Crystallization of Ammonium Nitrate Under Organised Monolayers at Air-Aqueous Interface

The crystallization of NH₄NO₃ under compressed Langmuir monolayers of carboxybe-taine(C₂₂N₃COO^-),C₂₂H₁₅N(CH₂)₃(CH₂)₃COO^--[C₂₂N₃COO^-] and dioleoyl-L-a-lecithin(DOPC) was studied by means of π-A. ΔV-A and fluorescence microscopy (FM). The surface pressure, surface potential and molecular area of C₂₂N₃COO^- were decreased on the NH₄NO₃ solution subphase. The surface pressure and molecular area of DOPC was increased. The surface potential of DOPC was decreased. We can directly observe the surface crystallization of NH₄NO₃ by FM. The results revaled that C₂₂N₃COO^- monolayer was the promoter of NH₄NO₃ surface crystallization. In contrast,DOPC monolayer was the inhibitor of the surface crystallization of NH₄NO₃.     

磁性碳包铁纳米粒子在重金属元素检测分离富集中的应用

以氩电弧等离子体法制备的碳包铁纳米粒子为固相萃取材料,采用等离子体原子发射光谱法(ICP-AES)系统研究了该材料对Cr、Ni、Cd、Pb离子的吸附性能,并确定了最佳吸附和洗脱条件。实验结果表明:当pH值为8.0～9.0时,分析物均可被碳包铁纳米粒子定量吸附;采用酸性溶液(pH=1.0～2.0)可将吸附在碳包铁纳米粒子上的金属离子完全脱附。该法对Cr、Ni、Cd、Pb的检出限分别为3.6、4.1、1.1、9.8μg/L,Cr、Ni、Cd的线性范围为1～500μg.L-1,Pb的线性范围为10～1 000μg.L-1,线性相关系数均大于0.999。方法用于自来水中Cr、Ni、Cd、Pb离子的测定,回收率可达到93%～105%;碳包铁纳米粒子对Cr、Ni、Cd、Pb离子的吸附量分别为3.6、4.8、6.3、2.1 mg/g。     

SYNTHESIS AND SEMIEMPIRICAL CALCULATIONS OF THIAZOLIDINONE AND IMIDAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVES OF α-DIONES

The condensation reactions of α-diones with rhodanine and creatinine to give acenaphthylidene, isatylidene and thioisatylidene derivatives, which may act as potential bioactive compounds, are described. The synthesized compounds have been characterized by elemental analysis and spectral studies, as well as by molecular modelling using PCWIN model.     

Novel Copolymers of 2-Phenyl-1,1-dicyanoethylene with 4-Fluoro- and Pentafluorostyrene

Copolymerization of 2-phenyl-1,1-dicyanoethylene (PDE) with 4-fluorostyrene and pentafluorostyrene in solution with radical initiation (ABCN) at 70°C yielded random copolymers with PDE alternating units. The composition of the copolymers was calculated from nitrogen analysis and the structure was analyzed by IR, ¹H and ¹³C-NMR. The order of relative reactivity (1/r₁) and the tendency toward alternation of monomer units in the copolymer for these two monomers, is 4-fluorostyrene (1.96) > pentafluorostyrene (0.51). Higher glass transition temperature of the copolymers in comparison with that of homopolymers indicates a decrease in chain mobility of the copolymer due to the high dipolar character of the trisubstituted ethylene monomer unit.     

Stress-Strain Behavior of Shape Memory Polymers by 1WE Method: Application to Tecoflex®

Thermomechanical cycles including programming, cooling, unloading and heating to trigger the 1WE were examined for a shape memory polymer (SMP), Tecoflex® (TFX EG-72D). Cycles were performed at 60°C with 50% and 225% strains and the recovery time of 10 min. Strains evolving with time were estimated during the thermomechanical treatments for the total 44 cycles using 50% strains and the total 50 cycles using 225% strains. Recovery ratios for 50% strains and 225% were also estimated. It turns out that programming, cooling, unloading and heating to trigger the 1WE causes an increase of irreversible strain and is associated with a corresponding decrease of the intensity of the 1WE in particular during the first thermomechanical cycles. In parallel scanning electron microscopic study using secondary electron imaging shows a very slight wavy surface structure evolved during cycling.     

