Molecular and Toxicity Analyses of White Granulated Sugar and Other Processing Products Derived From Transgenic Sugarcane.

This study aimed to prepare the sugar industry for the possible introduction of genetically modified (GM) sugarcane and derived retail sugar products and to address several potential public concerns regarding the characteristics and safety of these products. GM sugarcane lines with integrated and foreign genes were used for GM sugar production. Traditional PCR, real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR), and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were performed in analyzing leaves, stems, and other derived materials during sugar production, such as fibers, clarified juices, filter mud, syrups, molasses, and final GM sugar product.

Enhanced photoreduction CO efficiency by criss-crossed TiO nanoflakes combined with CdS under visible light.

In this paper, a novel photocatalyst CNCC with excellent visible light photocatalytic performance was successfully prepared to optimize the CO photoreduction performance. The results showed that the methanol formation rate of CNCC was 24.7 µmol g h, which was 1.

Novel pyridinium inner salt dye and its complexes: synthesis, crystal structures and photophysical properties.

Two novel metal complexes, namely [Tb2(L)6(H2O)4]·(NO3)6·L2·(H2O)18 (1) and [Hg(L)Cl2]n (2), were obtained by the reaction of D-π-A (D = donor, π = conjugated spacer, A = acceptor) type pyridinium inner salt dye, trans-4-[(p-N,N-dimethylamino)styryl]-N-(2-propanoic-acid) pyridinium (L) with corresponding metal salts. Single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses reveal that compound 1 possesses dinuclear motif in which two Tb(III) ions are linked by four carboxylate groups while complex 2 exhibits 1D chain structure based on Hg(II) ions bridged by carboxylate groups. The linear and non-linear optical properties of complexes 1 and 2 have been studied.

N,N-Bis(4-meth-oxy-benzyl-idene)-3,3'-dimethyl-benzidine.

The mol-ecule of the title compund, C(30)H(28)N(2)O(2), a Schiff base synthesised via a condensation reaction between 4-meth-oxy-benzaldehyde and 3,3'-dimethyl-benzidine, a crystallographic twofold rotation axis passes through the mid-point of the C-C bond of the biphenyl unit. Thus, the asymmetric unit comprises one half-mol-ecule. In the biphenyl unit, the aromatic rings are twisted by 13.

(E)-1-[(2-Chloro-4-nitro-phenyl-imino)-meth-yl]naphthalen-2-ol.

In the title compound, C(17)H(11)ClN(2)O(3), an intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond influences the mol-ecular conformation; the naphthol system and the substituted benzene ring form a dihedral angle of 3.5 (1)°. In the crystal, weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link mol-ecules into chains in the [010] direction The crystal packing exhibits π-π inter-actions between the aromatic rings from the neighbouring mol-ecules, with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.

Tetra-aqua-bis-(2,6-dihy-droxy-benzoato-κO)(2,6-dihy-droxy-benzoato-κO,O)gadolinium(III) dihydrate.

In the title compound, [Gd(C(7)H(5)O(4))(3)(H(2)O)(4)]·2H(2)O, the Gd(III) ion shows a distorted square anti-prismatic coordination formed by four aqua ligands and four O atoms from the three 2,6-dihy-droxy-benzoate (L) ligands. Two L ligands coordinate the Gd(III) ion in a monodentate mode, while the third coordinates it in a bidentate-chelating coordination mode. An extensive three-dimensional O-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding network consolidates the crystal packing.