Physicochemical and Spectroscopic Characterization of p-Chlorobenzaldehyde: An Impact of Biofield Energy Treatment

What is it about?

p-Chlorobenzaldehyde (p-CBA) is used as an important chemical intermediate for the preparation of pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, dyestuffs, optical brighteners, and metal finishing products. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of biofield energy treatment on the physicochemical and spectroscopic properties of p-CBA. The study was accomplished in two groups i.e. control and treated. The control group was remained as untreated, while the treated group was subjected to Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment. Finally, both the samples (control and treated) were evaluated using various analytical techniques. The surface area analysis showed a substantial increase in the surface area by 23.06% after biofield treatment with respect to the control sample. The XRD analysis showed the crystalline nature of both control and treated samples. The X-ray diffractogram showed the significant alteration in the peak intensity in treated sample as compared to the control. The XRD analysis showed the slight increase (2.31%) in the crystallite size of treated sample as compared to the control. The TGA analysis exhibited the decrease (10%) in onset temperature of thermal degradation form 140°C (control) to 126°C in treated sample. The Tmax (maximum thermal degradation temperature) was slightly decreased (2.14%) from 157.09°C (control) to 153.73°C in treated sample of p-CBA. This decrease in Tmax was possibly due to early phase of vaporization in treated sample as compared to the control. The FT-IR spectrum of treated p-CBA showed the increase in wavenumber of C=C stretching as compared to the control. The UV spectroscopic study showed the similar pattern of wavelength in control and treated samples. Altogether, the surface area, XRD, TGA-DTG and FT-IR analysis suggest that Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment has the impact to alter the physicochemical properties of p-CBA. This treated p-CBA could be utilized as a better chemical intermediate than the control p-CBA for the synthesis of pharmaceutical drugs and organic chemicals.

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Why is it important?

p-Chlorobenzaldehyde (p-CBA) is an organic compound comprising of benzene ring with formyl and chlorine substituents at 1 and 4 positions, respectively. The p-CBA is used as an important reaction intermediate for the manufacturing of several pharmaceutical drugs and agricultural chemicals [1]. It is used in the production of triphenyl methane and related dyes. It is also used for optical brighteners and metal finishing products [1,2]. The p-CBA is commercially produced by side-chain chlorination of p-CBA followed by acid hydrolysis [3]. The p-CBA along with p-chloroaniline is used for the synthesis of Schiff base. The Schiff bases are versatile imine (C=N) containing compounds having broad spectrum of biological activities [4]. The incorporation of metals in Schiff base in the form of metal complexes exhibited some degree of biological activities like antifungal [5], antibacterial [6], anticancer [7], and anti-inflammatory activity [8]. As p-CBA used as an important reaction intermediate, its rate of reaction plays a crucial role. The literature suggests that any alteration in crystallite size and surface area can affect the kinetics of reaction [9]. Moreover, the thermal properties i.e. vaporization temperature, decomposition temperature of chemical compound also affect the reaction kinetics [10]. Therefore, considering the importance of p-CBA, it is important to discover an alternate and safe approach, which can improve the overall physicochemical properties of compound. Recently, biofield energy treatment has been reported to alter the physicochemical as well as spectral properties of various organic compounds and pharmaceutical drugs [11-13]. The National Institute of Health/National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NIH/NCCAM) conceived the healing energy (putative energy fields) treatment under the subcategory of energy therapies [14]. It is reported that human body is permeated and surrounded with the bioenergetic field (subtle energy field) [15]. The health of living organism depends on the balance of this bioenergetics field. In the diseased situation, this bioenergetics field gets depleted [16]. The experts of energy medicine manipulate and balance this bioenergetics field via harnessing the energy from the Universe [17]. Thus, the human (expert of energy medicine) has the ability to harness the energy from the Universe and transfer it to any living or nonliving object to balance or re-pattern the electromagnetic energy field [18]. The objects always receive this energy and respond in the useful way [19]. The biofield energy therapy is being practiced in the form of healing therapy or therapeutic touch throughout the world and especially in the western countries [20,21]. It is estimated that about 36% of Americans regularly uses some form of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) [22]. The biofield energy treatment is effectively used to stimulate the overall health of human being by reducing the pain and anxiety [23,24]. Mr. Trivedi is well known for his unique biofield energy treatment (The Trivedi Effect®) that has been evaluated in numerous arenas like agricultural research [25], biotechnology research [26], microbiology research [27,28], pharmaceutical sciences [13,19], and materials science [29,30]. Hence, based on the prominent impact of biofield energy treatment and significance of p-CBA as a chemical intermediate, the present study was aimed to evaluate the effect of Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment on the physicochemical and spectroscopic properties of p-CBA. The analysis was done using surface area analyzer, X-ray diffractometry (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis-derivative thermogravimetry (TGA-DTG), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, and UV-Vis spectrometry.

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