Environmentally Benign Deep Eutectic Solvent for Synthesis of 1,3‐Thiazolidin‐4‐ones

10.1002/slct.201800157

2018-04-06

This paper explores the versatility and effectiveness of Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) as an efficient catalyst cum reaction media for the preparation of biologically important 1,3‐ thiazolidin‐4‐one derivatives. This methodology was objected to overcome the li...

Methanol Oxidation Reaction Performance on Graphene‐Supported PtAg Alloy Nanocatalyst: Contrastive Study of Electronic and Geometric Effects Induced from Ag Doping

10.1002/slct.201800010

2018-04-06

In Pt‐based alloy catalyst, the electrocatalytic performance is highly related to the Pt d‐band center, whose position can be modulated by the synergetic interaction of electronic and geometric effects. In this study, graphene‐supported PtAg (PtAg/graphene) a...

A Facile Synthetic Route to Biologically Relevant Substituted 1,4‐Naphthoquinonyl‐2‐oxoindolinylpyrimidines Under Metal‐Free Organocatalytic Conditions

10.1002/slct.201800462

2018-04-06

A simple, straightforward, and highly efficient three‐component one‐pot synthesis of a series of substituted 5‐(3‐(3‐hydroxy‐1,4‐naphthoquinon‐2‐yl)‐2‐oxoindolin‐3‐yl)pyrimidine‐2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)‐triones as biologically relevant molecular hybrids has been accom...

Biodiesel Production from Recycled Grease Trap Waste: A Case Study in South Australia. Part 2: Optimization of The Transesterification Process

10.1002/slct.201800064

2018-04-06

This study aimed to investigate the conversion of the pre‐treated oil, which was originally extracted from grease trap waste (GTW), to biodiesel via a transesterification reaction. The pre‐treated oil, which consists of approximately 80% free fatty acid ethyl...

Microwave‐Assisted Synthesis of Novel Pyrazole Clubbed Polyhydroquinolines in an Ionic‐Liquid and their Biological Perspective

10.1002/slct.201702285

2018-04-06

A series of diarylpyrazole clubbed polyhydroquinoline derivatives (6a‐j, 7a‐j, 8a‐j) were synthesized by one pot multicomponent methodology using ionic liquid (Bbpy)(HSO4)2 as solvent as well as catalyst under microwave irradiation as energy source. The synth...

Insights into the Mechanism of Bile Salt Aggregates Forming in a PEGylated Amphiphilic Polymer/Bile Salt Mixed Micelle

10.1002/slct.201800382

2018-04-06

Tailoring the structure of core‐shell interface of amphiphilic copolymer micelles provides a potential to mediate the drug release from micelles. Here, bile salts were used to alter the molecular geometry of core‐shell structured amphiphilic copolymer micelle...

Er(OTf)3‐Catalyzed Multicomponent Synthesis of 3,4‐Dihydro‐2H‐pyran via Hetero‐Diels‐Alder Reaction under Ambient Temperature

10.1002/slct.201800270

2018-04-06

A one‐pot synthesis of 3,4‐dihydro‐2H‐pyran derivatives has been achieved using substituted styrenes, aqueous formaldehyde and various β‐keto esters. This multicomponent protocol employs erbium (III) triflate as a catalyst affording 3,4‐dihydro‐2H‐pyran deriv...

Insight of Diversified Reactivity and Theoretical Study of Mixed‐Phase Titanium Dioxide for the Photoactivation of Small Molecules

10.1002/slct.201800076

2018-04-06

The mixed‐phase titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles were prepared by two different methods; sonothermal (S) and sonothermal followed by hydrothermal (SH). The TiO2 prepared by SH has shown a superior hydrogen (H2) generation via photocatalytic splitting of ...

Bimetallic Fe/Ti‐Based Metal–Organic Framework for Persulfate‐Assisted Visible Light Photocatalytic Degradation of Orange II

10.1002/slct.201703134

2018-04-06

Amine‐functionalized bimetallic Fe/Ti‐based metal–organic frameworks (Fe/Ti‐MOF‐NH2) were synthesized via the solvothermal method and used as photocatalysts and activators for persulfate (PS)‐assisted visible light photocatalytic degradation of Orange II. Nea...

Monodentate Coordination of N, N′‐Disubstituted Thiocarbamide Ligands: Syntheses, Structural Analyses, In Vitro Cytotoxicity and DNA Damage Studies of Cu(I) Complexes

10.1002/slct.201800145

2018-04-06

Structural analysis of three novel substituted thiocarbamide ligands N‐(naphthyl)‐N′‐(isobutoxycarbonyl) thiocarbamide (H2L1), N‐(4‐methoxyphenyl)‐N′‐(isobutoxycarbonyl) thiocarbamide (H2L2) & N‐(2‐methoxy‐4‐nitrophenyl)‐N′‐(isobutoxycarbonyl) thiocarbamide (...