[Li(THF)_4][Nd(C_8H_8)_2]·2THF的合成及晶体结构

无水NdCl_3与甲基萘锂以1:2摩尔比在THF中反应分离得到一种黑色产物,该产物与环辛四烯反应,分离得到标题化合物,测定了这一新配合物的晶体结构。该晶体属单斜晶系,空间群P2/c,晶胞参数a=1.7858(7)nm,b=1.3243(4)nm,c=1.8085(6)nm,β=106.52(4)°,V=4.10nm~3,D_c=1.268 g/cm~3,Z=4,F(000)=1660,R=0.0774,R_w=0.0733。配合物分子由不相连的阴阳离子对组成,阴离子是由中心钛离子与二个对称的环辛四烯组成,阳离子是由一个锂离子和四个THF分子配位而成,另有二个THF分子作为填充分子存在于晶胞中。

THE ALGEBRAIC-METHOD ESTIMATING +/-PI/2 TYPE OF PHASES OF STRUCTURE FACTORS

The algebraic formulas of 1.5 and 2.5 rank which can be applied to estimating +/- pi/2 type of phases for P2(1)2(1)2(1) space group were derived using the method of structure factor algebra. Both types of the formulas are satisfactory for two known crystal structures in estimating their +/- pi/2 type of phases.

STRUCTURE OF HEXAMETHYLENETETRATELLURAFULVALENE DIIODIDE

C12H12I2Te4, M(r) = 920.44, monoclinic, P2(1)/n, a = 10.942 (2), b = 14.924 (2), c = 11.415 (2) angstrom, beta = 104.32 (1)-degrees, V = 1806.0 (5) angstrom 3, Z = 4, D(x) = 3.38 g cm-3, lambda(Mo K-alpha) = 0.71069 angstrom, mu = 100.7 cm-1, F(000) = 1592, T = 294 K, R = 0.033 for 1828 observed reflections. One of the Te atoms is bonded to the two I atoms, which are on either side of the molecular plane. The Te-I distances are 2.963 (1) and 2.961 (1) angstrom, which means oxidation at the Te atom instead of at the C = C bonds.

SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF HETEROPOLY MOLYBDOSILICIC LANTHANIDE K10H3[PR(SIMO11O39)2].18H2O

The intensity data of the title complex were collected at a low temperature of -90-degrees-C. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/n, a = 17.504(2), b = 27.323 (5), c = 21.616(4) angstrom, beta = 104.49 (2)degrees, Z = 4. The structure was solved by Patterson and Fourier techniques and refined by least-squares to an R = 0.088 for 8320 independent reflections. The central Pr ion is bonded to eight oxygen atoms from two molybdosilicic heteropoly ligands to form a square antiprism. The Pr-O average distance is 2.44 (2) angstrom. Both molybdosilicic heteropoly ligands are of a defective alpha-Keggin structure.

SYNTHESES OF BIS(TERT-BUTYLCYCLOPENTADIENYL)LANTHANOID CHLORIDE COMPLEXES AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES OF BIS(TERT-BUTYLCYCLOPENTADIENYL)CHLORO(BISTETRAHYDROFURAN)-PRASEODYMIUM AND BIS(TERT-BUTYLCYCLOPENTADIENYL)-CHLOROTETRAHYDROFURANYTTERBIUM

Reaction of lanthanoid trichloride with two equivalents of sodium t-butylcyclopentadienide in tetrahydrofuran affords bis(t-butylcyclopentadienyl)lanthanoid chloride complexes (t-BuCp)2LnCl. nTHF (Ln = Pr, Nd, n = 2; Ln = Gd, Yb, n = 1). The compound (t-BuCp)2PrCl.2THF (1) crystallizes from THF in monoclinic space group P2(1)/c with unit cell dimensions a = 15.080(3), b = 8.855(2), c = 21.196(5) angstrom, beta = 110.34(2)degrees, V = 2653.9 angstrom-3 and D(calcd) = 1.41 g/cm3 for Z = 4. The central metal Pr is coordinated to two t-BuCp ring centroids, one chlorine atom and two THF forming a distorted trigonal bipyramid. The crystal of (t-BuCp)2YbCl.THF (2) belongs to the monoclinic crystal system, space group P2(1)/n with a = 7.726(1), b = 12.554(2), c = 23.200(6) angstrom, beta = 97.77(2)degrees, V = 2229.56 angstrom-3, D(calcd) = 1.50 g/cm3 and Z = 4. The t-BuCp ring centroids, the chlorine atom and the oxygen atom of the THF describe a distorted tetrahedron around the central ion of ytterbium.

