Estimation of the hydration of polar groups of α-amino acids by differential scanning calorimetry

The heat capacity of hydration of zwitterions derived from aliphatic amino acids depends linearly on the surface area of the amino acid side radicals accessible to water molecules with the slopeb = 2.35±0.11 J mol^–1 K^–1 Å^–2 at 298 K. The linear correlation between hydration heat capacities of zwitterions of aliphatic amino acids and the corresponding aliphatic alcohols with a coefficient of approximately unity confirms the assumption that hydrophobic hydration does not depend on the nature of the surrounding groups. Using the assumption that the hydration of hydrocarbon radicals is independent of the neighboring groups, theb value has been used to calculate the contributions of polar groups. The contributions of OH, COON, and CONH groups of the side radicals in polar amino acids in the zwitterion form are close to zero; in the case of organic nonionic molecules, these contributions are negative. The increments for polar groups obtained for the zwitterions can be used for the calculation of the heat capacities of proteins and polypeptides incorporating charged amino acid residues. The difference between hydrophilic and hydrophobic hydration mechanisms is manifested not only as different magnitudes and signs of heat capacities and temperature coefficients but also in the fact that the neighboring polar (charged) groups have an effect on hydrophilic hydration but have no effect on hydrophobic hydration.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2237–2242, September, 1996.     

Spectrophotometric determination of cationic and anionic surfactants with anionic dyes in the presence of nonionic surfactants,part II: Development of batch and flow injection methods

On the basis of the changes in absorption spectra of azo dyes on the addition of an organic onium ion, spectrophotometric methods for the determination of organic onium salts and anionic surfactants were developed, and applied to flow injection method. Propyl orange (PO^–) was used for the determination of organic onium ions. Pairs of PO^– and Zeph⁺ (tetradecyldimethyl-benzylammonium ion) or PO^– and nC₁₈TMA⁺ (n-octadecyltrimethylammonium ion) were used for the determination of anionic surfactants. The determination range of organic onium ions were (0–3) × 10^–5 M by a batch method and were (0–2) × 10^–5 M by a flow injection method. The determination ranges of anionic surfactants were (0–2) × 10^–5 M by the batch method, and were (0–5) × 10^–5 M by the flow injection method, and the detection limit corresponding toS/N = 3 was 3 × 10^–7 M by the flow injection method. By the proposed flow injection method, anionic surfactants in water samples were determined.     

Solid-Phase Microextraction of Aliphatic Alcohols Based on Polyaniline Coated Fibers

The efficiency of polyaniline (PANI), coated gold wire was investigated for use as a fiber for solid-phase microextraction (SPME). Aniline monomers were electropolymerized on gold wires by applying a constant current to an acetate buffer containing NaClO₄ as supporting electrolyte for 30 min. These fibers were used for the extraction of some aliphatic alcohols from gaseous samples. The results obtained proved the ability of PANI fiber for sampling organic compounds from gaseous samples. From this work, optimum conditions for preparation and conditioning of fibers and for the extraction of analytes from gaseous samples were obtained. Under optimum conditions, one fiber was used for several equivalent analyses and the relative standard deviations (RSD) were <7% (n=6). However, fiber to fiber reproducibility was <9% (n=6). This fiber is firm and durable and is simply prepared. Calibration graphs were linear in the range: 0.1–10 g mL^–1 for aliphatic alcohols; the detection limit range was 15–75 ng mL^–1 (S/N=3) using a flame ionization detector.     

Vanilline Alkanoates in the Synthesis of Hexahydrobenzacridine and Octahydroxanthene Derivatives

Cascade heterocyclization of 1,3-cyclohexanedione and dimedone with 2-naphthylamine and vanilline esters gave derivatives of 2-methoxy-4-(alkyl-11-oxo-7,8,9,10,11,12-hexahydrobenz[a]acridin-12-yl)- and 2-methoxy-4-(alkyl-1,8-dioxo-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9-octahydro-1H-xanthen-9-yl)phenyl esters of aliphatic (C₁– C₄ ) carboxylic acids.__________Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 75, No. 4, 2005, pp. 654–658.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Kozlov, Basalaeva.     

