2- Methylsulfonyl - 5- (1-methyl-5-nitro- 2 – imidazolyl ) 1,3,4 - thiadiazole ( 1 ) was prepared by twa independent routes.1) reaction of 1-methyl-2-formyl-5- nitroimidazole (3) with methyl hydrazinecarbodithioate gave the hydrazone 4. Reaction of compound 4 with acetic anhydride followed by potassium permanganate oxidation of the intermediate 5 gave the desired compound 1. 2) React...

The presence of organic contaminants in industrial effluents is an environmental concern of increasing global importance. One innovative technology for treating contaminated industrial effluents is nanoscale zero-valent iron supported on biochar (nZVI/BC). Based on Transmission Electron Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller characterizations, the nZVI was well dispersed on t...

Purified water supply for human use, agriculture and industry is the major global priority nowadays. The advanced oxidation process based on atmospheric pressure non-thermal plasma (NTP) has been used for purification of wastewater, although the underlying mechanisms of degradation of organic pollutants are still unknown. In this study we employ two needle-type atmospheric pressure non-thermal ...

A new facile cost-effective method for the oxidation of acetyl and carboethoxy derivatives of 3,4dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones (DHPMs) by using potassium peroxydisulfate in water as solvent under microwave irradiation has been developed. Whereas the presence of the acetyl group instead of the carboethoxy group in position 5 decreases the rate of oxidation, the nature of the additional subtituent ...

Lignocellulosic wastes are generally produced in huge amounts worldwide. Peach waste of these obtained from fruit juice industry was utilized as the substrate for laccase production by Pleurotus eryngii under solid state bioprocessing (SSB). Its chemical composition was determined and this bioprocess was carried out under stationary conditions at 28 °C. The effects of different compounds; coppe...

Biodegradation of Orange II, Tropaeolin O, Congo Red, and Azure B in cultures of the white rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, was demonstrated by decolarization of the culture medium, the extent of which was determined by monitoring the decrease in absorbance at or near the wavelength maximum for each dye. Metabolite formation was also monitored. Decolorization of these dyes was most exte...

A two stage sequential Fenton's oxidation followed by aerobic biological treatment train was used to achieve decolorization and to enhance mineralization of azo dyes, viz. Reactive Black 5 (RB5), Reactive Blue 13 (RB13), and Acid Orange 7 (AO7). In the first stage, Fenton's oxidation process was used while in the second stage aerobic sequential batch reactors (SBRs) were used as biological proc...

In a batch reactor, the EF advanced oxidation decolorization of aqueous solutions methyl orange MO, commercial azo reactive textile dye, was investigated in presence two different electrodes. The evaluation included various operational variables such as IC current intensity (60 mA, 80 and 100 mA), initial concentration pollutant MO (20 mg/L, 40 60 mg/L), pH solution (3, 5, 7), temperature °C, 3...