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Compared with post-grafting method, a novel and controllable strategy is applied to introduce highly dispersed ionic liquid species into mesoporous SBA-15 silica, providing simpler synthesis steps, more uniform surface coverage and higher loading of ionic liquid, with fewer raw materials. Basic task-specific ionic liquids are synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction, N 2 adsorption-desorption, thermogravimetry and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The results showed that the catalysts, prepared by co-condensation method, have better ordered mesostructure and higher loading of ionic liquid than those by post-grafting approach. Meanwhile, the catalysts exhibit much higher activity than those by post-grafting approach in Knoevenagel condensation. Furthermore, these supported catalysts are also proven to be efficient and reusable in Henry reaction under solvent-free conditions.

Sophoridine is a new anticancer herbal drug with remarkable antitumor effect and lower toxicity. In this paper, the electrochemical investigation of sophoridine and its interaction with DNA is reported. In 0.1 mol L -1 phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.0), sophoridine exhibited excellent electrochemical activity. In the presence of DNA, the peak current of sophoridine decreased in a quantitative fashion and the peak potential shifted to a more positive potential value. It suggests the dominance of intercalative interaction. Importantly, as to the interaction between sophoridine and DNA in solution, characteristic parameters such as the binding stoichiometry and association equilibrium constant according to the Hill model for cooperative binding have been determined.