Novel ring transformation of quinolines to indole derivatives in two steps via 1,4-dihydroquinoline derivatives

Diphenyl 1-phenoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydroquinoline-4-phosphonates 5c-g, obtained from the reaction of corresponding quinoline derivatives 1 with phenyl chloroformate and triphenyl phosphite in one step, were ozonized in CHCl₃ and CH₃COOH. Treatment of the resulting mixture with NaHCO₃ produced the 3-formyl-1-phenoxycarbonylindole derivatives 8a-e in high yields. The ring transformation of quinolines 1 to indoles 8 proceeds under mild conditions.     

Photocatalytic ozonation degradation of ciprofloxacin using ZnO nanoparticles immobilized on the surface of stones

Ciprofloxacin is used in the treatment of bacterial infections. Because ciprofloxacin is not effectively degraded by biological processes, advanced oxidation processes such as photocatalytic ozonation are applied to remove this antibiotic from wastewater. The aim of this study was to investigate photocatalytic ozonation for the removal of ciprofloxacin from aquatic environments and optimization of the effective parameters of the process. For this purpose, ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized using the thermal method and immobilized on the surface of stones. The structural properties of the nanoparticles were determined by XRD, TEM, Photoluminescence (PL) and SEM. Experiments were carried out in a Plexiglas reactor supported with the continuous injection of ozone. The effective parameters for removal efficiency were reaction time, initial concentration of ciprofloxacin, pH, photocatalyst concentration and reaction kinetics. The highest ciprofloxacin removal efficiency occurred at the following optimal conditions: pH of 7, reaction time of 30?min, photocatalyst concentration of 3?g/L and initial ciprofloxacin concentration of 10?mg/L. Removal efficiency of 96% was obtained under these conditions. Linear kinetic models showed that the process followed pseudo-first order and Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics. This process had a high removal efficiency and suitable for removal of ciprofloxacin from aquatic environments.GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT     

催化臭氧氧化降解邻苯二甲酸二甲酯中催化剂构效关系

采用传统焙烧和微波辐射制备了不同活性炭 (AC) 负载 Ru 催化剂, 并用于催化臭氧氧化降解邻苯二甲酸二甲酯 (DMP) 反应中, 探讨了催化剂的构效关系. 结果表明, 所有 AC 和催化剂均能提高臭氧氧化 DMP 过程中 TOC (总有机碳) 去除率, 其活性顺序为 Ru/coal-AC > nutshell-AC > Ru/nutshell-AC > Ru/coconut-AC ≈ coal-AC > coconut-AC. 负载的 Ru 颗粒扩散到 AC 大孔中, 增加了反应的传质阻力, 使得反应物与 AC 内表面的活性位和金属 Ru 的接触机会减少, 这是 Ru/nutshell-AC 和 Ru/coconut-AC 活性低于 Ru/coal-AC 的一个原因; 催化剂表面 Ru 分散度也是导致其活性差别的原因之一. 微波加热引起 nutshell-AC 表面活性官能团发生变化, 从而导致其负载的 Ru 催化活性降低. 相对于传统焙烧, 微波辐射热处理能够提高 coal-AC 表面 Ru 的分散度, 从而提高催化剂活性.     

Co3O4/UiO-66@α-Al2O3陶瓷膜对VOCs废气的分离催化性能

以α-Al₂O₃为支撑层, UiO-66为分离层, Co₃O₄为催化层, 构建了Co₃O₄/UiO-66@α-Al₂O₃陶瓷膜.对其形貌结构进行了表征, 并研究了其对挥发性有机物(VOCs)的分离催化性能. 结果表明, 该陶瓷膜对喷涂行业废气中苯与吡啶两种主要成分体现出良好的分离性, 透过侧的气体中吡啶与苯的摩尔浓度比值可由给料侧的1提高至17; 体系中引入臭氧后, 给料侧苯的浓度明显降低, 其去除率可达到89%. 透过侧的吡啶去除率仅为27%, 得到了较大程度的保留, 剩余的吡啶经收集后可进行单独的深度处理. Co₃O₄/UiO-66@α-Al₂O₃陶瓷膜在对喷涂行业废气中苯成分高效降解的同时, 能够有效解决喷涂行业废气处理过程中氮氧化物的排放问题, 有望成为喷涂行业废气预处理工艺的理想选择.     

