The influence of SO2 and NO2 impurities on CO2 gas hydrate formation and stability

The sequestration of industrially emitted CO(2) in gas hydrate reservoirs has been recently discussed as an option to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas. This CO(2) contains, despite much effort to clean it, traces of impurities such as SO(2) and NO(2) . Here, we present results of a pilot study on CO(2) hydrates contaminated with 1% SO(2) or 1% NO(2) and show the impact on hydrate formation and stability. Microscopic observations show similar hydrate formation rates, but an increase in hydrate stability in the presence of SO(2). Laser Raman spectroscopy indicates a strong enrichment of SO(2) in the liquid and hydrate phase and its incorporation in both large and small cages of the hydrate lattice. NO(2) is not verifiable by laser Raman spectroscopy, only the presence of nitrate ions could be confirmed. Differential scanning calorimetry analyses show that hydrate stability and dissociation enthalpy of mixed CO(2)-SO(2) hydrates increase, but that only negligible changes arise in the presence of NO(2) impurities. X-ray diffraction data reveal the formation of sI hydrate in all experiments. The conversion rates of ice+gas to hydrate increase in the presence of SO(2), but decrease in the presence of NO(2). After hydrate dissociation, SO(2) and NO(2) dissolved in water and form strong acids.     

Macroscopic and nanoscale study of wettability alteration of oil-wet calcite surface in presence of magnesium and sulfate ions

Effect of Mg2+ and SO2*4 on wettability alteration of modified calcite surface to oil-wet by stearic acid (SA) is addressed both in macroscopic and nanoscale using contact angle and atomic force microscopy technique (AFM), respectively. No apparent difference is shown by AFM images, compared to a clear trend that is obtained form contact angle measurements, where Mg2+ ions have shown to alter the modified calcite surface to more water-wet than that in presence of SO2*4 ions. The adhesion forces, due to the presence of SA, are shown to be less pronounced in presence of Mg2+ ion than that in case of SO2*4. This confirms the macroscale measurements of contact angle by nanoscale level. The phenomenon of the alteration to more water-wet calcite surface is related to the distribution coefficient of SA in n-decane/water system, which decreased in presence of Mg2+ and SO2*4 ions, indicating less adsorption of SA on calcite surface.     

Complexes of 2-aminopyridine and its substituted derivatives with iodine

Depending on the amount of halogen used, 2-aminopyridine and its ring-substituted derivatives form complexes with 1 or 2 moles of iodine. In the presence of hydriodic acid, one equivalent of acid is included in the complex. 2-Amino-3,5-dibromopyridine forms a complex with 1 mole of iodine even in the presence of excess iodine or in the presence of HI. According to the IR spectra, the iodine in the complexes is coordinated with the ring nitrogen atom.     

Effect of water hardness on surface tension and dilational visco-elasticity of sodium dodecyl sulphate solutions

The complementary drop and bubble profile analysis and maximum bubble pressure tensiometry are used to measure the dynamic surface tension of aqueous SDS solutions in the presence of hardness salts (CaCl(2) and MgCl(2) in the ratio of 2:1 at concentrations of 6 and 40FH). The presence of hardness salts results in an essential increase of the SDS adsorption activity, which indicates the formation of Ca(DS)(2) and Mg(DS)(2) in the SDS solutions. The surface tension isotherms of SDS in presence of Ca(DS)(2) and Mg(DS)(2) are described using the generalised Frumkin model. The presence of hardness salts accelerates the ageing of SDS solutions as compared with the addition of 0.01 M NaCl due to a faster hydrolysis and hence formation of dodecanol. These results are used to estimate the possible concentration of dodecanol in the studied SDS solutions. The buoyant bubble profile method with harmonic surface oscillations is used to measure the dilational rheology of SDS solutions in presence of hardness salts in the frequency range between 0.005 Hz and 0.2 Hz. The visco-elasticity modulus in the presence of hardness salts is higher as compared with its values in the presence of 0.01 M NaCl additions. The ageing of SDS solutions leads to an essential increase of the visco-elastic modulus.     

