A Novel Approach for the Synthesis of Furopyrimidine and Oxobenzofuran Derivatives

A novel, efficient one‐pot approach for the synthesis of furopyrimidine and oxobenzofuran derivatives 4 by a multicomponent reaction of an isocyanide, an aldehyde, and a CH‐acid compound in CH₂Cl₂ is reported (Scheme 1 and Table). The reactions were completed after 20 h at room temperature. This method has the advantages of high yields, simple methodology, and easy workup.     

Neolignans and Caffeoyl Derivatives from Selaginella moellendorffii

Ten new phenolic compounds including the six neolignans 1 – 3 and 6 – 8 and four caffeoyl derivatives, i.e., myo‐inositol 1‐caffeate ( 9 ), myo‐inositol 6‐caffeate ( 10 ), myo‐inositol 5‐caffeate ( 11 ), and paucine 3′‐β‐D ‐glucopyranoside ( 12 ) were isolated from the whole plants of Selaginella moellendorffii (caffeic acid=3‐(3,4‐dihydroxyphenyl)prop‐2‐enoic acid). Their structures were established by spectroscopic and chemical methods.     

Water cavitation of hydrogels

Using the cavitation rheology (CR) technique developed in our labs, we show that fluids with negligible interfacial tensions with a surrounding material can be used to induce an elastic, cavitation instability in that material. We do this by changing the cavitation media from air, which was demonstrated to induce cavitation at the tip of a syringe needle in previous studies, to water, which has a negligible surface tension with the surrounding poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel material. In this case, the critical pressure in which this instability occurs can be directly related to the elastic modulus of the surrounding network and is shown to be nearly independent of length scale. This independence of size scale has important implications in the use of CR for the characterization of mechanical properties from molecular to macroscopic length scales. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 48: 1423–1427, 2010     

Sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone)-based silica nanocomposite membranes for direct ethanol fuel cells

This paper reports on the preparation and characterization of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (sPEEK)-based mixed matrix membranes. The inorganic matrix consisted of silica: Aerosil^®380, tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) or a combination of both to obtain an interconnected silica network. The behavior of these membranes in ethanol–water systems was studied for application in a direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC). Uptake measurements showed that the converted TEOS content had a strong influence on the hydrophilicity of the membranes. Proton conductivity was strongly related to the water content in the membrane, but the proton diffusion coefficients of membranes with various Aerosil^®380–TEOS combinations were similar. Dynamic measurements in liquid–liquid (L–L) and liquid–gas (L–G) systems were performed to study the ethanol transport through the membrane. No reduction in ethanol permeability was obtained in the L–L system, but a remarkable reduction was obtained in the L–G system when 2 M ethanol was applied. The reinforcing characteristic of the combined Aerosil^®380–TEOS-system were best observed at 40 °C with 4 M ethanol. The fuel cell performance prediction based on the selectivity of proton diffusion coefficient to ethanol permeability coefficient showed for nearly all composite membranes an improvement with respect to the polymeric reference. The presence of an inorganic phase led to relatively constant proton diffusion coefficients and lower ethanol permeability coefficients in comparison with the polymeric reference.     

DBAH-Tf靶向药物及其对乳腺癌细胞的杀伤作用分析

以转铁蛋白(Tf)为靶向载体,与双氢青蒿素(DHA)化学偶联制备一种新的双氢青蒿素衍生物-转铁蛋白靶向药物.以DHA为原料先合成了12β-对甲酰肼苯基双氢青蒿素(DBAH),并采用紫外、红外、核磁共振及电化学等手段对目标产物的结构进行了表征.利用高碘酸钠氧化Tf的C端的N-糖链上的邻位羟基,其氧化产物和DBAH通过希夫碱偶联合成了DBAH-Tf靶向药物,采用紫外吸收光谱法和电化学方法进行表征.四甲基氮唑蓝法(MTT)分析了DBAH-Tf及DHA对人乳腺癌细胞(MCF-7)和正常乳腺细胞的体外杀伤作用, 结果表明,DBAH-Tf对MCF-7的杀伤作用是正常乳腺癌细胞的286倍,体现出良好的靶向性.     

