Determination of acid dissociation constants by capillary electrophoresis

Capillary electrophoresis affords a simple, automated approach for the measurement of pKa values in the range 2-11 at a throughput of less than 1 h per sample per instrument. Agreement with literature values is usually within 0.20 log units with a precision better than 0.07 log units. The attractive features of capillary electrophoresis for pKa measurements are: (1) conventional instrumentation with a high level of automation are suitable for all measurements; (2) because it is a separation method samples need not be of high purity; (3) samples of low water solubility with suitable chromophores are easily handled (detection limits in the microM range); (4) sample consumption per measurement is in the microgram range; and (5) since only mobilities are measured, exact knowledge of concentrations is not needed. The general approach can be extended to pKa measurements in aqueous-organic solvent mixtures and non-aqueous solvents with suitable calibration. The widespread use of absorbance detection in capillary electrophoresis means that the sample must have a suitable chromophore for detection. The main source of controllable error is the accuracy of buffer standardization and their stability in use, and uncontrollable error, the retentive interactions of the sample with the column wall. The latter seems to be a rare problem in practice for typical operating conditions.     

Determination of acid dissociation constants of flavin analogues by capillary zone electrophoresis

Acid dissociation constants (pK_a) of nine kinds of flavin analogues as molecular catalyst candidates were determined by CZE. Although some of the analogues are instable and degradable under the light exposure or in alkaline aqueous solutions, the effective electrophoretic mobility of the flavin analogue of interest has been measured with the residual substance. The pK_a values of the flavin analogues were analyzed through the changes in the effective electrophoretic mobility with varying pH of the separation buffer. One or two steps pK_a values were determined by the analysis. One of the degraded species from the flavin analogues, lumichrome, was also detected in the CZE analysis, and its pK_a values were also determined. While coexisting impurities generated over the storage conditions were found in some analogues, the pK_a values of the target analogues were successfully determined with the help of the CZE separations. A pressure-assisted CZE was utilized for the determination or the estimation of the pK_a values of such analogues as possessing carboxylic acid moiety.     

等色点光度法指示剂类多元酸离解常数的测定

氟试剂(茜素氨羧配合剂,Alizarin Complexan,简称ALC)的离解平衡及吸收光谱变化比较复杂,用经典的电位法或光度法较难获得准确的结果,以致数据差距较大.我们研究了它在不同pH时的吸收光谱,然后在等色点波长以吸光度对pH作图,得到一组等色点摩尔比曲线,由此导出测定离解常数的新方法.方法涉及的试验和计算均较简单,结果比较令人满意. 实验仪器 UV-240分光光度计;pH S-2型酸度计. 试剂氟试剂(A.R.北京化工厂)提纯后,常法配制成1.0×10~(-2)mol·L~(-1)的微酸性溶液.     

乙酸和一氯乙酸电离常数的高效毛细管区带电泳法测定

首次建立了测定一氯乙酸和乙酸的电离常数的高效毛细管区带电泳新方法.该方法利用中性标记物和电流突跃两种方法来标记电渗流,通过测定乙酸和一氯乙酸在一定pH的缓冲溶液中的电泳淌度,结合数据回归分析拟合,求得乙酸和一氯乙酸的电离常数;所得数据和文献报道值较为接近.总体而言,毛细管区带电泳法可简单、快速、可靠地用于测定待测化合物的电离常数.     

Determination of acid dissociation constants of histidine-containing peptides by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

The acid dissociation constant of the imidazolium ring of the decapeptide luliberin has been determined by ¹H NMR-followed titration in D₂O. The normal procedure for the analysis of the titration curve, i.e. direct use of the Henderson-Haselbalch equation, is still applicable in this case, but for more complex peptides a modified calculation procedure is proposed. Results obtained when both methods were applied to luliberin are compared. The influence of D₂O when used as the solvent in this type of determination has been studied using N^α-acetyl-L -histidine methyl ester as a model compound. The difference between the acid dissociation constant of this molecule determined in H₂O and in D₂O implies that a correction of ?.25 unit is needed for those pK_a values calculated by plotting the chemical shifts in D₂O vs the apparent pH meter readings. The pK_a found for N^α-acetyl-L-histidine methyl ester, 6.30 ± 0.04, can be taken as a standard value for histidine-containing peptides.     

