Solvent Influence on Absorption Spectra and Tautomeric Equilibria of Symmetric Azomethine-Functionalized Derivatives: Structural Elucidation and Computational Studies

A new series of azomethine-functionalized compounds was synthesized from the condensation of 2-hydroxy-1,3-propanediamine and 2-thienylcarboxaldehydes in the presence of a drying agent. The derivatives were spectroscopically characterized by NMR, LC-MS, UV/Vis, IR and elemental analysis. Variable temperature ¹H-NMR (−60 to +60 °C) was performed to investigate the effect of solvent polarity; the capability of solvent to form H-bond was found to dramatically influencing the tautomerization process of the desired structures. The calculated thermochemical parameters (ΔH₂₉₈, ΔG₂₉₈ and ΔS₂₉₈) at DFT and MP2 levels of theory explained that 3 b exists in equilibrium with two tautomers. The basis of the electronic absorptions was pursued through Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory (TD-DFT). Analysis of the structural surfaces was inspected and the molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) demonstrated that the three functionalized compounds were relatively analogous in the electronic distributions. Furthermore, the electrophilic and nucleophilic centers lying on the molecular surfaces were probably playing a key-role in stabilizing the compounds through the nonclassical C−H⋅⋅⋅π interactions and hydrogen bonding. The impact of solvent polarity on absorption spectra were investigated via solvatochromic shifts. For instance, compound 3 c displayed a gradual shift of the maximum absorption to the red area when the solvent polarity was increased, recording a 21 nm of bathochromic shift. In contrast, no significant solvent-effect on 3 a and 3 b was observed. The solvation relation was pursued between Gutmann's donicity numbers the experimental λ_max; exhibited almost positive linear performance with a minor oscillation, that ascribe to the possible weak interface between the molecules of solute and designated solvents. The bandgap energy of all products were assessed experimentally using optical absorption spectra following Tauc approach, giving −4.050 ( 3 a ), −3.900 ( 3 b ) and −3.210 ( 3 c ) eV. However, the ΔE were computationally figured out from TD-DFT simulation to be −4.258 ( 3 a ), −4.022 ( 3 b ) and −3.390 ( 3 c ) eV.     

Dark Energy with Phantom Crossing and the H0 Tension

We investigate the possibility of phantom crossing in the dark energy sector and the solution for the Hubble tension between early and late universe observations. We use robust combinations of different cosmological observations, namely the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), local measurement of Hubble constant (H0), Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) and SnIa for this purpose. For a combination of CMB+BAO data that is related to early universe physics, phantom crossing in the dark energy sector was confirmed at a 95% confidence level and we obtained the constraint H0=71.0−3.8+2.9 km/s/Mpc at a 68% confidence level, which is in perfect agreement with the local measurement by Riess et al. We show that constraints from different combinations of data are consistent with each other and all of them are consistent with phantom crossing in the dark energy sector. For the combination of all data considered, we obtained the constraint H0=70.25±0.78 km/s/Mpc at a 68% confidence level and the phantom crossing happening at the scale factor am=0.851−0.031+0.048 at a 68% confidence level.     

Synthesis,computational quantum chemical study,in silico ADMET and molecular docking analysis,in vitro biological evaluation of a novel sulfur heterocyclic thiophene derivative containing 1,2,3-triazole and pyridine moieties as a potential human topoisomerase IIα inhibiting anticancer agent

Computational quantum chemical study and biological evaluation of a synthesized novel sulfur heterocyclic thiophene derivative containing 1,2,3-triazole and pyridine moieties namely BTPT [2-(1-benzyl-5-methyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-6-methoxy-4-(thiophen-2-yl) pyridine] was presented in this study. The crystal structure was determined by SCXRD method. For the title compound BTPT, spectroscopic characterization like ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, FTIR, UV–vis were carried out theoretically by computational DFT method and compared with experimental data. Druglikeness parameters of BTPT were found through in silico pharmacological ADMET properties estimation. The molecular docking investigation was performed with human topoisomerase IIα (PDB ID:1ZXM) targeting ATP binding site. In vitro cytotoxicity activity of BTPT/doxorubicin were examined by MTT assay procedure against three human cancer cell lines A549, PC-3, MDAMB-231 with IC50 values of 0.68/0.70, 1.03/0.77 and 0.88/0.98 μM, respectively. Our title compound BTPT reveals notable cytotoxicity against breast cancer cell (MDAMB-231), moderate activity with human lung cancer cell (A-549) and less inhibition with human prostate cancer cell (PC-3) compared to familiar cancer medicine doxorubicin. From the results, BTPT could be observed as a potential candidate for novel anticancer drug development process.     

Dynamics of Skew-Information and Bell’s Inequality Correlations for Two Coupled Dipole Qubits with 2-Photon Transition

International Journal of Theoretical Physics - We consider a dissipative system of two qubits interacting with a cavity field through the degenerate 2-photon transitions. The cavity is initially...     

Structural and electrical performance of epitaxial InP based heterojunctions prepared by liquid phase epitaxy

Thin films of InP was grown on single crystalline substrates of Si to form InP/Si heterojunctions by liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) and its morphology and crystalline characteristics were achieved. The essential electrical properties and its main parameters were extracted using the current density-voltage. The analysis was done to obtain the rectification characteristics which has its maximum value at a certain voltage of 0.7 V. Moreover, the heterojunction obeys ohmic behavior followed by quadratic space charge limited conduction at lower and higher voltage regions, respectively. The conductivity under AC bias as well as the dielectric behaviors of the heterojunction was explored in the frequency range 100 kHz–5 MHz and in the temperature range 298–623 K. The AC conductivity is interpreted by the correlated barrier hopping model via single polaron with activation energy dependent on the applied frequency. The response of the dielectric constants confirms its remarkable dependence on both frequency and temperature.     

Hamilton系统下基于相位误差的精细辛算法

Hamilton系统是一类重要的动力系统，辛算法（如生成函数法、SRK法、SPRK法、多步法等）是针对Hamilton系统所设计的具有保持相空间辛结构不变或保Hamilton函数不变的算法.但是，时域上，同阶的辛算法与Runge-Kutta法具有相同的数值精度，即辛算法在计算过程中也存在相位误差，导致时域上解的数值精度不高.经过长时间计算后，计算结果在时域上也会变得“面目全非”.为了提高辛算法在时域上解的精度，将精细算法引入到辛差分格式中，提出了基于相位误差的精细辛算法（HPD-symplectic method），这种算法满足辛格式的要求，因此在离散过程中具有保Hamilton系统辛结构的优良特性.同时，由于精细化时间步长，极大地减小了辛算法的相位误差，大幅度提高了时域上解的数值精度，几乎可以达到计算机的精度，误差为O（10-13）.对于高低混频系统和刚性系统，常规的辛算法很难在较大的步长下同时实现对高低频精确仿真，精细辛算法通过精细计算时间步长，在大步长情况下，没有额外增加计算量，实现了高低混频的精确仿真.数值结果验证了此方法的有效性和可靠性.