Synthesis and spectroscopic studies on organotin(IV) complexes of some pyrazoles and pyrazol-5-ones and their antibacterial activity

A series of organotin(IV) complexes of the general formula R_xSnCl_4?x.L (where R=Me, n?Bu, Ph; x = 2 or 3; L = pyrazole or pyrazol-5-one) have been prepared and characterized by elemental analyses, IR and NMR spectroscopy. The ligands used were found to coordinate with R₃SnCl species as monodentate ligands via the more reactive nitrogen atom, to give pentacoordinate tin complexes, whilst they may coordinate with R₂SnCl₂ species as bidentate ligands through the N–N linkage to give hexacoordinate tin complexes. These were demonstrated mainly by spectroscopic data. The tautomeric behaviour of organotin complexes of pyrazol-5-one ligands in inert (CDCl₃) and donor (DMSO-d₆) solvents were also studied. The complexes were screened against six species of bacteria.     

Photometrische Bestimmung von Aminen mittels 5-Isothiocyanato-1,3-dioxo-2-p-tolyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-benz[de]isochinolin

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Spectrophotometric determination of amines with 5-isothiocyanato-1,3-dioxo-2-p-tolyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[de]isoquinoline

Dem Fonds der Chemischen Industrie und der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft danken wir für die Förderung der Arbeiten, Fräulein Ute Schulze und Herrn Dieter Krügel für ihre gewissenhafte experimentelle Mitarbeit.     

Starch cellulose acetate co-acrylate (SCAA) polymer as a drug carrier

The present study aims to create a controlled-release system through the preparation and characterization of starch cellulose acetate co-acrylate (SCAA) polymer for application as a carrier for cancer drugs. SCA was prepared from maize starch and different ratios of cellulose acetate. The obtained product SCA was reacted with acrylic acid monomer to give cellulose acetate co-acrylate. The best ratio of starch to cellulose acetate was found to be 90:10, giving a stable product with acrylic acid. The cancer drug 8-(2-methoxyphenyl)-3,4-dioxo-6-thioxo-3,4,6,7-tetrahydro-2h-pyrimido[6,1-c]-[1,2,4]triazine-9-carbonitrile was dissolved in dimethylformamide then added gradually at the end of the previous reaction under stirring for 15 min. The prepared polymers with and without the drug were characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Cuboids discs of the prepared polymer/drug were subjected to drug release in aqueous media at different pH values. The release was measured spectrophotometrically. It was found that the release rate depends on the pH of the aqueous medium as well as on the concentration of the drug loaded onto the polymer carrier. Above pH 12, the polymer containing the drug degraded completely within 1 h after being subjected to alkaline media. Sustained release of drug extended to about 20 days. The amount released depended on the pH of the media in the following order: basic media > acidic media > neutral. According to Higuch’s equation, the diffusion coefficient was found to be 4.2 × 10^?8 and 5.5 × 10^?8 cm s^?1 for the two evaluated concentrations (1.5 and 2 %) of active organic compound (drug).     

Organosilica composite for preconcentration of phenolic compounds from aqueous solutions

A new adsorbent is proposed for the solid-phase extraction of phenol and 1-naphthol from polluted water. The adsorbent (TX-SiO₂) is an organosilica composite made from a bifunctional immobilized layer comprising a major fraction (91%) of hydrophilic diol groups and minor fraction (9%) of the amphiphilic long-chain nonionic surfactant Triton X-100 (polyoxyethylated isooctylphenol) (TX). Under static conditions phenol was quantitatively extracted onto TX-SiO₂ in the form of a 4-nitrophenylazophenolate ion associate with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. The capacity of TX-SiO₂ for phenol is 2.4 mg g⁻¹ with distribution coefficients up to 3.4 × 10⁴ mL g⁻¹; corresponding data for 1-naphthol are 1.5 mg g⁻¹ and 3 × 10³ mL g⁻¹. The distribution coefficient does not change significantly for solution volumes of 0.025–0.5 L and adsorbent mass less than 0.03 g; 1–90 μg analyte can be easily eluted by 1–3 mL acetonitrile with an overall recovery of 98.2% and 78.3% for phenol and 1-naphthol, respectively. Linear correlation between acetonitrile solution absorbance (A ₅₄₀) and phenol concentration (C) in water was found according to the equation A ₅₄₀ = (6 ± 1) × 10⁻² + (0.9 ± 0.1)C (μmol L⁻¹) with a detection range from 1 × 10⁻⁸ mol L⁻¹ (0.9 μL g⁻¹) to 2 × 10⁻⁷ mol L⁻¹ (19 μL g⁻¹), a limit of quantification of 1 μL g⁻¹ (preconcentration factor 125), correlation coefficient of 0.936, and relative standard deviation of 2.5%. A solid-phase colorimetric method was developed for quantitative determination of 1-naphthol on adsorbent phase using scanner technology and RGB numerical analysis. The detection limit of 1-naphthol with this method is 6 μL g⁻¹ while the quantification limit is 20 μL g⁻¹. A test system was developed for naked eye monitoring of 1-naphthol impurities in water. The proposed test kit allows one to observe changes in the adsorbent color when 1-naphthol concentration in water is 0.08–3.2 mL g⁻¹.     

Dynamical behavior and network analysis of an extended Hindmarsh–Rose neuron model

Nonlinear Dynamics - In this paper, the extended Hindmarsh–Rose neuron model, which considers the slow intracellular exchange of calcium ions between its store and the cytoplasm, is studied....     

Carpet oscillator: A new megastable nonlinear oscillator with infinite islands of self-excited and hidden attractors

Polarisation of the particle spin can be an important problem for different plasmas. In this article, the contribution of the electron spin on the growth rate of the temperature anisotropy of electromagnetic instabilities has been investigated. Results show that polarisation of the electron spin will restrict the instability growth rate while instability can survive due to the spin-depolarised electrons even when the requested temperature anisotropy is vanished. Instability can reach the damping state exponentially due to the spin-polarised electrons while it can grow linearly due to the spin-depolarised (the semi-classical) electrons.     

A one-dimensional local tuning algorithm for solving GO problems with partially defined constraints

Lipschitz one-dimensional constrained global optimization (GO) problems where both the objective function and constraints can be multiextremal and non-differentiable are considered in this paper. Problems, where the constraints are verified in a priori given order fixed by the nature of the problem are studied. Moreover, if a constraint is not satisfied at a point, then the remaining constraints and the objective function can be undefined at this point. The constrained problem is reduced to a discontinuous unconstrained problem by the index scheme without introducing additional parameters or variables. A new geometric method using adaptive estimates of local Lipschitz constants is introduced. The estimates are calculated by using the local tuning technique proposed recently. Numerical experiments show quite a satisfactory performance of the new method in comparison with the penalty approach and a method using a priori given Lipschitz constants.This research was supported by the following grants: FIRB RBNE01WBBB, FIRB RBAU01JYPN, PRIN 2005017083-002, and RFBR 04-01-00455-a. The authors would like to thank anonymous referees for their subtle suggestions.