{"title":"Experimental and computational study of a multi-active-site Schiff base as corrosion inhibitor of mild steel in 1M HCl","authors":"Xiaolong Li, Ting Long, Qian Wu, Chuan Lai, Yue Li, Junlan Li, Boyan Ren, Keqian Deng, Chaozheng Long, Shuting Zhao","doi":"10.1071/ch23196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/ch23196","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, the corrosion inhibition behavior of <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>′-(1,4-phenylene)bis(1,1-di(pyridin-2-yl)methanimine) (PBDPM) on mild steel in 1 M HCl at 30°C was evaluated under steady conditions. The corrosion inhibitor was synthesized by a one-step method. Electrochemical, energy dispersion spectrum (EDS) and water contact angle results revealed the adsorption behavior of the inhibitor at the metal–solution interface. The adsorption of PBDPM obeys the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. It is obvious that PBDPM exhibits good inhibition performance presumably due to its high surface coverage, as it forms a dense protective film on the surface of mild steel. The adsorption configuration and structure–activity relationships of the inhibitor were also explored theoretically by density functional theory (DFT) and molecular dynamics (MD), and the thermodynamic parameters and molecular active sites (the values of electrophilic attack and nucleophilic attack) were calculated.</p>","PeriodicalId":8575,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139557150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alex C. Bissember, Reyne Pullen, Gwendolyn A. Lawrie
{"title":"Recognising a beacon of teaching and learning leadership in Australian chemistry","authors":"Alex C. Bissember, Reyne Pullen, Gwendolyn A. Lawrie","doi":"10.1071/ch23146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/ch23146","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This Highlight article considers key contributions made by Professor Brian Yates to the Australian chemistry academic community in recognition of his seminal leadership that led to the establishment of the Chemistry Threshold Learning Outcomes (CTLOs) as national assessment standards. These CTLOs currently underpin the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) process of the professional accreditation of chemistry majors in Australian tertiary institutions and, hence, provide benchmarks of learning in our discipline. Examples of contemporary assessment approaches in chemistry are presented to inform academics who are seeking to assess learning outcomes beyond threshold standards and to inspire future innovative assessment approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":8575,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139410663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cobalt(II) catalytic oxidation of arylmethyl sulfonyl imines to arylcarbonyl analogues","authors":"Zetao Ma, Peipei Ma, Hongli Wu, Haifeng Gan","doi":"10.1071/ch23190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/ch23190","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A novel Co(OAc)<sub>2</sub>/<i>N</i>-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI)-catalyzed oxidation of 3-arylmethyl sulfonyl imines to prepare 3-arylcarbonyl analogues has been realized. 3-Arylcarbonyl sulfonyl imines were comprehensively synthesized from benzyl substrates for the first time. The reactions proceeded in moderate to excellent yields. Mechanistic investigation suggests that 3-(hydroperoxy(phenyl)methyl)benzo[<i>d</i>]isothiazole 1,1-dioxide <b>A</b> is the key intermediate for the formation of products <b>2</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":8575,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139410667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shu-Ju Wang, Yang Liu, Zhi-Qing Zhang, Qian Li, Gang Xiong, Li-Xin You, Yaguang Sun
{"title":"Lanthanide coordination polymers based on an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline ligands: synthesis, structure and luminescence properties","authors":"Shu-Ju Wang, Yang Liu, Zhi-Qing Zhang, Qian Li, Gang Xiong, Li-Xin You, Yaguang Sun","doi":"10.1071/ch23149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/ch23149","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A novel series of lanthanide coordination polymers (Ln-CPs) have been obtained based on mixed ligands, 2-[(4-carboxyphenyl)methoxy]benzoic acid (H<sub>2</sub>cob) and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), namely {Ln[(Hcob)(cob)(phen)]<sub><i>n</i></sub>, Ln = La (<b>1</b>), Pr (<b>2</b>), Sm (<b>3</b>), Eu (<b>4</b>)}. Complexes <b>1</b>–<b>4</b> were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. Single crystal X-ray diffraction revealed that complexes <b>1</b>–<b>4</b> show two-dimensional layer structures. The luminescence properties of complexes <b>3</b> and <b>4</b> were thoroughly investigated.</p>","PeriodicalId":8575,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138689400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A novel ratiometric fluorescent sensor based on terpyridine derivatives for Zn 2+ in aqueous solution","authors":"Qinghong Bai, Yangming Jiang, Enming Hu, Libin Lv, Chenghui Wang, Xin Xiao","doi":"10.1071/ch23153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/ch23153","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Terpyridine and its derivatives have good binding affinity for most transition metal ions due to the arrangement of their three pyridine nitrogen atoms. In this work, a new ratiometric fluorescent probe <b>G</b>, which is based on a styrylpyridinium attached to a terpyridine fluorophore, was synthesized and characterized. The fluorescence spectrum of probe <b>G</b> shows a good response to Zn<sup>2+</sup> by an intramolecular charge transfer effect. On increasing the concentration of Zn<sup>2+</sup>, the fluorescence color of probe <b>G</b> changes from blue to yellow. Importantly, probe <b>G</b> has a high selectivity for Zn<sup>2+</sup>and is not affected by other metal ions, including Cd<sup>2+</sup>. In addition, the limit of detection (LOD) of probe <b>G</b> for Zn<sup>2+</sup> was found to be up to 0.17 µM. The results show that probe <b>G</b> has the ability to selectively recognize Zn<sup>2+</sup> in aqueous solution.</p>","PeriodicalId":8575,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138510236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dylan C. Farr, Lendl Tan, Juanelle Furness, I. Darren Grice, Nicholas P. West, Todd A. Houston
