M. Ameen, S. R. Gilani, A. Naseer, I. Shoukat, Syed Danish Ali
{"title":"Antibacterial Activities of Newly Synthesized Azo Anils And its Oxalato-Bridged Binu-clear {Cu(II) and Zn(II)} Complexes","authors":"M. Ameen, S. R. Gilani, A. Naseer, I. Shoukat, Syed Danish Ali","doi":"10.15228/2014.v04.i04.p05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15228/2014.v04.i04.p05","url":null,"abstract":"Novel oxalato-bridged binuclear metal {Cu(II) and Zn(II)} complexes; [{(L1)M(II)}2OX] (L1= 2-({2-hydroxy-5-[(4nitrophenyl)diazenyl]benzylidene}amino)benzoic acid, OX = oxalate) and [{(L2)M(II)}2OX], (L2 = 2-{[(2hydroxyphenyl)imino]methyl}-4-[(4-nitrophenyl)diazenyl] phenol, OX = oxalate) were synthesized. Azo anils and corresponding Metal {Cu((II) and Zn(II)} complexes were characterised by Elemental Combustion System, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, UV-Visible, Spectroscopy and C-H-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy. Elemental Analyses, FTIR and UV-Vis were used for structural characterization of metal complexes and distorted octahedral geometry for M(II) complexes came into being. The antibacterial activities of azo anils ligands, oxalate ion, CuCl2.2H2O, Zn(CH3COO)2.2H2O and metal {Cu(II) and Zn(II)} complexes against gram-positive (Bacillis subtilis) and gramnegative (Escherichia coli) were evaluated. The antibacterial activities were performed to asses inhibition potential of ligand and their metal {Cu(II) and Zn(II)} complexes. The results revealed that antibacterial activities of azo anils become more pronounced when free ligands were coordinated to central metal atom.","PeriodicalId":19815,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Chemistry","volume":"17 1","pages":"190-197"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78016051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancement of Sudan Gasoline Octane Number by Natural and Synthetic Zeolites","authors":"M. Hassan","doi":"10.15228/2014.V04.I04.P03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15228/2014.V04.I04.P03","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The sample of natural zeolite is collected from the Sudan area, (scolecite) from Buda desert. And the other one is synthetic zeolite (Y). The study characterized the natural zeolite (scolecite) and synthetic (Y). Using thin sections for natural zeolite to recognize it. Beside different techniques as follow: Atomic absorption, xray diffraction (XRD), inferared spectroscopy (FTIR), acidity measured by pyridine FTIR, scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The study was carried out for selected natural zeolite (scolecite) and synthetic zeolite (Y) they are modification by two methods impregnation and ion exchange using ammonium chloride and platinum hydrochloride H2PtCl6 The Naphtha was obtained from the refinery of Khartoum Company (it has octane number40). Piona of naphtha was studied by GC. The natural and synthetic zeolites modification was applied on reforming process to increase the gasoline octane number. The study carried out fourteen experiments for each kind of zeolite with a variety of reactions conditions like liquid hour space velocity (LHSV), pressure and temperature, the optimal experiments with suitable conditions gave good results. Octane number increased in pressure rang 8-12 bar, liquid hour space velocity 2 and temperature 480500C. The synthetic zeolite (Y) raised the octane number from (40 to 93.5). The natural zeolite (scolecite) also showed good properties and increased the octane number from (40 to 87.9). It needs more purification and modification to reach the synthetic. The study explained that the two zeolites (natural, synthetic) are successful for application in reforming process.","PeriodicalId":19815,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Chemistry","volume":"17 1","pages":"167-184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83364911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kinetics and Adsorption Isotherms Studies of Acridine Orange Dye from Aqueous Solution by Activated Charcoal","authors":"N. Qamar, R. Azmat, R. Naz, B. Malik","doi":"10.15228/2014.V04.I04.P06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15228/2014.V04.I04.P06","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this research is to evaluate the efficiency of charcoal as low coast and effective adsorbent for acridine orange (a