高效液相色谱分析食品罐内涂料中双酚A和双酚F环氧衍生物残留

建立了高效液相色谱分析食品罐内涂料中双酚A(BPA)和双酚F(BPF)环氧衍生物的方法.样品经乙腈提取后,旋转蒸发浓缩至干,以V(乙腈)∶ V(水)=50∶ 50混合液溶解并定容;采用Lichrospher C18柱,以乙腈/水为流动相梯度洗脱,进行高效液相色谱分离;荧光检测器检测,激发波长230 nm,发射波长301 nm.在2.3～230 μg/L浓度范围内,各BPA和BPF环氧衍生物的响应峰面积与其相应浓度呈良好相关性,检出限为0.57～6.55 μg/L;在80～400 μg/L添加水平范围内,平均添加回收率为85%～107%;相对标准差小于7.4%.结果表明,本方法适用于食品罐内涂料中BPA和BPF环氧衍生物残留分析.     

Honeycomb-patterned films of polystyrene/poly(ethylene glycol): preparation,surface aggregation and protein adsorption

Highly ordered honeycomb-patterned polystyrene (PS)/poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) films were prepared by a water-assisted method using an improved setup, which facilitated the formation of films with higher regularity, better reproducibility, and larger area of honeycomb structures. Surface aggregation of hydrophilic PEG and adsorption of bovine serum albumin (BSA) on the honeycomb-patterned films were investigated. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used to observe the surface morphologies of the films before and after being rinsed with water. As confirmed by the FESEM images and the AFM phase images, PEG was enriched in the pores and could be gradually removed by water. The adsorption of fluorescence-labeled BSA on the films was studied in visual form using laser scanning confocal microscopy. Results clearly demonstrated that the protein-resistant PEG was selectively enriched in the pores. This water-assisted method may be a latent tool to prepare honeycomb-patterned biofunctional surfaces. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50803053), the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 50625309), the National Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 20070421172 & 20081466) and the National Undergraduate Innovative Test Program     

Immobilization of porphyrins in poly(hydroxymethylsiloxane)

Three tetracationic porphyrins differing in the position of charged nitrogen atoms on the peripheral substituents — 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(N-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphyrin (TMPyP4), 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(N-methylpyridinium-2-yl)porphyrin (TMPyP2), 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-trimethylammoniophenyl) porphyrin (TMAPP), and hydrophobic 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin (TPP), were immobilized by adsorption and encapsulation in poly(hydroxymethylsiloxane) (PHOMS). The so prepared porphyrin-PHOMS composites were characterized by porosimetry, scanning electron microscopy, fluorescence and diffuse reflectance UV-VIS spectroscopy. It was found that porphyrins are immobilized in the PHOMS matrix in the free base monomer form Their irradiation produced singlet oxygen O₂(¹Δ_g) with the lifetime of 10–30 μs.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of (9S)-2′-O-Benzoyl-9,11-[carbonylbis(oxy)]-9-deoxo-5-O-(β-D-desosaminyl)-12,21-anhydro-9-hydroxy-erythronolide A

The title compound (9S)-2′-O-benzoyl-9,11-[carbonylbis(oxy)]-9-deoxo-5-O-(-D-desosaminyl)-12,21-anhydro-9-hydroxyerythronolide A 1 was synthesized. The crystal structure of the acetone solvate of 1, C37H55NO11·C3H6O, was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. It belongs to monoclinic system, space group P21 with a = 14.4691(10), b = 8.2626(6), c = 17.5990(11) , β = 94.167(1)°, V = 2098.4(2)3, Mr = 748, Z = 2, Dc = 1.184 g/cm3, μ = 0.087 mm-1, F(000) = 808, S = 1.026, R = 0.0542 and wR = 0.1322 for 3331 observed reflections (I > 2σ(I)). In the solid state, molecules of 1 are linked into spirals along the b axis by O(25)- H(25)···O(29) intermolecular hydrogen bond.