Whereas the compound formerly known as carvone hydrosulphide is, in fact, dicarvone sulphide [1], the genuine hydrosulphide, (—)-3-mercaptodihydrocarvone, has now been prepared by the addition of hydrogen sulphide to (—)-carvone in the presence of a base following a procedure analogous to that of van Tamelen and Grant [2]. Tt had boiling point 150-151 °/0.5 mm, ri&, 1.5221 [a]2i? —6.3° (c = 4 i...

Two environmentally safe iron compounds (synthetic magnetite and ferrous gluconate) have been evaluated as sulphide scavengers at temperature conditions of 25 °C, 35 °C, 45 °C and 55 °C at pH of 12 in a sulphide-contaminated drilling mud. The ferrous complex was found to be a better scavenger than synthetic magnetite. It exhibited 100 % scavenging efficiency within the first 40 minutes of agita...

A naphthalimide-azide based colorimetric and ratiometric fluorescent probe, NAP-1, has been developed for the selective and sensitive detection of hydrogen sulphide. Advantages of the probe NAP-1 include a low detection limit (110 nM), good selectivity, high sensitivity and excellent photostability. A linear relationship between the emission intensity ratios and sulphide concentrations was obse...

Zinc oxide (ZnO) and zinc sulphide (ZnS) nanostructures have emerged in recent years as promising candidates in the development of nanoscale electronic and photonic devices. Theoretical studies on the properties of nanosized wurtzite ZnO and ZnS are rather scarce and their electronic and optical properties are largely unknown to date. As a part of a more general theoretical effort aimed at the ...

Zinc Sulphide (ZnS) nanoparticles doped with different concentrations of Mn (0%, 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, 10%) have been synthesized by chemical co-precipitation method using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a capping agent to control the particle growth. The structural characterizations of as synthesized nanoparticles are determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) which showed cubic zinc blende structures with av...

During the reaction between 1,3,5-tris(2-hydroxyethyl)hexahydro-s-triazine and hydrogen sulphide, the principle by-product is the organic sulphide 5-(2-hydroxyethyl)dithiazine. It can be determined by a novel, portable, field-capable ion mobility spectrometry method described herein and enables the "degree spent" to be determined. Dependant upon the level of carbon dioxide in the produced gas, ...

Obesity and diabetes represent a significant and escalating worldwide health burden. These conditions are characterized by abnormal nutrient homeostasis. One such perturbation is altered metabolism of the sulphur-containing amino acid cysteine. Obesity is associated with elevated plasma cysteine, whereas diabetes is associated with reduced cysteine levels. One mechanism by which cysteine may ac...

The application of an electrochemical sensor, based on a glassy carbon electrode, modified with a cellulose acetate polymeric film bearing 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol (CA/DCPI-CME), for flow injection analysis of sulphide, is described. The overall reaction was found to obey a catalytic regeneration mechanism (EC mechanism) and the electrochemical rate constant k(f) for the electrocatalytic ox...