Discovery of radioactive silver (110mAg) in spiders and other fauna in the terrestrial environment after the meltdown of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant

Six months after the explosion of TEPCO’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, radioactive silver (^110mAg), was detected in concentrations of 3754 Bq/kg in Nephila clavata (the orb-web spider; Joro-gumo in Japanese) collected at Nimaibashi, Iitate village in Fukushima Prefecture, whereas ^110mAg in the soil was 43.1 Bq/kg. A survey of 35 faunal species in the terrestrial environment during the 3.5 years after the accident showed that most of Anthropoda had two orders higher ^110mAg in their tissues than soils, although silver is not an essential element for their life. However, tracing of the activity of ^110mAg detected in spider Atypus karschi collected regularly at a fixed location showed that it declined much faster than the physical half-life. These results suggest that ^110mAg was at once biologically concentrated by faunal species, especially Arthropoda, through food chain. The factors affecting the subsequent rapid decline of ^110mAg concentration in faunal species are discussed.     

萜品油烯的DeMayo光环加成产物的反应研究

通过萜品油烯和2，6-二氧代戊酸甲酯的de Mayo反应，使[2 + 2]环加成产物 3-6经retro-aldol重排，开环生成取代环己烯7和12。在不同反应介质中对开环产 物进行再环合，并对其反应机理进行研究。在碱性条件下，经分子内Claisen缩合 反应形成螺环化合物；以对甲本碘酸为催化剂的环合，除生成正常的Claisen缩合 产物以外，7和12均发生烯键亲核加成反应，生成具有二环[3.3.1]结构的桥环化合 物9-11和二环[3.2.1]结构的桥环化合物16-18。所得新化合物的化学结构均经IR, ~1H NMR，~(13)C NMR及元素分析予以确定。     

Magnetic field effects on electron transfer reactions involving sextet-spin (S = 5/2) intermediates generated on photoexcitation of a Cr(III)-porphyrin complex

The excited trip-sextet (⁶T₁) state of chloro-(3-methylimidazol)-(meso-tetraphenylporphyrinato) chromium(III) (Cr^IIIP) is quenched by 1,1′-dibenzyl-4,4′-bipyridinium (BV²⁺) in acetonitrile through electron transfer to give ⁵(Cr^IIIP^·+) and ²BV^·+. The intermediate is a geminate ion pair in the sextet (Sx) state ⁶[⁵(Cr^IIIP^·+) ²BV^·+], which decays through either the escape from a solvent cage to give the free ions or the spin conversion to the quartet (Qa) state followed by back electron transfer. The free ion yield (Φ_FI) increased with increasing magnetic field from 0 to 4 T and then slightly decreased from 4 T to 10 T. These magnetic field effects are explained as follows. Under low fields where the Zeeman splitting of the spin sublevels is lower than or comparable with the electron spin dipole—dipole interaction within ⁵(Cr^IIIP^·+), this interaction effectively induces the Sx → Qa conversion of [⁵(Cr^IIIP^·+)²BV⁺] to result in low Φ_FI values. Under high fields where the Zeeman splitting is larger than the dipole—dipole interaction, the Sx → Qa conversion is decreased with increasing field to cause higher Φ_FI values. The slight decrease in Φ_FI above 4 T may be due to the Δg mechanism.     

(La1-xCex)2/3Ca1/3MnO3体系的输运性质和反常磁特性研究

本文报告了对Ce掺杂锰氧化物(La1-xCex)2/3Ca1/3MnO3 (x=0～1.0)系列样品的输运特性和反常磁特性的研究结果.实验表明,Ce掺杂对Tc有明显的抑制作用,整体上电阻率随Ce掺杂含量增加而上升,在外加磁场时表现出极大的磁电阻效应.磁化强度随温度变化的曲线出现了两个转变,高温处对应于Mn离子磁矩的铁磁金属转变,低温处的转变则对应于Ce离子磁矩自旋有序排列的形成.表明Ce掺杂引起样品中铁磁双交换作用和反铁磁超交换作用之间的竞争,Ce离子与Mn离子有很强的相互作用.随Ce掺杂含量的增加,铁磁有序转变温度下降,而反铁磁有序转变温度则向高温处移动,铁磁区域明显减小.     

