傅里叶变换拉曼光谱对芦竹碱木质素的研究

芦竹作为一种多年生的能源植物,具有广阔的开发利用前景。以傅里叶变换拉曼光谱技术对苯醇抽提前后芦竹原料、磨木木质素以及不同碱处理时间获得的碱木质素进行了无损分析。研究结果表明,原料中苯醇抽出物的存在会降低芦竹拉曼特征峰的强度,但不产生新的拉曼特征峰。芦竹磨木木质素的拉曼光谱图表明芦竹木质素为SGH型木质素。相比于木材磨木木质素,芦竹磨木木质素在1 173cm-1处的特征峰更强。通过对羟基肉桂酸标准物的拉曼光谱分析,进一步证实了该特征峰可能由草类原料中的羟基肉桂酸引起。此外,碱木质素拉曼光谱分析结果表明,碱处理40min获得的木质素中羟基肉桂酸特征峰最强,松柏醛/芥子醛特征峰最弱,而松柏醇/芥子醇的特征峰几乎消失。可见,该碱木质素中酚酸含量最高,潜在的抗氧化性最好,利用价值最高。二维异核单量子碳氢相关谱进一步验证了所得结果,证实了傅里叶变换拉曼光谱技术可作为一种安全、快速、准确、无损的分析手段鉴定木质素结构。     

Electrochemical investigations of baicalin and DNA–baicalin interactions

Baicalin is an anti-HIV drug purified from the traditional Chinese medicinal plant Scutellaria Baicalensis Georgi. Baicalin has proven to be electroactive at pyrolytic graphite (PG) electrodes. We thus studied its interaction with DNA via the electrochemical approach. We observed that the peak currents corresponding to the baicalin reduction–oxidation (redox) reaction significantly decrease upon the addition of DNA. With complementary ultraviolet/visible (UV/Vis) spectroscopic evidence, we suggest that baicalin binds to DNA through intercalation. This feature has enabled baicalin to discriminate between double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) and single-stranded DNA (ssDNA).Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at . A link in the frame on the left on that page takes you directly to the supplementary material.     

Application of Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry to the Elucidation of the Primary Structure of Lignin

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI‐MS) was successfully applied to the structural analysis of lignin. The structure of oligomers fractionated from Eucalyptus globulus dioxane lignin was elucidated using tandem mass spectrometry, and the information on fragmentation patterns was provided by experiments on dimeric model compounds. Data obtained revealed a significant abundance in the lignin macromolecules of linear fragments that were composed of 8‐O‐4′‐linked syringyl/guaiacyl units and syringaresinol.

The proposed linear fragment of the E. globulus lignin molecule.     

Combining renewable gum rosin and lignin: Towards hydrophobic polymer composites by controlled polymerization

Rosin polymer–grafted lignin composites were prepared via “grafting from” atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) with the aid of 2‐bromoisobutyryl ester‐modified lignin as macroinitiators. Three different monomers derived from dehydroabietic acid (DA) were used for execution of grafting from ATRP, while DA was separately attached onto lignin by a simple esterification reaction. Kinetic studies indicated controlled and “living” characteristics of all monomer polymerizations. Thermal studies indicated that rosin polymer–grafted lignin composites exhibited glass transition temperatures in a broad temperature range from ～20 to 100°C. The grafting of both DA and rosin polymers significantly enhanced hydrophobicity of lignin. Static contact angle measurement of water droplets showed ～90° for all these rosin modified lignin composites. X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrated that the surface of rosin–lignin composites was dominated with chemical compositions originating from the hydrocarbon rich rosin moiety. The impartation of hydrophobicity of rosin into lignin provided excellent water resistance of this class of renewable polymers, as all rosin‐modified lignin composites showed water uptake below 1.0 wt %. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2011     

Selective electrochemical CO bond cleavage of β-O-4 lignin model compounds mediated by iodide ion

The electrochemically oxidative cleavage of lignin β-O-4 model compounds mediated by iodide ion has been studied. The results indicate that electrolytic conditions play a predominant role in determining the distribution of cleavage products. The preparative-scale electrolysis proceeds in a simple undivided cell, employing a catalytic amount of NaI as the redox mediator and supporting electrolyte in methanol. Under these conditions, the C_βO bond is selectively cleaved with 2,2-dimethoxy-2-arylacetaldehyde being the main product. In some cases, the reaction gives a good yield of cleavaged products. The results further demonstrate that the indirect electrolysis mediated by halide is a versatile approach for chemical transformation.     

