Spectroscopic and dielectric examination of the oleyl alcohol-oleic acid system

The comparison of association was made for the oleyl alcohol-oleic acid systems composed in several molar ratios. The ir spectroscopy and dielectric constant measurements were applied as analytical techniques. It was stated that oleyl alcohol and oleic acid interact in a number of molar ratios giving the hydrogen-bonded associates. In the range of temparatures 30–60 °C the most stable hydrogen-bonded associate is formed in a ratio of alcohol to acid of 9:1.     

Lamellar liquid crystals made of anionic surfactant,oleic acid,diethyleneglycol monoethyl ether and water

Lamellar liquid crystal formulation, with very low surfactant content, was optimized for the system made of phosphated oleyl ether 3 mol ethylene oxide as anionic surfactant, oleic acid as hydrophobic ingredient, diethyleneglycol monoethyl ether as cosolvent and water. The appropriate relationships between surfactant, fatty acid and glycol to promote the lamellar liquid crystal structure through further water dilution, were established. The physical appearance of these liquid crystals corresponded to viscous transparent gels. The realms of existence of the gels were stated in terms of minimum–maximum percentage of water incorporated. The main goal of this research was to decrease the surfactant content (in the range of 2–5%) needed to form liquid crystals, when usually high percentages are necessary. The study was completed with the rheological behaviour and structural parameters of some of these transparent gels. The attractive aspect of the samples, the perfect transparency and compactness, as well as the similarity to the lamellar liquid crystal structure of the intercellular lipids in the stratum corneum, permit consideration of such gels as adequate topical formulations both in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.     

Liquid phase equilibria of (water + propionic acid + oleyl alcohol) ternary system at several temperatures

(Liquid–liquid) equilibrium (LLE) data are investigated for mixtures of (water + propionic acid + oleyl alcohol) at 298.15, 308.15 and 318.15 K and atmospheric pressure. The solubility curves and the tie-line end compositions of liquid phases at equilibrium were determined, and the tie-line results were compared with the data predicted by the UNIFAC method. The phase diagrams for the ternary mixtures including both the experimental and correlated tie-lines are presented. The distribution coefficients and the selectivity factors for the immiscibility region are calculated to evaluate the effect of temperature change. The reliability of the experimental tie-lines was confirmed by using Othmer–Tobias correlation. It is concluded that oleyl alcohol may serve as an adequate solvent to extract propionic acid from its dilute aqueous solutions. The UNIFAC model correlates the LLE data for 298.15, 308.15 and 318.15 K with a root mean square deviation of 5.89, 6.46, and 6.69%, respectively, between the observed and calculated mole concentrations.     

Preparation and characterization of hydrophobic calcium hydroxyapatite particles grafting oleylphosphate groups

Grafting of oleylphosphate (OP) molecules to the surface of calcium hydroxyapatite particles (HAP) was carried out by a coprecipitation method with a Ca(OH)₂–H₃PO₄ system in the presence of disodium oleylphosphate (DSOP). All the particles exhibited a single-crystal nature with rod-like shape and were elongated along c-axis from 36 to 122 nm in particle length with an increase in the concentration of DSOP. It was suggested that 084% of the phosphate ions exposed on the ac or bc faces of the HAP particles are exchanged with phosphate ions of DSOP molecules directing oleyl groups outward. The hydrophobicity of OP-grafted HAP particles was enhanced with an increase in the DSOP concentration. This high surface hydrophobicity was further confirmed by water adsorption experiments. The materials with the surface oleyl groups adsorbed much less water than the HAP particles produced without DSOP.     

Characteristics of the oxidation process in the oleyl alcohol-oleic acid,oleyl alcohol-methyl oleate,and oleic acid-methyl oleate systems by means of dielectric constant measurements

The investigation of the autoxidation process in the three model systems: oleyl alcohol-oleic acid, oleyl alcohol-methyl oleate, and oleic acid-methyl oleate by means of peroxide number and dielectric constant measurements were presented. The experiments were conducted at 60 °C, in the conditions of relatively lower amount of different kinds of hydrogen-bond polyassociates. One can state that in the case of the systems including oleyl alcohol it is possible to forecast the course of their autoxidation owing to the dielectric measurements.     

