Crystal growth and TG-DTA properties of K(2)Ln(NO3)(5).2H(2)O (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm)

Single crystals of KLnN(Ln=La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm) can be grown in water solution with pH approximate to 1 similar to 2 at about 40 degrees C. Crystals of KLnN (Ln=La, Ce, Pr, Nd) are orthorhombic with space group Fdd2. KPrN crystal was grwon and its crystal structure was determined for the first time. The KPrN crystal parameters obtained by the direct method are as follows: a=21.411(3) Angstrom, b=11.2210(10)Angstrom, c=12.208(2) Angstrom, Z=6, R=0.0240. The TG-DTA curves of KLnN(Ln=La,Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm) demonstrate that the processes of dehydration, melt, irreversible phase transition and decomposition of NO3- take place in sequence with the temperature increasing(except KCN). There are three steps in the decomposition of NO3- in KLnN(Ln=La, Nd, Sm) while two steps in KLnN (Ln=Ce, Pr). K(2)Ln(NO3)(5). 2H(2)O are formed at about 225 degrees C by the reaction of the starting materials of KNO3 and Ln(NO3)(3). nH(2)O.

稀土对3’,5’-环腺嘌呤单核苷酸与3’,5’-环鸟嘌呤单核苷酸的快速断裂作用

在温和条件下能快速切断核酸的人工酶有许多重要的潜在应用价值,如作为模拟的限制性内切酶并发展到新的抗癌药物,因此,长期以来人们致力于研究具有高效率及高选择性的人工酶.关于稀土对核酸断裂作用的研究尚不多,而稀土对环核苷酸的催化水解作用只有Sumaoka等曾报道Ce~(3+)对3’,5’-环腺嘌呤单核苷酸(cAMP)有快速的水解作用,稀土对不同环核苷酸的催化水解作用尚未见报道.3’,5’-环腺嘌呤单核苷酸与3’,5’-环鸟嘌呤单核苷酸(cGMP)具有调节细胞应答及细胞间信息传递的作用,且细胞内不同环核苷酸的变化与某些心血管疾病的发病机理有关.本文用高压液相色谱(HPLC)和核磁共振(NMR)研究了稀土对cAMP与cGMP的断裂作用,并深入探索了其机理,这对于寻找高效率及高选择性的核酸催化体系,阐明稀土在生物体内的作用具有重要的意义.

(η~5-C_9H_7)_2Yb(THF)_2的晶体结构

双(茚基)镱(Ⅱ)四氢呋喃配合物(η~5-C_9H_7)_2Yb(THF)_2的晶体属单斜晶系,C_c空间群,晶体学参数a=13.506(4),b=11.081(2),c=15.577(5),β=92.68(3)°,V=2329(1),D_c=1.56g/cm~3,Z=4,μ=42.4cm~(-1),F(000)=1088,最终编离因子R=0.029,R_w=0.031。中心离子Yb~(2+)与两个茚基以η~5形式成键且与两个四氢呋喃中的氧成键,茚基的两个质心和四氢呋喃中的两个氧形成扭曲的四面体,Yb~(2+)在四面体的中心。Yb~(2+)的配位数为8。Yb~(2+)到质心In1的距离为2.52,到质心In2的距离为2.40。Yb~(2+)到O(1)的键长为2.356(7),到O(2)的键长为2.417(5)。

STUDIES ON ORGANOLANTHANIDE COMPLEXES .40. SYNTHESIS AND X-RAY STRUCTURE OF BIS (2-METHOXYETHYLCYCLOPENTADIENYL) YTTRIUM AND YTTERBIUM TETRAHYDROBORATES

