S-Substituted-2-mercaptobenzthiazolium-based chiral ionic liquids: efficient organocatalysts for enantioselective sodium borohydride reductions of prochiral ketones

Novel chiral ionic liquids having chirality in their cationic part have been synthesized for evaluation of their catalytic potential as organocatalysts in sodium borohydride reduction of prochiral ketones to yield optically active secondary alcohols. The chiral ionic liquids have been synthesized from the reaction of (?)-menthol or (?)-borneol, chloroacetic acid and S-methyl/benzyl-2-mercaptobenzthiazole. The synthesized chiral ionic liquids have been characterized by ¹H, ¹³C NMR and Mass spectrometry. Moderate to excellent enantiomeric excess (ee > 99%) has been obtained in asymmetric sodium borohydride reduction of prochiral ketones using these salts as chiral catalysts.     

Recent progress in insertion and cyclopropanation reactions of metal carbenoids from α-diazocarbonyl compounds

Research on Chemical Intermediates - Metal–carbenoids from α-diazocarbonyl compounds are well-known reactive intermediates with a long history of useful applications in synthetic organic...     

Marinocyanins,cytotoxic bromo-phenazinone meroterpenoids from a marine bacterium from the streptomycete clade MAR4

Six cytotoxic and antimicrobial metabolites of a new bromo-phenazinone class, the marinocyanins A-F (1–6), were isolated together with the known bacterial metabolites 2-bromo-1-hydroxyphenazine (7), lavanducyanin (8, WS-9659A) and its chlorinated analog WS-9659B (9). These metabolites were purified by bioassay-guided fractionation of the extracts of our MAR4 marine actinomycete strains CNS-284 and CNY-960. The structures of the new compounds were determined by detailed spectroscopic methods and marinocyanin A (1) was confirmed by crystallographic methods. The marinocyanins represent the first bromo-phenazinones with an N-isoprenoid substituent in the skeleton. Marinocyanins A-F show strong to weak cytotoxicity against HCT-116 human colon carcinoma and possess modest antimicrobial activities against Staphylococcus aureus and amphotericin-resistant Candida albicans.     

Structural and optical characterization of CdS nanoparticles prepared by chemical precipitation method

In the present study we have synthesized CdS semiconducting quantum dots by the chemical precipitation method using Thioglycerol as the capping agent. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) are employed to characterize the size, morphology and crystalline structure of the as-prepared material. The synthesized QPs have a mixture of cubical and hexagonal crystal symmetry with 12 nm average diameter. Ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) absorption spectroscopy is used to calculate the band gap of the material and blue shift in absorption edge. Confinement of the optical phonon modes in the QPs is studied by Raman spectroscopy, while FTIR for identification of chemical bonds in the nanomaterial. Multiple cadmium and sulphur defects were observed by employing the photoluminescence (PL) method.     

Synthesis and characterization of various phases of cobalt oxide nanoparticles using inorganic precursor

Controllable and uniform doping of nanowires (NWs) is the ultimate challenge prior to their effective application. Si NWs amorphize and bend toward the impinging ions under ion irradiation as a result of viscous flow. We demonstrate that thermal annealing induces a full recovery of the crystalline phase corresponding to the unbending of the NWs. The competition between Solid Phase Epitaxy and Random Nucleation and Growth at the nanoscale is the key parameter controlling the recovery.     

PVT properties of PUREX/UREX solvent tri-n-butyl phosphate

Tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) is the workhorse of solvent extraction operations in nuclear fuel cycle as well as an important industrial chemical. Its PVT properties are not available in literature. In this study, PVT properties of TBP, estimated using group contribution method, are reported. Wagner constants were also reported in the range of 273.15?K to critical temperature.     

Kinetics of unusual photoinduced currents in the solid state of some ferrocene derivatives

Kinetics of change in photoinduced currents (during illumination and after switching off light source) in the solid state of some ferrocene derivatives, namely, ferrocenecarboxylic acid, acetylferrocene, ferrocenecarbaldehyde, hydroxymethyl ferrocene have been studied in dry nitrogen gas atmosphere. Unusual/anomalous photocurrent versus time profiles were observed in some ferrocene derivatives at certain cell temperatures. The kinetics of current changes under photoexcitation and after switching off the light source have been observed to be complicated in nature. Temperature-dependent behavior of the studied kinetics indicates that charge carrier trapping/detrapping and recombination processes are significantly temperature dependent. These processes have an important role in causing the temperature dependent unusual/anomalous photocurrent versus time profiles in the ferrocene derivatives studied.