New chemistry for heteropolyanions in anhydrous nonpolar solvents. Coordinative unsaturation of surface atoms. Polyanion oxygen carriers

1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (9) ◽  
pp. 2737-2738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitris E. Katsoulis ◽  
Michael T. Pope
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Carriers ◽  
Nonpolar Solvents ◽  
Coordinative Unsaturation

Alkaline Dissociation Products of Lumbricus Terrestris Hemoglobin Viewed with the STEM

1981 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 434-435
Author(s):  
O. H. Kapp ◽  
M. Ohtsuki ◽  
N. Robin ◽  
S. N. Vinogradov ◽  
A. V. Crewe
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Film ◽  
Lumbricus Terrestris ◽  
Uranyl Acetate ◽  
Acetate Solution ◽  
Oxygen Carriers ◽  
Complex Molecules ◽  
Thin Carbon ◽  
Thin Carbon Film ◽  
Multiple Copies ◽  
Hill Coefficients

Annelid extracellular hemoglobins are among the largest known proteins (M.W = 3.9 x 106), and together with the hemocyanins are the largest known oxygen carriers. They display oxygen affinities generally higher than those o vertebrate hemoglobins with Hill coefficients ranging from slightly higher than unity to values as high as 5-6. These complex molecules are composed of multiple copies of as many as six different polypeptides and posse: approximately 150 hemes per molecule.The samples were diluted to 100-200 μg/ml with distilled water just before application to a thin carbon film (∽15 Å thick). One percent (w/v) uranyl acetate solution was used for negative staining for 2 minutes and dried in air. The specimens were examined with the high resolution STEM. Their general appearance is that of a hexagonal bilayer (Fig. 1), each layer consisting of six spheroidal subunits. The corner to corner hexagonal dimensic is approximately 300 Å and the bilayer thickness approximately 200 Å.

The biochemistry of drugs and doping methods used to enhance aerobic sport performance

2008 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 63-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris E. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Oxygen Content ◽  
Oxygen Delivery ◽  
Sport Performance ◽  
Blood Substitutes ◽  
Altitude Training ◽  
Blood Oxygen ◽  
Oxygen Carriers ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Blood Doping

Optimum performance in aerobic sports performance requires an efficient delivery to, and consumption of, oxygen by the exercising muscle. It is probable that maximal oxygen uptake in the athlete is multifactorial, being shared between cardiac output, blood oxygen content, muscle blood flow, oxygen diffusion from the blood to the cell and mitochondrial content. Of these, raising the blood oxygen content by raising the haematocrit is the simplest acute method to increase oxygen delivery and improve sport performance. Legal means of raising haematocrit include altitude training and hypoxic tents. Illegal means include blood doping and the administration of EPO (erythropoietin). The ability to make EPO by genetic means has resulted in an increase in its availability and use, although it is probable that recent testing methods may have had some impact. Less widely used illegal methods include the use of artificial blood oxygen carriers (the so-called ‘blood substitutes’). In principle these molecules could enhance aerobic sports performance; however, they would be readily detectable in urine and blood tests. An alternative to increasing the blood oxygen content is to increase the amount of oxygen that haemoglobin can deliver. It is possible to do this by using compounds that right-shift the haemoglobin dissociation curve (e.g. RSR13). There is a compromise between improving oxygen delivery at the muscle and losing oxygen uptake at the lung and it is unclear whether these reagents would enhance the performance of elite athletes. However, given the proven success of blood doping and EPO, attempts to manipulate these pathways are likely to lead to an ongoing battle between the athlete and the drug testers.

Conformation and electronic structure of aromatic chloroformates

1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 970-979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otto Exner ◽  
Pavel Fiedler
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Oxygen Atom ◽  
Strong Interaction ◽  
Electron Distribution ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Functional Group ◽  
Dipole Moments ◽  
Carbonyl Oxygen ◽  
Nonpolar Solvents ◽  
Single Method

Aromatic chloroformates Ib-Ie were shown to exist in the ap conformation, in agreement with aliphatic chloroformates, i.e. the alkyl group is situated cis to the carbonyl oxygen atom as it is the case in all esters. While 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate (Ie) is in this conformation in crystal, in solution at most several tenths of percent of the sp conformation may be populated at room temperature and in nonpolar solvents only. A new analysis of dipole moments explained the previous puzzling results and demonstrated the impossibility to determine the conformation by this single method, in consequence of the strong interaction of adjoining bonds. If, however, the ap conformation is once proven, the dipole moments reveal some features of the electron distribution on the functional group, characterized by the enhanced polarity of the C-Cl bond and reduced polarity of the C=O bond. This is in agreement with the observed bond lengths and angles.

Enhanced Methane Conversion using Ni-doped Calcium Ferrite Oxygen Carriers in Chemical Looping Partial Oxidation Systems with CO2 Utilization

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vedant Shah ◽  
Zhuo Cheng ◽  
Pinak Mohapatra ◽  
Liang-Shih Fan
Keyword(s):  
Partial Oxidation ◽  
Methane Conversion ◽  
Liquid Fuels ◽  
Calcium Ferrite ◽  
Chemical Looping ◽  
Oxygen Carriers ◽  
Co2 Utilization ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Novel Technology

Chemical looping partial oxidation (CLPO) is a novel technology for converting methane into high quality syngas that can be further converted into liquid fuels. In the present work, Ni-doped Ca2Fe2O5...

Reactivity of iron-based oxygen carriers with coal ash in pressurized chemical looping gasification

2021 ◽  
Vol 219 ◽  
pp. 106890
Author(s):  
Xintong Guo ◽  
Yankun Li ◽  
Qingjiao Zhu ◽  
Xiude Hu ◽  
Jingjing Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coal Ash ◽  
Chemical Looping ◽  
Oxygen Carriers ◽  
Iron Based
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