Organic-inorganic hybrid nanoparticles, derived from silica precursors with different organic functionalities (methyl, ethyl, vinyl, and phenyl) synthesized via a modified Stöber method have been investigated. These particles are intended as modifiers for polymers and polymer matrix composites. Therefore, the characteristics of a polyester matrix have also been determined, and the likely intera...

AIM To design new thiazolidin-4-ones derivatives and to evaluate their potential antioxidant effects using in vitro methods. MATERIAL AND METHODS New ethyl esters of the 2-(R-phenyl)-4-oxo-thiazolidin-3-yl propionic acid were synthesized using "one step reaction" between different aromatic aldehydes, thioglycolic acid and beta-alanine ethyl ester hydrochloride. The antioxidant potential of th...

transfusion-dependent patients such as those suffering from β-thalassaemia develop a fatal secondary haemosiderosis and consequently a selective iron chelator must be used to relieve such iron overload. 3- hydroxypyridin-4-ones are selective for iron(iii) under most biological conditions, but unlike desferrioxamine, are efficiently absorbed when administered orally. in this study, the synthesis...

Dihydropyrimidines are associated with wide range of biological activities. Keeping this in view 6-phenyl-4substituted phenyl-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-5-carboxylic acid ethyl ester were prepared under microwave irradiations. These were converted to S-alky/S-benzyl-1,4dihydropyrimidines for synthesizing biologically active molecules with improved activity. These are regarded as aza-a...

The title compound, C17H12O, has an E conformation about the C=C bond. The C-C C-C torsion angle is 7.7 (2)°, and the mean planes of the phenyl-ethyl-enone [r.m.s. deviation = 0.059 (1) Å] and phenyl-acetyl-ene [r.m.s. deviation = 0.023 (1) Å] fragments form a dihedral angle of 14.16 (7)°. In the crystal, weak C-H⋯O inter-actions link the mol-ecules into zigzag chains propagated in [010].

Of the various chemical methods described in the literature for the determination of ethyl alcohol (1) the majority are based upon the oxidation of the alcohol to acetic acid by means of potassium dichromate in the presence of a high concentration of sulfuric acid. Typical of these methods are the ones devised by Widmark (2) and by Nicloux (3). Widmark reports that it is not possible to calcula...

Since a significant fraction of the population are heavy consumers of ethanol, and recent postmortem studies suggest that most alcoholics have some degree of cardiac abnormality, elucidation of the basis for alcoholic cardiomyopathy is of some importance. Intoxicating amounts of ethanol depress ventricular function acutely and effect leakage of myocardial cell components. On the basis of studie...

1. The electrophoretic velocities of gelatin-, egg-albumin-, and gliadin-covered quartz particles in various alcohol-water solutions are, within the limits employed in usual experimental procedures, proportional to the field strength. 2. The electrophoretic mobilities of small, irregularly shaped quartz particles covered with an adsorbed film of protein in alcohol-water solutions are equal to t...