Quantitative structure-retention relationship for polychlorinated dibenzofurans based on molecular interaction field analysis

A new quantitative structure-retention relationship （QSRR） model is developed for polychlorinated dibenzofurans （PCDFs） based on molecular interaction field （MIF） analysis. The MIF of all 135 PCDFs is calculated using DRY, C1= and C3 probe, characterizing the hydrophobic and steric interaction between PCDFs and different groups of stationary phase. Then QSRR model is constructed by multiblock partial least squares （MBPLS）, and the significance of each block is evaluated by the block importance in the prediction （BIP） method. The model used for prediction is statistically significant, with calibration and cross-validation correlation coefficients 0.9990 and 0.9980 respectively, and relative error less than 1.0%. The results of MBPLS and BIP show that the steric properties have dominant influence on the retention behavior of PCDFs, and then the hydrophobic effects.     

Holographic QSRR of polychlorinated dibenzofurans

A new molecular representation, molecula rhologram, is employed to investigate the quantitative relationships between gas chromatographic retention indices (GC-RI) and molecular structures of polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs). Together with application of partial least squares (PLS) regression, the quantitative structure-retention relationship (QSRR) model is constructed for GC-RI of 135 PCDFs. This new QSRR model presents high statistical quality and predictive value with crossvalidation correlation coefficient q2Loo values of 0.998, and non-crossvalidationcorrelation coefficient r2 of 0.998. 100 PCDFs are selected randomly as training set and the rest as testing set. The resuit of PLS regressive analysis of training set yields r^2 of 0.998 and q2Loo of 0.997. The GC-RIs of testing set are predicted, and the correlation equation indicates that the model based on training set has excellent ability to predict the GC-RIs of PCDFs in testing set.     

Synthesis and characterization of a three-ring bent-core compound

To investigate the vacuum-deposited films of the banana-shaped mesogens, we prepared a three-ring bent-core （that is, banana-shaped） compound m-bis（4-p-octoxysryrenyl）benzene （m-OSB） and used it as a prototype for studying the related film physics. Herein the synthesis and the structural characterization of m-OSB are reported.^13C and ^1H NMR spectra and ^1R spectrum confirm that m-OSB has a symmetric and all-trans conformation. The results of differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy and X-ray diffractometry indicate that no liquid crystalline phase but two crystalline phases are present in this material： phase Ⅰ （T〈66℃） and phase Ⅱ （66~C〈T〈157℃）; an isotropic state is observed at above 157℃. Combining the X-ray diffraction and the electronic diffraction, we assign the room-temperature crystalline phase I to orthorhombie system and P212121 space group with cell parameters of a = 7.43A°. b=6.34A°, c=72.07A°, and α=β=γ=90°. Molecular modeling reveals that the molecules in the unit cell adopt a layered structure with an antiferro-eleetrie alignment. The structure of phase Ⅱ is very similar to that of phase Ⅰ. Nonlinear optical measurement shows that m-OSB is active for the second harmonic generation （SHG）. Such characterization of the bulk material is necessary for the understanding of the growth and microstructures in the films.     

Development of the model of pancreatic β-cell membrane chromatography and its chromatographic characteristics

A new model of pancreatic β-cell membrane chromatography has been established by using a β-cell membrane stationary phase （β-CMSP） prepared by immobilizing the β-cell membrane onto the surface of silica carrier. The protein level and K^＋, Na^＋-ATP enzymatic activity of the β-CMSP were detected respectively. The surface characteristics of the β-CMSP were tested by using the scanning electron microscope and surface energy spectrometer. In this model, the column （10 mm × 2 mm, I.D.） packed with β-CMSP, 25 mmol/ammonium sulfate buffer solution （pH 7.4） as mobile phase with the flow rate of 0.2 mL/min at 37 ± 0.5℃ were used in the following studies. The retention characteristics of the sulfonylureas （gliquidone, glibenclamide, gliclazide and glipizide） were investigated under the chromatographic conditions above. The affinities of the sulfonylureas on β-cell membrane and receptor will be expressed by using the logk＇ values （the logarithm of capacity factor of a solute） in the model. The correlation of the affinity with the pharmacological effect of the sulfonylureas was analyzed also.     

