A new graphical method based on stoichiometric dilution for the classification of binary complexes with mole ratio 1:1

A simple approach to the treatment of spectrophotometric data obtained by stoichiometric dilution is presented for complexes of the type M(m)B(n) and m/n = 1. The values of m and n are obtained by matching the slope of a straight line with a mathematically predicted value. The method can be applied to moderately strong complexes, the concentration of which can be determined by absorbance measurements, and allows calculation of the formation constant as well.     

分光光度法工作曲线不符线性关系的探讨 II: 关于在等色点波长测量

光度法工作曲线不成线性关系的情况多数是由体系存在逐级配合物所致, 为获得线性关系, 有人提出在两逐级配合物的主要等色点波长测量, 认为这样可以避免同时生成第二配合物的影响, 但没有深入的理论分析。本文通过实验与理论分析, 证明此法在多数情况下仅可改善线性关系, 但不能得到直线, 经进一步研究, 找到了这个问题的另外解决办法。     

Statistical thermodynamics of polynuclear linear complexes with mixed valence states by means of the correlated walk

Expressions for the equilibrium electrode potential of linear N-nuclear complexes with homoredox centers were derived by the theory of the correlated walk as a function of the molar fraction of the oxidized moiety, the nearest-neighbor interaction energies and N. When the interaction energy was large in two-, three- and four-nuclear complexes, the expressions predicted two, three and four voltammetric peaks respectively owing to the formation of mixed valence states. The intuitive extension that the N-nuclear complex might exhibit N peaks was invalid. There were three peaks for any odd number of N. In contrast, four peaks appeared for any even number of N more than 4. For a polynuclear complex with N → ∞, the number of the peaks was reduced to two, as if the complex might be a binucleus. The log plot for the fraction vs. potential curve at large values of N deviated from a straight line. The averaged inverse slope was ca. 90 mV at 25°C. From the concentration distribution of a predominant species varying with the potential, the deviation of the log plot was ascribed to the coexistence of various isomers with different interaction energies. The difference in the voltammetric peak potential was approximately linear with the interaction energy for any N. Approximate equations for the potential difference for N= 2, 3 and 4 were obtained, and were applied to the experimental data available for polyferrocenes.     

A novel method for estimation of transition temperature for polymorphic pairs in pharmaceuticals using heat of solution and solubility data

A novel method for thermodynamic stability studies of polymorphic drug substances has been developed. In order to estimate the transition temperature for an enantiotropic polymorphic pair, a formula for calculating the temperature at which the solubilities of each polymorph become equal has been derived with heat of solution and solubility as the variables. This formula is based on the assumption that van't Hoff plots (logarithmic solubility versus reciprocal of absolute temperature plots) of each polymorph show a straight line (heat of solution is independent of temperature) whose slope can be expressed as a function of heat of solution. The transition temperatures for seratrodast, acetazolamide and carbamazepine polymorphic pairs calculated by the formula were in good agreement with the results of previous studies. Furthermore, the calculated transition temperature for the indomethacin polymorphic pair was above the melting point, an unrealistic temperature range, suggesting that these polymorphs are monotropically related. Since this formula requires solubility data at only one arbitrary temperature other than heat of solution data for both polymorphs in a polymorphic pair, the proposed method is much faster than the conventional method requiring solubility data at five or more different temperatures for the preparation of van't Hoff plots.     

A unified theory for the kinetic analysis of solid state reactions under any thermal pathway

The Ozawa concept of generalized time has been used for developing master plots for the different kinetic models describing solid state reactions. These plots can be indistinctly used for analysing isothermal or non-isothermal experimental data. It is demonstrated that it is not possible to discriminate the kinetic model from a single non-isothermal curve without a previous knowledge of the activation energy. However, it has been shown that the ln [(da/dt)/f(a)] data taken from a set of DTG curves obtained at different heating rates lie on a single straight line when represented as a function of 1/T only if the kinetic model really obeyed by the reaction is considered. Moreover, the true values of E and A are obtained from the slope and the intercept of this straight line. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Dimensional analysis of steady state flux for microfiltration and ultrafiltration membranes