Synthesis of Isothiocyanates Using DMT/NMM/TsO− as a New Desulfurization Reagent

Thirty-three alkyl and aryl isothiocyanates, as well as isothiocyanate derivatives from esters of coded amino acids and from esters of unnatural amino acids (6-aminocaproic, 4-(aminomethyl)benzoic, and tranexamic acids), were synthesized with satisfactory or very good yields (25–97%). Synthesis was performed in a “one-pot”, two-step procedure, in the presence of organic base (Et₃N, DBU or NMM), and carbon disulfide via dithiocarbamates, with 4-(4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-4-methylmorpholinium toluene-4-sulfonate (DMT/NMM/TsO⁻) as a desulfurization reagent. For the synthesis of aliphatic and aromatic isothiocyanates, reactions were carried out in a microwave reactor, and selected alkyl isothiocyanates were also synthesized in aqueous medium with high yields (72–96%). Isothiocyanate derivatives of L- and D-amino acid methyl esters were synthesized, under conditions without microwave radiation assistance, with low racemization (er 99 > 1), and their absolute configuration was confirmed by circular dichroism. Isothiocyanate derivatives of natural and unnatural amino acids were evaluated for antibacterial activity on E. coli and S. aureus bacterial strains, where the most active was ITC 9e.     

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of polysubstituted cyclohexa-1,3-dienes from β-branched α,β-alkenals

3-Methyl- and 3-phenylbut-2-enal in the presence of (S)-prolinol (0.1 eq.) in benzene or THF react with the acidic monoesters of alkenylidene, and arylmethylidene-, and alkylidenemalonic acids at –10 to +22 °C to give optically active esters of 4,6-disubstituted cyclohexa-1,3-diene-l-carboxylic acids in moderate (10–43 %) yields. The enantiomeric purity of the products formed from the lint two types of acidic ylidenemalonates varies from 28 to 68 % and is higher than that observed in the case of related alkylidenemalonates. Under similar conditions cyclohexylideneacetaldehyde affords optically active derivatives of 1,5,6,7,8,8a-hexahydronaphthalene as mixtures ofcis andtrans isomers. The enantiomeric purity and absolute configuration of the cyclohexadienes thus obtained were determined using¹H NMR spectroscopy in combination with chiral solvating agents.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 663–669, March, 1996.     

Study of the reactivity of ammonium carboxylates in the synthesis of amides under high-pressure deformation conditions

On deformation under pressures up to 10 GPa the ammonium salts of aliphatic and aromatic acids, as well as mixtures of a free carboxylic acid with the ammonium salts of strong mineral acids, are converted into the corresponding amides. The amide yields increase with pressure, the magnitude of shearing deformation, and temperature. The temperature and pressure coefficients for amide formation are low and have values of 2.5–4 kJ/mole and –1 to –2 cm³/mole, respectively. The reactivity of ammonium salts in the synthesis of amides alternates in the homologous series of aliphatic acids in a similar way to the shear stress of these salts. The reactivity of the ammonium salts of aliphatic acids increases when the reaction is conducted in a matrix of an ammonium salt which possesses plasticity and a high shear stress.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2289–2292, October, 1989.     

