Synthesis of Chiral Calix[4]arene Derivative and Evaluation of its Recognition Properties

The article describes the synthesis and extraction properties of a new chiral calix[4]arene Schiff base ligand 5, which has been synthesized from 5,17-diformyl-25,27-bis-(4-nitrobenzyloxy)-26,28-dihidroxycalix[4]arene (4) by treatment with (S)-(-)-1-phenylethylamine. In this synthesis, it was thought to explore the role of chiral, as well as Schiff base sites in the recognition of targeted species ions (such as dichromate anions) as well as neutral/chiral molecules. At low pH, the ligand 5 is more effective for transferring the dichromate anions from an aqueous into a dichloromethane layer; may be due to the protonation of nitrogen atoms.

The extraction properties of ligand 5 towards the some selected α -amino acid methylesters are also reported. However, the ligand 5 did not display any selectivity towards the selected α-amino acid methylesters.     

Analytical and numerical solution for viscous dissipation effect on the heat transfer in a deformable channel

In this paper, shooting method and homotopy perturbation technique are applied for the flow analysis of temporal energy transport in a deformation channel with isothermal walls. An incompressible viscous fluid fills the space inside the channel. Analytical and numerical solutions are developed for the momentum and energy equations. The viscous dissipation effects are taken into account. Graphs for pertinent flow parameters are sketched and discussed. Comparison between the analytical and numerical solutions indicates an excellent agreement. It is noticed that behaviors of Prandtl and Eckert numbers on the temperature are qualitatively similar. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Flow and thermal study of MHD Casson fluid past a moving stretching porous wedge

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - This research provides the analysis of an analytical method named Homotopy analysis method which is applied to examine the series solutions/results on...     

Role of compositional changes on thermal,magnetic,and mechanical properties of Fe-P-C-based amorphous alloys

This work aimed to tune the comprehensive properties of Fe-P-C-based amorphous system through investigating the role of microalloying process on the crystallization behavior,glass forming ability(GFA),soft magnetic features,and mechanical properties.Considering minor addition of elements into the system,it was found that the simultaneous microalloying of Ni and Co leads to the highest GFA,which was due to the optimization of compositional heterogeneity and creation of near-eutectic composition.Moreover,the FeCoNiCuPC amorphous alloy exhibited the best anelastic/viscoplastic behavior under the nanoindentation test,which was owing to the intensified structural fluctuations in the system.However,the improved plasticity by the extra Cu addition comes at the expense of magnetic properties,so that the saturation magnetization of this alloying system is significantly decreased compared to the FeCoPC amorphous alloy with the highest soft magnetic properties.In total,the results indicated that a combination of added elemental constitutes,i.e.,Fe69Co5Ni5Cu1P13C7 composition,provides an optimized state for the comprehensive properties in the alloying system.     

Hydrogen-bonded and π-stacked nickel(II) thiosemicarbazone complexes: Synthesis,spectral and structural studies

Transition Metal Chemistry - Mixed ligand Ni(II) complexes were synthesized from triphenylphosphine and S-methyl- or S-ethyl-isothiosemicarbazone ligands derived from...     

Anodic Voltammetric Determination of an Atypical Antipsychotic Drug Amisulphide in Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms Using Electrochemical fsDNA Biosensor

Russian Journal of Electrochemistry - In this study, a new biosensor for amisulpride (ASP) determination is defined. The interaction between ASP and fish sperm double-stranded DNA (FSdsDNA) was...     

Enamines of 1,3-dimethylbarbiturates and their symmetrical palladium(II) complexes: synthesis,characterization and biological activity

Transition Metal Chemistry - Three 1,3-dimethylbarbiturate-enamine derivatives and their symmetrical palladium(II) complexes were prepared and characterized by spectroscopic methods. In addition,...     

First principles investigations of hydrazine adsorption conformations on Ni(111) surface

Theoretical investigation on hydrazine (N₂H₄) adsorption on Ni(111) was done by using density functional theory. Stability and mechanism of hydrazine adsorption in anti, gauche and cis conformation on nickel surface were studied. Charge transfer between lone-pair orbital and d-band was found to stabilize the anti-conformation as the most stable conformation, in contrast with hydrazine in the gas-phase where gauche conformation is more favored. However, the derived anti-bonding state between adsorbate and substrate is partially occupied due to the spin-polarization in the local states near the Fermi level and thus contributes in weakening the bonding. The stable adsorption structure was further verified by comparing the calculated vibrational frequencies with HREELS measurement results. The results were found to be in agreement with experimental results. It was also found that the adsorption in cis-conformation is a transition state as evident from the existence of imaginary frequency on its lowest vibrational mode which belongs to NH₂ torsional movement around N–N axis.