Rearrangements and Hydration of 2-Ethynylisoborneol and 2-Ethynylisocamphanol

The reaction of 2-ethynylisoborneol with acetic acid in the presence of boron trifluoride-diethyl ether complex gave 4-ethynylisobornyl acetate as a result of successive skeletal rearrangements. Under the Kucherov reaction conditions 2-ethynylisoborneol underwent Meyer—Schuster rearrangement leading to (2-bornylidene)acetaldehyde. The hydration product of 2-ethynylisoborneol, 2-acetylisoborneol, was obtained by the action of mercury(II) acetate in dioxane under mild conditions. The Nieuwland reaction of 2-ethynylisoborneol afforded 4-acetylisoborneol acetate. 2-Ethynylisocamphanol in the presence of formic acid gave rise to a mixture of Rupe and Meyer—Schuster rearrangement products, stereoisomeric 2-(isocamphylidene)acetaldehydes and 2-acetylisocamphene. Mixtures of acetyl-substituted acetates having a camphane, isocamphane, and bicyclo[3.2.1]octane skeleton were obtained in the reaction with acetic acid in the presence of BF₃-Et₂O. Under the Nieuwland reaction conditions 2-ethynylisocamphanol underwent hydration and rearrangement with ring expansion, yielding a mixture of endo-2-hydroxy-2,6,6,7-tetramethylbicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-one and the corresponding acetate.     

Modulation of the metal recognition properties of a new type of azaferrocenophane-based chemosensors: co-ordination chemistry towards Mg2+, Ca2+, Zn2+ and Ni2+

The structure-redox chemistry relationship of a new type of azaferrocenophane-based chemosensors, 3 and 4, in the presence of protons and several kinds of metal ions, has been studied. Electrochemical studies, carried out in CH2Cl2, in the presence of increasing amounts of Mg2+, Ca2+, Zn2+ and Ni2+ showed that the wave corresponding to the Fc/Fc+ couple of the uncomplexed ligands is gradually replaced by a new reversible wave at more positive potentials corresponding to the Fc/Fc+ couple of the complexed ligands. The maximum shift of the ferrocene oxidation wave was found for 4b in the presence of Mg2+, whereas for 3f a selective sensing response for Mg2+ in the presence of hydrated Ca2+ cations was observed, with a concomitant highly visual output response consisting of a deep purple colour.     

Stereocontrol during the radical polymerization of methyl methacrylates with combined Lewis acids:Aluminium trichloride(AlCl_3) and iron dichloride tetrahydrate

The radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate(MMA) was carried out in the presence of combined Lewis acids of the AlCl3-FeCl2 system.Compared with the polymerization produced in the presence of single Lewis acids,AlCl3 or FeCl2,the MMA polymerization in the presence of AlCl3-FeCl2 composite in CHCl3 or 1-butanol produced a polymer with a higher isotacticity and in toluene produced a polymer with a much higher isotacticity(mm=50%) .The molecular weight and polydispersity of PMMA in the presence of Lewis ...     

Heteroarylthiomethylsilanes. Synthesis and application to heteroarylthiomethylation of carbonyl compounds [1]

Heteroarylthiomethyltrimethylsilanes bearing a 2-pyridyl, 2-imidazolyl, 5-tetrazolyl, or 2-pyrimidinyl group, readily prepared by the reaction of heteroarylmercaptans with halomethyltrimethylsilane in the presence of a base, are synthetic equivalents of heteroarylthiomethyl anions, otherwise inaccessible, and are effective reagents for the introduction of a heteroarythiomethyl group at a carbonyl carbon atom in the presence of a catalytic amount of tetrabutylammonium fluoride.     

Synthesis of Pterocarpan-Type Heterocycles via Oxidative Cycloadditions of Phenols and Electron-Rich Arenes

Oxidation of 4-alkoxyphenols or 4-methoxynaphthol with phenyl iodonium(bis)trifluoroacetate (PIFA) in the presence of electron rich 2H-chromenes or dihydronaphthalenes affords pterocarpans or 5-carbapterocarpans via a formal [3 + 2] cycloaddition process. Acid-catalyzed ionization of quinone dimethylmonoacetal in the presence of 7-methoxy-2H-chromene gave similar results, suggesting a phenoxonium ion intermediate in the oxidative process.     

核糖核苷酸和核糖核苷的N-羧酰咪唑选样性酰化

应用N-羧酰咪唑在合适的条件下可按制备性规模进行选择性地酰化核糖核苷酸和核糖核苷, 得率为50-80%. 对反应机制作了初步探讨.     

