Ultrasound-assisted catalytic synthesis of acyclic imides in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid under solvent free conditions

A rapid and convenient preparation of acyclic imides by the reaction of aliphatic and aromatic nitriles with acyclic carboxylic anhydride in the presence of catalytic amounts of p-toluenesulfonic acid under thermal or ultrasonic conditions is reported. The advantages of this procedure are moderate reaction times, good to excellent yields, use of inexpensive and ecofriendly catalyst. The reaction of nitriles with aliphatic anhydrides proceeds in thermal conditions, while by the use of ultrasound irradiations these reactions get accelerated

Highly selective and sensitive determination of copper ion by two novel optical sensors

AbstractNew optical sensors for the determination of copper ion by incorporation of 1,1′-(4-nitro-1,2-phenylene)bis(azan-1-yl-1-ylidene)bis(methan-1-yl-1-lidene)dinaphthalen-2-ol(L1), 1,1′-2,2′-(1,2-phenylene)bis(ethene-2,1-diyl)dinaphthalen-2-ol 1(L2), dibutylphthalate (DBP) and sodium tetraphenylborate (Na-TPB) to the plasticized polyvinyl chloride matrices were prepared. The tendency of both ionophores (L2 and L1) as chromoionophore was significantly enhanced by the addition of DBP to the membrane. The proposed sensors benefit from advantages such as high stability, reproducibility and relatively long lifetime, good selectivity for Cu2+ ion determination over a large number of alkali, alkaline earth, transition and heavy metal ions. At optimum values of membrane compositions and experimental conditions, both sensors’ response was linear over a concentration range of 7.98×10−6 to 1.31×10−4molL−1 and 1.99×10−6 to 5.12×10−5molL−1 for L2 and L1, respectively. Sensor detection limit based on the definition that the concentration of the sample leads to a signal equal to the blank signal plus three times of its standard deviation was found to be 3.99×10−7 and 5.88×10−7molL−1 for L2 and L1, respectively. The response time of the optodes (defined as the time required reaching the 90% of the peak signal) was found to be 5–8min for L2 and 20–25min for L1 based sensor. The proposed optical sensors were applied successfully for the determination of Cu2+ ion content in water samples

Sodium dodecyl sulfate coated γ-alumina support modified by a new Schiff base for solid phase extraction and flame-AAS determination of lead and copper ions

A simple and fast approach for solid phase extraction is herein described, and used to determine trace amounts of Pb2+ and Cu2+ metal ions. The solid phase support is sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-coated γ-alumina modified with bis(2-hydroxy acetophenone)-1,6-hexanediimine (BHAH) ligand. The adsorbed ions were stripped from the solid phase by 6 mL of 4 M nitric acid as eluent. The eluting solution was analyzed by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). The sorption recovery of metal ions was investigated with regard to the effects of pH, amount of ligand, γ-alumina and surfactant and the amount and type of eluent. Complexation of BHAH with Pb2+ or Cu2+ ions was examined via spectrophotometry using the HypSpec program. The detection limit for Cu2+ was 7.9 µg L-1 with a relative standard deviation of 1.67%, while that for Pb2+ was 6.4 µg L-1 with a relative standard deviation of 1.64%. A preconcentration factor of 100 was achieved for these ions. The method was successfully applied to determine analyte concentrations in samples of liver, parsley, cabbage, and water

{N,N′-Bis[(E)-3-phenyl­prop-2-en-1-yl­idene]propane-1,3-diamine-κ2 N,N′]dichloridocobalt(II)

The CoII atom in the title monomeric Schiff base complex, [CoCl2(C21H22N2)], is bonded to two Cl atoms and to two N atoms of the Schiff base ligand N,N′-bis­[(E)-3-phenyl­prop-2-en-1-yl­idene]propane-1,3-diamine in a distorted tetra­hedral geometry. The mol­ecule has an idealised mirror symmetry, but is not located on a crystallographic mirror plane

2,2′-[(E,E)-1,1′-(2,2-Dimethyl­propane-1,3-diyldinitrilo)diethyl­idyne]diphenol

The title Schiff base, C21H26N2O2, contains two intra­molecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds between the hydroxyl groups and the nearest imine N atoms, each leading to a six-membered ring. Weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds result in a ladder network running along the a axis. In addition, inter­molecular C—H⋯π inter­actions serve to stabilize the extended structure

Fast and Highly Efficient Solid State Oxidation of Thiols

A fast and efficient solid state method for the chemoselective room temperature oxidative coupling of thiols to afford their corresponding disulfides using inexpensive and readily available moist sodiumperiodate as the reagent is described. The reaction was applicable to a variety of thiols giving high yields after short reaction times. Comparison of yield/time ratios of this method with some of those reported in the literature shows the superiority of this reagent over others under these conditions

Synthesis, characterization, electrochemical behavior and antibacterial/antifungal activities of [Cd(l)X2] complexes with a Schiff base ligand

A new symmetrical bidentate Schiff base ligand (L) was applied for the synthesis of some new cadmium coordination compounds with general formula of [Cd(L)X2] in which X is halide and pseudo-halide. The ligand and all cadmium complexes were characterized by some techniques such as elemental analysis, FT-IR, 1H, 13C NMR, UV-Visible and molar conductance. Electrochemical behavior of ligand and Cd(II) complexes were investigated by cyclic voltammetry method. Morphology and shape of [Cd(L)Cl2] particles were depicted by SEM. Antimicrobial properties such as antibacterial and antifungal activities of the complexes as compared with ligand were checked against three Gram-negative bacteria; Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922), Pseudomunase aeroginosa (ATCC 9027) and Salmonella Spp. and two Gram-positive bacteria; Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 6538) and Corynebacterium renale and three fungal strains including Aspergillus Niger, Penicillium chrysogenum and Candida albicans. The results revealed appropriate antibacterial and antifungal activities for all compounds, and it was also found that the coordination of ligand to Cd (II) lead to an increase in the antimicrobial activities in most of cases

Silver nanoparticle loaded on activated carbon and activated carbon modified with 2-(4-isopropylbenzylideneamino)thiophenol (IPBATP) as new sorbents for trace metal ions enrichment

The efficiencies and performances of silver nanoparticle loaded activated carbon modified with 2-(4-isopropylbenzylideneamino)thiophenol (IPBATP-Ag-NP-AC) and activated carbon modified with IPBATP (IPBATP-AC), as new sorbents, were evaluated for separation and preconcentration of Cu2+, Zn2+, Co2+, Cd2+ and Pb2+ ions from real environmental samples. The retained metals content was reversibly eluted using 5mL of CH3COOH (6.0molL1) and/or 10mL of 4.0molL1 HNO3 for IPBATP-Ag-NP-AC and IPBATP-AC, respectively. The experimental parameters influence the recoveries of metal ions including pH, amounts of ligand and supports, condition of eluents, sample and eluent flow rates of has been investigated. The preconcentration factors were found to be 100 for Zn2+, Cd2+, Co2+, Cu2+ and 50 for Pb2+ ions using IPBATP-Ag-NP-AC, and 50 for Zn2+, Cd2+, Co2+, Cu2+ and 25 for Pb2+ ions using IPBATP-AC. The detection limit of both SPE-based sorbents was between 1.62.5ngmL1 for IPBATP-AC and 1.32.5ngmL1 for IPBATP-Ag-NP-AC. The proposed methods have been successfully applied for the extraction and determination of the understudy metal ions content in some real samples with extraction efficiencies higher than 90% and relative standard deviations (RSD) lower than 2.4%