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The effect of acidification and heat treatment of raw red mud (RM) and fly ash (FA) on the sorption of phosphate was studied in parallel experiments. The result shows that a higher efficiency of phosphate removal was acquired by the activated samples than by the raw ones. The sample prepared by using the RM stirred with 0.25 M HCl for 2 h (RM0.25), as well as another sample prepared by heating the RM at 700• C for 2 h (RM700), registered the maximum removal of phosphate (99% removal of phosphate). This occurred when they were used in the phosphate sorption studies conducted at pH 7.0 and 25• C with the initial PO 4 3− concentration of 155 mg P/l. The FA samples treated in the same way described above can achieve 7.0 and 8.2 mg P/l phosphate removal for FA0.25 and FA700 respectively, corresponding to 45.2% and 52.9% removal. The activated materials performed higher phosphate removal over broader pH range compared with the raw ones. The influences of various factors, such as initial pH and initial phosphate concentration on the sorption capacity were also studied in batch equilibration technique. Solution pH significantly influenced the sorption. Each sample achieved the maximal removal of phosphate at pH 7.0. The amount of phosphate removal increased with the solute concentration. The Freundlich and Langmuir models were used to simulate the sorption equilibrium. The results indicate that the Langmuir model has a better correlation with the experimental data than the Freundlich model.

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Selective preparation of pyridine derivatives from two different alkynes and a nitrile was achieved by a novel procedure in which an alkyne and a nitrile couple first to give an azazirconacyclopentadiene followed by reaction with the second alkyne in the presence of 1 equiv of NiCl(2)(PPh(3))(2). This procedure gives only single products of pyridine derivatives from two different symmetrical alkynes and a nitrile. Our novel procedure can be used even with two similar alkyl-substituted alkynes such as 3-hexyne and 4-octyne. Two possible pyridine isomers from 3-hexyne, 4-octyne, and acetonitrile could be completely and independently prepared as single products by this method. The origin of the selectivity comes from the addition order of two different alkynes. This method was applied for the formation of pyridones and iminopyridines using isocyanate and carbodiimide derivatives instead of nitriles, respectively. Reaction of an alkyne with Cp(2)ZrEt(2) and an isocyanate or a carbodiimide gives an azazirconacycle. Treatment of the azazirconacycle with the second alkyne in the presence of 1 equiv of NiCl(2)(PPh(3))(2) gave a pyridone or an iminopyridine derivative. The use of two different unsymmetrical alkynes afforded the pyridine with five different substituents when the first alkyne has a trialkylsilyl group and the second alkyne has a phenyl group as functional groups. On the other hand, azazirconacyclopentadienes reacted with propargyl bromide in the presence of CuCl with excellent regioselectivity to give tetrasubstituted pyridine derivatives as single products. With the assistance of the trialkylsilyl groups, pyridines with all different substituents including H were also prepared.

Zirconacyclopentadienes, prepared from two alkynes or a diyne, reacted with the alkyl-, trimethylsilyl-, or alkoxy-substituted third alkyne as well as an alkyne with an electron-withdrawing group in the presence of a stoichiometric amount of NiBr 2 (PPh 3 ) 2 to give benzene derivatives in good yields. Heteroatom-containing diynes such as dipropargylbenzylamine and propargyl-homopropargylbenzylamine gave isoindoline and tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives in good to high yields. This procedure was also used for the selective preparation of benzene derivatives from three different alkynes. The use of trimethylsilyl-substituted alkyne as the first, second or third alkyne afforded desilylated benzene derivatives. The reaction of zirconacyclopentadienes with allenes gave benzene derivatives as a mixture of two isomers.

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