Solvent-free condensation of arylacetonitrile with aldehydes

The condensation of a series of arylacetonitriles with aldehydes can be carried out by mixing equivalent amounts of reagents with neat powdered KOH at room temperature for 3-60 min depending on the aldehyde steric hindrance. At higher temperature (110 °C), yields were generally higher and purity increased within very short reaction times (1-5 min). With pentamethylphenylacetonitrile, a phase transfer agent was necessary to give a satisfactory yield.     

Finding a strict feasible solution of a linear semidefinite program

This study deals with the performance of projective interior point methods for linear semidefinite program. We propose a modification in the initialization phases of the method in order to reduce the computation time.This purpose is confirmed by numerical experiments showing the efficiency which are presented in the last section of the paper.     

Existence Results for a Class of Semilinear Elliptic Systems

In this paper, we study the existence of nontrivial solutions for the problem
{-△u=f（x,u,v）＋h1（x）in Ω
-△v=g（x,u,v）＋h2（x）inΩ
u=v=0 onδΩ
where Ω is bounded domain in R^N and h1,h2 ∈ L^2 （Ω）. The existence result is obtained by using the Leray-Schauder degree under the following condition on the nonlinearities f and g：
{lim s,｜t｜→＋∞f（x,s,t）/s=lim ｜s｜,t→＋∞g（x,s,t）/t=λ＋1 uniformly on Ω,
lim -s,｜t｜→＋∞f（x,s,t）/s=lim ｜s｜,-t→＋∞g（x,s,t）/t=λ-,uniformly on Ω,
where λ＋,λ-∈（0）∪σ（-△）,σ（-△）denote the spectrum of -△. The cases （i） where λ＋ = λ_ and （ii） where λ＋≠λ_ such that the closed interval with endpoints λ＋,λ_ contains at most one simple eigenvatue of -△ are considered.     

Existence and regularity of solutions for a class of singular (p(x), q(x))-Laplacian systems

In this paper, we study the existence of positive smooth solutions for a class of singular (p(x), q(x))-Laplacian systems using sub and supersolution methods.     

Adsorption behavior of water and xylene isomers on AlPO-5 zeolite modified by different transition metals

Research on Chemical Intermediates - This work deals with the preparation of MAPO-5 zeolite by a hydrothermal method. In order to study the adsorption properties of this zeolite several transition...     

Effect of Extraction Methods on Polyphenols,Flavonoids, Mineral Elements,and Biological Activities of Essential Oil and Extracts of Mentha pulegium L.

Our study evaluated the in vitro antioxidant properties, antibacterial and antifungal activities, anti-inflammatory properties, and chemical composition of the essential oils (EOs), total phenol, and total flavonoid of wild Mentha pulegium L. This study also determined the mineral (nutritional and toxic) elements in the plant. The EOs were extracted using three techniques—hydro distillation (HD), steam distillation (SD), and microwave-assisted distillation (MAD)—and were analyzed using chromatography coupled with flame ionization (GC-FID) and gas chromatography attached with mass spectrometry detector (GC-MS). The antioxidant effects of the EOs were tested with 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and ABTS (2,2’-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), while the antibacterial and antifungal activities of the EO and methanolic extract were tested using Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans. Twenty-six compounds were identified in the essential oil, representing 97.73% of the total oil, with 0.202% yield. The major components were pulegone (74.81%), menthone (13.01%) and piperitone (3.82%). Twenty-one elements, including macro- and micro-elements (Ba, Br, Ca, Cl, Co, Cr, Cs, Eu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Rb, Sb, Sc, Sr, Th, U and Zn), were detected using neutron activation analysis (INAA) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), with the concentration of mineral element close to the FAO recommendation. The results show that the EOs and extracts from Mentha pulegium L. had significant antimicrobial activities against the microorganisms, including five human pathogenic bacteria, one yeast (Candida albicans), and one phytopathogenic fungi. The in vivo anti-inflammatory activities of the leaf extracts were confirmed. The results indicate that the EOs and extracts from Mentha pulegium L. have promising applications in the pharmaceutical industries, clinical applications, and in medical research.