Studies on the liquid-liquid extraction and ion and precipitate flotation of Co(II) with decanoic acid

The liquid-liquid extraction, ion and precipitate flotation of Co(II) from chloride media of 1·10^–4M initial Co(II) concentration and =0.1 have been investigated using decanoic acid and the results are compared. Organic solvents used were chloroform in the case of liquid-liquid extraction and ethanol (used as a solvent for the collector and a frother) in the case of flotation. From the results it appears that liquid-liquid extraction takes place through the formation of the complex: (CoR₂)₂(HR)₂ but flotation occurs through the formation of a surface active product which has the empirical formula CoR₂. The effects of pH and of decanoic acid concentration on the three separation processes were also investigated and the results discussed. Good agreement was observed between the experimental precipitate flotation curves and the theoretical curve calculated from the data published for Co(II) hydrolysis.     

Synthesis of Important New Pyrrolo[3,4‐c]Pyrazoles and Pyrazolyl‐Pyrrolines from Heterocyclic β‐Ketonitriles

Treatment of heterocyclic β‐ketonitriles 1a,b with hydrazine hydrate and phenylhydrazine afforded the hydrazine derivatives 2a‐d which cyclized in PPA into pyrrolo[3,4‐c]pyrazoles 3a‐d. Reaction of 1a,b with cyanoacetohydrazide furnished the cyanoacetyl pyrrolo[3,4‐c]pyrazoles 4a,b. The hydrazine 2c reacted with β‐diketone and β‐ketoesters to afford pyrazolyl‐pyrrolines 5‐7. Also the later hydrazine reacted with some D‐aldoses and aceteophenone to give the corresponding hydrazones 10‐12 and hydrazine carboxamide derivatives 15a,b respectively.     

Separation of Co(II) from dilute aqueous solutions by precipitate and adsorbing colloid flotation

Ion, precipitate and adsorbing colloid flotation of cobalt(II) have been investigated at different pH values, using N-dodecylpyridinium chloride (DPCl), A strong cationic surfactant, and sodium lauryl sulfate (NaLS), a strong anionic surfactant, as collectors. In case of adsorbing colloid flotation, hydrous manganese dioxide was used as an adsorbent. The precipitate flotation curves experimentally obtained with the two tested collectors were compared with the corresponding theoretical one calculated from the data published for Co(II) hydrolysis. The effects of the collector concentration, ageing of the water-MnO₂–Co(II) system, bubbling time period, cobalt(II) concentration and foreign salts on the percent removal of Co(II) by adsorbing colloid flotation using DPCl as collector were determined. Removals approaching 100% could be achieved under the optimum conditions.     

REALISIS: a medicinal chemistry-oriented reagent selection, library design, and profiling platform

REALISIS is a software system for reagent selection, library design, and profiling, developed to fit the workflow of bench chemists and medicinal chemists. Designed to be portable, the software offers a comprehensive graphical user interface and rapid, integrated functionalities required for reagent retrieval and filtering, product enumeration, and library profiling. REALISIS is component-based, consisting of four main modules: reagent searching; reagent filtering; library enumeration; and library profiling. Each module allows the chemist to access specific functionalities and diverse filtering and profiling mechanisms. By implementing the entire process of reagent selection, library design, and profiling and by integrating all the necessary functionalities for this process, REALISIS cuts the time required to design combinatorial and noncombinatorial libraries from several days to a few hours.     

Optical absorption of tetraphenylporphyrin thin films in UV-vis-NIR region

The optical absorption of thermally evaporated tetraphenylporphyrin (TPP) in the UV-vis-NIR region have been studied. The absorption spectra recorded in the UV-vis region for the as deposited and annealed films showed different absorption bands, namely the Soret(B) at region 360-490nm, Q-band region consist of four bands in the region 500-720nm and two other bands labeled N and M in UV region. The Soret band always shows its characteristic effect splitting in all the TPP thin films and the effect of annealing on the intensities of these components have been observed. The spectra of the infrared absorption allow characterization of vibrational modes for the powder, as deposited and annealed thin films. Some of the optical absorption parameters, namely molar extinction coefficient, varepsilon, half band width, Deltalambda, electronic dipole strength, q(2) and oscillator strength, f, of the principle optical transitions have also been evaluated.     

Studies on the liquid-liquid extraction and precipitate flotation of the second kind of Co(II) using 8-hydroxy quinoline

Catalysis of mixed oxide LaMnO₃ was studied for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂). The catalyst was -irradiated in open petri dishes, vacuum, dry oxygen and moist oxygen. LaMnO₃ irradiated in moist oxygen showed highest catalytic activity. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) studies were carried out to investigate the surface modifications occurred during -irradiaiton of LaMnO₃. No significant change in the surface was noticed in LaMnO₃ irradiated in vacuum and dry oxygen. However, LaMnO₃ irradiated in moist oxygen and in open petri dishes showed the reduction of transition metal (MN³⁺ to Mn²⁺) which in turn leads to the formation of chemisorbed superoxide ions (O ₂ ^– ) and surface carbonate species (CO ₃ ^2– ). The latter processes decreases the electrical conductivity by trapping the charge carriers. The hydrated electron generated by the radiolysis of moisture reduces the transition metal. A qualitative molecular orbital model has been proposed for the chemisorption of O ₂ ^– on the reduced transition metal centers (Mn²⁺).     

Ultrafast dynamics of resonance energy transfer in cryptochrome

In this communication, we report the ultrafast dynamics of resonance energy transfer in a blue-light photoreceptor, Vibrio cholerae cryptochrome. The transfer was observed to occur in 60 ps. We also studied the local rigidity and solvation around the binding site of the photoantenna molecule. The results for the first time show energy transfer in cryptochrome suggesting some mechanistic similarities between photolyase that repairs damaged DNA and cryptochrome that mediates blue-light signaling.     

Enaminones in heterocyclic synthesis: Synthesis and chemical reactivity of 3‐anilino‐1‐substituted‐2‐propene‐1‐ one

The 3‐anilinoenones 3a,b were prepared from the corresponding 3‐dimemyl‐aminopropenones. The reactivity of 3a,b towards a variety of carbon and nitrogen nucleophiles as well as naphthoquinones is reported.     

Novel Synthesis of Dihydroquinoxalinylpyridazine Derivatives

Methylquinoxaline derivative 1 undergoes bromination to give bromomethyl quinoxaline 2 , which could be transferred to cyanomethyl quinoxaline 3 . The latter compound 3 readily coupled with arene diazonium salts to give hydrazone derivatives 5a‐c . Compounds 5a,b reacted with active methylene reagents to give the target ring system, quinoxalinylpyridazine derivatives 8a‐c . Compound 1 reacted with DMFDMA to give the enamine derivative 9 , which coupled with arene diazonium salts to give the aldehydic hydrazone derivatives 10a‐c . Compound 10 reacted with active methylene compounds to give quinoxalinylpyridazine derivatives. UV characterization of some of the prepared compounds was reported.