Characterization and Adsorption Behavior of Newly Synthesized Aminated Cellulose with Jeffamine EDR148 Towards Ni(II), Cu(II), and Pb(II) Heavy Metal Ions.

Industrial wastewater containing heavy metal ions presents serious economic risk to the environment. In this study, a novel compound of aminated cellulose with jeffamine EDR148 was prepared to improve cellulose's adsorptive behavior towards metal ions. This study undertook a straightforward and efficient cellulose modification through homogeneous chlorination in N,N'-butylmethylimidazolium chloride to produce 6-deoxychlorocellulose (Cell-Cl), followed by a reaction with jeffamine EDR148 and ultimately resulting in the formation of aminated cellulose (Cell-Jef148).

Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of the Adsorption Behavior of Cellulose-Graft-Poly(Acrylonitrile-co-Acrylic Acid) and Cellulose-Graft-Poly(Acrylonitrile-co-Styrene) towards Ni(II) and Cu(II) Heavy Metals.

In this study, the synthesis and characterization of grafted cellulose fiber with binary monomers mixture obtained using a KMnO/citric acid redox initiator were investigated. Acrylonitrile (AN) was graft copolymerized with acrylic acid (AA) and styrene (Sty) at different monomer ratios with evaluating percent graft yield (GY%). Cell-g-P(AN-co-AA) and Cell-g-P(AN-co-Sty) were characterized by SEM, FT-IR, C CP MAS NMR, TGA, and XRD.

The Inhibitory Potential of 2'-dihalo Ribonucleotides against HCV: Molecular Docking, Molecular Simulations, MM-BPSA, and DFT Studies.

Sofosbuvir is the first approved direct-acting antiviral (DAA) agent that inhibits the HCV NS5B polymerase, resulting in chain termination. The molecular models of the 2'-dihalo ribonucleotides used were based on experimental biological studies of HCV polymerase inhibitors. They were modeled within HCV GT1a and GT1b to understand the structure-activity relationship (SAR) and the binding interaction of the halogen atoms at the active site of NS5B polymerase using different computational approaches.