Infrarotspektroskopische Charakterisierung von Carbons?uren durch ihre Trimethylsilylester

Zusammenfassung 91 Carbonsäuren wurden mit Dialkoxytrimethylsiloxy-N-trimethylsilylphosphoriminen (besonders Diäthoxytrimethylsiloxy-N-trimethylsilylphosphorimin, DASPI) oder mit Trimethylsilylmethyl acetamid, TMSMA, silyliert. Die C=O-Frequenzen der entsprechenden Trimethylsilylester können zur Ermittlung des Substitutionstyps am-C-Atom der Carbonsäuren dienen.-Aminosäuren bilden eine Ausnahme. Diese Säuren wurden wegen ungenügender Silylierung mit DASPI nur mit TMSMA silyliert. Folgende Frequenzbereiche der Silylesterbande wurden gefunden: aliphatisch, aliphatisch-verzweigt 1713 bis 1733 (1722±4) cm^–1;-heterosubstituiert, einschließlich-Acylamino- 1721–1754 (1737±11) cm^–1, in den meisten Fällen von einer zweiten, längerwelligen Bande begleitet im Abstand von 10–25 cm^–1:-unge-sättigt 1687–1736 (1701±13) cm^–1; aromatisch 1673–1721 (1705+10) cm^–1;-Amino- 1702–1731 (1719±7) cm^–1. (In Klammern: Mittelwerte mit Standardabweichung.)

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Infrared-spectroscopic characterisation of carboxylic acids by their trimethylsilyl esters

91 Carboxylic acids were silylated by dialkyltrimethylsilyl-N-trimethylsilyl phosphorimidates (mainly diethyltrimethylsilyl-N-trimethylsilyl phosphorimidate, DESPI) or trimethylsilylmethyl acetamide, TMSMA, and the C=O frequencies of the corresponding trimethylsilyl esters were investigated. Exceptions were -amino acids. Due to uncomplete silylation by DESPI these were silylated by TMSMA, but investigations in the region lower than 1690 cm^–1 could not be made because of the strong absorption by the amide I band of TMSMA.The following frequency regions of the silyl ester band were found: aliphatic, aliphatic-branched 1713–1733 (1722±4) cm^–1;-heterosubstituted, including-acylamino- 1721–1754 (1737±11) cm^–1 and, in most cases a second, lower frequency band at a distance of 10–25 cm^–1 originating from conformational isomers:-unsa-turated 1687–1736 (1701±13) cm^–1; aromatic 1673–1721 (1705±10) cm^–1;-amino-1702–1731 (1719±7) cm^–1. (In brackets: mean value ± standard deviation.)

     

Synthesis of D-Mannite Esters of Aliphatic and Aromatic Acids

Mono- and diesters of D-mannite with aliphatic acids and mixed diesters with aliphatic and aromatic acids were synthesized by transesterification of their methyl esters. The structures of the products are confirmed by PMR, ¹³ C NMR, and IR spectra     

Activity of Aliphatic Diperoxy Acids in the Luminol Chemiluminescence Reaction

The activity of dilute aqueous solutions of aliphatic diperoxysuccinic, -glutaric, -adipic, and -sebacic acids in the luminol chemiluminescence reaction is studied. This activity can be detected at a low (10^–6–10^–5M) concentration of luminol in weakly alkaline solutions; it increases as the alkyl chain length of the acid decreases. The best conditions for chemiluminescence have been selected. It has been shown that individual or total diperoxy acids can be determined by luminol chemiluminescence. The determination limit for diperoxyadipic acid used as an example has been estimated at 2.0 ng/mL.     

Gas chromatographic study of the urea—Cetyl alcohol adduct and its components

Summary As part of the gas chromatographic study of inclusion compounds, the behaviour of cetyl alcohol (the guest component in the inclusion compound with urea) and its properties as a stationary phase were followed. Measurements were carried out over a temperature range of 40–100°C with a wide selection of substances including aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, halocarbons, alcohols, esters, ethers, carbonyl compounds, amines and organic acids. The experimental retention data were interpreted from the point of view of possible interactions and the contributions from the individual intermolecular forces were evaluated. The results indicated that cetyl alcohol could be used as a stationary phase over a range of 50–90°C for rapid analysis of many non-polar, medium and strongly polar substances.Dedicated to the 70th birthday of ProfessorA. A. Zhukhovitskii.     

