Molecular docking,quantum chemical computational and vibrational studies on bicyclic heterocycle “6-nitro-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxine”: Anti-cancer agent

The heterocyclic aromatic compounds are primarily used to make pharmaceutical and agrochemicals. In addition, these compounds can be chosen as antioxidants, corrosion inhibitors, electro and opto-electronic devices, polymer material, dye stuff, developers, etc. On the account of this, the heterocyclic aromatic 6-nitro-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxine (6N3DB) was chosen and the structure is optimized to predict the important properties of it. The structural parameters such as bond length and bond angle have been obtained by DFT/B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) basis set to know the geometry and orientation of 6N3DB. The molecule has been characterized by FT-IR and FT-Raman spectroscopic techniques to predict the functional groups, vibrational modes and aromatic nature of 6N3DB. The chemical shifts of ¹H and ¹³C have been obtained experimentally and compared with the theoretical data. The parameters such as the band gap between HOMO-LUMO orbitals, λ_max, and electron transition probability in frontier orbitals have been estimated to know the NLO and corrosion inhibition activity. HOMO-LUMO orbital diagram has been obtained for different energy levels and their band gap energies have been compared with UV–vis band gap values. The chemical significance of the molecule has been explained using ELF, LOL, and RDG. The binding energy and intermolecular energy values indicate that the title compound possesses anti-cancer property through hydrolase inhibition activity.     

Design and nonlinear optical properties (NLO) using DFT approach of new Cr(III), VO(II), and Ni(II) chelates incorporating tri-dentate imine ligand for DNA interaction,antimicrobial, anticancer activities and molecular docking studies

In recent years, metals based antitumor complexes have played a vital role in chemotherapy. Therefore, in this study, some new imine Cr(III), VO(II) and Ni(II) complexes incorporating ESAP imine ligand (2-Ethoxy-6-((2-hydroxy-phenylimino)-methyl)-phenol were designed and synthesized. The investigated complexes were fully characterized by micro analysis, infrared, electronic spectra, thermal analysis (TGA), conductivity as well as magnetic susceptibility measurements. Moreover, the stability constants of the prepared complexes were determined spectrophotometrically. The results suggest that the titled ESAP imine ligand serves as tri-dentate moiety through deprotonated two phenolic oxygen and azomethene nitrogen atoms for coordination to Cr(III) in octahedral geometry, tetrahedral to Ni(II) and distorted square pyramidal to VO(II). The electronic structure and nonlinear optical parameters NLO of the newly synthesized complexes are investigated theoretically at the B3LYP/GEN level of theory. The studied complexes show promising optical properties. Indeed, the prepared compounds were evaluated for antimicrobial effect against some types of bacteria and fungi. The investigated complexes exhibit a stronger antimicrobial efficiency compared to its ligand. Moreover, the interaction of the complexes with CT-DNA was monitored using spectral studies, viscosity and gel electrophoreses measurements. Furthermore, the cytotoxic activity of the prepared imine complexes on human colon carcinoma cells, hepatic cellular carcinoma cells and breast carcinoma cells have shown promising results and enhancement of the anti-proliferative activity compared to its ligand. The molecular docking into TRK (PDB: 1t46) was done for the optimization of the investigated compounds as potential TRK inhibitors.     

A twofold interpenetrating two‐dimensional zinc(II) coordination polymer: synthesis,crystal structure and physical properties

A novel twofold interpenetrating two‐dimensional (2D) Zn^II coordination framework, poly[[(μ‐1,3‐bis(2‐methyl‐1H‐imidazol‐1‐yl)benzene‐κ²N³:N³)(μ‐naphthalene‐2,6‐dicarboxylato‐κ²O²:O⁶)zinc(II)] dimethylformamide monosolvate], {[Zn(C₁₂H₆O₄)(C₁₄H₁₄N₄)]·C₃H₇NO}_n or {[Zn(1,3‐BMIB)(NDC)]·DMF}_n (I), where H₂NDC is naphthalene‐2,6‐dicarboxylic acid, 1,3‐BMIB is 1,3‐bis(2‐methyl‐1H‐imidazol‐1‐yl)benzene and DMF is dimethylformamide, was prepared and characterized through IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, thermal analysis and single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. Single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis revealed that (I) exhibits an unusual twofold interpenetrating 2D network. In addition, it displays strong fluorescence emissions and a high photocatalytic activity for the degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) under UV‐light irradiation.     