Fluorinated Porous Poly(spirobifluorene) Via Direct C‒H Arylation: Characterization,Porosity, and Gas Uptake

Considering intrinsic properties of conjugated polyfluorenes and special functions of porous polymers, synthesis of fluorinated porous poly(spirobifluorene) via direct C?H arylation polycondensation is explored. Owing to the contorted structure and cross-linking nature, the obtained polymer FPSBF shows permanent porosities with Brunauer–Emmett–Teller specific surface area up to 700 m² g^?1 and exhibits a narrow pore size distribution with the dominant pore size at about 0.63 nm, which is more suitable for adsorption of small gas molecules. Based on the measured gas physisorption isotherms with pressure up to 1.13 bar, the obtained polymer shows good uptaking capacities for hydrogen (1.30 wt% at 1.0 bar and 77 K) and methane (4.80 wt% 1.0 bar and 273 K). Moreover, FPSBF has significant adsorption selectivity for CH₄ against N₂ and the estimated ideal adsorption selectivity ratio is up to 30/1 at 1.0 bar and 273 K, which makes the material possess potential application in gas separation.     

Urea and thiourea derivatives of 3-(trifluoromethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-[1, 2, 4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazine: Synthesis,characterization, antimicrobial activity and docking studies

Abstract

An efficient and robust synthetic procedure was developed primarily for the synthesis of a precursor compound; 3-(trifluoromethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-[1, 2, 4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazine (11), from 2-chloropyrazine (7) through the chemical transformations such as hydrazine substitution, trifluoroacetyl group induction, cyclization and pyrazine ring reduction. A new series of urea derivatives 13a-e and thiourea derivatives 13f-j of compound 11 have been synthesized and the structures of all the compounds were confirmed using spectroscopic analyses such as IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, LC-MS and HRMS. The newly synthesized compounds were screened for their in vitro antimicrobial activity against five bacteria and two fungi, in which compounds 13d, 13i and 13j displayed potential activity against bacterial strains and 13a, 13d, 13g and 13j against fungal strains with the MIC values in the range of 6.25–25.0 µg/mL. An overall comparison of the activity results revealed that thiourea derivatives contain better activity than that of urea compounds. Molecular docking studies on poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 15 (ARTD7, BAL3) demonstrated that all the synthesized compounds possess significant binding energies (-8.1 to -9.8?kcal/mol) with no adverse effect in the active site of protein.     

SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF NEW INDOLE DERIVATIVES CONTAINING SULFIDE AND/OR SULFONE MOIETIES. PART I

Abstract

4-Amino-halonitrodiphenyl sulfides(I) and/or 4-amino-halonitrodiphenyl sulfones have been found to react with isatin, N-acetyl isatin, isatin-N-Mannich bases, indole-3-carboxaldehyde and N-substituted indole-3-carboxaldehyde producing the corresponding indole derivatives. The biological activity of some of these products was screened against selected strains of bacteria.     

SYNTHESIS AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF SOME NEW PYRIDYL DIARYLSULFIDE AND DIARYLSULFONES

Abstract

Condensation of isonicotinaldehyde with 4-aminodiphenyl sulfides 1 and/or sulfones II gave 4-[N-[p-(diaryl/thio)]formimidoyl]-pyridine III and/or 4-[N-[p-(diarylsulfonyl)]-formimidoyl]pyridine IV. Cyclocondensation of mercaptoacetic acid on III and IV gave 3-[p-(diarylthio)]-2-(4-pyridyl)-4-thiazolidinones V and 3-[p-(diarylsulfonyl)]-2-(4-pyridyl)-4-thiazolidinones VI respectively. (Hetero/arylthio)-N-(6-methyl-2-pyridyl)-acetamides VIII have been synthesised via interaction of 6-methyl-2-chloroacetamido-pyridine VII with heterocyclic and/or aromatic mercaptans. Reaction of VII with piperidine and/or morpholine affords (IX). Biological activities of these compounds were tested.