A chalcone was prepared by the reaction of 4-methylbenzaldehyde with 4-methylacetophenone in dilute methanolic sodium hydroxide solution under ultrasonic irradiationin the water bath of an ultrasonic cleaner at room temperature. Treatment of this chalcone with thiosemicarbazide / semicarbazide hydrochloride / benzhydrazide / benzenesulphonyl hydrazide / phenylhydrazine hydrochloride afforded the corresponding 2-pyrazoline in good yields. All the new compounds have been characterized by IR, 1 H-NMR, 13 CNMR spectral data. All the target compounds were evaluated for their in-vivo anti -diabetic activity in rates in comparison with as reference drug.

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Ultrasonic velocity, viscosity and density of alcohol [s] in n-hexane have been measured at various temperatures in the range of 303.15 -318.15K. From the experimental data, the acoustical parameters such as molar volume, adiabatic compressibility, intermolecular free length and their excess values have been computed and presented as functions of compositions. The deviations from ideality of the acoustical parameters are explained on the basis of molecular interactions between the components of the mixtures. The variations of these parameters with composition of the mixture suggest the strength of interactions in these mixtures.

The present investigation demonstrates the formation of silver nanoparticles by the reduction of the aqueous silver metal ions during exposure to the Lagenaria siceraria leaf extract. The synthesized AgNPs have characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) techniques. AgNPs formation has screened by UV-visible spectroscopy through colour conversion due to surface plasma resonance band at 427 nm. X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirmed that the resulting AgNPs are highly crystalline and the structure is face centered cubic (fcc). FT-IR spectrum indicates the presence of different functional groups present in the biomolecules capping the nanoparticles. Further, inhibitory activity of AgNPs and leaf extract were tested against human pathogens like gram-pastive (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis), gram-negative (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa). The results indicated that the AgNPs showed moderate inhibitory actions against human pathogens than Lagenaria siceraria leaf extract, demonstrating its antimicrobial value against pathogenic diseases.

The synthesis and characterization of hexa co-ordinated ruthenium(II) complexes of the type [Ru(CO)(B)(L)] (where B = PPh3, AsPh3, py or pip and L = dibasic tetradentate Schiff base ligand) were synthesized from the reaction of [RuHCl(CO)(B)(EPh3)2] (where E = P, B = PPh3, py or pip, E = As, B = AsPh3)with different tetradentate ligands. The ligands were derived by the condensation of 5-chloro-4-methyl-2-hydroxy benzophenone with ethylenediamine, propylenediamine and o-phenylene-diamine in 1:1 molar ratio. All the compounds have been characterized by elemental analysis and spectral (FT-IR, UV-VIS and 1H-NMR) methods. An octahedral environment around Ru(II) ion has been tentatively proposed for all the complexes