Living Supramolecular Polymerization of an Aza‐BODIPY Dye Controlled by a Hydrogen‐Bond‐Accepting Triazole Unit Introduced by Click Chemistry

An aza‐BODIPY dye 1 bearing two hydrophobic fan‐shaped tridodecyloxybenzamide pendants through 1,2,3‐triazole linkages was synthesized by a click reaction and characterized. ¹H NMR studies indicated that dye 1 exhibited variable conformations through intramolecular H‐bonding interaction, which is beneficial for the polymorphism of aggregation. The thermodynamic, structural, and kinetic aspect of the supramolecular polymerization of dye 1 was investigated by UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, AFM, TEM, and SEM. Biphasic aggregation pathways of dye 1 , leads to the formation of off‐pathway, metastable Agg. I and thermodynamically stable Agg. II with distinct H‐aggregation spectra and nanoscale morphology. The living manner of the supramolecular polymerization of dye 1 was demonstrated in seeded polymerization experiments with temperature‐modulated successive cooling–heating cycles.     

K和Cu部分取代对LaMnO3钙钛矿型催化剂同时去除Nox和碳烟的影响

 用K部分取代LaMnO3中的La得到La0.8K0.2MnO3, 再用Cu部分取代Mn得到La0.8K0.2CuxMn1-xO3, 采用程序升温反应方法对催化剂同时去除NOx和碳烟的性能进行评价,然后利用XPS从分子水平来解释部分取代对LaMnO3钙钛矿催化剂性能的影响. 结果表明,两种不同取代更有利于催化剂形成钙钛矿型晶体结构,为了保持分子的电中性, K部分取代使得Mn2+转变成Mn3+, 部分转变成Mn4+, 从而使催化剂的活性及选择性大幅度提高. Cu部分取代进一步使部分Mn3+转变成Mn4+, 催化剂的活性有所降低,但由于Cu2+和Mn3+的协同作用,催化剂的选择性得到进一步的提高. 对于同时催化去除NOx和碳烟反应,催化剂中起决定性作用的是表面的Mn3+和Cu2+.     

Temperature‐Induced Transformation from Large Compound Vesicles to Worm‐like Aggregates by ABC Triblock Copolymer

Two triblock polymers, tetraaniline‐block‐poly(N‐isopropyl acrylamide)‐block‐poly(hydroxyethyl acrylate) (TA‐b‐PNIPAM‐b‐PHEA) and TA‐b‐PHEA‐b‐PNIPAM, were synthesized with unambiguous structure by a two step method. The difference of these two diblock polymers is the connection order of carboxyl group to block, e.g., carboxyl group to PNIPAM block for PNIPAM‐b‐PHEA and to PHEA block for PHEA‐b‐PNIPAM. Secondly, block tetraaniline was linked to the diblock polymer through amidation to yield the corresponding triblock copolymer. Both of them have almost the identical chemical compositions. The only difference is the connection order of each block in the triblock polymers. When they were self‐assembled at 45°C in a suitable solution, both of their aggregates have spherical shape with slight defects on their surface with the average diameter of about 400 nm. However, when their aggregate dispersion was cooled down to 20°C, only TA‐b‐PHEA‐b‐PNIPAM's morphology changed, forming worm‐like aggregates with the diameter of about 100–200 nm transformed from spherical aggregates. Both amphiphilic property and position of each block in this triblock copolymer are very essential for this morphology transformation. Since the worm‐like aggregates presented here by our group have hollow structure inside, its controlled release properties for doxorubicin were evaluated. Drug release experiment indicated that along with the temperature changes, the rearrangement of the intermediate layer structure caused morphology change in aggregate, thus accelerating the speed of drug release.     