Determination of acid dissociation constants based on continuous titration by feedback-based flow ratiometry

We propose a method for the determination of acid dissociation constants based on the rapid detection of the equivalence point (EP) by feedback-based flow ratiometry and the subsequent estimation of the half equivalence point (EP_1/2). The titrant (e.g., NaOH) flow rate F_B was varied in response to a control voltage V_c from a controller, while the titrand (e.g., CH₃COOH) flow rate F_A was held constant. The pH of the mixed solution was monitored downstream from the confluence point of the solutions following a knotted tubular mixer. Initially, V_c was increased linearly. At the instance the detector sensed EP, the ramp direction of V_c changed downward. The pH increased further because of the lag time between the mixing of solutions and the sensing of pH. Following the pH maximum, the pH decreased. The EP was sensed again in this downward scan. The V_c that gives EP_1/2 was computed from the V_c just at the time of the EP detection. The V_c was held constant at this level for 18 s, and the plateau pH value thus obtained was taken to be the pK_a of the analyte subject to activity corrections. Studies on the dependence of the pK_a on the ionic strength or dielectric constant of the solution were conducted in an automated fashion by delivering NaCl solution or acetonitrile through an additional channel. Satisfactory results were obtained with good throughput (53 s per determination) and precision (R.S.D.≈0.3%) for various acids.     

Influence of the INDO parameterization on the indirect spin–spin coupling constants as calculated by the FPT INDO method

Alterations have been introduced in the semi-empirical INDO parameters in order to study their influence on the Fermi contact term of the indirect spin–spin coupling constants as calculated by the finite perturbation theory (FPT). For this purpose a set of molecules containing hydrogen, carbon and/or fluorine has been selected. In general, most coupling constants are found to be much more sensitive than other molecular properties to small changes in the INDO parameters. This sensitivity depends strongly on the particular calculated coupling constant. In most cases the uncertainty in the INDO parameters leads to uncertainties in the coupling constants which are much greater than their experimental errors.     

Determination of aqueous acid‐dissociation constants of aspartic acid using PCM/DFT method

Determination of acid‐dissociation constants, pK_a, of aspartic acid in aqueous solution, using density functional theory calculations combined with the conductor‐like polarizable continuum model (CPCM) and with integral‐equation‐formalism polarizable continuum model (IEFPCM) based on the UAKS and UAHF radii, was carried out. The computed pK_a values derived from the CPCM and IEFPCM with UAKS cavity model of bare structures of the B3LYP/6‐31+G(d,p)‐optimized tetrahydrated structures of aspartic acid species are mostly close to the experimental pK_a values. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2008     

Determination of dissociation constants of flavonoids by capillary electrophoresis

Ionization constants of some flavanols (catechin and epicatechin) and flavonols (kaempherol, fisetin, morin, and quercetin) are determined by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE). This technique allows the determination of pK(a) values until about 12. The pK(a) values obtained are compared with those calculated by the SPARC computational program. This program predicts the microscopic and macroscopic pK(a) values and the order of deprotonation of the different -OH groups. While for catechin and epicatechin the first ionizable OH group occurs in ring 1 and the second ionizable group in ring 2, in flavonols the first deprotonation occurs in ring 2 and the second in ring 1.     

The acid dissociation constants of 2,3-quinoxalinedithiol

Sodium salts of 2,3-quinoxalinedithiol have been prepared and used for determination of the acid ionization constants by potentiometric titration. The fully protonated form of the reagent was used in an alternative determination of the first ionization constant by a solubility method. The constants are pK(2), == 6.84 +/- 0.04 and pK(2) = 9.95 +/- 0.03.     

Determination of acid-base dissociation constants of azahelicenes by capillary zone electrophoresis

CZE was employed to determine acid-base dissociation constants (pK(a)) of ionogenic groups of azahelicenes in methanol (MeOH). Azahelicenes are unique 3-D aromatic systems, which consist of ortho-fused benzene/pyridine units and exhibit helical chirality. The pK(a) values of pyridinium groups of the studied azahelicenes were determined from the dependence of their effective electrophoretic mobility on pH by a nonlinear regression analysis. The effective mobilities of azahelicenes were determined by CZE at pH range between 2.1 and 10.5. Thermodynamic pK(a) values of monobasic 1-aza[6]helicene and 2-aza[6]helicene in MeOH were determined to be 4.94 +/- 0.05 and 5.68 +/- 0.05, respectively, and pK(a) values of dibasic 1,14-diaza[5]helicene were found to be equal to 7.56 +/- 0.38 and 8.85 +/- 0.26. From these values, the aqueous pK(a) of these compounds was estimated.     