Voltammetric Behaviour of Nickel in the presence of cobalt and zinc ions and surfactants

The reduction of the nickel dimethyldioxime complex at mercury electrodes is investigated in the presence of electrochemically interfering ions (Co²⁺, Zn²⁺). In addition the influence of various surfactants on the reduction process was studied by differential pulse adsorptive stripping voltammetry. An improvement of the selectivity without a loss of sensitivity was achieved for the trace determination of nickel in the presence of cobalt by the use of an in-situ modification of the mercury electrode with adsorbed tetrabutylammonium. It is shown that a 10⁶-fold excess of zinc does not distrub the nickel signal in the presence of a sufficient amount of ammonia in the supporting electrolyte.     

Convenient and Selective Acetylations of Phenols,Amines and Alcohols

Two convenient methods have been developed for selective acetylation. In method 1, phenols and amines are selectively acetylated in the presence of alcohols by acetic anhydride in a biphasic aqueous NaOH-isopropanol mixture. In method 2, alcoholic group is acetylated in the presence of amino functions using a strong acidic resin.     

Ligand-controlled highly stereoselective syntheses of e- and z-allylsilanes from dienes and aldehydes using nickel complex

Synthetic methods of highly stereocontrolled E- and Z-allylsilanes were developed. When a toluene solution of diene having a silicon moiety and aldehyde was refluxed in the presence of silane using a catalytic amount of Ni(cod)(2) bearing PPh(3), E-allylsilane was obtained in high yield. On the other hand, when the reaction was carried out in THF upon heating in the presence of Ni(cod)(2), imidazolium salt, Cs(2)CO(3), and PPh(3), Z-allylsilane was formed as a sole product.     

Irreversible and Reversible Deactivation of Bilirubin Oxidase by Urate

Oxygen is electroreduced to water on a carbon cathode coated with wired bilirubin oxidase in a pH 7.4 0.15 M NaCl phosphate buffer solution at 37 °C at much lesser polarization than it is on a pure platinum cathode in 0.5 M H₂SO₄. While the wired bilirubin oxidase cathode operates for over a week in the aerated or oxygenated buffer solution, it is degraded rapidly when in serum. We reported earlier that in the presence of O₂ an intermediate product of the electrooxidation of urate, which is a normal serum component, irreversibly damages the wired bilirubin oxidase and also reported that the electrocatalyst is irreversibly damaged, in the absence of urate, when it is brought, by disconnecting the electrode, to the O₂/H₂O half cell potential at pH 7.4. Here we report that a) dissolved bilirubin oxidase is irreversibly and rapidly damaged by urate in the presence of O₂; and b) that the immobilized wired bilirubin oxidase electrocatalyst is not only irreversibly deactivated by urate in the presence of O₂ in a few hours, but is initially reversibly deactivated, in 1 min or less, by the urate in the presence of O₂.     

Simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of molybdenum and selenium,and of molybdenum and tellurium

A method is reported for the extraction of molybdenum-phenylfluorone by chloroform. The extraction is complete whether perchlorate ions are present or not but the extractions in the presence of perchlorate ions gave a somewhat more sensitive procedure for the spectrophotometric determination of molybdenum in the solvent phase as the molybdenum-phenylfluorone complex.A procedure is reported for the simultaneous determination of molybdenum and selenium, and molybdenum and tellurium. The method involves first the formation and solvent extraction of the molybdenum-phenylfluorone complex by chloroform in the presence of perchlorate ions, followed by determination of selenium in the remaining aqueous phase as selenium-diethyldithiocarbamate complex after solvent extraction with 2-ethyl-1-hexanol in the presence of perchlorate ions. A similar procedure is reported for the simultaneous determination of molybdenum and tellurium except that in the determination of molybdenum, the phenylfluorone complex is extracted by chloroform in the absence of perchlorate ions. Tellurium is determined in the remaining aqueous phase as tellurium-diethyldithiocarbamate complex after solvent extraction by 2-ethyl-1-hexanol solvent extraction in the presence of perchlorate ions.     

