Thermodynamics of surfactant-dye complex formation in aqueous solutions. Sodium alkyl sulfates and azo oil dye systems

Thermodynamics of surfactant-dye complex formation have been studied, in terms of equilibrium coefficient, using a spectrophotometer. The systems are 6 sodium alkyl sulfates, which have different alkyl chain lengths, and 4-phenylazo-1-naphthylamine. A pronounced spectral change in the dye solution occurs on addition of the surfactant; the change has a definite isosbestic point and a new absorption band at 535 nm because of surfactant-dye complex formation, which is caused by hydrophilic-hydrophilic interaction. As the alkyl chain length in the surfactant increases, the values of free energy change (negative) increase, while the value of enthalpy change (negative) increases and the value of entropy change (positive) decreases. The longer the alkyl chain length in surfactant increase, the more stable the surfactant-dye complex becomes.Surfactant-dye complex will form due to hydrophilic-hydrophilic interaction and will become more stable due to hydrophobic-hydrophobic interaction.     

Micellar size, shape and counterion binding of N-(1,1-Dihydroperfluoroalkyl)-N,N,N-trimethylammonium chloride in aqueous solutions

Under the limiting conditions, light-scattering method was applied to determine the size and shape of fluorinated micellar structure in aqueous solution. The hydrodynamic radii (r _h) of molecular aggregates were investigated for four amphiphiles with different alkyl chain length: N-(1,1-dihydroperfluorooctyl)-, N-(1,1-dihydroperfluorodecyl)-, N-(1,1-dihydroperfluorododecyl)-, and N-(1,1-dihydroperfluorotetradecyl)-N,N,N-trimethylammonium chloride by dynamic light scattering. Size of these molecular aggregates drastically increased with increasing carbon number of alkyl chain and the concentration. For example, the r _h values were 35, 63, 95, and 136 nm for C8, C10, C12, and C14 of the alkyl chain, respectively, at the concentration of 15× critical micelle concentration (cmc) and at 298.2 K. On the other hand, the mean radius of gyration (r _g) and the apparent molecular weight of these aggregates were measured using static light scattering. The r _g value was found to be 34, 73, and 125 nm for C8, C10, and C12 of the alkyl chain, respectively, at the same condition above. The shape of aggregate was analyzed by comparing the dependence of r _g/r _h with theoretical values. The plots of r _g against r _h almost corresponded with the theoretical line of oblate ellipsoid (disk-like), and which was also expected from calculation of packing parameter value. The measurement for chloride ion activity was made by a chloride ion selective electrode to know the degree of counterion binding to the aggregates, whose values increased with increasing total concentration and with the carbon number of alkyl chain. The chloride ion binding to aggregates neutralized cationic head groups under their electrostatic repulsion and partly promoted the growth of aggregates.     

Interfacial properties of branch-tailed fluorinated surfactants yielding a water/supercritical CO2 microemulsion

We have examined the interfacial properties of several fluorinated surfactants in a water/CO2 mixture with a pendant drop tensiometer and revealed the relationships between the interfacial properties, the surfactant structure, and the microemulsifying power. We employed the following Aerosol-OT analogue surfactants that have two fluorinated tails: bis(1H,1H,5H-octafluoropentyl)-2-sulfosuccinate (di-HCF4), sodium bis(1H,1H,9H-hexadecafluorononyl)-2-sulfosuccinate (di-HCF8), sodium bis(1H,1H,2H,2H-heptadecafluorodecyl)-2-sulfosuccinate (8FS(EO)2), and sodium bis((1H,1H,2H,2H-heptadecafluorodecyl)-oxyethylene)-2-sulfosuccinate (8FS(EO)4). To discuss the effect of the fluorocarbon/hydrocarbon ratio in single surfactant molecules, water/CO2 interfacial tension (IFT) of a hybrid surfactant with one fluorocarbon and one hydrocarbon tail, that of a surfactant with a single fluorinated tail, and that of a hydrocarbon surfactant, Aerosol-OT (AOT), were examined. The hybrid surfactant employed was sodium 1-oxo-1-[4-(tridecafluorohexyl)phenyl]-2-hexanesulfonate (FC6-HC4), and the single-tailed surfactant was perfluoropolyether ammonium carboxylate (PFPECOONH4, CF3CF2(CF2OCF(CF3))4COONH4). All of the fluorinated AOT analogue surfactants exhibited an excellent level of activity at the water/CO2 interface compared with other fluorinated surfactants and AOT. With a larger hydrocarbon chain number in the CO2-philic tails (i.e., from 0 to 2), the IFT of the AOT analogue surfactants was increased. The area occupied by one surfactant molecule at the water/CO2 interface, A, and the critical microemulsion concentration, cmicroc, were determined and used to examine the water-to-surfactant molar ratio within a reversed micelle, W0c, of the surfactants. The surfactants that form W/scCO2 microemulsions with a large W0c were found to lower the interfacial tension efficiently irrespective of increases in temperature. To achieve the most desirable W0C, the surfactant needs not only a high CO2-philicity of the tails but also a high Krafft point, properties which induce a low hydrophilic/CO2-philic balance.     

