A new and facile access to the 2-(indol-3-yl)-3-nitriloquinolines based on Friedländer annulations

Preparation of 2-(indol-3-yl)-3-nitriloquinolines via Friedländer quinoline synthesis using 3-cyanoacetylindoles possessing an α-methylene group and ortho-amino arylketones have been described. This reaction took place in PEG-400 as a green solvent and it is catalyzed with polyphosphoric acid (PPA) to give novel types of quinolines containing both indoles and cyano functions in one step under thermal and microwave conditions.     

Set regularities and feasibility problems

Mathematical Programming - We synthesize and unify notions of regularity, both of individual sets and of collections of sets, as they appear in the convergence theory of projection methods for...     

A simple and environmentally benign synthesis of polypyridine-polycarboxylic acids

An oxidation method using dilute nitric acid solutions under solvothermal conditions has been developed to synthesise a series of polypyridine-polycarboxylic acids. It has been successfully applied to a range of methyl substituted polypyridines including symmetrical and asymmetrical 2,2′-bipyridines; 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridines and; 2,2′:6′,2″:6″,2?-tetra-pyridines and yields crystalline polypyridine-polycarboxylic acids in a single step. Simple product recovery through filtration yields a recyclable filtrate. More forcing conditions led to demethylation of the polypyridine ligand most probably via decarboxylation. This simple approach avoids potentially harmful metal-based oxidants and negates any issues associated with the disposal of their resultant (hazardous) waste.     

Participation of ethyl 3-formylindole-2-carboxylate with the Ugi four-component condensation reaction

Multicomponent condensation of ethyl 3-formylindole 2-carboxylate, amines, isocyanide and (S)-N-boc-alanine or (S)-N-boc-serine is described. This Ugi four-component condensation (Ugi-4CC) reaction yielded a series of novel dipeptides containing an indolyl moiety. These compounds exhibit potential biological activity.     

On relaxing the Mangasarian–Fromovitz constraint qualification

For the classical nonlinear program, two new relaxations of the Mangasarian–Fromovitz constraint qualification are discussed and their relationship with some standard constraint qualifications is examined. In particular, we establish the equivalence of one of these constraint qualifications with the recently suggested by Andreani et al. Constant rank of the subspace component constraint qualification. As an application, we make use of this new constraint qualification in the local analysis of the solution map to a parameterized equilibrium problem, modeled by a generalized equation.     

Synthesis and NMR elucidation of novel amino acid cavitand derivatives

The synthesis of seven novel protected amino acid cavitands is reported. All have four pendant n-undecyl chains and ‘headgroups’ connected by a two-carbon spacer at four positions on the aromatic rings. The amino acids employed are glycine, alanine, phenylalanine, leucine, proline, tryptophan, serine, glutamine and lysine. The structures of the compounds were elucidated using one- and two-dimensional NMR techniques, which verified that all tetra-substituted cavitands have symmetrical C_4v conformation. This is the first example of a complete study for amino acid cavitand derivatives.     

Temperature and density measurements in a recombining argon plasma with diluent

Spectroscopic and callorimetric measurements of temperature arid number density have been made using a 50-kW radio-frequency inductively coupled plasma (RFICP) torch operated at atmospheric pressure with maximum temperatures and electron densities near 8,1000 K and 2 x 10²¹ m³, respectively These measurements enabled the determination o/ the stale o/ equilibrium and of the corresponding applicability of rarious diagnostic techniques in hoth a recombining argon plasma and a recombining plasma with hydrogen or nitrogen. Results indicate that the Pure argon plasma is well described by u partial equilibrium model in which the free and bound-excited electrons are in mutual equilibrium irespective of possible departures from equilibrium with the ground state. The addition of just tenths of a percent of either atomic Hydrogen or nitrogen, however, disturbs this partial equilibrium hr argon plasmas with electron densities roughly less than 10²¹ m³ such that only diagnostic techniques which are independent o/ partial equilibrium assumptions can be reliably implemented.     

Magnetoelectric effect in cobalt ferrite-barium titanate composites and their electrical properties

CoFe₂O₄-BaTiO₃ composites were prepared using conventional ceramic double sintering process with various compositions. Presence of two phases in the composites was confirmed using X-ray diffraction. The dc resistivity and thermoemf as a function of temperature in the temperature range 300 K to 600 K were measured. Variation of dielectric constant (ɛ′) with frequency in the range 100 Hz to 1 MHz and also with temperature at a fixed frequency of 1 kHz was studied. The ac conductivity was derived from dielectric constant (ɛ′) and loss tangent (tan δ). The nature of conduction is discussed on the basis of small polaron hopping model. The static value of magnetoelectric conversion factor has been studied as a function of magnetic field.     

Energy dependence of multiplicity in proton-nucleus collisions and models of multiparticle production

This is a continuation of our earlier investigation (Gurtuet al 1974Phys. Lett. 50 B 391) on multiparticle production in proton-nucleus collisions based on an exposure of emulsion stack to 200 GeV/c beam at the NAL. It is found that the ratioR _em = 〈n _s〉/〈n _ch〉, where 〈n _ch〉 is the charged particle multiplicity in pp-collisions, increases slowly from about 1 at 10 GeV/c to 1·6 at 68 GeV/c and attains a constant value of 1·71 ± 0·04 in the region 200 to 8000 GeV/c. Furthermore,R _em = 1·71 implies an effectiveA-dependence ofR _A =A ^0.18,i.e., a very weak dependence. Predictions ofR _em on various models are discussed and compared with the emulsion data. Data seem to favour models of hadron-nucleon collisions in which production of particles takes place through adouble step mechanism,e.g., diffractive excitation, hydrodynamical and energy flux cascade as opposed to models which envisage instantaneous production.