Rheology,morphology, and estimation of the interfacial tension of binary blends based on low‐density polyethylene/poly(trimethylene terephthalate) and high‐density polyethylene/poly(trimethylene terephthalate) [retracted article]

It has come to our attention that this article, “Rheology, Morphology, and Estimation of the Interfacial Tension of Binary Blends Based on Low‐Density Polyethylene/Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) and High‐Density Polyethylene/Poly(trimethylene terephthalate)” by A. A. Shokri and S. E. Zamani was previously published under the title, “Rheology, Morphology and Estimation of Interfacial Tension of LDPE/EVA and HDPE/EVA Blends” by H. A. Khonakdar, S. H. Jafari, A. Yavari, A. Asadinezhad, U. Wagenknecht, in Polymer Bulletin 54, 75–84 (2005), . We have retracted the article, and offer our apologies to the authors of the original paper.     

Synthesis and Structure Determination of Some New N‐Glycosides of 4,5‐Disubstituted‐1,2,4‐Triazole‐3‐Thiones

Some new N‐glycosides of 4‐(2‐phenylethyl)‐5‐pyridyl‐1,2,4‐triazole‐3‐thiones were synthesised by the coupling reaction of halo sugar with 4,5‐disubstituted 3H‐1,2,4‐triazole‐3‐thiones in the presence of mercuric cyanide and dry nitromethane as solvent, followed by deprotection using dry ammonia in methanol. All of the above compounds were fully characterized by means of infrared, ¹H NMR spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy and elemental analysis.     

N-Iodosuccinimide (NIS) as a mild and highly chemoselective catalyst for deprotection of tert-butyldimethylsilyl ethers

A variety of alcoholic TBDMS (t-butyldimethylsilyl) ethers are easily removed in excellent yields by treatment with a catalytic amount of N-iodosuccinimide (NIS, 5 mol %) in methanol. This method is able to deprotect TBDMS ethers of alcohols in the presence of TBDMS ethers of phenols.     

Asymmetric conjugate addition of thioglycolate to a range of chalcones using tetrahydroisoquinoline (TIQ) N,N′-dioxide ligands

A series of novel TIQ based N,N′-oxide ligands were synthesised and screened for their catalytic activity in the enantioselective conjugate addition of thioglycolate to chalcones. Bulky groups on the side chain of the TIQ backbone provided the highest enantioselectivity of up to 88% with 10 mol % catalyst loading. It was also observed that these reactions proceeded optimally in the presence of dichloromethane as a solvent. Screening of various metals emphasized La(OTf)₃ as the ideal pre-catalyst for this particular reaction.     

Three component reactions：An efficient and green synthesis of 3, 4-dihydropyrimidin-2-(1H)-ones and thiones using silica gel-supported L-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid-4-hydrogen sulfate

An environmentally benign aqueous protocol for the synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-(1H)-ones and thiones promoted by a green catalyst,silica gel-supported L-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid-4-hydrogen sulfate,has been developed.The use of nontoxic,thermally stable and inexpensive amino acid catalyst makes the process simple with minimal amount of chemical waste.Compared with classical Biginelli reaction conditions,this new method has the advantages of high yields and simple workup procedures.     

Detonation performance of nitroaromatic decorated carbon nanotubes

Structural Chemistry - In this study, density functional theory (DFT) was employed to predict thermochemical and energetic properties for single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) decorated with one...     

Sono-chemical synthesis and characterization of Fe3O4@mTiO2-GO nanocarriers for dual-targeted colon drug delivery

Research on Chemical Intermediates - In this study, a kind of magnetic Fe3O4@mTiO2-GO (where m was shorted mesoporous) hybrids with core–shell nano-structure for controlled dual targeted drug...     

SILICA PHOSPHORIC ACID/NaNO2 AS A NOVEL HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEM FOR THE COUPLING OF THIOLS TO THEIR CORRESPONDING DISULFIDES

Silica phosphoric acid was prepared via reaction of silica chloride (I) and phosphoric acid. Thiols can be readily converted to their corresponding thionitrites with a combination of silica phosphoric acid (II), wet SiO ₂ , and sodium nitrite in dichloromethane at room temperature. Disulfides result from the homolytic cleavage of the sulfur–nitrogen bond of the unstable thionitrite and subsequent coupling of the resultant thiyl radicals.