A simple and highly sensitive method is proposed for determination of trace amount of cerium. New method involves bleaching of greenish colour dye-malachite green, by the action of iodine, which is released by reaction between potassium iodide and cerium (IV) in acidic medium. Beer’s law is obeyed over concentration range of 0.6 to 4.6 μg cerium (IV) in final volume of 25 ml (0.024-0.184 ppm). ...

Nitration of p-tert-butylcalix[n]arene methyl ethers under a variety of reaction conditions has been examined. It has been determined that amongst different nitration procedures adopted (AlCl3/KNO3, HNO3/CH3COOH, HNO3/(CH3CO)2O, cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate/CH3COOH), ipso-nitration with CH3COOH/HNO3 gives best yields of p-nitrocalixarenes and work up conditions. ipso-Nitration of tetramethoxytet...

In the title trinuclear cobalt-cerium complex, [CeCo(2)(C(4)H(5)O(2))(6)(NO(3))(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)], the Ce(III) and each of the two Co(II) ions are bridged by three bidentate methacrylate ligands. The Ce(III) center is coordinated by six O atoms from six methacrylate ligands and two O atoms from the nitrate anion in a distorted square-anti-prismatic geometry. Each Co(II) ion is coordinated by t...

An efficient access to the tetracyclic-fused quinoline systems, 12-phenylbenzo[6,7]oxepino[3,4-b]quinolin-13(6H)-one derivatives 4a-l, is described, involving the intramolecular Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction of 2-(phenoxymethyl)-4-phenylquinoline-3-carboxylic acid derivatives 3a-l aided by the treatment with PPA (polyphosphoric acid) or Eaton's reagent. The required starting compound (2) wa...

A flow-injection system has been developed for the determination of 2-propanol in the surface cleaning solutions used in the copper continuous cast rod making system. Adsorption chromatography in nitric acid medium was used for the on-line separation of oily substances in the sample solution. Cerium(IV) diammonium nitrate was utilized as the chromogenic reagent for the spectrophotometric detect...

A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate lung retention of particles containing cerium in subjects with and without previous occupational exposure to mineral dusts. Analytical transmission electron microscopy was performed on 459 samples of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and 75 samples of lung tissue. Study of the distribution of mineralogical species in human samples showed that par...

AIM Cerium as a trace element in the periodic table is a member of the lanthanide group. Cerium ionic radius and its binding properties are similar to ferric ions, which may be bound to transferrin. So it can be considered as a competitive element to iron and can interfere with iron absorption. The aim of this study was to investigate the inhibitory effect of Cerium in presence of transferrin o...

The activity of cerium alkoxide complexes supported by a Schiff base ligand was controlled using redox reagents during the ring-opening polymerization of L-lactide. The rate of L-lactide polymerization was modified by switching in situ between the cerium(III) and cerium(IV) species.

In the current study cerium or galliumcontaining silicate based 13-93 bioactive glass powders were prepared using sol-gel method. Cerium and gallium ions were chosen due to their well-known therapeutic actions and antimicrobial properties. Effect of cerium and gallium substitution (up to 5w%) on the in vitro bioactivity, and mechanical properties of the prepared powders and scaffolds were asses...

A simple, rapid and sensitive spectrophotometric method has been proposed for the determination of cerium(IV) using a phenothiazine derivative, propionyl promazine phosphate (PPP). This method is based on the formation of a red-colored radical cation upon a reaction of PPP with cerium(IV) in a phosphoric acid medium having maximum absorbance at 513 nm. Beer's law is valid over the concentration...