Effect of water on the enzymatic synthesis of vinyl sugar ester in hydrophilic organic solvent

The transesterification of divinyl adipate with glucose in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) catalyzed by alkaline protease from Streptomyces sp. and Bacillus subtilis at various water contents were examined. The enzymatic reaction by the Bacillus protease was carried out effectively in the presence of more than 2% of water, and a maximum reaction rate was observed at a water content of 20%. On the other hand, the reaction by the Streptomyces protease proceeded more effectively without the addition of water than in the presence of water. These results suggest that optimum water content is different, depending on the kind of enzyme protein used.

The effect of water on the enzymatic synthesis of vinyl glucose ester catalyzed by protease from Bacillus subtilis (B) in DMF. The reaction conditions are outlined in the Experimental Part .     

Complex Formation of Crown Ethers with Cations in the Water–Organic Solvent Mixtures. Part VII. Thermodynamic of Interactions of Na+ Ion with 15-Crown-5 Ether in the Mixture of Water with N,N-Dimethylacetamide at 298.15 K

The thermodynamic functions of the complex formation of 15-crown-5 ether with sodium cation in mixtures of water with N,N-dimethylacetamide at 298.15K are calculated. The equilibrium constants of complex formation of 15-crown-5 ether with sodium cation have been determined by conductivity measurements. The enthalpic effect of complex formation has been measured by a calorimetric method at 298.15K. The complexes are enthalpy-stabilized but entropy-destabilized in this mixed solvent. A quantitative dependence of the excess molar enthalpy and entropy of complex formation on the structural and energetic properties of interactions between water and organic solvent molecules in the mixtures of water with N,N-dimethylacetamide, N,N-dimethylformamide and dimethylsulfoxide has been found. The linear entropy–enthalpy relationship for complex formation is also presented. The solvation enthalpy of the complex in the water–N,N-dimethylacetamide mixtures is discussed.     

Swelling behavior of amphiphilic hydrogels of copolymers of the vinyl ether of ethylene glycol and vinyl isobutyl ether,and their interaction with cationic surfactant

Amphiphilic hydrogels of copolymers of the vinyl ether of ethylene glycol and vinyl isobutyl ether were synthesized by -radiation-induced free radical polymerization. Hydrogels with certain copolymer compositions showed thermo-sensitive behavior in aqueous solutions. The swelling behavior of the hydrogels in cetylpyridinium bromide aqueous solution was studied. Increased swelling of the hydrogels was observed in the surfactant solutions. The increased swelling was more prominent for the hydrogels with a higher content of hydrophobic moiety in the copolymer composition, and with higher surfactant concentration. The reason for this phenomenon is discussed. Treatment of some hydrogels in the surfactant solutions resulted in higher swelling ability in distilled water with distinct thermo-induced contraction over a narrow temperature interval.     

Dependence of the activity of a rhizopus lipase on microemulsion composition

Enzymatic hydrolysis of a model triglyceride, palm oil, was carried out with lipase fromRhizopus sp. in microemulsions with varying water content. The microemulsions were based on a nonionic surfactant, pentaethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C12 EO5), buffered water solution and an oil component consisting of isooctane and palm oil at a weight ratio of 20:1. The structure of the microemulsions was characterized using Fourier transform pulsed-gradient spin-echo¹H NMR. The rate of reaction decreased as the water content of the reaction medium was increased. The self-diffusion coefficient of water, D_w was found to be constant within the interval 1–20% water. The difference in reactivity is believed to be due to a difference in structure of the palisade layer between water and hydrocarbon microdomains. The nonionic surfactant was demonstrated to be unsuitable for enzymatic reactions since only partial hydrolysis was obtained in all experiments. The surfactant, however, did not cause enzyme deactivation, even at very high concentrations.     

Determination of Benzimidazole Fungicides by HPLC with Fluorescence Detection After Micellar Extraction

An analytical method was developed to determine the benzimidazole fungicides and their residues (benomyl, carbendazim, thiabendazole and fuberidazole) in real water samples. Analyses were performed by reverse phase (RP) HPLC with direct fluorescence detection with mobile phase methanol:water, 40:60 (v/v) with 0.6% (v/v) ammonia. The extraction of analytes from water samples was performed with the use of micellar systems. Specifically, oligoethylene glycol monoalkyl ether (Genapol X-080) and polyoxyethylene 10 lauryl ether (POLE) were used as extractants. The recoveries of fungicides obtained in spiked water samples ranged from 68% to 94% for Genapol and from 68% to 96% for POLE. The limit of detection (LOD) was lower than 6 g L^–1 for carbendazim, 7 g L^–1 benomyl, 0.15 g L^–1 for thiabendazole and 0.01 g L^–1 for fuberidazole in both surfactants.     

