Some new N-benzyl phosphoramidic acid (4-methylphenyl)ester derivatives were synthesized and characterized by 1H, 13C, 31P NMR and IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The structure of [(C6H5)(CH3)CH-NH]P(O)(p-OC6H4CH3)2 (2) was investigated. This compound exists in polymeric zigzag chains in the crystalline lattice produced by hydrogen bonding built from two alternating independent molecule...

The thermal degradation of tyrosine at a residence time of 0.2s was conducted in a tubular flow reactor in flowing N2 and 4% O2 in N2 for a total pyrolysis time of 3min. The fractional pyrolysis technique, in which the same sample was heated continuously at each pyrolysis temperature, was applied. Thermal decomposition of tyrosine between 350 and 550°C yielded predominantly phenolic compounds (...

Aqueous-phase edsorption equilibrium and kinetic mechanism of phenol, 3-chlorophenol rnd o-cresol onto Norit Granular Activaied Caibon (NAC 1240) were studied in a batch system at temperature of 30 oC, agitation speed of 120 rpm, initial phenol concentrations of 25-200 mg/t. The elfects of initid phenol concentration and time of adsorption on phenol adsorption process were lnvestigated. The ads...

Alcaligenes eutrophus JMP222, a derivative of A. eutrophus JMP134 which has lost plasmid pJP4 (encoding the tfd genes for the ortho fission pathway), was induced for the meta fission pathway when grown on o-cresol. Resting cell suspensions, grown on o-cresol, oxidized 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP), a degradation product of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, to 3,5-dichlorocatechol. Further degradat...

A primary goal of protein engineering is to control catalytic activity. Here we show that through mutagenesis of three active site residues, the catalytic activity of a multicomponent monooxygenase is altered so that it hydroxylates all three positions of toluene as well as both positions of naphthalene. Hence, for the first time, an enzyme has been engineered so that its regiospecific oxidatio...

The refractive indices, densities and ultrasonic velocities of binary liquid mixtures of tetrahydrofuran (THF) with methanol and o-cresol over the entire composition range have been measured at 293, 303 and 313 K. Refractive index, density and ultrasonic velocity data have been used to evaluate the molar refraction deviation ∆Rm, deviation in ultrasonic velocity ∆u, excess internal pressure π i...

Three hundred and sixty four (364) isolates of tropical soil fungi were screened for L-asparaginase production by rapid plate method using modified Czapek-Dox agar containing L-asparagine, and either bromo cresol purple or phenol red dye as an indicator. Results of the study revealed that total one hundred and thirty five (135) isolates showed positive reaction for L-asparaginase production as ...

A new configuration of a resonant full-bridge flying capacitor multicell inverter has been designed and constructed with the aim of achieving an extended output voltage frequency range with low harmonic distortion and reduced semiconductor commutation losses. This configuration was tested as a power supply for two different coaxial dielectric barrier discharge reactors, one of them employed for...

Carbon nanocages (CNCs) have been synthesized through a simple approach using different alcohols and ferrous oxalate as reactants at 550 °C for 12 h in a sealed autoclave. The lengths of the sides of the CNCs are about 200-350 nm and the wall thicknesses are about 10-15 nm. The formation mechanism of the CNCs is also discussed, based on the experimental results. These CNCs show excellent remova...