Synthesis, crystal structure, photoluminescence properties of organic-inorganic hybrid materials based on Ethylenediamine bromide
Publication date: Available online 12 September 2019Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical SocietyAuthor(s): Wenhui Mao, Jilin Wang, Xinru Hu, Bing Zhou, Guoyuan Zheng, Shuyi Mo, Songbo Li, Fei Long, Zhengguang ZouAbstractIn this work, a new orthorhombic organic-inorganic hybrid single crystal (C2H10N2)2MnBr4.2Br with-Zero-dimensional structure was synthesized by slow evaporation method at 75 °C. The crystal structure and intermolecular interactions were performed by single crystal X-ray diffraction and Hirshfeld surface. Optical properties of (C2H10N2)2MnBr4.2Br were systematically studied by Raman, infrared spectrum, UV-vis,...
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - September 13, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Ag3PO4-based Nanocomposites and their Applications in Photodegradation of Toxic Organic Dye Contaminated Wastewater: Review on Material Design to Performance enhancement
Publication date: Available online 10 September 2019Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical SocietyAuthor(s): Mehdi Al Kausor, Susmita Sen Gupta, Dhruba ChakraborttyAbstractSilver Orthophosphate (Ag3PO4) is a promising visible light driven photocatalyst. The morphology and structure of Ag3PO4 can be controlled by variety of synthetic methods for which it becomes the most extensively studied novel photocatalyst. Moreover, tailoring of Ag3PO4-based photocatalyst for performance enhancement attracts immense attention in recent times. The endeavour of this review paper to focus on the research progress of this material and the succe...
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - September 11, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Mesoporous silica-supported V-substituted heteropoly acid for efficient selective conversion of glycerol to formic acid
Publication date: Available online 5 September 2019Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical SocietyAuthor(s): Ding-Jier Yuan, Jingling Yang, Amol M. Hengne, Yi-Tzu Lin, Chung-Yuan Mou, Kuo-Wei HuangAbstractV-substituted polymolybdenum phosphoric acid (PVxMo) supported on mesoporous silica was prepared and investigated as a catalyst for the oxidation of glycerol to formic acid in a batch operation. Different synthetic methods for PVxMo supported on mesoporous silica were compared. Detailed characterizations of the final products were carried out by N2 adsorption and desorption, XRD, HR-TEM, SEM, ICP-OES, XANES, NH3-TPD, and FTIR t...
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - September 7, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Highly ordered combined structure of anodic TiO2 nanotubes and TiO2 nanoparticles prepared by a novel route for dye-sensitized solar cells
This study shows that porous ordered 1D structures based on TiO2 are of crucial importance for the high performance of DSSCs. (Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society)
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - September 7, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
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Publication date: September 2019Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, Volume 23, Issue 6Author(s): (Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society)
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - August 26, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Carbon-supported binary Li-Sn catalyst for acetylene hydrochlorination
Publication date: Available online 19 August 2019Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical SocietyAuthor(s): Yibo Wu, Fuxiang Li, Zhiping Lv, Jianwei XueAbstractThe study of a novel catalyst containing LiCl and SnCl2 (LiSn/AC) for acetylene hydrochlorination has been reported in this paper. Furthermore, the performance of both high activity (98.3%) and selectivity (>98.0%) are achieved by LiSn/AC catalysts under the reaction temperature of 200 °C and C2H2 hourly space velocity of 30 h-1. The structural characteristics of the Sn based catalysts were deeply researched via BET, XRD, TEM, TPR, C2H2-TPD, XPS and TG techniques. Accordi...
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - August 20, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Synthesis, physico-chemical studies and biological evaluation of new metal complexes with some pyrazolone derivatives
Publication date: Available online 16 August 2019Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical SocietyAuthor(s): Ahmed M. Ramadan, Asma A. Alshehri, Samir BondockAbstractA series of N-substituted-4-thiocarbamoyl-5-pyrazolone derivatives (HL1-HL4) is presented as chelating agents for complexation with Fe(III), Ni(II) and Cu(II) metal ions. The synthesized pyrazolone ligands and their newly metal complexes are characterized by different spectral and analytical methods such as UV-Vis, IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, ESR, MS, magnetic measurement, and TGA. The spectral data reveal that ligands coordinated to metal ions in a bidentate pattern via O &...
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - August 17, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles by bloom forming marine microalgae Trichodesmium erythraeum and its applications in antioxidant, drug-resistant bacteria, and cytotoxicity activity
Publication date: Available online 8 August 2019Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical SocietyAuthor(s): R.S. Sathishkumar, A. Sundaramanickam, R. Srinath, T. Ramesh, K. Saranya, M. Meena, P. SuryaAbstractIn the present study, we developed an eco-friendly method of stable silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) production using the aqueous extract of Trichodesmium erythraeum. The biosynthesized AgNPs were characterized using UV-Vis spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Energy-Dispersive X-ray (EDX), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results affirmed ...
