The first issue of International Journal of Chemistry (IJC), published by the International Book House is dedicated to Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, father of modern Indian Chemistry who not only laid the foundation of chemical education and research in India but is also revered as the founder of the Indian chemical industry.
The year 2011 was celebrated as the 150th Birth Anniversary of Acharya Ray which by coincidence also happened to be the "International Year of Chemistry" as declared by IUPAC and UNESCO.
Prof Gurunath Mukherjee who has adorned the Sir Rashbehary Ghosh Professorship of Chemistry at University of Calcutta has written a special article as a tribute to the life and contributions of Sir P C Ray in this issue.
IJC , a quarterly, is a peer reviewed journal of chemistry with an editorial board comprising experts and scholars in the chemical sciences. It publishes full length research papers, short communications, review articles and book reviews covering all areas of chemistry including environmental chemistry.
The inaugural issue (IJC Vol.1(1)- January-March 2012) carries a number of quality research papers such as “Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles in viscous solvents: A y-radiolytic study” by Bharti, Sudhir Kapoor and Tulsi Mukherjee; “On-line capillary flow system for the selective determination of glucose via two-step immobilized enzymatic reactions”by Lee Wah Lim, Yoshitaka Nakashima, Toyohide Takeuchi; “Solvent extraction Separation of Zinc(II) by Acetyl Derivative of Calix(6)Arene by Yogita S Thakare, Dipalee D Malkhede, Shripad M. Khopkar; “Oxidation Studies of Aliphatic Secondary Alcohols by Imidazolium Fluorochromate: A Kinetic and Mechanistic Approach” by
Deepika Sharma, P. Pancharia, Shweta Vyas, L. Kotai and Pradeep K. Sharma; “Application of Topology in calculation of Bond Order” by A.Y. Desai, P. M. Badani, S. Roy and A. D. Sawant; “Spectral, Thermal and Antibacterial Properties of Some Mixed Ligand Complexes of Lanthanides (III) Derived from Semicarbazone and Pyridine-N-Oxide” by Ram K. Agarwal and N. K. Sharma; “Oxidation of some Organic Sulfides by Tetrakis (pyridine) Silver Dichromate:A Kinetic & Mechanistic Approach” by A.K. Meena, A. Daiya, A. Sharma, J. Banerji, S. Sajo, L. Kotai and Vinita Sharma; “Study of Abrine as a chemical marker for Abrus precatorius plants of Indian origin using LC MS/MS” by Shruti Raju, Rashi Kochhar, Shailendra Rane, Deepti Bhandarkar, Ajit Datar, Zhan Zhaoqi; “Antimicrobial activity assessment of certain Anilide Derivatives: A DFT study” by Altaf Hussain Pandith and Nasarul Islam; “Study of Seasonal variation in Physico-Chemical parameters and corrosion indices in and around Surat City” by Viral H Raual and G M Malik; “Structural studies of some transition metal complexes of derivative of Phenylazo acetoacetanilide (MePAAC)” by Deepa. D. Parab and A. Y. Desai; “Study of thermodynamically unstable intermediates being kinetically stable” by R. Sanjeev and V. Jagannadhan.
The review articles inlude “Triboluminescent Research Review of Europium Dibenzoylmethide Triethylammonium (EuD4TEA) and Related Materials by Kamala N. Bhat, Ross S. Fontenot, William A. Hollerman and Mohan D. Aggarwal; “Ozone for Drinking and Waste water Treatment and for Value Added Products” by S.B. Jonnalagadda, V.S.R. Pullabhotla, S. Maddila and Estelle C. Chetty and “Current research on decomposition and transformation of explosives in environment by some higher plants and cyperraceae” by Do Ngoc Khue, Vu Due Loi, Tran Van Chung, Do Bihn Minh, Pham Kien Cuong and I. Francis Cheng.