4-Cyanoaniline complexes with transition metal(II) halides

Summary Coordination compounds formed by the interaction of manganese(II), cobalt(II), nickel(II) and copper(II) chloride and bromide with 4-cyanoaniline (4-CA) have been prepared and characterized by molar conductance, magnetic susceptibilities, electronic and i.r. spectral measurements down to 200 cm^–1 in the solid state. The isolated complexes are M(4-CA)₂X₂ except for nickel(II) bromide which is NI(4-CA)₄Br₂. I.r. spectra, indicate that 4-CA, though a potentially bidentate ligand, nevertheless acts only as a terminally aniline (NH₂) bonded monodentate ligand in all the complexes. Tentative stereochemistries of the complexes have been suggested in the solid state.     

Physico-chemical studies on the chelation behaviour of acenaphthenequinone monothiosemicarbazone (AQTS) with some bivalent metal ions

Summary The stability constants of the chelates formed from acenaphthenequinone monothiosemicarbazone and magnesium(II), manganese(II), cobalt(II), nickel(II), copper(II), zinc(II) or cadmium(II) have been determined pH-metrically in 75% v/v aqueous dioxan at various ionic strengths of NaClO₄ and at different temperatures. The method of Bjerrum and Calvin^{(1, 2)} as modified by Irving and Rossotti⁽³⁾, has been used to determine the ñ and pL values. The stability constants were calculated on an IBM 360 FORTRAN-IV computer patterned after that of Sullivanet al. ⁽⁴⁾ to give _n values using a weighted least squares method. The S_min, values were also calculated. The thermodynamic stability constant has been determined by extrapolating the log K₁ vs plot at zero ionic strength. The other thermodynamic functions have been calculated from the stability constants obtained for different temperatures at constant ionic strength. The bivalent metal stability sequence of AQTS chelates is in agreement with reported metal orders for other chelating reagents. The order of free energies and enthalpies of chelate formation for AQTS are: Mn²⁺2+2+2+>Zn²⁺.     

Field and temperature dependence of intergranular hysteresis in YBa2Cu3O7

We have studied the variation of low field magnetization hysteresis in YBa₂Cu₃O₇ as a function of the maximum magnetic field applied during a hysteresis cycle (1 G<H _max<7.3 G) and also as a function of temperature (77 K<T<95 K). The remnant magnetization is studied as a function ofH _max andT and the measured dependences are explained using the extended critical state model. The potential of this technique as a contactless method of probing the temperature dependence ofJ _c is discussed.     

Modified generalized kinetic model and degradation mechanistic pathways for catalytic oxidation of NBS dye in Fenton-like oxidation process

Rice husk was utilized as a silica source for the synthesis of mesoporous silica (MS), which was further used for the surface modification of iron oxide nanoparticles (IO-NPs) to form mesoporous silica-modified iron oxide nanoparticles (MSIO-NPs). IO-NPs and MSIO-NPs were characterized using FT-IR, XRD, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, vibrating sample magnetometry, nitrogen adsorption–desorption, TEM and dynamic light scattering analysis. The catalytic activity of MSIO-NPs was tested for degradation and mineralization of Nile blue sulphate dye (NBS) in Fenton-like oxidation process. The degradation efficiency and total organic carbon (TOC) removal of NBS dye onto MSIO-NPs was found to be 92.46 and 66.58%, respectively, after 20 min of reaction time using 5 mM of H₂O₂ concentration. Modified generalized kinetic model was developed for TOC removal of dye degradation onto MSIO-NPs, to account for oxidizable compounds, non-oxidizable compounds, and intermediate organic compounds. The intermediate products formed during degradation of NBS dye were detected by LC–MS experiment and ten fragments were identified based on mass to charge ratio (m/z). The mechanistic pathway for degradation of NBS dye onto MSIO-NPs has been proposed.     

Facile new industrial process for synthesis of teneligliptin through new intermediates and its optimization with control of impurities

Research on Chemical Intermediates - The present study is related to a commercially practicable new synthetic process for production of teneligliptin hydrobromide hydrate (1), a dipeptidyl...     

Resonant Raman scattering in single crystal of congruent LiTaO3 : Effect of excitation energy

Large dispersion in the peak position of the OH⁻ stretching mode (∼687.9 and ∼2167.7 cm⁻¹/eV for fundamental and 3rd harmonic, respectively) is observed by Resonance Raman studies in congruent lithium tantalate single crystal under varying excitation energies. This is explained by considering the involvement of multiple LO phonons in the interaction with OH⁻ stretching vibration and the resonantly excited electrons. The intensity of the peaks is also found to vary with the excitation energy. FWHM increases with the increase in excitation energy because of individual contributions of the increasing number of resonance steps to the broadening.