Analysis of serum anion gap and osmolal gap in diagnosis and prognosis of acute methanol poisoning: clinical study in 86 patients

Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly - We performed a retrospective study in 86 patients from the Czech methanol outbreak in 2012 to determine the role of anion and osmolal gaps in...     

The effect of ethanol on the catalytic oxidation of methanol on silver

Thermal desorption, radioactive indicators, and a kinetic method involving frozen radicals were used to study the catalytic oxidation of methanol in the presence of ethanol on silver. The increase in the yield of aldehydes in the combined oxidation of these alcohols on silver is related to a change in the nature of the adsorption and homogeneous steps of this reaction.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1174–1176, May, 1990.     

甲醇浓度对被动式自呼吸直接甲醇燃料电池性能的影响

依据单电池测试结果和甲醇传质理论考察了甲醇溶液的浓度对被动式自呼吸直接甲醇燃料电池（DMFC）性能的影响.研究结果表明,电池的法拉第效率和能量转化效率会随着浓度的增大而降低,采用4mol/L的甲醇溶液实现了最大的放电功率13.9mW/cm^2,并能在60mA下稳定放电长达20h.这取决于电池运行过程中电极内部的甲醇传质和甲醇透过的共同作用.     

Selectivity switch in transformation of CO2 from ethanol to methanol on Cu embedded in the defect carbon

The copper-based catalysts have been generally regarded as high-performance catalysts for CO_2 hydrogenation toward methanol,while the production of ethanol via C–C coupling on the copper-based catalysts is still challenging. Herein, we report a new catalyst where Cu nanoparticles are embedded in the carbon support with abundant defect sites, achieving a high selectivity for ethanol in the CO_2 hydrogenation. The experiments coupled with the theoretical studies show a clear map where carbon defects serve as anchor sites that can stabilize interfacial copper species, and interfacial Cu sites with low coordination numbers can adsorb two C_1 species and later convert them to a C_2 species via a hydrogenation-induced coupling reaction. Further adjacent Cu atoms of interfacial Cu sites can facilitate OH reduction reactions via the Cu–Cu bridge adsorption to assist the formation of ethanol. Especially, those specific active sites easily disappear in the reducing conditions and during the reaction, the major product can transform from ethanol to methanol.     

The effect of a mild base on curcumin in methanol and ethanol

Steady-state and time-resolved emission techniques were employed to study the effect of acetate, a mild base, on the luminescence of curcumin in methanol and ethanol. We found that the steady-state emission intensity as well as the average fluorescence decay time are reduced by a factor of 5 when the acetate concentration is raised to about 1.8 M. We attribute this large effect to an excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) from the acidic groups of curcumin to the acetate anion. We analyze the experimental data in terms of an ESPT reaction occurring between a photoacid and a base.     

乙醇的低温光催化氧化实验研究

利用傅里叶变换红外光谱仪(FT-IR),在间歇式反应器中研究了高浓度乙醇的低温光催化氧化特性。研究结果表明,FT-IR技术能够用来研究气态有机物的光催化降解特性;在乙醇的光催化降解过程中,有乙醛等中间产物生成,乙醇先被氧化为乙醛,再被氧化为二氧化碳;在间歇式反应器中,乙醇的循环流量对乙醇的瞬时降解速率影响不大;高浓度乙醇的低温光催化氧化过程可以用单步Langmuir-Hinshelwood 方程来描述;温度对乙醇光催化氧化的初始反应速率的影响十分显著,高浓度乙醇的初始反应速率随温度的升高而迅速提高。     

Ir spectra of the simplest stable proton solvates in methanol and ethanol

The spectra of (MeOH)₂H⁺ and (EtOH)₂H⁺ proton disolvates formed by strong symmetrical hydrogen bonding were separated from the multiple frustrated total internal reflection (MFTIR) IR spectra of solutions of HCl in methanol and ethanol. These spectra show a large number of rather narrow bands, exceeding the number of bands in the spectra of the pure alcohols and are in accord with a model, in which the generation of continuous absorption in solutions of strong acids is a consequence of the interaction of vibrations for protons in a strong, symmetrical hydrogen bond with the vibrations of other groups of proton disolvates.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 217–220, January, 1991.     

