Studies have shown that pesticides are sometimes detected at rather high levels in seawater and it has been suggested that these chemical compounds could act as additional stress factor for oysters cultured in coastal environments. The effects of pesticides on marine molluscs could be particular...

The development of information and communications technology (ICT) has promoted the rapid growth of e-commerce, which has gradually changed the city. Networking and migration are also key driving forces for contemporary urban development. Although a growing body of literature has studied e-comme...

The N-expansive systems have been recently studied in the literature [6], [7], [9], [14]. Here we characterize them as those homeomorphisms for which every Borel probability measure is N-expansive. In particular, the strongly measure expansive homeomorphisms in the sense of [8] are precisely the...

A series of π-conjugated vinyl N-methylated quinolinium salts (3) and their precursor's N-alkylated quinolinium salts (2) were prepared and characterized by NMR, IR, UV–Vis and MS spectroscopy. It was confirmed that the hydroxyl and amino derivatives of vinyl N-methylated quinolinium salt...

Substituted vinyl and ketene acetals undergo smooth oxygen-to-carbon rearrangement with a catalytic amount of TMSOTf to afford chain-extended ketones or esters, respectively. The developed procedure has been applied to the stereoselective synthesis of C-glycosides from the corresponding anomeric...

The full scope (30 examples) of the radical bromoallylation of alkynes using allyl bromides was studied. In this reaction, bromine radical adds to alkynes to form vinyl radicals, which then undergo an SH2′ reaction with allyl bromides to produce good yields of 1-bromo-1,4-dienes with the libera...

A new polyene like organic molecule (E)-2-{3-[2-(4-chlorophenyl) vinyl]-5,5-dimethylcyclo-hex-2-en-1-ylidene}malononitrile (Cl1) was synthesized by knoevenagel condensation method. The Cl1 Single crystals were successfully grown by the slow evaporation method at a constant temperature 35 °C. Si...

A simple and efficient process involving the Rh(II)-catalyzed [1+1+3] annulation of diazooxindoles and vinyl azides has been developed for the synthesis of spiropyrrolidine oxindoles with potential biological activity and significant synthetic applications. This process involves a novel rhodium-...

The experimental solubility behavior of 6-methyl-2-thiouracil in co-solvent mixtures of (methanol, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N,N-dimethyl formamide or dimethylsulfoxide) + water were measured by the isothermal dissolution equilibrium method at elevated temperatures between 278.15 K and 323.15 K un...

The Schiff base compound, 4-bromo-2-[(E)-6-methyl-2-pyridyliminomethyl]phenol, has been synthesized by a reaction of 5-bromosalicylaldehyde with 6-methyl-2-aminopyridine and characterized by elemental analyses, 1H-NMR spectroscopy and X-ray single-crystal diffraction. The title compound crystall...

Electrochemical behavior and sensing of 2-methyl-4, 6-dinitrophenol as an herbicide has been investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and square wave voltammetry (SWV). We have synthesized a cefazolin (CEF) immobilized nanomagnetic core-shell (Fe3O4@SiO2-(CH2)3-CEF) and attached it on the modifie...

Two transition metal complexes of [M(TMP)2(H2O)2] (TMP-Cu, M = Cu; TMP-Co, M = Co) with (E)-2-(((4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)imino)methyl)-6-methoxyphenol (H-TMP) were first synthesized and characterized by infrared analysis, elemental analysis and single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Notably, M...

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a deadly disease in need of new chemotherapeutics that can cross into the central nervous system. We previously reported the discovery of 2 (NEU-617), a small molecule with activity against T. brucei bloodstream proliferation. Further optimization of 2 to i...

Complex formation of copper(II) bromide and acetate with 1-carboxamide-3,5-dimethylpyrazole (HL3) and copper(II) bromide with 5-amino-4-carboxamide-1-phenylpyrazole (L2), 4-acetyl-3-amino-5-methylpyrazole (HL4) and 1-carboxamidine-3,5-dimethylpyrazole (HL5), was studied. The obtained compounds, ...

Two multi-chromophoric hybrid small molecule organic materials (ICTH1 and ICTH2) with D-π-A architecture were synthesized and their applicability as hole transporting materials for perovskite solar cells was explored. The strong electron-donating dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyrrole (D) and electro...

A variety of 4′-(4-R-phenyl)-4-(methylthio)-2′-phenyl-2′H-spiro[chromene-2,5′-[1,2,3]thiadiazole] 5a–d and 5′-(4-R-phenyl)-4-(methylthio)-3′-phenyl-3′H-spiro[chromene-2,2′-[1,3,4]thiadiazole] 6a–d were synthesized regioselectively through the reaction of 4-(methylthio)-2H-chromene-2-th...

Hologram quantitative structure–activity relationships (HQSAR) and topomer comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) were implemented on a group of 73 trans-4-(4-chlorophenyl) pyrrolidine-3-carboxamides of piperazinecyclohexane compounds, and their binding affinities to the melanocortin-4 re...

The Patos Lagoon estuary is the most important nursery ground for commercially relevant species of fish and crustaceans in the South of Brazil, maintaining fisheries that sustain 3500 fisher families throughout the Rio Grande do Sul State coastline. Around 80% of the interior estuarine area is v...

Permeability is the ability of a sediment deposit to allow fluids to pass through it. It depends on the local types of sediments. When the fluid is oil, high permeability implies greater interaction with the site and more extensive damage, which makes recovery most difficult. Knowledge of permea...

With a surface area of over 10,000 km2, Patos Lagoon is Brazil's largest (choked) coastal lagoon. Directly or indirectly, Patos is associated with two other coastal lagoons, Mirim and Mangueira. Patos Lagoon reaches maximum water level height during the austral winter, in coherence with the...