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Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
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Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
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Journal of Chemical Sciences
[Formerly: Proceedings (Chemical Sciences)] Vol. 131, July 2019
CONTENTS
i
Regular Article
Theoretical and experimental study of physicochemical behavior of binary mixtures: SAFT and PC-SAFT models
Bahman Sarkoohaki, Mohammad Almasi and
Mehrnoosh Karimkhani . . . 53
PC-SAFT and SAFT models were applied to model the densities of binary mixtures containing Diisobutyl ketone and 2-alkanol at various temperatures.Results show that models provide satisfactory outcomes and PC-SAFT model produces better results.
Regular Article
One pot synthesis of pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile and pyrimidine-5- carboxamide using ammonium chloride under solvent free condition J S Aher, A V Kardel, M R Gaware, D D Lokhande and
A M Bhagare . . . 54
Pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile and pyrimidine-5-carboxamide were synthesized from the various substituted benzaldehyde, malononitrile and cyanoacetamide, urea/thiourea in the presence of ammonium chloride.Regular Article
Metal-free selective aryl C–H formylation co-controlled by 1,2,3-triazole and hydroxyl using DMSO as formyl source
Xinyuan Ma, Weigen Du, Wei Liu, Yaowen Liu, Tiebo Xiao
and Yubo Jiang. . . 55
Direct C–H formylation of phenolated 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles using DMSO as the formyl source has been developed under metal-free conditions with good functional group tolerance and high selectivity.Regular Article
Investigation of photophysical, structural aspects and nonlinear optical properties of Foron blue SR analogs using Density Functional Theory (DFT)
Archana A Bhagwat and Nagaiyan Sekar . . . 56
Analogs of Foron blue SR which is also known as Disperse Blue 354are studied in terms of photophysical, structural aspects and its nonlinear optical properties evaluated by using Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Time Dependent Density Functional Theory (TD-DFT). The structures were optimized by using the functional, B3LYP and the basis set used was 6-31G(d). Polarizability (a), fi rst and second order hyperpolarizability (b and g) were determined by three density functionals B3LYP, CAM- B3LYP and BHandHLYP. B3LYP and the basis set 6-311+G(d,p) shows high values of a, b and g. The B3LYP functional gives the highest fi rst order hyperpolarizability for (Z)-2-(2-(4-(dimethylamino)benzylidene)-1,1- dioxidobenzo[b]thiophen-3(2H)-ylidene)malononitrile (3a), 373.31 ´ 10-30 e.s.u and 486.32 ´ 10-30 e.s.u in ethylacetate and dimethylformamide respectively.
Ar H2N NH2
O/S NH4Cl, H2C
CN
H X O
- H2O N
N X
NH2 S/O
Ar H
H
-H2 N N
X
NH2 HS/O
Ar
X= -CN /
1100C
-CONH2
N DMSO N N OH
N N N OH OHC
Metal-free
Site-selective procedure
Ar1 Ar1
Ar2 Ar2
16 examples 56% - 79% yields No other additives
Effect of bond length alteration (BLA) and bond order alteration (BOA) on fi rst order hyperpolarizability was evaluated. Intrinsic hyperpolarizability shows that the compound (Z)-2-(4-(dimethylamino)benzylidene)benzo[b]
thiophen-3(2H)-one 1,1-dioxide (1a) intrinsically good. Perturbation potential is found to decrease as absorption energy deceases and hyperpolarizability increases.
Regular Article
Two cobalt metal-organic frameworks constructed from mixed ligands and their magnetic properties
Xiao-Huan Qin, Jing Hua and Hua-Hong Zou . . . 57
Two cobalt metal-organic frameworks constructed from mixed ligands and exhibited different top networks and magnetic properties.Regular Article
Spectrophotometric nanomolar determination of glucose by using C-dots/Fe
3O
4magnetic nanozyme
Shima Sadravi and Fatemeh Honarasa. . . 58
Colorimetric determination of glucose was performed using C-dots/Fe3O4 magnetic nanocomposite as peroxidase-like nanozyme. The proposed assay shows a high degree of selectivity and sensitivity for glucose. Also, the detection limit of glucose was obtained as 50 nM by adopting the proposed method.Regular Article
Ni(II)/Al(0) mediated benzylic Csp
3- Csp
3coupling in aqueous media Mukesh Kumar Nayak, Priyabrata Mukhi, Anuradha Mohanty, Sohel Samim Rana, Rajat Arora, Himani Narjinari and Sujit Roy . . . 59
The reagent combination of aluminium metal and catalytic Ni(NO3)2promotes the homocoupling of benzyl bromides and chlorides giving rise to the corresponding bibenzyl products in good to excellent yields. The reaction is greatly facilitated in water and showed good functional group tolerance.
