Water soluble crown ethers: selective masking agents for improving extraction-separation of zinc and lead cations

The presence of crown ethers 12C4, 15C5 and 18C6 (CE) in aqueous phase influences extraction-separation of zinc and lead ions (M²⁺) by acidic extractant bis(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid (DEHPA) in cyclohexane. In fact, higher complexing ability of the crown ethers towards lead ions causes a greater shift toward higher pH region of the extraction curves versus aqueous phase pH, and consequently an enhancement in the extraction selectivity. The order of extraction selectivity in the presence of the crown ethers varies as 18C6 > 15C5 > 12C4. The analysis of extraction data allows evaluating the stability constants of [M?CE]²⁺ complexes in the aqueous phase. It is demonstrated that the influence of aqueous crown ethers on the extraction process is deeply affected by the organic diluent used. The influence of temperature on the extraction process was studied in the range 286–302 K. This study lets estimating the thermodynamic parameters, i.e., free-energy (ΔGº), enthalpy (ΔΗº), and entropy (ΔSº) changes associated with the extraction process as well as the complexation of cations by the crown ethers in water.     

Relativistic Oscillators in a Noncommutative Space and in a Magnetic Field

In this work, we study the relativistic oscillators in a noncommutative space and in a magnetic field. It is shown that the effect of the magnetic field may compete withthat of the noncommutative space and that is able to vanish the effect of the noncommutative space.     

Exact Solutions of Five Complex Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations by Semi-Inverse Variational Principle

In this paper, we establish exact solutions for five complex nonlinear Schrödinger equations. The semi-inverse variational principle (SVP) is used to construct exact soliton solutions of five complex nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Many new families of exact soliton solutions of five complex nonlinear Schrödinger equations are successfully obtained.     

Synthesis and Characterization of a Fluorescent Water-Borne Polyurethane Based on a Novel Naphthalimide Dye

A waterborne-polyurethane (WPU) dye, based on the fluorescent dye 4-diamino propane-N-allyl-1,8- naphthalimide (WPU-DAN), was synthesized by attaching 4-diamino propane-N-allyl-1,8- naphthalimide (DAN) onto both ends of the polyurethane (PU) chains according to a prepolymer?ionomer process. The synthetic process was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and UV-visible absorption. The glass transition temperature, molecular weight and average particle sizes were measured. The glass transition temperatures of WPU and WPU-DAN were 46.6 and 49.8°C, respectively. In addition, the particle size distributions of WPU-DAN and WPU were 140 and 134 nm, respectively. The thermal behaviour of WPU-DAN showed improvement compared to WPU. The fluorescence intensity of WPU-DAN was enhanced more than DAN due to the naphthalimide groups attached to the chains, and the fluorescence intensity of WPU-DAN and DAN were increased by increasing temperature. Moreover, the fluorescence intensity of WPU-DAN emulsion was stable during 30 days and no loss of fluorescence intensity occurred for these days.     

Reaching for [6]n SiC‐cyclacenes and [6]n SiC‐acenes: A DFT approach

Density functional theory (DFT) calculations introduced triplet ground states for [6]_n SiC‐cyclacenes and ‐acenes with alternate silabenzene rings including silicon atoms in 2 opposite edges (n = 6, 8, 10, 12). The singlet‐triplet energy gap (ΔE_(S‐T)), binding energy per atom (BE/n), and NBO calculation with very small band gap (ΔE_LUMO‐HOMO) confirmed the triplet ground states. In contrast to polyacenes, the singlet [6]_n SiC‐cyclacenes displayed more stability improvement than triplets, through n increasing. This may open the way for synthesis of larger stable [6]_n SiC‐cyclacenes. The ΔE_(S‐T), BE/n, and the strain energy through homodesmic equations indicated more stability for larger [6]_n SiC‐cyclacenes, which was more noticeable in singlet states. Cyclacenes and acenes with high conductivity and full point charge were introduced as suitable candidates for hydrogen storage.     

