Energetic Bio-Activation of Some Organic Molecules and Their Antioxidant Activity in the Pulp of the Moroccan Argan Tree «Argania spinosa L.»

Argania spinosa L. Skeels is an emblematic tree in Morocco, known worldwide for its medicinal and nutritional value. Its fruits contain kernels used to prepare an edible oil, the leaves are used to feed livestock, and its wood is used as fuel. If the oil acquires high importance, the other components of the fruit of the argan are undervalued. Our objective is to invest the waste of the argan industry. Particularly, our study aimed to assess the effect of thermal activation of argan pulp on its therapeutic value, its phenolic profile and its functional and physicochemical properties. After heat treatment, the HPLC analysis for the average total phenolic content varied from 2% to 37%, depending on temperature. The antioxidant activity was increased with heat treatment. Higher values of antioxidant activity, polyphenol and pigment content were recorded at 70 °C. Functional properties analysis indicated that water solubility index and water absorption capacity were significantly affected by heat stress. Physicochemical analysis showed that moisture content, titratable acidity and soluble solids were affected.     

High-Pressure Metal-Free Catalyzed One-Pot Two-Component Synthetic Approach for New 5-Arylazopyrazolo[3,4-b]Pyridine Derivatives

An appropriate and efficient Q-tube-assisted ammonium acetate-mediated protocol for the assembly of the hitherto unreported 5-arylazopyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridines was demonstrated. This methodology comprises the cyclocondensation reaction of 5-amino-2-phenyl-4H-pyrazol-3-one with an assortment of arylhydrazonals in an NH₄OAc/AcOH buffer solution operating a Q-tube reactor. This versatile protocol exhibited several outstanding merits: easy work-up, mild conditions, scalability, broad substrate scope, safety (the Q-tube kit is simply for pressing and sealing), and a high atom economy. Consequently, performing such reactions under elevated pressures and utilizing the Q-tube reactor seemed preferable for achieving the required products in comparison to the conventional conditions. Diverse spectroscopic methods and X-ray single-crystal techniques were applied to confirm the proposed structure of the targeted compounds.     

The Inhibition of the Dissolution of Aluminium in Sodium Hydroxide by Some Organic Phosphorus Compounds

The inhibition of the corrosion of aluminium in 1M sodium hydroxide solution by some cyclodiphosphazane derivatives has been studied using hydrogen evolution technique. The results indicate that the additives reduce the corrosion rate. The inhibitory character of these compounds depends upon the concentration of the inhibitor, as well as on its chemical composition.     

Theoretical conformational analysis of opiate peptides Leu-Enkephalin (H-Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu-OH) and its two thioamide analogs (H-Tyr-Glyψ[CSNH]Gly-Phe-Leu-OH) and (H-Tyr-Gly-Glyψ[CSNH]Phe-Leu-OH)

In order to find informations on the native structure of the Leu-Enkephalin opiate peptide, the parent peptide and its two thioamide analogs (Thio-Gly2)Leu-Enkephalin and (Thio-Gly3)Leu-Enkephalin were studied by the theoretical method PEPSEA. This comparative conformational analysis showed that the active conformation is a β turn structure centered on Gly3 and Phe4. Moreover, this study showed also that the more active analog (Thio-Gly2)Leu-Enk has a lower tendency to adopt this structure. Consequently, its high activity can only be explained by its long lifetime due to its resistance to enzymatic hydrolysis, following the substitution of the amide linkage by the thioamide one. The weakly active analog (Thio-Gly3)Leu-Enk does not adopt this structure and prefers instead a β turn structure centered on Gly2 and Gly3. This study also confirmed the importance of the distances between the Tyr and Phe residues at positions 1 and 4, and that of the terminal Tyrosine N-H group which must be free of any intramolecular hydrogen bond in order to be available in the molecular recognition process.     

Ladder operators for Szego polynomials and related biorthogonal rational functions

We find the raising and lowering operators for orthogonal polynomials on the unit circle introduced by Szego and for their four parameter generalization to biorthogonal rational functions on the unit circle.

     

Chemical interactions between 2-mercaptobenzazoles and π-acceptors

Summary 2-Mercaptobenzazoles (1a–c) interact with several -acceptors such as tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ), 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone (CHL) dicyanomethyleneindane-1,3-dione (CNIND), 2,3-dicyano-1,4-naphthoquinone (DCNQ), 9-dicyanomethylene-2,4,7-trinitrofluorene (DTF), and 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone (DCHNQ)via the formation of charge-transfer (CT) complexes to yield various heterocyclic compounds.

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Chemische Wechselwirkungen zwischen 2-Mercaptobenzazolen und -Akzeptoren

Zusammenfassung Die 2-Mercaptobenzazole1a–c reagieren mit verschiedenen -Akzeptoren wie Tetracyanoethylen (TCNE), 2,3-Dichlor-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzochinon (DDQ), 2,3,5,6-Tetrachlor-1,4-benzochinon (CHL), Dicyanomethylenindan-1,3-dion (CNIND), 2,3-Dicyano-1,4-naphthochinon (DCNQ), 9-Dicyanomethylen-2,4,7-trinitrofluoren (DTF) und 2,3-Dichlor-1,4-naphthochinon (DCHNQ) unter Ausbildung von charge transfer — Komplexen (CT) zu heterocyclischen Verbindungen.

     

Synthesis of imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazines: Fenbendazole,oxifenbendazole analogs and related derivatives

A series of imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazines has been prepared and evaluated for macrofilaricidal activity against Brugia pahangi or Acanthocheilonema viteae infections in jirds. The imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine analogs of fen-bendazole and oxifenbendazole are reported. In addition, several 6-aminoimidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine derivatives have been prepared. None of these compounds possessed significant activity against human cytomega-lovirus (HCMV) or filarial infections.     

Reversible pH-Controlled Catenation of a Benzobisimidazole-Based Tetranuclear Rectangle

The development of methodologies to control on demand and reversibly supramolecular transformations from self-assembled metalla-structures requires the rational design of architectures able to answer to an applied stimulus. While solvent or concentration changes, light exposure or addition of a chemical have been largely explored to provide these transformations, the case of pH sensitive materials is less described. Herein, we report the first example of a pH-triggered dissociation of a coordination-driven self-assembled interlocked molecular link. It incorporates a pH sensitive benzobisimidazole-based ligand that can be selectively protonated on its bisimidazole moieties. This generates intermolecular electrostatic repulsions that reduces drastically the stability of the interlocked structure, leading to its dissociation without any sign of protonation of the pyridine moieties involved in the coordination bonds. Importantly, the dissociation process is reversible through addition of a base.     

Fast and accurate algorithm for cavities reconstruction in an elasticity problem

The aim of this work is to reconstruct the location and geometry of a cavity embedded in a linear isotropic material Ω via an exterior boundary measurement of the displacement field. The considered problem is governed by the linear elasticity system. This inverse problem of geometry reconstruction (ie, location and shape) is formulated as a topology optimization one and solved by minimizing a Kohn‐Vogelius type functional with the help of the topological sensitivity method. Some numerical results are presented using a noniterative geometric algorithm.