An unexpected reaction of 2-vinyloxyethyl isothiocyanate with halocarboxylic acids

Reactions of 2-vinyloxyethyl isothiocyanate with aliphatic halocarboxylic acids give rise to their 1-(2-isothiocyanatoethoxy)ethyl esters in quantitative yields. An unusual rearrangement of 1-(2-isothiocyanatoethoxy)ethyl chloro(bromo)acetate and 3-bromopropanoate to 5-aza-7-chloro(bromo)-4-oxo-3-thiaheptanoic and to 6-aza-8-bromo-5-oxo-4-thiaoctanoic acids, respectively, was observed. Monohalocarboxylic acids and their esters were shown to readily alkylate l,3-oxazolidine-2-thione to form the same thiaheptanoic and thiaoctanoic acids and their esters.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 350–354, February, 1993.     

Changes in hydrocarbon emulsification specificity of the polymeric bioemulsifier emulsan: effects of alkanols

The biopolymer emulsan, which forms stable emulsions with mixtures of aliphatic and cyclic (or aromatic) hydrocarbons in water, does not emulsify aliphatic hydrocarbons alone [1–4]. Monohydric primary alcohols from hexanol to dodecanol were shown to enhance the formation of pure aliphatic hydrocarbon/water emulsions under conditions of mild agitation. Enhancement was a function of emulsan concentration and was proportional to alkanol concentration (5×10^–5 M to 2.5x10^–4 M) at constant bioemulsifier concentration (0.05 mg/ml). Enhancement of emulsification was also found when aqueous solutions of diethanolamine and phenethyl alcohol (5 to 30×10^–3 M) were substituted for the primary alcohols. None of these substances emulsified hexadecane or othern-alkanes in the absence of the biopolymer. The strongest enhancement of emulsification (3-fold) was observed with tetra- and hexadecane. At alkanol concentrations optimal for enhancement of emulsification, no significant lowering of hexadecane/ emulsan/water interfacial tension was observed. The possibility of a direct association of alkanols with the emulsan in solution, resulting in altered conformation of biopolymer and modification of its specificity toward hydrocarbons, is discussed.Preliminary results of this work were presented at the 57th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, 1983, Toronto, Canada.     

Determination of Hydroxamic Acids by Thermal-Lens Spectrometry

Conditions are determined for the determination of salicylhydroxamic and acetylhydroxamic acids by thermal-lens spectrometry using iron(III) in an aqueous medium. The detection limits are 6 × 10^–8 and 3 × 10^–8 M, respectively. The sensitivity can be enhanced 3–6 times with the use of aqueous–organic media.     

ESR study of weak exchange interactions in binuclear copper(ii) complexes with acyldihydrazones of fluorinated β-diketones

A series of binuclear copper(ii) complexes with acyldihydrazones of aliphatic dicarboxylic acids (from malonic to adipic) and fluorinated -diketones (trifluoro- and hexafluoroacetylacetone) of composition Cu₂L·2Py (H₄L is acyldihydrazone) were studied by ESR spectroscopy. The ESR spectra of solutions of complexes with trifluoroacetylacetone acyldihydrazones have an isotropic signal with a seven-line hyperfine structure from two equivalent copper nuclei (g = 2.112, a _Cu = (39—40)·10^–4 cm^–1), which is indicative of weak exchange interactions between the paramagnetic centers due to spin density delocalization through a chain of the -bonds of the polymethylene bridge. On going to hexafluoroacetylacetone derivatives, the coupling is suppressed and the ESR spectra of solutions of such complexes show a signal with a four-line hyperfine structure (g = 2.121—2.131, a _Cu = (55—63)·10^–4 cm^–1) typical of mononuclear copper complexes.     

