H14[NaP5W29MoO110]: a Novel and Useful Catalyst for Aminolysis of Epoxides with Amines under Solvent-Free Conditions

A simple and efficient method has been developed for the synthesis of β-amino alcohols by ring opening of epoxides in the presence of a catalytic amount of H14[NaP5W29MoO110] at room temperature under solvent-free conditions. The reaction works well for both aromatic and aliphatic amines.     

Antioxidant potential assessment of phenolic and flavonoid rich fractions of Clematis orientalis and Clematis ispahanica (Ranunculaceae)

The antioxidant activities of crude extract fractions using Hexane, Chloroform, Ethyl Acetate, Butanol and Water of Clematis orientalis and Clematis ispahanica were investigated. 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) assay and the ferric reducing/antioxidant potential (FRAP) were used to evaluate the antioxidant capacity. The total phenolics were found to be 4.37–9.38 and 1.32–11.37 mg gallic acid equivalents (GAE)/g in different fractions for C. orientalis and C. ispahanica, respectively. The ethyl acetate fraction of C. orientalis and chloroform fraction of C. ispahanica showed the highest DPPH and FRAP activities at a concentration of 300 μg/mL. The predominant phenolic compounds identified by HPLC in C. orientalis were Resorcinol (603.5 μg/g DW) in chloroform fraction and Ellagic acid (811.7 μg/g DW) in chloroform fraction of C. ispahanica.     

Determination of nitrite in food samples by second-order calibration of kinetic spectrophotometric data

A method for the determination of nitrite in soil and vegetable samples by UV-Vis spectroscopy was proposed. The kinetic UV-Vis data were collected during the reaction between nitrite and 4-amino-3-hydroxynaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid with concentration of 0.001 M and pH 1.6. Data were collected by standard addition method. Multivariate curve resolution-alternating least squares was employed to analyze data with non-negativity and three-way data structure constraints. The method can be used to solve matrix effect and unknown interferents in the determination of nitrite in complex samples. The proposed method was used to determine nitrite at low mg/L levels with satisfactory results in soil, lettuce, cabbage and cucumber samples.     

Turbulent heat transfer and fluid flow of alumina nanofluid inside three-lobed twisted tube

Turbulent flow characteristics and heat transfer applications of a twisted heat exchanger with 3-lobed cross section along with Y-tape insert are numerically studied. The working fluids for the simulations are pure water and water–Al₂O₃ nanofluid using two-phase mixture model. The study is carried out for various nanofluid volume fractions of 0.01, 0.02 and 0.03 with Reynolds number in the range of 5000–20,000. The effect of nanoparticles in heat transfer augmentation for smooth and lobed tubes is discussed based on presenting the highest thermal performance, which is a relation between heat transfer rate and pressure loss. Results show that implementing the twisted tube with Y-tape insert enhances the heat transfer more than the twisted tube. Relative Nusselt numbers for twisted tubes decrease with Reynolds number in comparison with the plain tube. Turbulent intensity, swirl number and tangential velocity of twisted tube with insert are higher than empty twisted tube indicating that inserting the Y-tape intensifies the turbulence and disturbs the fluid flow further. On the other hand, although the twisted tube increases the pressure drop more than plain tube, the case with Y-tape drastically increases the friction factor. So, the thermal performance of twisted tube with insert is lower than empty twisted tube. Adding nanoparticles to the base fluid has different influence on the investigated cases. It augments the relative Nusselt number inside plain tube and empty twisted tube with slight increment in friction factor. Increasing the nanoparticles concentration enhances the heat transfer rates for these cases while it does not increase the relative Nusselt number inside twisted tube with Y-tape insert at high Reynolds number and nanoparticle concentration. Moreover, it can be found that twisted tube with or without Y-tape insert is more efficient at low Reynolds number in comparison with the plain tube.

