Determination of Nucleic Acids Based on Shifting the Association Equilibrium between a Heptamethine Cyanine Dye and Poly-Lysine

A near-infrared (near-IR) fluorescence recovery method for the determination of nucleic acids is presented. This method employs a two-reagent system composed of anionic heptamethines cyanine (HMC) and polycationic poly-lysine. The fluorescence of HMC, with maximum excitation and emission wavelengths at 778 and 804nm, respectively, was quenched by poly-lysine in proper concentration, but recovered by adding nucleic acids. Under optimal conditions, the recovered fluorescence was proportional to the concentration of nucleic acids. The calibration graphs are linear over the range of 5–300ngmL^–1 for herring sperm DNA (FS DNA), 2–100ngmL^–1 for calf thymus DNA (CT DNA) and 5–500ngmL^–1 for snake ovum RNA (SO RNA). The corresponding detection limits are 1.49ngmL^–1 for FS DNA, 0.7ngmL^–1 for CT DNA and 1.61ngmL^–1 for SO RNA, respectively. Four synthetic and three real nucleic acid samples were determined with satisfactory results.     

On the use of a dead-time meter for pile-up corrections

Correction for pile-up losses in the amplifier is possible by the dead-time fraction indicator of the ADC in case of long-lived radionuclides. If the dead-time meter has been calibrated, an accuracy of 1.5% is feasible up to a dead-time fraction of 25%. The precision decreases from 1.5% at 10% dead-time fraction to 3% at a deadtime fraction of 30%.     

Production of poly(methyl methacrylate) particles by dispersion polymerization with mercaptopropyl terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) stabilizer in supercritical carbon dioxide

Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) particles were produced by dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate in the presence of mercaptopropyl terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) (MP-PDMS) in supercritical carbon dioxide at about 30 MPa for 24 h at 65 °C. The particle diameter could be controlled in a size range of submicron to micron by varying MP-PDMS concentration. The MP-PDMS worked as not only a chain transfer agent but also a colloidal stabilizer, which was named tran stab.Part CCLI of the series Studies on suspension and emulsion     

Use of a Packed Minicolumn Connected to a Syringe for Determination of Trace Elements in Biological and Water Samples by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

In this study, a syringe-connected minicolumn resin was used for the separation and enrichment of cadmium, copper, nickel and zinc prior to their determination by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The proposed technique was compared with classical batch and column techniques in terms of rapidness, simplicity, enrichment and risk of contamination. The minicolumn was filled with Chromosorb-103 resin and connected to a syringe. If the samples were treated with ammonium pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate or 8-hydroxyquinoline, the analytes were quantitatively retained at pH2 and pH5 on the resin, respectively. On the other hand, if no chelating agent was added, the analytes were quantitatively retained at pH10. The analytes retained by the resin were quantitatively eluted by drawing and discharging nitric acid in acetone. The analytes in spiked river-water samples and in certified standard reference Bovine-Liver (NIST SRM 1577 b) were quantitatively (94%) recovered. The relative standard deviations for the determinations were found to be 1.0–10%.     

Synthesis of Two New Glycophanes Comprised of Thioglucose Molecules Linked by Hydrocarbons

Preparation of two new glycophanes is reported. These compounds arecomprised of two glucose molecules linked by hydrocarbon units at the 1,1 and 3, 3 or 3, 3 and 6, 6 positions. Thecrystal structure of one of the glycophanes is also described.     

Analysis of organic trace compounds in the atmosphere and the correlation between meteorological situation and concentration of reference substances

A research project is described, which is being carried out systematically with the objective of qualitative and quantitative assessment of organic substances occurring in the air at forest sites considering seasonal and meteorological variations. To begin with, a collecting and analytical system with diverse additional modules had to be developed and assembled for this purpose. With the aid of an adsorptive enrichment system this enables the determination of the entire palette of organic substances present in the air at the site.Hitherto, about 160 of the major organic substances occurring in the air at the site have been determined. These occur at concentrations between several ng to several g per m³ air and belong to different classes of compounds. So-called reference substances have been selected as representatives of particular classes of substances. The alterations of concentrations in air at the site of these reference substances have been investigated as a function of meteorological conditions. The evaluation of the data led to the following conclusions:

Studies on lanthanon(III) complexes ofN-methylisatin-β-amidinohydrazone

Summary The consecutive formation constants of 11 and 21 chelate species made by interaction ofN-methylisatin--amidinohydrazone (-MIAG) with tripositive lanthanons were determined potentiometrically at different ionic strengths (0.02, 0.05, 0.1 and 0.2 M NaClO₄) and at different temperatures (30, 40, 45 and 50 °C) in 50% v/v dioxan-H₂O. The formation constants log _n (calculated by a weighted least-squares method) for the complexes have been found to increase with the atomic number of the lanthanon, with a break at gadolinium. Thermodynamic parameters G, H and S of these complexation reactions were also evaluated.     