铕和铽与3,4-呋喃二甲酸双核配合物的合成、表征及其晶体结构

本文首次合成了铕(Ⅲ)和铽(Ⅲ)与3,4-呋喃二甲酸配合物,研究了它们的IR、DTA、TG、DTG和荧光光谱等性质,并完成了单晶的晶体分析。结果表明,配合物为〔Ln·HL_2(H_2O)_2〕_2·2H_2O(Ln=Eu(Ⅲ),Tb(Ⅲ);H_2L=3,4-呋喃二甲酸),属单斜晶系,P2/c空间群,Z=2,晶胞参数对铕和铽配合物分别为α=10.842(1),10.801(4);b=8.725(2),8.664(2);c=16.366(4),16.308(6)A;β=93.50(1),93.67(3)°;V=1545.3(5),1523.0(8)A~3。

Isolation and mapping of telomeric pentanucleotide (TAACC)(n) repeats of the pacific whiteleg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei, using fluorescence in situ hybridization

To develop genetic and physical maps for shrimp, accurate information on the actual number of chromosomes and a large number of genetic markers is needed. Previous reports have shown two different chromosome numbers for the Pacific whiteleg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei, the most important penaeid shrimp species cultured in the Western hemisphere. Preliminary results obtained by direct sequencing of clones from a Sau3A-digested genomic library of P. vannamei ovary identified a large number of (TAACC/GGTTA)-containing SSRs. The objectives of this study were to (1) examine the frequency of (TAACC)(n) repeats in 662 P. vannamei genomic clones that were directly sequenced, and perform homology searches of these clones, (2) confirm the number of chromosomes in testis of P. vannamei, and (3) localize the TAACC repeats in P. vannamei chromosome spreads using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Results for objective I showed that 395 out of the 662 clones sequenced contained single or multiple SSRs with three or more repeat motifs, 199 of which contained variable tandem repeats of the pentanucleotide (TAACC/GGTTA),, with 3 to 14 copies per sequence. The frequency of (TAACC)n repeats in P. vannamei is 4.68 kb for SSRs with five or more repeat motifs. Sequence comparisons using the BLASTN nonredundant and expressed sequence tag (EST) databases indicated that most of the TAACC-containing clones were similar to either the core pentanucleotide repeat in PVPENTREP locus (GenBank accession no. X82619) or portions of 28S rRNA. Transposable elements (transposase for Tn1000 and reverse transcriptase family members), hypothetical or unnamed protein products, and genes of known function such as 18S and 28S rRNAs, heat shock protein 70, and thrombospondin were identified in non-TAACC-containing clones. For objective 2, the meiotic chromosome number of P. vannamei was confirmed as N = 44. For objective 3, four FISH probes (P1 to P4) containing different numbers of TAACC repeats produced positive signals on telomeres of P. vannamei chromosomes. A few chromosomes had positive signals interstitially. Probe signal strength and chromosome coverage differed in the general order of P1 > P2 > P3 > P4, which correlated with the length of TAACC repeats within the probes: 83, 66, 35, and 30 bp, respectively, suggesting that the TAACC repeats, and not the flanking sequences, produced the TAACC signals at chromosome ends and TAACC is likely the telomere sequence for P. vannamei.

编码四种甲壳动物蜕皮抑制激素的部分cDNA的克隆和序列分析

本文分别提取了中国对虾、中华绒螯蟹、鹰爪虾和蓝对虾的眼柄总RNA。用无DNA污染的眼柄总RNA为模板，根据日本对虾的MIH设计兼并引物P1和P2，进行RT－PCR扩增，在适宜的反应条件下，均分别得到一特异性的产物。以蓝对虾基因组DNA为模板的PCR扩增也能得到一与特异性cDNA片段大小相似的特异性的DNA片段。分别将这些片段亚克隆到载体中进行测序，测得中国对虾特异性cDNA片段由203个碱基组成，中华绒螯蟹、鹰爪虾、蓝对虾的特异性cDNA片段及蓝对虾的特异性DNA片段由215个碱基组成，其中蓝对虾特异性cDNA与由蓝对虾的基因组DNA扩增得到的特异性DNA片段的碱基序列几乎完全相同。利用互联网上的在线工具Fasta3查找这些cDNA推定的氨基酸序列的相似序列，可以发现大量的甲壳动物的CHH家族的神经肽与它们相似。在所有的相似序列中，分别由中国对虾、中华绒螯蟹、鹰爪虾和蓝对虾的特异性cDNA片段推定的氨基酸序列与蜕皮抑制激素（MIH）的相似度最高，这一结果提示分别由中国对虾、中华绒螯蟹、鹰爪虾和蓝对虾的眼柄特异性cDNA片段推定的氨基酸序列可能是这四种甲壳动物的MIH片段。根据核苷酸数据和氨基酸数据，比较这四种甲壳动物的MIH以及已发表的六种MIH之间的相似度，同时分析这十种MIH的系统进化关系，结果是蓝对虾、鹰爪虾和中华绒螯蟹的MIH相似性较高，亲缘关系较近，这与物种的系统演化不相符。

