Cationic poly(methacryl oxyethyl trimethylammonium) and its poly(ethylene glycol)‐grafted analogue as capillary coating materials in electrophoresis

Cationic polyelectrolytes were synthesized and used as semipermanent coating materials for capillaries in electrophoresis. The polyelectrolytes used were a homopolymer of poly(methacryl oxyethyl trimethylammonium chloride) (PMOTAC) and its poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)‐grafted analogue. Two PMOTAC polyelectrolytes, with molar masses of 85,000 and 300,000 g/mol, and PEG‐grafted PMOTAC with a molar mass of 280,000 g/mol were synthesized and then characterized by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Attachment of the polyelectrolytes to the wall of the fused silica capillary for electrophoresis caused the electroosmotic flow (EOF) to reverse. The polyelectrolyte coatings were tested over the pH range 2–11 at different buffer ionic strengths, and the most stable and strongest anodic EOFs were obtained at acidic pH values with low ionic strength buffers. Between runs the capillary is merely rinsed for 2 or 3 min with the background electrolyte solution. With the PMOTAC coatings at pH values ≤5, the RSDs of the EOFs were less than 2.9% after 60 injections. The effects of the molar mass of the polycation and of PEGylation of PMOTAC on the interactions between the polycations and basic proteins were studied at acidic pH values. The differences in the effective electrophoretic mobilities, resolution values, and plate numbers of the proteins with the different coatings were due to the EOF, as demonstrated through calculations of reduced mobilities, relative resolution values, and relative plate numbers. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 45: 2655–2663, 2007     

One-Bond 13C, 13C-Spin Coupling in η4-, η3- and η2-Olefin Transition Metal Complexes

One-bond ¹³C, ¹³C-spin-coupling constants have been measured, with natural isotope abundance, in η⁴-diene, η³-allyl and η²-ene transition-metal carbonyl complexes. Typical values of ¹J(C,C) are given for Fe-, Ru- and Os-complexes with the three types of olefinic ligands. The effects of substituents and the structural significance of the C,C-coupling constants are discussed.     

Determination of aromatic sulfonic acids in industrial waste water by ion-pair chromatography

A method for the identification and quantification of aromatic sulfonic acids in industrial waste water has been developed. The preparation of the samples comprises a clean-up step and an enrichment step, utilizing i) reversed-phase extraction and ii) ion-pair solid phase extraction. The aromatic sulfonic acids are separated by ion-pair chromatography with diode-array detection. An advantage of the developed ion-pair chromatographic method is the separation of linear alkylbenzenesulfonic acids (LAS), lignosulfonic acids and aromatic sulfonic acids in one chromatographic run. Also described is an optimized clean-up procedure for collected fractions of a preparative chromatographic run to identify monosulfonic acids with GC/MS after methylation. The detection limits for aromatic sulfonic acids in industrial waste waters are at the g/l level.     

Boundedness of solutions of a system of integro-differential equations

Let b: [?1, 0] →$\text{R}$ be a nondecreasing, strictly convex C²-function with b(? 1) = 0, and let g: $\text{R}$ⁿ → $\text{R}$ⁿ be a locally Lipschitzian mapping, which is the gradient of a function G: $\text{R}$ⁿ → $\text{R}$. Consider the following vector-valued integro-differential equation of the Levin-Nohel type

$\text{x}\text{?}\text{(t)=?∝}{}_{\mathrm{?1}}{}^0\text{b(θ)g(x(t + θ))dθ}$

. (E) This equation is used in applications to model various viscoelastic phenomena. By LaSalle's invariance principle, every bounded solution x(t) goes to a connected set of zeros of g, as time t goes to infinity. It is the purpose of this paper to give several geometric criteria assuring the boundedness of solutions of (E) or some of its components.     

Beiträge zur Massenspektrometrie der Gelsemium-Alkaloide

Zusammenfassung Von den Nebenalkaloiden vonGelsemium sempervirens (L.) Ait. konnte eine Verbindung, zunächst als Gelsemium-Alkaloid A bezeichnet, in reiner Form dargestellt und ihre Konstitution als N-1-Methoxygelsemin aufgeklärt werden. Für die Strukturermittlung erwies sich die Massenspektrometrie als besonders wertvoll. Die Massenspektren einiger Gelsemiumalkaloide sind wiedergegeben, die Fragmentierung dieser Verbindungen wird diskutiert.Au\erdem wurde eine größere Anzahl neuer Basen in kleiner Menge nachgewiesen.

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Contributions to mass-spectrometry of gelsemium-alkaloids (The structure of gelsemium-alkaloid A)

From the minor alkaloids ofGelsemium sempervirens (L.) Ait., one compound, preliminary designated as Gelsemiumalkaloid A, could be isolated and was identified as N-1-Methoxy-gelsemine. For the structure-elucidation mass-spectrometry has been proven to be of great value. Mass spectra of some Gelsemium-alkaloids are reported and the fragmentation of these compounds is discussed.There were further detected a quantity of new alkaloids in small amounts.