cationic dye) from aqueous solution at room temperature. Effect of initial pH (2-8), shaking time (5min. 1hour), adsorbent dose (0.1gm0.9gm) and dye concentration (37mg/30ml-185mg/30ml) were investigated. Results demonstrated that charcoal act as good adsorbent for the removal AO where 99.15% of the dye was adsorbed within 30 minutes. For the maximum dye removal efficiency (100%), optimum conditions were obtained at pH 8 (99.24%), adsorbent dose of 0.9g and dye concentration of 185 mg with charcoal. Kinetics of adsorption was investigated as well as Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms were employed to describe equilibrium studies. The Langmuir adsorption isotherms models and pseudo second order kinetics fitted the experimental data best with high regression coefficient R. The results of the present studies points to the potential of charcoal as an effective adsorbent for the removal of dye from contaminated water sources.","PeriodicalId":19815,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Chemistry","volume":"33 1","pages":"198-204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90741079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aziz‐ur‐Rehman, I. Ahmad, M. Abbasi, S. Z. Siddiqui, K. Nafeesa, A. Sattar, Irshad Ahmed, S. Afzal
{"title":"Synthesis and Biological Screening of N-(Dimethylphenyl Substituted)-N-Ethyl/Benzyl-4-Chlorobenzenesulfonamide Derivatives","authors":"Aziz‐ur‐Rehman, I. Ahmad, M. Abbasi, S. Z. Siddiqui, K. Nafeesa, A. Sattar, Irshad Ahmed, S. Afzal","doi":"10.15228/2014.V04.I04.P01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15228/2014.V04.I04.P01","url":null,"abstract":"In the undertaken research, a number of N-dimethylphenyl substituted derivatives of N-ethyl/benzyl-4-chlorobenzenesulfonamide, (6a-f & 7a-f) was synthesized and also estimated for their biological potential. The reaction of 4-chlorobenzenesulfonyl chloride with different dimethyl substituted phenyl amine (2a-f) in the presence of basic aqueous media yielded N-[(Dimethyl substituted) phenyl]-4-chlorobenzenesulfonamides (3a-f). The targeted compounds 6a-f & 7a-f were synthesized by the reaction of compounds 3a-f with electrophiles, ethyl bromide/benzyl chloride in the presence of base NaH and polar aprotic solvent (DMF). The structures of the compounds were elucidated through H-NMR, IR and mass spectral data. The synthesized compounds (6a-f & 7a-f) were screened against Gram-negative & Gram-positive bacteria and also subjected for enzyme inhibition potential against lipoxygenase and chymotrypsin enzymes and almost all the compounds exhibited moderate to good activities.","PeriodicalId":19815,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Chemistry","volume":"95 1","pages":"153-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85295604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hg (II ) Catalysed Oxidation of D - Arabinose and D - Mannose by Acidic Solution of Potassium Permanganate: Kinetics and Mechanism","authors":"R. Naz, R. Azmat, N. Qamar, N. Siddiqi","doi":"10.15228/2014.V04.I03.P04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15228/2014.V04.I03.P04","url":null,"abstract":"The kinetics of Hg (II) catalyzed oxidation of D-Arabinose (Ara) and D-Mannose (Man) by potassium permanganate in acidic medium have been studied spectrophotometrically in the temperature range 30-50C. The reactions exhibit first order kinetics with respect to [Man] and [MnO4 ] while second order with [Ara]. The reaction rates were found to be unaffected by the change in [H]. It has been observed that Hg (II) catalyzed the reaction but as the [Hg(II)] increases, reaction rate becomes independent. Negligible effect of ionic strength (μ) on the rate of oxidation has also been noted which supports the presence of at least one neutral specie in the rate determining step. The rate of oxidation was influenced by the change in temperature. Various activation parameters have been calculated. Formic acid and erythronic acid were identified as main oxidation product in case of arabinose while for mannose formic acid and arabinonic acid were identified. A mechanism consistent with the above findings has also been proposed.","PeriodicalId":19815,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Chemistry","volume":"79 1","pages":"116-123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80660173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. A. Tanoli, Zahid Khan, Z. Maqsood, Tuba Kamal, K. Khan, T. Ahmed
