Candida Rugosa lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of β-hydroxy-β-arylpropionates and δ-hydroxy-δ-aryl-β-oxo-pentanoates

A simple and convenient method was reported for the preparation of optically active β-hydroxy-β-arylpropionates, δ-hydroxy-δ-aryl-β-oxo-pentanoates and their butyryl derivatives via CRL-catalyzed hydrolysis. The optically active products are potential precursors of some chiral pharmaceuticals and natural products.     

A general synthetic approach for the synthesis of β-hydroxy-δ-lactones: asymmetric total synthesis of prelactones and epi-prelactones V and E

A general synthetic approach for the synthesis of prelactones and epi-prelactones V and E has been reported using an Evans’ aldol reaction as the key step.     

Pseudocompact groups: progress and problems

Several months ago the speaker and Jan van Mill gave a proof of this result [W.W. Comfort, J. van Mill, Extremal pseudocompact abelian groups are compact metrizable, Abstracts Amer. Math. Soc. 27 (2006) 78 (Abstract #1014-22-958); W.W. Comfort, J. van Mill, Extremal pseudocompact abelian groups are compact metrizable, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 135 (2007) 4039-4044]: A pseudocompact abelian group of uncountable weight admits both a proper dense pseudocompact subgroup and a strictly larger pseudocompact group topology.This presentation will describe both the necessary new details of the argument and the historical development (useful tools, special cases). Among those who contributed essentially are: K.A. Ross (1964, 1966); T. Soundararajan (1982); L.C. Robertson (1982, 1988); J. van Mill (1989); J. van Mill and H. Gladdines (1994); J. Galindo (2002).Several related unsolved problems will be cited.     

Selective CO2 Reduction to Ethylene Mediated by Adaptive Small-molecule Engineering of Copper-based Electrocatalysts

Electrochemical CO₂ reduction reaction (CO₂RR) over Cu catalysts exhibits enormous potential for efficiently converting CO₂ to ethylene (C₂H₄). However, achieving high C₂H₄ selectivity remains a considerable challenge due to the propensity of Cu catalysts to undergo structural reconstruction during CO₂RR. Herein, we report an in situ molecule modification strategy that involves tannic acid (TA) molecules adaptive regulating the reconstruction of a Cu-based material to a pathway that facilitates CO₂ reduction to C₂H₄ products. An excellent Faraday efficiency (FE) of 63.6 % on C₂H₄ with a current density of 497.2 mA cm⁻² in flow cell was achieved, about 6.5 times higher than the pristine Cu catalyst which mainly produce CH₄. The in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy and Raman studies reveal that the hydroxyl group in TA stabilizes Cu^δ+ during the CO₂RR. Furthermore, theoretical calculations demonstrate that the Cu^δ+/Cu⁰ interfaces lower the activation energy barrier for *CO dimerization, and hydroxyl species stabilize the *COH intermediate via hydrogen bonding, thereby promoting C₂H₄ production. Such molecule engineering modulated electronic structure provides a promising strategy to achieve highly selective CO₂ reduction to value-added chemicals.     

A new generation of cyanide ion-selective membranes for flow injection application: part II. Comparative study of cyanide flow-injection detectors based on thin electroplated silver chalcogenide membranes

Using induced cathodic electrodeposition a number of silver chalcogenide thin layer membranes of non-trivial composition have been synthesized and their performance as ion-selective flow-injection potentiometric detectors (FIPDs) for free cyanide has been critically estimated in the context of the stringent requirements for toxic cyanide environmental monitoring. AgSCN/Ag₂S, Ag₂S, Ag_2+δSe, Ag_2+δSe_1−xTe_x (0 < δ < 0.25 and x ≈ 0.13), Ag₂Se and Ag₂Se_1−xTe_x electroplated membranes were selected for the present performance-based comparative study in order to obtain a feedback information about the effect of membrane composition. Both silver selenide and Te-doped silver selenide membranes, irrespective of their stoichiometry with respect to silver, exhibit the lowest detection limit for CN⁻ (52 ppb) with linear double-Nernstian response down to 130 ppb. The type of chalcogene anion in the membrane composition proves to exert dominant effect on the general performance characteristics of the newly developed FIPDs. The silver stoichiometry (intrinsic defects factor) and the inclusion of Te-dopant (extrinsic defects factor) have more pronounced effect on the profile of the output signal and exert moderate control on the detectors selectivity and baseline stability. This new generation of CN⁻—ion-selective membranes for FIPDs exhibits high selectivity against the common interferents present in cyanide effluents such as SCN⁻, S₂O₃²⁻, Cl⁻ and do not get poisoned in the presence of S²⁻. Moreover, their long-term stability and signal reproducibility, which make redundant the regular day-to-day calibration, coupled with the cost-effective technology for membranes preparation and easy re-generation make them attractive candidates for incorporation into automated in-field devices for in situ cyanide toxic species monitoring.     