The Solvent Effect on the Rate of Reaction between Propanethiol and Chlorine Dioxide

The products and kinetics of the liquid-phase oxidation of propanethiol by chlorine dioxide in organic media (n-heptane, 1,4-dioxane, carbon tetrachloride, benzene, diethyl ether, ethyl acetate, acetone, and acetonitrile) at temperatures from –10 to 70°C were examined. The reaction rate constants and activation parameters were measured in the above solvents. A strong solvent effect on the reaction kinetics was found (k= 1.67 × 10^–3or 52.7 l mol^–1s^–1(25°C) in heptane or acetonitrile, respectively). The data were analyzed in terms of the Leydler–Eyring and Koppel–Palm equations. The formation of high-polarity intermediates in the test reaction was suggested.     

Screening method for phthalate esters in water using liquid-phase microextraction based on the solidification of a floating organic microdrop combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

A simple and efficient liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) technique was developed using directly suspended organic microdrop coupled with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS), for the extraction and the determination of phthalate esters (dimethyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate, diallyl phthalate, di-n-butyl phthalate (DnBP), benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), dicyclohexyl phthalate and di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP)) in water samples. Microextraction efficiency factors, such as nature and volume of the organic solvent, temperature, salt effect, stirring rate and the extraction time were investigated and optimized. Under the optimized extraction conditions (extraction solvent: 1-dodecanol; extraction temperature: 60 °C; microdrop volume: 7 μL; stirring rate: 750 rpm, without salt addition and extraction time: 25 min), figures of merit of the proposed method were evaluated. The values of the detection limit were in the range of 0.02–0.05 μg L⁻¹, while the R.S.D.% value for the analysis of 5.0 μg L⁻¹ of the analytes was below 7.7% (n = 4). A good linearity (r² ≥ 0.9940) and a broad linear range (0.05–100 μg L⁻¹) were obtained. The method exhibited enrichment factor values ranging from 307 to 412. Finally, the designed method was successfully applied for the preconcentration and determination of the studied phthalate esters in different real water samples and satisfactory results were attained.     

Superacidic cyclization of higher terpenoid acids and their esters

The superacidic cyclization of aliphatic and partially cyclized C₁₅–C₂₅ terpenoid acids and their esters proceeds structure-selectively and stereospecifically, affording -isomers of completely cyclized epimeric ,-unsaturated acids or esters; the configuration of their carboxylic or ester groups is predetermined by the configuration of the double bond conjugated with the carboxyl or ester groups in the starting compounds.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2507–2513, December, 1995.     

Separation of Enantiomers of Non-Protein Amino Acids by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography on a Chiral Ligand-Exchange Column

The HPLC separation of enantiomers of underivatized non-protein amino acids was investigated by using a column packed with octadecylsilanized silica coated with N,S-dioctyl-D-penicillamine as a chiral ligand-exchange phase (Sumichiral OA-5000). Good enantiomeric separations were achieved with a variety of -amino acids carrying aliphatic or aromatic side chains, cyclic imino acids, and -amino acids, together with -methyl--amino acids, by optimizing the amount (0–20%, v/v) of 2-propanol as the organic component and the concentration (1–5 mM) of Cu²⁺ as the complexing metal ion in the aqueous-organic eluent.     

PVC Membrane electrode for trinitrobenzenesulfonate and its use for indirect determination of amino acids

A PVC membrane electrode of the conventional type was prepared which is selective for trinitrobenzenesulfonate (TNBS^–). It showed a rapid Nernstian response within the TNBS^– concentration range 1.0 × 10^–5 to 1.0 × 10^–2 M at 25 ± 0.1°C. The electrode was selective, precise (RSD < 0.87% for TNBS^– and < 1.32% for amino acids) and usable within the pH range 2.5–12. The standard electrode potentials,E°, were determined at different temperatures and used to calculate the isothermal temperature coefficient of the cell. Selectivity coefficients for numerous compounds are given. The electrode has been used for the direct determination of trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid in aqueous solutions either by the standard additions method or by potentiometric titration against cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTABr) at pH 7. The electrode has been also applied successfully for the indirect microdetermination of neutral, acidic and basic amino acids separately, and as binary or ternary mixtures of neutral amino-acids. Total amino acids were determined in urine samples.