• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.153-158
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• 1996

The synthesis of common skeleton of podosporin A and aureol was studied through cationic olefin cyclization as a key step. The generation of thermodynamic silyl enol ether or enol acetate under known conditions gave regioselectivity of 88:12. The enolate alkylation of 2,3-dimethylcyclohexanone with 2,5-dimethoxybenzyl bromide at the more substituted site via lithium enolate gave poor yield. In this case an organozincate or an ammonium enolate also proved to be ineffective or not practical in terms of yield. Side chain elongation of the substituted cyclohexanone 13 through Grignard reaction, Wittig reaction, or Shappiro reaction did not proceed because of steric hindrance and side reactions. However, Stille coupling reaction via enol triflate produced the desired product 18 in high yield. The advanced intermediate 22, which was efficiently synthesized from 18, produced 24 instead of the desired product under a cationic olefin cyclization condition, indicating that the cyclization occurred in a stepwise mannervia the organomercury intermediate 23.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.228-235
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• 1981

Ultraviolet spectrophotometric investigation were carried out on the systems of pyridine, ${\beta}$-picoline and 3,5-lutidine with iodine in carbon tetrachloride. The results reveal the formation of one to one molecular complexes of the type, $C_5H_5N{\cdot}I_2$, ${\beta}-C_5H_4(CH_3)N{\cdot}I_2$ and 3,5-$C_5H_3(CH_3)_2N{\cdot}I_2$. The equrilibrium constants of complexes were obtained in consideration of that absorption maxima have the blue shift with the increasing temperatures according to the formation of the charge transfer complexes. The thermodynamic parameters, ${\Delta}H$, ${\Delta}G$ and ${\Delta}S$ for the formation of the charge transfer complexes were calculated from these values. These results indicated that the relative stabilities of the pyridine, ${\beta}$-picoline and 3,5-lutidine complexes with iodine increase in the order, pyridine < ${\beta}$-picoline < 3,5-lutidine. These results were supposed to be the influence resulted from increase of electron density by the positive inductive effect and the dipole moment of the steric hindrance effect. And this results were compared and discussed with polymethylbenzene-iodine CT-complexes.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.308-314
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• 1997

The effects of catalyst and blocking reagents(BR) on the blocking reactions of TDI and MDI in the preparation of polyurethane varnishes have been studied. It was found that certain types of catalysts, such as 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane(DABCO) and tetramethyl guanidine(TMG), were necessary to complete the NCO blocking reactions. Blocking rate of TMG was shown much faster than that of DABCO. Reactivity increased with the increase of TMG concentration, at least to the concentration of 1%. In case of DABCO, the 0.25% concentration of catalyst showed the highest reactivity. In order to study the steric effects of BR on the blocking reactions, phenol, p-cresol, m-cresol, o-cresol, 2,4-xylenol were used as blocking reagents. As expected, BR which has less steric hindrance showed higher reactivity. The increase in BR concentration and reaction temperature increased the productivity of polyurethanes in this reaction system.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.173-178
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• 1996

Synergic effects among endo-xylanase, $\beta$-xylosidase, and acetyl xylan esterase of Bacillus stearothermophilus in the hydrolysis of xylan were studied by using birchwood, oat spelt, and acetylated xylan as substrates. Synergism between endo-xylanase and $\beta$-xylosidase was observed on all three substrates tested, indicating that $\beta$-xylosidase enhanced the production of xylose by relieving the end-product inhibition upon endo-xylanase conferred by xylooligomers. Endo-xylanase and $\beta$-xylosidase also showed synergism with acetyl xylan esterase in the hydrolysis of birchwood and acetylated xylan, while no synergic effect was detected in oat spelt xylan hydrolysis. Thus, the hydrolysis of xylan containing acetic acid side chains required the action of acetyl xylan esterase, which eliminated the steric hindrance of the side chains, leading to the better hydrolysis by endo-xylanase and $\beta$-xylosidase , and the acetyl xylan esterase activity was also enhanced by endo-xylanase and $\beta$-xylosidase for the latter enzymes provided acetyl xylan esterase with shorter xylan oligomers, the better substrate for the enzyme.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.08a
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• pp.212-212
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• 2012

