Palladium nanoparticles‐decorated triethanolammonium chloride ionic liquid‐modified TiO2 nanoparticles (TiO2/IL‐Pd): A highly active and recoverable catalyst for Suzuki–Miyaura cross‐coupling reaction in aqueous medium

In this work, an easily obtained procedure was successfully implemented to prepare novel palladium nanoparticles decorated on triethanolammonium chloride ionic liquid‐functionalized TiO₂ nanoparticles [TiO₂/IL‐Pd]. Different methods were carried out for characterizations of the synthesized nanocatalyst (HR‐TEM, XPS, XRD, FE‐SEM, EDX, FT‐IR and ICP). TiO₂/IL‐Pd indicated good catalytic activity for the Suzuki–Miyaura cross‐coupling reaction of arylboronic acid with different aryl halides in aqueous media at ambient temperature. The recycled catalyst was investigated with ICP to amount of Pd leaching after 6 times that had diminished slightly, Thus, was confirmed that the nanocatalyst has a good sustainability for C–C Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction. The catalyst can be conveniently separated by filtration of the reaction mixture and reused for 6 times without significant loss of its activity. It supplies an environmentally benign alternative path to the existing protocols for the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction.     

Hydrogen Peroxide Detection Using Prussian Blue-modified 3D Pyrolytic Carbon Microelectrodes

A highly sensitive amperometric Prussian blue-based hydrogen peroxide sensor was developed using 3D pyrolytic carbon microelectrodes. A 3D printed multielectrode electrochemical cell enabled simultaneous highly reproducible Prussian blue modification on multiple carbon electrodes. The effect of oxygen plasma pre-treatment and deposition time on Prussian blue electrodeposition was studied. The amperometric response of 2D and 3D sensors to the addition of hydrogen peroxide in μM and sub-μM concentrations in phosphate buffer was investigated. A high sensitivity comparable to flow injection systems and a detection limit of 0.16 μM was demonstrated with 3D pyrolytic carbon microelectrodes at stirred batch condition     

Dehydrotropylium-Co2(CO)6 ion: generation, reactivity and evaluation of cation stability

The dehydrotropylium–Co₂(CO)₆ ion was generated by the action of HBF₄ or BF₃ ? OEt₂ on the corresponding cycloheptadienynol complex, which in turn has been prepared in four steps from a known diacetoxycycloheptenyne complex. The reaction of the cycloheptadienynol complex via the dehydrotropylium–Co₂(CO)₆ ion with several nucleophiles results in substitution reactions with reactive nucleophiles (N>1) under normal conditions, and a radical dimerisation reaction in the presence of less reactive nucleophiles. Competitive reactions of the cycloheptadienynol complex with an acyclic trienynol complex show no preference for generation of the dehydrotropylium–Co₂(CO)₆ ion over an acyclic cation. DFT studies on the dehydrotropylium–Co₂(CO)₆ ion, specifically evaluation of its harmonic oscillator model of aromaticity (HOMA) value (+0.95), its homodesmotic‐reaction‐based stabilisation energy (≈2.8 kcal mol^?1) and its NICS(1) value (?2.9), taken together with the experimental studies suggest that the dehydrotropylium–Co₂(CO)₆ ion is weakly aromatic.     

Preferential synthesis of highly conducting Tl(TCNQ) phase II nanorod networks via electrochemically driven TCNQ/Tl(TCNQ) solid-solid phase transformation

Facile synthesis and characterization of the highly conducting, thermodynamically favored, Tl(TCNQ) phase II microrods/nanorods onto conducting (glassy carbon (GC)) and semiconducting (indium tin oxide (ITO)) surfaces have been accomplished via redox-based transformation of 7,7,8,8-tetracynoquinodimethane (TCNQ) microcrystals. This electrochemically irreversible process involves the one-electron reduction of surface-confined solid TCNQ into TCNQ·^? with concomitant incorporation of the Tl⁺ _(aq) cation, from the bulk solution, at the triple-phase boundary, GC or ITO│(TCNQ_(s)/TCNQ·^? _(s))│Tl⁺ _(aq), through a nucleation/growth mechanism. Consistent with the conceptually related M(TCNQ) systems (M⁺ = Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Ag⁺, and Cu⁺), the TCNQ/Tl(TCNQ) interconversion is strongly dependent upon scan rate, Tl⁺ _(aq) electrolyte concentration, and the method of attaching solid TCNQ onto the electrode surface. Spectroscopic (infrared (IR) and Raman), microscopic (scanning electron microscopy (SEM)), and surface science (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), and X-ray diffraction (XRD)) characterization of the electrochemically synthesized material revealed formation of pure Tl(TCNQ) phase II. Importantly, the generic solid-state electrochemical approach used in this study not only offers facile protocol for controllable and preferential synthesis of Tl(TCNQ) phase II but also provides access to fabricate and tune the morphology to yield microrod/nanorod networks.

