与Ｍｎ（Ⅱ）、Ｃｏ（Ⅱ）、Ｎｉ（Ⅱ）、Ｃｕ（Ⅱ）、Ｃｄ（Ⅱ）、Ｚｎ（Ⅱ）、ＵＯ２（Ⅱ）等金属的醋酸盐反应，合成了７个新配合物。所有化合物均经元素分析、ＩＲ、１ＨＮＭＲ和热重分析等表征。红外光谱表明，配体以四齿方式通过烯醇式羰基氧原子、烯醇式硫羰基硫原子以及Ｃ＝Ｎ１和Ｃ＝Ｎ２的氮原子与金属配位