{"title":"Synthesis and antibacterial activity of 6″-decanesulfonylacetamide-functionalised amphiphilic derivatives of amikacin and kanamycin","authors":"Dylan C. Farr, Lendl Tan, Juanelle Furness, I. Darren Grice, Nicholas P. West, Todd A. Houston","doi":"10.1071/ch23154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/ch23154","url":null,"abstract":"Aminoglycoside antibiotics represent the first class of successful drugs in the treatment of tuberculosis; however, mycobacteria and other bacterial species possess several drug resistance mechanisms to inactivate these natural products. In the past 15 years, a variety of amphiphilic aminoglycosides have been shown to have improved activity against infectious microorganisms and to subvert resistance mechanisms. Here, we report on four novel synthetic compounds derived from two existing potent antitubercular compounds and describe their activity against both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Staphylococcus aureus. It was found that a decanesulfonylacetamide-based conjugate of amikacin displayed promising preliminary antitubercular activities, warranting further investigation to assess the therapeutic potential of these unique antimicrobials.","PeriodicalId":8575,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136348636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Green synthesis of dual-spinneret electrospun polyacrylonitrile–ZnO@β-cyclodextrin–chitosan nanofibrous nanocomposite as a novel nano-biosorbent","authors":"Sohrab Hajmohammadi, Dadkhoda Ghazanfari, Enayatollah Sheikhhosseini, Nahid Rastakhiz, Hamideh Asadollahzadeh","doi":"10.1071/ch23098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/ch23098","url":null,"abstract":"A significant range of intriguing nanomaterials includes photocatalytic and antibacterial nanocomposites, which exhibit great efficacy in water treatment. In this work, Euphorbia hebecarpa extract was used as a novel natural reducing agent to investigate the environmentally friendly production of ZnO@β-cyclodextrin (CD) nanoparticles (NPs). In the following, polyacrylonitrile, ZnO@β-CD and chitosan nanofibers were electrospun concurrently using a dual-electrospinning process to create a unique nano-biosorbent made of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)–ZnO@β-CD–chitosan (CS) nanofibrous nanocomposite. Additionally, this nanocomposite’s effectiveness as a novel photocatalyst and antibacterial agent for eliminating organic dyes like methylene blue was evaluated. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy (RS) were used to analyze the structure of the nanocomposite. The outcomes verified the production of ZnO@β-CD, which had evenly shaped particles with an average size of 45 nm on the nanofibrous matrix. This nanocomposite exhibited removal efficiency of methylene blue of ~90% after 105 min at pH 7 and 2.5 g L−1 nanocomposite concentration. Furthermore, an antibacterial test revealed that PAN–ZnO@β-CD–CS nanofibrous nanocomposite with 6% ZnO showed over 80% reduction in colony-forming units per millilitre against Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Streptococcus iniae.","PeriodicalId":8575,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135477805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retraction notice to &#x2018;Three Cu<sup>II</sup> and Co<sup>II</sup> coordination complexes containing tridentate schiff base moieties induce ROS generation and lead to caspase-dependent apoptotic cell death in intracranial aneurysm&#x2019; [<i>Australian Journal of Chemistry</i> (2019) doi:10.1071/CH18641]","authors":"","doi":"10.1071/ch18641_re","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/ch18641_re","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8575,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135436742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Professor Edouard Nice","authors":"J. Wade, M. Aguilar","doi":"10.1071/ch23094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/ch23094","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8575,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81547571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>Corrigendum to</i>: A holistic approach towards a generalizable machine learning predictor of cell penetrating peptides","authors":"Bahaa Ismail, Sarah Jones, John Howl","doi":"10.1071/ch22247_co","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1071/ch22247_co","url":null,"abstract":"The development of machine learning (ML) predictors does not necessarily require the employment of expansive classifiers and complex feature encoding schemes to achieve the highest accuracy scores. It rather requires data pre-processing, feature optimization, and robust evaluation to ensure consistent results and generalizability. Herein, we describe a multi-stage process to develop a reliable ML predictor of cell penetrating peptides (CPPs). We emphasize the challenges of: (i) the generation of representative datasets with all required pre-processing procedures; (ii) comprehensive and exclusive encoding of peptides using their amino acid composition; (iii) obtaining an optimized feature set using a simple classifier (support vector machine, SVM); (iv) ensuring consistent results; and (v) verifying generalizability at the highest achievable accuracy scores. Two peptide sub-spaces were used to generate the negative examples, which are required, along with the known CPPs, to train the classifier. These included: (i) randomly generated peptides with all amino acid types being equally represented and (ii) extracted peptides from receptor proteins. Results indicated that the randomly generated dataset performed perfectly well within its own peptide sub-space, while it poorly generalized to the other sub-space. Conversely, the dataset extracted from receptor proteins, while achieving lower accuracies, showed a perfect generalizability to the other peptide sub-space. We combined the qualities of these two datasets by utilizing the average of their predictions within our ultimate framework. This functional ML predictor, WLVCPP, and associated software and datasets can be downloaded from <a ext-link-type=\"uri\" href=\"https://github.com/BahaaIsmail/WLVCPP\">https://github.com/BahaaIsmail/WLVCPP</a>.","PeriodicalId":8575,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135396603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}