Análise multivariada de parâmetros físico-químicos em amostras de vinhos tintos comercializados na região metropolitana do Recife

The Brazilian legislation requires analysis of certain parameters to classify a wine and allow its commercialization. Some physico-chemical and some color parameters were determined in this work in samples of different red wines sold in the metropolitan area of Recife. Multivariate analysis comprising principal component analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis was employed to distinguish the analyzed wines. The results for pH, chloride concentration, color parameters and ammonium content were the most important variables for sample classification. It was also possible to classify the wines as soft or dry wines and amongst the soft wines we could determine two out of four winegrowing producers

Estrutura, reatividade e propriedades biológicas de hidantoínas

Hydantoin (imidazolidine-2,4-dione) is a 2,4-diketotetrahydroimidazole discovered by Baeyer in 1861. Thiohydantoins and derivatives were prepared, having chemical properties similar to the corresponding carbonyl compounds. Some biological activities (antimicrobial, anticonvulsant, schistosomicidal) are attributed to the chemical reactivity and consequent affinity of hydantoinic rings towards biomacromolecules. Therefore, knowledge about the chemistry of hydantoins has increased enormously. In this review, we present important aspects such as reactivity of hydantoins, acidity of hydantoins, spectroscopy and cristallographic properties, and biological activities of hydantoin and its derivatives

A theoretical study of hydrogen complexes of the X H- type between propyne and HF, HCL or HCN.

The present manuscript reports a systematic investigation of the basis set dependence of some properties of hydrogen-bonded (_ type) complexes formed by propyne and a HX molecule, where X= F, Cl and CN. The calculations have been performed at Hartree–Fock, MP2 and B3LYP levels. Geometries, H-bond energies and vibrational have been considered. The more pronounced effects on the structural parameters of the isolated molecules, as a result of complexation, are verified on RC C and HX bond lengths. As compared to double-_ (6-31G**), triple-_ (6-311G**) basis set leads to an increase of RC C bond distance, at all three computational levels. In the case where diffuse functions are added to both hydrogen and ‘heavy’ atoms, the effect is more pronounced. The propyne–HX structural parameters are quite similar to the corresponding parameters of acetylene–HX complexes, at all levels. The largest difference is obtained for hydrogen bond distance, RH, with a smaller value for propyne–HX complex, indicating a stronger bond. Concerning the electronic properties, the results yield the following ordering for H-bond energies, _E: propyne• • •HF > propyne• • •HCl > propyne• • •HCN. It is also important to point out that the inclusion of BSSE and zero-point energies (ZPE) corrections cause significant changes on_E. The smaller effect of ZPE is obtained for propyne• • •HCN at HF/6-311++G** level, while the greatest difference is obtained at MP2/6-31G** level for propyne• • •HF system. Concerning the IR vibrational it was obtained that larger shift can be associated with stronger hydrogen bonds. The more pronounced effect on the normal modes of the isolated molecule after the complexation is obtained for H X stretching frequency, which is shifted downward