海洋红藻多管藻和松节藻的化学成分及抗氧化活性研究

海洋生物具有产生丰富多样的次生代谢产物的能力，其中红藻门松节藻科海藻卤代次生代谢产物以其结构新颖、生物活性独特引起了天然产物化学家的重视。 本论文对海洋红藻多管藻和松节藻进行了化学成分研究，综合利用各种色谱学方法 (硅胶柱层析、反相硅胶柱层析、凝胶Sephadex LH-20柱层析、半制备高效液相色谱以及重结晶等) 和现代波谱学技术 (IR、UV、EI-MS、FAB-MS、HR-ESI-MS、CD、1H-NMR、13C-NMR、DEPT、1H-1H COSY、HSQC、HMBC等)，共分离鉴定了100个化合物，发现25个新化合物。 从多管藻中分离鉴定38个化合物 (24个溴酚化合物)，其中7个新化合物 (均为溴酚化合物)，包括1个菲并呋喃结构溴酚 (P1), 2个二氢菲结构溴酚 (P2, P3)，1个含 5,7-dihydrodibenzo[c,e]oxepine 结构溴酚 (P4)和3个简单溴酚 (P5, P6, P7)。P1 (urceolatin) 属首例报道的具有菲并呋喃结构的天然产物，从该种中分离的化合物P12 和 P13 可能是其生源合成的前体。P2和P3为第二例报道的具有二氢菲结构的溴酚化合物。 从松节藻中分离并鉴定了62 个化合物，其中18 个为溴酚类新化合物，44 个为已知化合物。化合物具有多变的取代基团，包括2 个脲基吡咯烷酮溴酚化合物 (R1, R2), 4 个γ-脲基丁酸溴酚化合物 (R3-R6)，5 个酰胺溴酚化合物 (R7, R8, R9, R13, R14)，1 个溴酚砜化合物 (R12), 1 个Xanthene 溴酚化合物 (R10)和5 个简单溴酚化合物 (R11, R15, R16, R17, R18)。R1、R2 是首例报道的含有脲基吡咯烷酮片段的天然产物，R10 为首次报道的溴代Xanthene 类天然产物。 对分离到的化合物进行了清除DPPH 和ABTS两种自由基活性的筛选。结果发现溴酚类天然产物具有显著的DPPH自由基清除活性，其中R3 的IC50 仅为3.3 μM, 其活性强度约为阳性对照BHT (IC50 为82.1 μM) 的24倍。另外，溴酚类天然产物对ABTS自由基有较强的清除活性，R2 的TEAC（Trolox efficency activity capacity）值为5.2 mM，约为阳性对照 (ascorbic acid, 1.02 mM) 的 5 倍。初步的构效关系研究发现，稠环分子、多羟基和邻位甲氧基等结构特点能有效增强DPPH 自由基清除活性；特殊取代基如脲基、吡咯烷酮等含有氮原子的基团，能有效增强ABTS 自由基清除活性，多羟基、溴代等结构特点也使其活性有所增强。 本研究结果丰富了海藻卤代化合物的结构类型，为多管藻和松节藻的合理利用提供了一定的科学依据。

