Lignin peroxidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium was used to study the oxidation of aromatic compounds, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic compounds, that are models of moieties of asphaltene molecules. The oxidations were done in systems containing water-miscible organic solvents, including methanol, isopropanol, N, N-dimethylformamide, acetonitrile, and tetrahydrofu...

to day, the activated carbon is being used to treat the industrial and domestic wastewaters. the suitability of activated carbon for treatment of industrial wastewaters can be quickly predicted by consideration of wastewater characteristics. the results of this paper represent a first step in determining suitability of activated carbon for treatment of wastewaters or effluent of treatment plant...

In organic synthetic reactions, the scope and application of organosulfur chemistry have increased tremendously since sulfur-containing groups serve an important auxiliary function in synthetic sequences.1 Illustrative examples are the reversal of polarity (Umpolung), the enhancement of the acidity of C-H bonds, and the transfer of chirality from sulfur to carbon.2 On the other hand, transition...

Compared to the current knowledge on cancer chemotherapeutic agents, only limited information is available on the ability of organic compounds, such as drugs and/or natural products, to prevent or delay the onset of cancer. In order to evaluate chemical chemopreventive potentials and design novel chemopreventive agents with low to no toxicity, we developed predictive computational models for ch...

Trimethylsilyl derivatives are routinely employed in gas chromatography to increase the volatility and stability of organic compounds containing active hydrogens. Normally only the desired derivative is formed when organic compounds are derivatized with common silylation reagents. However, some compounds form additional unexpected derivatives or by-products (artifacts). Artifact formation leads...

A focused series of novobiocin derivatives containing a ferrocene unit together with their corresponding organic novobiocin analogues have been synthesized in modest to good yields. These compounds were screened for biological activity against a chloroquine-sensitive strain of Plasmodium falciparum (3D7) and human breast cancer cell line (HCC38). With the exception of compounds 5c and 5d, the g...

The MODAR process uses supercritical water, heated above 374OC and pressurized above 220 atm, as a medium for the rapid and complete oxidation of organic compounds to carbon dioxide, water and inorganic salts. The destruction efficiencies achieved exceed 99.99% for a wide range of compounds including chlorinated solvents and PCB’s. The exothermic oxidation reaction produces sufficient energy to...

We recently reported a successful correlation of the normal boiling points of 298 organic compounds containing O, N, Cl, and Br with two molecular descriptors.1 In the present study the applicability of these two descriptors for the prediction of boiling points for various other classes of organic compounds was investigated further by employing a diverse data set of 612 organic compounds contai...

background: volatile organic compounds (vocs) are human-made chemicals widely spread in the environment and produced by petrochemical industries and petroleum refineries. the aim of this research was to evaluate the distribution of vocs in the ambient air of mahshahr petrochemical complex, iran. methods: this study was a cross-sectional research performed in 2009. we used the method numbered 15...

We describe a method for the collection and microanalysis of the volatile organic compounds in human breath. A transportable apparatus supplies subjects with purified air and samples their alveolar breath; the volatile organic compounds are captured in an adsorptive trap containing activated carbon and molecular sieve. The sample is thermally desorbed from the trap in an automated microprocesso...