Ammonium-pillared montmorillonite-CoFeO composite caged in calcium alginate beads for the removal of Cs from wastewater.

Novel and magnetic adsorbent ammonium-pillared montmorillonite-CoFeO composite caged in calcium alginate beads was prepared by using non-toxic raw materials. The morphology, magnetic properties, functional groups, and crystal structure of the compound were characterized by SEM, VSM, FT-IR and XRD. The adsorption behaviors were also investigated via adsorption experiments and response surface methodology was used to optimize the operation conditions.

The synthesis and biological evaluation of some caffeic acid amide derivatives: E-2-cyano-(3-substituted phenyl)acrylamides.

A series of caffeic acid amide derivatives 2-cyano-(3-substituted phenyl)acrylamides were synthesized via Knoevenogal condensation of substituted benzaldehydes with cyanoacetamides. The structure of compound 1f was determined as E-isomer by X-ray diffractive analysis. The biological screening tests in vitro showed that compound 1b has obvious inhibitory activities against human gastric carcinoma cell line BGC-823, human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line KB and human hepatoma cell line BEL-7402 with IC(50) values of 5.

(E)-Ethyl 2-cyano-3-(3,4-dihydr-oxy-5-nitro-phen-yl)acrylate.

The title compound, C(12)H(10)N(2)O(6), was synthesized via a Knoevenagel condensation and crystallized from ethanol. In the crystal, strong classical inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and weak C-H⋯N contacts link the mol-ecules into ribbons extending along [010]. Intra-molecular O-H⋯O and C-H⋯N contacts support the planar conformation of the mol-ecules (mean deivation 0.