Spectrophotometric determination of flucloxacillin in pharmaceutical preparations using some nitrophenols as a complexing agent

Some nitrophenols are proposed as chromogenic reagents for the spectrophotometric determination of flucloxacillin. The reagent forms a greenish yellow 1:1 complex with flucloxacillin at pH 9.0. This complex is stable for at least 3.0 h after its formation. The greenish yellow charge transfer complex species has an absorption maximum at 446, 435, 442, 473 and 439 nm for p-nitrophenol (I), 2,4-dinitrophenol (II), 3,5-dinitrosalycilic acid (III), picramic acid (IV) and picric acid (V), respectively, with a molar absorptivity between 1.43 x 10(4) and 2.59 x 10(4) l mol(-1) cm(-1). Beer's low is valid over the concentration range 2.0-40 microg ml(-1) of flucloxacillin. The detection and quantitation limits as well as relative standard deviation were also calculated. The reagents have been successfully used for the spectrophotometric determination of flucloxacillin in pure form and in pharmaceutical preparations.     

Polybenzoxazine as a mold-release agent for nanoimprint lithography

One of the most important tasks remaining to be resolved in nanoimprint lithography is the elimination of the resist sticking to the mold during demolding. Previously, the main approach was to apply a thin layer of fluorinated alkyl silane mold-release agent on the surface on the mold; however, this involves complicated steps and high costs. The low surface free energy material polybenzoxazine provides an efficient mold-release agent for silicon molds that is easier to process, costs less, and has no side reactions.     

Isonitrosopropiophenone as an ambidentate chelating agent in some transition metal complexes

Summary Isonitrosopropiophenonates of cobalt(III), cobalt(II), nickel(II) and palladium(II) have been synthesised and characterised. Isonitrosopropiophenonatonickel(II) exists as green and brown varieties, the green forming mono- as well as bispyridine adducts. The brown variety is obtained after removal of base from the adducts. I.r. data of the metal chelates suggest atrans-asymmetric structure involving N and O bonding for one form and atrans-symmetric structure involving either N or O bonding of the oximino-group for the other. The former is observed exclusively with isonitrosopropiophenonates of nickel(II) while the latter is common among the other metal chelates. The low magnetic moment of the mono-adduct is ascribed to super-exchange interaction between two metal ions through oxo-bridges in the dimer. Acis-octahedral structure has been assigned to the tris(isonitrosopropiophenonato) cobalt(III) on the basis of¹H n.m.r. data. Isonitrosopropiophenone forms mixed-ligand complexes of cobalt(III) with tetradentate Schiff bases such as SALEN,N,N-ethylenebis(salicylaldimine), and SALPN,N,N-1,3-propylenebis-(salicylaldimine), where the isonitrose group bonds through the nitrogen atom. These complexes have a N,N,N,O,O,O ligand environment. The imino-nickel(II) and -palladium(II) complexes are assigned atrans-symmetric square planar structure. Characterisation of the complexes was based upon elemental analyses, conductivity and magnetic moment, and i.r.,¹H n.m.r., and electronic spectra.     

Chlorosulfonylisocyanate as a chlorinating agent

CSI rather than adding to the double bond in 1, chlorinates the aromatic ring.     

Silatrane as a reducing agent

Silatrane has been shown to have potential as a reducing agent for some organic compounds, including halides, carbonyl compounds, and azoxybenzene.     

Fenugreek mucilage as a flocculating agent for sewage treatment

The use of fenugreek mucilage, a natural polysaccharide and a direct food additive, as a flocculating agent for removal of suspended and dissolved solids from sewage effluent has been reported. A flocculation study has been done by the standard jar test method. The percent removal of suspended solid (SS) and dissolved solid (TDS) was determined by varying the polymer dose, pH and contact time. X-ray diffraction patterns of the solid waste material of mucilage and flocs (so obtained after treatment) were used to suggest the incorporation of the crystalline waste material in the mucilage. The optimal mucilage concentration was found to be 0.16 mg/l. The suitable pH range for maximum solid removal (SS and TDS) was alkaline and the time required for treatment was 1-3 h.     

Alizarin Red S as a colored agent for the extraction-photometric and color measurement determination of some local anesthetic organic compounds

The possibility has been considered for using 1,2-dihydroxyantraquinonone-3-sulfoacid (Alizarin Red S, ARS) as a colored agent for the determination of organic bases as of their ion associates. Spectrophotometric and colorimetric properties of the ion associates of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and local anesthetics Novocaine and Lidocaine with ARS have been studied in aqueous solutions at pH 2–6; the optimal conditions for the formation of ion associates have been determined and the extraction mechanism has been revealed. Calibration curve equations have been obtained for the dependences of the absorbance of extracts and back extracts of organic bases in aqueous and organic phases, as well as the chromaticity functions (CF) of the ion associates on the concentration of the organic bases in aqueous and organic phases. Molar absorption coefficients and CF of the considered ion associates have been determined. The advantages of the color measurement over spectrophotometry for the determination of molar absorption coefficients and CF have been demonstrated. An application of the developed procedure has been proposed.     

Sodium tetrachloroferrate as a dehydrating agent

Fused NaFeCl(4) shows a great affinity for moisture, which reacts chemically with it. By passage through a heated column filled with NaFeCl(4) coated on bioglass, gases such as nitrogen are found to have retained some moisture when dried over a molecular sieve. The compound also acts as a self-indicator, as the colour changes from yellow to brown after the reaction. It is more efficient than molecular sieves and is regenerated by passing HCl gas through the column.     

C-hexaphenyl-substituted trianglamine as a chiral solvating agent for carboxylic acids

Chiral hexaazamacrocycles with a trianglamine structure and C(3)-symmetry, containing six ring substituents and twelve stereocenters have been tested as chiral solvating agents (CSAs) for α-substituted carboxylic acids. Excellent results have been obtained with a hexaphenyl-substituted macrocycle. The optimal ratio between the macrocycle and racemic acid, allowing for baseline separation of the enantiomers' signals in the (1)H NMR spectrum, was dependent on the type of acid, in particular on its degree of acidity. The analyte and the CSA could be separated and recovered by a simple acid-base extraction and reused without purification. The conformations of the free and protonated hexaamino macrocycles were inferred by CD spectroscopic studies and DFT calculations.     

Elemental sulfur as a stabilizing agent for vinyl chloride polymers

The possibility of stabilization of some vinyl chloride polymers with elemental sulfur in their thermal and thermal oxidative degradation was studied.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 77, No. 11, 2004, pp. 1877–1879.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Kolesov, R. M. Akhmetkhanov, Nagumanova, Kabalnova, R. R. Akhmetkhanov, Zaikov.     

A novel type of N-formylation and related reactions of amines via cyanides and esters as formylating agents

A novel N-formylation and related reactions proceed from cyanides promoted by esters.     

Representation of13C NMR chemical shifts in polychlorobromomethanes using a distance matrix for the heterosystems

On the basis of a distance matrix for heterosystems, we propose a form for the topological dependence for the carbon NMR chemical shifts in polyhalomethanes.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 58–60, January, 1990.     

Use of t-butyllithium as a reducing agent

Details of the first reported use of an alkyllithium reagent for the reduction of a CO bond are presented.