Growth and characterisation of Na3Sb2F9 single crystals

Optically clear single crystals of Na₃Sb₂F₉ have been grown from solution by slow evaporation technique at constant temperature. Crystals of sizes upto 30 × 8 × 8 mm have been grown in a period of three months. Vickers microhardness measurements have been carried out on these crystals. Attempts have also been made to understand the nature of the cracks developed around the microindentation. Single crystal X-ray diffraction studies have been carried out and cell parameters are determined.     

孔结构对纳米浇注的中孔钙钛矿上甲醇氧化反应动力学的影响

限制工业有毒气体(如挥发性有机化合物)的排放是当今社会主要的挑战之一.因此,迫切需要开发出消除污染物、且不造成二次污染的环境友好技术.其中热燃烧技术比较有效,但通常该过程会采用贵金属催化剂以实现低温高活性.由于贵金属催化剂的成本较高,不利于工业应用,因此,人们一直致力于研究和开发新型材料以替代贵金属催化剂.研究发现,在许多部分氧化或完全氧化反应(特别是烃类或挥发性有机物的氧化反应)中,钙钛矿类复合金属氧化物(ABO3)具有与贵金属类似的催化性能.但是该材料的制各需在高温(＞ 700℃)条件下进行,使得其比表面积(＜30 m2/g)很低,因而限制了其应用.可见,欲使该材料在工业上得到广泛应用,必须在制备技术上实现很大的突破,即制得高比表面积的钙钛矿类材料.已有人通过在200℃下焙烧成功地制备了比表面积为1 00 m2/g的钙钛矿氧化物,但继续提高焙烧温度,所制样品的比表面积下降.在过去20年中,中孔氧化硅及随后众多中孔材料的成功制备,使得合成具有极高比表面积的非硅基材料(如碳,金属氧化物,和碳化物等)成为可能.在这些材料的制备方法中,纳米浇铸法因其特别适用于制备具有高比表面积的单金属或单金属氧化物而备受青睐.采用纳米浇铸法已经成功制得一系列材料,并用于很多催化反应中.但文献报道大多只局限于温度、催化剂组成或比表面积对其活性的影响.为了能将这些材料成功用于工业应用,需要对其表面反应机理和相关反应动力学进行深入的研究.最近,本课题组采用纳米浇铸法制备了高比表面积的中孔钙钛矿类氧化物,并考察了它们的催化性能.结果表明,在各种气相反应中,所制纳米浇注的钙钛矿类氧化物具有比相应体相氧化物更高的催化效率.基于此,本文以在不同温度老化的SBA-15为硬模板,采用纳米浇铸法制备高比表面积的LaMnO3材料,运用X-射线衍射、N2吸附-脱附、透射电镜、程序升温还原和O2-程序升温脱附等方法分析所制材料的晶相、织构、表面和氧化还原等性质,考察了其孔结构参数对其催化甲醇完全氧化反应性能和动力学的影响,以深入理解该类材料的催化性能.结果表明,以35,100,140℃老化制得的SBA-15为模板剂,成功地制得了La在A位,Mn在B位的一系列LaMnO3材料,它们具有可调控的比表面积(80-190 m2/g);同时,材料的比表面积与所用硬模板剂的老化温度存在很好的关联,且比表面积最大的样品具有最高的催化活性.测量了各催化剂在不同空速(19500-78200 h-1)条件下甲醇氧化反应结果,从而得到了各催化剂的速率常数,发现它们随着催化剂的比表面积而变化.再结合阿伦尼乌斯方程,采用线性回归法测得了所制备的三个催化剂上该方程的指前因子和表观活化能;发现在所考察的反应条件下,所有催化剂上反应的表观活化能较低,且保持不变.另外,指前因子与催化剂比表面积之间存在线性关系,表明尽管各催化剂的比表面积不同,但单位比表面积的甲醇氧化的比活性是相同的.由于在制备过程中很难除去残余的Si物种,因此未来工作中我们将进一步考察残余物种对纳米浇注的钙钛矿类材料性质的影响.     

Bulk viscosity of strange quark matter in density dependent quark mass model

We have studied the bulk viscosity of strange quark matter in the density dependent quark mass model (DDQM) and compared results with calculations done earlier in the MIT bag model where u, d masses were neglected and first order interactions were taken into account. We find that at low temperatures and high relative perturbations, the bulk viscosity is higher by 2 to 3 orders of magnitude while at low perturbations the enhancement is by 1–2 order of magnitude as compared to earlier results. Also the damping time is 2–3 orders of magnitude lower implying that the star reaches stability much earlier than in MIT bag model calculations.     

Chlor­amine‐B sesquihydrate

In the title compound, sodium N‐chloro­benzene­sulfon­amide sesquihydrate, Na⁺·C₆H₅ClNO₂S^?·1.5H₂O, the sodium ion exhibits octahedral coordination by O atoms from three water mol­ecules and by three sulfonyl O atoms of three different N‐­chloro­benzene­sulfon­amide anions. A two‐dimensional polymeric layer consists of units, each comprising two face‐sharing octahedra which share four corners with four other such units, the layer running parallel to the ab plane. The water mol­ecules participate in hydrogen bonds of the types O—H?O, O—H?N and O—H?Cl.     

