We report for the first time the application of chlorofullerene C60Cl6 as a substrate for straightforward preparation of highly water-soluble fullerene derivatives, promising compounds for investigation of the biological action of fullerenes in vitro and in vivo. Methyl esters of phenylacetic and benzylmalonic acids were used as reagents in the Friedel-Crafts arylation of C60Cl6 that resulted in the corresponding C60(Ar)5Cl compounds with 50-60% yields. The following cleavage of ester groups in phenylacetic and benzylmalonic residues was accomplished almost quantitatively to yield the corresponding fullerene-based acids bearing 5 and 10 carboxylic groups, respectively. The relatively-low solubility of these acids in water can be strongly enhanced (up to 150-200 mg ml(-1)) by their conversion to salts with alkali metal cations. These fullerene salt derivatives showed pronounced anti-HIV action and low toxicity; these two findings point to the necessity for further investigation of the biological properties of the here-reported compounds.
The methylpyropheophorbide-fullerene[60] dyad was synthesized by 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of the corresponding azomethine ylide to C 60 (Prato reaction). Using the mass spectrometric method with soft matrix-activated ionization it was possible to achieve a significant reduction in fragmentation processes by the retro-Diels-Alder reaction, which allows to reliably detect the presence of polyadducts of azomethine ylide cycloadditions to fullerene. The use of gel permeation chromatography under conditions of weakening of the intermolecular π-π interaction between methylpyropheophorbide and fullerene moieties makes it possible to effectively separate mixed products with ~ 1.5 fold difference in molecular weight. It has been shown that the fluorescence of the dyad is quenched more than 5000 times (compared to the native dye). The singlet oxygen quantum yield of the dyad is 360 times less than that for the native methylpyropheophorbide a, however, its efficiency of superoxide generation increases by 18.5 times. The obtained result agrees well with the previously reported mechanism of relaxation of the excited state of the dyad through a charge-separated state, which can lead to the formation of superoxide. The observed effects indicate a change in the mechanism of photodynamic activity from type II (generation of singlet oxygen) for the native dye to type I (generation of superoxide) for the dyad, which shows a promising method of creation of highly efficient photosensitizers based on similar dye-fullerene[60] dyads.
Numerical simulations of a gas flow through a capillary being a part of mass spectrometer atmospheric interface were performed using a detailed laminar flow model. The simulated interface consisted of atmospheric and forevacuum volumes connected via a thin capillary. The pressure in the forevacuum volume where the gas was expanding after passing through the capillary was varied in the wide range from 10 to 900 mbar in order to study the volume flow rate as well as the other flow parameters as functions of the pressure drop between the atmospheric and forevacuum volumes. The capillary wall temperature was varied in the range from 24 to 150 °C. Numerical integration of the complete system of Navier-Stokes equations for a viscous compressible gas taking into account the heat transfer was performed using the standard gas dynamic simulation software package ANSYS CFX. The simulation results were compared with experimental measurements of gas flow parameters both performed using our experimental setup and taken from the literature. The simulated volume flow rates through the capillary differed no more than by 10% from the measured ones over the entire pressure and temperatures ranges. A conclusion was drawn that the detailed digital laminar model is able to quantitatively describe the measured gas flow rates through the capillaries under conditions considered. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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