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Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of N,N-Diethylamide Bearing Benzenesulfonamide Derivatives
Sulfonamides are known to represent a class of medicinally important compounds which are extensively used as antibacterial agents. Hence, a series of new N,N-diethyl amide bearing sulfonamides (2a-k) were synthesized via amidation of easily prepared benzenesulfonamide precursors (1a-k). The chemical structures of all synthesized compounds were substantiated using spectroscopic means such as IR, Mass spectra and 1H-NMR as well as analytical data. The antimicrobial activity of these compounds along with streptomycin, was investigated on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. The results showed that this skeletal framework exhibited marked potency as antibacterial
agents. The most active antibacterial agent against both targeted organisms was N,Ndiethyl-1-(phenylsulfonyl) piperidine-2-carboxamide (2b)
Room Temperature Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of New Sulfonamides Containing N,N -Diethyl-Substituted AmidoMoieties
Sulfonamide drugs which have brought about an antibiotic revolution in medicine are associated with a wide range
of biological activities. We have synthesized a series of α-tolylsulfonamide, 1–11 and their substituted N,N-diethyl-2-(phenylmethylsulfonamido) alkanamide derivatives, 12–22 in improved and excellent yields in aqueous medium at room
temperature through highly economical synthetic routes. The chemical structures of the synthesized compounds 1–22 were
confirmed by analytical and spectral data such as IR, 1H- and 13C-NMR, andmass spectra. The in vitro antibacterial activity of these compounds along with standard clinical reference, streptomycin, was investigated on two key targeted organisms. It was observed that 1-(benzylsulfonyl) pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid, 2 emerged as the most active compound against Staphylococcus aureus at MIC value of 1.8 μg/mL while 4-(3-(diethylamino)-3-oxo-2-(phenylmethyl sulfonamido) propyl)phenyl phenylmethanesulfonate, 22 was the most active sulfonamide scaffold on Escherichia coli at MIC value of 12.5 μg/mL
Emergent charge density wave featuring quasi-one-dimensional chains in Ta-intercalated bilayer 2-TaS with coexisting superconductivity
Recently, intercalation emerges as an effective way to manipulate
ground-state properties and enrich quantum phase diagrams of layered transition
metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs). In this work, we focus on fully Ta-intercalated
bilayer 2-TaS with a stoichiometry of TaS, which has
recently been experimentally synthesized. Based on first-principles
calculations, we computationally show the suppression of an intrinsic
charge-density wave (CDW) in the TaS layer, and the emergence
of a CDW in intercalated Ta layer. The formation of the CDW in
TaS is triggered by strong electron-phonon coupling (EPC) between
the -like orbitals of intercalated Ta atoms via the imaginary phonon modes
at M point. A 21 CDW structure is identified, featuring
quasi-one-dimensional Ta chains, attributable to the competition between the
CDW displacements associated with potential CDW vectors
(s). Superconductivity is found to coexist with
the 21 CDW in TaS, with an estimated superconducting
transition temperature () of 3.0 K, slightly higher than that
of bilayer TaS. The TaS structures of non-CDW, 21
CDW, and 2 CDW can be switched by strain. Our work enriches the phase
diagram of TaS, offers a candidate material for studying the interplay
between CDW and superconductivity, and highlights intercalation as an effective
way to tune the physical properties of layered materials.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures. Published as a Letter in PR
Distinct fingerprints of charge density waves and electronic standing waves in ZrTe
Experimental signatures of charge density waves (CDW) in high-temperature
superconductors have evoked much recent interest, yet an alternative
interpretation has been theoretically raised based on electronic standing waves
resulting from quasiparticles scattering off impurities or defects, also known
as Friedel oscillations (FO). Indeed the two phenomena are similar and related,
posing a challenge to their experimental differentiation. Here we report a
resonant X-ray diffraction study of ZrTe, a model CDW material. Near the
CDW transition, we observe two independent diffraction signatures that arise
concomitantly, only to become clearly separated in momentum while developing
very different correlation lengths in the well-ordered state. Anomalously slow
dynamics of mesoscopic ordered nanoregions are further found near the
transition temperature, in spite of the expected strong thermal fluctuations.
These observations reveal that a spatially-modulated CDW phase emerges out of a
uniform electronic fluid via a process that is promoted by self-amplifying FO,
and identify a viable experimental route to distinguish CDW and FO.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures; supplementary information available upon reques
Ising Superconductivity and Quantum Phase Transition in Macro-Size Monolayer NbSe2
Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have a range of
unique physics properties and could be used in the development of electronics,
photonics, spintronics and quantum computing devices. The mechanical
exfoliation technique of micro-size TMD flakes has attracted particular
interest due to its simplicity and cost effectiveness. However, for most
applications, large area and high quality films are preferred. Furthermore,
when the thickness of crystalline films is down to the 2D limit (monolayer),
exotic properties can be expected due to the quantum confinement and symmetry
breaking. In this paper, we have successfully prepared macro-size atomically
flat monolayer NbSe2 films on bilayer graphene terminated surface of
6H-SiC(0001) substrates by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) method. The films
exhibit an onset superconducting critical transition temperature above 6 K, 2
times higher than that of mechanical exfoliated NbSe2 flakes. Simultaneously,
the transport measurements at high magnetic fields reveal that the parallel
characteristic field Bc// is at least 4.5 times higher than the paramagnetic
limiting field, consistent with Zeeman-protected Ising superconductivity
mechanism. Besides, by ultralow temperature electrical transport measurements,
the monolayer NbSe2 film shows the signature of quantum Griffiths singularity
when approaching the zero-temperature quantum critical point
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