{"title":"Electronic Spectrum of different Bis-Schiff bases of Isatin and its Solvatochromism","authors":"M. A. Tanoli, Zahid Khan, Z. Maqsood, Tuba Kamal, K. Khan, T. Ahmed","doi":"10.15228/2014.V04.I03.P05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15228/2014.V04.I03.P05","url":null,"abstract":"The influence of a series of organic solvents on the UV spectra on some selected bis-Schiff base derivatives has been studied in a number of organic solvents with diverse polarities. As a part of our efforts to interpret the effects of solvent polarity and hydrogen bonding on the absorption spectra of previously synthesized bis-Schiff base derivatives, the study design was based on the linear solvation energy relationship (LSER) concept using Kamlet-Taft solvatochromic parameters: π*, α and β. Correlation of spectroscopic data was carried out by means of multiple linear regression techniques. The fitting coefficient obtained from this analysis allows estimating the contribution of each type of interactions relative to total spectral shifts in solution. The dependence of ( max) on the solvent parameters indicated that the obtained bands were affected by specific and nonspecific solute-solvent interactions.","PeriodicalId":19815,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Chemistry","volume":"1 1","pages":"124-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88907274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation of Moisture Sorption, Permeability and Drug Release Behavior of Carrageenan/Poly Vinyl Alcohol Films","authors":"S. Bajpai, P. Dehariya, S. S. Saggu","doi":"10.15228/2014.V04.I03.P07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15228/2014.V04.I03.P07","url":null,"abstract":"* S. K. Bajpai, P. Dehariya and S. P. S. Saggu * Polymer Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Govt. Model Science College, Jabalpur (M.P) – 482001, India. Email: * sunil.mnlbpi@gmail.com ABSTRACT This work describes moisture sorption behavior and water vapor permeability of gluteraldehyde –crosslinked Carrageenen/polyvinyl alcohol (Carr/PVA) films. The moisture uptake has been studied under various relative humidity (RH) and the data obtained has been interpreted in the terms of various isotherm models such as GAB, Oswin and Halsey models. The moisture permeability through the films has been characterized in the terms of various parameters like water vapor transmission rate (WVTR), permeance (P) and Water vapor permeability (WVP). It was found that these parameters are greatly affected by the degree of crosslinking of the films. Finally, the model drug Gentamycin Sulphate was loaded in to the films and its release was monitored kinetically in the physiological buffer (PF) at 37C. The films exhibited diffusion controlled release mechanism.","PeriodicalId":19815,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Chemistry","volume":"69 1","pages":"142-152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76346749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A review on antitubercular activity of some 2-isonicotinoylhydrazinecarboxamide, 5-(pyridin-4-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-amine, N'-(E)-heteroaromatic-isonicotino-hydrazide and 1-(7-chloroquinolin-4-yl)-2-(heteroaromatic) methylene hydrazone derivatives","authors":"M. Asif","doi":"10.15228/2014.V04.I03.P06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15228/2014.V04.I03.P06","url":null,"abstract":"* M. Asif * Department of Pharmacy, GRD (PG) IMT, Dehradun, India. Email: * aasif321@gmail.com ABSTRACT The modification of the isoniazid (INH) structure and with N-substituted 5-(pyridine-4-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-amine, 5-(pyridin4-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-amine derivatives were evaluated in vitro for their anti-tubercular (anti-TB) activity against M. tuberculosis H37Rv, M. avium, M. kansasii and one clinical isolated strain of M. kansasii. 