Besides the mild reaction condition and bench-friendliness, the present reaction constitutes the fi rst example of aluminium-mediated homocoupling of a halide in water.
ii
ContentsRegular Article
A quantitative study of weak noncovalent interactions in two pyridine isomers containing nitrile and thiophene moieties:
a combined X-ray and theoretical investigation Mani Udayakumar, Margarita Cerón, Paulina Ceballos,
Perumal Venkatesan, M Judith Percino and Subbiah Thamotharan . . 60
Crystal structures of two pyridine isomers of acrylonitrile derivatives are reported. Structures are stabilized by several weak non-covalent interactions such as C–H…N, C–H…p, C–H…S, p… p and S…N contacts in the solid state. Evaluation of these weak non-covalent interactions has been performed by means of the quantum theory of atoms-in-molecules approach (QTAIM).Regular Article
Decorating the carbon felt electrode with polymeric platinize nanocomposite: characterization and electrocatalytic activity towards methanol oxidation reaction
Mohammad Ali Kamyabi, Kajal Ebrahimi Qaratapeh, Salma Jadali and Mohsen Moharramnezhad. . . 61
In this paper, Carbon felt is used as a substrate for deposition of a polymeric platinize nanocomposite. The synthesized nanocomposite exhibits the high CO tolerance during electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol. The synergetic effect between the polymeric layer and Pt nanoparticles is perceived by the comparison between the electrochemical performance of Pt/p-MDAB/CF and Pt/CF. Pt/p-MDAB/CF is an avenue to spread employing of DMFC.Regular Article
Synthesis, antioxidant and a-amylase inhibition activity of naphthalene-containing 2,4,5-trisubstituted imidazole derivatives B Somashekara, B Thippeswamy and G R Vijayakumar . . . 62
A series of naphthalene ring containing 2,4,5-trisubstituted imidazolederivatives (2a–2l) were synthesized through one-pot multicomponent reaction using naphthaldehyde, substituted benzil and ammonium acetate in acetic acid medium with good yield. The structure of all compounds were confi rmed by spectroscopic methods and evaluated for their in vitro a-amylase inhibition and antioxidant activity.
Regular Article
A highly fl uorescent tri-nuclear boron complex with large Stokes shifts based on tripodal Schiff base: synthesis and photophysical properties
Pinar Sen . . . 63
The synthesis and characterization of a new four coordinated trinuclear boron complex and its optical properties are reported. The results show that the obtained new fl uorophore could be benefi cial for fl uorescent materials due to presenting large Stokes shifts and high effi cient blue emissions.O H R
R' O
R"
O
N
N
H R"
R' R
+ Acetic acid
120 °C, 12-14 h.
C
H3 O
ONH4
2a-2l
iv
ContentsRegular Article
Catalytic asymmetric oxidation of sulfi des to sulfoxides using (R)-6,6¢-Diphenyl-BINOL as a chiral ligand
Narotham V Maddireddy, Himanshu M Godbole, Girij P Singh, Suvarna G Kini and Gautham G Shenoy . . . 64
(R)-6,6¢-Diphenyl Binol in combination with Ti(O-i-Pr)4 has been developed as an effi cient chiral ligand for the asymmetric oxidation of aryl methyl and aryl benzyl sulfi des by using 70% aqueous TBHP as an oxidant. High enantioselectivity and good chemical yield have been achieved for various aryl methyl and aryl benzyl sulfi des.Regular Article
Mesomorphic behavior of methanesulfonate salts of esters of L-Methionine and their optical properties
Sheetal Venkatesh, Pushpa Kumari Yadav and M M V Ramana . . . . 65
Novel ionic liquid crystals derived from (S)-2-Amino-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid, fatty alcohols and methane sulfonic acid by a one-pot, solvent-free method characterized by spectroscopic techniques, polarizing optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry have been reported. A study of refractive indices at varying temperatures and wavelengths has been carried out.Regular Article
A simple synthetic strategy to p-conjugated spirofl uorenes
Sambasivarao Kotha and Rashid Ali . . . 66
A simple synthetic strategy to spirofl uorenes via ring-closing metathesis and Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions as key steps is presented. In this regard, readily available starting materials have been employed to generate a library of spirofl uorenes under mild reaction conditions.Ar
Ar Br
Br
(iii) Suzuki cross-coupling (ii) RCM (i) Allylation
Regular Article
Enantioselective Michael addition of malonic esters to benzalacetophenone by using chiral phase transfer catalysts derived from proline-mandelic acid/tartaric acid
Deepak P Mahajan, Himanshu M Godbole, Girij P Singh and
Gautham G Shenoy . . . 67
Highly enantioselective Michael addition of dialkyl malonates tobenzalacetophenone has been established under mild phase transfer conditions, by successful utilization of chiral phase transfer catalysts derived from proline, mandelic acid and tartaric acid (I–VI) with appreciable chemical yields.
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Cover Picture: Ni(II)-Al(0) dual reagent for Csp3
-Csp
3coupling in water
For details, see the paper by Mukesh Kumar Nayak, Priyabrata Mukhi,
Anuradha Mohanty, Sohel Samim Rana, Rajat Arora, Himani Narjinari
and Sujit Roy(Article ID: 59)
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