Analytical applications of ternary complexes-VII Elucidation of mode of formation of sensitized metal-chelate systems and determination of molybdenum and antimony

The ternary complexes which are formed when surface-active agents are added to various metal-dyestuff chelate systems are shown to be dependent on the formation of micelles. Spectrophotometric measurements indicate that true ternary complexes are formed with well defined structures and that the changes in absorption spectra produced are not due to simple adsorption of the binary metal-dye complex onto micellar aggregates. Some suggestions are made to account for the nature of the observed changes. The analytical potentialities of this type of system are illustrated by the formation of such complexes between molybdenum or antimony, Catechol Violet and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, yielding molar absorptivities of 4.6 × 10⁴ and 3.0 × 10⁴ respectively.     

Ionisation Energies and the Electronic Structures of the N-oxides of diazabenzenes

The ionisation energies and the HeI photoelectron spectra of the N-oxides of diazabenzenes are presented. The valence electronic structures of the N-oxides are discussed in view of the ionisation energies, and the profiles, of the bands. The interpreted data are compared to calculations which are in good agreement. The results are correlated to the physicochemical studies, and particularly to the electronic absorption spectroscopy, of the N-oxides. The assignment of the photoelectron spectra of the azabenzenes are considered with reference to the spectra of their N-oxides.     

Review of chemical methods for the determination of penicillin

The published methods for the analysis of penicillin are classified according to whether they are intended a) to differentiate between types of penicillin, or b) to determine the total penicillins present in a given sample.The limitations of many of these methods are indicated, and those which are attractive for possible routine application are discussed in detail.     

The Application of NMR Spectroscopy and Chemometrics in Authentication of Spices

Spices and herbs are among the most commonly adulterated food types. This is because spices are widely used to process food. Spices not only enhance the flavor and taste of food, but they are also sources of numerous bioactive compounds that are significantly beneficial for health. The healing effects of spices are connected with their antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and carminative properties. However, regular consumption of adulterated spices may cause fatal damage to our system because adulterants in most cases are unhealthy. For that reason, the appropriate analytical methods are necessary for quality assurance and to ensure the authenticity of spices. Spectroscopic methods are gaining interest as they are fast, require little or no sample preparation, and provide rich structural information. This review provides an overview of the application of NMR spectroscopy combined with chemometric analysis to determine the quality and adulteration of spices.     

Synthesis,Redox and Spectroscopic Properties of Pterin of Molybdenum Cofactors

Pterins are bicyclic heterocycles that are found widely across Nature and are involved in a variety of biological functions. Notably, pterins are found at the core of molybdenum cofactor (Moco) containing enzymes in the molybdopterin (MPT) ligand that coordinates molybdenum and facilitates cofactor activity. Pterins are diverse and can be widely functionalized to tune their properties. Herein, the general methods of synthesis, redox and spectroscopic properties of pterin are discussed to provide more insight into pterin chemistry and their importance to biological systems.     

Application of power expansion in the thermodynamics of compressible Markovian copolymers

The problem of constructing phase diagrams for a compressible melt of a binary Markovian copolymer is reduced to a set of nonlinear differential equations in partial derivatives with transcendental relationships. Using power expansions, the closed set of nonlinear differential equations is derived. This set allows its further analytical study. Eigenvalues of a linearized system are analyzed, and the boundaries of the thermodynamic stability of melts are defined. Nonlinear equations in normal coordinates are obtained; for symmetric melts, these equations are reduced to a single equation by adiabatic elimination of small-scale variables. Binodal curves are calculated for such solutions of this equation, which correspond to the free energy minimum of melts. Corrections reflecting the effect of melt nonsymmetry are found. The results are applied for copolymers, whose composition is similar to that of homopolymers, diblock copolymers, and random and regularly alternating copolymers. Spinodals and binodals corresponding to microphase separation are constructed.     

Photometric complex-formation titration of submicromolar amounts of zirconium

Even in strongly acidic solution Zr(IV) forms polynuclear hydroxide complexes. In these compounds tetrameric units play a dominant role. When the Zr atoms in these units are interconnected through double OH-bridges (olated bonds) quantitative formation of Zr-EDTA is possible at room temperature. When the double OH-bridges are replaced by single oxygen-atom bridges (oxolated bonds) the units are less reactive. The oxolated tetramers are still capable of reacting quantitatively with EDTA if heated to about 100 degrees ; higher oxolated polymers are not. When these higher polymers are formed during the initial adjustment of conditions for a titration, large errors will be observed. By suitable treatment of the solutions oxolation can be restricted sufficiently to permit titrations with an error of less than 1%. Semi-Xylenol Orange has been found to be a suitable indicator for direct titrations; back-titrations are performed with Bi(3+), with PAR as indicator.     

Development of a new generation of drug dosage forms by construction of liposomal nanocontainers

Various methods of construction of liposomal nanocontainers are studied. Parameters of liposomes are determined. Advantages of phase transformation method are demonstrated. The routes of liposome delivery to the organism are determined.     

Mechanisms of antioxidant action: Effect of processing on the transformation products of thiophosphoryl compounds in polyolefins

It is shown that low density polyethylene or polypropylene processed in the presence of thiophosphoryl disulphides or thiocarbamoyl disulphides in air or in the presence of hydroperoxides are much more photo-stable than analogous samples processed normally. This is found to be true when the additives are added at normal (low) concentration levels or as concentrates which are subsequently diluted in the polymer to normal levels. Among the products formed when bis dialkyl dithiophosphoryl disulphides are oxidatively processed in polyethylene are polymer-bound thiophosphoryl compounds which are believed to generate sulphur acids slowly in the polymer.     