New bis (2-methoxyethylcyclopentadienyl) yttrium and ytterbium tetrahydroborates (Ln = Y, 1; Yb, 2) have been synthesized in good yield by the reaction of bis (2-methoxyethylcyclopentadienyl) lanthanide chlorides (Ln = Y, Yb) with sodium borohydride in THF at room temperature. The title complexes were characterized by elemental analyses, MS, H-1 NMR and IR spectra. The crystal structures of 1 and 2 have been determined by X-ray diffraction. 1 crystallizes from THF-n-Hexane in space group Pna2(1) with unit cell parametert: a = 1.2390(3), b = 1.1339(2), c = 1.1919 (2) nm and V = 1.6745(6) nm3 with z = 4 for D(c) = 1.39 g.cm-3.The structure was solved by direct method and refined to final R = 0.061 (for 1730 observed reflections). The Space group of 2 is Pna2(1) with unit cell parameters: a = 1.2399(6), b = 1.1371(5), c = 1.1897(2) nm and V = 1.6773(1) nm3 with z = 4 for D(c) = 1.72 g.cm-3, R = 0.038 (for 2157 observed reflections). The X ray structures and IR reveal the bidentate yttrium and ytterbium tetrahydroborate complexes with the intramolecular coordination bonds between lanthanide metal and ligand oxygen atoms.

固熔体60%NaAlSi_2O_6-40%CaMgSi_2O_6在高温高压下的相图的研究

在1.0～5.0GPa、700～1750℃条件范围内,对固熔体0.6NaAlSi_2O_6-0.4CaMgSi_2O_6进行了研究,探讨了该固熔体在高温高压下的存在行为,研究了由非晶态玻璃向翡翠转化过程中γT作用的相图,得到的透辉石翡翠的晶胞参数为α=0.9439nm,b=0.8573nm,c=0.5233nm,β=107.28°和V=0.41702nm~3。本实验中合成的宝石级翡翠为色泽温润,具有玻璃光泽,半透明的极富观赏性的透辉石翡翠。

杂多酸盐K_4H(SiMo_(11)VO_(40))·14H_2O的合成及晶体结构

杂多酸是种类多,应用广的重要的无机化合物。其中有一类是12-系列化合物Z,(XM_(12-n)M_n′O_(40))·mH_2O,中心离子X可以是过渡元素或非过渡元素;M常是Mo、W;M′为V_(5+)、Mn_(2+)、CO_(2+)等;n=0,1,2…;Z为H~+或一价阳离子;y=1,2,…。它们同其相应氧化型化合物比较具有引人注目的特性,但迄今尚未见到还原型化合物晶体结构文章,只是

杂多酸盐K_4H[SiMO_(11)VO_(40)]·18H_2O 1和K_4H_2[PMo_9V_3O_(40)]·18H_2O 2的晶体结构

杂多酸是种类多,应用广的重要的无机化合物。其中有一类是12-系列化合物Z,(XM_(12-n)M_n′O_(40))·mH_2O,中心离子X可以是过渡元素或非过渡元素;M常是Mo、W;M′为V_(5+)、Mn_(2+)、CO_(2+)等;n=0,1,2…;Z为H~+或一价阳离子;y=1,2,…。它们同其相应氧化型化合物比较具有引人注目的特性,但迄今尚未见到还原型化合物晶体结构文章,只是

5-[(1H-1,2,4-yriazol-1-yl)methyl]-4-(4-fluorobenzylideneamino)-2H-1,2,4-triazole-3(4H)-thione

In the title compound, C12H10FN7S, the dihedral angles made by the plane of the thione-substituted triazole ring with the planes of the other triazole ring and the benzene ring are 71.94 (3) and 40.10 (2)degrees, respectively. Inter- and intramolecular hydrogen-bond and pi-pi stacking interactions stabilize the structure.

