2,4,5-Triphenyl-1-(prop-2-en-1-yl)-1H-imidazole.

In the title compound, C24H20N2, one of the ring C atoms and one of the ring N atoms are disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.615 (3):0.385 (3) ratio. The two parts of the disordered imidazole ring adopt an envelope conformation, with the undisordered ring N atom as the flap, displaced by -0.118 (6) and 0.226 (7) Å, respectively, in the two disorder components from the plane through the other ring atoms. The crystal structure features C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds and C-H⋯π inter-actions, which lead to the formation of infinite chains along [010].

[Determination of minimal concentrations of biocorrosion inhibitors by a bioluminescence method in relation to bacteria, participating in biocorrosion].

By using a bioluminescence ATP assay, we have determined the minimal concentrations of some biocorrosion inhibitors (Katon, Khazar, VFIKS-82, Nitro-1, Kaspii-2, and Kaspii-4) suppressing most common microbial corrosion agents: Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, Desulfovibrio vulgaris, Pseudomonas putida, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. The cell titers determined by the bioluminescence method, including not only dividing cells but also their dormant living counterparts, are two- to sixfold greater than the values determined microbiologically. It is shown that the bioluminescence method can be applied to determination of cell titers in samples of oil-field waters in the presence of iron ions (up to 260 mM) and iron sulfide (to 186 mg/l) and in the absence or presence of biocidal corrosion inhibitors.