A Study of the Encapsulation of Nickel Phthalocyanine in Molecular Sieve Zeolites of the FAU Type

Nickel(II)phthalocyaninate spectroscopy (NiPc) was synthesized in the supercages of zeolite FAU by the template synthesis method at two different temperatures of 200 and 300°C and characterized by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, and IR. The results show that the catalyst synthesized at 200°C contains a higher amount of complex as monomeric species encapsulated in the supercages. At elevated temperature, higher amount of the NiPc may be hosted in the mesopores and/or on the external surface of the zeolite as aggregates.     

Silica Chromate as a Novel Oxidizing Agent for the Oxidation of 1,4‐Dihydropyridines

Silica chromate easily converts 1,4‐dihydropyridines to their corresponding pyridines in the presence of NaHSO₄ · H₂O and wet SiO₂ in dichloromethane at room temperature in good to excellent yields.     

Facile and Efficient Method for the Synthesis of 14-Substituted-14-H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes Catalyzed by Ruthenium Chloride Hydrate as a Homogeneous Catalyst

Synthesis of dibenzoxanthenes through condensation of β-naphthol with various aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes in ethanol as an ecofriendly solvent using Ru^III as catalyst is reported.

Preclinical evaluation of 188 Re-HYNIC-PSMA as a novel therapeutic agent

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - In this study, optimized preparation, quality control, cell assessments and biostribution of 188Re-HYNIC-PSMA in normal rats and tumor bearing...     

Magnetic carbon nanotube as a highly stable and retrievable support for the heterogenization of sulfonic acid and its application in the synthesis of 2-(1H-tetrazole-5-yl) acrylonitrile derivatives

In the present study, a novel magnetic carbon nanotube functionalized by chlorosulfonicacid (Fe₃O₄-CNT-SO₃H) with nanotube morphology decorated by the spherical nanoparticles was prepared, characterized and introduced as a retrievable magnetic heterogeneous nanocatalyst for green synthesis a variety of 2-(1H-tetrazole-5-yl) acrylonitrile via multicomponent domino Knoevenagel condensation/ 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between aromatic aldehydes, malononitrile, and sodium azide under solvent free conditions. The catalyst was magnetically separated from the reaction system by an outer magnetic force and recycled up to five runs without a remarkable loss in its efficiency. The as-preparedacidic magnetic nanocomposite was characterized by different techniques inclusive Fourier transform infrared, thermogravimetric analysis, energy dispersive X-ray, field emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, vibrating sample magnetometry, CHNS elemental analysis, and acid-base titration. Easy workup, affordability, elimination of volatile and toxic solvents, and high yield of products are some merits of this protocol.     

4-Oxobenzo[d]1,2,3-triazin-pyridinium-phenylacetamide derivatives as new anti-Alzheimer agents: design,synthesis, in vitro evaluation,molecular modeling,and molecular dynamic study

Structural Chemistry - A new series of 4-oxobenzo[d]1,2,3-triazin-pyridinium-phenylacetamide hybrids 8a–p was designed, synthesized, and screened as the potential cholinesterase inhibitors...     

A new molecularly imprinted polymer for selective extraction and pre‐concentration of guaifenesin in different samples: Adsorption studies and kinetic modeling

This paper describes the synthesis of a molecularly imprinted polymer by chemical oxidation of pyrrole as the functional monomer, and at the presence of guaifenesin as the template. The prepared polymer was used as adsorbent in molecularly imprinted solid‐phase extraction followed by spectrophotometric determination. Different parameters in the solid‐phase extraction including sample pH, adsorbent weight, washing solution, and elution solvent were studied to determine optimum conditions for isolation and enrichment of guaifenesin. The results showed guaifenesin was quantitatively adsorbed on the molecularly imprinted polymer at pH 6.0 and completely eluted with an ethanol–water solution (50% v/v). An enrichment factor of four with satisfactory recoveries (87.0–95.0%) was obtained. The solid‐phase extraction columns could be used for up to six consecutive elution‐loading cycles without significant decreases in the analyte recoveries. The method had a dynamic range of 3.0 × 10^?6–1.5 × 10^?4 mol/L with a limit of detection and limit of quantification of 1.4×10^?6 and 4.5×10^?6 mol/L, respectively. The proposed procedure was used for the extraction and determination of guaifenesin in different pharmaceutical formulations, with satisfying results being achieved.     

Improved photonic crystal directional coupler with short length

We investigate a photonic crystal (PC) waveguide coupler which is formed by two closely spaced linear waveguides in a two-dimensional triangular lattice of air holes. Our study shows that shifting one row of the air holes between the waveguides affects the dispersion curves of the guided modes and if the triangular lattice of air holes between the waveguides is replaced by a rectangular lattice, this modification results in an ultra-short coupling structure with coupling length less than 3a, where a is the lattice constant. Also, we investigate the effect of changing the radii of air holes that are adjacent to or between the waveguides on the coupling length and show that increasing the radius of air holes between the waveguides decreases the coupling length. We analyze the output spectrum of an ultra-short channel drop filter designed based on this structure.     

A new method for finding the center of gravity of polygons

A direct and easy general method is described for finding the center of gravity of all types of convex and concave polygons such as quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and n-sided polygons.