中华黄萤荧光素酶的性质

近年来,萤火虫荧光素酶催化的生物发光反应被广泛的应用到ATP检测、细菌数目检测、环境监测和其他生物学研究之中。通过对中华黄萤荧光素酶的性质研究,发现其分子量为6 400左右,是一种非典型的Michaelis-Menten氏酶,对底物之一的ATP动力学曲线为S型。最适反应温度为20～25℃,对温度极其敏感,当反应温度高于30℃时,该酶的活性快速失活。该荧光素酶的最适pH=6.5。随着pH值的下降该荧光素酶生物发光的最大发射光波长没有明显的红移现象。Mg²⁺和Mn²⁺对该酶活性的激活效果比较接近,最佳的激活浓度均在1mmol/L附近,而Ca²⁺最佳的激活浓度则小于1 mmol/L,且激活的效果只有Mg²⁺作用效果的50%左右。和Hg²⁺、Cd²⁺等离子一样,Cu²⁺会在一定程度上抑制该荧光素酶的活性。该酶的稳定性较差,对盐浓度和光照比较敏感,高浓度的盐类和长时间的日光照射能够使酶失活。谷胱甘肽(GSH)和二硫苏糖醇(DTT)是该酶较好的保护剂,可以提高该酶在一定时间内的稳定性,其中前者的作用效果要好于后者。     

Design of Oligourea-Based Foldamers with Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities

There is an urgent need to develop new therapeutic strategies to fight the emergence of multidrug resistant bacteria. Many antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been identified and characterized, but clinical translation has been limited partly due to their structural instability and degradability in physiological environments. The use of unnatural backbones leading to foldamers can generate peptidomimetics with improved properties and conformational stability. We recently reported the successful design of urea-based eukaryotic cell-penetrating foldamers (CPFs). Since cell-penetrating peptides and AMPs generally share many common features, we prepared new sequences derived from CPFs by varying the distribution of histidine- and arginine-type residues at the surface of the oligourea helix, and evaluated their activity on both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as on fungi. In addition, we prepared and tested new amphiphilic block cofoldamers consisting of an oligourea and a peptide segment whereby polar and charged residues are located in the peptide segment and more hydrophobic residues in the oligourea segment. Several foldamer sequences were found to display potent antibacterial activities even in the presence of 50% serum. Importantly, we show that these urea-based foldamers also possess promising antifungal properties.     

Changes in Physicochemical,Free Radical Activity,Total Phenolic and Sensory Properties of Orange (Citrus sinensis L.) Juice Fortified with Different Oleaster (Elaeagnus angustifolia L.) Extracts

In Iran and other parts of Western Asia, the oleaster (Elaeagnus angustifolia L.) fruit is processed in the dried powdery form, and in recent times, increasingly applied/sprinkled in fruit juices such as those made from oranges (Citrus sinensis L.). To our best knowledge, the effectiveness of oleaster fruit extract in fortifying the orange juice has not yet been reported and the knowledge of this will greatly benefit the consumers, particularly those around the Western Asia region. This current work, therefore, investigated the changes in physicochemical, free radical activity, total phenolic compounds, and sensory properties of orange juice fortified with different oleaster fruit extracts. The orange juice mix formulation comprised different concentrations (5, 10, 15, 20, and 25%) of oleaster (alcoholic, aqueous, and hydro-alcoholic) extracts. The control comprised orange concentrate (4% w/v), sugar (8.5% w/v), and citric acid (0.1% w/v) brought to the desirable volume with water. As the free radical activity depicted the antioxidant properties, the physicochemical aspects of this work involved the determinations of Brix, density, ash, pH, total acidity, sucrose, and total sugar, whereas the sensory aspects involved the determinations of color and taste. Whilst the aqueous oleaster 20 and 25% extracts produced notable physicochemical differences in the orange juice mix, both free radical activity, and phenolic compounds significantly increased (p < 0.05) after 30 days despite resembling (p > 0.05) those of control at day 1. More so, the increases in aqueous, alcoholic, and hydro-alcoholic oleaster extracts would decrease (p < 0.05) the sensory color and taste of the orange juice mix in this study.     