不同分子量坛紫菜多糖的制备及其抗衰老活性研究

坛紫菜（Porphyra haitanensis），属红藻门（Rhodophyta），红毛菜科（Bangiacease）紫菜属（Porphyra），是我国大规模养殖的重要经济海藻之一，主要产于我国南方沿海如福建、广东、浙江等地。紫菜作为中药，具有“补肾养心，利水消肿”的功效，实验室前期所作的工作表明，坛紫菜多糖具有良好的抗衰老作用。分子量对多糖生物活性有重大影响，本文以福建沿海的坛紫菜为原料，对坛紫菜多糖（P）的降解方法和该紫菜多糖的抗衰老活性与分子量的关系展开了研究。 本论文首次将植物生长发育过程中发生的抗坏血酸和过氧化氢反应体系应用于坛紫菜多糖的降解。抗坏血酸和过氧化氢的浓度及两者的比例是该降解方法的主要影响因素。采用该法制备了分子量分别为50、30、13、8.2和2.7 kD 的P1、P2、 P3、P4和P5五种产品。其中P1、P2和P3产品的红外图谱与原料多糖的红外图谱一致，表明这两种多糖的化学结构在降解过程中并未发生改变，而P4和P5样品的红外图谱显示该样品中出现了少量的羧基。 本论文还首次对各产物进行了抗氧化、免疫调节、抗疲劳、延长寿命、抗老年痴呆等活性的筛选与研究，具体结果如下： 采用化学法对五种降解多糖和原料多糖的抗氧化活性进行研究。结果表明分子量对坛紫菜多糖清除各种自由基能力的影响是不同的。降解之后，坛紫菜多糖清除超氧阴离子的能力有所下降，与金属离子的螯合能力几乎全部丧失，但是多糖清除羟基自由基的能力变化甚微。降解之后，坛紫菜多糖清除有机自由基的能力和还原能力显著提高，随分子量的降低这两种能力明显加强，其中P4样品清除有机自由基能力最强，而分子量最小的P5样品还原能力最突出。 通过测定T、B淋巴细胞增殖率考察了五种降解多糖和原料多糖的免疫调节作用。研究表明：不同分子量坛紫菜多糖均具有免疫调节作用，可显著促进小鼠脾脏T淋巴细胞增殖，显著抑制小鼠脾脏B淋巴细胞增殖。P2和P4样品效果强于其它降解产品和原料。 通过测定小鼠游泳和爬杆时间考察了三种降解多糖P1、P2、P4和原料多糖的耐疲劳作用。研究表明：坛紫菜多糖降解产品耐疲劳作用要优于原料多糖P。P1、P2和P4通过提高小鼠肝糖原储备从而达到显著延长小鼠爬杆时间和负重游泳时间的功效。 通过测定D. melanogaster果蝇寿命、热耐受时间和性活力考察了三种降解多糖P1、P2、P4和原料多糖对寿命及生命活力的影响。研究表明：分子量对坛紫菜多糖对果蝇的寿命和生命活力有很大影响。降解使坛紫菜原料多糖P对果蝇的延长寿命和提高生命活力作用得到加强。在果蝇正常代谢状态下，降解产品中分子量较大的P1和P2作用更显著，而在热应激状态下，降解产品中分子量较小的P4作用更突出。 采用小鼠侧脑室注射Aβ1-40致痴呆模型考察了样品P1改善认知功能的作用。研究表明：P1通过降低皮层和海马组织乙酰胆碱酯酶活性，显著提高乙酰胆碱转移酶的活性，有效改善痴呆小鼠的认知能力，使之水迷宫游泳时间缩短，使避暗潜伏期延长。 为探讨P1样品改善小鼠认知功能的作用机制，本文采用Aβ25-35损伤神经母细胞瘤株SH-SY5Y模型对P1样品的神经细胞的保护作用进行了研究。结果显示低浓度下P1对该损伤模型具有显著保护作用，高浓度下表现出显著的抑制作用。 本文的研究表明坛紫菜多糖在降解之后生物活性得到显著改善。分子量对坛紫菜多糖活性影响很大。总的看来，在体外实验中，分子量越低其体外抗氧化活性和免疫调节作用越显著，但是，在体内实验中，降解产品中分子量最大的P1样品能更有效地改善小鼠疲劳程度、延长果蝇的寿命及热耐受时间，P1样品还能显著改善痴呆小鼠记忆功能。不同分子量坛紫菜多糖体内和体外生物活性的这种差异还需要进行深入研究。

