Phase‐sensitive ac polarography was applied to the simultaneous quantitative determination of 4‐nitroanisole, 4‐nitrophenol and 4‐nitrocatechol in alkaline solutions. Certain experimental precautions are necessary to determine each compound in the presence of the other two. Thus, 4‐nitrocat...

The controlled release of 4-nitroanisole from polylactide nanoparticles with different morphologies is reported. Two theoretical equations have been used in an attempt to fit the experimental results. Good agreement between theory and experiment was found for short release time. The estimated va...

The FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra of 4-bromo-3-nitroanisole (BNA) molecule have been recorded in the region 4000−400 cm−1 and 3500−100 cm−1, respectively. Optimized geometrical structure, harmonic vibrational frequencies, intensities, reduced mass, force constants and depolarization ratio have been...

Photohydroxylation of 4-nitroveratrole in the presence of cyclodextrins results in regioselective formation of 2-methoxy-4-nitrophenol as the exclusive product. This is in contrast to solution photolysis, wherein isomeric 2-methoxy-5-nitrophenol is the sole product. Similarly cyclodextrin comple...

The FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra of 4-chloro-2-nitroanisole were recorded and analyzed. The vibrational wavenumbers were examined theoretically with the aid of the GAUSSIAN 09 package of programs using the B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) and 6-311++G(d,p) levels of theory. The data obtained from vibrational wav...

Nitroaromatic compounds are widely used in agricultural pesticides, pharmaceuticals, military explosives, and other applications. They enter the environment via manufacturing and municipal wastewater discharges and releases from agricultural and military operations. Because of their ubiquity and...

Explosives, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals contain toxic nitroaromatic compounds that may form even more toxic azo compounds if they encounter reducing conditions in the environment. We investigated the mechanism by which 4,4′-dimethoxyazobenzene forms in anaerobic sludge incubations of 4-nitr...

Carnitines are diagnostic biomarkers of fatty acid oxidation defects and organic acidemias. Quantitative measurements of various carnitines in dried blood spot (DBS) have potential use in remote health applications for disease diagnosis and epidemiological surveillance. To provide an improved LC...

4-Nitrobenzaldehyde is the synthetic raw material and an important photodegradation product of chloramphenicol. With a structural “alert” of human genotoxic potential and reported mutagenicity, this compound should be controlled in drug substances as a potential genotoxic impurity. However, cu...

Previously, we showed that the synthetic nitroderivative trans-4-methyl-β-nitrostyrene (T4MeN) induced vasorelaxant effects in rat isolated aortic rings. Here, we investigated the mechanisms underlying the cardiovascular effects of T4MeN in normotensive rats. In pentobarbital-anesthetized rats,...

Mechanisms underlying the vasorelaxant effects of the synthetic nitro compound, trans-4-methoxy-β-nitrostyrene (T4MN) were studied in isolated small resistance arteries from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). T4MN caused vasorelaxation in endothelium-intact third-order branches of the mese...

4-(4-triphenylvinyl phenyl) pyridine (TPEPy) was used, along with the benzile bromide derivatives, to prepare 1-benzyl-4-(4-triphenylvinyl phenyl) pyridinium bromide (1) and its derivatives by replacing the benzyl bromide with 4-cyanobenzyl bromide for 2, 4-nitrobenzyl bromide for 3 and 4-triflu...

TDDFT calculations and time-resolved transient absorption (TA) studies of the low-lying excited states of 4-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde (4-DMABA) and 4-dimethylaminoacetophenone (4-DMAAP) have been carried out to probe the mechanism of photoinduced intramolecular charge transfer (ICT). In polar ac...

4-Dimethylaminobenzaldehyde-4-nitrophenylhydrazone (DANPH) single crystals exhibit polymorphism such as DANPH-G form (greenish red) and DANPH-R form (red). The different polymorphic phases of the grown crystals have been identified by X-ray diffraction studies. The functional groups of the cryst...

The organic material 4-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde single crystals were grown by slow evaporation technique. The grown crystal was confirmed by the single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction analyses. The functional groups of the crystal have been identified from the Fourier Transform Infrared (F...

The purpose of this research was to investigate antimicrobial effects of nano emulsions of anise oil (AO) on the survival of common food borne pathogens, Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli O157:H7. Series of emulsions containing different level of anise oil as potential antimicrobial de...

Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is becoming a serious problem, especially after the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains. To overcome this problem, new and effective antibacterials or resistance modulators are highly needed and plant kingdom represents a valuable source of these compounds....

Amending soil with organic material of botanical origin can be an effective alternative to the use of synthetic pesticides to control plant-parasitic nematodes. In a pot experiment, we evaluated the effects of anise (Pimpinella anisum), parsley (Petroselinum crispum) and rocket (Eruca sativa) as...

Oxidation of p-anisaldehyde by chromic acid produces p-anisic acid under kinetic condition [p-anisaldehyde]T≫[Cr(VI)]T. This oxidation reaction is performed also in presence of micellar catalysts in aqueous media at room temperature. The progress of the reaction is monitored spectrophotometrical...

Shikimic acid is a main raw intermediate for manufacturing oseltamivir phosphate (Tamiflu), which is the only antiviral treatment for Influenzavirus A (H5N1 and H2N1), recently. Chinese star anise is a natural resource of shikimic acid which can be extracted by some typical technologies. Two eff...