     

Microwave-assisted method for preparation of Sb-doped ZnO nanostructures and their photocatalytic activity

Nanostructures of Sb-doped ZnO with 0.00, 0.03, 0.06, 0.10 and 0.15 mol fractions of Sb⁺³ ions were prepared by a one-pot method in water under microwave irradiation for 5 min. Powder X-ray diffraction studies display that the nanostructures are excellently crystallized in the form of Wurtzite hexagonal crystalline phase and doping Sb⁺³ ions does not change structure of ZnO. Moreover, size of the nanostructures decreases with increasing mole fraction of Sb⁺³ ions. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy images show that morphology and size of the nanostructures are changing with mole fraction of the dopant. In Fourier transform infrared spectra, intensity of the characteristic peak corresponding to Sb–O bond gradually increases with mole fraction of Sb⁺³ ions. UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectra of the nanostructures are similar to each other and they have a maximum of about 357 nm. Photocatalytic activity of the nanostructures was investigated by degradation of methylene blue under UV irradiation. For the nanostructures with 0.10 mol fraction of Sb⁺³ ions, the degradation rate constant increases nearly two times relative to pure ZnO. In addition, influence of various operational parameters on the degradation activity was investigated and the results were discussed.     

Effect of fiber orientation and cross section of composite tubes on their energy absorption ability in axial dynamic loading

The crushing behavior of composite tubes in axial impact loading is investigated. Tubes of circular and rectangular cross section are simulated using an LS-DYNA software. The effect of fiber orientation on the energy absorbed in laminated composite tubes is also studied. The results obtained show that rectangular tubes absorb less energy than circular ones, and their maximum crushing load is also lower. The composite tubes with a [+θ/ -θ] lay-up configuration absorb a minimum amount of energy at θ = 15°. The simulation results for a rectangular composite tube with a [+30/–30] lay-up configuration are compared with available experimental data. Cylindrical composite tubes fabricated from woven glass/polyester composites with different lay-ups were also tested using a drop-weight impact tester, and very good agreement between experimental and numerical results is achieved.     

Transport Properties of Simple Fluids from the Soft‐Core Double Yukawa Potential

The present work is concerned with checking a new and simple pair potential function (soft‐core double Yukawa potential) for noble gases by calculation of the transport properties. The viscosity, thermal conductivity and self diffusion coefficient in dilute gas limit in the temperature range of 298‐1400 K are calculated and agreement with the measurements is, in general, within the experimental error. A comparison of the calculated and experimental values of the viscosity, thermal conductivity and the diffusion coefficients yields an average absolute deviation of 0.5%, 1.5% and 1.2%, respectively. Also, the calculated transport properties from this potential have been compared with those calculations via the accurate experimental potential and also the corresponding state.     

New large sets of t‐designs with prescribed groups of automorphisms

In this article, we investigate the existence of large sets of 3‐designs of prime sizes with prescribed groups of automorphisms PSL(2,q) and PGL(2,q) for q < 60. We also construct some new interesting large sets by the use of the computer program DISCRETA. The results obtained through these direct methods along with known recursive constructions are combined to prove more extensive theorems on the existence of large sets. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Combin Designs 15: 210–220, 2007     

Synthetic studies on the ingenane diterpenes. An improved entry into a trans-intrabridgehead system

[reaction: see text] The efficient construction of an ingenol intermediate exhibiting "insideminus signoutside" intrabridgehead stereochemistry is reported. The sequence features the net conversion of a cis-intrabridgehead compound into a highly strained trans-species via palladium-mediated isomerization of an allylic epoxide followed by a low-temperature alkoxide-accelerated 1,5-hydrogen migration.     

New equation for calculating total interaction energy in one noncyclic ABC triad and new insights into cooperativity of noncovalent bonds

In this work, a new equation consist of A???B, B???C, A???BC, and AB???C interactions is proposed for calculating the total interaction energy of noncyclic ABC triads. New equations are also proposed for calculating the changes in values of A???B and B???C interactions on the formation of triad from the corresponding dyads. The advantages of equations proposed here in comparison with many‐body interaction energy approach are discussed. All proposed equations were tested in F₃MLi???NCH???HLH and F₃MLi???HLH???HCN (M = C, Si; L = Be, Mg) as well as H₃N???XY???HF (X, Y = F, Cl, Br) noncyclic A???B???C triads. The data show that the total cooperativity of triad correlates well with the sum of the changes in values of A???B and B???C interactions calculated through new equations proposed here. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.