Herein we present a mild, simple and environmentally friendly diazotization protocol of aromatic heteroaromatic anilines into stable diazonium salts that surpass previously reported procedures. The reaction proceeds with tert -butyl nitrite in the presence an equimolar amount or small excesses p -toluenesulfonic acid ethyl acetate, at room temperature. o -Phenylenediamines yield benzotriazolium...

Colloidal lignin nanoparticles (LNPs) from low temperature acid hydrotropic fractionation (AHF) of poplar wood and commercial alkali using p-Toluenesulfonic (p-TsOH) were directly mixed with PVA to make PVA/AHF-LNP nanocomposite films. p-TsOH itself acted as a plasticizer for PVA; however the application alone reduced film tensile strength therefore toughness. At proper loadings LNPs p-TsOH, bo...

Conductive polymers are a new class of materials, which exhibit highly reversible redox behavior and unusual combination of properties of metals and plastics. The conductivity of a polymer can be increased several-fold by doping it with a suitable dopant. Doping plays a very important role to convert the polymer into conductive form. In this work an attempt has been made to synthesize polyanili...

Obtaining modified electrodes is a response of electrochemistry to continuous development in areas such as technology, electronics, medicine, biology and many others. Modifying layers allow scientists to build electrodes with required properties such as for example: selectivity, stability, precision, durability, range of potentials etc. The aim of the studies was to modify the surface of gold a...

Jatropha curcas oil is one of interesting renewable resources for preparation biolubricants. However, direct application this as a biolubricant restricted due to its low oxidative stability. This drawback can be overcome by molecule structural redesign through chemical modification process at unsaturated functional groups. was modified via epoxidation, ring opening and esterification processes....

Pretreatment is a necessary step to converting lignocellulosic biomass from its native form into more accessible for the value-added utilization of main components. Herein, we developed one-step acid bleachable pretreatment method using recyclable hydrotrope (p-toluenesulfonic acid, p-TsOH) and chlorate achieve fibers bleaching lignin extraction simultaneously. Under condition p-TsOH concentrat...

Carbazole was oxidized by benzoyl peroxide in presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid to polycarbazole salt at room temperature for the first time. Polycarbazole salts were synthesized via solution and emulsion polymerization pathways. Polycarbazole bases were prepared by dedoping from polycarbazole salts. Formation of polycarbazoles was confirmed from infrared, electronic absorption and EDAX spectr...