Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Antibacterial Activity of Two Hydrazones Derived from 2-Fluorobenzhydrazide

Two new Schiff base benzoyl hydrazone compounds, C14H10FN3O3 (Ⅰ) and C14H10F2N2O (Ⅱ), have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV and X-ray single-crystal diffraction. Both compounds crystallize in monoclinic, space group P21/c with a = 7.0514(14), b = 25.928(5), c = 7.7099(15), β = 111.823(2)°, V = 1308.6(4)3, Z = 4, C14H10FN3O3, Mr = 287.25, Dc = 1.458 g/cm3, μ(MoKα) = 0.115 mm-1, F(000) = 592, the final R = 0.0841 and wR = 0.2489 for 1901 observed reflections (I > 2σ(I)) for I; a = 11.232(3), b =12.735(4), c = 8.612(2) , β = 90.869(3)°, V = 1231.7(6)3, Z = 4, C14H10F2N2O, Mr = 260.24, Dc = 1.403 g/cm3, μ(MoKα) = 0.111 mm-1, F(000) = 536, the final R = 0.0453 and wR = 0.1085 for 1317 observed reflections (I > 2σ(I)) for Ⅱ. The antibacterial activities of both compounds against two bacteria were first studied and one compound showed considerable antibacterial activity against K. Pneumonia and S. aureus.     

Femtosecond midinfrared study of aggregation behavior in aqueous solutions of amphiphilic molecules

We study the spectral and orientational dynamics of HDO molecules in aqueous solutions of different concentrations of tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) and trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO). The spectral dynamics is investigated with femtosecond two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy of the O-H stretch vibration of HDO:D(2)O, and the orientational dynamics is studied with femtosecond polarization-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy of the O-D stretch vibration of HDO:H(2)O. Both the spectral and orientational dynamics are observed to show bimodal behavior: part of the water molecules shows spectral and orientational dynamics similar to bulk liquid water and part of the water molecules displays a much slower dynamics. For low solute concentrations, the latter fraction of slow water increases linearly as a function of solute molality, indicating that the slow water is contained in the solvation shells of TBA and TMAO. At higher concentrations, the fraction of slow water saturates. The saturation behavior is much stronger for TBA solutions than for TMAO solutions, indicating the aggregation of the TBA molecules.     

Vibrational and orientational dynamics of water in aqueous hydroxide solutions

We report the vibrational and orientational dynamics of water molecules in isotopically diluted NaOH and NaOD solutions using polarization-resolved femtosecond vibrational spectroscopy and terahertz time-domain dielectric relaxation measurements. We observe a speed-up of the vibrational relaxation of the O-D stretching vibration of HDO molecules outside the first hydration shell of OH(-) from 1.7 ± 0.2 ps for neat water to 1.0 ± 0.2 ps for a solution of 5 M NaOH in HDO:H(2)O. For the O-H vibration of HDO molecules outside the first hydration shell of OD(-), we observe a similar speed-up from 750 ± 50 fs to 600 ± 50 fs for a solution of 6 M NaOD in HDO:D(2)O. The acceleration of the decay is assigned to fluctuations in the energy levels of the HDO molecules due to charge transfer events and charge fluctuations. The reorientation dynamics of water molecules outside the first hydration shell are observed to show the same time constant of 2.5 ± 0.2 ps as in bulk liquid water, indicating that there is no long range effect of the hydroxide ion on the hydrogen-bond structure of liquid water. The terahertz dielectric relaxation experiments show that the transfer of the hydroxide ion through liquid water involves the simultaneous motion of ~7 surrounding water molecules, considerably less than previously reported for the proton.     

A General Approach Towards Triazole‐Linked Adenosine Diphosphate Ribosylated Peptides and Proteins

Current methods to prepare adenosine diphosphate ribosylated (ADPr) peptides are not generally applicable due to the labile nature of this post‐translational modification and its incompatibility with strong acidic conditions used in standard solid‐phase peptide synthesis. A general strategy is presented to prepare ADPr peptide analogues based on a copper‐catalyzed click reaction between an azide‐modified peptide and an alkyne‐modified ADPr counterpart. The scope of this approach was expanded to proteins by preparing two ubiquitin ADPr analogues carrying the biological relevant α‐glycosidic linkage. Biochemical validation using Legionella effector enzyme SdeA shows that clicked ubiquitin ADPr is well‐tolerated and highlights the potential of this strategy to prepare ADPr proteins.     

