PHOTOCATALYTIC AND CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF HETEROGENIZED W10O324- IN THE BROMIDE ASSISTED BROMINATION OF ARENES AND ALKENES IN THE PRESENCE OF OXYGEN

Photochemical excitation (l > 300 nm) of the decatungstate (nBu4N)4W10O32 heterogenized with Amberlite IRA-900 and dispersed in a CH3CN/H2O mixture causes the reductive activation of O2 to alkyl hydroperoxides. The light-assisted formation represents a new approach for inducing the bromination of activated arenes and cycloalkenes at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. The active species “Br+” is formed as a consequence of the two-electron oxidation of Br- by the photogenerated hydroperoxides. This process is catalyzed by the decatungstate, which, therefore, plays also a catalytic role in addition to the photocatalytic one. Phenol and anisole can be converted to the corresponding mono-brominated derivatives and a wide range of cycloalkanes to the corresponding bromohydrins and dibromides, with bromohydrins as intermediates for the formation of epoxides. The anionic exchange resin plays a crucial role in fostering the enrichment of bromide ions close to the surface and consequently, their reaction with the photogenerated hydroperoxides. As a matter of fact, the efficiency of the bromination photocatalytic processes may benefit by the Heterogenization of the decatungstate. As to the chemoselectivity of the photocatalytic process, we have found that the solid matrix plays the important function of increasing the yields of epoxides and bromohydrins from cyclohexene, 1-methyl-1-cyclohexene, and styrene, upon heterogenization of the decatungstate. The solid matrix can also control the chemoselectivity in anisole bromination, by favoring the functionalization of the para-position

INACTIVATION OF BONE MARROW CULTURE AND K562 LUKAEMIC CELL LINES BY MöSSBAUER EFFECT

Bone marrow cells collected from normal donors and from patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and cultures of the K562 leukaemic cell line, were investigated after treatment with hematin and low-energy gamma rays from a 57Co Mossbauer source. Different degrees of growth inhibition were observed for bone marrow cultures and for the leukaemic cell line K562. Exposure to light irradiation during sample treatments was also investigated. The results seem promising and it is author's belief that cell inactivation by Mossbauer effect could have future applications in the field of tumor pathology as an alternative to or in the support of conventional radiotherapy