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Investigations on thermal behavior of drug samples such as acyclovir and zidovudine are interesting not only for obtaining stability information for their processing in pharmaceutical industry but also for predicting their shelf lives and suitable storage conditions. The present work describes thermal behaviors and decomposition kinetics of acyclovir and zidovudine in solid state, studied by some thermal analysis techniques including differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and simultaneous thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis (TG/DTA). TG analysis revealed that thermal degradation of the acyclovir and zidovudine is started at the temperatures of 400°C and 190°C, respectively. Meanwhile, TG-DTA analysis of acyclovir indicated that this drug melts at about 256°C. However, melting of zidovudine occurred at 142°C, which is 100°C before starting its decomposition (242°C). Different heating rates were applied to study the DSC behavior of drug samples in order to compute their thermokinetic and thermodynamic parameters by non-isothermal kinetic methods. Thermokinetic data showed that both drugs at the room temperature have slow degradation reaction rates and long shelf lives. However, acyclovir is considerably more thermally stable than zidovudine.

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In this research synthesis, purification and characterization of six long-chain imidazolium based ionic liquids (ILs) including C 10 , C 12 , and C 14 alkyl chain with chloride and NTf 2 anions was investigated. All of these studied ILs were characterized using NMR, CHNSO, and DSC, and some impurities such as water, chloride, and metal contents were reported. The temperature dependence of some physicochemical properties such as density, dynamic and kinematic viscosity, refractive index, surface tension, and thermal stability of the synthesized ILs were also studied in the range 283.15 to 363.15 K, and the results were compared with those from the literature. Moreover, using the measured data, the thermal expansion coefficient and molar polarizability of the ILs were calculated. On the other hand the effects of alkyl chain length and anion were explained. The results revealed that although the refractive indices and viscosities increased as alkyl chain length increased, the density and surface tension results were reciprocally decreased. Besides, the results suggest that the synthesized ILs were the best choice as fuel additives.

Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is widely used as gasoline oxygenate and octane number enhancer for more complete combustion in order to reduce the air pollution caused by motor vehicle exhaust. The possible adverse effects of MTBE on human health are of major public concern. However, information on the metabolism of MTBE in human tissues is scarce. The present study demonstrates that human cytochrome P450 2A6 is able to metabolize MTBE to tert-butyl alcohol (TBA), a major circulating metabolite and marker for exposure to MTBE. As CYP2A6 is known to be constitutively expressed in human livers, we infer that it may play a significant role in metabolism of gasoline ethers in liver tissue.