Determination of dissociation constants of 99mTechnetium radiopharmaceuticals by capillary electrophoresis

Capillary electrophoresis was applied to investigate pKa values of 99mTc radiotracers used in nuclear medicine. Therefore, the protonation equilibria of the carboxyl groups of 99mTc-mercaptoacetylglycylglycylglycine (99mTc-MAG3) and 99mTc-ethylenecysteine dimer (99mTc-EC) were studied by pH-dependent determination of electrophoretical velocities. 99mTc-ethylenecysteine dimer diethyl ester (99mTc-ECD) was used as a non-protonable standard. The capillary electrophoresis system was equipped with a radioactivity detector. Measurements were performed using a pressure-driven capillary zone electrophoresis which allowed runs even in the low pH range. For the determination of pKa values, the electrophoretical velocities of the analytes were referred to the electrophoretical velocities of tetraphenyle arsonium chloride as a positively charged marker. Calculation of pKa values was accomplished by non-linear curve fitting of both structure-based equilibria equations and sigmoidal decay functions to the experimental data. 99mTc-MAG3 was shown to have a carboxyl group pKa value of 4.22. The value for the carboxyl groups of 99mTc-EC is 2.90 (determined by structure-based equilibria equations), which represents a common value for both carboxyl groups. By the use of sigmoidal functions, similar values were elucidated. As expected, 99mTc-ECD shows no protonation step.     

Determination of acidic dissociation constants of several vic-dioximes

The acidic dissociation constants of three vic-dioximes have been determined from spectrophotometric data. The results may be summarized as follows:

     

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Determination of dissociation constants of aristolochic acid I and II by capillary electrophoresis with carboxymethyl chitosan-coated capillary     

Fu X  Liu Y  Li W  Bai Y  Liao Y  Liu H 《Talanta》2011,85(1):813-815

Aristolochic acid-I and aristolochic acid-II have been proved to be the main bioactive and toxic component in Aristolochia plants. As a result, the determination of their dissociation constants, which are important property parameters for weak acids, is highly desired for related pharmacological and toxicological studies. In this work, the dissociation constant values of aristolochic acid-I and aristolochic acid-II were determined by capillary electrophoresis using carboxymethyl chitosan-coated capillary, based on their electrophoretic mobilities by using nonlinear regression as well as linear regression, showing that the two models give comparable results. The data were also compared with those obtained by capillary electrophoresis with polybrene-coated capillary, and no conspicuous difference was observed. The correlation coefficients were all higher than 0.998 for both linear and nonlinear regression model. The pKa values were found to be 3.3±0.1 for aristolochic acid-I and 3.2±0.1 for aristolochic acid-II.     

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Determination of dissociation constants of sparingly soluble phenothiazine derivatives by second-derivative spectrophotometry     

Keisuke Kitamura  Miharu Takenaka  Sachiyo Yoshida  Mariko Ito  Yuriko Nakamura  Keiichiro Hozumi 《Analytica chimica acta》1991

The dissociation constants (pK_a) for sparingly soluble phenothiazines (promazine, chlorpromazine, trifluoropromazine) in water were measured by second-derivative spectrophotometry. The intense background signals in the absorption spectra due to the turbidity caused by the precipitation of insoluble free base of the phenothiazine derivatives were eliminated in the second-derivative spectra, and the solubilities of the phenothiazine derivatives could be easily determined from the peak-to-trough lengths (D values) of the second-derivative signals. The pK_a values were calculated from the pH dependence of the D values. The pK_a values obtained agreed well with reported values and the standard deviations for 6–10 determinations were ? 0.02. The solubilities of the free bases of the phenothiazines were also determined.     

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Calculation of hfs coupling constants by the roothaan “Plus” configuration interaction method within the INDO approximation     

Vera Bellagamba  Roberta Ercoli  Aldo Gamba  Gabriele Morosi 《Theoretical chemistry accounts》1978,47(4):329-343

A new set of parameters, relating hfs coupling constants to the spin densities calculated by the RHF+CI method, within the INDO approximation, is given for¹H, ¹³C, ¹⁴N, ¹⁷O, ¹⁹F. On the whole the results, obtained for a homogeneous sample of organic radicals, are in better agreement with experimental ones, as compared with UHF method.     

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Determination of dissociation constants of folic acid, methotrexate, and other photolabile pteridines by pressure-assisted capillary electrophoresis     

Szakács Z  Noszál B 《Electrophoresis》2006,27(17):3399-3409

Pressure-assisted CE (PACE) was applied to determine the previously inaccessible complete set of pK values for folic acid and eight related multiprotic compounds. PACE allowed the determination of all acidity macroconstants at low (相似文献   

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Determination of dissociation constants of amino acids by capillary zone electrophoresis.     