Synthesis of higher alcohols. Enhancement by the addition of methanol or ethanol to the syngas

The synthesis of higher alcohols over the catalyst developed in our laboratory were carried out with the separate addition of methanol or ethanol. Strongly increased yields of all C₃₊ alcohols were observed.     

Transition metal oxides in the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol and ethanol on noble metal nanoparticles

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EXAFS studies on the methanol and ethanol solutions of cobalt(II) bromides

The results of an EXAFS investigation of methanol and ethanol solutions of CoBr₂ are reported. The curve fitting analysis gives the coordination numbers and the Co–Br and Co-solvent distances. The results for both 0.2M and 3.8M CoBr₂ in ethanol show the existence of [CoBr₂(C₂H₅OH)₂] as the dominant species, although a considerable amount of octahedral species also exists in the solutions. In 0.2 and 3.3M CoBr₂ methanol solutions, the dominant species are [Co(CH₃OH)₆]²⁺ and [CoBr(CH₃OH)₅]⁺, respectively.     

Direct analysis of formate in human plasma,serum and whole blood by in-line coupling of microdialysis to capillary electrophoresis for rapid diagnosis of methanol poisoning

A simple method using direct injection of human blood samples and quantitative analysis of formate was developed for rapid diagnosis of methanol poisoning. A sample pretreatment device including a 500 Da molecular weight cut-off dialysis membrane was in-line coupled to capillary electrophoresis with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection (CE-C⁴D). 50 μL of 1:9 diluted blood samples and 50 μL of DI water were filled into the donor and the acceptor chamber, respectively, and small ionic species in blood samples were electrokinetically injected across the dialysis membrane directly into the separation capillary. Matrix components, such as red blood cells, proteins, lipids and other high molecular weight compounds, were retained by the dialysis membrane and did not interfere with subsequent CE separation. Formate was separated from other small anions in an optimized background electrolyte solution consisting of 20 mM l-histidine and 25 mM l-glutamic acid at pH 4.8. The method showed excellent analytical parameters in terms of repeatability and linearity; RSD values for migration times and peak areas at a formate concentration typical for methanol poisoning were below 0.3% and 7.4%, respectively, and linear calibration curves with correlation coefficients better than 0.999 were obtained. Limit of detection and limit of quantification were 15 and 50 μM formate in original (undiluted) blood samples, respectively. The method was applied to determination of formate in serum samples of a patient diagnosed with acute methanol poisoning.     

高浓度体系制备ZSM-5分子筛及碱处理后甲醇制丙烯性能

在高浓度体系下,以粗孔硅胶和偏铝酸钠为原料,TPABr为模板剂,水热晶化法制备了ZSM-5分子筛,单釜产率23％.用不同浓度的氢氧化钠溶液对ZSM-5分子筛进行改性,采用XRD、FT-IR、SEM、NH3-TPD、XRF、N2物理吸附等方法对改性前后的样品进行了表征,并考察了改性后ZSM-5分子筛甲醇催化转化制丙烯(MTP)反应性能.结果表明,氢氧化钠改性未破坏分子筛的骨架结构,改性后样品的酸量、介孔孔容和BET比表面积均有增加,从而改善了催化剂的抗积碳性能和反应性能.在MTP反应中,增产丙烯的效果不明显,但表现出了更好的催化稳定性(催化剂使用寿命从85 h提升至110 h),并且有利于提高副产物汽油组分(∑C5+)的产量.     

Effect of methanol concentration on substrate conversion in alkylation of toluene on zeolite catalysts

Influence of the concentration of toluene and methanol on the substrate conversion in toluene methylation reaction was studied by a pulse method. Increased methanol partial pressure gave better conversion to xylenes whereas toluene partial pressure did not affect the reaction. This behavior has been interpreted by supposing that the first step in toluene methylation is chemisorption of methanol on zeolite.