乳清蛋白/阿拉伯胶复凝聚法制备载乙酸油酯微胶囊及其表征

油醇(十八烯醇)与乙酸酐的摩尔比为1/1.7,催化剂对甲苯磺酸用量为油醇与乙酸酐总质量的0.2%,25℃反应3h合成了昆虫性激素成分之一的乙酸油酯并对其进行了表征.以高分子电解质乳清蛋白(WP)和阿拉伯胶(GA)进行复凝聚制备聚合物微胶囊,对影响复凝聚的pH、两种电解质的配比及其浓度等因素进行了考察.结果表明在pH=3.5,WP/GA质量比1.5,WP和GA总浓度1.0%时复凝聚效果最佳.在该条件下以WP/GA为壁材对乙酸油酯进行了包覆,制备了不同壁材总浓度的载油微胶囊,对微胶囊的载油量和包覆率进行了测量.随着壁材总浓度的增大,芯材乙酸油酯包覆率呈现先上升后下降的变化趋势.用扫描电镜观察,发现制备的载乙酸油酯微胶囊大小在5～8μm并且乙酸油酯以核壳式结构的形式被包覆在微胶囊内部.     

Self Metathesis of Fatty Alcohols and Amines to Provide Monomers for Polyester and Polyamide Products

Summary: Self metathesis of oleochemicals offers a variety of bifunctional compounds, that can be used as monomer for polymer production. Many precursors are in huge scales available, like oleic acid ester (biodiesel), oleyl alcohol (tensides), oleyl amines (tensides, lubricants). We show several ways to produce and separate and purify C₁₈-α,ω-bifunctional compounds, using Grubbs 2^nd Generation catalysts, starting from technical grade educts.     

应用普通扫描仪作薄层色谱定量分析的初步研究

尝试应用普通扫描仪作薄层色谱定量分析。样品通过硅胶板层析展开后，用碘蒸汽显色，再用普通扫描仪记录其图像，通过图像分析技术计算出斑点中样品的量。结果表明，对油醇、油酸、月桂胺和焦谷氨酸油酯等长碳链有机化合物，样点在nmol级的范围内时计算量与实际量有良好的线性相关性。     

Neutron activation analysis of asbestos from Canada

Concentrations of Al, Au, Br, Ce, Cl, Co, Cr, Fe, K, La, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, Sb, Sc, Sm, Srm and V were determined in 6 samples of asbestos from Canada. They were equal to (in ppm): Al 1660–3430; Au 0.03–0.04; Br 3.1–11.7; Ce 1.7–4.8; Cl 116–331; Co 35–83; Cr 200–2060; Fe 29300–42200; K 125–867; La 0.28–1.03; Mg 24–25.9%; Mn 418–545; Na 364–1610; Sb 0.65–1.46; Sc 3.73–5.57; Sm 0.09–0.3; Sr 26.7–41.4; V 8.4–14.3. Five toxic elements were found in asbestos; Cr, Mn, Ni, Sb and V.     

Microdistributions of Electrolytic Alloys and Their Components

Microdistributions of Cu–Ni and Cu–Co alloys electrodeposited from pyrophosphate; Ni–Cu, from sulfate–chloride and pyrophosphate–ammonium; Cu–Zn, from pyrophosphate and cyanide; Cu–Cd, from sulfate and pyrophosphate; and Ni–Cd, Ni–Co–Cd, and Zn–Cd, from sulfate, sulfate–chloride, pyrophosphate, chloride–ammonium, and acetate electrolytes are studied. The coatings' microprofile depends on the kinetics of reduction of each component and mutual influence of electrochemical processes at the cathode. Copper accelerates and cadmium inhibits the reduction of the second component of alloys, no matter the electrolyte type, reduction kinetics, and metal nature. In antileveling conditions, the diffusion-controlled Cu reduction accelerates the reduction of the second component of alloys and ensures deposition of coatings whose microprofiles are more uniform than expected from diffusion limitations only. Depolarizing action of Cu during the Cu–Zn deposition from a cyanide electrolyte can completely neutralize differences in the rates of supply of reduced metal ions; hence a constant chemical composition of the coating over its microprofile. Inhibiting action of the diffusion-controlled Cd deposition provides for leveling properties of electrolytes from which Ni–Cd, Ni–Co–Cd, and Zn–Cd alloys are deposited; the chemical composition of these deposits is nonuniform over their microprofiles.     

