Thin Layer Chromatographic Technique for Detection and Identification of Endosulfan Insecticide with m-Dinitrobenzene Reagent

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - Endosulfan is commonly encountered in poisoning cases in India. In TLC the compound can be detected by spraying the plate with...     

A lanthanum pyromellitate coordination polymer with three-dimensional structure

A new three-dimensional metal-organic coordination polymer, [La₂(H₂O)₂(H₂BTEC)(BTEC)], 1, was hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The three-dimensional framework is built up from La₂O₁₆ dimers connected by carboxylate anions. The polymer exhibits strong photoluminescence at room temperature with the main emission band at 390 nm (λ_ex = 338 nm). Crystal data: triclinic, space group P(−1),a = 6.4486(3),b = 9.4525(5),c = 9.6238(5) ?, α= 88.24(1), β = 74.67(2), γ= 76.76(1)°,V = 550.45(5)     

Room temperature ionic liquid promoted synthesis of 1,5-benzodiazepine derivatives under ambient conditions

The reaction of o-phenylenediamines with both acyclic and cyclic ketones in the ionic liquid 1,3-di-n-butylimidazolium bromide afforded 1,5-benzodiazepines in excellent isolated yields in the absence of a catalyst at ambient temperature.     

Estimating zero‐g flow rates in open channels having capillary pumping vanes

In vane‐type surface tension propellant management devices (PMD) commonly used in satellite fuel tanks, the propellant is transported along guiding vanes from a reservoir at the inlet of the device to a sump at the outlet from where it is pumped to the satellite engine. The pressure gradient driving this free‐surface flow under zero‐gravity (zero‐g) conditions is generated by surface tension and is related to the differential curvatures of the propellant‐gas interface at the inlet and outlet of the PMD. A new semi‐analytical procedure is prescribed for accurately calculating the extremely small fuel flow rates under reasonably idealized conditions. Convergence of the algorithm is demonstrated by detailed numerical calculations. Owing to the substantial cost and the technical hurdles involved in accurately estimating these minuscule flow rates by either direct numerical simulation or by experimental methods which simulate zero‐g conditions in the lab, it is expected that the proposed method will be an indispensable tool in the design and operation of satellite fuel tanks. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Uniform distribution of projection data for improved reconstruction quality of 4D EPR imaging

In continuous wave (CW) electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI), high quality of reconstruction in a limited acquisition time is a high priority. It has been shown for the case of 3D EPRI, that a uniform distribution of the projection data generally enhances reconstruction quality. In this work, we have suggested two data acquisition techniques for which the gradient orientations are more evenly distributed over the 4D acquisition space as compared to the existing methods. The first sampling technique is based on equal solid angle partitioning of 4D space, while the second technique is based on Fekete points estimation in 4D to generate a more uniform distribution of data. After acquisition, filtered backprojection (FBP) is applied to carry out the reconstruction in a single stage. The single-stage reconstruction improves the spatial resolution by eliminating the necessity of data interpolation in multi-stage reconstructions. For the proposed data distributions, the simulations and experimental results indicate a higher fidelity to the true object configuration. Using the uniform distribution, we expect about 50% reduction in the acquisition time over the traditional method of equal linear angle acquisition.     

High-performance liquid chromatography and pharmacokinetics of aceclofenac in rats

A simple and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method was developed for quantification of aceclofenac in rat plasma. Ibuprofen was used as an internal standard (IS). The present method used protein precipitation for extraction of aceclofenac from rat plasma. Separation was carried out on reversed-phase C₁₈ column (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μ) and the column effluent was monitored by UV detector at 282 nm. The mobile phase used was methanol-triethylamine (pH 7.0; 0.3% v/v in Milli-Q water) (60:40%, v/v) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL min⁻¹. This method was linear over the range of 50.0-3500.0 ng mL⁻¹ with regression coefficient greater than 0.99. The mean recovery of aceclofenac and IS were 84.62 ± 3.23 and 89.19 ± 1.57%, respectively and the method was found to be precise, accurate, and specific during the study. The method was successfully applied for pharmacokinetic study of aceclofenac in rats.     

Kinetics and mechanistic study of pyridinium hydrobromide perbromide-induced carbon–carbon bond scission

The title investigation shows that pyridinium hydrobromide perbromide (PHPB) induced electron transfer reaction in pentaamminecobalt(III) complexes of α-hydroxy acids

Inorganic-organic hybrid structures: open-framework iron phosphite-oxalates of varying dimensionality

Inorganic-organic hybrid structures belonging to the family of iron phosphite-oxalates have been prepared by employing hydrothermal methods. Their structures, determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, show a hierarchy within the family. While compounds I and II are low dimensional, III-VI have three-dimensional structures. Compound I has edge-shared ladders of iron phosphite with oxalate units hanging from the iron centers. Compound II has a layer structure with a honeycomb-like arrangement. The three-dimensional hybrid structures have the oxalate units connected in both in-plane and out-of-plane modes. A newly identified secondary building unit (SBU-7) and the oxalate units satisfying the valence and coordination requirements in the structure of V are novel and noteworthy structural features. Magnetic studies show that the dominant interactions between the iron centers are antiferromagnetic. Similar to other known hybrid structures, the phosphite-oxalate structures appear to show wide compositional and structural diversity.