Optical Behavior of ZnS:Cu Microcrystals Embedded in Porous Silica Gels

Emission and excitation spectra of ZnS:Cu microcrystals trapped in porous silica xerogels are presented. This system is characterized by intense, long-lived green emission at room temperature. It was observed that this emission was greatly reduced after compressing the xerogel samples.     

Genocchi polynomials associated with the Umbral algebra

The aim of this paper is to study on the Genocchi polynomials of higher order on P, the algebra of polynomials in the single variable x over the field C of characteristic zero and P^∗, the vector spaces of all linear functional on P. By using the action of a linear functional L on a polynomial p(x) Sheffer sequences and Appell sequences, we obtain some fundamental properties of the Genocchi polynomials. Furthermore, we give relations between, the first and second kind Stirling numbers, Euler polynomials of higher order and Genocchi polynomials of higher order.     

Correction to: The effect of e/a ratio on thermodynamic parameters and surface morphology of Cu–Al–Fe–X shape memory alloys

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - In the original publication of the article, the second author’s family name was incorrectly published.     

The production of enantiomerically pure 1-phenylethanol by enzymatic kinetic resolution method using response surface methodology

As the enantiomers of 1-phenylethanol are valuable intermediates in several industries, the lipase catalyzed kinetic resolution of (R,S) -1-phenylethanol is a relevant research topic. In this study, the goal was to determine the optimum reaction parameters to produce enantiomerically pure 1-phenylethanol by lipase (Novozyme 435) catalyzed kinetic resolution using response surface methodology (RSM). Reactions were performed with 40–400 mM (R,S)-1-phenylethanol, 120–1200 mM vinyl acetate and 2–22 mg/mL biocatalyst concentrations (BC _L ), at 20–60 °C and with a stirring rate of 50–400 rpm for 5–120 min. The samples were analyzed using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a Chiralcel OB column. Optimum reaction parameters to reach 100% enantiomeric excess for the substrate ( ee _s ) were determined as follows: substrate concentration (C _s ): 240 mM, BC _L : 11 mg/mL, at 42 °C with a reaction time of 75 min. Model validation was performed using these conditions and ee _s was calculated as 100%, which indicates the predicted model was efficient and accurate. When compared to the literature, it was observed that the reaction time decreased significantly. This is an important result considering the industrial scale perspective.     

()‐9‐(2‐Bromophenyl)‐7,7‐dimethyl‐1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9‐octahydrofuro[3,4‐b]quinoline‐1,8‐dione

The title compound, C₁₉H₁₈BrNO₃, has potential calcium modulatory properties. The 1,4‐di­hydro­pyridine ring has a very shallow boat conformation and is one of the most planar examples of this moiety. The 2‐bromo­phenyl substituent is in the axial synperiplanar orientation. The quinoline ring has a half‐chair conformation, with the unusual arrangement of the out‐of‐plane atom being on the opposite side of the ring plane to the bromo­phenyl substituent. The mol­ecules are linked into chains by intermolecular hydrogen bonds.     

New mononuclear copper(II) complexes from β-diketone and β-keto ester N-donor heterocyclic ligands: structure,bioactivity, and molecular simulation studies

Four new mononuclear copper(II) complexes with methyl acetoacetate and benzoylacetone in the presence of 1,10-phenanthroline and 2,2′-bipyridine were synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, FT-IR, and UV–Vis spectroscopy. The molecular structures of complexes [Cu(MAA)(bpy)(ClO₄)] (1a), [Cu(bzac)(bpy)]ClO₄ (2a), [Cu(MAA)(phen)(ClO₄)] (1b) and [Cu(bzac)(phen)(ClO₄)] (2b) were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction technique. 1a, 1b, and 2b are five coordinate with a distorted square pyramidal geometry and the structure of 2a consists of isolated [Cu(bzac)(bpy)]⁺ cations and perchlorate counter anions. The electrochemical studies of copper complexes in acetonitrile solution showed that Cu^II/Cu^I reduction processes are electrochemically irreversible. Cytotoxic activity of complexes was screened, including an MTT assay against gastric cancer cell line (MKN-45). The four Cu(II) complexes exhibited lethal effects against MKN-45 cell lines and the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC₅₀) values obtained were much lower in comparison with 5-fluorouracil. In addition, MTT and migration studies revealed that benzoylacetone complexes are more active than complexes of methyl acetoacetate against the MKN-45 cancer cell lines. Docking simulations of Cu(II) complexes on DNA revealed that the most stable adducts with DNA bind in the minor groove. All complexes display a binding specificity to the A/T rich regions.     

Cocrystals of diastereoisomers of 1,4‐dihydro­pyridine derivatives

A mixture of the RR/SS and RS/SR diastereoisomeric pairs of methyl 4‐(2,4‐dichloro­phen­yl)‐2,7‐dimethyl‐5‐oxo‐1,4,5,6,7,8‐hexa­hydro­quinoline‐3‐carboxyl­ate, C₁₉H₁₉Cl₂NO₃, forms cocrystals in which there is one unique mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit, but the mol­ecule displays disorder in the region of the 7‐position of the quinoline ring system as a result of the random occurrence of the diastereoisomers at the same crystallographic site. A similar arrangement exists in the monohydrate cocrystals that form from a mixture of the RR/SS and RS/SR diastereoisomeric pairs of methyl 4‐(2,4‐dichloro­phen­yl)‐2‐methyl‐7‐phenyl‐5‐oxo‐1,4,5,6,7,8‐hexa­hydro­quinoline‐3‐carboxyl­ate monohydrate, C₂₄H₂₁Cl₂NO₃·H₂O. These compounds belong to a class of 1,4‐dihydro­pyridines whose members have calcium modulatory properties. The 1,4‐dihydro­pyridine rings have the usual shallow boat conformation. In each structure, the 2,4‐dichloro­phenyl ring is oriented such that the 2‐chloro substituent is in a synperi­planar orientation with respect to the 1,4‐dihydro­pyridine ring plane. In each crystal structure, the mol­ecules are linked into chains by N—H⋯O hydrogen‐bonding inter­actions.