Rapid and sensitive liquid chromatographic determination of carbamazepine suitable for use in monitoring multiple-drug anticonvulsant therapy.

A rapid, sensitive and selective method for the determination of carbamazepine and its major metabolite in plasma has been developed. Other commonly used anticonvulsants can be determined in the same procedure without interference. After extraction with dichloromethane, the components are separated by high-pressure liquid chromatography without further clean-up or concentration on a column packed with small-particle silica gel. The mean recovery from plasma is 98.6% with a relative standard deviation of 1.6%. The detection limit for carbamazepine is approximately 2 ng/ml, requiring 1 ml of plasma.     

Einflu\ von Äthylendiamintetraacetat und TriÄthanolaminhydrochlorid auf die Proteinbestimmung mit der Biuret-Methode

Buffers containing triethanolamine hydrochloride and EDTA decrease the sensitivity of the protein determination by the biuret reaction. This effect is not caused by changes in the p_H but is due to an increase in the optical density (O.D. at 540 nm) of the biuret reagent by formation of a triethynolamine-copper complex. By increasing the concentration of the biuret reagent the sensitivity of the biuret method can be increased by about 33%. In the range between 0.05 and 0.23 the ionic strength of the buffers does not influence the O.D. of the biuret reagent. EDTA causes a remarkable decrease in the O.D. of the biuret reagent only at concentrations higher than 5 mM (in the buffer). This effect can be eliminated by increasing the amount of added biuret reagent.     

ON THE LUMINESCENCE OF L-TRYPTOPHANE AND l-TYROSINE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION AT 77dK INDUCED BY X-RAYS AND U.V.-LIGHT

Abstract— The lumincscence arising from L-tryptophane and L-tyrosine in aqueous solutions at 77K during irradiation with u.v.-light and with X-rays has been studied. The spectra obtained with the two types of radiation were largely similar, differing only in that the yields of phosphorescence relative to fluorescence were considerably enhanced in the case of X-irradiation. The decay times observed for the exponentially decaying phosphorescence, being 6.6 sec and 2.7 sec for tryptophane and tyrosine respectively, were the same for both kinds of irradiation. The G-value of the X-ray induced luminescence was about 10 for both tryptophane and tyrosine. Thus, about 30 per cent of the total energy absorbed from X-rays in these compounds was re-emitted as light.
It was concluded that the X-ray induced fluorescence and phosphorescence originate from the same levels as does the luminescence caused by u.v.-light, i.e. the lowest excited singlet and the lowest triplet level of the aromatic structure of these compounds. In the case of X-irradiation the enhanced ratios between the yields of phosphorescence and fluorescence indicated that some process other than excitation directly from the ground state contributed considerably to the luminescence yields. Assuming this process to be a recombination between the ionized molecule and its electron, it was calculated that the contribution to the luminescence yield from excitations directly from the ground state relative to that from ionizations, was negligible for both compounds.     

Wellenmechanische Absolutrechnungen an Molekülen und Atomsystemen mit der SCF?MO?LC(LCGO) Methode. IV. Das Äthylen (C2H4)

The C₂H₄ was investigated ab initio for the equilibrium distance of the centers, taking all 16 electrons into account, using the Allgemeines Programmsystem/SCF ? MO ? LC (LCGO ) Methode. A total energy of ?76.77 a.u. and an ionization energy of 10.55 eV were found.     

Photosensitive decomposition of organic solvents at 77 degrees K by an aromatic amine, diphenylparaphenylenediamine

Abstract— –By e.s.r. we have studied the photoexcitation of an aromatic amine to its triplet state at 77°K, its photoionization to a radical cation and the simultaneous formation of solvent radicals proceeding from the photosensitization of the organic glassy matrix. In the case of methanol and ethanol matrix we observe approximately one solvent radical per solute radical cation. In the case of isopropanol and methyltetrahydrofuran we find respectively three and two solvent radicals per solute radical cation. The results suggest two possible processes of photosensitization. By successive absorption of two photons, the amine reaches an excited triplet state which is able either to dissociate giving one electron and one cation radical or to transfer its energy to the solvent, this last being decomposed. It is assumed that in the case of methanol and ethanol, the radicals from the solvent are only formed by reaction on the matrix by the released electron, whereas in the case of isopropanol and methyltetrahydrofuran, the second process is prevalent or exclusive.     

