Abstract:
Plasma ignition and cooling apparatus and methods for plasma systems are described. An apparatus can include a vessel and at least one ignition electrode adjacent to the vessel. A total length of a dimension of the at least one ignition electrode is greater than 10% of a length of the vessel's channel. The apparatus can include a dielectric toroidal vessel, a heat sink having multiple segments urged toward the vessel by a spring-loaded mechanism, and a thermal interface between the vessel and the heat sink. A method can include providing a gas having a flow rate and a pressure and directing a portion of the flow rate of the gas into a vessel channel. The gas is ignited in the channel while the remaining portion of the flow rate is directed away from the channel.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for preparing a compound having the formula: wherein R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, Br, Cl, F, alkyl, or alkoxy, by (A) reacting a compound having the formula wherein RA, RC, RD, and RE are independently selected from the group consisting of H, halo, alkyl, or alkoxy, and R5 is aryl or heteroaryl, with a dehydrating agent to produce an imine having the formula: (B) hydrolyzing the imine produced in step (A) to produce the compound having formula (I). Also disclosed are novel intermediates having the formula: wherein RA, RB, RC, RD, and RE are independently selected from the group consisting of H, halo, alkyl, or alkoxy, and R5 is aryl or heteroaryl. Also disclosed is a process for preparing a compound having the formula: comprising: reacting a compound having the formula: with NH2R5 in the presence of a palladium catalyst, carbon monoxide, a base, and an ether selected from the group consisting of: CH3OCH2CH2OCH3; CH3OCH2CH2OCH2CH2OCH3; and CH3OCH2CH2OCH2CH2OCH2CH2OCH3, wherein X is H, Br, Cl, or F, and R5 is aryl or heteroaryl. The compounds made by these processes are useful intermediates for preparing compounds that are antihistamines or inhibitors of farnesyl protein transferase.
Abstract translation:公开了一种制备具有下式的化合物的方法:其中R,R 1,R 2,R 3和R 4独立地选自H,Br,Cl,F,烷基或烷氧基,通过(A)使 具有下式的化合物其中RA,RC,RD和RE独立地选自H,卤素,烷基或烷氧基,R5是芳基或杂芳基,与脱水剂反应生成具有下式的亚胺:(B )水解步骤(A)中产生的亚胺以制备具有式(I)的化合物。 还公开了具有下式的新型中间体:其中RA,RB,RC,RD和RE独立地选自H,卤素,烷基或烷氧基,R5是芳基或杂芳基。 还公开了制备具有下式的化合物的方法:包括:在钯催化剂,一氧化碳,碱和选自以下的醚的存在下使具有下式的化合物与NH 2 R 5反应:CH 3 OCH 2 CH 2 OCH 3; CH3OCH2CH2OCH2CH2OCH3; 和CH 3 OCH 2 CH 2 OCH 2 CH 2 OCH 2 CH 2 OCH 3,其中X是H,Br,Cl或F,R 5是芳基或杂芳基。 通过这些方法制备的化合物是制备抗组胺剂或法呢基蛋白转移酶抑制剂的化合物的有用中间体。
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for preparing a compound of the formula: wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, and X5 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, halo, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, and aryloxy, and R is a protecting group, in which a compound having the formula wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, and X5 are as defined above, is treated with the following, in any sequence: (a) a non-nucleophilic strong base; (b) a chiral amino alcohol; and (c) a compound having the formula wherein L is a leaving group and R is as defined above. The compounds made by this process are useful intermediates for preparing compounds that are inhibitors of farnesyl protein transferase. Also disclosed is a compound having the formula:
Abstract:
The subject invention provides new uses for novel derivatives of cyclosporine A and antibodies directed thereto. Specifically, the derivatives and antibodies are useful in methods of treating AIDS, methods of purifying the Gag protein of HIV, methods of screening for anti-HIV compounds, and methods for detecting HIV in a subject. The derivatives and antibodies can also be incorporated into a kit useful for screening for anti-HIV compounds.
Abstract:
An apparatus for dissociating gases includes a plasma chamber that may be formed from a metallic material and a transformer having a magnetic core surrounding a portion of the plasma chamber and having a primarily winding. The apparatus also includes one or more switching semiconductor devices that are directly coupled to a voltage supply and that have an output coupled to the primary winding of the transformer. The one or more switching semiconductor devices drive current in the primary winding that induces a potential inside the chamber that forms a plasma which completes a secondary circuit of the transformer.
Abstract:
A method and system for spectroscopic ellipsometry employing reflective optics to measure a small region of a sample by reflecting radiation (preferably broadband UV, visible, and near infrared radiation) from the region. The system preferably has an autofocus assembly and a processor programmed to determine from the measurements the thickness and/or complex refractive index of a thin film on the sample. Preferably, only reflective optics are employed along the optical path between the polarizer and analyzer, a sample beam reflects with low incidence angle from each component of the reflective optics, the beam is reflectively focused to a small, compact spot on the sample at a range of high incidence angles, and an incidence angle selection element is provided for selecting for measurement only radiation reflected from the sample at a single, selected angle (or narrow range of angles). The focusing mirror preferably has an elliptical shape to reduce off-axis aberrations in the focused beam. Some embodiments include both a spectrophotometer and an ellipsometer integrated together as a single instrument. In such instrument, the spectrophotometer and ellipsometer share a radiation source, and radiation from the source can be focused by either the spectrophotometer or the ellipsometer to the same focal point on a sample. Preferred embodiments of the ellipsometer employ a rotating, minimal-length Rochon prism as a polarizer, and include a spectrometer with an intensified photodiode array to measure reflected radiation from the sample, and a reference channel (in addition to a sample channel which detects radiation reflected from the sample).
Abstract:
The invention provides a membrane comprising tubes extending through a polymer, wherein substantially all of the tubes are parallel with each other. Also provided is a method for producing a membrane, the method comprising: placing tubes on a substrate, subjecting the tubes to a magnetic field for a time and at a magnetic field strength to cause the tubes to align parallel with each other while simultaneously causing depending ends of the tubes to embed within the substrate; applying polymer to the tubes and substrate in an amount to affix the tubes relative to each other and relative to the substrate, and applying an etchant that cleaves a specific type of the bonds within the polymer to unblock the upstream ends of the nanotubes.
Abstract:
A method of enhancing signal in detection of nucleic acid sequences utilizes dual-functional capture particles for capturing a target sequence and for binding with enhancement probes coupled to a reporter. The method includes hybridizing a target sequence with a capture sequence on dual-functional capture particles; hybridizing a pair of enhancement probes to the bounded target sequence through a linker to form a staggered chain of enhancement probes; triggering a chemical reaction between a chemical binding group on the dual-functional capture particles and a first binding moiety on the enhancement probes to bind the enhancement probes covalently to dual-functional capture particles; binding a reporter to the bounded enhancement probes through another chemical reaction between a second binding moiety on the enhancement probes and a binding functional group on the reporter; and detecting the signal from a signal generating molecule on bounded reporter, thereby amplifying signal through enhancement probes coupled to reporters.
Abstract:
The invention provides a membrane comprising tubes extending through a polymer, wherein substantially all of the tubes are parallel with each other. Also provided is a method for producing a membrane, the method comprising: placing tubes on a substrate, subjecting the tubes to a magnetic field for a time and at a magnetic field strength to cause the tubes to align parallel with each other while simultaneously causing depending ends of the tubes to embed within the substrate; applying polymer to the tubes and substrate in an amount to affix the tubes relative to each other and relative to the substrate, and applying an etchant that cleaves a specific type of the bonds within the polymer to unblock the upstream ends of the nanotubes.