Stark effects on the phosphorescence spectra of p-benzoquinone

Stark effects on the phosphorescence spectra of p-benzoquinone have been studied in naphthalene crystals at temperatures between 1.7 and 30 K. The experimental data establish that the band splitting of 24 cm^?1 arises from a double minimum potential in the T₁ state.     

A potentiometric microbial sensor based on immobilized escherichia coli for glutamic acid

The sensor consists of immobilized E. coli (which contains glutamate decarboxylase) and a carbon dioxide gas-sensor. Continuous introduction of sample solution into a flow system incorporating the sensor gives a potential which increases until a steady state is reached after 5 min. Measurements can also be made with only a 1- or 3-min introduction period with little loss of sensitivity. Calibration plots of mV measurements vs. logarithmic glutamic acid concentration are linear in the range 100–800 mg l^-1. The sensor is highly selective, stable and reproducible. It has been applied to the determination of glutamic acid in fermentation broths.     

Crystal structures of V3S4 and V5S8

Crystal structures of the ordered phases of V₃S₄ and V₅S₈ were refined with single crystal data. Both are monoclinic. Chemical compositions, space groups and lattice constants are as follows: VS_1.47, $\text{I2}\text{m}$ (No. 12), a = 5.831(1), b = 3.267(1), c = 11.317(2)Å, β = 91.78(1)° and VS_1.64, $\text{F}\text{2}\text{m}$ (No. 12), a = 11.396(11), b = 6.645(7), c = 11.293(4), Å, β = 91.45(6)°. In both structures, short metal-metal bonds were found between the layers as well as within them. In comparison with the structure of Fe₇S₈, the stability of NiAs-type structure was discussed based on the detailed metal-sulfur distances.     

Topological phase transition and electrically tunable diamagnetism in silicene

The movement and relaxation of the localized energy on FPU lattices have been studied by using Wavelet transforms methods. The energy relaxation mechanism for nonlinear chains involves the degradation of higher frequency excitations into lower frequencies. It is shown that low frequency modes decay more slowly in nonlinear chains. The wavelet spectrum exhibits a behavior involving the interplay of phonon modes and breather modes.     

Corrigendum to “Constraints on operator ordering from third quantization” [Ann. Phys. 365 (2016) 54–65]

In our previous paper Ohkuwa et al. (2016) corrigendum was found in Eqs. (3.4) and (3.6). However, conclusions of our previous paper are not changed.     

Convenient green preparation of dipeptides using unprotected α-amino acids

Dipeptides and amides were obtained in high yields from N-carbobenzyloxy α-amino acids and 3-phenylpropanoic acid with unprotected α-amino acids via the corresponding mixed carbonic carboxylic anhydrides using ethyl chloroformate and triethylamine by an ecological and convenient method in which the protection of C-terminals is not needed.     

O-selectivity and utility of phosphorylation mediated by phosphite triester intermediates in the N-unprotected phosphoramidite method

Previously, O-selective phosphorylation on polymer supports in the N-unprotected phosphoramidite method could not be carried out because the amino groups of dA and dC have high reactivity toward tervalent phosphorus(III)-type phosphitylating reagents. In this paper, we developed a new coupling strategy named the "activated phosphite method" in which the phosphitylation is mediated by phosphite triester intermediates 1. Application of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole as the promoter to the solid-phase synthesis resulted in excellent O-selectivity of more than 99.7%. This O-selectivity was explained by the frontier molecular orbital interactions between the reactive intermediates and the nucleophiles such as the amino or hydroxyl groups of nucleosides. Furthermore, longer oligonucleotides were synthesized not only by a manual operation but also by a DNA synthesizer. The utility of our new method was demonstrated by the successful synthesis of a base-labile modified oligodeoxyribonucleotide having 4-N-acetyldeoxycytidine residues. Finally, DNA 20-mers containing dA or dC could be synthesized in good yields by use of a combined reagent of 6-trifluoromethyl-1-hydroxybenzotriazole and benzimidazolium triflate.