离子排斥色谱结合光度检测的水质监测系统用于测定离子型营养物（英文）

A unified ion-exclusion chromatography(IEC) system for monitoring anionic and cationic nutrients like NH + 4,NO 2,NO 3,phosphate ion,silicate ion and HCO 3 was developed and applied to several environmental waters.The IEC system consisted of four IEC methodologies,including the IEC with ultraviolet(UV) detection at 210 nm for determining NH + 4 on anion-exchange separation column in OH form connected with anion-exchange UV-conversion column in I form in tandem,the IEC with UV-detection at 210 nm for determining simultaneously NO 2 and NO 3 on cation-exchange separation column in H + form,the IEC with UV-detection at 210 nm for determining HCO 3 on cation-exchange separation column in H + form connected with anion-exchange UV-conversion column in I form in tandem,and the IEC with visible-detection based on molybdenum-blue reaction for determining simultaneously silicate and phosphate ions on cation-exchange separation column in H + form.These IEC systems were combined through three manually-driven 6-port column selection valves to select each separation column to determine selectively the ionic nutrients.Using this sequential water quality monitoring system,the analytical performances such as calibration linearity,reproducibility,detection limit and recovery were also tested under the optimized chromatographic conditions.This novel water quality monitoring system has been applied successfully for the determination of the ionic eutrophication components in sub-urban river waters.     

螺环倍半萜(±)-α-花柏烯-3-酮的全合成

通过萜品油烯 ( Terpinolene)与 2 ,4-二氧代戊酸甲酯的 de Mayo反应得到 [2 +2 ]光加成产物 ,经反aldol重排 ,再环合成具有螺 [5 ,5 ]十一烷结构的花柏烯基本碳架 ,进而对其官能团进行化学修饰 ,完成了螺环倍半萜 (± ) -α-花柏烯 -3 -酮的全合成 .     

螺环倍半萜(±)-α-花柏烯和(±)-β-花柏烯的全合成

以萜品油烯(terpinolene)与2,4-二氧代戊酸甲酯的deMayo反应得到的加成产物为起始原料,经反-aldol重排,再环合成具有螺[5.5]十一烷结构的基本碳架,通过官能团的化学修饰,完成了(±)-α-花柏烯和(±)-β-花柏烯的全合成。     

Photocleavage reaction of bromine substituted aromatic acyl compounds studied by CIDEP and transient absorption spectroscopy

The photocleavage of the CBr bond in bromoacetylnaphthalene is investigated by transient absorption and time resolved EPR spectroscopy. In the transient absorption of 2-bromo-2′-acetylnaphthalene, the absorption band observed at λ_max ~440 nm is assigned to the triplet state of the parent molecule. After decay of the triplet absorption, a long lived absorption band is observed at λ_max ~380 nm, which is assigned to naphthoylmethyl radical. The yield of this radical is not dependent on the concentration of oxygen even though the absorption band of the triplet state was quenched by addition of oxygen. Thus we conclude that the spin multiplicity of the precursor molecule is singlet. The CW time resolved EPR spectrum shows a typical E?/A CIDEP pattern of three hyperfine lines of the naphthoylmethyl radical. This result suggests some contribution from triplet precursor molecules. However, a careful analysis of the time profile of the CIDEP intensity observed by FT-EPR revealed that the polarization is generated from the radical pair mechanism (RPM) from the encountered pair of two free naphthoylmethyl radicals and the radical-triplet pair mechanism. RPM polarization by the geminate radical pair, formed by the Br atom and the naphthoylmethyl radical, is not observed. This fact indicates that large spin-orbit coupling (Δg and/or fast spin relaxation by g anisotropy) spoils the RPM polarization. The finding is in contrast to the recent observation of RPM polarization in the Cl cleavage reaction of 1-(chloromethyl)naphthalene.     

De Mayo光环加成和桥(螺)环倍半萜基本碳架的构建

通过烃单萜3-甲基-6-异丙亚甲基环己烯(1)和2,6-二氧代戊酸甲酯(2)的de Mayo反应, 得到[2＋2]环加成产物、开环产物和游离基复合产物3～10. 经retro-aldol重排, 环加成产物3开环生成取代环己烯4, 在酸和碱性介质中对开环产物进行再环合, 经分子内Claisen缩合反应形成螺环和桥环化合物11～14. 讨论了可能的反应机理, 对所得新化合物的结构经IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR及元素分析予以确定.     

EXTRACTION OF RETINAL FROM Paramecium bursaria

Abstract— The ciliated protozoan Paramecium bursaria is photosensitive. Retinal, which is the chromophore of the visual pigments of many multicellular animals, was extracted from P. bursaria and identified by HPLC. The procedure of identification was based on the change in polarity achieved by reducing retinal with sodium borohydrate to form retinol. This method is useful for the detection of small amounts of retinal in cells containing large amounts of other substances with similar polarity. The presence of retinal in P. bursaria suggests that this ciliate may contain a photoreceptor pigment with retinal as the chromophore.