Nickel-promoted ligand-free palladium-catalyzed Suzuki coupling reaction

Summary A Ni-promoted ligand free palladium catalyst system for Suzuki coupling of aryl bromides has been developed in high efficiency under mild reaction conditions. It was obtained in situ by introducing NiCl₂ to PdCl₂/PVP using a parallel high-throughput screening technique. A wide range of aryl bromides bearing a variety of functional groups was evaluated.     

(1R,2S)或(1S,2R)-1,2-二苯基-2-氨基乙醇衍生物手性配体的合成及其用于不对称催化反应

重点报道了以（１Ｒ，２Ｓ）或（１Ｓ，２Ｒ）－１，２－二苯基－２－氨基乙醇衍生物手性配体的合成及其用于不对称催化反应的研究，如去氢氨基酸的氢化、醛的乙基锌加成、酮的还原、活泼亚甲基化合物的烷基化、醛的硅腈化和瑞福马斯基反应等．研究了手性配体的结构、底物和反应条件等对上述反应的对映选择性和催化活性的影响．     

Effects of ultraviolet B on epidermal morphology, shedding, lipid peroxide, and antioxidant enzymes in Cope's rat snake (Elaphe taeniura)

Cope's rat snakes (Elaphe taeniura) favor to expose under sunlight in order to increase their body temperature simultaneously increasing the risk of skin damage by ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation. We have investigated the effects of UVB irradiation on their skin. Results show that the UVB transmission of the keratinous layer was only 5.1+/-0.36%. The peak of epidermal damage and malondialdehyde (MDA) content, a product of lipid peroxidation, simultaneously occurred 72-96, 48 or 24 h after exposure to 300, 500 and 800 mJ/cm2 of UVB radiation, respectively. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity was inhibited by UVB and the lowest activity occurred 24, 48, 12 and 12 h after exposure to 110, 300, 500 and 800 mJ/cm2 of UVB, respectively. SOD activity recovered later to some extent but mostly remained below control level. After exposure to different doses of UVB radiation, catalase (CAT) activity was inhibited immediately, and then gradually recovered and even increased to peak levels above control level. The highest CAT levels accompanied the most serious damage of skin morphology. Later on, CAT activity decreased and recovered again close to or below control level, which was accompanied by shedding off the damaged epidermal complex. This indicated that the epidermal damage induced by UVB is closely related to lipid peroxidation, where CAT acts as a primary antioxidant enzyme. Moreover, the keratinous layer protects the viable cell layer against UVB damage as well.     

Estimation of cellulose nanofibre aspect ratio from measurements of fibre suspension gel point

Cellulose nanofibre aspect ratio controls the properties of sheets made from nanofibres and processing conditions, but aspect ratio is very difficult to measure. In this paper, aspect ratio was estimated from the gel point of a cellulose nanofibre suspension, the solids concentration at which the transition from a dilute to a semi-dilute suspension occurs. Four batches of cellulose nanofibres were tested. Two were produced from softwood fibres using ball milling. Commercially produced microfibrillated cellulose material was also used, both in as supplied form and after removal of the larger fibres by filtering. The average diameter measured from SEM images of fibres ranged from 33 to 73 nm. One sample was too heavily treated and an average dimension could not be measured. The gel-point was measured both from the height of a layer of cellulose nanofibres sedimented from a dilute suspension or from the lowest solids concentration at which a yield stress could be measured using a vane rheometer. The two methods were closely in agreement for all samples. Aspect ratio was then calculated using either the effective medium (EMT) or crowding number (CN) theories. Aspect ratio calculated with an assumed fibre density of 1,500 kg/m³, using the CN theory ranged from 155 to 60. Use of the EMT theory reduced the calculated aspect ratio by between 11 and 23 %. Reducing the assumed density in suspension from 1,500 to 1,166 kg/m³ reduced the calculated aspect ratio by 12–14 %. The heavily treated sample had by far the lowest aspect ratio.     