金属铜配合物催化氧化1-(3,4-二甲氧基苯)乙醇的动力学研究

合成了1-(3,4-二甲氧基苯)乙醇(DMPE)作为木质素模型物,并用初始速率法研究了40℃时在pH6.5～8.5磷酸缓冲溶液中N,N-双(2-乙基-5-甲基-咪唑-4-亚甲基)乙醇胺合铜、N,N-双(2-(2-羟乙基胺基)乙基)草酰胺合铜和5,7,12,14-四甲基-1,4,8,11-四氮杂环十四-4,7,11,14-四烯合铜催化氧化1-(3,4-二甲氧基苯)乙醇的动力学,提出了1-(3,4-二甲氧基苯)乙醇氧化反应动力学模型,并由此计算出不同pH值条件下催化反应动力学参数k2和Km.铜配合物的催化活性随着pH的增大而增大.具有大共轭体系的配体催化剂表现出更好的催化活性.提出并讨论了H2O2氧化DMPE的催化氧化反应机理.     

A Comparison of Electron Transfer Kinetics of Three Common Carbon Electrode Surfaces in Acetonitrile and in Room Temperature Ionic Liquid 1‐Butyl‐3‐Methylimidiazonium Hexafluorophosphate: Correlation to Surface Structure and the Limit of the Diffusion Domain Approximation

We report the comparison of electron transfer kinetic parameters of the ferrocene redox couple in both acetonitrile and in room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidiazonium hexafluorophosphate ([C₄mim] [PF₆]), using edge plane pyrolytic graphite (EPPG), basal plane pyrolytic graphite (BPPG) and glassy carbon (GC) electrodes. Each electrode surface was characterized using SEM and AFM and the surface morphology was analyzed in terms of surface heterogeneity including the distribution of edge plane defects. The experimental data were modeled using both one and two dimensional simulations to correlate the electron transfer parameters obtained with the different surface structure of each electrode. Furthermore, we show that the diffusion domain approximation (commonly used to accurately simulate electron transfer kinetics at graphitic surfaces) breaks down when a BPPG electrode is used in RTIL and demonstrate the near impossibility of assigning rate constant to the basal plane surface.     

Electrochemical Characterization of Myoglobin‐Polylysine Films at a Temperature Range of 6–80 °C

This work demonstrated for the first time that myoglobin cross‐linked in polylysine films is electrochemically active at 6 °C. At 6 °C, these protein films exhibited reversible reduction/oxidation peaks which are characteristic of Fe^III/Fe^II redox couple. The estimated current function densities (J=1.6×10^?4 C/V cm²), surface concentrations (Γ_T=0.10 nmol/cm²) and standard electron transfer constant (k_s=13.86 s^?1) at 6 °C for the data taken at a scan rate of 0.1 V/s were similar to those which were obtained at 10, 15 and 23 °C. Basically, this study shows a possible electrocatalytic application of these myoglobin/polylysine films, for example in low temperature sensing applications.     

Lignin Chemistry: Biosynthetic Study and Structural Characterisation of Coniferyl Alcohol Oligomers Formed In Vitro in a Micellar Environment

Model coniferyl alcohol lignin (the so‐called dehydrogenative polymerisate, DHP) was produced in water under homogeneous conditions guaranteed by the presence of a micellised cationic surfactant. A complete study of the activity of the enzymatic system peroxidase/H₂O₂ under our reaction conditions was reported and all the reaction products up to the pentamer were characterised by ¹H NMR spectroscopy and ESI mass spectrometry. Our system, and the molecules that have been generated in it, represent a closer mimicry of the natural microenvironment since an enzyme, under micellar conditions, reproduces the cell system better than in buffer alone. On the basis of the oligomers structures a new biosynthetic perspective was proposed that focused attention on a coniferyl alcohol dimeric quinone methide as the key intermediate of the reaction. A formal, strictly alternate sequence of a radical and an ionic step underlines the reaction, thus generating ordered oligolignols structures. Alternatively to other model lignins, our olignols present a lower degree of radical coupling between oligomeric units. This offers a closer biosynthetic situation to the observation of a low rate of radical generation in the cell wall.