Direct Synthesis of PVA‐g‐PDMS in Microsuspension

The synthesis of P(VA‐co‐VAc)‐graft‐PDMS copolymers has been achieved in microsuspension by direct reaction between an epoxy‐terminated PDMS and some pendant alcohol groups in P(VA‐co‐VAc). In this synthesis, the copolymer is used both as dispersant and reactant. The hydrophilic/hydrophobic character of the final material can be varied at will by incorporating various contents of epoxy‐functionalized PDMS through optimized reaction conditions. The final composition was determined by TGA and ¹H NMR. Products prepared from monofunctional PDMS were easily redispersed in water whereas a film of crosslinked materials, arising from difunctional PDMS, showed the best waterproofing as shown by contact angle analysis.

     

Reaction of 4,4′-dimethyldiphenyl ether with phosphorus trichloride in the presence of anhydrous aluminum chloride

The reaction of 4,4-dimethyldiphenyl ether with phosphorus trichloride in the presence of anhydrous aluminum chloride was studied. This reaction affords 2,8-dimethyl-10H-10⁵-phenoxaphosphine 10-oxide as virtually the only product. In air, the latter in an alkaline solution is quantitatively transformed into 10-hydroxy-2,8-dimethyl-10H-10⁵-phenoxaphosphine 10-oxide.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2762–2765, December, 2004.     

Synthesis and properties of 10-hydroxy-10-oxo-10<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>-10λ<Superscript>5</Superscript>-phenoxaphosphine-2,8-dicarboxylic acid and related polybenzoimidazoles

Oxidation of 10-hydroxy-2,8-dimethyl-10H-10⁵-phenoxaphosphine 10-oxide (1) with potassium permanganate in an alkaline medium afforded 10-hydroxy-10-oxo-10H-10⁵-phenoxaphosphine-2,8-dicarboxylic acid (2). The latter exists as a stable crystal hydrate containing two water molecules. With the aim of examining the possibility of performing the synthesis of polybenzoazoles based on acid 2, the model reaction of the latter with o-phenylenediamine in polyphosphoric acid (PPA) was studied. New high-molecular-weight phosphorus-containing polybenzoimidazoles were prepared by the reaction of 2 with various aromatic tetraamines in PPA and Eatons reagent.     

Reaction mechanisms in peptide synthesis. Part 1. Semiquantitative characteristics of the reactivity of 2-methyl-5(4H)-oxazolone with water and ammonia in the gas phase and weakly polar media

Summary 2,4-Dialkyl-5(4H)-oxazolones are well-recognized intermediates in some aminolysis reactions in peptide synthesis. Using the MOPAC molecular orbital programs, detailed geometric and energetic characteristics of the elementary reaction pathways for the additions of water and ammonia to 2-methyl-5(4H)-oxazolone have been determined at the AM1 level. The results demonstrate that the additions must be parsed into a two-step mechanism involving formation of the -hydroxyimine followed by tautomerization to the parent N-acetylamino acid or amide.     

Acid–Base Behavior in Supercritical Water: β-Naphthoic Acid–Ammonia Equilibrium

Equilibrium constants for the reaction of -naphthoic acid and ammonia, K _BHA, were measured with UV-vis spectroscopy in water from 25°C to 400°C. At high density K _BHA decreases with temperature, the normal behavior for an exothermic reaction of a stronger acid and base to a weaker acid and base. At low density, the reaction becomes endothermic as the solvation of the ionic products becomes weaker. These data were combined with literature results for the dissociation of water and ammonia to determine equilibrium constants for the dissociation of -naphthoic acid and the reaction of -naphthoic acid and OH^- Whereas the density (and dielectric constant) of water have only a modest effect on the isocoulombic reaction of -naphthoic acid and OH^-, they have a large effect on all of the other reactions which are ionogenic.     

Stabilities in water and transfer activity coefficients from water to nonaqueous solvents of 15-crown-5 and 16-crown-5-metal ion complexes