Ozone-based electrochemical advanced oxidation processes

Novel processes have recently been developed that provide for the enhancement of ozonation through combination with electrochemical treatments. These are processes that can be included among those defined as advanced oxidation processes as they proceed via electrogeneration of highly oxidizing radical species.These processes are generally carried out by sparging ozone in both divided and undivided electrochemical cells in order to promote its decomposition through different mechanisms, depending on the electrode materials adopted, and in some cases still debated.This mini review presents the most recent advances in the field of electrochemically assisted ozonation.In particular, the first section is focused on the process known as electroperoxone (EP) where the ozone decomposition is enhanced by the adoption of carbon-based cathodes, due to the electrogeneration of hydrogen peroxide, while the second section is focused on the process that implies ozonation in a cell adopting metal-based cathodes.     

Impact of sonolytic ozonation (O3/US) on degradation of pesticide residues in fresh vegetables and fruits: Case study of Faisalabad,Pakistan

High pesticide residues in fresh produce is a serious food safety issue. This study was aimed at assessing the pesticides residues in some important vegetables and fruits marketed in Faisalabad, Pakistan and the impact of sonolytic ozonation (O₃/US) treatment in removing these contaminants. From a short grower’s survey, five registered and mostly used pesticides (acetamiprid, carbendazim, imidacloprid, thiacloprid and thiamethoxam) were identified. A time optimization trial of O₃/US application (05, 10 and 15 min) on okra, showed that 10 min treatment significantly reduced three identified chemicals (thiamethoxam 100 %, imidacloprid and thiacloprid 97.17 %), without any adverse effect on its quality. In follow up trial, five fresh vegetables (cauliflower, chillies, cucumber, spinach and tomato) three fresh fruits (grapes, guava and peach) collected from three markets of Faisalabad, were pooled together to have uniform samples. Vegetables and fruits were treated with O₃/US for 10 and 6 min, respectively, along with control (simple tap wash) for determining the impacts on pesticides degradation. Samples were processed for extraction, clean up and analysis using HPLC-UV–Vis in isocratic mode. The data revealed the presence of five mentioned chemicals, with an accumulative mean residue of 9.006 and 1.921 µg/g in tested vegetables and fruits, respectively. After subjecting to O₃/US, the accumulative chemical residues were reduced to 3.214 µg/g (64.313 %) and 1.064 (44.6 %) in treated vegetables and fruits respectively. Irrespective of fresh produce, the mean residues of thiamethoxam, imidachloprid, acetamiprid and thiachloprid and carbendazim were reduced by 99.3 %, 52.6 %, 65.2 %, 87.3 % and 72% respectively. It was concluded that sonolytic ozonation treatment was effective in significant reduction of pesticide residues from vegetables and fruits and thus can be employed as a good food safety practice at culinary level to reduce the associated health hazardous risks.     

Enhanced mechanism of catalytic ozonation by ultrasound with orthogonal dual frequencies for the degradation of nitrobenzene in aqueous solution

The experiments have been performed with a semi-continuous batch reactor to investigate the degradation efficiency of nitrobenzene in aqueous solution by ultrasound with the different orthogonal dual frequencies catalytic ozonation. The introduction of ultrasound can enhance the degradation efficiency of nitrobenzene compared to the results obtained from the processes of ozonation alone and ultrasound alone. The degradation of nitrobenzene is found to be zero-order in the two systems of ultrasound alone, and the reactions follow the pseudo-first-order kinetic model in the processes of ozone alone and ozone/ultrasound. The investigation confirms that the degradation of nitrobenzene follows the mechanism of hydroxyl radical (^•OH) oxidation, and the enhancement function is even more pronounced in the presence of ultrasound with the greater difference between the orthogonal dual frequencies due to the obvious synergetic effect between ozone and ultrasound, which increases the utilization efficiency of ozone, and accelerates the initiation of ^•OH and the formation of H₂O₂, resulting in the rapid formation of an increasing diversity of byproducts and the advancement degree of mineralization of total organic carbon (TOC). The oxidative byproducts have been, respectively identified in the different processes selected, including o, p, m-nitrophenols, phenol, malonic acid, 4-nitrocatechol, nitrate ion, maleic acid, oxalic acid, hydroquinone, p-quinone, 1,2,3-trihydroxy-5-nitrobenzene and acetic acid.     

