The link between fiscal deficit and inflation: do public sector wages matter?

This paper investigates the validity of the hypothesis that suggests there is a link between fiscal deficits and inflation in developing countries and further explores this link in the absence of public sector wage expenditure. Sri Lanka, a developing country with a persistent fiscal deficit, a large public sector and increasing inflation, has been chosen for the empirical study. An auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) model is employed in the analysis, using annual data from 1959 to 2008. The results suggest that, in the long run, a one percentage point increase in the ratio of the fiscal deficit to narrow money is associated with about an 11 percentage point increase in inflation. This link becomes weaker in the absence of the public sector wage expenditure. The overall inference is that inflation is not only a monetary phenomenon in Sri Lanka and public sector wage expenditure is a key factor in explaining the deficit-inflation relationship

Evaluating sorbents produced from waste to remove mercury in simulated flue gases from coal combustion

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A Facile Synthesis of N-fmoc Protected Amino/peptidyl Weinreb Amides Employing Acid Chlorides as Key Intermediates

An efficient, cost effective method for the preparation of N-Fmoc α-amino/ peptidyl Weinreb amides from the corresponding acid chlorides has been described. The synthesis of acid chlorides was accelerated by ultrasonication and were coupled with N,O -dimethylhydroxylamine hydrochloride to obtain the title compounds. All the prepated compound were isolated as stable solids after workup and have been fully characterized by IR, 1H NMR,13C NMR and mass spectroscopy

ChemInform Abstract: Efficient Synthesis of N‐Fmoc‐Aminoalkoxy Pentafluorophenyl Carbonates: Application for the Synthesis of Oligopeptidyl Carbamates

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A simple approach for the synthesis of new classes of dithiocarbamate-linked peptidomimetics

An efficient protocol for the synthesis of a new series of dithiocarbamate-linked peptidomimetics is described. The in situ generated dithiocarbamic acid intermediate formed by the reaction of an amino acid ester and carbon disulfide in the presence of triethylamine was treated with N-protected amino alkyl iodide to afford title compounds 3a–g in good to moderate yields. The synthesis of N-Fmoc-protected tripeptidomimetics 4a–e containing two dithiocarbamate linkages is also described. The protocol was further extended to synthesize N,N′-orthogonally protected dithiocarbamate-linked dipeptidomimetics 7a–c as well. The mild reaction conditions and non-toxic reagents are the advantages of the present method

A Facile Synthesis of C-terminal Neoglycopeptides: Incorporation of Urea Moiety between Sugars and Peptides Employing Curtius Rearrangement

Incorporation of urea moiety in the synthesis of C-terminal neoglycopeptides has been demonstrated through the reaction between suitably protected glycosylamine and Fmoc-peptidyl isocyanates or carbamates. Curtius rearrangement has been made use off for the conversion of peptidyl acid azides in to corresponding isocyanates. The resulting C-terminal neoglycopeptidylureas have been isolated as stable solids which are fully characterized by 1H NMR and mass spectroscopy