Synthesis, FT-Raman, FT-IR, NMR spectroscopic characterization and antimicrobial activity of new mixed aza-oxo-thia macrocyclic compounds

Series of new mixed aza-oxo-thia macrocyclic ligands {2,6,12,16-tetraaza-1,7,11,17-tetraoxo-9,19-dithia-[(4′-methyl-5′,4,3′)(14′-methyl-15′,14,13′)]ditriazine}cyclocosane (L ₁ ); {2,6,13,17-teraaza-1,7,12,18-tetraoxo-9,10,20,21-tetrathia-[(4′-methyl-5′,4,3′)(15′-methyl-14′,16′,15)]di-triazine}cyclodocosane (L ₂ ); {2,6,14,18-tetraaza-1,7,13,19-tetraoxo-10,22-dithia-[(4′-methyl-5′,3′,4)(16′-methyl-15′,17′,16)]ditriazine}cyclotetracosane (L ₃ ) and {2,6,15,19-tetraaza-1,7,14,12-tetraoxo-10,11,23,24-tetrathia-[(4′-methyl-5′,4,3′)(17′-methyl-8′,17,16′)]ditriazine}cyclohexa-cosane (L ₄ ) were synthesized. The structural features of the compounds have been studied by elemental analyses, Mass, FT-Raman, FT-IR, ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. The antimicrobial activities of the ligands were evaluated using disk diffusion method in dimethyl sulfoxide as well as the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) dilution method, against 9 bacteria. The obtained results from disk diffusion method were assessed in side-by-side comparison with those of Penicillin-g, Ampicillin, Cefotaxime, Vancomycin, Oflaxacin, and Tetracyclin, well-known antibacterial agents. The results from dilution procedure were compared with Gentamycin as antibacterial and Nystatin as antifungal. The antifungal activities are reported on five yeast cultures namely Candida albicans, Kluyveromyces fragilis, Rhodotorula rubra, Debaryomyces hansenii, and Hanseniaspora guilliermondii, and the results are referenced with Nystatin, Ketaconazole, and Clotrimazole, commercial antifungal agents. In most cases, the compounds show strong antifungal activity in the comparison tests.     

Thermodynamic properties of a relativistic fermi system with a bose condensate at finite temperature

We investigate a procedure for obtaining the thermodynamical potential at finite temperature and density for a relativistic system of fermions in the presence of condensed bosons. After we have considered the formalism based on a relativistic form of the Landau theory of quantum liquids, we analyze a model with the Yukawa interaction between the spinor and the pseudoscalar fields. Finally we discuss our results in relationship to some known cases of condensation in high energy physics.     

A new and convenient synthesis of substituted benzobarrelenes

Bromination of 3-bromo-6,7-benzobicyclo [3.2.1] octa-2,6-diene at ?50°C gave anti-tribromo adduct (5) in essentially quantitative yield. The double dehydrobromination of (5) was achieved using potassium tert.- butoxide to give 2-bromo-benzobarrelene (7). Reaction of (7) with n-BuLi and subsequent quenching with CH₃I, CO₂, and dimethylformamide afforded the corresponding substituted benzobarrelenes in high yield.     

Anderson localization for one- and quasi-one-dimensional systems

We prove almost-sure exponential localization of all the eigenfunctions and nondegeneracy of the spectrum for random discrete Schrödinger operators on one- and quasi-one-dimensional lattices. This paper provides a much simpler proof of these results than previous approaches and extends to a much wider class of systems; we remark in particular that the singular continuous spectrum observed in some quasiperiodic systems disappears under arbitrarily small local perturbations of the potential. Our results allow us to prove that, e.g., for strong disorder, the smallest positive Lyapunov exponent of some products of random matrices does not vanish as the size of the matrices increases to infinity.     

Fluctuation susceptibility relations for classical spin systems

We prove identities between integrated Ursell functions and derivatives of the pressure in the thermodynamic limit, for multicomponent classical spin systems which obey the Lee-Yang theorem and some form of Gaussian domination, when the susceptibility is finite (T>T _c). Following Refs. 3 and 4, we view the moment generating function of the magnetization as the inverse of an infinitely divisible characteristic function. Fluctuation susceptibility relations of all orders then follow by bounding the corresponding cumulants, taken in zero external field. High-order cumulants are bounded in terms of the susceptibility using Gaussian and Simon's inequalities for short-range interactions.     

Quantum Fourier Transform-Based Arithmetic Logic Unit on a Quantum Processor

This study proposes and construct a primitive quantum arithmetic logic unit (qALU) based on the quantum Fourier transform (QFT). The qALU is capable of performing arithmetic ADD (addition) and logic NAND gate operations. It designs a scalable quantum circuit and presents the circuits for driving ADD and NAND operations on two-input and four-input quantum channels, respectively. By comparing the required number of quantum gates for serial and parallel architectures in executing arithmetic addition, it evaluates the performance. It also execute the proposed quantum Fourier transform-based qALU design on real quantum processor hardware provided by IBM. The results demonstrate that the proposed circuit can perform arithmetic and logic operations with a high success rate. Furthermore, it discusses in detail the potential implementations of the qALU circuit in the field of computer science, highlighting the possibility of constructing a soft-core processor on a quantum processing unit.     

ESR response of gamma-irradiated sulfamethazine

In the present work, characteristic features of the radiolytical intermediates produced in gamma-irradiated solid sulfamethazine (SMH) were investigated by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. The heights of the resonance peaks, measured with respect to the spectrum baseline, were used to monitor microwave saturation, temperature and time-dependent kinetic features of the radical species contributing to the formation of recorded experimental ESR spectra. Three species having different spectroscopic and kinetic features were observed to be produced in gamma-irradiated SMH. SO₂, which is the most sensitive group of radiation in the SMH molecule, was found to be at the origin of radiation-produced ionic radical species. Based on the experimental results derived from the present study, the applicability of ESR spectroscopy to radiosterilization of SMH was discussed. In the dose range of interest (0.5–10 kGy), the radiation yield of solid SMH was calculated to be very low (G=0.45) compared with those obtained for sulfonamide aqueous solutions (G=3.5–5.1). Based on these findings, it was concluded that SMH and SMH-containing drugs could be safely sterilized by gamma radiation and that ESR spectroscopy could be successfully used as a potential technique for monitoring their radiosterilization.