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The ecofriendly cellulose and gelatin provided sustainable and abundant sugars: d-ribofuranose, and 2-Deoxy-ribofuranose (starting reactants for preparative synthetic green chemistry pathways of charge transfer complexes. The natural available sugars d-ribofuranose, and 2-Deoxy-ribofuranose were obtained from facile hydrolysis of cellulose and gelatin natural macromolecules. Successive, low cost and facile alkaline- and acid hydrolysis of Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA, from gelatin animal source) and ribonucleic acid (RNA, from cellulose plant source) yield the simple sugars: d-ribofuranose and 2-Deoxy-ribofuranose. Eight optically and biologically active charge transfer complexes were prepared from the reaction of the above sugars efficiently intercalated with two new prepared thiophene Schiff Lewis (electron donors) bases: 2-((2Hydroxybenzylidene) amino)-4, 5, 6, 7-tetrahydrobenzo [b] thiophene-3-carbonitrile (D1, 2-((Furan-2ylmethylene) amino) 4,5,6,7 tetrahydrobenzo [b] thiophene-3-carbonitrile (D2). The chemical structures of these prepared Schiff bases were confirmed using the mass spectra. The successful intercalation of the sugar units with the Lewis bases was ascertained using powder x ray diffraction. The molecular structures of the reaction products were proposed based on FTIR, 1H NMR. The optical activity of charge transfer complexes were confirmed using UV-Vis. Absorption spectroscopy. The surface morphology, microstructures, and particle size of the donors and charge transfer complexes were determined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The Lewis bases (D1) and (D2) showed no antimicrobial activity, while their charge transfer complexes showed good antimicrobial activity, suggesting their pharmaceutical and medicinal applications due to the potent biological activity against wide spread microbial microorganisms of Gram positive and Gram positive bacteria as well as some fungal species.

We have used weight loss measurements, potentiodynamic polarization, and lectrochemical impedance spectroscopy to study the inhibiting effect of N,N–di(polyoxyethylene)–4–dodecylaniline, with different numbers of oxyethylene units, on corrosion of steel in a 1 M hydrochloric acid solution. We have determined that the studied compounds are good corrosion inhibitors. The inhibition efficiency increases with an increase in inhibitor concentration, an increase in the number of oxyethylene units in the chain of the inhibitor, and a decrease in temperature. The inhibiting effect of the studied compounds is due to blocking of the metal surface as a result of adsorption of the oxyethylene units of the inhibitor. The adsorption process is described by the Freundlich isotherm. The indicated compounds act as mixed (mostly anodic) corrosion inhibitors. We calculate some thermodynamic corrosion parameters.

Extensive study of composition, stability constants and optimum conditions of Fe(III), Nl (II) and Cu(II) complexes with four azo compounds based on 4 - amlnoantlpyrene are done. The coloured complexes formed, at the optimum. conditions mentioned, can be successfully used In the mlcrodetermlnation of metal Ions In synthetic solutions as well as In Incoloy 800 alloy. The method described Is rapid, sensitive, highly accurate and reproducable.