5-13岁儿童对惯性运动的认知发展

Research on naïve physics investigates children’s intuitive understanding of physical objects, phenomena and processes. Children, and also many adults, were found to have a misconception of inertia, called impetus theory. In order to investigate the development of this naïve concept and the mechanism underlying it, four age groups (5-year-olds, 2nd graders, 5th graders, and 8th graders) were included in this research. Modified experimental tasks were used to explore the effects of daily experience, perceptual cues and general information-processing ability on children’s understanding of inertia. The results of this research are: 1) Five- to thirteen-year-olds’ understanding of inertia problems which were constituted by two ogjects moving at the same spped undergoes an L-shaped developmental trend; Children’s performance became worse as they got older, and their performance in the experiment did not necessarily ascend with the improvement of their cognitive abilities. 2) The L-shaped developmental curve suggests that children in different ages used different strategies to solve inertia problems: Five- to eight-year-olds only used heuristic strategy, while eleven- to thirteen-year-olds solved problems by analyzing the details of inertia motion. 3) The different performance between familiar and unfamiliar problems showed that older children were not able to spontaneously transfer their knowledge and experience from daily action and observation of inertia to unfamiliar, abstract inertia problems. 4) Five- to eight-year-olds showed straight and fragmented pattern, while more eleven- to thirteen-year-olds showed standard impetus theory and revised impetus theory pattern, which showed that younger children were influenced by perceptual cues and their understanding of inertia was fragmented, while older children had coherent impetus theory. 5) When the perceptual cues were controlled, even 40 percent 5 years olds showed the information-processing ability to analyze the distance, speed and time of two objects traveling in two different directions at the same time, demonstrating that they have achieved a necessary level to theorize their naïve concept of inertia.

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Characterisation of the role of canonical BMP-Smad 1/5/8 signalling in the development of ventral midbrain dopaminergic neurons

Ventral midbrain (VM) dopaminergic (DA) neurons, which project to the dorsal striatum via the nigrostriatal pathway, are progressively degenerated in Parkinson’s disease (PD). The identification of the instructive factors that regulate midbrain DA neuron development, and the subsequent elucidation of the molecular bases of their effects, is vital. Such an understanding would facilitate the generation of transplantable DA neurons from stem cells and the identification of developmentally-relevant neurotrophic factors, the two most promising therapeutic approaches for PD. Two related members of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) family, BMP2 and growth/differentiation factor (GDF) 5, which signal via a canonical Smad 1/5/8 signalling pathway, have been shown to have neurotrophic effects on midbrain DA neurons both in vitro and in vivo, and may function to regulate VM DA neuronal development. However, the molecular (signalling pathway(s)) and cellular (direct neuronal or indirect via glial cells) mechanisms of their effects remain to be elucidated. The present thesis hypothesised that canonical Smad signalling mediates the direct effects of BMP2 and GDF5 on the development of VM DA neurons. By activating, modulating and/or inhibiting various components of the BMP-Smad signalling pathway, this research demonstrated that GDF5- and BMP2-induced neurite outgrowth from midbrain DA neurons is dependent on BMP type I receptor activation of the Smad signalling pathway. The role of glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF)-signalling, dynamin-dependent endocytosis and Smad interacting protein-1 (Sip1) regulation, in the neurotrophic effects of BMP2 and GDF5 were determined. Finally, the in vitro development of VM neural stem cells (NSCs) was characterised, and the ability of GDF5 and BMP2 to induce these VM NSCs towards DA neuronal differentiation was investigated. Taken together, these experiments identify GDF5 and BMP2 as novel regulators of midbrain DA neuronal induction and differentiation, and demonstrate that their effects on DA neurons are mediated by canonical BMPR-Smad signalling.

UNC-6 (netrin) stabilizes oscillatory clustering of the UNC-40 (DCC) receptor to orient polarity.

The receptor deleted in colorectal cancer (DCC) directs dynamic polarizing activities in animals toward its extracellular ligand netrin. How DCC polarizes toward netrin is poorly understood. By performing live-cell imaging of the DCC orthologue UNC-40 during anchor cell invasion in Caenorhabditis elegans, we have found that UNC-40 clusters, recruits F-actin effectors, and generates F-actin in the absence of UNC-6 (netrin). Time-lapse analyses revealed that UNC-40 clusters assemble, disassemble, and reform at periodic intervals in different regions of the cell membrane. This oscillatory behavior indicates that UNC-40 clusters through a mechanism involving interlinked positive (formation) and negative (disassembly) feedback. We show that endogenous UNC-6 and ectopically provided UNC-6 orient and stabilize UNC-40 clustering. Furthermore, the UNC-40-binding protein MADD-2 (a TRIM family protein) promotes ligand-independent clustering and robust UNC-40 polarization toward UNC-6. Together, our data suggest that UNC-6 (netrin) directs polarized responses by stabilizing UNC-40 clustering. We propose that ligand-independent UNC-40 clustering provides a robust and adaptable mechanism to polarize toward netrin.