Enhanced degradation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene by ozonation in the presence of manganese(II) and oxalic acid

Manganese catalytic ozonation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT) in the presence of oxalic acid was studied. The addition of manganese ion (Mn²⁺) or oxalic acid alone in ozonation process did not enhance DNT degradation, but the addition of Mn²⁺ coupled with oxalic acid accelerated degradation of DNT. The DNT degradation efficiency was influenced by carbonate in the catalytic ozonation process. Kinetics study showed that Mn²⁺ catalytic ozonation significantly promoted the decomposition of ozone. Experimental results of electron spin resonance (ESR) demonstrated that addition of Mn²⁺ and oxalic acid produced much hydroxyl radicals in catalytic ozonation system than that in single ozonation system. These results suggested that catalytic ozonation followed hydroxyl radical-type mechanism. Mn²⁺ promoted decomposition of ozone to produce hydroxyl radical and it was oxidized into manganese oxide. Manganese oxide was reduced into Mn²⁺ by oxalic acid, which is the key step of catalytic process. Based on above results, a cycle catalytic mechanism of Mn²⁺ was proposed. Intermediates were determined by HPLC and GC–MS, and they mainly included aromatic organics and aliphatic carboxylic acids.     

印染污泥的活性炭负载过渡金属化合物非均相催化臭氧化

采用湿式浸渍法,将6种含过渡金属(Cu,Fe,Zn,Ni,Mn,Ce)元素的化合物负载在活性炭（AC）上,制得6种催化剂AC/M(M=Cu,Fe,Zn,Ni,Mn,Ce),在室温条件下,催化臭氧化处理苯酚溶液和印染污泥。 催化剂AC/M通过Boehm滴定、XRD和BET分析进行表征。 苯酚的3种降解方法中,AC/M催化剂的臭氧催化最好,AC/M吸附处理次之,单独臭氧处理的效果最差。 在苯酚的降解处理过程中,AC/M催化臭氧化处理苯酚溶液的效率依次为：AC/Fe＞AC/Zn＞AC/Ni＞AC/Ce＞AC/Cu＞AC/Mn。 AC/M催化剂催化臭氧化效果随溶液pH值的增大而增强。 AC/M催化剂处理印染污泥的效率依次为：AC/Fe＞AC/Zn＞AC/Ce=AC/Ni＞AC/Cu＞AC/Mn,AC/Fe催化臭氧化处理印染污泥可使污泥中有机质含量降低8.17%。     

非均相催化臭氧氧化反应机制

臭氧催化氧化作为高级氧化技术是目前水处理领域研究的热点,其中非均相臭氧催化氧化技术因其氧化能力强、降低臭氧投加量特别是能显著提高有机物矿化率等优点而备受关注。非均相催化臭氧氧化领域不断研究新的催化剂,但是其反应过程及机制更加复杂。催化臭氧氧化的性能很大程度上取决于催化剂及其表面性质。污染物在催化剂表面形成络合物,或者臭氧在催化剂表面分解产生不同的含氧物种如表面氧原子、过氧化物和羟基自由基等。本文评述了非均相臭氧催化氧化反应中存在的多种机理,主要是自由基理论、氧空位理论、表面原子氧理论、表面络合物理论和臭氧直接氧化理论。催化剂表面的羟基基团是主要的催化活性中心,本文探讨了表面羟基基团催化反应机制,得出催化剂表面性质决定其表面活性位点的特性及含量,对诱导臭氧分解产生含氧活性物种起了关键作用;概述了催化剂改性后的结构形态、比表面积及其性能和作用机制;并讨论了非均相臭氧催化氧化反应催化剂未来的发展趋势,为催化臭氧氧化污水处理技术提供了理论参考。