Novel 3D-flower shaped KTaO3 perovskite for highly efficient photocatalytic and H2 generation ability.

Treatment of industrial wastewater is one of the biggest challenges that mankind is facing today to prevent environmental pollution and its associated adverse effects on human health. Environmentalists across the world have given a clarion call for dye degradation, wastewater treatment and their effective management in our surrounding habitats. Despite significant progress in the development of new water treatment technologies, new materials haven't matured enough for large scale industrial applications. Hence, the development of new scalable and sustainable multifunctional materials having the potential to treat wastewater and generate energy is the need of the hour. In this direction, novel 3D-flower shaped KTaO3 (3D-F-KT) material has been synthesized using areca seed powder as a green fuel. This new material has been successfully applied for the treatment of industrial wastewater contaminated with Rose Bengal. The efficiency of the material was analysed using several parameters like catalytic loading, dye concentration, kinetic and scavenging experiments, photostability, effect of co-existing ions and recyclability. In addition, the material was subjected to optical studies and H2 generation, making it a highly versatile multifunctional material, exhibiting a degradation efficiency of 94.12% in a short span of 150 min and a photocatalytic H2 generation efficiency of 374 µmol g-1 through water splitting. With an immense potential, KTaO3 presents itself as a multifunctional catalyst that can be scaled up for a variety of industrial applications ranging from wastewater treatment to energy generation and storage.

Investigation of anticorrosive behaviour of novel tert-butyl 4-[(4-methyl phenyl) carbonyl] piperazine-1-carboxylate for carbon steel in 1M HCl.

The main focus of current research is on the synthesis and anticorrosive activity of novel heterocyclic compounds tert-butyl 4-[(4-methyl phenyl) carbonyl] piperazine-1-carboxylate [TBMPCPC]. Electrochemical, quantum chemical, and surface characterization studies at elevated temperatures (303-333 K) for carbon steel in 1M HCl solution studied this molecule's corrosion inhibition property. It is observed from the results of electrochemical studies that the TBMPCPC may be able to effectively protect the steel plate surface with an inhibition efficiency of 91.5 % at 25 ppm in corrosive media. The corrosion inhibition depends on concentration, as concentration also increases inhibition efficiency due to the strong and spontaneous adsorption on the metal's surface. The Tafel polarization measurements concluded that the inhibitor works as a mixed form to protect the carbon steel in the bulk solution from corrosion. The adsorption of the TBMPCPC onto the metal surface was in reliable with the isothermal model of the Langmuir adsorption. The scanning electron microscopy clearly showed that the inhibitor was substantially deposited on the metal surface, indicating substantial inhibition. The surface morphology of carbon steel in the absence and existence of an inhibitor in 1 M HCl is also studied using the Atomic Force Microscopic method.

Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of novel 4-amino-6-(1,3,4-oxadiazolo/1,3,4-thiadiazolo)-pyrimidine derivatives.

A series of novel 4-amino-6-(1,3,4-oxadiazolo/1,3,4-thiadiazolo)-pyrimidine derivatives of biological interest were prepared by sequential amination, hydrazide formation, and hydrazine carbothioamidination followed by cyclization. All the synthesized compounds (6a-6h and 7a-7f) were screened for antibacterial and antifungal activity. From this group, compound 7f (MIC (µg/mL µg/mL )/Inhibition (mm): 6.25/23-30) showed good antibacterial and antifungal activity. Reagents and conditions: (a) Ethyl acetoacetate, 60% NaH, 1,4-dioxane, 60°C, 6 h; (b) DIPEA, 1,4-dioxane, 100°C, 14 h; (c) NH2NH2 ⋅ H2O, EtOH, reflux, 14 h; (d) Tolyl isothiocyanatobenzene, DMF, RT, 2 h; (e) (if X = O) EDC⋅ HCl, TEA, DMF, RT, 14 h; (f) (if X = S) Conc. H2O4, RT, 14h.