Pyrene fluorescence measurements of metastable oil droplets in surfactant-free oil-in-water emulsions

 The fluorescence behavior of pyrene in oil droplets of a surfactant-free oil-in-water emulsion was studied for benzene, fluorobenzene, n-hexane and cyclohexane droplets in water. The excimer–monomer fluorescence ratio immediately after sonication, I _E/I _M(0), of the benzene/water emulsion was 8–10 times larger than for the benzene solution. The ratio I _E/I _M(t) increased in the first 10–20 min before it decreased to zero. Similar behavior was observed for the fluorobenzene/water emulsion, while I _E/I _M(0) for emulsions with n-hexane and cyclohexane was smaller than for benzene and fluorobenzene/water emulsions. I _E/I _M(t) hardly changed with time for the n-hexane and cyclohexane/water emulsions. This different behavior was attributed to the increased solubility of nanometer-size droplets with benzene and fluorobenzene. Received: 20 June 2001 Accepted: 19 April 2001     

Sequential flow-injection spectrophotometric determination of iron(II) and iron(III) by copper(II)-catalyzed reaction with Tiron

A flow injection method for the sequential determination of iron(II) and iron(III) was developed. It is based on the differential reaction kinetics of iron(II) and iron(III) with Tiron in a double-injection FI system. The proposed method employs the accelerating action of copper(II) for the oxidation of iron(II) in the presence of Tiron. A linear calibration graph is obtained for iron (II) and iron(III) in the concentration range 1.8 × 10^–5– 1.8 × 10^–4 mol/L; the throughput of samples is 30 injections/h.     

Synthesis and reactions of 2-chloro-3,4-dihydrothienopyrimidines and -quinazolines

Reaction of 2,4-dichlorothienopyrimidines and -quinazolines 1 with sodium borohydride gave the corresponding 2-chloro-3,4-dihydro derivatives 2. Some nucleophilic substitutions of 2b afforded 2-substituted derivatives 3b-7b and reaction of 2g,h with ethyl bromoacetate yielded selectively the corresponding 3-substituted compounds 8g,h which were derived to imidazo[2,1-b]quinazolin-2-ones 9g,h .     

Liquid chromatographic determination of polyamines in human urine based on intramolecular excimer-forming fluorescence derivatization using 4-(1-pyrene)butanoyl chloride

A liquid chromatographic method for highly sensitive and selective fluorometric determination of polyamines (putrescine, cadaverine, spermidine and spermine) in human urine is described. This method is based on an intramolecular excimer-forming fluorescence derivatization with a pyrene reagent, 4-(1-pyrene)butanoyl chloride (PBC), followed by reversed-phase liquid chromatography. The method offers higher sensitivity for determination of spermidine and spermine than previously reported method utilizing 4-(1-pyrene)butyric acid N-hydroxysuccinimide ester as a derivatization reagent. Samples containing free polyamines in diluted human urine were directly derivatized with PBC and separated on an octyl column. The derivatives were detected at excitation 345 and emission 475 nm wavelengths. For determination of total polyamine content, the conjugated polyamines were first hydrolyzed in 4 M HCl. The detection limits (signal-to-noise ratio = 3) for polyamines in urine were 1.1-3.4 pmol/mL. At optimized derivatization and chromatographic conditions, interferences such as biogenic monoamines gave no peaks or the peaks did not interfere with the peaks of polyamine derivatives. In conclusion, the present derivatization method allows direct determination of polyamines in human urine samples without the need for sample clean-up procedures.     

