Intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of 1-oxa-1,3-butadienes with terminal acetylenes in aqueous media using CuI

A new method for the preparation of tetracyclic uracils (oxa-helicene) 4 was developed. The intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of 1-oxa-1,3-butadiene 3 and an unactivated alkyne in the presence of CuI led to tetracyclic uracils 4 in aqueous media with good yields. The 1-oxa-1,3-butadiene 3 was prepared through Knoevenagel reaction of O-propargylated salicylaldehyde derivatives and barbituric acid or 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid.     

Photo-Physical Behavior and Fluorescence of Thermo Switchable Nanocomposite Based on Methyl Methacrylate -Spirobenzopyran

Nanocomposites with thermo and photo-switchable fluorescent properties were synthesized via mini-emulsion polymerization based on spiropyran and methyl methacrylate monomer. The photophysical behavior of fluorescence nanocomposites was investigated by fluorescence spectrophotometry in different temperature, UV-light and time of exposure. It was found that methyl methacrylate polymer is capable of acting as a protective layer and play a critical role in improving the photostability of colorants. The nanocomposites exhibited excellent fluorescent thermo-switching action with respect to the free spiro molecule.

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4,4′-Diaminodiphenylsulfone; an efficient co-additive in dye-sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells

The effect of 4,4′-diaminodiphenylsulfone (DADPS) as a co-additives in iodide/triiodide redox electrolyte on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cell based on the 2-cyano-3-(4-(diphenylamino)phenyl)acrylic acid (TPA) and 2-cyano-3-(2΄-(5΄,10΄,15΄,20΄- tetraphenylporphyrinato Zinc (II)yl) acrylic acid (Zn-1) dyes have been investigated. Compared withstandard electrolyte (0.1 M LiI, 0.05 M I₂, 0.6 M 1-butyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium iodide (BDMII) and TBP (0.5, 1 M)), adding 0.5 M of DADPS, as a co-additive, into the electrolyte system has caused increasing short current density (J_sc) and open-circuit potential (V_oc) consequently the energy conversion (η) improved. Electrochemical impedance results indicate adsorbing of DADPS on the titanium dioxide surface leads to an increase in the lifetime (τ). Adsorbing of DADPS on the semiconductor surface retards the interfacial charge recombination that has a beneficial effect on the V_oc and J_sc. The results showed that amine groups of DADPS attach to the conduction band (CB) of TiO₂ film and suppress the electron recombination process and as a result, it can be applied as a promising co-additive in DSSCs.     

Facile entry to polycyclic indolylhydroquinoline skeletons via tandem C-alkylation and intramolecular S-alkylation

An efficient, single step synthesis of hitherto unknown indole-annulated pentacyclic indolylhydroquinolines via tandem C-alkylation and intramolecular S-alkylation of indolin-2-thiones with N-alkylquinolinium salts in excellent yields (83-95%) is reported. This facile approach provides a powerful entry into polycyclic structures containing nitrogen and sulfur related to alkaloids. The structure of the product was determined by Röntgen crystal structure analysis.     

String stability of infinite interconnected systems

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Activation analysis of some seaweeds of Myanmar

Activation analysis of some seaweed samples occurring off the coastline areas of Myanmar is described. Na, K and I were determined using Am(Be) radionuclide neutron source and low level -counting.     

Jordan tori for a torsion free abelian group

We classify Jordan G-tori, where G is any torsion-free abelian group. Using the Zelmanov prime structure theorem, such a class divides into three types, the Hermitian type, the Clifford type, and the Albert type. We concretely describe Jordan G-tori of each type.     

Structural Report for Sc[(R,R)-norephedrine-pybox](OTf)3 Dimeric Complex

Abstract The title compound containing two metal centers each complexes to one enantiopure chiral norephedrine-derived pyridyl-(bis) oxazoline (pybox) ligand and linked by two hydroxide bridges, crystallizes to give rodlike form in the space group P2₁(# 4). Cell Parameters are a = 10.2344(18) ?, b = 13.952(3) ?, c = 23.371(4) ?, β = 94.586(4)°, V = 3326.6(10) ?³. The metal-hydroxide motif forms a square plane at the center of the structure with the scandium centers exhibiting a distorted pentagonal bipyramid coordination sphere consisting of the chelating ligand and two additional triflouromethyl sulfonyloxy species positioned anti to each other. Graphical abstract The complex contains two metal centers each complexes to one enantiopure chiral norephedrine-derived pyridyl-(bis) oxazoline (pybox) ligand and linked by two hydroxide bridges. Structural report for Sc[(R,R)-norephedrine-pybox](OTf)₃ dimeric complex Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Modelling of The Rheological Properties of Bimodal Emulsions

The model of Ouchiyama and Tanaka 1 - 3 was successfully adapted to calculate the maximum packing fraction (ϕ_m) of polymer latexes with varying bimodal particle size distributions based upon rheological measurements performed on its constituent parts. The values of ϕ_m calculated from the model can be used to predict the rheological properties of the latices. The model was experimentally validated and used for the prediction the viscosity of studied bimodal latices of known concentration using the master curve of viscosity-reduced volume fraction (η vs. ϕ/ϕ_m).     

Athermal silica-based interferometer-type planar light-wave circuits realized by a multicore fabrication method

Athermal silica-based interferometer-type planar light-wave circuits were realized by a newly developed multicore fabrication method. In this method, inductively coupled chemical-vapor deposition and polishing technologies are adopted on a silica substrate with a trench-type waveguide pattern prepared by reactive ion etching. Two kinds of deposited core material, 10GeO2-90SiO2 (mol. %) and 8GeO2-5B2O3-87SiO2 (mol. %), which show wavelength temperature dependence of 9.7 and 8.1 pm/degree C, respectively, were used to prepare the waveguide sections in a device. By adjustment of the lengths of waveguide sections with these two different core materials, athermal characteristics of less than 0.5 pm/degree C were achieved for Mach-Zehnder interferometer filter devices at the 1.55-microm wavelength range while the temperature varied from -20 to 80 degrees C. The new method is also applicable for the preparation of many other kinds of functional devices.