Development of an impedimetric sensor based on carbon dots and chitosan nanocomposite modified electrode for Cu(II) detection in water

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - The fast and sensitive detection of copper ions would be essential for water monitoring. Herein, we report a novel development of an impedimetric sensor...     

The rearrangement of some cyclopentanone-aryloximes: synthesis of (±)-aplysin, (±)-filiformin and of their debromo analogues.

Upon acid catalyzed rearrangement after Sheradsky, the aryloximes A gave the tricyclic aminals C, which suffered hydrolysis to lactols E. The unique alcohol 29 was then prepared through a highly stereoselective equilibration-reductive alkylation of the epimeric mixture of lactols 22a,b. Two routes, one of which was stereospecific, allowed cyclization of 29 to (±)-aplysin 34. The yield was 2.5 % from oximes 2a,b. The isomeric epi-aplysin 35 and filiformin 36 were also obtained from 29. The debromo analogues 37,38 and 39 and their trideutero derivatives 41,42 and 43 were synthesized along similar line and allowed unequivocal structure elucidation by NMR spectroscopy.     

A note on the two-stage hybrid flow shop problem with dedicated machines

In this paper we introduce a new dominance rule for the two-stage hybrid flow shop problem with dedicated machines. The rule is then used to construct a dominating set. The efficiency of the proposed rule is shown through an analysis of the dominating set cardinality.     

Electronic structure of cubic ErxGa1−xN using the LSDA+U approach

Electronic structure calculations were performed for substitutional erbium rare-earth impurity in cubic GaN using density-functional theory calculations within the LSDA+U approach (local spin-density approximation with Hubbard-U corrections). The LSDA+U method is applied to the rare-earth 4f states. The Er_xGa_1−xN is found to be a semiconductor, where the filled f-states are located in the valence bands and the empty ones above the conduction band edge. The filled and empty f-states are also shown to shift downwards and upwards in the valence and conduction bands, respectively, with increase in the U potentials.     

Hydroxylation of Aromatics by H2O2 Catalyzed by Mononuclear Non-heme Iron Complexes: Role of Triazole Hemilability in Substrate-Induced Bifurcation of the H2O2 Activation Mechanism

Rieske dioxygenases are metalloenzymes capable of achieving cis-dihydroxylation of aromatics under mild conditions using O₂ and a source of electrons. The intermediate responsible for this reactivity is proposed to be a cis-Fe^V(O)(OH) moiety. Molecular models allow the generation of a Fe^III(OOH) species with H₂O₂, to yield a Fe^V(O)(OH) species with tetradentate ligands, or {Fe^IV(O); OH^.} pairs with pentadentate ones. We have designed a new pentadentate ligand, mtL₄², bearing a labile triazole, to generate an “in-between” situation. Two iron complexes, [(mtL₄²)FeCl](PF₆) and [(mtL₄²)Fe(OTf)₂]), were obtained and their reactivity towards aromatic substrates was studied in the presence of H₂O₂. Spectroscopic and kinetic studies reflect that triazole is bound at the Fe^II state, but decoordinates in the Fe^III(OOH). The resulting [(mtL₄²)Fe^III(OOH)(MeCN)]²⁺ then lies on a bifurcated decay pathway (end-on homolytic vs. side-on heterolytic) depending on the addition of aromatic substrate: in the absence of substrate, it is proposed to follow a side-on pathway leading to a putative (N₄)Fe^V(O)(OH), while in the presence of aromatics it switches to an end-on homolytic pathway yielding a {(N₅)Fe^IV(O); OH^.} reactive species, through recoordination of triazole. This switch significantly impacts the reaction regioselectivity.     

Dilithium barium diphosphate

The crystal structure of the novel title diphosphate, Li₂BaP₂O₇, exists with a three‐dimensional lattice composed of BaO₉ polyhedra linked to corner‐ and edge‐sharing P₂O₇ diphos­phate groups, forming layers parallel to the (010) plane, the layers being linked by P—O—Ba bridges. Tunnels thus created between the layers are occupied by Li⁺ cations, two of which lie on twofold axes.     

Reaction of Mercaptoacetate and Halides Containing Activated Methylenes with Thiocarbamoylimidates: A Novel Approach to the Synthesis of Aminothiazole Derivatives

The reaction of N-thiocarbamoylimidates 1 with methyl thioglycolate leads to the formation of 4-arylamino-5-methoxycarbonylthiazoles 2. The condensation of the same imidates 1 on ethyl bromoacetate, benzyl bromide and chloroacetonitrile provides the corresponding 2-arylaminothiazoles 4.      

Sur le principe de superposition et l'équation de Riccati

In this Note we study the conditions under which a system of ordinary differential equations admits a nonlinear superposition of the solutions, and also the linearization of such systems. A particular study is established for the Riccati equation. To cite this article: S. Rezzag et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 340 (2005).     

A simple and efficient approach to the synthesis of 1-phosphonated 5-amino-1-H-[1,2,4]-triazole from N-functionalized imidates

In this study, we describe a new and easy synthetic approach to variously substituted triazoles based on the reaction of imidates with phosphorylated hydrazine in good yields. A general mechanism of the reactions was also proposed. Characterization of the products was carried out by several analytical and spectroscopic tools including infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies (¹H, ¹³C NMR, ³¹P NMR).