A brief overview of the potential environmental hazards of ionic liquids.

Environmental aspects of fuel cells: A review.

Advances in the synthesis, molecular architectures and potential applications of gemini surfactants.

Imidiazolium based ionic liquids: Effects of different anions and alkyl chains lengths on the barley seedlings

Twelve gemini quaternary ammonium surfactants have been employed to evaluate the antibacterial activity and in vitro cytotoxicity. The antibacterial effects of the gemini surfactants are performed on Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) ranging from 2.8 to 167.7 μM. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis results show that these surfactants interact with the bacterial cell membrane, disrupt the integrity of the membrane, and consequently kill the bacteria. The data recorded on C6 glioma and HEK293 human kidney cell lines using an MTT assay exhibit low half inhibitory concentrations (IC50). The influences of the gemini surfactants on the cell morphology, the cell migration ability, and the cell cycle are observed through hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, cell wound healing assay, and flow cytometric analyses, respectively. Both the values of MIC and IC50 decrease against the growth of the alkyl chain length of the gemini surfactant...

Antibacterial Activity, in Vitro Cytotoxicity, and Cell Cycle Arrest of Gemini Quaternary Ammonium Surfactants.

Novel ionic liquid-type Gemini surfactants: Synthesis, surface property and antimicrobial activity

The invention relates to a preparation method for COMT inhibitor 5, 6, 7, 3', 4'-pentamethoxyl isoflavone, comprising the following steps: mixing 3, 4-dimethoxyphenylacetic acid and oxalyl chloride indichloromethane solution to carry out reflux reaction for 2 to 3 h, and cooling to room temperature; adding 3, 4, 5-trimethoxy sodium phenolate to carry out esterification reaction to carry out Friesrearrangement reaction under the catalysis of Lewis acid boron trifluoride ether; and finally carrying out reaction with DMF with the existence of the Lewis acid boron trifluoride ether; and adding methane sulfonyl chloride to promote Vilsmeier-Haack formylation reaction and subsequent cyclization reaction to obtain light yellow crystals 5, 6, 7, 3', 4'-pentamethoxyl isoflavone. The preparation method has simple and easily available raw materials, simple operation, short reaction time, mild reaction condition, environment protection and high yield of 76 %, and is suitable for industrial production.

Rui Chen

Papers

Novel ionic liquid-type Gemini surfactants: Synthesis, surface property and antimicrobial activity

Preparation method of COMT inhibitor 5, 6, 7, 3', 4'-pentamethoxyl isoflavone