An efficient and metal-free synthesis of 5,7-dimethylcyclopentenon[2,3-c]coumarin

An improved and alternative method for the metal-free synthesis of 5,7-dimethylcyclopentenon[2,3- c]coumarin as a possible useful aflatoxin template in the production of molecular imprinting polymers with affinity toward natural aflatoxin molecules is reported. A synthesis of 5,7-dimethylcyclopentenon[2,3- c]coumarin from 3,5-dimethoxyphenol via a Pechmann condensation involved five steps and represents an alternative commercially viable approach over existing synthetic protocols in the literature. Operational simplicity, inexpensive key raw materials, short reaction times, and excellent yields are remarkable features of this approach. The aflatoxin template was provided in 55%–67% overall yield from 3,5-dimethoxyphenol with >99% purity, evaluated by high-performance liquid chromatography, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, high-resolution mass spectrometry, and liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry.

THE USE OF PIEZOELECTRIC SYSTEMS WITH MOLECULAR PRINTS FOR FORMALDEHYDE DETERMINATION IN WASTE WATER OF WOOD PROCESSING PLANTS

The development of methods for controlling formaldehyde content in wastewater, ensuring high accuracy, ease of use, rapidity and efficiency is an urgent problem of the woodworking industry. This article discusses a method for determining the content of formaldehyde and its concentrations in water using piezoelectric sensor systems with molecular imprinting polymers, which make it possible to form three-dimensional complementary voids for the templates of the molecules being detected during polymerization and their subsequent removal. Piezoelectric sensor with molecular imprints of formaldehyde molecules for the express determination of its concentration in solution has been obtained. A grading graph with a linear relationship has been built. The coefficient of determination (R2) was determined to be 0.9815. Unknown concentrations of formaldehyde in solutions were found by the "added-found" method. For sensory determination of unknown concentrations in solution, the standard deviation (Sr,%) is less than 7%. Thus, it has been established that piezoelectric sensors modified with molecularly imprinted polymers allow highly accurate determination of the concentration of unknown pollutants in wastewater of woodworking enterprises. They are economically beneficial, regenerated with further deposition of a polymer with other imprints on their surface

An Overview of Bio-Inspired Intelligent Imprinted Polymers for Virus Determination

The molecular imprinting polymers (MIPs) have shown their potential in various applications including pharmaceuticals, chemical sensing and biosensing, medical diagnosis, and environmental related issues, owing to their artificial selective biomimetic recognition ability. Despite the challenges posed in the imprinting and recognition of biomacromolecules, the use of MIP for the imprinting of large biomolecular oragnism such as viruses is of huge interest because of the necessity of early diagnosis of virus-induced diseases for clinical and point-of-care (POC) purposes. Thus, many fascinating works have been documented in which such synthetic systems undoubtedly explore a variety of potential implementations, from virus elimination, purification, and diagnosis to virus and bacteria-borne disease therapy. This study is focused comprehensively on the fabrication strategies and their usage in many virus-imprinted works that have appeared in the literature. The drawbacks, challenges, and perspectives are also highlighted.

Application of molecularly imprinted polymers for the separation and detection of aflatoxin

Aflatoxins are extremely harmful carcinogens to humans and animals. In recent years, attention has been directed toward the application of molecular imprinting polymers for the separation and detection of aflatoxin. In this review, polymerization methods for the preparation of molecular imprinting polymers for aflatoxin detection, such as lump-bulk polymerization, spherical molecular imprinting polymer synthesis, surface-imprinted polymerization, and electropolymerization, are described. The applications of molecular imprinting polymers in solid-phase extraction, biosensors, and the surface-enhanced Raman detection of aflatoxin are also reviewed in this paper.