An Efficient Synthesis of Silyl Dienol Ethers from α, β-Unsaturated Aldehydes and Ketones

α, β-Unsaturated aldehydes and Ketones when reacted with NaBr-Me₃SiCl-Et₃N in DMF at ambient temperature, yield silyl dienol ethers in high yields.     

Stretching a Curved Surface in a Viscous Fluid

This work is concerned with the viscous flow due to a curved stretching sheet. The similarity solution of the problem is obtained numerically by a shooting method using the Runge-Kutta algorithm. The physical quantities of interest like the fluid velocity and skin friction coefficient are obtained and discussed under the influence of dimensionless curvature. It is evident from the results that dimensionless curvature causes an increase in boundary layer thickness and a decrease in the skin friction coefficient.     

Synthesis of an oxa-lipoic acid

The synthesis of an oxa-lipoic acid is reported here for the first time. We have achieved the synthesis of the title compound starting from commercially available acrolein using a Michael addition and Knoevenagel condensation as key reactions.     

Engineering CNOT gate in cavity QED scenario

We present a quantum CNOT logic gate based on interaction of a three-level cesium atom with a two-mode electromagnetic field in a high-Q superconducting cavity. The three-level atom acts as a control qubit and the two-mode electromagnetic field serves as a target qubit. Presently available QED experiments make it feasible to realize the theoretical suggestion in the laboratory. We determine the feasibility of our proposal by calculating the fidelity.     

Use of mucolytics to enhance magnetic particle retention at a model airway surface

A previous study has shown that retention of magnetic particles at a model airway surface requires prohibitively strong magnetic fields. As mucus viscoelasticity is the most significant factor contributing to clearance of magnetic particles from the airway surface, mucolytics are considered in this study to reduce mucus viscoelasticity and enable particle retention with moderate strength magnetic fields. The excised frog palate model was used to simulate the airway surface. Two mucolytics, N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and dextran sulfate (DS) were tested. NAC was found to enable retention at moderate field values (148 mT with a gradient of 10.2 T/m), whereas DS was found to be effective only for sufficiently large particle concentrations at the airway surface. The possible mechanisms for the observed behavior with different mucolytics are also discussed based on aggregate formation and the loading of cilia.     

Stability-Indicating High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatographic Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Quercetin and Resveratrol in the Lipid-Based Nanoformulation

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - A simple, sensitive, specific, rapid, and accurate high-performance thin-layer chromatographic (HPTLC) method has been developed...     

One-Pot Hydrothermal Synthesis of Ternary 1T-MoS2/Hexa-WO3/Graphene Composites for High-Performance Supercapacitors

A new ternary composite of 1T-molybdenum disulfide, hexagonal tungsten trioxide, and reduced graphene oxide (M-W-rGO) is synthesized by using a one-pot hydrothermal process. The synergetic effect of 1T-MoS₂ and hexa-WO₃ nanoflowers improves the electrochemical performance for supercapacitors by inducing additional active sites and hexagonal tunnels, respectively, which lead to high storage capacity and easy transfer of electrolyte ions. The ternary M-W-rGO composite has a high specific capacitance of 836 F g⁻¹ at 1 A g⁻¹, which is nearly twice that of binary composites of M-rGO and W-rGO with high capacitance retention of 86.35 % after 3000 cycles at a high current density of 5 A g⁻¹. This study provides a new ternary composite that can be used as an electrode material for high-performance supercapacitors.     

Stereoselective total synthesis of xyolide

A stereoselective total synthesis of xyolide is described employing MacMillan α-hydroxylation, Steglich esterification, and ring closing metathesis as key steps. The use of organocatalytic MacMillan α-hydroxylation to construct two of the chiral centers of the xyolide makes this approach attractive.     

A Highly Regioselective Iodoenoletherification of α-Allyl-β-ketoesters. A Convenient Route to 2-Alkyl-5-iodomethyl-3-methoxycarbonyl-4, 5-Dihydrofurans

A variety of α-allyl-β-ketoesters (1) containing two different double bonds, undergo highly regioselective iodoenoletherification to give the titled compound (2) in excellent yields.