2-Isonicotinoyl-N-(4-octylphenyl) hydrazinecarboxamide displayed an in vitro efficacy comparable to that of INH for M. tuberculosis with MIC of 1–2 μM. Among the halogenated derivatives, the best anti-TB activity was found for 2-isonicotinoyl-N-(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) hydrazine carboxamide (MIC=4μM). Most of the hydrazinecarboxamides exhibited significant activity against INH-resistant non tuberculous mycobacteria. Two other series of N ́-(E)-heteroaromatic-isonicotino hydrazide derivatives and 1-(7-chloroquinolin4-yl)-2-[(heteroaromatic)methylene]hydrazone derivatives have been for their in vitro anti-TB activity against M. tuberculosis H37Rv. Several compounds were non cytotoxic and exhibited significant MIC value (3.12, 2.50, 1.25, or 0.60 μg/mL) compared with ethambutol (3.12 μg/mL) and rifampicin (2.0 μg/ml). These results can be considered an important point for the rational design of new leads for anti-TB compounds.","PeriodicalId":19815,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Chemistry","volume":"109 1","pages":"132-141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73742401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fabrication of TiO2 Cathodes by Anodic Oxidation for Hydrogen Generation from Electrolysis of Water","authors":"I. Koyuncu, E. Kahraman","doi":"10.15228/2014.V04.I03.P03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15228/2014.V04.I03.P03","url":null,"abstract":"In this investigation, titanium oxide plates were used as cathode for hydrogen production in the aqueous solutions of sulfuric acid, potassium hydroxide, acetic acid and ammonia hydroxides electrolytes separately. Gaseous hydrogen was produced at the cathode and oxygen at the anode. For this purpose, titanium plates were fabricated in acid solution by anodic oxidation. Microstructure of TiO2 nanorod observation was conducted with scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The effects of operating conditions and the electrochemical test parameters, such as electrolytes concentration, temperature, and cell voltage were investigated. Also the performance of TiO2 cathode was compared to zirconium oxide and graphite electrodes. The results show that the highly rated, hydrogen production performance on TiO2 cathode has better than the other electrodes. The maximum rate of hydrogen production is by TiO2 cathode 8.18 ml/ (h. cm 2 ). The cell efficiency for water electrolysis was reached 95% using titanium oxide electrode in 1.5 M H2SO4.","PeriodicalId":19815,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Chemistry","volume":"77 1","pages":"109-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86410541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Khan, M. Z. Khan, M. Akhtar, A. Khan, S. Sarwar, S. Ahmad, A. Hayat
{"title":"Growth Stimulation, Metabolic Activities and Fruit Yield of Tomato as Influenced by Fulvic Acid","authors":"R. Khan, M. Z. Khan, M. Akhtar, A. Khan, S. Sarwar, S. Ahmad, A. Hayat","doi":"10.15228/2014.V04.I03.P02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15228/2014.V04.I03.P02","url":null,"abstract":"1 M. Z. Khan, *1 R. U. Khan, 2 M. E. Akhtar, 1 A. Khan, 1 S. Sarwar, 3 S. Ahmad and 1 A. Hayat *1 Land Resources Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad-44000 Pakistan 2 PARC, Institute for Advance Studies in Agriculture (PIASA), NARC, Islamabad 3 Sugarcane Program, Crop Sciences Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad-44000 Pakistan Email: * razahsan9@gmail.com ABSTRACT A pot experiment was conducted at Land Resources Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad during spring 2012 to study the effect of foliar applied fulvic acid (FA) on tomato grown under greenhouse conditions. Six kg sandy loam soil (Nabipur series mixed hyperthermic Udic Ustochrept) filled in plastic pot and grown with tomato plants (Riogrande). Basal dose of N, P, K, along with Zn, Fe, and B were applied @ 200, 150, 200, 10, 2 and 1 mg/kg soil FA was applied as foliar @ 0, 150, 300, 450 and 600 mg/l respectively. Results showed a significant increase in fruit yield, harvest index and other agronomic parameters with FA application. Besides macronutrients plant micronutrient concentration also increased with FA application which could be ascribed to stimulating effect of FA on enhanced biomass. Protein and chlorophyll contents of leaves also significantly changed with applied FA. Based on the results of the study it could be concluded that FA spray at 150 and 300 mg/ l were appropriate dose for maximum nutrient uptake by plant for optimum growth and maximize yield.","PeriodicalId":19815,"journal":{"name":"Pakistan Journal of Chemistry","volume":"34 1","pages":"100-108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78069943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}