Four-Body Bound-States Systems in Relativistic Scalar Quantum Field Theory: Variational Basis-State Approach

The variational method within the Hamiltonian formalism of quantum field theory has been used in order to investigate the effect of virtual pairs for four-body scalar systems consisting of two particles and two antiparticles of the same mass. The scalar particles and antiparticles interact via a massive or massless mediating scalar field. The ground state energy solutions of Fock-space variational trial states (\(|N{\bar {N}}N{\bar {N}}{ \rangle }+|N{\bar {N}}N{\bar {N}}N{\bar {N}\rangle }\)) of the relativistic wave equations have been studied. We have compared these results with the previous work of four-body system (variational trial states of the form \(|N{ \bar {N}}N{\bar {N}}{\rangle }\)) and we have shown that the inclusion of virtual pairs has a noticeable effect at low coupling and at high coupling the energy of the system is changed by an important amount. In other words, the calculations show that the inclusion of virtual pairs augments the binding energy of the four-body system by a substantial amount at strong coupling. This study can pave the way for some new ideas in order to investigate the effect of virtual pairs, for example, for a bound-states quark-antiquark or tetraquark systems in future.     

Non-Markovian Process in the Interaction Between a Four-Level N-Type Atom with a Cavity Field Surrounded by a Kerr Medium

We have investigated the dynamics of a four-level N-type atom in cavity QED with consideration to the Kerr effect. The non-Markovianity of the system has been studied using the Breuer-Laine-Piilo (BLP) measure (N _{B L P} ). Moreover the effects of system parameters like temperature and atom-field coupling have also been discussed. The evolution equation of the system has been derived using the time convolution-less(TCL) master equation. Some interesting behaviour of the system and their reasons are discussed.

     

Design and synthesis of phenoxymethybenzoimidazole incorporating different aryl thiazole-triazole acetamide derivatives as α-glycosidase inhibitors

Molecular Diversity - A novel series of phenoxymethybenzoimidazole derivatives (9a-n) were rationally designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their α-glycosidase inhibitory activity. All...     

A simple and effective approach to the synthesis of isoquinoline derivatives under solvent-free conditions

An efficient synthesis of dialkyl pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-2,3-dicarboxylates, pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoline-1,2- dicarboxylates and indolizines is described via one-pot reactions of isoquinoline, quinoline or pyridine and phenacyl bromids with dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates or diaryloylacetylene under solvent-free conditions at 50°C. The mild reaction conditions and high yields of the products exhibit the good synthetic advantage of these methods.     

Solvent influence upon complexation of N-phenylaza-15-crown-5 with UO2 2+ cation in binary mixed non-aqueous solvents

The complexation reaction of N-phenylaza-15-crown-5 (PhA15C5) with UO₂ ²⁺ cation was studied in acetonitrile–methanol (AN–MeOH), acetonitrile–butanol (AN–BuOH), acetonitrile–dimethylformamide (AN–DMF) and methanol–propylencarbonate (MeOH–PC) binary solutions, at different temperatures by conductometry method. The conductance data show that the stoichiometry of the complex formed between PhA15C5 with UO₂ ²⁺ cation in most cases is 1:1 [M:L], but in some solvent systems a 1:2 [M:L₂] complex is formed in solutions. The results revealed that, the stability constant of (PhA15C5·UO₂)²⁺ complex in the binary mixed solvents varies in the order: AN–BuOH>AN–MeOH>AN–DMF. In the case of the pure organic solvents, the sequence of the stability of the complex changes as: AN>PC>BuOH>DMF. A non-linear relationship was observed for changes of logK_f of (PhA15C5·UO₂)²⁺ complex versus the composition of the binary mixed solvents. The corresponding standard thermodynamic parameters (ΔH_c°, ΔS_c°) were obtained from temperature dependence of the stability constant. The results show that the values and also the sign of these parameters are influenced by the nature and composition of the mixed solvents.