Synthesis and structural characterization of dihexamethylenetetraminetetraaquocobalt(II) hexaaquocobalt(II) sulfate hexahydrate

The synthesis and crystal structure of a new three dimensional cobalt(II) complex [Co(C₆H₁₂N₄)₂(H₂O)₄Co(H₂O)₆][SO₄]₂.6H₂O are reported. It crystallizes in the triclinic space group P-1 with a = 13.394(3), b = 16.077(3), c = 9.282(2) Å, = 89.71(2), = 90.42(2), = 114.02(2)°, V = 1825.6(7)ų and Z = 2. The structure is comprised of [Co(C₆H₁₂N₄)₂ (H₂O)₄Co(H₂O)₆][SO₄]₂ units and H₂O molecules. Two molecules of ligand and four molecules of water chelate one type of Co^II in an octahedral fashion through two N and four O atoms: the four O atoms form the equatorial plane and the two N atoms occupy the apical positions. The other type of Co^II cation is chelated by six water molecules.     

Some results on almost L-weakly and almost M-weakly compact operators

Positivity - We introduce and study a new topology on trees, that we call the countably coarse wedge topology. Such a topology is strictly finer than the coarse wedge topology and it turns every...     

Synthesis of β,β‘-Difluorinated and β,β’-F-Dialkylated Acetals

Using the phase transfer catalysis technique, a series of fluorinated acetals has been prepared, in basic medium, by action of dicholromethane on 2-mononfluorinated alcohols or 1-F-alkyl 2-fluoroethanols. The identification of these new acetals has been achived by the study cf their ¹H, 19F NMR and their mass spectra.     

Development of dry derivatization and headspace solid-phase microextraction technique for the GC-ECD determination of haloacetic acids in tap water

A simple, fast and efficient liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) technique using headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME), in conjunction with gas chromatography-electron capture detection (GC-ECD) has been developed for the determination of haloacetic acids (HAAs) in tap water. The analytical procedure involves LLE, evaporation of extraction solvent to dryness, derivatization of HAAs into their methyl esters with acidic methanol, HS-SPME using 100-μm polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) fiber, and GC-ECD determination. The derivatization process was optimized in dry conditions to achieve maximum sensitivity using the following conditions: esterification for 10 min at 55°C in 50 μL methanol, 30 μL sulphuric acid and 0.1 g anhydrous sodium sulphate. The HS-SPME conditions were also optimized and good sensitivity was obtained at a sampling temperature of 25°C, an absorption time of 10 min and a desorption time of 2 min. The linear calibration curves were observed for the concentration ranging from 0.1 to 200 μg/L with the correlation coefficients (R ²) greater than 0.993 and the relative standard deviation (RSD) less than 12%. The method detection limits of all analytes ranging from 0.02 to 0.7 μg/L were obtained. The proposed method is compared directly to standard EPA method 552.2 in drinking water, and significant advantage in terms of selectivity was observed. Finally the optimized procedure was applied to the analysis of HAAs in Bizerte drinking water. The studied HAA were detected in all the water samples and the concentration of total HAA5 ranged from 17.8 to 70.3 μg/L.     

Parabolic equations with measure data in Orlicz spaces

We prove an existence result for solutions of nonlinear parabolic equations with measure data in Orlicz–Sobolev spaces.     

A General Multiresolution Method for Fitting Functions on the Sphere

In [7], Lyche and Schumaker have described a method for fitting functions of class C ¹ on the sphere which is based on tensor products of quadratic polynomial splines and trigonometric splines of order three associated with uniform knots. In this paper, we present a multiresolution method leading to C ²-functions on the sphere, using tensor products of polynomial and trigonometric splines of odd order with arbitrary simple knot sequences. We determine the decomposition and reconstruction matrices corresponding to the polynomial and trigonometric spline spaces. We describe the general tensor product decomposition and reconstruction algorithms in matrix form which are convenient for the compression of surfaces. We give the different steps of the computer implementation of these algorithms and, finally, we present a test example.     

Antibacterial and antioxidant properties of mixed linkage beta-oligosaccharides from extracted β-glucan hydrolysed by Penicillium occitanis EGL lichenase

The aim of this study was first to ascertain the chemical composition and the physicochemical properties of cereal extracted β-glucan from barley flour. Secondly, to assess the antioxidant properties and the antibacterial properties of extracted β-glucan hydrolysates. The proximate composition, FT-IR and scanning electron microscopy of extracted β-Glucan were studied. Hydrolysates from extracted β-glucan, obtained by lichenase EG_L from Penicillium occitanis, were a mixed linkage beta-oligosaccharides (MLBO) of trisaccharides and tetrasaccharides. MLBO showed a DPPH radical scavenger with IC50 about 1.8 ± 0.01 mg/mL whereas the IC50 of extracted β-glucan was about 5 ± 0.01 mg/mL. MLBO showed a high antioxidative capacity (175 μmol/mL α-tocopherol equivalents) at 5 mg/mL. The antimicrobial activity was confirmed against all tested bacteria especially at 20 mg/mL of MLBO while no inhibition was observed for all the strains used after the addition of either EG_L or extracted β-glucan.