Selective uptake of toxic elements by an amorphous titanium dioxide ion exchanger

The ion-exchange selectivities for oxoanions of some toxic elements and halogens were studies on an amorphous hydrous titanium dioxide (Am-HTDO) as a function of OH^– and anion concentrations in chloride and nitrate media. The adsorption isotherm was of the Langmuir type. The selectivity sequence increased in the order of ClO ₃ ^– <BrO ₃ ^– <IO ₃ ^– SeO ₃ ^2– <TeO ₃ ^2– <As(OH) ₄ ^– . IO ₃ ^– was efficiently separated from ClO ₃ ^– and BrO ₃ ^– . As(OH) ₄ ^– and SeO ₃ ^2– were selectively separated from seawater. Such high selectivity of Am-HTDO may provide a new concentration technique of these toxic elements in environmental materials.Synthetic inorganic ion-exchange materials LIX.     

Flow-through micro sensor using immobilized peroxidase with chemiluminometric FIA system for determining hydrogen peroxide.

A micromachined flow cell (overall size; 25 x 25 x 1 mm3) was designed for the fast determination of hydrogen peroxide, based on a luminol-H2O2 chemiluminescence reaction catalyzed by immobilized peroxidase (POD). The flow cell consisted of a sandwich of anisotropically etched silicon and glass chips and contained a spiral channel (20 turns, 50 cm long, 150 microm wide, 20 microm depth, channel volume 1.4 microl) and two holes (1 mm diameter). POD was covalently immobilized with 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyldietylenetriamine and glutaraldehyde on the inner surface of the channel. The chip was placed in front of a window of a photomultiplier tube and used as a flow cell in a single-line flow-injection analysis system using a luminol solution as a carrier solution. The sample volume for one measurement was 0.2 microl. The maximal sampling rate was 315 h(-1) at a carrier solution flow rate of 10 microl min(-1). A calibration graph for H2O2 was linear for 5 nM - 5 microM; the detection limit (signal-to-noise = 3) was 1 nM (7 fg in 0.2 microl injection). The H2O2 concentration in rainwater was determined using this sensor system.     

A hydroponic rice seedling culture model system for investigating proteome of salt stress in rice leaf

By using an in vivo hydroponic rice seedling culture system, we investigated the physiological and biochemical responses of a model rice japonica cultivar Nipponbare to salt stress using proteomics and classical biochemical methods. Yoshida's nutrient solution (YS) was used to grow rice seedlings. YS-grown 18-day-old seedlings manifested highly stable and reproducible symptoms, prominently the wilting and browning of the 3rd leaf, reduced photosynthetic activity, inhibition in overall seedling growth, and failure to develop new (5th) leaf, when subjected to salt stress by transferring them to YS containing 130 mM NaCl for 4 days. As leaf response to salt stress is least investigated in rice by proteomics, we used the 3rd leaf as source material. A comparison of 2-DE protein profiles between the untreated control and salt-stressed 3rd leaves revealed 55 differentially expressed CBB-stained spots, where 47 spots were increased over the control. Of these changed spots, the identity of 33 protein spots (27 increased and 5 decreased) was determined by nESI-LC-MS/MS. Most of these identified proteins belonged to major metabolic processes like photosynthetic carbon dioxide assimilation and photorespiration, suggesting a good correlation between salt stress-responsive proteins and leaf morphology. Moreover, 2-DE immunoblot and enzymatic activity analyses of 3rd leaves revealed remarkable changes in the key marker enzymes associated with oxidative damage to salt stress: ascorbate peroxidase and lipid peroxidation were induced, and catalase was suppressed. These results demonstrate that hydroponic culture system is best suited for proteomics of salt stress in rice seedling.