Cu2+离子A位取代对MgTiO3陶瓷结构及介电性能的影响

采用固相反应制备了Mg_1-xCu_x TiO₃(0.00≤x≤0.20)微波介电陶瓷,研究CuO烧结助剂对MgTiO₃陶瓷的微观结构和微波介电性能的影响。实验结果表明,CuO中的Cu²⁺离子会进入到MgTiO₃晶格中并取代Mg²⁺,形成Mg_1-xCu_x TiO₃固溶体。由于液相效应,适量的CuO可以促进MgTiO₃陶瓷的致密化烧结,降低其烧结温度。Cu²⁺离子的A位取代会改变样品的TiO₆八面体扭曲度。随着Cu²⁺离子含量的增加,会使MgTiO₃陶瓷的结构稳定性降低。随着CuO含量的增加,晶粒的不均匀生长和液相的出现导致样品的品质因数(Qf)下降。同时,Mg_1-xCu_x TiO₃陶瓷的相对密度、结构...     

氯钯共掺对Cs2TiBr6光电性能影响的第一性原理计算

全无机无铅钙钛矿Cs₂TiBr₆具有光电特性良好、带隙可调和环境友好等优点,是一种潜力巨大的光吸收材料。为改善Cs₂TiBr₆的相关性能,我们采用基于第一性原理的方法,针对Pd、Cl掺杂的Cs₂TiBr₆钙钛矿结构进行了研究。结果表明,用Pd取代Ti后产生杂质带,将原来间接带隙的Cs₂TiBr₆转变为直接带隙材料。用25.0%Pd掺杂后,晶体带隙值降低26%,掺杂后的晶体在320～415 nm近紫外光区吸收能力加强约50%,在645～900 nm的红外光区及近红外光区的光吸收能力加强约134%。在此基础上,将Cl与25.0%Pd共掺杂时,Cl掺杂不仅可以把Pd的形成能在单掺的基础上减小约9%,而且Cl的不同掺杂位置对材料的光电性能也有一定的影响。     

利用分子动力学方法铁素体-渗碳体相界面效应探究

珠光体是十分重要的组织结构,因此本文构建了含铁素体-渗碳体相界面的模型,并采用分子动力学模拟方法模拟纳米压入的过程。通过对模拟结果的力学性能和组织结构分析,探究了铁素体-渗碳体相界面效应。研究发现,距铁素体-渗碳体晶界不同距离（位置压入）,在压入最初阶段,压头载荷随着压头与晶界距离的增大而增大,当压入深度达到一定深度后,载荷随着距离的增大而减小。杨氏模量和最大剪切模量受压头尖端下方原子结构的直接影响,硬度受到结构完整性和类型的共同影响。铁素体-渗碳体相界面影响了纳米压入过程中位错形核、增殖和扩展,宏观表现为在相同压入深度下,不同压入位置压头载荷的差异。     

NO在稀有金属钇表面的吸附行为

以往的理论在预测六方结构(HCP)金属的表面能时,计算值与实验值存在较大误差.鉴于此,本文首先用一种较为合理的方法精准地预测了稀有金属钇(Y)(0001)面的表面能,计算值(1.141 J/M²)与实验值(1.125 J/M²)吻合的很好.随后,系统研究了NO小分子在Y(0001)面不同位置(空位、桥位和端位)的吸附行为.结果表明:空位(H1)表现出了良好的吸附能力,吸附能超过了5eV,同时N-O键长伸长量超过了24%,此时,NO分子几乎平行地吸附于Y(0001)表面.所有的吸附位置的N-O分子伸长量范围为0.2?-0.42?.这种伸长量明显超过了NO在其它金属表面时的计算结果.