Byproducts derived from the food industry are an interesting biomass to valorize as they cheap source, their generation does not compete with and feed production, utilization solves waste disposal issue. In this work, we focused on production of a series polyesters using cardanol-derived diol produced inedible shell cashew nuts. The synthesized polymers 100% biobased since diacid components str...

In this study vapour pressure osmometry was used to determine water activity in the solutions of organic acids. The surface tension of the solutions was also monitored in parallel and then Köhler curves were calculated for nine organic acids (oxalic, malonic, succinic, glutaric, adipic, maleic, malic, citric and cis-pinonic). Surface tension depression is negligible for most of the organic acid...

Reaction of freshly precipitated Mn(OH)2−2x(CO3)x · yH2O, adipic acid and phenanthroline in CH3OH/H2O afforded a new dinuclear Mn(II) complex, Mn2(phen)2(H2O)2(C6H8O4)2 1, aside the known [Mn(phen)2(H2O)(C6H8O4)]·7H2O 2. Single crystal X-ray analyses showed that complex 1 consists of the centrosymmetric dinuclear molecules resulting from two [Mn(phen)(H2O)] moities bridged by two twisted triden...

cis-3,4-Methylene hexanedioic acid has been discovered in human urine. It has been isolated and identified by mass spectrometry and synthesis. The daily excretion in nine subjects on a free diet was 88 mumol/day (range, 32 to 144 mumol/day). cis-3,4-Methylene hexanedioic acid was given orally to a rat. About 90% of the dose was recovered unchanged in the urine within 24 h. Intragastric administ...