Stability constants of 1 : 1 16-crown-5 (16C5)-metal ion complexes were determined in water at 25°C by conductometry and potentiometry with ion-selective electrodes. The selectivity sequences of 16C5 in water for univalent and bivalent metal ions are Ag⁺ > Na⁺ Tl⁺ > K⁺ and Sr²⁺ > Ba²⁺ Pb²⁺, respectively. The stability of a given 16C5-metal ion complex in water is much lower than might be expected on the basis of the solvation power (i.e. relative solubility of the metal ion) of water for the metal ion. The same tendency is observed for the cases of 15-crown-5 (15C5) -metal ion complexes. Transfer activity coefficients () of 15C5 and 16C5 for tetradecane (TD)/water, TD/methanol, TD/acetonitrile, and propylene carbonate/water systems were determined at 25°C. From these data, contributions of a methylene group and an ether oxygen atom to the log value of a crown ether were then obtained. The values from water to acetonitrile, propylene carbonate, and methanol of 15C5- and 16C5-univalent metal ion complexes were calculated, s, M⁺, and L being a solvent, a univalent metal ion, and a crown ether, respectively. The log value is greater than the corresponding log value. The log values are negative. This indicates that, although the M^- ions are more soluble in water than in the nonaqueous solvents, when the crown ether forms a complex with the M⁺ ion, the complex becomes more soluble in the nonaqueous solvents than in water, compared with the free crown ether. It was concluded from this finding that the unexpectedly low stability of the crown ether-M⁺ complex in water is attributed to strong hydrogen bonding between ether oxygen atoms of the free crown ether and water.     

f-Element/crown ether complexes 2. The synthesis and crystal structure of Y(NO3)3(12-crown-4)

Y(NO₃)₃(12-crown-4) was prepared via reaction of the crown ether and Y(NO₃)₃·nH₂O in acetonitrile. Y(NO₃)₃(12-crown-4) crystallizes in the monoclinic space groupP2₁/c witha=12.084(5),b=8.524(4),c=15.150(6) Å, =91.62(3)⁰ andD _calc=1.92 g cm^–3 forZ=4. The structure was refined by least-squares to a final conventionalR value of 0.105 using 1249 independent observed reflections [I3(I)]. The title compound is isostructural with its Eu(III) analog. The yttrium ion is ten-coordinate, bonded to three bidentate nitrate groups and to the four oxygens of the crown ether. The coordination polyhedron is best described as a 4A, 6B-extended dodecahedron. The Y-O(nitrate) and Y-O(ether) separations average 2.44(5) and 2.46(4) Å, respectively.Supplementary Data relating to this article are deposited with the British Library as Supplementary Publication No. SUP 82040 (10 pages).For Part 1 see reference [6]     

From Polyesters to Polyamides Via O?N Acyl Migration: An Original Multi‐Transfer Reaction

A new strategy for the synthesis of polyamides from polyesters of hydroxyl‐containing amino acids using a multi O N acyl transfer reaction was developed. This original approach allowed the synthesis of three generations of polymers from the same starting monomer. The polymerization of N‐benzyloxycarbonyl‐serine and its γ‐homologated derivative provided the Z‐protected polyesters; then the water‐soluble polycationic polyesters were obtained by removal of the Z‐protecting group; and finally the polyamides were obtained by a base‐induced multi O N acyl transfer, both in aqueous or organic medium. The key step transfer reaction was monitored by the disappearance and appearance of characteristic NMR proton signals and IR bands of polyesters and polyamides.

     

Synthesis of formyl derivatives of benzodiazacrown ethers and benzocryptands

A simple and convenient procedure was developed for the synthesis of formyl derivatives of benzodiazacrown ethers and benzocryptands by condensation of 3,4-bis(2-iodoethoxy)benzaldehyde with ,-oligooxaalkanediamines or diazacrown ethers in the presence of alkali metal carbonates under high-dilution conditions in various organic solvents and their mixtures with water. In the reactions giving rise to diazacrown ethers, alkali metal cations exhibit the negative template effect resulting in a decrease in the yield of the target product if the size of the cation matches well the size of the cavity of the crown ether formed. An N,N"-bis(carboxymethyl) derivative was prepared from the formyl derivative of benzodiaza-18-crown-6.     

f-Element/crown ether complexes: 21. Conformational changes in metal complexed versus hydrogen bonded benzo-15-crown-5 in the structure of [Y(OH2)3(NCMe)-(benzo-15-crown-5)][ClO4]3·benzo-15-crown-5·CH3CN

Crystalline [Y(OH₂)₃(NCMe)(benzo-15-crown-5)][ClO₄]₃·benzo-15-crown-5-CH₃CN can be obtained by slowly cooling a reaction mixture of Y(ClO₄)₃·n H₂O with benzo-15-crown-5 in a solution of acetonitrile and methanol (3 : 1) from 60°C to room temperature. The crystal structure of this complex has been determined at –150 and 20°C. The complex is triclinic,P . At –150°C the cell parameters area = 11.986(4),b = 12.071(7),c = 16.364(5) Å, = 93.56(3), = 98.68(3), = 109.68(4)°, vol = 2187 ų, andD _calc = 1.61 g cm^–3 forZ = 2 formula units. 3633 independently observed [F _o 5(F _o)] reflections were used in the final least-squares refinement leading to an agreement index ofR = 0.048. The Y(III) ion coordination geometry approximates a tricapped trigonal prism with three water molecules and three benzo-15-crown-5 oxygen atoms forming the prism, with the two remaining benzo-15-crown-5 oxygen atoms and the acetonitrile molecule completing the coordination as capping atoms. The three water molecules hydrogen bond a second crown ether molecule and two of the perchlorate anions. The two acetonitrile molecules have contacts with perchlorate oxygen atoms close enough for some weak interaction. One perchlorate is ordered, one is partially disordered as is the coordinated solvent molecule, and the third anion is totally disordered. The two unique crown ether molecules have distinctively different conformations.For Part 20, see reference [1].     