Influence of mobility of medium on dynamics of metallotropy in tin-containing 2-R-oxyphenoxyls

The rate of intramolecular migration of the triphenylstannyl group in 3,6-ditert-butyl-2(triphenylstannyl) oxyphenoxyl decreases with increasing viscosity of the medium. A linear relationship _ex=·_c is observed between the characteristic time of stannotropy _ex and the correlation time for reorientational motions of the radical _c within a range of temperature variation no greater than 30°C. The parameter depends on the medium; this is explained by the possibility of complexation of the radical with the solvent.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 781–786, April, 1990.     

Das Ternare System Nb2O5-Li2O-Sc2O3

Zusammenfassung Es wird ein isothermer Schnitt im System Nb₂O₅ -Li₂O-Sc₂O₃ untersucht. Dabei wurde die neue Verbindung Li_0.5Sc_0.5Nb₂O₆ gefunden. Die Röntgenreflexionsaufnahmen ergaben unter Annahme eines orthorhombischen Gitters die Parameter a=1433.6/2/ pm, b=572.96/6/ pm und c=505.76/4/ pm.Bei 1453 K wurde der LiNbO₃-Homogenitätsbereich bestimmt, der sich vom binären System Li₂O-Nb₂O₅ bis zu 5 mol% Sc₂O₃ im Dreikomponentensystem erstreckt. Im Homogenitätsbereich wurde die Variation der Gitterkonstanten gemessen. Das Volumen der Elementarzelle nimmt mit steigendem Sc₂O₃-Gehalt zu.

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An isothermal section was investigated in the system Nb₂O₅-Li₂O-Sc₂O₃. The new compound Li_0.5Sc_0.5Nb₂O₆ was found The x-ray reflection pattern could be indexed with the assumption of an orthorhombic lattice with the parameters of a=1433.6(2) pm, b=572.96(6) pm, c=505.76(4) pm.The LiNbO₃-homogeneity range was determined at 1453 K. It extends from the binary Li₂O-Nb₂O₅ to 5 mole-% Sc₂O₃ in the ternary system. The variation of the lattice constants of LiNbO₃ was measured in the homogeneity range. The volume of the unit cell increases with increasing content of Sc₂C₃.

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Nb₂O₅-Li₂O-Sc₂O₃, Li_0,5 Sc_0,5Nb₂O₆. , $ = 1433,6/2/ , =572,96/6/ =505,76/4/ . 1453 LiNbO₃, $ Li₂O-Nb₂₅ $ 5 %. $ . .

     

Characterization of nickel loaded mordenite catalysts by temperature programmed reduction

Temperature programmed reduction (TPR) has been used to study the redox behavior of Ni(II) ions in nickel sodium mordenite (NiNaM) and decationated nickel mordenite (NiHM). The TPR profiles suggest that Ni(II) ions occupy nonequivalent sites with different cooridination states in the mordenite. The reducibility of Ni(II) depends strongly on the zeolite acidity.

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() Ni^II NiNaM NiHM. . .

     

Untersuchungen an oxidischen Katalysatoren. XXIX. Spektroskopische und katalytische Untersuchungen an Ni2+-, Co2+-, Cr3+- und Cu2+-ausgetauschten Mordeniten

Studies on Oxide Catalysts. XXIX. Spectroscopic and Catalytic Investigations on Ni²⁺-, Co²⁺-, Cr³⁺-, and Cu²⁺-exchanged Mordenites NiNaM, CoNaM, CrNaM und CuNaM (M = Mordenite) have been characterized by UV-VIS, EPR and i.r. spectroscopy and the results were compared with the catalytic activity and the activity-time-dependence in the cracking of n-octane and with the shape selectivity in the cracking of a n-octane and isooctane mixture. Water molecules acting as ligands of the exchanged cations are able to dissociate yielding Brönsted acidity. Brönsted sites may be regarded as catalytic active centers in the cracking reaction. Unreduced transition metal cations facilitate the “coking” of the mordenite. The unreduced chromium and cobalt cations for which a position within the main channel is expected, affect the diffusion of the branched paraffin molecule thus increasing shape selectivity.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of benzodiazepines in human plasma

A simple and sensitive method for determination of benzodiazepines in plasma has been developed using high-performance liquid chromatography in a reverse-phase mode. The method is illustrated by application to plasma samples containing diazepam and N-desmethyldiazepam at concentrations which would be encountered during therapy, with limits of detection of 10 ng/ml and 2 ng/ml for diazepam and N-desmethyldiazepam, respectively.