Synthesis of Polymerizable Amphiphiles with Systematic Variation of Critical Packing Parameters

An amphiphile is a molecule composed of hydrophilic part and hydrophobic part, which are incompatible and tend to separate from each other. The tendency of separation is often promoted by addition of water and sometimes also oil. Under balanced conditions the mixtures form macroscopically homogeneous phases, including isotropic solution phases and liquid crystalline phases. Correlation of the amphiphile structure with its preferred phases could be understood with a simple geometric model, which defines a dimensionless Critical Packing Parameter （CPP） to describe the relative bulkiness of the hydrophobic part and the hydrophilic part in an amphiphile.     

Prediction of gas chromatographic retention indices of organophosphorus compounds by holographic QSRR

A new molecular structure representation, molecular hologram, is employed to investigate the quantitative relationship between gas chromatographic retention indices and molecular structures for 41 methylesterified organophosphorus compounds (OPs). The quantitative structure-retention relationship (QSRR) model has been constructed for GC-RI of the selected OPs through partial least squares regression, which shows high statistical quality and predictive value with non-cross validation correlation coefficient ...     

Offlattice Model in the Prediction of Protein 3D Structure

3-dimension HPNX offiattice model is developed from the 2-dimension HP offiattice model. In the HP model, 20 types of amino acid monomers are divided into two classes, H （non-polar monomer） and P （polar monomer）. In the HPNX model, polar monomers are split into positively charged （P）, negatively charged （N） and neutral （X） monomers. A new evolutionary algorithm is applied to study long chains of the HPNX offiattice protein model. This method successfully predict the structures of several proteins in the 3-dimension space that are similar to the structures gotten by X-Ray Crystallography and NMR and published in the PDB（Protein Data Bank）.     

Preparation of molecularly imprinted microspheres by photo-grafting on supports modified with iniferter

Molecularly imprinted microspheres (MIMs) of D-mandelic acid were synthesized in this study. Chloromethylated polystyrene beads modified with iniferter were used as supports for photo-grafting of a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) layer. The polymers were characterized by FT-IR, elemental analysis and thermo-gravimetric analysis to testify the polymer formation and its thermal stability. Scan- ning electron micrographs (SEM) show that the MIP particles are mono-dispersed and well-spherical, with the average diameter of 4.38 μm and size distribution coefficient of 1.02. Furthermore, the MIMs were packed in a stainless steel column and evaluated as stationary phases in high performance liquid chro- matography (HPLC). The prepared MIP exhibited a considerable capability of chiral separation between template and its enantiomer. Accordingly, this kind of MIP is likely to have wide applications in chemical sensing, chromatographic analysis and solid phase extraction.     

First-principles Study of the Au surfactant on the growth of Zn vacancies in ZnO nanostructures

Influence of Au surfactant on the growth of Zn atom vacancies in ZnO nanostructures has been investigated by using first-principles slab calculations based on density functional theory.The adsorption of Au atoms on the Zn-terminated (0001)polar surface with a (2×2)surface unit cell is studied by using a standard supercell model.It is found that (1)the binding energies of Au atoms on (0001)-Zn increase and the most stable position of the Au atom is invariable; (2)on the (0001)surface,the preferred sites for Zn atom vacancy are on the first layer of Zn atoms; (3)Under the Au surfactant,the Zn atom vacancies become more difficult to form.     

Characteristics and mechanisms of sorption of organic contaminants onto sodium dodecyl sulfate modified Ca-Al layered double hydroxides

A series of calcium aluminum layered double hydroxides (LDHs) modified with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) (Ca/Al-SDS-LDHs) were synthesized by co-precipitation, and characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. The Ca/Al-SDS-LDHs enhanced sorption of nitrobenzene and naphthalene from water compared with inor- ganic LDH (Ca/Al-Cl-LDH). The sorption isotherms for sorption of organic contaminants onto the Ca/Al-SDS-LDHs were linear for the concentration range tested, which implies that the sorption mechanism is mainly by partition. The sorption of naphthalene onto Ca/Al-SDS-LDH was apparently stronger than that of nitrobenzene, but this order reversed after eliminating the hydrophobic effect of these two contaminants. Because naphthalene is non-polar and nitrobenzene is polar, the results indicate that the Ca/AlSDS-LDHs were selective for polar organic contaminants.     