Mechanism and Kinetics of Reactions of C1 Molecules on Cu-Based Catalysts

The mechanism and kinetics of reactions occurring in the course of natural gas processing into motor fuels and other chemical products are considered with emphasis on copper-based catalysts. The following reactions are considered: methanol and methyl formate syntheses, dimethyl ether synthesis from syngas and by methanol dehydration, water-gas shift reaction, steam reforming of methanol and its decomposition to produce syngas, and others. It is shown that a key role in the mechanisms of the above reactions belong to transformations of stable, strongly (irreversibly) chemisorbed species, and this fact determines the specific features of the schemes of their mechanisms and kinetic models. The use of the specific features of reaction mechanisms makes it possible to increase the process efficiency (methanol and dimethyl ether syntheses) and provide a high selectivity (methyl formate synthesis).     

Chemical Modification of Chitosan, 17

The Michael reaction of chitosan with acrylic acid was carried out successfully, even in water alone as the reaction medium. As a consequence of its good solubility in water, the reaction product, N‐carboxyethylchitosan, showed excellent biodegradable properties with standard activated sludge.

     

Synthesis of heterocycles on the basis of products of addition of polyhaloalkanes to unsaturated systems.

Oximes of 3,3-dichloropropenal and 4,4,4-trifluoro-3-chloro-1-butenal were obtained on the basis of products of free-radical addition of CCl₄ and CF₃CCl₃ to vinyl butyl ether. Generation of the corresponding nitrile oxides from these oximes and reaction of the nitrile oxides in situ with vinyl butyl ether, phenylacetylene, and propargyl alcohol via the scheme of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition are proposed as a method for the synthesis of isoxazoles containing ,-dichlorovinyl and -trifluoromethyl--chlorovinyl substituents in the 3 position.See [1] for Communication 1.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1250–1255, September, 1990.     

Efficient entry to 1-benzoxepine ring skeleton via tandem SN2/Wittig reaction. Total synthesis of NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) antagonist pterulinic acid

Concise synthesis of NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) antagonist pterulinic acid (1a) is reported. The key architectural framework in the natural product, 1-benzoxepine ring skeleton, was smoothly prepared from known salicylaldehyde 2g and phosphorane 3 via tandem S_N2/Wittig reaction. Pterulinic acid was prepared in 5 steps from 2g with overall yield of 25%. The versatility of tandem S_N2/Wittig reaction was investigated. This tandem reaction tolerated various alkyl, ether, tertiaryamine and nitro substituted salicylaldehyde, and it gave the corresponding 1-benzoxepine ring skeleton in moderated yield (21-72%).     

Effect of Plasticizer on the Performance of the Surfactant-Selective Electrode Based on a Poly(Vinyl Chloride) Membrane with no Added Ion-Exchanger

The effect of different plasticizers in the sensing membrane on the performance of a surfactant ISE based on a PVC membrane with no added ion-exchanger was investigated. o-nitrophenyl octyl ether (NPOE), o-nitrophenyl decyl ether (NPDE), o-nitrophenyl dodecyl ether (NPDOE) and o-nitrophenyl tetradecyl ether (NPTE) were used as plasticizers. Electrodes based on NPDE, NPDOE and NPTE produced better results than NPOE-plasticized PVC membrane electrodes in terms of low detection limits. Electrodes based on NPDE, NPDOE and NPTE displayed a Nernstian slope in the concentration range of 10^–6 to 10^–2M. NPOE-plasticized PVC membrane electrodes displayed a Nernstian slope in the concentration range of 10^–5 to 10^–2M. The three electrodes other than the NPOE-plasticized PVC membrane electrode showed a similar performance to that of the NPOE-plasticized PVC membrane electrode concerning low detection limits and slope sensitivity. The four electrodes examined in this study are excellently selective for the dodecyltrimethylammonium ion over inorganic anions, but interference from other cationic surfactants such as tetradecyltrimethylammonium ions is significant. With respect to slope sensitivity, selectivity, response time and pH effect, the four electrodes showed a similar performance.