Impact of metal binding on the antitumor activity and cellular imaging of a metal chelator cationic imidazopyridine derivative

A new water soluble cationic imidazopyridine species, viz. (1E)-1-((pyridin-2-yl)methyleneamino)-3-(3-(pyridin-2-yl)imidazo[1,5-a]pyridin-2(3H)-yl)propan-2-ol (1), as a metal chelator is prepared as its PF(6) salt and characterized. Compound 1 shows fluorescence at 438 nm on excitation at 342 nm in Tris-HCl buffer giving a fluorescence quantum yield (φ) of 0.105 and a life-time of 5.4 ns. Compound 1, as an avid DNA minor groove binder, shows pUC19 DNA cleavage activity in UV-A light of 365 nm forming singlet oxygen species in a type-II pathway. The photonuclease potential of 1 gets enhanced in the presence of Fe(2+), Cu(2+) or Zn(2+). Compound 1 itself displays anticancer activity in HeLa, HepG2 and Jurkat cells with an enhancement on addition of the metal ions. Photodynamic effect of 1 at 365 nm also gets enhanced in the presence of Fe(2+) and Zn(2+). Fluorescence-based cell cycle analysis shows a significant dead cell population in the sub-G1 phase of the cell cycle suggesting apoptosis via ROS generation. A significant change in the nuclear morphology is observed from Hoechst 33258 and an acridine orange/ethidium bromide (AO/EB) dual nuclear staining suggesting apoptosis in cells when treated with 1 alone or in the presence of the metal ions. Apoptosis is found to be caspase-dependent. Fluorescence imaging to monitor the distribution of 1 in cells shows that 1 in the presence of metal ions accumulates predominantly in the cytoplasm. Enhanced uptake of 1 into the cells within 12 h is observed in the presence of Fe(2+) and Zn(2+).     

Purification and Characterization of the Enzyme Cholesterol Oxidase from a New Isolate of Streptomyces sp.

An extracellular cholesterol oxidase (cho) enzyme was isolated from the Streptomyces parvus, a new source and purified 18-fold by ion exchange and gel filtration chromatography. Specific activity of the purified enzyme was found to be 20 U/mg with a 55 kDa molecular mass. The enzyme was stable at pH 7.2 and 50 °C. The enzyme activity was inhibited in the presence of Pb(2+), Ag(2+), Hg(2+), and Zn(2+) and enhanced in the presence of Mn(2+). The enzyme activity was inhibited by the thiol-reducing reagents (DTT, β-mercaptoethanol), suggesting that disulfide linkage is essential for the enzyme activity. The enzyme activity was found to be maximum in the presence of Triton X-100 and X-114 detergents whereas sodium dodecyl sulfate fully inactivated the enzyme. The enzyme showed moderate stability towards all organic solvents except acetone, benzene, chloroform and the activity increased in the presence of isopropanol and ethanol. The K(m) value for the oxidation of cholesterol by this enzyme was 0.02 mM.     

Reactions of arenediazonium tetrafluoroborates with 3-chloro-2-methylpropene in the presence of potassium chloride,bromide, and thiocyanate

Arenediazonium tetrafluoroborates reacted with 3-chloro-2-methylpropene in the presence of potassium chloride, bromide, and thiocyanate to give the corresponding 1-aryl-3-chloro-2-halo(thiocyanato)-2-methylpropanes. The presence of a copper salt is a necessary condition for the reaction to occur. The yields of the corresponding 1-aryl-3-chloro-2-halo-2-methylpropanes in the Meerwein reaction were approximately twice as low. Introduction of a methyl group to C2 in the 3-chloropropene molecule does not change the reaction regioselectivity.     

Synthesis and properties of novel ditopic polypyridine ligands bridged by one and two acetylenic bonds

Ethynyl substituted bipyridine chelates react with bromo or triflate functionalized bipyridine or terpyridine subunits, in the presence of catalytic amounts of Pd^o(PPh₃)₄ to yield, the new homo- and heteroditopic ethynyl bridge ligands 2a, 4a, 7a and 8. Self coupling of the ethynyl substituted bipyridine species in the presence of CuCl/TMEDA/O₂, yield the symmetric diethynyl bridge ligands 2b, 4b and 7b.     

Synthesis and spectral data of some heterocyclic compounds. The reaction of arylpropiolic esters with tetralones and acetylcyclopropane

Reaction of phenylpropiolic ester (I) with α- and β-tetralones in the presence of sodium ethoxide yielded 5,6-dihydro-7,8-benzflavones and ethyl β-(2-tetralon-1-yl)cinnamates, as a result of Claisen and Michael reactions, respectively. The reaction of I with 3-ethoxy-2-cyclohexen-l-one and acetylcyclopropane in the presence of sodium ethoxide yielded acetylenic β-diketones and 2-aryl-6-cyclopropylpyran-4-ones, respectively. These products were identified on the basis of spectral and analytical data.