L Yang  Z Yuan 《Electrophoresis》1999,20(14):2877-2883

A method is proposed for the determination of dissociation constants of amino acids by capillary zone electrophoresis. According to the dissociation equilibrium of amino acids and the basic theory of electrophoresis, the nonlinear relationship between the pH value of the buffer and the effective electrophoretic mobilities of the analyte was obtained. The dissociation constants can be calculated from the pH values and the corresponding effective electrophoretic mobilities using the program written in C++. The dissociation constants, pKa1 and pKa2, of 11 kinds of amino acids were determined successfully by the proposed method. The determined dissociation constants were compared with values in the literature; the differences between them are in the range of -0.03 to 0.06. No significant differences were observed between the determined dissociation constants and the corresponding literature values.     

pK1	pK2
2,3-butanedionedioxime	10.6 ± 0.1	11.9 ± 0.3
1,2-cyclohexanedionedioxime	10.6 ± 0.2	12.4 ± 0.5
1,2-cycloheptanedionedioxime	10.7 ± 0.2	12.3 ± 0.5

Determination of dissociation constants of aristolochic acid I and II by capillary electrophoresis with carboxymethyl chitosan-coated capillary

Aristolochic acid-I and aristolochic acid-II have been proved to be the main bioactive and toxic component in Aristolochia plants. As a result, the determination of their dissociation constants, which are important property parameters for weak acids, is highly desired for related pharmacological and toxicological studies. In this work, the dissociation constant values of aristolochic acid-I and aristolochic acid-II were determined by capillary electrophoresis using carboxymethyl chitosan-coated capillary, based on their electrophoretic mobilities by using nonlinear regression as well as linear regression, showing that the two models give comparable results. The data were also compared with those obtained by capillary electrophoresis with polybrene-coated capillary, and no conspicuous difference was observed. The correlation coefficients were all higher than 0.998 for both linear and nonlinear regression model. The pKa values were found to be 3.3±0.1 for aristolochic acid-I and 3.2±0.1 for aristolochic acid-II.     

Determination of dissociation constants of sparingly soluble phenothiazine derivatives by second-derivative spectrophotometry

The dissociation constants (pK_a) for sparingly soluble phenothiazines (promazine, chlorpromazine, trifluoropromazine) in water were measured by second-derivative spectrophotometry. The intense background signals in the absorption spectra due to the turbidity caused by the precipitation of insoluble free base of the phenothiazine derivatives were eliminated in the second-derivative spectra, and the solubilities of the phenothiazine derivatives could be easily determined from the peak-to-trough lengths (D values) of the second-derivative signals. The pK_a values were calculated from the pH dependence of the D values. The pK_a values obtained agreed well with reported values and the standard deviations for 6–10 determinations were ? 0.02. The solubilities of the free bases of the phenothiazines were also determined.     

Calculation of hfs coupling constants by the roothaan “Plus” configuration interaction method within the INDO approximation

A new set of parameters, relating hfs coupling constants to the spin densities calculated by the RHF+CI method, within the INDO approximation, is given for¹H, ¹³C, ¹⁴N, ¹⁷O, ¹⁹F. On the whole the results, obtained for a homogeneous sample of organic radicals, are in better agreement with experimental ones, as compared with UHF method.     

Determination of dissociation constants of folic acid, methotrexate, and other photolabile pteridines by pressure-assisted capillary electrophoresis

Pressure-assisted CE (PACE) was applied to determine the previously inaccessible complete set of pK values for folic acid and eight related multiprotic compounds. PACE allowed the determination of all acidity macroconstants at low (相似文献   

Determination of dissociation constants of amino acids by capillary zone electrophoresis.

A method is proposed for the determination of dissociation constants of amino acids by capillary zone electrophoresis. According to the dissociation equilibrium of amino acids and the basic theory of electrophoresis, the nonlinear relationship between the pH value of the buffer and the effective electrophoretic mobilities of the analyte was obtained. The dissociation constants can be calculated from the pH values and the corresponding effective electrophoretic mobilities using the program written in C++. The dissociation constants, pKa1 and pKa2, of 11 kinds of amino acids were determined successfully by the proposed method. The determined dissociation constants were compared with values in the literature; the differences between them are in the range of -0.03 to 0.06. No significant differences were observed between the determined dissociation constants and the corresponding literature values.