The Coverage dependent attachment of multifunctional groups included in threonine molecules adsorbed to Ge (100)$-2{\times}1$ surface was investigated using core-level photoemission spectroscopy (CLPES) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The core-level spectra at a low coverage indicated that the both carboxyl and amine groups participated in the bonding with the Ge (100) surface by "O-H dissociated and N-dative bonded structure". However, at high coverage level, additional adsorption geometry of "O-H dissociation bonded structure" appeared possibly to minimize the steric hindrance between adsorbed molecules. Moreover, the C 1s, N 1s, and O 1s core level spectra confirmed that the carboxyl oxygen is more competitive against the hydroxymethyl oxygen in the adsorption reaction. The adsorption energies calculated using DFT methods suggested that four of six adsorption structures were plausible. These structures were the "O-H dissociated-N dative bonded structure", the "O-H dissociation bonded structure", the "Om-H dissociated-N dative bonded structure", and the "Om-H dissociation bonded structure" (where Om indicates the hydroxymethyl oxygen). These structures are equally likely, according to the adsorption energies alone. Conclusively, we investigate in threonine on Ge (100) surface system that the "O-H dissociated-N dative bonded structure" and the "O-H dissociation bonded structure" are preferred at low coverage and high coverage.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.67-72
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• 2020

Biomaterials are frequently functionalized with Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) peptides to provide cell adhesion sites. In this study, RGD peptides were enzymatically coupled on to the surface of fibroin microspheres. Papain exhibited a strong preference for dansyl phenylalanine for the peptide formation with fibroin microspheres. Thus, RGD1 peptide was designed to carry cysteine to both sides of the sequence, glycine as a spacer and two residues of phenylalanine at the C-terminal (CRGDCGFF). The enzymatic modification facilitated by an increasing amount of substrate and by the presence of organic solvent, dimethylsulfoxide at 25% (v/v). Microspheres coupled with RGD1, showed a significantly different precipitation property and an increased apparent volume, possibly due to the steric hindrance of RGD peptides on the surface. Transmission electron microscopy also confirmed the presence of cysteine residues in RGD1 coupled on the surface of microspheres stained with gold nanoparticles. RGD1-microspheres significantly facilitated the growth of murine fibroblast 3T3 cells even under non-adhesion culture conditions.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.52 no.3
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• pp.173-179
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• 2017

Side-chain liquid crystalline polymers having polysiloxane skeletons were synthesized by a thiol-ene reaction, using two kinds of mesogenic groups: a cholesteryl group for induction into a cholesteric liquid crystal phase and a triazomesogenic group for imparting light-sensitivity. All the synthesized polymers were crystalline, except the one with a single cholesteryl group. Crystallinity, glass transition temperature, and melt transition temperature increased with increasing content of the azomesogenic group. The polymer (P-C10A0) with a single cholesteryl group has a cholesteric phase, the one (P-C0A10) with a single azomesogenic group has a smectic phase, and those with both types of mesogenic groups showed both smectic and cholesteric phases. The temperature ranges of the two liquid crystalline phases in the co-polymers were independent of the contents of the two types of mesogenic groups. The rate of photoisomerization of the light-sensitive azobenzene group in the polymer decreased with increasing azobenzene content due to steric hindrance between the azomesogenic groups.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.50 no.5
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• pp.369-373
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• 2006

Arylation reactions of styrene catalyzed by Pd(CF3CO2)2-sulfides and Pd(CF3CO2)2-phosphines were investigated. The yield of trans-stilbene, the main product, increased as the basicity of the substituents on the aryl groups of the phosphines increased and the steric hindrance of the substituents decreased. The mechanism of the aryl migration of arylphosphines to styrene is proposed to involve the electrophilic attack of Pd to the phenyl group on the phosphines. The phosphine systems were found to be more effective than the sulfide ones.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.51-60
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• 2001

One-pot Mannich reaction of substituted hydroxy aromatic compounds with secondary amines in an aprotic solvent has been studied. The results demonstrate that the relative reactivity and regioselectivity of the Mannich reaction depend on the steric hindrance of amines as well as the nucleophilicity of hydroxy aromatic rings.

• Macromolecular Research
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.471-475
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• 2003

A new poly[2-(2',5'-dimethylphenyl)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (PDMPPV) that features a bulky 2',5'-dimethylphenyl substituent, which can induce steric hindrance between the PPV backbone and the methyl groups, was designed and synthesized. The polymer structure having no TBB defects was confirmed by $^1$H-NMR and $\^$13/CNMR spectroscopy. The polymer showed good thermal stability with high T$\_$g/. The polymer film showed a maximum absorption at 415 nm with an absorption onset at 480 nm. The maximum emission peak showed at ca. 515 nm, with a shoulder at 530 nm. The turn-on voltages of ITO/PEDOT/PDMPPV/Al and ITO/PDMPPV/Al devices were 8 and 10 V, respectively. The electroluminescence spectrum from the device showed a maximum peak at 510 nm with a shoulder at ca. 535 nm.