Reaction of hexafluoroacetone with azacyclohexanes

Conclusions Piperidine and its C-methyl derivatives are aromatized by hexafluoroacetone with simultaneous C-alkylation at one or both of the -positions of the ring, and in the case of - and -methylpyridines also at the CH₃ group.For previous communication, see [1].Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1652–1656, July, 1989.     

Study of the absorption spectra of the 4f electron transition of the Nd and Er complexes with 2-isobutylformyl-1,3-dione-indane in the presence of TX-100 and its analytical application

The absorption spectra of 4f electron transitions of the systems of neodymium and erbium with 2-isobutylformyl-1,3-dione-indane and TX-100 have been studied by normal and derivative spectrophotometry. Their molar absorptivities at the maximum absorption bands are about 7.2 (at 571 nm) times greater for neodymium and 13.1 (at 519 nm) times greater for erbium than those in the absence of the complexing agents. Use of second derivative spectra both eliminates the interference from other rare earths and increases the sensitivity from neodymium and erbium. Beers law is obeyed from 020 g/ml for neodymium and 025 g/ml for erbium. The relative standard deviations are 1.2% and 1.6% for 5.0 g/ml of neodymium and 8.0 g/ml of erbium, respectively. The detection limits (signal-to-noise ratio=2) are 0.14 g/ml and 0.20 g/ml. A method for the direct determination of neodymium and erbium in rare earth mixtures with good accuracy and selectivity is proposed.     

A new approach to the study of normalized appearance energy of hot atom reaction product in optical isomers of tris/acetylacetonato/ruthenium/III/

Appearance energy is originally the threshold energy at which récoil products begin to be observed. This was determined by /, '/ reactions. Afterwards, an alternative technique has been developed to determine it by summing up recoil energy spectrum. The latter technique assumed a step function rising at energy E_O in the yield-energy relation. E_O should be defined as normalized appearance energy /NAE/, because it is not threshold energy in its original sense. The NAE for isomerization from to /or reverse/ in Ru/acac/₃ was estimated to be 29 eV, and that for free atom /or ion/ formation was calculated to be 34 eV. The 5 eV difference seems to indicate an energy interval in which isomerization effectively occurs in the recoil reaction.     

Thermo-responsive interpenetrating polymer networks composed of AAc/AAm/NMA by radiation grafting

Interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) hydrogels were prepared by grafting of acrylamide (AAm), N-methylol acrylamide (NMA) and acrylic acid (AAc) onto preirradiated polypropylene (PP) membrane. To obtain PP-g-AAc/AAm/NMA IPN hydrogels, at first, AAc were grafted onto preirradiated PP and then AAm were grafted onto the PP-g-AAc membranes. Finally NMA were grafted onto PP-g-AAc/AAm membranes. In the different stages of grafting under different reaction conditions, trapped radicals in the membrane samples were probed by electron spin resonance (ESR). The temperature response behaviors of the IPN hydrogels were studied. Reversible behavior and controlled release of drug tests made reflecting the switching to on state at higher temperatures and to off state at lower temperatures were achieved. By increasing the grafted content of NMA, higher transition temperature of the hydrogel could be attained.     

Phase Transitions in the BaCe1–x Nd x O3–δ System (x = 0–0.15)

Phase transitions in BaCe_{1 – x} Nd _x O_3– (x = 0–0.15) are studied on ceramic samples by dilatometry (at 370–1100 K) and by measuring electroconductivity (at 750–1220 K). Ion transport numbers are measured by an EMF method at 850–1240 K. All measurements are done in dry air (₂ 40 Pa). By treating the obtained temperature dependences of linear expansion with a difference method (difference between first-degree polynomial approximating the dependence and experimental points), the position and the sort of the phase transitions are determined. High-temperature phase transitions are confirmed by measuring the electroconductivity and ion transport numbers. Second-order phase transitions in pure BaCeO₃ are discovered at 480 ± 10, 530 ± 10, 900 ± 10, 1030 ± 20, and 1170 ± 10 K and a first-order transition, at 665 ±10 K. Phase transitions at 900 and 1030 K are discovered for the first time ever.     

Comment of the influence of annealing on the distribution of chain defects in drawn polyethylene

The present study suplements preceding investigations [1–5] concerning the distribution of chain-defects between crystalline regions and crystal surface, and extends them to the influence of annealing in case of drawn branched polyethylene (PE). For this purpose available unit cell data for annealed drawn PE with=3%, at various annealing temperatures and times, are examined by assuming the penetration of chain defects at interstitial crystal sites by means of 2gl kink generation. The analysis of results shows that the initial level of 8×10^–2 chain defects expanding the lattice decreases linearly as a function of annealing temperature. After annealing at 100 °C during 3×10³ min this level decreases to values < 10^–3. It is suggested that these space-filling point defects can be converted through chain diffusion in amorphous defects, cooperative defects and/or in defects segregated into the surface layer.     

