Design,Synthesis, and Anti-Proliferative Activity of Some New Quinoxaline-1,3,4-oxadiazole Sulfonamide Hybrids

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - In the current study, some new quinoxaline linked 1,3,4-oxadiazole sulfonamide hybrids have been designed, synthesized and characterized by IR, 1H and 13C...     

Synthesis and characterization of square-planar palladium(II) complexes containing anti- and syn-furan-2-aldoxime

Summary Fifteen palladium(II) square-planar complexes containing monodentate and/or bidentate anti- and syn-furan-2-aldoxime (FDH) have been isolated and characterized by elemental analysis, molecular weight determination, conductance studies, magnetic moments and i.r. spectral studies. The monodentate ligand coordinates through the nitrogen atom while the bidentate ligand coordinates through the furan oxygen atom and the nitrogen atom. The C-O-C stretching frequency of the furan ring may be taken as the criterion for the denticity of this ligand and is observed at 1240 and 1270 cm^– in anti- and syn-furan-2-aldoxime respectively. A shift to lower frequency occurs (in the complex) if the ligand is bidentate, however this frequency is unaffected if the ligand is monodentate.     

Facile and Sensitive Spectrophotometric Determination of Propoxur in Formulations and Environmental Samples

A facile, rapid, and sensitive spectrophotometric method for the determination of propoxur in insecticidal formulations, fortified water, vegetables, agricultural wastewater, and agricultural soil samples has been elaborated. The proposed method is based on the hydrolysis of propoxur under basic conditions, followed by instantaneous azo coupling of the resulting 2‐isopropoxyphenol with the anilines 2a – c . This yielded the orange‐red chromophore 3a (λ_max=at 470 nm), the pale‐red coupling product 3b (490 nm), or the red derivative 3c (478 nm), which are stable for 46 h, 38 h, and 24 h, respectively, and could be readily analyzed spectrophotometrically.     

Determination of rhodium in water samples using cloud point extraction (CPE) coupled with flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS)

Cloud point extraction was applied as a method for preconcentration of rhodium after formation of a complex with 2-propylpiperidine-1-carbodithioate (2-PPC), and later determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry using TritonX-114 as surfactant. Rhodium was complexed with 2-PPC in an aqueous phase and kept for 15 min in a thermostatted bath at 40 °C. Separation of the two phases was accomplished by centrifugation for 15 min at 4000 rpm. The chemical variables affecting the cloud point extraction were optimized and successfully applied to rhodium determination in various water samples. Under optimized conditions, the preconcentration system (100 mL sample) permitted an enhancement factor of 50. The detection limits obtained under optimal conditions was 0.052 ng mL⁻¹. The extraction efficiency was investigated at different rhodium concentrations (7.0–42.0 μg mL⁻¹), and good recoveries (96.42–99.14%) were obtained using this method. It has been applied to the determination of rhodium in water and was compared with reported methods in terms of Student’s ‘t’-test and variance ratio ‘f’-test.     

PEG-400 mediated an efficient eco-friendly synthesis of new isoxazolyl pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines and their anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity

Abstract

Polyethylene glycol-400 (PEG-400) has been developed as an efficient and eco-friendly reaction medium for the synthesis of new isoxazolyl pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives 11 from isoxazolyl cyanoacetamide synthon 7. Compound 7 was employed with various aromatic aldehydes 8 and malononitrile 9 in the presence of triethylamine (Et₃N) to afford the corresponding (E)-6-amino-1-(3-methyl-5-styrylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-oxo-4-phenyl-1,2-dihydro- pyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile 10 at room temperature by using PEG-400 as a solvent medium as well as catalyst. The intermediate 10 on treatment with thiourea in the presence of PEG-400 at 90?°C to give the target compounds isoxazolyl pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines 11 in good to excellent yields. The newly synthesized compounds 10 and 11 were characterized by IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, and HRMS analysis. The target compounds 11a-x was screened for their anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities. Among the tested compounds, the compounds 11s, 11t, 11u, 11v, 11w, and 11x showed significant anti-inflammatory and potent analgesic activities as that of reference drugs. The advantages of this protocol are operational simplicity, catalyst free, environmental safety, wide substrate scope, good yields, and PEG-400 can be recovered and reused. Most significant of all, this protocol is green.     

Shotgun proteomics‐based clinical testing for diagnosis and classification of amyloidosis

Shotgun proteomics technology has matured in the research laboratories and is poised to enter clinical laboratories. However, the road to this transition is sprinkled with major technical unknowns such as long‐term stability of the platform, reproducibility of the technology and clinical utility over traditional antibody‐based platforms. Further, regulatory bodies that oversee the clinical laboratory operations are unfamiliar with this new technology. As a result, diagnostic laboratories have avoided using shotgun proteomics for routine diagnostics. In this perspectives article, we describe the clinical implementation of a shotgun proteomics assay for amyloid subtyping, with a special emphasis on standardizing the platform for better quality control and earning clinical acceptance. This assay is the first shotgun proteomics assay to receive regulatory approval for patient diagnosis. The blueprint of this assay can be utilized to develop novel proteomics assays for detecting numerous other disease pathologies. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Novel Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Gum Karaya: Characterization,Antimicrobial and Catalytic Activity Studies

Stable silver nanoparticles have been synthesized using gum karaya acting as both reducing and stabilizing agent without using any synthetic reagent. The reaction is performed using water, which is an environmentally safe solvent. This reaction was carried out in an autoclave at a pressure of 15 psi and 120 °C temperature by varying the time. The influence of different parameters such as time, change of concentration of silver nitrate and concentration of gum karaya on the formation of silver nanoparticles has been studied. The synthesized silver nanoparticles are characterized by UV–Vis spectroscopy, FTIR, XRD and TEM. UV–Vis analysis of the sample confirmed the formation of silver nanoparticles exhibiting a sharp peak at a wavelength of 420 nm. TEM micrographs showed the formation of well-dispersed silver nanoparticles of size 2–4 nm. The antimicrobial activity of silver nanoparticles stabilized in gum karaya is tested against Escherichia coli, Micrococcus luteus and is found to be possessing inhibiting property. The silver nanoparticles stabilized in gum karaya exhibited very good catalytic activity and the kinetics of the reaction was found to be pseudo first order with respect to the 4-nitrophenol.     

2pi ambiguity-free optical distance measurement with subnanometer precision with a novel phase-crossing low-coherence interferometer

We report a highly accurate phase-based technique for measuring arbitrarily long optical distance with subnanometer precision. The method employs a Michelson interferometer with a pair of harmonically related light sources, one cw and the other low coherence. By slightly detuning (~2 nm) the center wavelength of the low-coherence source between scans of the target sample, we can use the phase relationship between the heterodyne signals of the cw and the low-coherence light to measure the separation between reflecting interfaces with subnanometer precision. As this technique is completely free of 2pi ambiguity, an issue that plagues most phase-based techniques, it can be used to measure arbitrarily long optical distances without loss of precision. We demonstrate one application of this technique, the high-precision determination of the differential refractive index.