A tristable [2]rotaxane that is doubly gated by foldamer and azobenzene kinetic barriers

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (47) ◽  
pp. 7490-7493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Kun Wang ◽  
Zi-Yue Xu ◽  
Yun-Chang Zhang ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Dan-Wei Zhang ◽  
...  

Hydrogen bonded foldamer and azobenzene units have been incorporated into a donor–acceptor-type [2]rotaxane to assemble a doubly gated switching system.

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (52) ◽  
pp. 32769-32776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng-Lian Wang ◽  
Yong-Gang Zhao ◽  
Nadeem Muhammad ◽  
Shu-Chao Wu ◽  
Yan Zhu

Simultaneous determination of parabens and inorganic anions in cosmetics in a single injection was obtained in a two-dimensional UHPLC-IC valve switching system.


1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (24) ◽  
pp. 3860-3871 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Cassimatis ◽  
J. P. Bonnin ◽  
T. Theophanides

The infrared spectra of CH3COCl and CH3COCl•AlCl3 have been studied from 4000 to 300 cm−1 with a Perkin–Elmer 621 grating spectrophotometer. The results indicate that the addition compound CH3COCl•AlCl3 exists under three structures, two ionic and one dative structure. The distinct ionic structures are the carbonium type structure [Formula: see text] with a carbonyl band at 2200 cm−1 (type 1) and a structure visualized as a hybrid between resonating structures[Formula: see text]where the mesomeric limit form corresponding to the hyperconjugation is preponderant, with a carbonyl band at 2300 cm−1 (type 2). Vibrational assignments have been made for the two ions and supported by normal coordinate analysis. Two sets of force constants have been derived on the basis of the generalized force field for the two ionic structures to provide a correspondence between observed and calculated frequencies. Evidence would seem to show that the active species in the Friedel–Crafts ketone synthesis is the oxocarbonium type 1 acetylium ion.


2019 ◽  
Vol 123 (12) ◽  
pp. 7088-7096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhijing Feng ◽  
Simone Velari ◽  
Carlo Dri ◽  
Andrea Goldoni ◽  
Laerte L. Patera ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Gregory D. M. Potter ◽  
Eleanor M. Scott

Circadian (approximately 24-hour) rhythms are generated by a hierarchical system responsible for coordinating behaviour and physiology throughout the 24-hour day. Increasing evidence supports roles for disruption of the circadian system in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and depression. We outline the key aspects of circadian system regulation, discuss the findings indicating that biological disruption of the circadian system produces various behavioural and metabolic abnormalities, and review human studies which show that environmental disruption of the circadian system contributes to T2DM and depression. Finally, we will summarize the therapeutic potential of restoring circadian system organization to manage these diseases.


Author(s):  
Philip Wiffen ◽  
Marc Mitchell ◽  
Melanie Snelling ◽  
Nicola Stoner

Diabetes mellitus 444Monitoring and control 449Thyroid disorders 450Diabetes mellitus (DM) affects approximately 4% of the UK population. In 2009, Diabetes UK reported that 2.6 million people in the UK have diabetes.Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90% of all diabetes and is a result of insulin resistance and pancreatic β-cell dysfunction. Type 1 diabetes results from an absolute insulin deficiency secondary to autoimmune dysfunction....


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dae-Woon Lim ◽  
Masaaki Sadakiyo ◽  
Hiroshi Kitagawa

Porous crystalline metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are emerging as a new class of proton conductors through the hydrogen-bonded degenerate system.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 1819-1825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aiwu Wang ◽  
Xufen Xiao ◽  
Cangtao Zhou ◽  
Fucong Lyu ◽  
Li Fu ◽  
...  

In view of the easy control and contactless spatial nature of light, the photoreversible color switching system has attracted tremendous attention.


1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 254-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Spohr ◽  
Eugenia Paszkiewicz-Hnatiw ◽  
Naohiko Morishima ◽  
Raymond U. Lemieux

The relative potencies of a wide variety of deoxygenated derivatives of the methyl glycoside of α-L-Fuc-(1 → 2)-β-D-Gal-(1 → 4)- β-D-GlcNAc (the H-type 2 human blood group related trisaccharide) for the inhibition of the binding of an artificial H-type 2 antigen by the lectin I of Ulexeuropaeus confirmed the previous evidence that the key and productive interaction involves only the three hydroxyl groups of the α-L-fucose unit, the hydroxyl at the 3-position of the β-D-galactose residue, and the nonpolar groups in their immediate environment. Except for the acetamido group and the hydroxymethyl of the β-D-Gal unit, which stay in the aqueous phase, on complex formation the remaining three hydroxyl groups appear to come to reside at or near the periphery of the combining site since their replacement by hydrogen causes relatively small changes (< ± 1 kcal/mol) in the stability of the complex (ΔG0). Relatively much larger but compensating changes occur for the enthalpy and entropy terms, and these may arise primarily from the differences in the water structure about the periphery of the combining site and the oligosaccharide both prior to and after complexation. It is proposed that steric constraints lead to an ordered state of the water molecules hydrogen-bonded to the polar groups within the cleft formed by the key region of the amphiphilic combining site. Their release to form less ordered clusters of more strongly hydrogen-bonded water molecules in bulk solution would contribute importantly to the driving force for complexation. It is demonstrated that the surface used for the binding of H-type 2-OMe by a monoclonal anti-H antibody is virtually identical to that used by the Ulex lectin. Keywords: molecular recognition, H-type 2 blood group determinant and deoxygenated derivatives, lectin I of Ulexeuropaeus, anti-H-type 2 monoclonal antibody, enthalpy–entropy compensation.


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