Facile Syntheses of Histamine- and Imidazole-4-propionic Acid–Derived Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids

We report synthesis of histamine- and imidazole-4-propionic acid–based ionic liquids containing a variety of alkyl and aryl groups placed at the two different positions of the constituent imidazole ring in convenient steps in good yields.     

Dimethyl Sulfoxide Pivaloyl Chloride: A New Reagent for Oxidation of Alcohols to Carbonyls

An efficient procedure for conversion of alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl compounds, an alternative to the classical Swern oxidation, is described. Pivaloyl chloride is employed as a mild and inexpensive electrophile. A possible reaction mechanism is proposed.     

Liquid–liquid–liquid microextraction of degradation products of nerve agents followed by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

Alkyl alkylphosphonic acids (AAPAs) are important environmental markers of nerve agents. A simple hollow fiber-based liquid–liquid–liquid microextraction (HFLLLME) technique has been developed to enrich the AAPAs from water. AAPAs were extracted from acidified aqueous phase to organic phase present in pores of the hollow fiber, and then back extracted into the alkaline acceptor phase present in the lumen of the hollow fiber. Variables affecting the HFLLLME process were optimized using a Plackett–Burman design and a Doehlert design. Optimal experimental conditions were: organic solvent, 1-octanol; pH of acceptor phase, 14; extraction time, 60 min; pH of donor phase, 1; and NaCl concentration, 10% (w/v). Depending upon the alkyl substituent, lower limits of detection varied from 0.1 to 100 ng mL⁻¹ (S/N ≥ 5). Repeatability of the method was observed with relative standard deviation of 1.49–9.83% (n = 3). After validation, the method was applied to detect AAPAs present in the water sample provided by the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) during the 23rd official proficiency test. The added advantage of this method is that several successive extractions of AAPAs from the same water sample can be performed.     

Capturing a Pentacyclic Fragment-Based Library Derived from Perophoramidine: Their Design,Synthesis and Evaluation as Anticancer Compounds by DNA Double-Strand Breaks (DSB) and PARP-1 Inhibition

Herein we have reported the discovery of a pentacyclic building block comprised of fused indole-quinoline and piperidinone from the natural product perophoramidine as a formidable anticancer agent. The compounds were synthesized in six steps where the key steps involved a blue LED mediated intramolecular cyclopropanation of the indole intermediates and concomitant reduction of the associated aryl nitro moiety to nitroso in the molecule. Cytotoxicity screening of the compounds against an array of cancer cells that is, MCF7, HCT116 and A549 demonstrated 0.6 to 9 μM IC₅₀s by few of the compounds. γH2AX immunofluorescence assay of the two most potent molecules from the phenotypic screening with anti-γ-H2AX Alexa Fluor 488 antibody revealed extensive DNA damage of the A549 cells which indicated probable PARP inhibition (similar to Perophoramidine). Through molecular docking and molecular dynamic (MD) simulation studies the binding efficiency of our compounds with poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase 1 (PARP 1) enzyme was determined. Chemiluminescent PARP Assay with Histone-coated strips indicated that the most active compounds from the phenotypic screening induced PARP-1 inhibition with IC₅₀s of 1.3→1.5 μM.     

Synthesis and Spectral Characterization of Related Substances of Lacidipine,an Antihypertensive Drug

Five related substances (impurities) were detected in lacidipine bulk drug substance by a simple high-performance liquid chromatographic method (HPLC) and were identified by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS). These related substances were independently synthesized, characterized, and co-injected with the sample containing impurities.     

Approximations of Solutions to Abstract Neutral Functional Differential Equation

In the present work, we study the approximations of solutions to the abstract neutral functional differential equations with bounded delay. We consider an associated integral equation and a sequence of approximate integral equations. We establish the existence and uniqueness of the solutions to every approximate integral equation using the fixed point arguments. We then prove the convergence of the solutions of the approximate integral equations to the solution of the associated integral equation. Next, we consider the Faedo–Galerkin approximations of the solutions and prove some convergence results. Finally, we demonstrate the application of the results established.     

Quantum effect on parametric amplification characteristics in piezoelectric semiconductors

Using QHD model the parametric interaction of a laser radiation in an unmagnetised piezoelectric semiconductor has been studied. It is found that the Bohm potential in the electron dynamics enhances the gain coefficient of parametrically generated modes whereas reduces the threshold pump intensity.     

Hollow fiber-mediated liquid-phase microextraction of chemical warfare agents from water

Unambiguous detection and identification of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) and related compounds are of paramount importance from verification point of view of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). It requires development of fast, reliable, simple and reproducible sample preparation of CWAs from water which is likely to be contaminated during deliberate or inadvertent spread of CWAs. This work describes development of hollow fiber liquid-phase microextraction (HF-LPME) method for efficient extraction of CWAs (such as sarin, sulfur mustard and their analogues) from water followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometric analysis. Extraction parameters, such as organic solvent, agitation, extraction time, and salt concentration were optimized. Best recoveries of target analytes were achieved using 1 microL trichloroethylene as extracting solvent, 1000 rpm stirring rate, 15 min extraction time, and 30% NaCl. Excellent precision was observed with less than 7.6% RSD. The limit of detection by HF-LPME was achieved up to 0.1 microg/L at 30% salt concentration.     

A composite semi-conservative scheme for hyperbolic conservation laws

In this work a first order accurate semi-conservative composite scheme is presented for hyperbolic conservation laws. The idea is to consider the non-conservative form of conservation law and utilize the explicit wave propagation direction to construct semi-conservative upwind scheme. This method captures the shock waves exactly with less numerical dissipation but generates unphysical rarefaction shocks in case of expansion waves with sonic points. It shows less dissipative nature of constructed scheme. In order to overcome it, we use the strategy of composite schemes. A very simple criteria based on wave speed direction is given to decide the iterations. The proposed method is applied to a variety of test problems and numerical results show accurate shock capturing and higher resolution for rarefaction fan.