A di­deoxy­dide­hydro­nucleoside derivative

We have synthesized a di­deoxy­dide­hydro­nucleoside derivative, 2(S)‐acetoxymethyl‐4‐[4‐amino‐2‐oxopyrimidin‐1(2H)‐yl]‐2,5‐di­hydro­furan, C₁₁H₁₃N₃O₄, which is an analogue of the potently anti‐HIV active compound, di­deoxy‐dide­hydro­cytidine (d4C). The target compound crystallizes with two mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit that differ primarily in the orientation of the C6′‐acetyl group. One mol­ecule has an extended conformation and the orientation of the acetyl group in the second mol­ecule gives an unusual hooked‐shaped conformation. The two conformers form A–B dimers via N—H?N hydrogen bonds. The dimers link via N—H?O hydrogen bonds to form chains parallel to the b cell axis.     

Bis­[N,N‐bis(2‐hydroxy­ethyl)­di­thio­carbamato]­di­methyl­tin(IV)

The title compound, [Sn(CH₃)₂(C₅H₁₀NO₂S₂)₂], has crystallographic mirror symmetry (C—Sn—C on mirror plane) and the coordination polyhedron around the Sn atom is a tetrahedron [C—Sn—C 139.3 (2)° and S—Sn—S 82.3 (1)°] distorted towards a skew‐trapezoidal bipyramid owing to an intramolecular Sn?S contact [3.0427 (6) Å]. The mol­ecules are linked into a linear chain by intermolecular O—H?O hydrogen bonds [O?O 2.646 (3) Å].     

Untargeted Metabolomic Approach to Determine the Regulatory Pathways on Salicylic Acid-Mediated Stress Response in Aphanamixis polystachya Seedlings

Plants thrive under abiotic and biotic stress conditions with the changes in phytohormones like salicylic acid (SA), resulting in the synthesis of secondary metabolites. The present study determines the response of plants in producing secondary metabolites towards different SA concentrations at varying time intervals. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based metabolomics studies in Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall.) Parker seedlings are grown at 10 mM, 50 mM, and 100 mM SA concentrations, showed the differential expression of metabolites towards the stress. Alkaloids like amaranthin showed a 15-fold increase on the second day, and analog of androvinblastin showed a 20-fold increase on the sixth day in 10 mM SA compared with other groups. Flavanoid cyanidin 3-3 glucosyl was found to be with a 22-fold increment along with terpenoids betavulgaroside (18-fold), asiaticoside (17-fold), mubenin B (20-fold), and deslanoside (22-fold) increment in 50 mM SA on the sixth day. The shock exerted by 100 mM was too harsh, and the lowered metabolite production level was insufficient for the seedlings to survive at this higher SA condition. Arrangement of stressed groups using Pearson correlation studies, principal component analysis, and partial least square analysis placed 10 mM SA and controlled group closer and 50 mM SA and 100 mM SA groups closer to each other. The study observed that SA regulates metabolites that mediate biotic stress responses at low concentrations, and higher concentrations regulate abiotic stress regulating metabolites.     

Molecular encapsulation of lidocaine and procaine into β-cyclodexrin cavity: in vitro cytotoxic evaluation

Among the potent anticancer agent, Local Anesthetics (LA) have been found to be efficient against many different types of cancer cell lines. However, the major disadvantage associated with the use of LA its low systemic bio-availability when administered due to its poor aqueous solubility. Our present work concentrates on improving the bio-availability by complexing with β-Cyclodextrin. We synthesized the inclusion complexes of selective LAs by co-precipitation method which is an efficient method among others and characterized the formulation of complex by UV, steady state and time resolved fluorescence studies. The optimization and orientation of the free LA and the complexes have also been studied by molecular docking with the help of Patch-Dock server. An in vitro study of cytotoxicity against breast cancer cell line is performed. Our study shows the formation of the complex with 1:1 ratio and the result showed that the improved CT activity for LDC:β-CD than the free LDC. For PRC and its complex with β-CD has no much activity even after forming a complex.     

Synthesis,spectral characterization and antitumor activity of phenothiazine derivatives

Different types of phenothiazine derivatives were synthesized by reactions of 10-alkyl-10H-phenothiazine-3-carbaldehydes. Structures of the prepared compounds were confirmed through spectroscopic techniques such as IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR and mass spectroscopy. All the compounds were studied for their antitumor activities.     

Elucidating the Molecular Basis of Avibactam-Mediated Inhibition of Class A β-Lactamases

Disseminating antibiotic resistance rendered by bacteria against the widely used β-lactam antibiotics is a serious concern for public health care. The development of inhibitors for drug-resistant β-lactamase enzymes is vital to combat this rapidly escalating problem. Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a non-β-lactam inhibitor called avibactam for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal and urinary tract infections caused by drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. This work sheds light on the molecular origin of the inhibitory effect of avibactam against the drug-resistant CTX-M variant of class A β-lactamases. In particular, we probed the structural evolution, dynamics features, and energetics along the acylation and deacylation reaction pathways through enhanced sampling molecular dynamics methods and free-energy calculations. We scrutinized the roles of active site residues, the nature of the carbamoyl linkage formed in the inhibitor–enzyme covalent intermediate, and other structural features of the inhibitor molecule. By unraveling the reasons behind the inhibition of all the deacylation routes, we can explain various experimental structural and kinetics data, and propose a way to design new inhibitors based on the β-lactam framework.