Efficient glycosylation with glycosyl ortho-allylbenzoates as donors

Glycosylation reactions are significant as they provide access to model compounds that are useful for elucidating biochemical pathways. Herein, we describe the development of glycosyl ortho-alkynylbenzoates as novel, bench-top stable, and readily available glycosyl donors. Glycosylation is promoted by inexpensive trimethylsilyl triflate (TMSOTf) in combination with N-iodosuccinimide (NIS) under mild reaction conditions; hence, the novel glycosyl donors are promising reagents for the synthesis of glycosides.     

NIS-promoted multicomponent reaction of 2-aminopyridines with aldehydes and nitromethane for the synthesis of 3-nitroimidazo[1.2-a]pyridines

An efficient synthesis of 3-nitroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines has been developed via N-iodosuccinimide (NIS)-mediated multicomponents reaction of 2-aminopyridines, aldehydes, and nitromethane under metal-free conditions. This protocol has many advantages such as broad substituent scope, mild and eco-friendly conditions, high step economy, and good yields.     

NIS-promoted guanylation of amines

An efficient NIS-promoted guanylation reaction is described. This procedure allows the guanylation of primary and secondary amines through the reaction with di-Boc-thiourea and di-Boc-S-methylisothiourea, respectively. We demonstrated that the use of NIS compares favorably with existing methods and is an attractive alternative to heavy metal or Mukayama’s reagent activation.     

不同类型土壤总氮的近红外光谱技术测定研究

该研究从江苏、河南、山西、河北、吉林采集部分表层土壤,并在山西河北两地采集表下层土壤,经前处理后通过近红外光谱仪扫描得到光谱图,用传统开氏法测得其总氮,运用OPUS软件建立了土壤总氮和光谱图之间的数学模型,并初步探讨了模型的应用范围。结果表明：各地区表层土壤建立的模型良好,交叉检验的均方根误差均在0.01%以内,相关系数平均在0.85以上,并且该模型能够很好地定量分析同一采样范围内表层和表下层的土壤总氮,定量分析的均方根误差基本在0.01%以内,相关系数在0.80左右;可能受土壤类型的影响,该模型在地区之间的运用具有一定的局限性;从各地区随机取出部分数据作为一个新的集合建立的综合模型良好,其交叉检验的均方根误差和相关系数分别为0.010 2%和0.985 6,并且该模型能很好地预测各地区的土壤总氮。     

Perchlorate in seawater: bioconcentration of iodide and perchlorate by various seaweed species

There has been no reliable published data on the presence of perchlorate in seawater. Seaweeds are among the most important plant life in the ocean and are good sources of iodine and have been widely used as food and nutritional supplement. Perchlorate is known to inhibit the transport of iodide by the sodium iodide symporter (NIS), present e.g., in the thyroid and mammary glands. With perchlorate being increasingly detected in drinking water, milk and various other foods, increasing the iodide intake through inexpensive natural supplements may be an attractive solution for maintaining iodine assimilation. We report here measurable concentrations of perchlorate in several samples of seawater (detectable in about half the samples analyzed). We also report the iodide and perchlorate concentrations of 11 different species of seaweed and the corresponding bioconcentration factors (BCF) for perchlorate and iodide, relative to the seawater from which they were harvested. All seaweed samples came from the same region, off the coast of Northeastern Maine. Concentrations of iodide and perchlorate in four seawater samples collected from the region near harvest time were 30 ± 11 and 0.16 ± 0.084 μg l⁻¹, respectively. Concentrations of both iodide and perchlorate varied over a wide range for different seaweed species; iodide ranging from 16 to 3134 mg kg⁻¹ and perchlorate from 0.077 to 3.2 mg kg⁻¹. The Laminaria species had the highest iodide concentration; Laminaria digitata is the seaweed species most commonly used in the kelp tablets sold in health food stores. Our sample of L. digitata contained 3134 ± 15 mg iodide/kg dry weight. The BCF varied widely for different species, with Laminaria species concentrating iodide preferentially over perchlorate. The iodide BCF (BCF_i) to perchlorate BCF (BCF_p) quotient ranged from 0.66 to 53; L. digitata and L. saccarina having a BCF_i/BCF_p value of 45 and 53, respectively, far greater than a simple anion exchange process will allow. Although most seaweed samples contain some amount of perchlorate, the great majority contains iodide in so much higher amount that at least for the commonly used Laminaria species, the iodide/perchlorate ratio is greater than the square of the perchlorate to iodide selectivity factor reported for the mammalian NIS and should thus lead to net beneficial iodine nutrition even in a two-stage mother-infant scenario.     

ESS,NIS and GIS for multi‐player matrix game in single population

In this paper, we distinguish the concept of global invader strategy (GIS) from that of neighborhood invader strategy (NIS), and discuss the concepts and the properties of ESS, NIS and GIS and relationship among them in the scenario of multi‐player matrix game. We show that a GIS is always an ESS and GIS is unique for any multi‐player. We also show that NIS is equivalent to ESS for pairwise game and there are some results in multi‐player game different from those in pairwise game. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Portable laser‐heating system for diamond anvil cells

The diamond anvil cell (DAC) technique coupled with laser heating has become the most successful method for studying materials in the multimegabar pressure range at high temperatures. However, so far all DAC laser‐heating systems have been stationary: they are linked either to certain equipment or to a beamline. Here, a portable laser‐heating system for DACs has been developed which can be moved between various analytical facilities, including transfer from in‐house to a synchrotron or between synchrotron beamlines. Application of the system is demonstrated in an example of nuclear inelastic scattering measurements of ferropericlase (Mg_0.88Fe_0.12)O and h.c.p.‐Fe_0.9Ni_0.1 alloy, and X‐ray absorption near‐edge spectroscopy of (Mg_0.85Fe_0.15)SiO₃ majorite at high pressures and temperatures. Our results indicate that sound velocities of h.c.p.‐Fe_0.9Ni_0.1 at pressures up to 50 GPa and high temperatures do not follow a linear relation with density.     

SYNTHESIS OF 2-(TRIMETHYLSILYL)ETHYL α-d-MANNOPYRANOSIDES REVISITED

Glycosylation of 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethanol with various ethyl 1-thioglycosides, which were activated with N-iodosuccinimide and silver triflate, was studied. The starting thioglycosides, some prepared for the first time, were obtained conventionally from the corresponding α-1-acetates. When β-1-acetates were more readily available, these were converted to the α-anomers by anomerization, prior to the glycosylation. Using ethyl 1-thioglycosides as glycosyl donors, especially those bearing a pivaloyl or a nonparticipating group at O-2, the corresponding 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl α-d-mannopyranosides were obtained in excellent yields.