Various levels of protection against x-irradiation damage in bacteriophage T1 may be obtained by the addition of inorganic salts to the aqueous virus suspensions during irradiation. The highest survival values are obtained with the nitrite salts, and their protective power is attributed primarily to their function as reducing agents. The nitrate ion shows greater protection than the correspondi...

Synthesis of an assembly of structurally important N-H- and N-substituted acridine-1,8-diones by CAN (ceric ammonium nitrate) catalysed one-pot four-component reaction of electron-deficient and electron-rich aromatic aldehydes and aromatic amines or ammonium acetate and dimedone or cyclohexyl-1,3-diones at 26°C under sonic condition is reported. The method is clean and energy efficient as it us...

Quaternary ammonium compounds are an important class of molecules with wide variety of applications, mainly in the antimicrobial field. Quaternary ammonium compounds have the ability to bind with the anionic moiety of phospholipids of the bacterial membrane, disrupting the cell membrane of the microorganisms. However, classical quaternary ammonium salts can have adverse effects on the environme...

Although the hydrogen-bonding ability of the α hydrogen atoms on tetraalkylammonium salts is often discussed with respect to phase-transfer catalysts, catalysis that utilizes the hydrogen-bond-donor properties of tetraalkylammonium salts remains unknown. Herein, we demonstrate hydrogen-bonding catalysis with newly designed tetraalkylammonium salt catalysts in Mannich-type reactions. The structu...

Meysam Yarie was born in 1987 in Malayer/ Hamedan, Iran. He received his B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry from Malek-Ashtar University of Technology and M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry from Kurdistan University under the supervision of Dr. Kamal Amani. He received his Ph.D. from Bu-Ali Sina University under the supervision of Professor Mohammad Ali Zolfigol. He is currently working towards his Post-Doctor...

Two novel calix[6]cryptamides bearing a tren-based cap have been synthesized and their host-guest properties have been investigated by (1)H and (19)F NMR spectroscopy. One of them behaves as a remarkable heteroditopic receptor toward either polar neutral guests, anions or contact ion pairs. It has been shown that only F(-) can be encapsulated into the tris-amido cap of this host. Moreover, the ...

In view the of wide scope of structural information of biomolecules in biocompatible ionic liquids (ILs) in various applications including chemical and biochemical, it is essential to study the productive preferential interactions between biological macromolecules and biocompatible ILs. We have therefore explored the stability and activity of α-chymotrypsin (CT) in the presence of five ILs from...

1. It may be shown by means of cells of the flowers of a hybrid Rhododendron which contain a natural indicator, by means of starfish eggs stained with neutral red, and by means of an "artificial cell" in which living frog's skin is employed that increased intracellular alkalinity may be brought about by solutions of a decidedly acid reaction which contain ammonium salts. 2. These results are an...