Effect of electric field strength and exposure time on epoxy and high density polyethylene measured by positron annihilation lifetime

Using the positron annihilation lifetime technique, the annihilation parameters have been measured for epoxy and high density polyethylene (HDPE) as a function of AC electric field strength and the exposure time. The lifetime spectra have been resolved into three components, the longest component (I₃₃) is attributed to the pick-off annihilation of o-Ps in the amorphous regions. The intermediate one (I₂₂) is due to the annihilation of free positrons, while the shorter component (I₁₁) stems from self annihilation of p-Ps. In HDPE, the o-Ps parameters ₃ andI ₃ are measured as a function of electric field strengths in the range from 10 to 100 kV/cm exposed for 24 hours. A decrease inI ₃ of 8% is observed from zero to 50 kV/cm followed by an increase of the same order from 50 to 100 kV/cm. By investigating the effect of the exposure time from 2 to 24 hours at 16 and 50 kV/cm, the effect is confirmed and is attributed to the inhibition of o-Ps formation at lower field strength. In epoxy, the effect or exposure time onI ₃ at 166 and 133 kV/cm shows a similar behavior as in HDPE. At 133 kV/cmI ₃ decreases by only 2.5%. On the other hand, the changes in ₃ occur at short exposure times. Again at large times the saturation is obtained. These effects are attributed to the expansion of free volume (increase of ₃) competing at longer exposure times with other phenomena, such as liberation of free radicals, which reduce the o-Ps intensityI ₃ through the conversion to p-Ps. The reactions between o-Ps and free radicals might also lead to free positrons, which could explain the increase ofI ₂ and the decrease of ₃ at longer exposure times.     

Solution of equation for a current-voltage curve describing reversible metal electrodissolution with linear boundedly semi-infinite diffusion and a linear alteration of potential in the stripping voltammetry method

An exact, sufficiently simple, explicit expression is obtained and a full contour of the stripping-voltammetry peak is calculated for a reversible process on a thin-film mercury electrode of finite thickness (linear boundedly semi-infinite diffusion is taken into account) in conditions of stripping voltammetry at a linearly altering potential. That these results were obtained at all, is due to use made of two extra boundary conditions (Nemovs and Nazarovs). The addends in the four forms of equations derived are the limiting expressions and corrections in the form of Nemovs or Nazarovs boundary conditions. It is shown that it is advisable to employ different forms of equations at large and small values of parameter H. The peaks height, full width at half-maximum, and potential are found to depend on H.Translated from Elektrokhimiya, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2005, pp. 54–68.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Nazarov, Stromberg.To the Centennial of B.N. Kabanov.Deceased.     

Die Dissoziationskonstanten von 2,2′-Dihydroxydiphenylmethanderivaten

The pK-values of the first and second degree of dissociation of 2.2-dihydroxy-5-methyl-3.5-dinitro-diphenylmethane, 2.2-dihydroxy-5-methyl-5-nitro-diphenylmethane and 2.2-dihydroxy-5.5-dimethyl-3-nitro-diphenylmethane were determined in aqueous solution at 25°C spectrophotometrically. Comparing the observed pK-values with those of 2-methyl-4.6-dinitrophenol, 2-methyl-4-nitrophenol, 2.4-dimethyl-6-nitro-phenol and 2.4-dimethylphenol, we found a decrease of the values of pK ₁ and an increase of pK ₂. We explain this by the formation of an intramolecular hydrogen bridge which stabilizes the anion of the half dissociated form. This assumption is supported by the UV spectra.

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Vibrational isotope effect of linear and planar molecules: Deuterated bromoethenes