Dimensional analysis of the mass, length and time shows that the steady state flux observed for microfiltration or ultrafiltration through inorganic composite membrane can be expressed using two dimensionless numbers. The shear stress number N_S compares the shear stress against the membrane wall to the driving pressure, while the resistance number N_f compares the convective cross-flow transport to the drived transport through a layer, whose resistance is the sum of all the resistances induced by the different processes which limit the mass transport. Experimental data obtained in ultrafiltration of hydrocarbon emulsions and microfiltration of methanogenic bacteria suspensions and secondary treated wastewater were recalculated in terms of these dimensionless groups. Straight lines were plotted whose slope depends solely on the suspension and the membrane and not on the solute concentration. A negative slope and a positive intersection with the N_S axis means that a cake layer or a polarization layer can be completely eliminated at a critical cross-flow velocity; this was the case for an inorganic particles suspension and for the methanogenic suspension. A straight line of negative slope followed by a plateau means that an irreversible fouling is superimposed to the reversible phenomenon; this was observed for a secondary treated wastewater. A positive slope means that fouling predominates; this was observed with hydrocarbon emulsions.     

Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) complexes of 4-aminoantipyrine-derived Schiff base. Synthesis,structural elucidation,thermal, biological studies,and photocatalytic activity

The Schiff base ligand was prepared from 4-aminoantipyrine, acetamide, and m-phenylenediamine. Metal salts used for the synthesis of these complexes are Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) acetates. The elemental analysis results are in accordance with proposed formula assigned to these complexes. In the IR spectra, the imine band is shifted to a lower wave number in the complexes. UV spectra and magnetic susceptibility measurements proposed square planar geometry for Co(II), Ni(II), and Cu(II) complexes and tetrahedral geometry for Zn(II) complex. The grain size of the metal complexes was estimated by the Scherrer formula using powder XRD. In the present study, the ligand and its metal complexes are found to be nanocrystalline. Thermal decomposition pattern is in agreement with the proposed formula of the complexes. Irreversible redox behavior of the complex was identified by cyclic voltammetric analysis. The photocatalytic activity of the synthesized complexes are high under UV-spectra using methylene blue dye. DNA studies reveal that the synthesized complexes exhibit both DNA cleavage and DNA binding properties. Antibacterial and antifungal activities were done by the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) method. Anticancer activity shows that Cu(II) complex has the highest cytotoxic effect in SK-MEL-28 cell line.     

气体扩散电极高超电位区伏安关系的研究

在气体扩散电极的薄层平板模型基础上, 推演出在高超电位区电位与总表现电流密度呈线性关系的简化式, 直线段的斜率项包含抟质参数和电极结构参数, 调节这些参数可以减小斜率, 从而提高电极的电催化活性, 把简化式应用于氧还原为过氧化氢的反应, 研究氢氧化钾浓度对斜率值的影响, 公式的推论与实验结果相符。     

Mechanism of alternating copolymerization of 4-hydroxy-4′-vinylbiphenyl with α-chloromaleic anhydride

The copolymerization of 4-hydroxy-4′-vinylbiphenyl (HVB) with α-chloromaleic anhydride (CMAn) was investigated in THF, 1,4-dioxane, and acetonitrile. The formation of the 1:1 charge transfer complex between HVB and CMAn was confirmed spectroscopically, and the corresponding equilibrium constant (K_eq) was determined as follows: K_eq = 0.19, 0.11, and 0.058 mol/L in THF, 1,4-dioxane, and CH₃CN, respectively. The copolymer composition is affected by the solvent, i.e., the content of HVB in the copolymer obtained in THF or 1,4-dioxane is lower than 50 mol % whereas the copolymer obtained in CH₃CN has excess of HVB units. The maximum rate of copolymerization was observed at a 1:1 initial comonomer mole ratio, irrespective of the solvent polarity. Plots of R_p/[HVB] vs. [HVB] gave a straight line with a slope and an intercept for the copolymerization in THF whereas a straight line in CH₃CN has no slope. On the basis of these results and ¹³C-NMR spectra of the copolymers, the mechanism of the predominant formation of alternating copolymers is discussed.     