Neutrophil infiltration in normal human skin after exposure to different ultraviolet radiation sources

Exposure of the skin to UV radiation can lead to a local infiltration of neutrophils. Not much is known on whether the infiltration of neutrophils in the irradiated skin is UV source dependent. In this study we compared different UV sources (solar-simulated radiation [SSR], narrowband [NB]-UVB, broadband [BB]-UVB and UVA1) in their potency to induce neutrophil infiltration in normal human skin after exposure to two times the minimal erythema dose of UV radiation. Biopsies were collected from irradiated buttock skin 6 and 24 h after irradiation and from nonirradiated skin. The presence, distribution and amount of skin-infiltrated neutrophils were determined using immunohistochemical staining. Analysis revealed that SSR was most effective in inducing neutrophil infiltration. NB-UVB gave a neutrophil influx pattern similar to that seen with SSR but in smaller numbers. BB-UVB and UVA1 were far less potent in inducing neutrophil infiltration compared with SSR or NB-UVB. Our findings indicate that neutrophil infiltration in the UV-irradiated skin is UV source dependent. When the spectra emitted by the different UV sources were compared UVB seemed to be more effective than UVA in inducing neutrophil infiltration. Furthermore, our results suggest that longer wavelengths within the UVB range are mostly responsible for the infiltration of neutrophils in the UV-irradiated skin.     

Vibrational dynamics of ice in reverse micelles

The ultrafast vibrational dynamics of HDO:D(2)O ice at 180 K in anionic reverse micelles is studied by midinfrared femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy. Solutions containing reverse micelles are cooled to low temperatures by a fast-freezing procedure. The heating dynamics of the micellar solutions is studied to characterize the micellar structure. Small reverse micelles with a water content up to approximately 150 water molecules contain an amorphous form of ice that shows remarkably different vibrational dynamics compared to bulk hexagonal ice. The micellar amorphous ice has a much longer vibrational lifetime than bulk hexagonal ice and micellar liquid water. The vibrational lifetime is observed to increase linearly from 0.7 to 4 ps with the resonance frequency ranging from 3100 to 3500 cm(-1). From the pump dependence of the vibrational relaxation the homogeneous linewidth of the amorphous ice is determined (55+/-5 cm(-1)).     

Transient absorption of vibrationally excited ice Ih

The ultrafast dynamics of HDO:D2O ice Ih at 180 K is studied by midinfrared ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy. The vibrational relaxation of HDO:D2O ice is observed to proceed via an intermediate state, which has a blueshifted absorption spectrum. Polarization resolved measurements reveal that the intermediate state is part of the intramolecular relaxation pathway of the HDO molecule. In addition, slow dynamics on a time scale of the order of 10-100 ps is observed, related to thermally induced collective reorganizations of the ice lattice. The transient absorption line shape is analyzed within a Lippincott-Schroeder model for the OH-stretch potential. This analysis identifies the main mechanism behind the strong spectral broadening of the v(OH)=1-->2 transition.     

The combined effect of cations and anions on the dynamics of water

We studied the orientational relaxation of the OD-stretch vibration of HDO molecules in concentrated solutions of alkali-halide salts (NaCl, NaI, CsCl and KI) in isotopically diluted water (4% D(2)O in H(2)O), using polarization-resolved femtosecond infrared pump-probe spectroscopy (fs-IR). We were able to distinguish the orientational dynamics of the water molecules solvating the halide ions from the dynamics of the bulk water and the water solvating the cations. We found that the reorientation of the halide-bound molecules shows two strongly different components (2.0 ± 0.3 ps and 9 ± 1 ps), related to a wiggling motion of the OD group hydrogen-bonded to the anion, and rotational diffusion of the molecule over the charged anion surface, respectively. The relative amplitudes of the two components are dependent on the nature of both the anion and cation, and on the concentration. These results show that cations can have a profound effect on the solvation shell dynamics of their counter-ions.     

Structure and dynamics of water in nonionic reverse micelles: A combined time-resolved infrared and small angle x-ray scattering study

We study the structure and reorientation dynamics of nanometer-sized water droplets inside nonionic reverse micelles (water/Igepal-CO-520/cyclohexane) with time-resolved mid-infrared pump-probe spectroscopy and small angle x-ray scattering. In the time-resolved experiments, we probe the vibrational and orientational dynamics of the O-D bonds of dilute HDO:H(2)O mixtures in Igepal reverse micelles as a function of temperature and micelle size. We find that even small micelles contain a large fraction of water that reorients at the same rate as water in the bulk, which indicates that the polyethylene oxide chains of the surfactant do not penetrate into the water volume. We also observe that the confinement affects the reorientation dynamics of only the first hydration layer. From the temperature dependent surface-water dynamics, we estimate an activation enthalpy for reorientation of 45 ± 9 kJ mol(-1) (11?±?2 kcal mol(-1)), which is close to the activation energy of the reorientation of water molecules in ice.     

Polarization and phase control of two-photon absorption in an isotropic molecular system

<正>We theoretically and experimentally study the polarization and phase control of two-photon absorption in an isotropic molecular system.We theoretically show that the two-photon transition probability decreases when the laser polarization changes from linear through elliptical to circular,and the laser polarization does not affect the control efficiency of two-photon transition probability by shaping the spectral phase.These theoretical results are experimentally confirmed in coumarin 480.Furthermore,we propose that the combination of the laser polarization with the spectral phase modulation can further increase the control efficiency of the two-photon absorption.