Reaction Mechanism and Kinetics for HCCO Radical with NO

The mechanism and dynamical properties for the reaction of HCCO radicals with NO were investigated theoretically. The minimum energy paths(MEP) of the reaction were calculated by using the density functional theory(DFT) at the B3LYP/6-311+G ** level, and the energies along the MEP were further refined at the QCISD(T)/6-311+G ** level. It is found that the reaction mechanism of the title reaction involves three channels, producing HCNO+CO, HONC+CO and HCN+CO 2 products, respectively. Channel 1 is the most favorable path. The rate constant for channel 1 were calculated over a temperature range of 800—2500 K by using the canonical variational transition-state theory(CVT). The rate constant for the main path is negatively dependent on temperature, which is a characteristic of radical reactions with negative activation energy, and the variational effect for the rate constant calculation is small in the whole temperature range.

Synthesis and Characterization of A Small Molecule CFTR Chloride Channel Inhibitor

A thiazolidinone CFTR inhibitor(CFTR_ inh-172 ) was synthesized by a three-step procedure with trifluromethylaniline as the starting material. The synthesized CFTR inhibitor was characterized structurally by means of 1H NMR and functionally in a CFTR-expressing cell line FRT/hCFTR/EYFP-H148Q by both fluorescent and electrophysiological methods. A large amount(100 g) of high-quality small molecule thiazolidinone CFTR chloride channel inhibitor,CFTR_ inh-172 ,can be produced with this simple three-step synthetic procedure. The structure of the final product 2-thioxo-3-(3-trifluromethylphenyl)-5-[4-carboxyphenyl- methylene]-4-thiazolidinone was confirmed by 1H NMR. The overall yield was 58% with a purity over 99% as analyzed by HPLC. The synthesized CFTR_ inh-172 specifically inhibited CFTR chloride channel function in a cell-based fluorescence assay( K _d≈1.5 μmol/L) and in a Ussing chamber-based short-circuit current assay( K _d≈0.2 μmol/L),indicating better quality than that of the commercial combinatorial compound. The synthesized inhibitor is nontoxic to cultured cells at a high concentration and to mouse at a high dose. The synthetic procedure developed here can be used to produce a large amount of the high-quality CFTR_ inh-172 suitable for antidiarrheal studies and for creation of cystic fibrosis models in large animals. The procedure can be used to synthesize radiolabled CFTR_ inh-172 for in vivo pharmacokinetics studies.

Theoretical Studies on Electronic Spectrum Property of 2-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)pyridine Via Time-dependence Density Functional Theory Method

The geometrical structures of 2 (2 hydroxyphenyl) pyridine(PP) and its protonation states were optimized by means of the B3LYP/6 31G(d) method. For all the selected systems, the existence of H bond is in favor of the stability of the systems. On the basis of the optimized geometrical structures, their electronic spectrum properties were studied by time dependent density functional theory(TD DFT) methosd via a hybrid function of B3LYP and 6 31G(d) basis set. The TD DFT calculation result predicts the absorption spectrum of PP at 324 nm(3.82 eV), which is in very good agreement with the experimental value of 322 nm( 3.85 eV ) determined in solvent chloroform. The absorption spectra of the two protonation states both exert a red shift in various pH media.

Dispersion of Polyacenic Semiconductor(PAS) in Polyethylene: Molecular Dynamics Simulation

The dispersing process of polyacenic semiconductor(PAS) in polyethylene(PE) was simulated by using molecular dynamics(MD) methods. The results show that this process can be divided into three stages. In the first stage, PAS particles in the crystal region of PE are expelled to the amorphous region; in the second stage, PAS particles aggregate due to small surface areas and PE chains are adjusted continuously, which makes the crystal region complete; PAS particles are separated from each other and the total energy increases in the third stage. During the whole dispersing process, PAS particles are more stable in the amorphous region than in the crystal region. All the simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental results.