Transformation of Pectins into Non-Ionic or Anionic Surfactants Using a One-Pot and Cascade Mode Process

The present article describes the one-pot synthesis of double- and single-tailed surfactants by a cascade process that involves the hydrolysis/butanolysis of pectins into butyl galacturonate monosaccharides followed by transesterification/transacetalisation processes with fatty alcohols, and subsequent aqueous basic and acid treatments. The cascade mode allows the depolymerisation to proceed more efficiently, and the purification conditions are optimised to make the production of single-tailed surfactants more manufacturable. These products in a pure form or as mixtures with alkyl glycosides resulting from butanolysis and transglycosylation of pectin-derived hexoses, exhibit attractive surface-tension properties, especially for the n-oleyl ᴅ-galactosiduronic acid products. In addition, a readily biodegradability and an absence of aquatic ecotoxicity are shown for the galacturonic acid derivatives possessing an oleyl alkyl chain at the anomeric position.     

Towards the understanding of the spectroscopic behaviour of the C–H oscillator in C–HO hydrogen bonds: the effect of solvent polarity

The effect of solvent polarity versus specific C–HO contacts on the vibrational νC–H mode is studied using CHCl₃ as a model system. Ab initio SCI–PCM calculations show that the overall shift of the νC–H band, sometimes ascribed to the C–HO hydrogen bonding, can in fact be explained by the electrostatic interaction with a dielectric environment. The presence of a new νC–H band – assigned to the C–HO bonded forms – remains as the most reliable evidence of C–HO hydrogen bonding.     

Analysis of High-Purity Volatile Compounds

The current status of the analysis of high-purity volatile substances is considered. Two types of impurities in high-purity volatile substances were distinguished: molecularly dissolved substances and suspended particles. The main factors that restrict the limiting capabilities of analytical techniques were revealed. The attained detection limits were 10^–8–10^–10% for metal impurities, 10^–4–10^–8% for organic substances, 10^–5–10^–9% for water, and 10^–5–10^–7 for permanent gases. Suspended particles of 0.04–0.003 m in size were determined by light scattering.     

Nanoaggregates of ABC-type triple hydrophilic block copolymers by binding of cationic surfactant

A triple hydrophilic block copolymer comprised of poly(ethylene oxide), poly(sodium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonate), and poly(methacrylic acid) (PEO–PAMPS–PMAA) does not form a micelle by itself when it is dissolved in water. However, in the previous paper, we fabricated the nanoaggregates of PEO–PAMPS–PMAA and cationic surfactant, such as cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC), by insolubilizing the anionic PAMPS and/or PMAA blocks of the polymer with CTAC only at high pH. In this paper, we fabricated the nanoaggregates of dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride (DTAC) and PEO–PAMPS–PMAA in a wide range of pH to examine the effect of ionization of the PMAA blocks of the polymer on the aggregates formation of PEO–PAMPS–PMAA. The properties of the nanoaggregates are affected by the ionization of PMAA block of the polymer. DTAC (C12 alkyl chain) was employed instead of CTAC (C16 alkyl chain) to reveal the effect of alkyl chain length of surfactant on the aggregate formation of PEO–PAMPS–PMAA. The properties of PEO–PAMPS–PMAA nanoaggregates also depend on the structure of surfactant. The binding of DTAC to PEO–PAMPS–PMAA was monitored by electrophoresis measurements, while the formation of DTAC/PEO–PAMPS–PMAA nanoaggregates was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering measurements and fluorescence spectroscopy.     

Polarographic and voltammetric determination of trace amounts of 2-nitronaphthalene

The polarographic behaviour of 2-nitronaphthalene was investigated by DC tast polarography (DCTP) and differential pulse polarography (DPP), both at a dropping mercury electrode, and differential pulse voltammetry and adsorptive stripping voltammetry, both at a hanging mercury drop electrode. Optimum conditions have been found for the determination of 2-nitronaphthalene by the given methods in the concentration ranges of 2×10^–6–1×10^–4, 2×10^–7–1×10^–4, 1×10^–8–1×10^–4 and 2×10^–9–1×10^–8 M, respectively. Practical applicability of these techniques was demonstrated by the determination of 2-nitronaphthalene in drinking and river water after its preliminary separation and preconcentration using liquid–liquid and solid-phase extraction with limits of determination of 3×10^–10 M (drinking water) and 3×10^–9 M (river water).     

