The synthesis of CaCO3/Cu2O/GO nanocomposites was developed by sol-gel auto-combustion method. analysis structure completed on X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, and environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM). XRD spectra the matched crystal CaCO3/Cu2O. average size 20 nm for Cu2O 25 CaCO3 nanoparticles. FTIR data showed absorptio...

Two novel protocols for the chemical valorization of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) were developed, aiming at production two bio-based molecules: methyl 3-hydroxybutyrate (MHB) and 3-methoxybutyrate (MMB). Optimized reaction conditions applied to pure PHB inclusions inside bacterial cells as starting materials. MHB was synthesized through a single-step catalytic methanolysis, while MMB three-step pr...

The specific rates of solvolysis of ethyl fluoroformate have been measured at 24.2 degrees C in 21 pure and binary solvents. These give a satisfactory correlation over the full range of solvents when the extended Grunwald-Winstein equation is applied. The sensitivities to changes in the N(T) solvent nucleophilicity scale and the Y(Cl) solvent ionizing power scale, and the k(F)/k(Cl) values are ...

An optimal continuous production of biodiesel by methanolysis of soybean oil in a packed-bed reactor was developed using immobilized lipase (Novozym 435) as a catalyst in a tert-butanol solvent system. Response surface methodology (RSM) and Box-Behnken design were employed to evaluate the effects of reaction temperature, flow rate, and substrate molar ratio on the molar conversion of biodiesel....