Crosslinked penicillin acylase aggregates for synthesis of β-lactam antibiotics in organic medium

Crosslinked enzyme aggregates (CLEAs) of a partially purified penicillin acylase from a recombinant Escherichia coli strain have been produced as a novel type of biocatalysts well endowed to perform in organic media. Different protein precipitants were studied and glutaraldehyde was used as the crosslinking agent. Precipitation curves were obtained for all precipitants to determine the concentrations at which all the protein precipitated out of the solution. The effect of the glutaraldehyde-to-protein ratio was studied with respect to process recovery and the specific activity and stability of the biocatalyst. Recovery of penicillin acylase activity was moderately high, about 50%; major losses of enzyme activity were produced at the precipitation step. Specific activities of all CLEAs were very high, which is one of the advantages of using nonsupported biocatalysts. Ammonium sulfate and tert-butyl alcohol were the best precipitants at a glutaraldehyde-protein mass ratio of 2 and were selected to perform the kinetically controlled synthesis of ampicillin in 60% (v/v) ethylene glycol medium. At comparable conversion yields, volumetric and specific antibiotic productivity were much higher for CLEAs than for carrier-bound penicillin acylases.     

PMADQUAT/PSt-PAA聚离子复合物聚集体增强卟啉和富勒烯类衍生物单重态氧产率

采用原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)法合成了嵌段共聚物聚苯乙烯-聚丙烯酸叔丁酯(PSt-PtBuA), 在酸性条件下水解得到聚苯乙烯-聚丙烯酸(PSt-PAA), 利用核磁共振氢谱(¹HNMR)、凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)等对产物进行了表征. PSt-PAA在Tris-HCl缓冲溶液中(pH=7.0)形成临界聚集浓度(CAC)为0.015 g/L的聚集体. PSt-PAA与聚2-甲基丙烯酰氧基乙基三甲基氯化铵(PMADQUAT)可通过静电相互作用形成聚离子复合物(polyion complex, PIC), 当 m_(PMADQUAT)/m_(PSt-PAA)=3时, 形成的聚离子复合物的CAC为0.005 g/L. 动态光散射(DLS)和透射电镜(TEM)结果表明, 形成聚离子复合物后, 聚集体粒径变小. 聚合物形成聚集体可包载二乙二醇单甲醚修饰的C₇₀(MDG-C₇₀)、原卟啉(PPIX)、四苯基锌卟啉(ZnTPP)和四苯基卟啉(TPP)等光敏剂, 并增强光敏剂在缓冲溶液中的溶解度. 光照条件下, MDG-C₇₀、PPIX、ZnTPP和TPP在聚离子复合物聚集体m_(PMADQUAT)/m_(PSt-PAA)=3的溶液中的单重态氧量子产率分别是在PSt-PAA聚集体溶液中的1.64、2.63、2.60和2.20倍. 而在缓冲溶液中,由于光敏剂的聚集作用,未能检测到单重态氧的产生。研究结果表明,聚离子复合物聚集体能够包载光敏剂,是提高单重态氧产率的一个有效途径.     

超微粒La-Co氧化物催化剂对柴油机尾气碳黑催化燃烧性能的研究

用有机酸络合法制备了Co3O4，NiCo2O4和LaCo2O43种催化剂。通过程序升温氧化反应(TPO)技术对这3种催化剂进行模拟柴油碳黑催化燃烧反应的活性评价。研究发现以Co3O4为活性成分的催化剂能显著降低碳黑燃烧的温度。以Ni和La部分取代Co3O4后形成的复合氧化物NiCo2O4和混合氧化物LaCo2O4能改进Co3O4的氧化活性。但是NiCo2O4不能改进碳黑在松散接触时的燃烧活性；而混合氧化物LaCo2O4由于形成了超微粒含缺陷的LaCoO3钙钛矿型结构，它具有良好的低温氧化活性和表面原子移动性，因而能显著改进碳黑在松散接触时的燃烧活性。     

