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Microbial desulphurization of coal containing pyritic sulphur in a continuously operated bench scale coal slurry reactor
Pre-combustion microbial desulphurization of coal containing total sulphur (3.90%) and pyritic sulphur (2.80%) has been evaluated in a coal slurry reactor. The coal slurry reactor operated at hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 96 h with a coal pulp density of 15 percent and
remove 79 percent of pyritic sulphur and 76 percent of ash with an increase in the calorific value of coal from 4400 to 6800 kcal kgK1 at a pyritic load of 1.9 kg pyritic sulphur kgK1 MLSS dK1. The treated coal yield is 72 percent. The biochemical kinetic coefficients, viz. yield
coefficient (Y) and decay coefficient (Kd) in the coal slurry reactor system are 0.178 and 0.007 dK1, respectively, while maximum growth rate (mmax) and half saturation rate constant (Ks) are 0.025 hK1 and 0.220 g lK1 as pyrite, respectively
Click chemistry stereolithography for soft robots that self-heal
Although soft robotics promises a new generation of robust, versatile machines capable of complex functions and seamless integration with biology, the fabrication of such soft, three dimensional (3D) hierarchical structures remains a significant challenge.</p
Secondary Interactions Arrest the Hemiaminal Intermediate To Invert the <i>Modus Operandi</i> of Schiff Base Reaction: A Route to Benzoxazinones
Discovered by Hugo
Schiff, condensation between amine and aldehyde
represents one of the most ubiquitous reactions in chemistry. This
classical reaction is widely used to manufacture pharmaceuticals and
fine chemicals. However, the rapid and reversible formation of Schiff
base prohibits formation of alternative products, of which benzoxazinones
are an important class. Therefore, manipulating the reactivity of
two partners to invert the course of this reaction is an elusive target.
Presented here is a synthetic strategy that regulates the sequence
of Schiff base reaction via weak secondary interactions. Guided by
the computational models, reaction between 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluoro-benzaldehyde
with 2-amino-6-methylbenzoic acid revealed quantitative (99%) formation
of 5-methyl-2-(perfluorophenyl)-1,2-dihydro-4H-benzo[d][1,3]oxazin-4-one
(<b>15</b>). Electron donating and electron withdrawing <i>ortho</i>-substituents on 2-aminobenzoic acid resulted in the
production of benzoxazinones <b>9</b>–<b>36</b>. The mode of action was tracked using low temperature NMR, UV–vis
spectroscopy, and isotopic (<sup>18</sup>O) labeling experiments.
These spectroscopic mechanistic investigations revealed that the hemiaminal
intermediate is arrested by the hydrogen-bonding motif to yield benzoxazinone.
Thus, the mechanistic investigations and DFT calculations categorically
rule out the possibility of <i>in situ</i> imine formation
followed by ring-closing, but support instead hydrogen-bond assisted
ring-closing to prodrugs. This unprecedented reaction represents an
interesting and competitive alternative to metal catalyzed and classical
methods of preparing benzoxazinone