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Colorimetric determination of ethanol in the presence of methanol and other species in aqueous solution

Ethanol is coupled with diazotized p-aminobenzoic acid, to give a coloured product with maximum absorption at 436 nm. The coloured product has a molar absorptivity of 1.02 x 10(4)l.mole(-1).cm(-1) and Beer's law is obeyed over the range 0.5-4.0 mug/ml. The relative standard deviation is less than 4.76% and the relative errors are within -2.89-3.9%. The suggested method is rapid, simple, selective and sensitive.     

Effects of water and methanol on the molecular organization of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate as functions of pressure and concentration

The structural organization in mixtures of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([bmim][BF(4)])/water or methanol was studied by infrared spectroscopy. No drastic change in the concentration dependence of the alkyl C-H band frequency was observed at high concentration of the ionic liquid. This behavior indicates a clustering of the ionic liquid in alkyl regions. Nevertheless, the presence of methanol significantly perturbs the ionic liquid-ionic liquid associations in the imidazolium region. On the basis of the responses to change in pressure and concentration, two different types of O-H species, i.e., free O-H and bonded O-H, were observed in the O-H stretching region. For [bmim][BF(4)]/water mixtures, the compression leads to loss of the free O-H band intensity. It is likely that free O-H is switched to bonded O-H as high pressures are applied. For [bmim][BF(4)]/methanol mixtures, the free O-H is still stable under high pressures.     

Effect of ethanol on the thermal stability of human serum albumin

The effect of ethanol on human serum albumin stability in aqueous solution was studied by use of differential scanning calorimetry. A deconvolution of DSC traces in 2-state model with ΔC _p=0 and ΔC _p≠0 was performed and analysed to obtain information on the interaction of ethanol with different parts of albumin molecule both fatty acid containing and fatty acid free. The differences in ethanol binding affinity for both kinds of albumin were found. At very low concentrations ethanol was observed to be a stabilizer of the folded state of albumin contrary to the higher concentration where its binding to the unfolded protein predominates.     

Miscibilities of methanol and ethanol with dodecylammonium chloride in the adsorbed film and micelle

The surface tension of the aqueous solutions of methanol– dodecylammonium chloride (DAC) and ethanol–DAC mixtures has been measured as a function of the total molality of the mixture m^ and the mole fraction of DAC X^₂ in the mixture at 298.15?K under atmospheric pressure. The compositions of the adsorbed film at 50, 40, and 30?mN?m^-1, and that of the micelle at the critical micelle concentration (CMC) have been evaluated by applying the thermodynamic equations derived previously and shown in the form of phase diagrams of adsorption and micelle formation. It has been found that (i) methanol is hardly miscible in M28.8nthe adsorbed film and micelle, and (ii) ethanol molecules are very slightly incorporated into adsorbed film of DAC at high-surface tension and into the micelle, although hardly miscible in the adsorbed film at low-surface tension. By comparing the corresponding phase diagrams of ethanol-2- (octylsulfinyl)ethanol (OSE) mixture, furthermore, it has been shown that there exists a difference in the miscibility of ethanol between DAC and OSE.     

ESR study of the effects of water,methanol, and ethanol on gamma-irradiation of starch

This investigation deals with the nature and relative abundance of stable radicals formed by gamma-irradiation of wheat starch at room temperature. Additions of equal weights of water, methanol, and ethanol were equally effective in reducing the content of stable radicals in starch which contained about 12% water before the additions. When, however, the starting material was dried starch with 2.9% initial water content additional water and methanol were better radical scavengers than ethanol. This difference is attributed to the superior ability of water and methanol to permeate the starch structure. Superficially different ESR spectra were obtained in products made by irradiating starch and starch that contained added water or methanol. Computer simulation of these spectra showed that they could be matched by superposition of the spectra of the same four component radicals, with some adjustments of relative intensities and peak widths. The structures of these radicals have been dedueed from the spectral assignments and relative effects of the three solvents used on the intensities of the respective ESR spectra.