Niobium hydrides are attractive superconductors. Exploring the formation process of niobium is essential to elucidate mechanism superconductivity. One key issues clarify atomic stacking patterns Nb and H atoms, i.e., structural evolution Nb–H clusters. Here, low-energy isomers NbHn (n = 2–15) clusters determined using CALYPSO method combined with density functional theory calculations. Geometri...

The molecular structure of iridabenzene (C5 H5 Ir)(PH3 )3 was calculated by the B3LYP density functional model using LANL2DZ basis set for Ir and 6-31G(d) for other atoms. The results from natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis have provided new insights into Ir–ligand bonding, the hybridization of atoms and the electronic structure of the title molecule. The NBO calculations show that σ(Ir-C2) bo...

Benzyl chloride and tin powder were used to prepare dibenzyltin dichloride according to a literatureprocedure. In this study, IR spectroscopy, HOMO-LUMO energy gap, NBO analysis, polarizability,some geometrical parameters, natural charge and electrical potential of atoms, global hardness,electronic chemical potential, global electrophilicity index, and molar volume of dibenzyltindichloride were...

Density functional calculations were used to explore the complexation of 3-alkyl-4-phenylacetylamino-4,5-dihydro-1h-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (ADPHT) derivatives by first-row transition metal cations. Neutral ADPHT ligand and mono deprotonated ligands have been used. Geometry optimizations have been performed in gas-phase and solution-phase (water, benzene, and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF)) with B3LYP...

This paper presents a study of adsorption and vibrational features of folic acid, using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). A gold-capped silicon nanopillar (Au NP) with a height of 600 nm and a width of 120 nm was utilized to study the vibrational features of FA molecules adsorbed on the nanopillars within the high electromag‐ netic field areas. The adsorption behaviour of folic acid and...

Nicotinic acid (also known as vitamin B3) is a dietary element essential for physiological and antihyperlipidemic functions. This study reports the synthesis of novel mixed ligand complexes of copper with nicotinic and other select carboxylic acids (phthalic, salicylic and anthranilic acids). The tested copper complexes exhibited superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimetic activity and antimicrobial act...

The electrochemical properties of twenty 3-aryl-quinoxaline-2-carbonitrile 1,4-di-N-oxide derivatives with varying degrees of cytotoxic activity were investigated in dimethylformamide (DMF) using cyclic voltammetry and first derivative cyclic voltammetry. With one exception, the first reduction of these compounds was found to be reversible or quasireversible and is attributed to reduction of th...

The kinetic data obtained for the cycloadditions of the permanganate ion to a series of styrene derivatives in dichloromethane solution in the presence of a quaternary ammonium ion were examined with two theoretical approaches, on the assumption that the reactions proceed via a concerted [3 + 2] mechanism. The semi-quantitative frontier molecular orbital analysis of the kinetic data shows a lin...

The ligand potassium hydrotris(N- (2,6-xylyl)-2-thioimidazolyl)borate (KTtxylyl) was utilized to construct a carbon paste modified electrode (KTtxylyl/CPE), which studied using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry and square wave (SWV). Its response investigated, it demonstrated significant improvement in the detection of both lead(II) cadmium(II), allowing determination a...