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - August 10, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Synthesis, anticancer, molecular docking and QSAR studies of benzoylhydrazone
Publication date: Available online 8 August 2019Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical SocietyAuthor(s): Muhammad Taha, Sadia Sultan, Muhammad Herizal, M. Qaiser Fatmi, Manikandan Selvaraj, Kalavathy Ramasamy, Sobia Ahsan Halim, Siong Meng Lim, Fazal Rahim, Kamran Ashraf, Adeeb ShehzadAbstractTo find out effective anticancer compounds we synthesized (1-30) derivatives of 4-isopropylbenzoylhydrazone and evaluated for anticancer potential. The compounds 3, 9, 12, 23, 26 and 28 showed better activities ranging (0.39-1.1 µg/ml) than the standard (1.53 ± 0.01 µg/ml). In line with this, compounds 2, 6, 24, 25 and 29 exhibited bett...
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - August 10, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Novel quinazolin-4(3H)-one derivatives containing a 1,3,4-oxadiazole thioether moiety as potential bactericides and fungicides: Design, synthesis, characterization and 3D-QSAR analysis
Publication date: Available online 5 August 2019Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical SocietyAuthor(s): Xiaobin Wang, Haoran Hu, Xu Zhao, Min Chen, Tingting Zhang, Chunwen Geng, Yudong Mei, Aimin Lu, Chunlong YangAbstractA series of quinazolin-4(3H)-one derivatives containing a 1,3,4-oxadiazole thioether moiety were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their biological activities against phytopathogenic microorganisms. Antimicrobial bioassays in vitro indicated that most of the target compounds exhibited more significant antibacterial activities against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) than the agricultural bactericide t...
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - August 6, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Importance of Thorough Conformational Analysis in Modelling Transition Metal-Mediated Reactions: Case Studies on Pincer Complexes Containing Phosphine Groups
Publication date: Available online 6 August 2019Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical SocietyAuthor(s): Kristin Munkerup, Michael Thulin, Davin Tan, Xiaozhi Lim, Richmond Lee, Kuo-Wei HuangAbstractAdvances in processing capabilities of computer clusters have allowed for the full modeling of organometallic complexes that previously would have been simplified to reduce computational cost. Increased feasibility of computational modeling offers new challenges, not only in terms of limitations of methods and theory, and attention should be paid to complexes that can exist in many conformations, as the appropriate choice of conforme...
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - August 6, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Encapsulated ultrafine and highly dispersed molybdenum dioxide nanoparticles in hollow mesoporous silica spheres as an efficient epoxidation catalyst for alkenes
Publication date: Available online 1 August 2019Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical SocietyAuthor(s): Yirui Shen, Pingping Jiang, Phyu Thin Wai, Pingbo Zhang, Yuming DongAbstractA facile post-synthetic strategy was developed to functionalize the preformed hollow mesoporous silica spheres by encapsulating the molybdenum dioxide (MoO2) nanoparticles inside the interior cavity. Hollow mesoporous silica spheres were prepared and employed as carriers, and the encapsulation of MoO2 nanoparticles was achieved through a one-pot hydrothermal protocol. After characterization, the encapsulated MoO2 nanoparticles were certified to be ul...
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - August 3, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Review on augmentation in photocatalytic activity of CoFe2O4 via heterojunction formation for photocatalysis of organic pollutants in water
Publication date: Available online 24 July 2019Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical SocietyAuthor(s): Sonu, Vishal Dutta, Sheetal Sharma, Pankaj Raizada, Ahmad Hosseini-Bandegharaei, Vinod Kumar Gupta, Pardeep SinghAbstractIn previous years, Cobalt ferrite has gained huge consideration in the field of semiconductor photocatalysis for waste water treatment. Cobalt ferrite and its derivatives own tunable magnetic properties which results in higher absorption capability in comparison with other photocatalyst semiconductors. In the current review, a brief overview of CoFe2O4 as a semiconductor photocatalyst is presented and ferro...
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - July 25, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Novel CaCO3/g-C3N4 composites with enhanced charge separation and photocatalytic activity
Publication date: Available online 19 July 2019Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical SocietyAuthor(s): Peng Lu, Xueli Hu, Yujie Li, Yazhou Peng, Meng Zhang, Xue Jiang, Youzhou He, Min Fu, Fan Dong, Zhi ZhangAbstractA novel CaCO3/graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) photocatalyst was synthesized for the first time via a facile calcination method using CaCO3 and melamine as precursors. The as-prepared samples were characterized using various techniques, such as scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis, as well as Fourier-transform infrared, X-ray photoelectron, photoluminesce...
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - July 19, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
Regioselective hydroamination of diphenylphosphorylallenes to synthesize β-aminophosphine oxides
Publication date: Available online 17 July 2019Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical SocietyAuthor(s): Xin-Yu Gong, Yang Chen, Li-Heng Ruan, Yu-Ke Liu, Jing SunAbstractThe regioselective hydroamination of diphenylphosphorylallenes has been developed using secondary amines as the amination reagents. This reaction protocol could be realized under ligand and transition metal-free conditions at room temperature and is tolerated to a diverse range of diphenylphosphorylallenes and amine substrates, affording a series of β-aminophosphine oxides in good yields after the reduction of the enamine intermediates. (Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society)
Source: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society - July 18, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research
