CONVENTIONAL WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN CUBA Team Gators DALE! University of Florida Introduction Water is essential to all known forms of life. It is fundamental as a solvent for all the major components of cells, is essential to many metabolic processes, and is required for photosynthesis and respiration. The importance of water however, is often overlooked. As Rachel Carson wrote in her 19...

A novel, convenient and efficient multi-component reaction for synthesis of phosphonate derivatives from activated acetylenic compounds with 2-hydroxyacetophenone in the presence of phosphites in water lead to the formation of phosphonates in good yields.

The condensation of benzylamine with glyoxal leads to Hexabenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane (HBIW) in acetonitrile solvent with citric acid as a green catalyst under both conventional stirring and ultrasonic irradiation conditions. The influence of four variables, including the amount of catalyst, solvent, reaction time and ultrasonic power, on the reaction yield was investigated. The results showed t...

A novel, convenient and efficient three-component reaction for synthesizing substituted pyrroles from primary amines and electron deficient acetylenic compounds in the presence of ammonium thiocyanate in water leads to the formation of pyrroles in good yields.

Curcumin is a natural bioactive compound originated from the rhizomes of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.). This study was performed to investigate formic acid and microwave assisted extraction of curcumin from turmeric (Curcuma longa L.). In order to enhance the curcumin extraction, different parameters such as particle size, effect of pretreatment with water, radiation intensity and type of solvent...

The feasibility of fabricating Janus particles based on phase separation between a hard fat and a biocompatible polymer was investigated. The solvent evaporation method used involved preparing an oil-in-water (o/w) emulsion with a mixture of poly (lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA), hard fat, and an organic solvent as the oil phase and a polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution as the water phase. The J...

The effects of different solvents, temperature conditions, solvent-solid ratios and particle sizes on solid-solvent extraction of the total phenolics, proanthocyanidins and flavonoids herein also referred to as antioxidant from pomegranate marc peel (PMP) was studied. Water, methanol, ethanol, acetone, and ethyl acetate extraction efficiencies at extraction times of 0.17 to 10 min, extraction t...

An efficient synthesis of 1,3-thiazole drivatives is described via a three component reaction isothiocyanates, tetramethyl thiourea and ethyl bromopyruvate.

Cinnamon is the bark the cinnamomi cassia that exhibits many medical properties such as anti-cancer effect and anti-diabetic effect. Moreover, because of its antioxidant activity; it can be used in food industries. Many studies have already reported biological and chemical properties of the cinnamon extracted essential oil such as their antimicrobial, antifungal, antimosquito, free radical scav...

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Ni(2)(C(27)H(24)Br(3)N(4)O(3))(CH(3)CO(2))(CH(3)OH)(H(2)O)]·2CH(3)OH·H(2)O contains [L(OAc){(CH(3)OH)Ni}{(H(2)O)Ni}] mol-ecules {H(3)L = 2-(5-bromo-2-hy-droxy-phen-yl)-1,3-bis-[4-(5-bromo-2-hy-droxy-phen-yl)-3-aza-but-3-en-yl]-1,3-imidazolidine} with additional water and two methanol solvent mol-ecules. In this instance, one of the two Ni atoms is c...