NHC-Pd complex heterogenized on graphene oxide for cross-coupling reactions and supercapacitor applications

N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-palladium(II) complex (GO@NHC-Pd) was synthesized on graphene oxide (GO) support via a simple and cost-effective multistep approach. The spectroscopic, microscopic, thermal, and surface analyses of GO@NHC-Pd confirmed the successful formation of the catalyst. The investigation of catalytic activity showed that GO@NHC-Pd was very effective in Suzuki–Miyaura as well as Hiyama cross-coupling. Being heterogeneous in nature, GO@NHC-Pd was recovered after each reaction cycle easily and reused for up to nine and six cycles in Suzuki–Miyaura and Hiyama cross-coupling, respectively, without significant loss of activity. Further exploration of the supercapacitor performance of GO@NHC-Pd catalyst assembled in a two-electrode cell configuration shown a maximum attained capacitance of 105.26 F/g at a current density of 0.1 A/g with good cycling stability of 96.89% over 2,500 cycles.     

Enamine Rearrangement of Pyridinium Salts to Indole Ring: A Combined Experimental and Molecular Modeling Study

N‐Alkyl pyridinium ( II ) and N‐alkyl isoquinolinium salts V undergo cyclization reaction when heated with sodium bicarbonate to give the corresponding indolizine derivatives III and VIa , VIb , VIc , VId , VIe , respectively, which undergo ring opening and recyclization reactions when heated with aqueous sodium hydroxide to give the corresponding indole derivatives IV and IXa , IXb , IXc , IXd , IXe , respectively. Molecular modeling tools including Molecular Mechanics using Augmented MM3 parameters followed by geometry optimization calculations in MO‐G using PM3 parameters were performed to gain better understanding and more insights on the thermodynamic properties of the recyclization reactions of compounds IIa , IIb , IIc , IId , IIe , IIf , IIg to the corresponding IIIa , IIIb , IIIc , IIId , IIIe , IIIf , IIIg and IIIa , IIIb , IIIc , IIId , IIIe , IIIf , IIIg to the corresponding IVa , IVb , IVc , IVd , IVe , IVf , IVg . The results were in excellent agreement with the experimental data and hence were proven to be a good tool in explaining different yields % because of the steric and electronic effects of electron‐withdrawing groups on the reactivity of the pyridine ring for nucleophilic attack.     

General boundary stabilization of memory type in thermoelasticity of type III

In this paper, we consider a multi-dimensional system of thermoelasticity type III with a viscoelastic damping acting on a part of the boundary. We establish a general decay result, from which the usual exponential and polynomial decay rates are only special cases.     

基于脉冲微反装置的Au/HZSM-5催化剂上正丁烷反应性能研究

以HZSM-5沸石分子筛为载体,尿素为沉淀剂,采用常压沉积-沉淀法和负压沉积-沉淀法制备了系列Au/HZSM-5沸石催化剂并采用常规催化剂表征方法对其进行了表征.用脉冲微反装置评价了纯正丁烷(99.9%)在氢型和金改性的纳米HZSM-5催化剂上的反应活性和烯烃选择性.结果表明,在550℃下,负压沉积-沉淀法制备的不同金负载量的纳米HZSM-5催化剂上的转化率和烯烃选择性都远高于常压沉积沉淀法制备的催化剂.改性量为2.0%的Au/HZSM-5-A(负压)催化剂正丁烷转化率达到了58.0%、烯烃选择性为57.2%.脱氢和脱甲基活化是正丁烷的重要活化方式,也是影响其烯烃选择性的主要因素.金改性在提高正丁烷转化率的同时,也促进了正丁烷的脱氢和脱甲基活化.纳米HZSM-5因晶粒度小,孔道短和微孔扩散阻力低而有利于正丁烷转化.负压有利于清除HZSM-5内部的无定型杂质和脱气净化处理,有利于金的负载量和分散度.     

Synthesis of new bicarbazole-linked triazoles as non-cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) inhibitors

Abstract

Carbazole analogs 3 and 4 and a new library of bicarbazole-linked triazoles 6–11 were prepared via new synthetic methodology. Metal-catalyzed oxidative coupling reaction was utilized for the synthesis of bicarbazole acetylene 4 and different metals (Zn⁺², Co⁺², Fe⁺³, Ni⁺², Cu⁺², Mn⁺²) as catalyst were screened. Only Fe-catalyzed reaction was found to be excellent and gave homocoupled product 4. Cu-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition was also utilized to install triazole moiety for the synthesis of hybrid molecules 6–11. Based on reported anti-inflammatory activity of carbazole and triazole scaffolds, all compounds were screened for their reactive oxygen species (ROS) inhibitory potential. Results from these studies revealed triazole 9 as most active compound (IC₅₀ value of 7.6?±?0.1?µg/mL on human whole blood and 2.7?±?0.09?µg/mL on isolated neutrophils) using ibuprofen as a standard. Therefore, class described herein can serve as attractive structural element for further studies on ROS inhibition.     

Viscosity Effects on Anisotropic Universe in Curvature-Matter Coupling Gravity

In this paper, we study evolution of the universe in the background of f(R, T) gravity using LRS Bianchi type-Ⅰ model. We discuss scale factors as well as deceleration parameter in dark energy dominated era for different bulk viscosity models. The occurrence of big-rip singularity is also examined. It is concluded that expansion is faster when bulk viscosity is proportional to Hubble parameter as compared to other models.