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Investigation of the electrode reaction of cytochrome c and pyrroliquinoline quinone at self-assembled monolayers of amino acid

  • Kim Imsook;Kwak Juhyoun
    • Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.27-30
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    • 1999
  • Self-Assembled monolayers of carboxyl-terminated alkanethiols, which is negatively charged in pH 7.0, were usually used to facilitate the electron transfer between the positively charged protein and the electrode. In case of L-cysteine, as it has both positive and negative group, it can be a candidate for a new modifier to facilitate positively charged protein or negatively charged protein. Our investigation of L-cysteine shows that the electron transfer occurs successfully to both cytochrome c (cyt. c) and pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ). By using 1-ethyl-3-(3-dime-thlyaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC), we made a covalent bond between cyt. c and monolayer. Then PQQ was electrostatically adsorbed to the same monolayer. Cyclic voltammograms show that both molecules do not interfere each other and electron transfer is appreciable.

Single Electron Transfer Induced Photoaddition Reactions of Silyl Enol Ether to N-Methylphthalimide

  • Oh, Sun-Wha;Kim, Jin-Young;Cho, Dae-Won;Choi, Jung-Hei;Yoon, Ung-Chan
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.629-634
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    • 2007
  • Photochemical reactions of N-methylphthalimide with silyl enol ethers have been explored. Irradiations of phthalimide (1) and cyclic silyl enol ethers (5a-b) are observed to promote formation of photoreduced phthalimides and photoaddition products by sequential SET-desilylation pathways. The photoreaction of phthalimide (1) and acyclic silyl enol ethers (5c-d) leads to produce oxetanes which arise by competitive single electron transfer (SET) and classical 2+2 photocycloaddition (Parteno-Buchi reaction) pathways.

Single Electron Transfer (SET) Pathway: Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction of 4-Chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan with Anilines in MeOH-MeCN Mixtures

  • Choi, Ho-June;Yang, Ki-Yull;Lee, Sang-Gyeong;Lee, Jong-Pal;Koo, In-Sun
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.31 no.10
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    • pp.2801-2805
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    • 2010
  • A nucleophilic substitution reaction of 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan (NBF-Cl) with anilines in MeOH-MeCN mixtures was conducted at 25, 35, and $45^{\circ}C$. Based on the higher $\beta_{nuc}$ values (1.0 - 1.6) of the reaction and a good correlation of the rate constants with the reduction potentials of the aniline nucleophiles, the present reaction was initiated by a single electron transfer (SET). After this step, the reaction proceeds through a transition state similar to the normal $S_NAr$-Ad.E pathway.

Femtosecond Photoelectron Imaging of N2 at 410 nm

  • Guo, Wei;Wei, Shanshan;Lu, Xingqiang;Wang, Li
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.31 no.12
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    • pp.3693-3696
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    • 2010
  • We experimentally measure the kinetic energy and angular distributions of photoelectrons of $N_2$ as a function of 410 nm femtosecond laser intensity by using velocity map imaging technique. The strong-field multiphoton ionization of molecules shares many of the characteristics with those of atoms. Electron kinetic energies are nearly independent of laser intensities. The independence suggests that the electron peaks in the photoelectron spectrum actually result from a two-step process, indicative of the occurrence of real population in the intermediate states. The relative amplitudes of electron peaks indicate that in the two-step process, nonresonant population transfer dominates for low intensities, while resonant population transfer dominates for higher intensities.

Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions of Aryl Benzyl Sulfides Promoted by 2,4,6-Triphenylpyrilium Tetrafluoroborate (TP+BF4-)

  • Memarian, Hamid Reza;Ira, Mohammadpoor Baltork;Bahrami, Kiumars
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.106-110
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    • 2006
  • Photocatalytic electron transfer reactions of aryl benzyl sulfides using 2,4,6 triphenylpyrilium tetrafluoroborate ($TP^+BF_4^-$) resulted in the oxidation of these sulfides to the corresponding sulfoxides and also in most cases in the C-S bond cleavage of them along with formation of aromatic aldehydes. In these reactions, the formation of sulfide radical cation has been proposed, which undergoes either oxidation to the corresponding sulfoxide or C-S bond cleavage to the formation of aromatic aldehydes. The further oxidation of sulfoxides to sulfones has not been observed. The influence of substrate structures on the reaction pathways as well as the role of $O_2$ in this respect is discussed.

Transmission Electron Microscopy Specimen Preparation for Layer-area Graphene by a Direct Transfer Method

  • Cho, Youngji;Yang, Jun-Mo;Lam, Do Van;Lee, Seung-Mo;Kim, Jae-Hyun;Han, Kwan-Young;Chang, Jiho
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.133-137
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    • 2014
  • We suggest a facile transmission electron microscopy (TEM) specimen preparation method for the direct (polymer-free) transfer of layer-area graphene from Cu substrates to a TEM grid. The standard (polymer-based) method and direct transfer method were by TEM, high-resolution TEM, and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The folds and crystalline particles were formed in a graphene specimen by the standard method, while the graphene specimen by the direct method with a new etchant solution exhibited clean and full coverage of the graphene surface, which reduced several wet chemical steps and accompanying mechanical stresses and avoided formation of the oxide metal.

Methyl Linoleate Oxidation via Electron Transfer in Competition with $^1O_2$ Formation Photosensitized N-Acetyl-L-Tryptophan 3-Methyl Indole

  • Yoon, Min-Joong;Song, Moon-Young;Cho, Dae-Won
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.291-295
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    • 1985
  • The efficiency of photosensitization of methyl linoleate (ML) oxidation by N-acetyl-L-trypophan(NAT) and 3-methyl indole(scatole) was markedly enhanced by increased concentration of ML in ethanol solution. The fluorescence intensities of sensitizers were observed to be quenched by ML, indicating that ML interacts with the indole excited singlet state. The inhibition of photosensitization by azide demonstrated a possible role of singlet oxygen in the photosensitization. The steady state kinetic treatment of azide inhibition of photosensitization was expected to show linear increase of reciprocal yield of ML oxidation product vs. reciprocal ML concentration at constant azide concentration, but the actual slope was nonlinear. This indicates another competing reaction involved in the photosensitization, As a possible competing reaction, electron transfer from ML to the excited sensitizer was proposed, since the measured fluorescence quenching rate constant closely resembled electron transfer rate constant determined from ML concentration dependence of oxidation product formation.

Photoinduced Charge-Transfer Association of Tetracyanoquinodimethane with Aminobiphenyls

  • Kim, Yong-Hee;Jung, Sang-Don;Chung, Myung-Ae;Song, Ki-Dong;Cho, Dae-Won
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.948-952
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    • 2008
  • The molecular association of acceptors with electron donors is studied in the highly-polar solvent $CH_3CN$. Tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) forms a stable charge-transfer complex with donor molecules such as 4- aminobiphenyl (4-AB), benzidine (BD) and 2-aminobiphenyl (2-AB) with high association constants. The complexes of TCNQ with 4-AB or BD show new absorption bands at around 800 and 500 nm, which can be identified as reduced $TCNQ^{{\bullet}-}$ and $TCNQ^{2-}$ species, respectively. These bands grow quickly upon photoirradiation, implying that the charge-transfer complexes are easily formed in an excited state. Conversely, a small spectral manifestation of the charge transfer was observed in the case of 2-AB complex. It is demonstrated that the structural orientation between the geminate ion pairs could play an important role in building a stable complex.