Halogenated arenes in the Duff reaction at high pressures

The reaction of fluorobenzene with urotropine in trifluoroacetic acid (TFAA) at high pressures and temperatures affords predominantly fluorobenzaldehydes andN-(fluorophenylmethyl)trifluoroacetamides. The yields of these products depend considerably on the reaction conditions. The rates of their formation have the maximum values at the momemt of the phase transition (PT) of TFAA. A new efficient cyclic (dynamic) regime is proposed for the synthesis at high pressures. The regime involves periodically occurring PT of the solvent. The change in the relative rate of product formation with the degree of fluorobenzene conversion is wave-like.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 319–323, February, 1995.     

在纳米CdS颗粒表面MV2+光还原的ESR研究

以甲基紫精(MV²⁺)作电子受体进行了纳米CdS光生电荷转移的ESR研究。实验表明,纳米CdS悬浮在1.1×10^-smol/LMV²⁺的乙醇溶液中,光照时,MV²⁺的光还原速率恒定;还原产物MV^+·二聚的速率服从二级反应动力学公式。乙醇溶液中的溶解氧和纳米CdS表面的离子及附氧对MV²⁺的还原过程有抑制作用。     

Synthesis of (+)-goniothalesdiol and (+)-7-epi-goniothalesdiol

A total synthesis of (+)-goniothalesdiol, a 3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-disubstituted tetrahydrofuran isolated from Goniothalamus borneensis (Annonaceae), and its 7-epimer is reported using oxycarbonylation methodology for construction of polyhydroxylated substituted heterocycles. Diastereoselectivity of addition of organometallic reagents to 2,3-O-isopropylidene-d-threose derivatives using theoretical calculations based on the semiempirical PM5 was studied.     

Synthesis and thermal stability of silicon-containing esters of phosphorus acids

A number of trialkylsilylmethyl diphenyl phosphates MeRR′SiCH₂OP(O)(OPh)₂ (1a-e: R=Et (a), Pr (b), CF₃CH₂CH₂ (c, e), Me₃SiCH₂ (d); R′=Me (a-d), Et (e)) were synthesized and their thermal rearrangement, of the 1,2-shift type, was studied. The rearrangement consists of the migration of an alkyl group from Si atom to the methylene carbon atom and gives the corresponding silyl esters. The rate of the rearrangement was found to increase in the order1d<1b<1a<1 (R=R′=Me)<1c corresponding to the enhancement of the total inductive effect (−I) of the substituents at the Si atom. The relative migration ability of the substituents at the Si atom, determined by GC/MS analysis of the disiloxane fraction resulting from hydrolysis of pyrolyzed phosphates1a-e, increases in the order R=Pr<Et<CF₃CH₂CH₂<Me≪Me₃SiCH₂, which differs substantially from the order in which the rate of the rearrangement of phosphates1a-d changes. The electronegativity of the migrating group affects noticeably the relative ability to migrate. For Part 4, see Ref. 1. Deceased. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1767–1772, September, 1998.     

~(19)F-NMR法测定聚醚多元醇中伯羟基的相对含量

<正> 聚醚多元醇是聚氨酯材料的主要原料之一.多元醇中伯羟基含量的多少对反应活性有着直接的影响,因此,准确地测定伯羟基含量已成为许多研究者关心的课题,并已报道了不少测定方法,其中主要包括化学动力学方法、~1H-核磁共振(NMR)法和~(19)F-NMR法,~1H-NMR法系利用不同的酰化剂,将聚醚多元醇酰化后测其酰化物的~1H-NMR谱,从伯、仲羟基相应的酯基氢的积分比例来计算伯羟基的相对含量,但由于体系中存在其它含氢基因,且是大量的,使测量困难或应用受到限制.~(19)F-NMR法测伯羟     

Addition‐Fragmentation Chain Transfer to Polymer in the Free Radical Ring‐Opening Polymerization of an Eight‐membered Cyclic Allylic Sulfide Monomer

Summary: A detailed investigation of chain transfer to polymer during free radical ring‐opening polymerization of the eight‐membered disulfide monomer 2‐methyl‐7‐methylene‐1,5‐dithiacyclooctane (MDTO) is presented. It has been shown that extensive chain transfer to polymer occurs involving both poly(MDTO) radicals and cyanoisopropyl radicals. Significant decreases in molecular weight were observed when cyanoisopropyl radicals were generated in the presence of poly(MDTO) in the absence of monomer. The molecular weight distribution (MWD) obtained from polymerization of MDTO in the presence of pre‐added poly(MDTO) was markedly different from that obtained without pre‐added polymer. A kinetic model was constructed in an attempt to quantitatively describe the chain transfer to polymer process based on the addition fragmentation chain transfer mechanism. It was found however that the simulated MWDs were considerably broader than the experimental MWDs, which were similar to the Schulz‐Flory distribution.