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Graphical abstract Controlled synthesis of the highly conducting Tl(TCNQ) phase II with either nanowire or rod-like morphologies is achieved via a redox-based solid-solid phase interconversion of TCNQ microcrystals in the presence of a Tl⁺ _(aq) electrolyte.

     

Some new Schiff base ligands giving a NNOS coordination sphere and their nickel(II) complexes: Synthesis,characterization and complex formation

Some new tetradentate ligands with a NNOS coordination sphere were prepared and their corresponding nickel(II) complexes were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, ¹H NMR, UV–Vis and mass spectrophotometry. The thermodynamic formation constants of the complexes were measured spectrophotometrically, at a constant ionic strength of 0.1 M (NaClO₄) at 25 °C in DMF solvent. The trend of the complex formation for nickel is as follows:     

Hybrid flexible flowshop problems: Models and solution methods

This paper considers the problem of hybrid flowshop scheduling. First, we review the shortcoming of the available model in the literature. Then, four different mathematical models are developed in form of mixed integer linear programming models. A complete experiment is conducted to compare the models for performance based on the size and computational complexities. Besides the models, the paper proposes a novel hybrid particle swarm optimization algorithm equipped with an acceptance criterion and a local search heuristic. The features provide a fine balance of diversification and intensification capabilities for the algorithm. Using Taguchi method, the algorithm is fine tuned. Then, two numerical experiments are performed to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm with three particle swarm optimization algorithms available in the scheduling literature and one well-known iterated local search algorithm in the hybrid flowshop literature. All the results show the high performance of the proposed algorithm.     

Calculation of critical properties for the anisotropic two-layer Ising model on the Kagome lattice: Cellular automata approach

The critical point (K_c) of the two-layer Ising model on the Kagome lattice has been calculated with a high precision, using the probabilistic cellular automata with the Glauber algorithm. The critical point is calculated for different values of the inter- and intra-layer couplings (K₁≠K₂≠K₃≠K_z), where K₁, K₂ and K₃ are the nearest-neighbor interactions within each layer in the 1, 2 and 3 directions, respectively, and K_z is the intralayer coupling. A general ansatz equation for the critical point is given as a function of the inter- and intra-layer interactions, ξ=K₃/K₁,σ=K₂/K₁ and ω=K_z/K₁ for the one- and two-layer Ising models on the Kagome lattice.     

In vitro biological evaluations of Fe3O4 compared with core–shell structures of chitosan-coated Fe3O4 and polyacrylic acid-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles

Research on Chemical Intermediates - Today the use of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) is widely investigated because of their biocompatibility and nontoxicity. The objective of this study was to...     

A new amino alcohol NpyNimineNamineOalcohol-donor ligand: coordination toward zinc(II) and cadmium(II) halides and enantioselective products

In the present work a new ligand, 2-(2-(phenyl(pyridin-2-yl)methyleneamino)ethylamino)ethanol (L), and its Zn(II) and Cd(II) complexes, [Zn(L)Br₂] (1), [Cd(L)Br₂] (2) and [Cd(L)I₂] (3), have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, Raman and ¹H NMR spectroscopies as well as X-ray crystallography. All complexes are isostructural and their metal ions have distorted square pyramidal geometry with an MN₃X₂ (X: Br, I) environment. During the complexation process, the amine group of the ligand becomes a chiral center. In the solid-state, an R-configuration was observed in all three complexes. Furthermore, the molecules form intermolecular C–H?O, C–H?X and O–H?X (X: Br, I) hydrogen bonds in the solid-state.