Mid-IR spectra of different conformers of phenylalanine in the gas phase

The experimental mid- and far-IR spectra of six conformers of phenylalanine in the gas phase are presented. The experimental spectra are compared to spectra calculated at the B3LYP and at the MP2 level. The differences between B3LYP and MP2 IR spectra are found to be small. The agreement between experiment and theory is generally found to be very good, however strong discrepancies exist when -NH2 out-of-plane vibrations are involved. The relative energies of the minima as well as of some transition states connecting the minima are explored at the CCSD(T) level. Most transition states are found to be less than 2000 cm(-1) above the lowest energy structure. A simple model to describe the observed conformer abundances based on quasi-equilibria near the barriers is presented and it appears to describe the experimental observation reasonably well. In addition, the vibrations of one of the conformers are investigated using the correlation-corrected vibrational self-consistent field method.     

On characteristic points of the plasticization function of biopolymers

Characteristic points of the plasticization function (temperatures and concentrations) are determined in ranges from the offset of the Zhurkov plasticization mechanism to the UCST of a plasticizer-polymer system and from the LCST of the plasticizer-polymer system to the point of the plasticizer freezing out from a biopolymer. Expressions for the correcting parameter of the Gordon-Taylor equation in these ranges which are related to characteristic temperatures and concentrations are obtained. Simplified expressions for characteristic concentrations are found.     

Reversed-phase chromatography of triglycerides--theoretical and practical aspects of the influence of injection solvents

The reversed-phase chromatography of triglycerides is very sensitive to both changes in the properties of the injection solvent relative to those of the mobile phase and to the volume injected. These well-established phenomena are rationalised in terms of solvent parameters and suggestions are made as to how optimum conditions can be derived. The practical consequences of this are illustrated with chromatograms of olive oil samples.     

Molecular dynamics simulation of diffusion and sorption of water in conducting polyaniline

Energy minimization and molecular dynamics simulations are used to develop, for the first time, atomistic models of HCl- and HBr-doped conducting polyanilines, in order to study diffusion and adsorption of water vapor in the polymers. Various morphological properties of the polymers are computed, including their pair correlation functions that are found to be in good agreement with the experimental data, and their accessible free volumes. Also computed are the sorption isotherms and effective self-diffusivity of water vapor in the polymers. The computed sorption isotherms are in quantitative agreement with the experimental data, while the diffusivities are within an order of magnitude of the data. The reasons for the differences between the computed and measured diffusivities are discussed.     

Enthalpies of formation of lactams

Combustion calorimetry is used to measure the enthalpies of combustion and formation of azacyclooctan-2-one (I), azacyclononan-2-one (II), and azacyclotridecan-2-one (III) in the crystalline, liquid, and gaseous states. Conformational analysis is conducted, and quantum chemical calculations of the compounds’ enthalpies of formation in the gas phase for conformers corresponding to the global minima are performed. The experimental findings and published data are used to determine mutually congruent combinations of enthalpy parameters for a number of nonsubstituted lactams. The strain energies are estimated. Trends in their changes are considered for the series of cycloalkanes and lactams.     

Effects of surface water on gas sorption capacities of gravimetric sensing layers analyzed by molecular descriptors of organic adsorbates

The gas sorption capacities of sputtered carbonaceous films are evaluated with quartz crystal resonators. These films are sensitive to 20 ppm organic vapors and exhibit structure-dependent responses. Films derived from synthetic polymers are hydrophobic, whereas films derived from biomaterials are amphiphilic or hydrophilic. Polyethylene (PE) film has an extremely high sorption capacity for a wide range of vapors. Transient sorption responses are investigated using a humidified carrier by employing carboxylic acid esters, whose aliphatic groups are systematically changed. Small esters with a higher affinity to water induce negative U-shaped responses from amphiphilic films derived from biomaterials. On the other hand, polymeric films exhibit positive exponential response curves. Even if the concentrations are decreased, the response intensities are enhanced with the incremental expansion of carbon chains of aliphatic groups. Only fluoropolymer film shows the opposite tendency. The modeling of quantitative structure property relationships has indicated that the sorption capacities of the PE film to the carboxylic acid esters are fundamentally governed by electrostatic interactions. The intermolecular attractive forces are basically attributable to interactions between the positively polarized sites in esters and the negatively polarized/charged sites in PE film.     

Characteristics of interfacial layers of polymer composite materials

Design diagrams are given based on which engineering models are developed allowing one to calculate the characteristics of interfacial layers of polymer composite materials are given. Theoretical and experimental investigations of interfacial layer thicknesses are comparatively evaluated.     

Association of bound states of the coulomb potential with resonances of the coulomb potential perturbed by a barrier

In the present article we show how the bound states of the Coulomb potential may be associated with resonances that occur when this potential is perturbed by a barrier potential. The main idea is to trace the bound states on successive switching on of the barrier perturbation. It is found that those bound states that are localized inside the barrier are highly sensitive to variation with respect to the barrier height, whereas those that are localized outside are less sensitive. However, there are certain intervals for the barrier height when the role of being “a state localized inside the barrier” is shifted from one bound state to another. The result can be pictured as a “relay race,” where the “deliveries of the baton” are carried out over corresponding avoided crossings. The baton is ultimately handed over to a shape-type resonance state.     

Elements of the topology of the region of the existence of the metastable states of a two-component vapor

Entire regions of the metastable states for binary and single-component systems were constructed. It was established that the regions include temperature intervals from absolute zero to critical temperatures, and from vapor—condensate equilibrium to the conditions of spinodal decomposition of supersaturated vapor in the system. Algorithms for determining the regions of metastable states are presented. The data obtained on their basis are noted to coincide qualitatively with known results. Correlations found earlier are employed to calculate the critical pressures and temperatures for the binary systems in the study.