Operational method for slope estimations

The operational method yields an abundance of new slope estimating formulae that apply to equidistant, curvilinear data. The performances of two of these new formulae are compared to the standard formula for center-point slope estimations on three data points. It is demonstrated that the standard formula is only a special case developed from the more general operational approach. New slope formulae at the terminal values of three curvilinear data are derived. Formulae applicable to more than three data points can also be obtained.     

Ammonia absorption into water in a packed tower II: Measurement of mass transfer coefficients

A simple method is outlined for the experimental determination of mass transfer coefficients in gas absorption. The modification of existing theory shows that the mass transfer coefficient should be constant within a tower but hydrodynamic conditions limit this to a region of the tower below five to ten tower diameters where the water radial distribution is constant. The theory is extended to meet all possible operational variables but in most cases the result demands computer techniques to achieve solutions. Details are given of experimental procedures which are necessary to enable meaningful data to be obtained. One important point in experiment design is to keep the gas rate constant and to vary the liquid rate. In this way, plots of ln y versus the tower height Z give a straight line whose slope is approximately proportional to K_Ga. Using the technique, laboratory data have been obtained which parallel the operation of a number of industrial installations.     

Voltammetric Studies of the Interaction of Tris (1,10-phenanthroline) Cobalt (III) with Bovine Serum Albumin

Recently, the studies on the interaction of DNA with small molecules have been attracting much interest1-6. These researches not only gave the important information about thermodynamics and kinetics, but also can prompt the combination between the electrode substances and biomacromolecule with super catalysis and sensor character. It is of great significance in understanding energy conversion and metabolism in live body, biomolecular structure, various physical and chemical characters for e…     

Temperature Dependence of the Surface Tension of Alkali Metals: A Unified Correlation

Abstract

In this work, new definitions of the normalized temperature and surface tension are proposed which result in a single plot for the surface tension of molten alkali metals. The functional dependence of the reduced surface tension on the reduced temperature can be adequately described by a straight line; the intercept and slope have been obtained using the linear regression approach. The method proposed herein predicts the values of surface tension at various temperatures with an average error of about 5%.     

A new radiometric titration method based on separation by means of ion exchange,I

A new radiometric titration procedure is proposed, which is based on phase separation by means of an ion exchanger in the solution. The method can be applied in both complexometry and oxidimetry. A mathematical expression has been derived for the titration curves in both cases. In complexometry, a straight line is possible depending on the concentration, the mass-distribution coefficient and the complex constant, while the titration curve in oxidimetry should always be a straight line.     

Spectroscopic study of the interactions of alkali fluorides with D-xylose.

The interactions of alkali fluorides with D-xylose have been studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared spectroscopy (IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR, 1H and 13C) and atomic absorption spectrophotometry. KF and CsF form complexes with D-xylose in a 1:1 molar ratio. These complexes can be obtained by solid state milling the reactants in an agate mortar or from methanolic solutions of the sugar and the salt. LiF and NaF do not form complex with D-xylose. IR and XRD prove the identical nature of the complexes obtained by milling and from solution. IR spectra indicate strong perturbation of the OH stretching vibrations with considerable shifts to lower frequencies, which must be caused by strong hydrogen bond formation to the fluorine anion. The perturbations of C-O bond are weak, indicating that cation binding to the oxygen atoms is not the main interaction responsible for the complex formation. 1H NMR spectra of the D-xylose-KF complex dissolved in deuterium oxide is equal to that of pure D-xylose, indicating the destruction of the complex in solution. The complex is stable in DMSO, and 13C spectra of the complex in DMSO-d6 and in solid state (CPMAS) spectra are in accordance with the observed interactions in the IR spectra. As far as we know, this is the first report of a sugar-halide salt complex in which the anion instead of the cation provides the binding forces.     

