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Here we report a simple, single-step, cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and biocompatible approach using sodium salt of N-cholyl-L-cysteine (NaCysC) capped gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) with green emission properties at above the CMC in aqueous medium under UV-light irradiation. The primary and secondary CMC of NaCysC was found to be 4.6 and 10.7 mM respectively using pyrene as fluorescent probe. The synthesized AuNCs exhibit strong emission maxima at 520 nm upon excitation of 375 nm with a large Stokes shift of 145 nm. The surface functionality and morphology of NCs are studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, dymanic light scattering studies and transmission electron microscopy. The formation of AuNCs was completed within 5 h and exhibit high stability for more than 6 months. The NaCysC templated AuNCs selectively quenches the Hg2+ ions with higher sensitivity in aqueous solution over the other metal ions. The fluorescence analysis of Hg2+ showed a wide linear range from 15 to 120 µM and a detection limit was found to be 15 nM.

This study reports a facile green preparation of self-assembled multi-functional carbon quantum dots (CQDs) via direct pyrolysis technique coupled with microwave-assisted synthesis using Ziziphus Mauritiana stone biomass (as a bio-resource precursor). The synthesized multi-functional CQDs was characterized using FT-IR, XRD, XPS, TEM, and fluorescence spectroscopy techniques. The results exhibit that the prepared CQDs are spherical-shaped with an average diameter of 2-4 nm and showed bright bluish-green emissions property with stable dispersion and high photostability in the aqueous medium. Furthermore, the emission properties of CQDs were examined by quenched with ammonia (NH

A facile one-pot syhthesis of 3-substituted triazolopyridazine and thieno-triazolopyridazine derivatives is described. This protocol involves the preparation of heteroaryl hydrazone from the aldehyde and pyridazinohydrazine deriva- tive followed by subjecting the intermediate directly to oxidative cyclization to assemble the desired 1,2,4-triazloe moiety by employing the mixture of Me4NBr and oxone. This condition is efficient and is able to tolerate wide range of functional groups.

3-Methyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzothiophene-2-carboxylic acid was synthesized chemoselectively from 3-formyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzothiophene-2-carboxylic acid, using Et3SiH/I2 as a reducing agent. The title compound was characterized by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and LCMS.