Hypochlorite‐Mediated Modulation of Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Phenothiazine–Boron dipyrromethene Electron Donor–Acceptor Dyad: A Highly Water Soluble “Turn‐On” Fluorescent Probe for Hypochlorite

A highly water‐soluble phenothiazine (PTZ)–boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY)‐based electron donor–acceptor dyad ( WS‐Probe ), which contains BODIPY as the signaling antennae and PTZ as the OCl^? reactive group, was designed and used as a fluorescent chemosensor for the detection of OCl^?. Upon addition of incremental amounts of NaOCl, the quenched fluorescence of WS‐Probe was enhanced drastically, which indicated the inhibition of reductive photoinduced electron transfer (PET) from PTZ to ¹BODIPY*; the detection limit was calculated to be 26.7 nm . Selectivity studies with various reactive oxygen species, cations, and anions revealed that WS‐Probe was able to detect OCl^? selectively. Steady‐state fluorescence studies performed at varied pH suggested that WS‐Probe can detect NaOCl and exhibits maximum fluorescence in the pH range of 7 to 8, similar to physiological conditions. ESI‐MS analysis and ¹H NMR spectroscopy titrations showed the formation of sulfoxide as the major oxidized product upon addition of hypochlorite. More interestingly, when WS‐Probe was treated with real water samples, the fluorescence response was clearly visible with tap water and disinfectant, which indicated the presence of OCl^? in these samples. The in vitro cell viability assay performed with human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK 293) cells suggested that WS‐probe is non‐toxic up to 10 μm and implicates the use of the probe for biological applications.     

A conformal mapping and isothermal perfect fluid model

Instead of the metric conformal to flat spacetime, we take the metric conformal to a spacetime which can be thought of as minimally curved in the sense that free particles experience no gravitational force yet it has non-zero curvature. The base spacetime can be written in the Kerr-Schild form in spherical polar coordinates. The conformal metric then admits the unique three-parameter family of perfect fluid solutions which are static and inhomogeneous. The density and pressure fall off in the curvature radial coordinates asR ^–2, for unbounded cosmological model with a barotropic equation of state. This is the characteristic of an isothermal fluid. We thus have an ansatz for an isothermal perfect fluid model. The solution can also represent bounded fluid spheres.     

A Donsker-Varadhan type of invariance principle

Summary LetX ₁,X ₂,h. be i.i.d. random variables in the domain of attraction of a stable lawG, and denote S_n = X₁ + X_n, L_n(, A) =n_–1 satisfiesa(n) ^–1 S _n G. Large deviation probability estimates of Donsker-Varadhan type are obtained forL _n (, ·), and these are then used to study the behavior of small values of (S _n /a(n). These latter results are analogues of Strassen's results which described the behavior of large values of (S _n /a(n)) when the limit law was Gaussian. The limiting constants are seen to depend only on the limit lawG and not on the distribution ofX ₁. The techniques used are those developed by Donsker and Varadhan in their theory of large deviations.This work was partially supported by the National Science Foundation.     

Identification of the phenothiazines by gas chromatography of their pyrolysis products

Summary Nineteen phenothiazines were pyrolyzed and their products analyzed gas chromatographically. The pyrolysis products were compared with those obtained from a similar study of the barbiturates. Tentative identifications have been made of three pyrolysis products. The pyrolyzates of the various phenothiazine derivatives yield gas chromatographie patterns which differentiate among them.

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Zusammenfassung Die Pyrolyseprodukte von 19 Phenothiazinen wurden gaschromato-graphisch analysiert und mit jenen verglichen, die bei einer analogen Untersuchung von Barbituraten erhalten worden waren. Die Identifizierung von drei Pyrolyseprodukten wurde versucht. Die Pyrolysate der verschiedenen Phenothiazinderivate lassen sich gaschromatographisch unterscheiden.

