Copper containing nanosilica thioalated dendritic material: A recyclable catalyst for synthesis of benzimidazoles and benzothiazoles

In this paper, the design and characterization of a new heterogeneous catalyst by incorporation of copper ions into the nanosilica modified by thiole–based dendrimer are reported. The prepared catalyst was characterized by FT–IR, TGA, elemental analysis, FE–SEM, TEM, XPS and ICP–OES techniques. This material was used as catalyst in the synthesis benzimidazoles and benzothiazoles by the reaction of substituted benzaldehydes with 1,2–diaminobenzene or 2–aminothiophenol, respectively. The advantages of the present catalytic system are high yields, mild conditions and short reaction times. On the other hand, this new synthesized catalyst was recycled very well and reused several times without significant loss of its catalytic activity.     

Synthesis of bioactive magnetic nanoparticles spiro[indoline-3,4′-[1,3]dithiine]@Ni (NO3)2 supported on Fe3O4@SiO2@CPS as reusable nanocatalyst for the synthesis of functionalized 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran

New bioactive magnetic nanoparticles of spiro[indoline-3,4′-[1,3]dithiine]@Ni (NO₃)₂ supported on Fe₃O₄@SiO₂@CPS were synthesized in five steps. The structure of synthesized magnetic nanoparticles was identified by using Energy-Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES), Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM) and Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET) surface analysis. Antimicrobial activity of the synthesized magnetic nanoparticles based on MIC (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration) and MBC (Minimum Bactericidal Concentration) and MFC (Minimum Fungicidal Concentration) values were also examined. Furthermore, the synthesized magnetic nanoparticles exhibited appropriate catalytic properties in the synthesis of the 3,4-dihydro-2H- pyran derivatives.     

Simultaneous determination of some components in detergent washing powder by mid-infrared spectrometry and artificial neural network

A method has been established for simultaneous determination of sodium sulfate, sodium carbonate, and sodium tripolyphosphate in detergent washing powder samples based on attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform IR spectrometry in the mid-IR spectral region (800-1550 cm(-1)). Genetic algorithm (GA) wavelength selection followed by feed forward back-propagation artificial neural network (BP-ANN) was the chemometric approach. Root mean square error of prediction for BP-ANN and GA-BP-ANN was 0.0051 and 0.0048, respectively. The proposed method is simple, with no tedious pretreatment step, for simultaneous determination of the above-mentioned components in commercial washing powder samples.     

Influence of the water molecules (n?=?1–6) on the interaction between Li+, Na+, K+ cations and indole molecule as tryptophan amino acid residue

Influence of the addition of water molecules (n = 1–6) on the interaction energy between Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺ cations and indole molecule as tryptophan amino acid residue is considered at MP2(FULL)/6-311++G(d,p)//B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) levels of theory. The calculations suggest that the size of cation and the number of water molecules are two important factors that affect the interaction energy between the hydrated metal cation and indole molecule. The strength of cation–π interactions get substantially reduced when the metal ion is solvated or the size of metal cation increases. Quantum theory of atoms in molecules analysis of cation–π interaction indicates that there is a correlation between the electron density (ρ(r)) in the cage critical points generated upon complexation and the distance between metal cation and centroid of phenyl ring in indole molecule.     

Determination of N-methylcarbamate insecticides in water samples using dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction and HPLC with the aid of experimental design and desirability function

A rapid and simple method for the extraction and preconcentration of N-methylcarbamates (NMCs) (carbofuran, carbaryl and promecarb) in water samples using dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME) using chemometrics was developed. Influence variables such as volume of extracting (CHCl₃) and dispersing solvents (ACN), pH and ionic strength, extraction time and centrifugation time and speed were screened in a 2^7–4 Plackett–Burman design was investigated. The significant variables were optimized by using a central composite design (CCD) combined with desirability function (DF). At optimum conditions values of variables set as 126 μL chloroform, 1.5 mL acetonitrile, 1 min extraction time, 10 min centrifugation at 4000 rpm min⁻¹, natural pH, 4.7% (w/v) NaCl, the separation was reached in less than 14 min using a C₁₈ column and an isocratic binary mobile phase (acetonitrile: water (50:50, v/v)) with flow rate of 1.0 mL min⁻¹. At optimum conditions method has linear response over 0.001–10 μg mL⁻¹ with detection limit between 0.0001 and 0.0005 μg mL⁻¹ with relative standard deviations (RSDs) in the range 2.18–5.06% (n = 6).     

Influence of population and radius of cavity bubbles on size of sodium chloride crystals in ultrasound ablation

Crystal size distribution as a function of power in ultrasound ablation is simulated by using a theoretical method based on population and radius of bubbles. In this method, population and radius of bubbles are related to ultrasound power and Debye temperature of crystals. The best power for production of crystals with uniform size is obtained from the theory. In addition, it is shown that the population of bubbles effects the radius of the productions and the radius of bubbles influences the population of products. Results from the theory are supported by experimental results.     

A Comparison Between Full-COLD PCR/HRM and PCR Sequencing for Detection of Mutations in Exon 9 of PIK3CA in Breast Cancer Patients

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - One of the most common somatic mutations in breast cancer is found in PIK3CA with a prevalence rate of 18–45%. Different variants of this gene are...     

Determination and measurement of solid–liquid equilibrium for binary fatty acid mixtures based on NRTL and UNIQUAC activity models

The estimation of solid–liquid phase equilibrium is important for the design, development, and operation of many industrial processes because of application in many manufacturing fields such as cosmetic, pharmaceutic, and biotechnology industries. In this work, we measured solid–liquid phase equilibrium of six fatty acid binary mixtures using the DSC technique and developed thermodynamic approaches for binary fatty acid mixtures to estimate melting temperatures as a function of mole fraction in solid–liquid phase equilibrium. Derivation of NRTL and UNIQUAC activity models was developed to predict melting temperatures and latent heat to achieve eutectic points of undecylic acid, pentadecylic acid, margaric acid, and stearic acid six pairwise binary mixtures. The fatty acids eutectic mixtures are appropriate for heat water systems, phase clothes, concrete, and other similar applications. The results showed low deviations from experimental data measured in this study.

     

Efficient Synthesis and Antibacterial Activities of Some Novel 1,2,3‐Triazoles Prepared from Propargylic Alcohols and Benzyl Azides

A simple and effective procedure for regioselective preparation of 1,2,3‐triazoles from benzyl azides and propargylic alcohols is described using CuSO₄.5H₂O and sodium ascorbate. To screen the antibacterial activity of some newly synthesized triazole derivatives, minimum inhibitory concentration of 3d and 3k was evaluated against gram positive Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis and gram negative Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.