牙鲆免疫系统和抗病力的研究

本文主要以一龄牙鲆为研究对象，研究了牙鲆免疫系统的组成，以初步探讨牙鲆的抗病机制，并为牙鲆生理状况的诊断建立快捷的方法；研究了牙鲆主要消化酶的活性，为牙鲆的营养强化进行基础性的研究；研究了含有大麻哈鱼生长激素基因的重组酵母菌对牙鲆的生长和非特异性免疫能力的影响；同时对牙鲆热激蛋白hsp70的cDNA进行了合成和扩增。本论文共包括四个部分，由十个实验组成，每个实验的研究内容介绍如下：实验1 利用姬姆萨染色技术观察了牙鲆血细胞的显微结构。结果表明，牙鲆的血细胞由红细胞和白细胞组成，两类细胞的显微结构具有明显的差异；红细胞有细胞核，在血细胞的组成中占较高比例；不同种类的白细胞其结构不同，实验中发现了血栓细胞、淋巴细胞、单核细胞；但是只凭借光学显微形态的差异难以对白细胞进行更确切的分类。实验2 利用透射电镜技术对牙鲆外周血细胞的超显微结构进行了观察。牙鲆的血细胞可以分为红细胞和白细胞；白细胞包括淋巴细胞、血栓细胞、单核细胞、粒细胞；粒细胞包含两种类型；实验中还发现了类似巨噬细胞的一类细胞，但未发现浆细胞的存在。实验3 利用区带毛细管电泳技术对牙鲆血清蛋白的组成进行了分析。实验条件下，牙鲆的血清蛋白主要包含三种类型，即P2.59, P1.60, P0.77。三种蛋白的分子量和稳定性各不相同，初步判断这三种蛋白主要为白蛋白、α球蛋白和β球蛋白。实验4和实验5 对溶菌酶和抗蛋白酶物质在假雄牙鲆体内的分布以及不同在组织和器官中的比活性进行了研究。溶菌酶广泛分布于牙鲆的体表粘液、鳃、血清、消化组织和脾、肾等组织中；抗蛋白酶物质广泛分布于体表粘液、鳃、血清、肌肉中。在不同的组织和器官中，这种酶的比活性不完全相同。体表粘液、血清、肝脏、前肠、肾、鳃中溶菌酶的比活性较高；胃、中肠、后肠、脾中溶菌酶的比活性较低；胆汁中溶菌酶的比活性最低。血清和体表粘液中抗蛋白酶物质的比活性较高，鳃和肌肉中抗蛋白酶物质的比活性较低。由实验结果可知，鳃和消化道在牙鲆抵抗病原微生物侵袭的过程中发挥着重要的作用。实验6 对碱性磷酸酶在牙鲆体内不同消化器官中的分布进行了研究。碱性磷酸酶在牙鲆的胃、肝脏、肠中广泛分布。在前肠和中肠部位酶的比活性较其它部位的高。胃中碱性磷酸酶的比活性随季节的不同没有显著变化，而肠和肝脏中酶的比活性随季节的不同具有较显著的变化。实验 7 对牙鲆体内消化酶的比活性进行了研究。在牙鲆的胃、前肠、中肠、后肠中可以检测出蛋白酶、脂肪酶、酶、纤维素酶的活性。胃中的蛋白酶主要为酸性蛋白酶，肠中的蛋白酶主要为碱性蛋白酶。肠中蛋白酶的比活性由前肠向后肠递减，前肠与中肠酶的比活性没有显著差异；牙鲆肠中脂肪酶的比活性较胃中的高，在肠的不同部位脂肪酶的比活性无显著差异；牙鲆前肠中酶的比活性最高，胃中的次之，中肠、后肠中淀粉酶的比活性较低；牙鲆的胃及肠道不同部位处的纤维素酶的比活性没有显著差异。随着牙鲆的生长，蛋白酶、脂肪酶、纤维素酶的比活性增强，酶的比活性减弱；其中胃和中肠内纤维素酶的比活性增强得较显著。实验8和实验9 研究了重组酵母菌对牙鲆的生长、血清中某些激素的含量、血清蛋白的含量，以及血清中溶菌酶和抗蛋白酶物质的比活性等生理指标的影响。通过投喂重组酵母菌，可以提高牙鲆血清中生长激素的含量，影响牙鲆血清中甲状腺激素和三碘甲状腺原氨酸的含量，促进牙鲆的生长，同时能够增加牙血清蛋白的含量，增强牙鲆血清中溶菌酶和抗蛋白酶物质的比活性。牙鲆体内生长激素含量的增加以及酵母菌细胞壁中的多糖成分都能够增强牙鲆的非特异性免疫能力。实验 10 对牙鲆肝脏中热激蛋白hsp70的cDNA序列进行了合成和PCR扩增。在实验条件下能够合成750bp左右的核酸序列，为进一步利用热激蛋白hsp70作为生理指标来诊断牙鲆的生理状态，以及研究热激蛋白在牙鲆抵抗外界胁迫中所发挥的作用提供了基础。