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Anmerkung bei der Korrektur (23.10.1972): Während der Drucklegung dieser Arbeit erschien eine Publikation vonE. Wenkert u. Mitarb. [Exper.28, 377 (1972)], in der die Struktur des Gelsevirins als N-1-Methoxy-gelsemin angegeben wird; somit ist Gelsemium-Alkaloid A offensichtlich mit Gelsevirin identisch. Eine solche Identifizierung was uns nicht möglich, da einerseits kein authentisches Präparat von Dr.Marion verfügbar was (Brief von Dr.Edwards, Ottawa, vom 21.6.1971) und andrerseits die wenigen, bisher veröffentlichten Daten über Gelsevirin hierfür nicht ausreichen.     

Extension of conjugation leading to bathochromic or hypsochromic effects in OPV series

Four OPV series 1-4 (a-d) with a terminal dialkylamino group as electron donor were prepared by Wittig-Horner reactions. To study the influence of the push-pull effect on the long-wavelength absorption, three of the four series contained terminal acceptor groups (CN, CHO, NO(2)). The length of the chromophores strongly affects the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT)-an effect which superimposes upon the extension of the conjugation. Increasing numbers n of repeat units cause an overall bathochromic shift for the purely donor-substituted series 1 a-4 a and the series 1 b-4 b with CN as weak acceptor. The two effects annihilate each other in the series 1 c-4 c with terminal CHO groups, so that the absorption maxima are almost independent of the length of the chromophore. A hypsochromic shift is observed for the series 1 d-4 d, which contains the strong acceptor group NO(2). This anomaly disappears on protonation of the dialkylamino group because the push-pull effect disappears in the ammonium salts. The results can be explained by semiempirical quantum mechanics (AM1, INDO/S). The HOMO-LUMO transition, which is mainly responsible for the ICT, becomes less important in the electron transitions S(0)-->S(1) when the distance between donor and acceptor is increased. The commonly used VB model, which contains an electroneutral and a zwitterionic resonance structure, is contrasted with a MO model with dipole segments at both ends of the OPV chains. The latter model turned out to be more appropriate-at least for donor-acceptor-substituted OPVs with n >/= 2.     

A sugar's choice: coordination to a mononuclear or a dinuclear copper(II) complex?

We proposed a decisive role of the number of metal ions at the sugar binding site for carbohydrate-coordinating copper(II) complexes. To verify this hypothesis, we studied the binding of the representatively chosen carbohydrates D-ribose (7), D-mannose (8), D-glucose (9), and D-maltose (10) to structurally related mono- and dinuclear copper(II) complexes in alkaline solution. All carbohydrates coordinate to the metal complexes in a 1:1 molar ratio. Coordination of 7 or 8 to the dinuclear copper(II) complex 1 is about 0.5 order of magnitude stronger than the complex formation with related mononuclear complexes. On contrast, 9, which is an epimer of 8, coordinates stronger to either one of the mononuclear copper(II) complexes in alkaline aqueous solution.     

Mikroreflexionsmessungen zur Untersuchung dünner Oberflächenschichten

Zusammenfassung Es wird eine einfache optische Methode zur Dickenbestimmung dünner Oberflächenfilme beschrieben, die sich besonders zur Untersuchung von Korrosionsschichten eignet.

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Investigation of thin corrosion layers by microreflexion measurement

A simple optical method for the determination of thin surface films is described. It is especially suitable for the thin corrosion layer investigation.

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Meinem verehrten Lehrer, Prof. Dr.H. Nowotny, gewidmet.     

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE RED LIGHT INDUCED REDUCTION OF A PARTICLE ASSOCIATED b-TYPE CYTOCHROME FROM CORN IN THE PRESENCE OF METHYLENE BLUE*

Methylene blue transfers electrons to a membrane-associated b-type cytochrome in particulate fractions from corn coleoptiles. The K_m for methylene blue is less than 1 µM under optimal conditions. This reaction is destroyed by boiling, but not by 7 M urea. Kinetic analyses of the influence of light intensity on cytochrome reduction suggest that a first order photochemical reaction is limiting. Free EDTA may serve as an electron donor in this system at least at high methylene blue and protein concentrations. The photoactivity does not coincide either with mitochondrial or endoplasmic reticulum markers, and may be localized in plasma membrane. There is an estimated 5 times 10^-10 mol photoreducible cytochrome per g coleoptile tissue. Studies on the effect of pH on the reaction in the presence of methylene blue or thionine indicate that dye photoreduction itself is not rate-limiting. Wavelength dependence studies suggest that it is methylene blue monomer and not dimer which mediates the reaction. Although oxygen is apparently required for the reaction, neither superoxide nor excited singlet oxygen appear to be involved. The reaction mechanism is still unknown.     

Über assoziierte lineare und lokalkonvexe Topologien

Certain properties E of linear topological or locally convex spaces induce a functor in the corresponding category, which assigns to every space (X,F) an associated topologyF ^E. The well-known notions of the coarsest barrelled topology stronger than a given locally convex topology or of the strongest locally convex topology weaker than a given linear topology are examples of this concept. In the first two parts of this paper we consider the problem, whether the above functors commute with other processes, such as forming products, linear and locally convex direct sums, inductive limits and completions. With help of two technical lemmas we prove in the third part, that every separated locally convex space is a quotient of a complete locally convex space, in which every bounded set has a finite dimensional linear span. This sharpens results of Y. Kōmura [12], M. Valdivia [18] and W.J. Wilbur [20].