A novel biosynthesis of MgO/PEG nanocomposite for organic pollutant removal from aqueous solutions under sunlight irradiation.

The novel synthesis of MgO from Laurus nobilis L. leaves was prepared using the green synthesis method. It is using direct blending process to decorate MgO/PEG nanocomposite to enhance the photodegradation properties and examine its physical properties using diverse characterization techniques, including XRD, FTIR, SEM, EDX, and UV-Vis.

Calculations of the molecular interactions in 1,3-dibromo-2,4,6-trimethyl-benzene: which methyl groups are quasi-free rotors in the crystal?

Dibromomesitylene (DBMH) is one of the few molecules in which a methyl group is a quasi-free rotor in the crystal state. Density functional theory calculations - using the Born-Oppenheimer approximation (BOa) - indicate that in isolated DBMH, Me4 and Me6 are highly hindered in a 3-fold potential > 55 meV while Me2 symmetrically located between two Br atoms has a small 6-fold rotation hindering potential: ∼ 8 meV. Inelastic neutron scattering studies have shown that this is also true in the crystal, the Me2 tunneling gap being 390 μeV at 4.

N-Ferrocenymethyl-N-phenyl-propionamide.

In the title compound, [Fe(C(5)H(5))(C(15)H(16)NO)], the two cyclo-penta-dienyl (Cp) rings are nearly parallel to each other, forming a dihedral angle of 3.7 (1)°, and adopt a staggered conformation. The amide group is almost perpendicular to the plane of the substituted Cp ring, with a C-N-C-C torsion angle of 101.