Flocculation and removal of the brown tide organism, Aureococcus anophagefferens (Chrysophyceae), using clays

Previous attempts to remove the brown tide organism, Aureococcus anophagefferens, through flocculation with clays have been unsuccessful, in spite of adopting concentrations and dispersal protocols that yielded excellent cell removal efficiency (RE>90%) with other species, so a study was planned to improve cell removal. Four modifications in clay preparation and dispersal were explored: 1) varying the salinity of the clay suspension; 2) mixing of the clay-cell suspension after clay addition; 3) varying of concentration of the initial clay stock; 4) pulsed loading of the clay slurry. The effect of salinity was dependent on the clay mineral type: phosphatic clay (IMC-P2) had a higher RE than kaolinite (H-DP) when seawater was used to disperse the clay, but H-DP removed cells more efficiently when suspended in distilled water prior to application. Mixing after dispersal approximately doubled RE for both clays compared to when the slurry was layered over the culture surface. Lowering the concentration of clay stock and pulsing the clay loading increased RE, regardless of mineral type. However, this increase was more apparent for clays dispersed in seawater than in distilled water. In general, application procedures that decrease the rate of self-aggregation among the clay particles and increase the collision frequency between clay particles and A. anophagefferens achieve higher cell removal efficiency. These empirical studies demonstrated that clays might be an important control option for the brown tide organism, given the proper attention to preparation, dispersal methods, environmental impacts, and the hydrodynamic properties of the system being treated. Implications for the treatment of brown tides in the field are discussed.

Crystal structure of (5R,10R)-2,7-dibromo-3,8-dihydroxy-5,10-dimethoxy-5,10-dihydrochromeno[5,4,3-cde]chromene sesquihydrate, C16H12Br2O6 center dot 1.5H(2)O

C16H15Br2O7.5, orthorhombic, P2(1)2(1)2 (no. 18), a = 18.483(2) angstrom, b = 9.413(1) angstrom, c = 10.072(1) angstrom, V = 1752.3 angstrom(3), Z = 4, R-gt(F) = 0.083, wR(ref)(F-2) = 0.202, T= 293 K.

Extension of life span and improvement of vitality of Drosophila melanogaster by long-term supplementation with different molecular weight polysaccharides from Porphyra haitanensis

Polysaccharides isolated from Porphyra (porphyran) have been known to have diverse biological activities, including immunomodulatory and antioxidant activities. The molecular weight-antiaging activity relationship of degraded porphyrans was examined in this study. Natural porphyran was extracted from P. haitanensis, and then was degraded into different molecular weight fractions, P1 molecular weight 49 kDa, P2 molecular weight 30 kDa, P3 molecular weight 8.2 kDa, by free radical. The influence on life span and vitality of porphyrans were carried out on Drosophila melanogaster. We found that all the degraded porphyrans and natural porphyran (P), added daily to the diet, can significantly increase the life span of D. melanogaster, except for P3. Among them, P1 exhibited the most prolonging life span activity. Furthermore, vitality of middle-aged flies (assessed by measuring their mating capacity) receiving porphyrans was increased considerably in comparison with the controls. Finally, in the heat-stress test, we observed a remarkable increase in survival time, especially in P3-diet groups. These results suggest that porphyrans may be effective in reducing the rate of the aging process and molecular weight has important influence on the effects. It seems that P1 and P2, possessed higher molecular weight, may be more useful in normal metabolic condition and P3, possessed the lowest molecular weight, may be more beneficial for D. melanogaster in stress condition. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Synthesis and. crystal structure of N '-(4-fluorobenzylidene)-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-yl) acetohydrazide

N'-(4-fluorobenzylidene)-2-(1H-1 2,4-triazole-1-yl) acetohydrazide was synthesized by the reaction of 4-fluorobenzaldehyde with 2-(1H-1 2,4-triazole-1-yl) acetohydrazide. The structure was confirmed via elemental analysis, MS, H-1 NMR, IR, and X-ray diffraction. It crystallized in a monoclinic system with space group P2 (1) a = 0.4905 (1) nm, b = 0.8160 (2) nm, c = 1.4105 (3) nm, beta = 93.33 (3)degrees, Z = 2, V = 0.5636 (2) nm(3), D-c = 1.457 Mg/m(3), mu = 0.112 mm(-1), F(000) = 256, and final R-1 = 0.0685. Several intermolecular hydrogen-bond interactions existed in the crystal structure, facilitating the stabilization of the compound.