Linear (planar) molecules A and B which are identical except for isotopic substitutions at the atomic sites are considered. Stretching (bending, out-of-plane) frequencies _k and normal modes _k of the isotopically perturbed molecule B are expressed in terms of stretching (bending, out-of-plane) frequencies _i and the corresponding normal modes _i of the unperturbed molecule A. Complete specification of the unperturbed normal modes is not required. All that is needed are stretching (bending, out-of-plane) amplitudes | _i of the normal modes _i at those sites that are affected by isotopic substitution. The rule which interlaces frequencies _k of molecule A with frequencies _i of molecule B is derived. Given two isotopic molecules A and B that differ by a single isotopic substitution at site , the inversion relation is derived. This relation expresses unperturbed stretching (bending, out-of-plane) amplitudes at the site in terms of stretching (bending, out-of-plane) frequencies of molecules A and B . As an example, out-of-plane vibrations of deuterated bromoethene were considered. In the simplest method 12 out-of-plane frequencies of four polydeuterated bromoethenes were calculated from 12 out-of-plane frequencies of bromoethene and three monodeuterated bromoethenes. Standard deviation of thus calculated frequencies from experimental frequencies is =2.74 cm^–1. In another method, 15 out-of-plane frequencies of four polydeuterated bromoethenes and selected monodeuterated bromoethene are calculated from 9 out-of-plane frequencies of bromoethene and the remaining two monodeuterated bromoethenes. Depending on which monodeuterated bromoethene is selected (1-, cis- or trans-), standard deviation of thus obtained frequencies from experimental frequencies is 1=2.84 cm^–1, c=2.96 cm^–1 and t=2.72 cm^–1.     

Study of phenolic resin/EVA blends by thermal analysis

The properties of polymeric blends originate from the synergistic association of their components. In this investigation, phenolic resins obtained by the reaction of cashew-nut shell liquid (CNSL) and aldehyde are used in several applications. Mixtures of CNSL with industrial reject ethylene-co-vinyl acetate (EVA reject) were prepared with an EVA reject content up to 70%. The thermal compatibility and stability were evaluated by means of thermogravimetry (TG), derivative thermogravimetry (DTG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). For blends containing a high percentage of EVA reject, the TG curves clearly show two decomposition stages, one at 350C and the other at 450C (onset 467C). The DIG curves of the blend containing 70% CNSL exhibit decomposition at 240C. The DSC curves show that the samples containing a high percentage of EVA reject are incompatible, withT _g values around –30C.The authors would like to thank PETROBRAS/CENPES/DIQUIM for the NMR facilities and thermal measurements.     

Thermodynamic properties of 5(nitrophenyl) furan-2-carbaldehyde isomers

Background

The aim of the current work was to determine thermo dynamical properties of 5(2-nitro phenyl)-furan-2-carbaldehyde, 5(3-nitro phenyl)-furan-2-carbaldehyde and 5(4-nitro phenyl)-furan-2-carbaldehyde.

Results

The temperature dependence of saturated vapor pressure of 5(2-nitro phenyl)-furan-2-carbaldehyde, 5(3-nitro phenyl)-furan-2-carbaldehyde and 5(4-nitro phenyl)-furan-2-carbaldehyde was determined by Knudsen’s effusion method. The results are presented by the Clapeyron–Clausius equation in linear form, and via this form, the standard enthalpies, entropies and Gibbs energies of sublimation and evaporation of compounds were calculated at 298.15 K. The standard molar formation enthalpies of compounds in crystalline state at 298.15 K were determined indirectly by the corresponding standard molar combustion enthalpy, obtained using bomb calorimetry combustion.

Conclusions

Determination of the thermodynamic properties for these compounds may contribute to solving practical problems pertaining optimization processes of their synthesis, purification and application and it will also provide a more thorough insight regarding the theoretical knowledge of their nature.

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Graphical abstract: Generalized structural formula of investigated compounds and their formation enthalpy determination scheme in the gaseous state

     

Investigation of the automated determination of As,Sb and Bi by flow-injection hydride generation using in-situ trapping on stable coatings in graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry

Flow-injection hydride generation and in situ concentration of As, Sb and Bi hydrides in graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry can be automated by means of a long-term stable trapping reagent replacing the Pd modifier. In a systematic study, carbide-forming elements (Zr, Nb, Ta, W) and noble metals (Ir, Ir/Mg, Pd/Ir) were investigated as stable adsorbers which require only a single application. Trapping temperature curves indicate high signals for trapping of As at 750–800°C, Sb at 450–8000°C and Bi at 100–500°C on Zr-coated tubes. Ir- and Ir/Mg-coated tubes showed a high response for Sb and Bi at lower temperatures, but based on signal stability and reproducibility (over 400 trapping and atomization cycles tested) the better performance was found with the Zr-coated tubes. The radiotracers Sb-125 and Bi-207 were used to measure the hydride generation (>95% for both elements) and trapping efficiency (91% for Sb and 56% for Bi) on the Zr-coated tube. An adsorptive carry-over effect was observed with Sb and Bi but not with As, and trapping temperatures above 450°C with Sb and 350°C with Bi (the critical temperatures) can lead to errors in absorbance values. On a Zr-coated tube the characteristic mass was about 16 pg for As, 15 pg for Sb and 9 pg for Bi (peak height) and the detection limits (3 sigma) were about 0.015, 0.010 and 0.027 ng, respectively, with a 1 ml sample loop. The method was tested by the determination of the elements in NIST low-alloy steel certified reference materials.