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Analysis of Textbook Contents and Chemistry Teachers' Cognition about Species of Strong Acid in Water (강산 수용액에서의 화학종에 대한 교과서 내용 및 화학 교사의 인식 분석)

  • Go, Hyung-Suk;Kim, Kyung-Eun;Paik, Seoung-Hey
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.56 no.5
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    • pp.628-637
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    • 2012
  • In this research, the textbook contents related to the ionization degree of strong acid in water were analyzed from 1945 year syllabus to chemistry II textbook in 2009 revised curriculum. Fifty chemistry teachers' cognition related to the species of strong acid in water, and the relationship between the degree of ionization was surveyed by a questionnaire and interviews. As results, most of the teachers thought the species of strong acid in water based on the degree of ionization represented on the chemistry II textbooks. They didn't recognize the conflict of the degree of ionization and definition of strong acid on the textbooks, and then they awakened the conflict, they could not solve the problem.

Combinatorial Methylerythritol Phosphate Pathway Engineering and Process Optimization for Increased Menaquinone-7 Synthesis in Bacillus subtilis

  • Chen, Taichi;Xia, Hongzhi;Cui, Shixiu;Lv, Xueqin;Li, Xueliang;Liu, Yanfeng;Li, Jianghua;Du, Guocheng;Liu, Long
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.762-769
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    • 2020
  • Vitamin K2 (menaquinone) is an essential vitamin existing in the daily diet, and menaquinone-7 (MK-7) is an important form of it. In a recent work, we engineered the synthesis modules of MK-7 in Bacillus subtilis, and the strain BS20 could produce 360 mg/l MK-7 in shake flasks, while the methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway, which provides the precursor isopentenyl diphosphate for MK-7 synthesis, was not engineered. In this study, we overexpressed five genes of the MEP pathway in BS20 and finally obtained a strain (BS20DFHG) with MK-7 titer of 415 mg/l in shake flasks. Next, we optimized the fermentation process parameters (initial pH, temperature and aeration) in an 8-unit parallel bioreactor system consisting of 300-ml glass vessels. Based on this, we scaled up the MK-7 production by the strain BS20DFHG in a 50-l bioreactor, and the highest MK-7 titer reached 242 mg/l. Here, we show that the engineered strain BS20DFHG may be used for the industrial production of MK-7 in the future.

Iridium(Ⅲ) Insertion into an Aromatic C-H Bond and Si-H Bond

  • Yang Nam Keun;Chung Dae-Eun;Ko Jaejung;Kang Sang Ook
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.627-631
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    • 1992
  • The dihydrido iridium(Ⅲ) complex [$Ir(PPh_3)_2H_2(ac)_2$]$BF_4$ (ac=acetone) reacts with 2-phenylpyridine and 7,8-benzoquinoline to yield the C-H activated complexes [$Ir(PPh_3)_2$H(ac)(L)]$BF_4$ (L= phenylpyridine; 7,8-benzoquioline). The dihydrido iridium(Ⅲ) complex [$Ir(PPh_3)_2H_2(ac)_2$]$BF_4$ also reacts with triaklysilane via an oxidative addition reaction to yield the trihydrido iridium complexes [$Ir(PPh_3)_2H_3SiR_3$]$BF_4$ (R =Et and Ph). The structual configuration was studied by conventional spectroscopy.

Ginseng-derived type I rhamnogalacturonan polysaccharide binds to galectin-8 and antagonizes its function

  • Yi Zheng;Yunlong Si;Xuejiao Xu;Hongming Gu;Zhen He;Zihan Zhao;Zhangkai Feng;Jiyong Su;Kevin H. Mayo;Yifa Zhou;Guihua Tai
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.48 no.2
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    • pp.202-210
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    • 2024
  • Background: Panax ginseng Meyer polysaccharides exhibit various biological functions, like antagonizing galectin-3-mediated cell adhesion and migration. Galectin-8 (Gal-8), with its linker-joined N- and C-terminal carbohydrate recognition domains (CRDs), is also crucial to these biological processes, and thus plays a role in various pathological disorders. Yet the effect of ginseng-derived polysaccharides in modulating Gal-8 function has remained unclear. Methods: P. ginseng-derived pectin was chromatographically isolated and enzymatically digested to obtain a series of polysaccharides. Biolayer Interferometry (BLI) quantified their binding affinity to Gal-8, and their inhibitory effects on Gal-8 was assessed by hemagglutination, cell migration and T-cell apoptosis. Results: Our ginseng-derived pectin polysaccharides consist mostly of rhamnogalacturonan-I (RG-I) and homogalacturonan (HG). BLI shows that Gal-8 binding rests primarily in RG-I and its β-1,4-galactan side chains, with sub-micromolar KD values. Both N- and C-terminal Gal-8 CRDs bind RG-I, with binding correlated with Gal-8-mediated function. Conclusion: P. ginseng RG-I pectin β-1,4-galactan side chains are crucial to binding Gal-8 and antagonizing its function. This study enhances our understanding of galectin-sugar interactions, information that may be used in the development of pharmaceutical agents targeting Gal-8.

Preparation of Three Different Style Packed Capillary Frits

  • Ryoo, Jae-Jeong;Song, Young-Ae;Lee, Kwang-Pill;Park, Ji-Yeon;Choi, Seong-Ho;Hyun, Myung-Ho;Ohta, Kazutoku;Fujimoto, Chuzo;Jin, Ji-Ye;Takeuchi, Toyohide;Lee, Jung-Whan
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.524-528
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    • 2006
  • Three different style capillary columns, a packed capillary with temporary quartz wool frit, a packed capillary with immobilized frit, and an immobilized packed-capillary, were easily prepared with a commercially available (S)-N-(3,5-dinitro-benzoyl)leucine-N-phenyl-N-alkylamide derived chiral stationary phase. Liquid chromatographic chiral separations of some racemic amino acid derivatives on these columns were performed and the results were compared to each other. The packed capillary with immobilized frit showed some merits in chiral chromatography.

Fabrication of triazine-based Porous Aromatic Framework (PAF) membrane with structural flexibility for gas mixtures separation

  • Wang, Lei;Jia, Jiangtao;Faheem, Muhammad;Tian, Yuyang;Zhu, Guangshan
    • Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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    • v.67
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    • pp.373-379
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    • 2018
  • A transparent, freestanding Porous Aromatic Framework-97 (PAF-97) membrane was successfully synthesized via a one-step acid-catalyzed reaction. Due to the introduction of ether groups, the obtained PAF-97 membrane possesses enhanced structural flexibility, thus increasing the flexibility of the resulting membrane. This is proofed by the fact that the feeding pressure of the membrane reaches as high as 5.5 bar during the separation of gas mixtures. The Young's moduli of the membrane were 6.615 GPa and 11.11 GPa, either in a dry or hydrated state respectively. To be highlighted, under a feeding pressure of 3.6 bar, the PAF-97 membrane rendered the permeance values of $2.90{\times}10^{-7}$, $1.29{\times}10^{-8}mol\;m^{-2}s^{-1}Pa^{-1}$ for $CO_2$ and $CH_4$, respectively, with a $CO_2/CH_4$ permselectivity of 22.48.