Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) is widely used for covering electrical cables, but a decrease in its physicochemical, thermal, and mechanical properties has been observed over time. Poly(nitrile butadiene) rubber (NBR), due to its certain properties, was chosen to be blended with PVC to improve its specific properties, when used as insulation for electrical cables installed in nuclear power plants. Thus, this work focuses on the effect of γ radiation at doses ranging from 10 to 50 KGy on the physicochemical, thermal, morphological, and mechanical properties of PVC, as well as on the improvement of its properties by the incorporation of NBR in the PVC matrix as a blend.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn order to address the challenges associated with antibiotic resistance by bacteria, two new complexes, Ni(II) and Zn(II), have been synthesized using the conventional method based on Schiff base ligand (E)-2-((5-bromothiazol-2-yl) imino) methyl) phenol. The Schiff base ligand (HL) was synthesized using salicylaldehyde and 5-(4-bromophenyl)thiazol-2-amine in both traditional and efficient, ecologically friendly, microwave-assisted procedures. The ligand and its complexes were evaluated by elemental analyses, FTIR spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and magnetic susceptibility.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeries of novel 1,2,3-triazole, and 1,2,3- triazoline glycosides (a-e) were efficiently synthesized starting from d-arabinose in an effort to synthesize a new type of hybrid molecules containing sugar azide. The key step involved is the introduction of a new group, ethylene glycol, to the anomeric site and protection of the hydroxyl groups with acetic anhydride. Following that, the acetyl group is converted into ethylene glycol to tosylate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe L. tree is a member of the family and the genus Bombax. Both Chinese and Indian traditional medicine have made extensive use of it in the treatment of sickness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLiquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis of methanol extract of seed revealed the presence of haploperozide and austricine. For safety, heavy metals content investigation of plant powder using the Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) technique showed that the toxic metals (Pb: 2.07 mg/kg; Cd: 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA series of novel compounds, mono-5-isoxazolidines, and bis (5-isoxazolidines) derivatives, were prepared as bicycloadducts. The new series of isoxazolidines were designed and synthesized via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of nitrones with 3,9-Divinyl-2,4,8,10-tetra oxaspiro (5-5) undecane in the context of new antimicrobial and antioxidant drugs discovery and were fully characterized by FT-IR, C-NMR, and H-NMR spectroscopy. The physicochemical properties of all the novel cycloadducts, like bioactivity score and lipophilicity, were predicted using calculative methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNovel Schiff bases of metformin hydrochloride and ()-nitrobenzaldehyde were synthesized by employing two efficient environmentally friendly methods, namely, stirring and microwave-assisted methods using water as the solvent. The advantage of microwave irradiation over the other methods was represented in the reduction of reaction time and wastes, and good yields; however, water in both methods plays the role of eco-friendly solvent. The structural properties of the ()-isomer products were analyzed by elemental analysis, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, UV-Visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, C NMR spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
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