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Résumé On a effectué la pyrolyse de dix-neuf phénothiazines et analysé les produits résultants par chromatographie en phase gazeuse. On a comparé les résultats — ceux obtenus au cours d'une étude semblable sur les barbiturates. On a tenté d'identifier trois produits de pyrolyse. Les produits de pyrolyse de plusieurs dérivé de la phénothiazine donnent en chromatographie en phase gazeuse des enregistrements qui permettent de les différencier.

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Dedicated to Prof.A. A. Benedetti- Pichler on the occasion of his 70th birthday.     

Electro-kinetically driven route for highly sensitive blood pathology on a paper-based device

Enhancing the sensitivity of colorimetric detection in paper-devices is a quintessential step in achieving frugal diagnosis. Here, we demonstrate an effective way of improving the detection sensitivity of paper-based devices, as mediated by electro-kinetic mechanisms. By directly employing blood plasma, we investigate the electro-kinetic clustering of glucose, a neutral molecule in paper devices. Under the influence of uniform electric field, dispersed glucose gets accumulated in the paper strips. Due to the combination of EOF and electrophoretic migration, we achieve twofold increase in the colour intensity for both normal and diabetic samples. This approach is robust and possesses better sensitivity than conventional colorimetric assays and can be easily extended to other body fluid based diagnosis. These results may turn out to be of profound importance in improving the quality of pathological diagnosis in low-cost paper-based point-of-care devices deployed in resource-limited settings.     

Design and synthesis of novel 6-substituted quinazoline-2-thiols

Molecular Diversity - A novel design and efficient protocol for the synthesis of new class of 6-substituted quinazoline-2-thiols is reported. The derivatization of the thioquinazolines is achieved...     

Crystal Structure of 1,5-Dimethyl-4-(2-oxo-1,2-diphenyl-ethylidene amino)-2-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-pyrazol-3-one

Crystallography Reports - The crystal structure of the title compound is determined by single crystal X-ray structure analysis. The structure was solved by direct method and refined by full-matrix...     

Synthesis of cell wall-active lipopeptide diastereomers

The first synthesis of cell wall-active lipopeptide diastereomers from easily accessible starting materials has been reported. The synthetic strategy involves Jacobsen resolution, TEMPO/BAIB & 2C-Wittig (one pot reaction), and peptide couplings.     

Unique green chromatography method for the determination of serotonin receptor antagonist (Ondansetron hydrochloride) related substances in a liquid formulation,robustness by quality by design-based design of experiments approach

Serotonin receptor antagonist drug Ondansetron hydrochloride injectable formulation containing all related substances was identified and quantified by a single, simple, sensitive, eco-friendly, and green high-performance liquid chromatography method. The disseverment of all impurities was achieved with the Discovery Cyano (250 × 4.6) mm, 5 μm column. The gradient program was composed of pH 5.7 phosphate buffer as mobile phase A and acetonitrile as mobile phase B. The flow rate, column compartment temperature, and detection wavelengths were 0.9 mL/min, 30°C, and 216 nm, respectively. The method was validated as per current regulatory guidelines. The obtained %relative standard deviation for the precision results was between 0.55 and 2.72% for all impurities. The correlation coefficient values from the linearity experiment for impurities and analyte were more than 0.995. The accuracy results were obtained between 88.4 and 113.0% for all impurities. Both sample and standard solutions showed 24 h stability at benchtop and refrigerator conditions. All impurities and analytes met the specificity and mass balance for all forced degradation conditions. Quality-by-design-based design of experiments was utilized to establish the method's robustness. Method greenness was assessed by using the current advanced tool green analytical procedure index, National Environmental Methods Index, and analytical eco-scale.     

Enhanced dielectric and electrical performance of phosphonic acid-modified tantalum (Ta)-doped potassium sodium niobate (KNaNbO3)-P(VDF-HFP) composites

The European Physical Journal E - We discuss the lateral dynamics of two active force dipoles, which interact with each other via hydrodynamic interactions in a thin fluid layer that is active and...