脂肪醇气相色谱保留指数与结构的相关性

根据分子拓扑理论,采用了2个拓扑指数.将这2个拓扑指数用于脂肪醇定量结构-保留关系的研究,发现它们与25种脂肪醇在6种固定相上的气相色谱保留指数存在优良的相关性,表明2个拓扑指数能较好地反映化合物的结构特征.由此得到了新的定量结构-保留关系模型,并建立了6个线性方程,相关系数均高于0.98,在固定相SE-30上的平均相对偏差仅为1.30%.这些方程可用于脂肪醇气相色谱保留指数的预测.     

毛细管色谱在工业分析中的应用(Ⅱ)——用短毛细管柱分离和测定二硝基苯和硝基氯苯的异构体

用OV—225短毛细管柱(9.2m或5.8m)能很好地分离二硝基苯、硝基氯苯的异构体。因而用一支很短的OV—225玻璃毛细管色谱柱可对工业二硝基苯或硝基氯苯中的异构体杂质进行快速分析,结果重复可靠。     

利用新的价连接性指数估算醇类化合物Kováts指数

以连接性指数为结构描述符,用多元回归技术建立了醇类化合物的结构与色谱保留值的相关性模型,各样本总体所建模型的相关系数均在0.98以上,这些模型较好地解释了醇类化合物保留指数的递变规律.为了检验模型的稳定性和预测能力,进行了留一法交互校验,相关系数均在0.98以上.该模型相关系数高,稳定性好,预测能力强.     

几种低粘度固定液熔凝硅石毛细管柱的制备

氯化钠沉积粗糙化方法可以用来对熔凝硅石毛细管注的内壁进行修饰。用这种预处理的空柱可以明显提高对OV-101,OV-17,Superox-20M和OV-225几种常用的低粘度商品固定液的涂渍成功率。对制备好的几种柱子的放置稳定性进行了观察。     

毛细管气相色谱法分析甲苯二异氰酸酯

寻找分析甲苯二异氰酸酯的毛细管气相色谱方法。选择典型的气相色谱固定液如ＳＥ－３０,ＳＥ－５４,ＯＶ－２２５,芳羧酸酯液晶和环糊精生物等涂渍成弹性石英毛细管柱,测定它们对甲苯二异氰酸酯异构体的分离能力。本方法简单、快速、准确率高,适合用于工业分析和环境监测甲苯二异氰酸酯异构体。     

喹唑啉类衍生物定量结构-保留关系的研究

基于分子间的弱相互作用来建立定量结构与色谱保留关系模型 ,计算了 2 7种喹唑啉类衍生物的分子体积V、分子表面积S、偶极矩的平方 μ² 、前线轨道能 (E_homo和E_lumo)、最正原子的净电荷 (Q_max)和最负原子净电荷(Q_min) ,各种参数物理意义明确 ,计算简便 ;用逐步回归方法 ,最后选用S、μ² 和E_lumo三个参数 ,建立了其在非极性柱OV-1和弱极性柱OV-25上的气相色谱定量结构保留模型 ,相关系数分别高达 0.9917和 0.9815。表明该模型可用于对喹唑啉类衍生物的气相色谱保留值的预测。     

手性三唑类化合物的QSRR研究

基于手性碳原子上取代基的次序规则定义了新型手性指数(Xj),将其引入电距矢量(Mf)建立手性电距矢量(c Mf).手性电距矢量与26种手性三唑类化合物在2种纤维素类手性固定相(Chiralcel OD和ChiralcelOJ)上的3类高效液相色谱(HPLC)容量因子(ND,RD,RJ)具有良好的相关性.通过最佳变量子集回归方法,建立了它们二元或三元的QSRR模型.ND,RD和RJ的复相关系数(R2)依次为0.868,0.992和0.925,相应逐一剔除法交叉验证系数(Q2)依次为0.789,0.982和0.863,表明这些模型具有良好的预测能力与稳健性.模型显示分子中-CH3,-CH2-,CH-,-NH-和-O-等基团间的相互作用是影响手性三唑类化合物容量因子的主要因素.     

烷基硫醇类化合物在气相色谱中的QSRR研究

利用分子力学和量子化学方法计算出烷基硫醇类化合物的分子结构描述参数,用多元线性回归法建立化合物在不同极性色谱柱上的QSRR模型。烷基硫醇类化合物在不同极性色谱柱上的气相色谱保留指数与其拓扑指数之间具有较好的线性关系。建立的不同极性色谱柱上的烷基硫醇类化合物的色谱保留QSRR模型预测此类化合物的色谱保留值,具有较好的稳定性和准确性。