非离子表面活性剂Brij35胶束体系中α-溴代萘的室温燐光

建立了非离子表面活性剂Ｂｒｉｊ３５胶束介质中α－溴代萘的燐光分析法，并与十二烷基 硫酸钠ＳＬＳ体系作了比较。方法特点如下：α－溴代萘在低浓度的Ｂｒｉｊ３５胶束溶液中即产生 ＲＴＰ发射，具有良好的分析特性。甲醇、乙醇等的加入，体系不会使燐光达到稳定的时间增长，测量操作简便。ＴｌＮＯ３的存在使背景降低，精密度提高。Ｂｒｉｊ３５体系比 ＳＬＳ体系具有较大 的粘度，较小的丙酮猝灭影响。     

Micellization-induced conformational change of a chiral proline surfactant

A proline surfactant including two chiral carbons, sodium N-dodecanoyl-(4R)-hydroxy-L-prolinate (SDHP), has been synthesized, and its micellization behavior in aqueous solution has been investigated by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Two conformational isomers of SDHP, namely, Z and E, are discriminated in the NMR time scale, and critical micelle concentration is derived for each isomer separately. The transformation from E to Z is observed upon micellization, and the amount of Z isomer is approximately three times that of E isomer in the equilibrated system. Moreover, the variation in chemical shifts with the surfactant concentration reveals the shielding effect of the carboxyl group on the syn-side protons of the pyrrolidine ring, which implies that the pyrrolidine rings arrange in a side-to-side manner and lie parallel to the plane of the carboxyl bonds in the neighboring molecules. The difference in the directions of the carbonyl group between Z and E isomers essentially determines their different micellization abilities and molecular arrangements in the micellization process.     

Visible light induced photocatalytic degradation of phenol by polymer-modified semiconductors: Study of the influencing factors and the kinetics

To investigate the influencing factors and the kinetics of photocatalytic degradation of phenol, experiments were carried out using conjugated polymer poly(fluorene-co-thiophene) (PFT) sensitized TiO₂ and ZnO under LED (light-emitting diode) lights of the wavelength of 450–475 nm. Influencing factors, such as initial phenol concentration, photocatalyst dosage and pH value on the photocatalytic degradation of phenol were studied in detail. The reaction kinetics was found to follow pseudo first-order law.     

含有冠醚基团的有机硅化合物(Ⅱ)——烯基氮杂冠醚的硅氢化和固载化氮杂冠醚的一些性能

本文报道了N-烯丙基、N-(10-十一碳烯基)氮杂15-冠-5与氨杂18-冠-6的合成、硅氢化、固载化,以及所得气相法二氧化硅固载的氮杂冠醚对苦味酸钠、钾的络合容量和正溴己烷碘代反应的相转移催化活性。     

Two-phase refrigerant flow instability analysis and active control in transient electronics cooling systems

Two-loop refrigeration systems are being explored for two-phase cooling of ultra high power electronic components. For effective and efficient thermal management of electronic systems, active control methods are desired to suppress inherent flow instabilities especially in transient applications. This paper presents a framework for the transient analysis and active control of pressure-drop flow instabilities under varying imposed heat loads. The external effects on boiling flow characteristics and the boiling oscillatory flow responses to transient heat load changes are studied. Flow instability margins can be quantitatively predicted from an analytical two-phase flow model. In addition, the effects of wall thermal inertia on flow oscillations is systematically investigated. Based on the theoretical analysis of oscillatory flow boiling of refrigerants, a set of active control schemes are developed and studied to suppress flow oscillations and to increase the critical heat flux. With the available control devices – inlet valve and supply pump – different active control schemes are studied to improve the transient two-phase cooling performance.     

苯丙氨酸酯类衍生物对映异构体的拆分

利用手性Ｃｈｉｒａｌｃｅｌ ＯＤ柱高效液相色谱对一系列苯丙氨酸酯类衍生物对映异构体进行了拆分，获得了良好的分离结果。讨论了化合物的结构对拆分效果的影响。