联合处理电位法和极谱法得到的实验数据确定金属配合物稳定常数(英)

The cadmium(Ⅱ)-glycinamide system was modeled and its stability constants were calculated by a unified mathematical treatment for experimental data obtained from ion selective electrode (ISE) and differential pulse polarography (DPP). It has been shown that very much the same experimental complex formation curve (ECFC) and theoretical complex formation curve (TCFC) could be given from both experimental techniques for the same experimental conditions, such as the same total ligand c(L_T) and metal ion c(M_T) concentrations. The combination of the two techniques is of many advantages as ISE can be performed at low a c(L_T)∶c(M_T) ratio and significantly higher c(M_T), whereas DPP could be used well at larger the c(L_T)∶c(M_T) ratio and very low c(M_T). This makes it possible to study a metal-ligand system in much broader range of experimental conditions that, in turn, provides us more data and information about the metal-ligand system of interest. Application of the unified mathematical treatment to the cadmium-glycinamide system in this paper, three new complexes MHL, ML₃ and ML₃(OH) as well as two complexes ML and ML₂, reported in literatures, could be modeled and all their stability constants have been refined.     

稀土乙酰丙酮络合物的激光拉曼和红外光谱(Ⅰ)

本文测定了15个一水稀土乙酰丙酮络合物的激光拉曼和红外光谱,在401、415cm~(-1)附近的拉曼谱带对不同稀土离子表现敏感,它们随原子序数变化呈现“四分组”效应,这是第一次在振动光谱中观察到的镧系递变规律。该系列络合物的振动频率变化亦符合镧系“斜W”效应的规律,这些特征规律为确认401、415cm^-1附近谱带为M-O拉伸振动提供了最好的证据。实验结果同时可用于讨论M-O键的性质。     

Determination of the activation energy for unimolecular dissociation of a non-covalent gas-phase peptide: Substrate complex by infrared multiphoton dissociation fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

The activation energy for the unimolecular dissociation of a non-covalent supramolecular complex between an Artificial Cationic Receptor A ([Gua-Val-Val-Val-Amide]+, in which Gua is guanidiniocarbonyl pyrrole) and an Anionic Tetrapeptide B ([N-Acetyl-Val-Val-Ile-Ala]-) has been determined by measurement of the dissociation rate constant as a function of infrared CO2 laser power density. Singly-charged quasimolecular [A + B + H]+ ions are isolated, stored in a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer, and irradiated by IR photons. The rate constant for dissociation of the non-covalent complex is determined at five different laser power densities. A plot of the natural logarithm of the first-order rate constant versus the natural logarithm of the laser power density yields a straight line, the slope of which provides an approximate measure of the activation energy (Ea(laser)) for dissociation. Ea(laser) is calculated by a relationship derived earlier by Dunbar and with a newly proposed equation by Paech et al. The results of the two approaches deliver significantly different activation energy values for the unimolecular dissociation of the non-covalent complex. We obtain EaI(laser) = 0.67 eV (Dunbar approximation) and EaII(laser) = 1.12 eV (Paech et al. approximation). Differences between the two approaches are discussed with respect to non-covalent complexes.     

The wettability of polytetrafluoroethylene by aqueous solutions of sodium dodecyl sulfate and propanol mixtures

Advancing contact-angle (theta) measurements were carried out with aqueous solutions of propanol and four series of aqueous solutions of dodecyl sulfate (SDDS) and propanol mixtures at constant dodecyl sulfate concentrations equal to 1 x 10(-5), 6 x 10(-4), 1 x 10(-3), and 1 x 10(-2)M, respectively. The obtained results indicate that in the range of propanol concentrations studied there were considerable contact-angle changes, with exception of the solution series at a constant concentration value of SDDS higher than its critical micelle concentration. From the results of contact-angle measurements and application of the Gibbs and Young equations the ratio of the excess concentration of surfactant and propanol at the solid-aqueous solution interface to the excess of their concentration at the aqueous solution-air interface was calculated. From the calculations it appears that there is a straight linear dependence between the adhesion tension and surface tension of aqueous solutions of SDDS and propanol mixtures, and the slope of the line is equal to -1, which suggests that the surface excess of the SDDS and propanol mixture at the polytetrafluoroethylene-solution interface is the same as the at the solution-air interface. The extrapolation of the straight line to the point corresponding to the surface tension of the aqueous solution, which completely spreads over the polytetrafluoroethylene surface, gives a critical surface tension of wetting equal to 23.7 mN/m. On the basis of the critical surface tension and the Young and modified Szyszkowski equations it was found that in a polytetrafluoroethylene-aqueous solution of the SDDS and propanol mixture, the interface tension can be predicted by the modified Szyszkowski equation.