Co0.2/Ce1-xZrxO2催化剂的制备、表征及其催化碳烟燃烧反应性能

 采用微孔扩散-共沉淀法制备了不同 Ce/Zr 摩尔比的 Ce1-xZrxO2 (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.5) 固溶体, 并以此为载体用超声波助分散等体积浸渍法制备了 Co0.2/Ce1-xZrxO2 催化剂, 考察了催化剂中 Ce/Zr 比对其催化柴油车尾气碳烟颗粒物燃烧反应性能的影响. 结果表明, 在催化剂与碳烟颗粒松散接触条件下, Co0.2/Ce1-xZrxO2 催化剂催化碳烟颗粒物燃烧的活性非常高. 其中 Co0.2/Ce0.8Zr0.2O2 催化剂活性最高, T10, T50, T90 和 SmCO2 分别为 316 oC, 385 oC, 413 oC 和 99.9%. 这与目前文献报道的松散接触条件下活性最高的担载 Pt 催化剂相近. 应用 X 射线衍射、透射电镜、扫描电镜、紫外-可见漫反射和傅里叶变换红外光谱技术对 Ce1-xZrxO2 固溶体及 Co0.2/Ce1-xZrxO2 催化剂进行了表征. 结果表明, Ce1-xZrxO2 固溶体由纳米级小颗粒组成 (平均粒径在 10 nm 左右). 适量的 Ce/Zr 比有利于改善立方尖晶石型 Co3O4 在 Ce1-xZrxO2 固溶体表面的分散, 从而提高催化剂活性. 程序升温还原结果表明, Co0.2/Ce0.8Zr0.2O2 催化剂具有最优的低温还原特性, 与它具有最高的催化活性相一致.     

MnO_x-CeO_2上表面氧性质及其催化碳烟燃烧性能

运用TPO,XRD,BET,O2-TPD,H2-TPR,XPS等技术,研究了在CeO2中引入不同Mn含量对催化剂表面氧性质的影响,并重点探讨了吸附于氧空位上的原子吸附氧O-与催化碳烟燃烧活性的关联。结果表明:将Mn中引入CeO2后,MnOx-CeO2晶格中可形成较CeO2更多的氧空位,并有利于氧的活化和迁移,生成了较多原子吸附氧O-;MnOx(0.4)-CeO2在碳烟起燃温度区间有最多的原子吸附氧O-,其碳烟起燃活性最高,对应的起燃温度是346℃,比无催化剂时降低了111℃,比CeO2降低了35℃。     

Argentophilic Interactions

The decade 1990–2000 saw a growing interest in aurophilic interactions in gold chemistry. These interactions were found to influence significantly a variety of structural and other physical characteristics of gold(I) compounds. The attention paid to this unusual and counterintuitive type of intra‐ and intermolecular bonding between seemingly closed‐shell metal centers has rapidly been extended to also include silver chemistry. Hundreds of experimental and computational studies have since been dedicated to the argentophilicity phenomenon. The results of this development are reviewed herein focusing on molecular systems where two or more silver(I) centers are in close contact leading to specific structural characteristics and a variety of novel physical properties. These include strongly modified ligand‐to‐metal charge‐transfer processes observed in absorption and emission spectroscopy, but also colossal positive and negative thermal expansion on the one hand and unprecedented negative linear compressibility of crystal parameters on the other.     

Degrees of freedom effect on fragmentation in tandem mass spectrometry of singly charged supramolecular aggregates of sodium sulfonates

The characteristic collision energy (CCE) to obtain 50% fragmentation of positively and negatively single charged noncovalent clusters has been measured. CCE was found to increase linearly with the degrees of freedom (DoF) of the precursor ion, analogously to that observed for synthetic polymers. This suggests that fragmentation behavior (e.g. energy randomization) in covalent molecules and clusters are similar. Analysis of the slope of CCE with molecular size (DoF) indicates that activation energy of fragmentation of these clusters (loss of a monomer unit) is similar to that of the lowest energy fragmentation of protonated leucine–enkephalin. Positively and negatively charged aggregates behave similarly, but the slope of the CCE versus DoF plot is steeper for positive ions, suggesting that these are more stable than their negative counterparts. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.