Mechanism for chain transfer to polymer.     

杂多阴离子[GeMo12O40]4-α/β异构体的密度泛函研究

采用密度泛函方法，在DND基组水平上，对[GeMo12O40]^4-杂多阴离子最常见的α和β异构体进行了几何构型优化，得到了与X射线晶体衍射实验结果相一致的结构参数，并在此基础上进行了振动频率分析，得到了杂多阴离子的电子结构、热力学特性和振动光谱，通过定义α，β异构体异构化反应的Gibbs函变△Gα-β与温度的关系，研究了这两种异构体的相对稳定性．结果表明：低温时α异构体更稳定，高温时β异构体更稳定些，550K左右为转变点．振动频率分析得到2种异构体的最强峰位于4个频率位置，分别指认为vax(Mo-Od)，vas(Mo-Od)，vas(Mo-Oc-Mo)，vas(Ge-Oa)，vas(Mo-Ob-Mo)振动，与红外光谱(IR)的特征振动峰相对应，观察到了特征频率的振动模式，从理论计算角度说明了Rocchiccioli—Deltcheff关于振动模式的设想是合理的．     

Substituent Effect on the Electronic Structure of Sulfines: Molecular Orbital Treatment

The electronic structure and ground state properties of the gaseous sulfine H₂CSO and some of its derivatives were studied at the RHF, MP2, and B3LYP levels. The calculations showed that the Z-isomer is more stable than the E-one and their difference in energy depends on their level of calculation, basis set, and substituent. The factors affecting the isomer stability are the electrostatic interactions, the steric factor, and π-electrons delocalization. The substituent has little effect on the geometry of the CSO moiety but greatly affects its charge distribution and polarizability. The ΔE value of the E- to Z-isomerization process via rotation of the S═O bond was calculated. The substituent has an appreciable effect on both the geometry and energy barrier of isomerization depending on its electronegativity, electrostatic attraction, and effect on π-delocalization over the molecule.     

Dephosphorylation of intact glycoprotein to greatly improve digestion efficiency coupled with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization–Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometric analysis

Sialylation is essential for a variety of cellular functions. Herein, we used bovine fetuin with three potential N-linked glycosylation sites containing complex-type glycan structures, four potential O-linked glycosylation sites and six potential phosphorylation sites as a model compound to develop a highly-efficient digestion strategy for sialylated glycoproteins and efficient enrichment strategy for sialylated glycopeptides using titanium dioxide. The former according to the process of alkaline phosphatase digestion followed by tryptic digestion and then proteinase K digestion could greatly improve the enzymatic efficiency on fetuin, and the latter could obviously enhance the enrichment efficiency for multisialylated glycopeptides using phosphoric acid solution as elution buffer. The mass spectra of the enriched glycopeptides derived from fetuin reveal that several series of the ion clusters with mass difference of 291 Da correspond to the presence of multisialylated glycopeptides. In addition, the approach was applied to characterize the sialylated status of α2-macroglobulin and transferrin, respectively, from the sera of healthy subjects and sex- and age-matched patients with thyroid cancer, and their spectra indicate that the change in the amount of the glycoforms containing different number of sialic acid (SA) residues from one glycosylation site may be used to differentiate between healthy subjects and cancer cases.     

Development of a manual method for the determination of mineral oil in foods and paperboard

So far the majority of the measurements of mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) and mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) were obtained from on-line high performance liquid chromatography–gas chromatography–flame ionization detection (on-line HPLC–GC–FID). Since this technique is not available in many laboratories, an alternative method with more easily available tools has been developed. Preseparation on a small conventional liquid chromatographic column was optimized to achieve robust separation between the MOSH and the MOAH, but also to keep out the wax esters from the MOAH fraction. This was achieved by mixing a small portion of silica gel with silver nitrate into highly activated silica gel and by adding toluene into the eluent for the MOAH. Toluene was also added to the MOSH fraction to facilitate reconcentration and to serve as a keeper preventing loss of volatiles during solvent evaporation. A 50 μl volume was injected on-column into GC–FID to achieve a detection limit for MOSH and MOAH below 1 mg/kg in most foods.