In conventional cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements, the potential of the working electrode (WE) is changed at a fixed scan rate w.r.t a reference electrode and the current response to the potential stimuli recorded. The current-potential data are in turn related to the redox be...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/37175
Aims: The present study involved the synthesis of small carboxylic acid based ionic liquids as potential herbicides. Study Design: Synthesized ionic liquids. Place and Duration of Study: Organic Synthesis Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, CBSH, G. B. Pant University...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/36792
A density functional theory with hybrid B3LYP method was modeled to predict the molecular properties of dipyrido[3,2-a:2’,3’-c]phenazine (1), and Co(II) complex of dipyrido[3,2-a:2’,3’-c]phenazine (2). The theoretical IR spectra of the studied compounds have been examined. In add...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/36481
A computational study on 4-amino-3-hydroxynaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid (AHNSA) has been carried out to investigate formation of poly-(AHNSA), and to obtain binding structures and energies of AHNSA-Ephedrine and AHNSA-Caffeine complexes. For this purpose, the DFT/B3LYP/6-31G(D) and...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/36284
Aims: Explore the effects of the mixture of biomass materials: ayous sawdust, cucurbitaceae peelings and hen eggs shells in the preparation of activated carbon by chemical activation using the Methodology of Experimental Design. Study Design: Determination of the phy...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/36021
Aim: This review is dedicated to fatty acids importance in prodrugs development strategy. Various strategies of fatty acid-linked prodrugs are discussed in the article. Summary: The increased drug lipophilicity is of great significance in both blood and lymphatic delivery, as the...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/35859
A Mixture of 10wt% CuO-10wt% Fe2O3supported on cordierite and CeO2-doped (0.75-3 mol%) were prepared by wet impregnation. The effects of calcination temperatures (500, 700 and 900°C) and doping ratio on the crystalline phase, morophology, surface area were investigated by XRD, HR...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/35160
4-Methylquinazoline was synthesized with 2-aminoacetophenone and formamide as the starting materials. The reaction conditions, including catalyst, ratio of substrates, temperature and time were optimized. Results showed that the optimal condition were as follows: Catalyst BF3-Et2...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/35918
Aims: Research of the convenient method for obtaining (RS)-1-(4-Hydroxymethyl-phenoxy)- 3-isopropylaminopropan-2-ol, known as the Impurity A of Bisoprolol, of high purity as close as 100%. Study Design: Impurity A may be formed as a by-product in the processes used for commercial...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/35656
Transesterification and Epoxidation of oils extracted from seeds of five different plants, namely, Jatropha, Moringa, Castor, Cotton and Shea was carried out using standard methods and characterized using American Society for Testing Material (ASTM) standard tests. The oils were...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/33506
Spent catalysts, chemical traps and sorbents are types of solid wastes generated worldwide, which contain potentially valuable or environmentally hazardous materials that need to be recovered before final deposition. Chlorination and electrolysis are unit processes applied in ext...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/35288
TiO2 modified Bi2O3 nanoheterojunction was prepared using maleic acid as an organic linker. TiO2 phatocatalyst cannot perform photocatalytic reaction in the visible region. It only can work in the UV light region because of its band gap 3.2 eV. On the other hand Bi2O3 modified Ti...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/34828
In this report, we describe a simple synthesis of gluconoamidinylsulfones as a new class of potential inhibitors toward glycan processing enzymes. Gluconoamidinylsulfones have a glucose-based sulfonyl amidine skeleton, thus would form a distorted half-chair conformation with posi...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/34259
Single crystals of racemic strontium tartrate tetrahydrate, SrC4H4O6·4H2O, were grown at 308 K by a gel method using silica gel as the medium of growth. Differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis, and X-ray diffraction measurements were per...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/34299
In Nigeria, the foam industries basically use CaCO3 as filler in polyurethane (PU) foam manufacture. This has contributed to the high importation of this mineral, thereby, increasing dependency on imported goods. It is for this reason that, kaolin, a clay deposit commonly found o...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/31143