Effect of temperature on the selectivity of the extraction of lanthanides with dibutylphosphoric acid from thiocyanate solution

Extraction coefficients and separation factors of all lanthanides were determined in the system: dibutylphosphoric acid /HDBP/ - 3M NH₄NCS, in the temperature range of 15–50 °C. The values for the separation factors for such pairs as: Gd–Tb and Er–Tm, are higher than 4, those for the pair of Tb–Dy are higher than 3, and those for the La–Ce, Pm–Sm, Dy–Ho, Ho–Er and Tm–Yb pairs are higher than 2. The influence of temperature on the separation factors of light /La–Gd/ and heavy /Gd–Lu/ lanthanides is discussed and compared with that observed for the extraction from the nitric acid solutions. The results are also discussed in the light of the double-double effect and outer-, vs. inner-sphere complexation in the lanthanide series.     

Synthesis,electrochemical and magnetic properties of new macrocyclic copper(II) complexes derived from 2,6-diacetyl-4-4-methylphenol

A series of binuclear macrocyclic copper(II) complexes [Cu2Lm,n](ClO4)2·xH2O have been prepared in which the two copper(II) ions are placed in two geometrically distinct co-ordination environments. The macrocycles with two 2,6-bis(iminomethyl)-4-methylphenol entities combined through two different lateral chains, –(–CH2–)–m and –(–CH2–)–n (m = 2 or 3, n = 2 to 5) were synthesized by stepwise cyclization. Cyclic voltammetry shows the presence of two reduction couples: CuIICuII CuICuII and CuIICuI CuICuI. The comproportionation constants, Kcom, for the mixed valence CuICuII complexes have been determined electrochemically. The Kcom value increases in the order of the macrocycles: (L2,2)^2–<(L2,3)^2–<(L2,4)^2–<(L2,5)^2– and (L3,3)^2–<(L3,4)^2–<(L3,5)^2–. Cryomagnetic investigations (80–300K) reveal a moderately strong antiferromagnetic spin exchange between the copper(II) ions within each complex (J = –210 to –390 cm–1).     

Effect of preparation pH on pore structure of silica gels

Surface characterization of silica gels prepared at different gelation pH from water glass and sulphuric acid were made by argon adsorption at 77 K using continuous volumetric method. While microporous silica gels prepared in the pH range of 1–3 had BET surface areas of 504–571 m² g^–1, total pore volumes of 0.26–0.31 cm³ g^–1 and micropore volumes of 0.16–0.23 cm³ g^–1, mesoporous silica gels prepared in the pH range of 3.36–0.65 had BET surface areas of 374–530 m² g^–1 and pore volumes of 0.61–0.79 cm³ g^–1.     

Concentration of Cr,Fe, Co and Zn in some Nigerian food grains

Elemental analysis of some Nigerian grains for cobalt, zinc, iron, and chromium, was done by thermal NAA. The concentration of these essential trace elements were found as follows: rice /0.18–0.98 ppm Cr, 27–307 ppm Fe, 0.133–0.237 ppm Co, 12.4–17.8 ppm Zn/; soyabean /0.32–0.59 ppm Cr, 67–81 ppm Fe, 0.244–0.358 ppm Co, 42–45 ppm Zn/; maize /0.05–0.75 ppm Cr, 22.7–47.6 ppm Fe, 0.20–0.65 ppm Co, 15.8–33.4 ppm Zn/; ground-nut /0.22–2.02 ppm Cr, 27.2–34.8 ppm Fe, 0.08–1.73 ppm Co, 24.3–38.2 ppm Zn/. No pattern was established for the elemental concentration in the grain samples. The result obtained suggest that an average diet of these grains will provide an adequate concentration of these essential elements.     

Crystal Chemistry of Rare-Earth Chalcogenides

Crystal structures of Ln–X, Ln–Ln'–X, Ln–M–X, and Ln–X–Z compounds (Ln and Ln' are rare-earth elements; M is subgroup I–VIIIa or II–Vb cation and Z is subgroup V–VIIb anion; X is S, Se, or Te) were systematized and analyzed using data obtained by us and data from the literature. The structures of binary Ln–X chalcogenides can be divided into 4 groups: derivatives of NaCl-type structures, structures with one small parameter b 4 Å, structures similar to those of oxides and pniktides, and derivatives of PbFCl-type structures. Triple Ln–Ln'–X chalcogenides have structures similar to those of the binary chalcogenides of the first, second, and third groups. It was shown that the crystal structure of Ln–M–X depends on the size of cation M, its formal charge, electronegativity value, and electronic structure. The crystal structures of the phases in the Ln–M–X and Ln–X–Z compounds were compared with binary chalcogenide structures. Different variants of structure characterization and their potentialities are considered. Special attention is given to the defect-containing and ordered structures and to elucidating the role of the cation and anion vacancies in the phase structures.