Synthesis and characterization of Polyindole and its catalytic performance study as a heterogeneous catalyst

The catalytic performance study of polyindole as a heterogeneous catalyst is reported for the synthesis of 3,3'-arylmethylene-bis-1H-Indole derivatives using various substituted aldehydes and indole under reflux reaction condition with good to excellent yield. Polyindole was synthesized by chemical oxidative polymerization using citric acid as a dopant. The synthesized polymer was well characterized by various spectroscopic techniques like FT-IR, XRD, FESEM, etc. The XRD pattern confirms the partially crystalline nature of polyindole. The FESEM images of polyindole revealed the formation of irregularly shaped particulate nature with size in the range of 0.2 to 6 micron. In FT-IR spectrum, the major peak at similar to 3400 cm(-1) indicates N-H stretching and at 1564-1624 cm(-1) indicates C-C stretching of benzenoid ring of indole. The presence of peak at similar to 3400 cm(-1) indicates that the polymerization does not occur at nitrogen. The present protocol has certain advantages like recyclability, low loading of the catalyst, low-cost and efficient use of polyindole as a heterogeneous catalyst

Biopolymer catalysed synthesis of 6-methyl-4-phenylcarbamoyl-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydropyrimidine-2-ones and evaluation of their anti-bacterial and anti-tubercular activities

1ackground: An efficient one-pot biocatalysed ultrasound assisted synthesis of dihydropyrimidinones/thiones has been developed under solvent free conditions. Materials and Methods: The use of biodegradable, non toxic, agar-powder as a catalyst provide advantages like high yield, simple operation, mild reaction condition with short reaction time. 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-2-ones/thiones formed were characterized by mass and 1H NMR spectroscopy. Results: The dihydropyrimidinones substituted with electron donating groups like fluorine, hydroxy along with thienyl groups exhibited good antibacterial activity. The compounds exhibited favorable binding interactions with mycobacterium target protein H37Rv. Conclusion: 4-methoxy substituted dihydropyrimidinones derivative showed significant antituberculosis activity

A Novel Enhancement of Nano Structure by Organic Acid Dopants in Emulsion Polymerization of Poly(o-toluidine)

A simple, more facile and green approach for the synthesis of poly(o-toluidine) (POT) has been described, by using oxidative emulsion polymn. in a heterogeneous phase by using ammonium persulfate as an oxidant and org. acids as dopant, acids used such as tartaric, oxalic and citric. The effect or influence of these dopants on cond., morphol. of the nano structure of POT and phys. properties are well studied and found that it depends on the nature and type of the functional org. acid dopants. By using this synthetic approach we have obtained POT nanostructures of uniform granular morphol., with av. 40-100 nm particle size doped with oxalic or citric acid, whereas in tartaric acid doped POT fibrilar morphol. with 40-60 nm size nano fibers was ascertained. These compds. were characterized by UV-Visible, FT-IR, SEM, and XRD. Elec. cond. studies of these materials were also carried out and found increase in cond. with citric acid and oxalic acid doped POT as compared to the tartaric acid. XRD studies showed partial cryst. nature of tartaric acid doped POT polymer as compared to others. By using this emulsion process, POT nanostructure formed with 60-100 nm diam. size having high yield, cond., and improved soly. in org. solvents in the emeraldine salt phase of polymer (confirmed by the presence of characteristic peaks at 420 nm and ~800-850 nm). The influences of reaction conditions, e.g. monomer, acid concn. on the physico-chem. properties were also investigated