钾掺杂三维有序大孔结构Mn0.5Ce0.5Oδ催化剂合成及其催化燃烧炭烟性能

柴油发动机是一种高效耐用的发动机,具有广阔的应用前景.但柴油车尾气中的炭烟颗粒吸附了许多有毒有害物质,也是城市PM2.5的主要来源之一,对人类生命安全造成极大威胁.因此,降低和消除柴油车尾气中的炭烟颗粒是柴油车尾气净化的重要任务.尾气后处理是炭烟颗粒进入大气环境前的最后一道程序,可有效控制柴油车尾气中炭烟颗粒排放.其中,催化净化催化剂是尾气后处理技术的核心.研究表明,炭烟颗粒催化燃烧是一个气-固-固三相深度氧化反应,因此开发新型催化剂体系,改善催化剂与炭烟颗粒的接触,提高催化剂的本征活性,对于研制高活性炭烟燃烧催化剂具有重要的实际意义. 对于三维有序大孔(3DOM)结构催化剂,大孔有利于炭烟颗粒进入催化剂内部并与活性位点接触,而有序的孔道结构可以促进炭烟颗粒在催化剂孔道内传输.因此,将催化炭烟颗粒燃烧催化剂设计成3DOM结构,可促进炭烟颗粒催化燃烧,提高催化剂活性.研究表明,锰铈复合氧化物材料在炭烟颗粒催化燃烧中表现出比单一的锰氧化物和铈氧化物更好的性能.而将K与Ce和Mn形成复合氧化物,利用三者之间的协同作用,将可使K掺杂3DOM结构Mn0.5Ce0.5Oδ催化剂具有更高的催化活性.本文利用胶体晶体模板法成功制备了3DOM结构的Mn0.5Ce0.5Oδ复合氧化物,并采用简单的等体积浸渍方法成功制备了不同K担载量的K掺杂3DOM结构Mn0.5Ce0.5Oδ催化剂(K-MCO).表征结果表明, K-MCO催化剂具有贯通有序的大孔结构,但焙烧温度和焙烧时间会对大孔结构的规整性有一定影响;催化剂中K含量、焙烧温度和焙烧时间对K-MCO的晶型影响较大,催化剂中出现了一个新的晶相K2Mn4O8.另外, K含量、焙烧温度和焙烧时间对催化剂的氧化还原性能也有较大影响.评价结果表明,所制催化剂对炭烟催化燃烧均具有较高活性,其中20% K-MCO-4h催化剂活性最高,催化燃烧炭烟的T50(炭烟的最大燃烧峰值)为331oC, CO2选择性为95.3%.催化剂的大孔结构效应以及K, Mn和Ce三者间的协同作用有利于提高催化剂催化燃烧炭烟的活性.另外,由于柴油车尾气排气口温度范围为175–400 oC,而本文所制催化剂催化燃烧炭烟的温度低于400 oC,因此该催化剂可以在柴油车尾气排气口温度范围内进行炭烟催化燃烧.由于具有合成步骤简单、活性高以及成本低等优点,该催化剂在实际应用方面具有广阔前景.     

Mg-Al-Cr-Fe系高温NTC陶瓷材料的改性研究

采用传统陶瓷方法制作了Mg1+xAl0.8Cr0.6Fe0.6Lay(x=–0.10,–0.05,0,0.05,0.10,0.15,0.20;y=0,0.05)系高温NTC陶瓷材料,借用XRD、SEM和电性能测试等手段,研究了MgO含量及La2O3掺杂对陶瓷材料相结构和电学性能的影响规律。结果表明:适当增加MgO的含量可以有效提高陶瓷材料的常温电阻率和B值(材料常数),La2O3掺杂可改善高温NTC陶瓷材料B值的稳定性。当x=0.15,y=0.05时,在1 873 K烧结可获得ρ25=7.55×1010.cm,B=8 795 K的高温NTC陶瓷材料。     

Optimal general inequalities for Lagrangian submanifolds in complex space forms

Lagrangian submanifolds appear naturally in the context of classical mechanics. Moreover, they play some important roles in supersymmetric field theories as well as in string theory. In this paper we establish general inequalities for Lagrangian submanifolds in complex space forms. We also provide examples showing that these inequalities are the best possible. Moreover, we provide simple non-minimal examples which satisfy the equality case of the improved inequalities.     

Spectral collocation and radial basis function methods for one-dimensional interface problems

Differential equations with singular sources or discontinuous coefficients yield non-smooth or even discontinuous solutions. This problem is known as the interface problem. High-order numerical solutions suffer from the Gibbs phenomenon in that the accuracy deteriorates if the discontinuity is not properly treated. In this work, we use the spectral and radial basis function methods and present a least squares collocation method to solve the interface problem for one-dimensional elliptic equations. The domain is decomposed into multiple sub-domains; in each sub-domain, the collocation solution is sought. The solution should satisfy more conditions than the given conditions associated with the differential equations, which makes the problem over-determined. To solve the over-determined system, the least squares method is adopted. For the spectral method, the weighted norm method with different scaling factors and the mixed formulation are used. For the radial basis function method, the weighted shape parameter method is presented. Numerical results show that the least squares collocation method provides an accurate solution with high efficacy and that better accuracy is obtained with the spectral method.     

MoO3和SiO2掺杂对Ce0.8Nd0.2O1.9固体电解质结构和导电性能的影响

采用溶胶-凝胶法合成高纯(<50 mg·kg-1 SiO2)Ce0.8Nd0.2O1.9(NDC)和SiO2含量为500 mg·kg-1的Ce0.8Nd0.2O1.9(NDCSi)体系,将1mol%MoO3分别加入到NDC和NDCSi体系,比较研究MoO3掺杂对体系微观结构和电性能的影响。通过X射线衍射(XRD)和场发射扫描电子显微镜(FE-SEM)对材料进行表征,交流阻抗(AC)分析仪测试材料的电阻。结果表明:MoO3和SiO2的加入均没有破坏体系的立方莹石结构;MoO3掺杂能提高NDC和NDCSi陶瓷材料的致密度,提高其晶界电导率和总电导率;MoO3掺入NDC体系具有烧结助剂的作用,掺入NDCSi体系既具有烧结助剂的作用,又具有晶界改善剂的作用。