Three new Schiff bases derived from the condensation reaction of thiophene-2-carbaldehyde and DL-alanine, DL-valine and DL-phenylalanine have been synthesized and their Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes have been prepared. The Schiff bases and the complexes have been characterized by their analytical and spectral data. The protonation constants of the Schiff bases and stability constants of t...

New Schiff bases have been prepared by reacting 3-hydroxy-4-pyridine- carboxaldehyde with various amines. NMR spectroscopic methods provided clear evidence that the Schiff bases exist in the solid state and in solution as hydroxyimino tautomers with the E-configuration. A study of the stabilities of the tautomeric forms and the different conformers has been carried out using density functional ...

Introduction Glycerol is the main byproduct of biodiesel production. Nowadays, glycerol surplus is becoming a matter of environmental and economic concern. Therefore, new ideas to convert glycerol in more valuable compounds are needed. Monoglyceride (MG) synthesis by glycerol (Gly) transesterification with fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), Figure 1, is an attractive option to transform this biom...

Schiff bases have been synthesized by condensing nicotinamide with methyl isobutyl ketone (MKN) and 2-hydroxy acetophenone (HAN). Metal complexes have been prepared by interacting these Schiff bases with metal ions viz. Ni(II), Cu(II) 1:2 (metal:ligand) ratio. These compounds have been synthesized by conventional as well as microwave methods and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, UV-Vi...

This work presents a study on thermo-optical properties of three Schiff bases (imines) in the solid state. The Schiff bases were obtained by means of mechanochemical synthesis using monosubstituted o-hydroxy aromatic aldehydes and monosubstituted aromatic amines. The keto-enol tautomerism and proton transfer via intramolecular O∙∙∙N hydrogen bond of the reported compounds was found to be influe...

This article introduces usage of 3D solid modeling methods in order to represent and visualize highly complex environments such as large heterogeneous sites integrating urban and rural heritage content. The theoretical bases of a new simulation system implementing this approach will then be detailed. The article will present a case study concerning urban and rural sites 3D solid modeling for th...

Introduction Industrially condensation reactions are of great importance in the production of a number of key compounds. These include 2-ethyl hexanol, methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) and Guerbet alcohols. Over 1.5 million tonnes of these chemicals are produced worldwide every year using homogeneous bases such as NaOH and Ca(OH)2. It has been estimated for these compounds that 30% of the selling ...

A successful example of self-assembly in a biological system is that DNA can be an excellent agent to self-assemble into desirable two and three-dimensional nanostructures in a well-ordered manner by specific hydrogen bonding interactions between the DNA bases. The self-assembly of DNA bases have played a significant role in constructing the hierarchical nanostructures. In this review article w...