Kinetic studies on the formation of N-nitroso compounds

Acetic acid/acetate ion buffer acts catalytically upon the nitrosation of amines under conditions in which the only nitrosating agents are N₂O₃ and NOBr, but inhibits nitrosation by H₂NO ₂ ⁺ . The kinetic characteristics of these phenomena have been analysed quantitatively and compared with similar effects caused by the solventsTHF, DMSO and dioxane. The experimental results show that this behaviour is an effect of the medium.

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Kinetische Untersuchungen zur Bildung von N-Nitroso-Verbindungen, 8. Mitt.: Nachweis eines Medium-Effekts von Essigsäure/Acetat-Puffer auf die Geschwindigkeitskonstante der Nitrosierung

Zusammenfassung Essigsäure/Acetat-Puffer wirkt bei der Nitrosierung von Aminen katalytisch, unter Bedingungen, wo die alleinigen nitrosierenden Agentien N₂O₃ und NOBr sind; andererseits wird die Nitrosierung durch H₂NO ₂ ⁺ unterbunden. Die kinetischen Charakteristika dieses Phänomens wurden quantitativ analysiert und mit ähnlichen Effekten der LösungsmittelTHF, DMSO und Dioxan verglichen. Die experimentellen Ergebnisse zeigen, daß dieses Verhalten auf einen Mediumeffekt zurückzuführen ist.

     

微流控芯片在食品安全分析中的应用进展

微流控芯片技术可以实现从样品处理到检测的微型化、自动化、集成化及便携化,因而在食品安全检测方面展现出强大的发展活力。目前微流控芯片技术在农药残留、兽药残留、重金属、食品添加剂等食品安全检测方面已取得了一系列重要进展。该文着重介绍了微流控芯片技术在食品安全分析中的研究进展,并展望了其在食品安全分析中的应用前景。     

Zeolite synthesis by simulation of their natural formation conditions: from macroscopic to nanosized crystals

A successful route to prepare zeolites with controlled crystal size from the millimeter range down to nanometer scale by simulating the natural formation conditions is presented. Water is used as the solution and reaction medium at high temperatures and pressures (T=120-400°C, p=1 kbar); aluminosilicate glasses with identical chemical composition as the zeolite products are used as precursors. The synthesis of heulandite is reported as representative example.     

Synthesis of heparin-like oligosaccharides on a soluble polymer support

Based on previously developed solution phase chemistry, an effective general approach to the synthesis of heparin-like oligosaccharides on a soluble polymer support is reported.     

PROMOTIONAL EFFECT OF Sn ON NO OXIDATION OVER Pt/Al2O3 AS PROMISING GAS EXHAUST CATALYTIC CONVERTER. SELECTIVE Pt AND Sn DISPERSION DETERMINATION

NO oxidation was investigated over Pt-Sn/g-Al₂O₃. The addition of Sn to 1%Pt/g-Al₂O₃ enhances NO oxidation to NO₂. This effect is related to the enhancement of chemisorbed oxygen on the metallic surface produced by Sn.     

The tautomerism of 1,2,3-triazole, 3(5)-methylpyrazole and their cations

The annular tautomerism of 1,2,3-triazole and 3(5)-methylpyrazole is discussed by means of a combination of theoretical calculations and experimental (ICR) gas-phase basicities and acidities. In the gas phase 1,2,3-triazole exists as the 2H-tautomer, whereas both tautomers of 3(5)-methylpyrazole are of similar energy. The solvent effects on these prototropic equilibria are discussed taking into account solvent properties as polarity/polarizability, acidity, and basicity. In nonhydrogen bonding solvents, the difference in dipole moments between both tautomers plays a role that has usually been underestimated.     

Experimental excess molar volumes of the ternary mixture and comparisonwith several empirical methods

Experimental excess molar volumes for the ternary system {x₁MTBE+x₂1-propanol+(1–x₁–x₂)nonane} and the three involved binary mixtures have been determined at 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure. Excess molar volumes were determined from the densities of the pure liquids and mixtures, using a DMA 4500 Anton Paar densimeter. The ternary mixture shows maximum values around the binary mixture MTBE+nonane and minimum values for the mixture MTBE+propanol. The ternary contribution to the excess molar volume is negative, with the exception of a range located around the rich compositions of 1-propanol. Several empirical equations predicting ternary mixture properties from experimental binary mixtures have been applied.     

Test study on the excitation spectra of the N<Subscript>2</Subscript>–He van der Waals molecule

We have performed ab initio fourth-order Møller–Plesset perturbation theory calculations in the framework of the supermolecule approach on the vertical excitation spectra of the weakly bound van der Waals N₂–He dimer. They indicate a ``T-shaped' stablest ground N<sub>2</sub>(X<sup>1</sup><sub>g</sub><sup>+</sup>)–He(<sup>1</sup>S) electronic state with a well depth, D<sub>e</sub>, of 21.63 cm<sup>–1</sup> at a minimum distance, R<sub>e</sub>, of 3.44 Å and zero-point vibration correction, D<sub>o</sub>, of 7.07 cm<sup>–1</sup>. They also indicate a ``T-shaped' stablest excited conformer with R_e=3.25 Å, D_e=36.85 cm^–1 and D_o=17.06 cm^–1 for the N₂(B³_g)–He(¹S) triplet electronic level. In order to investigate the use of less-demanding correlation methods, test density functional theory calculations using the mPW1PW exchange–correlation functional are also presented for comparison.     

The relevance of carbohydrate hydrogen-bonding cooperativity effects: a cooperative 1,2-trans-diaxial diol and amido alcohol hydrogen-bonding array as an efficient carbohydrate-phosphate binding motif in nonpolar media

Carbohydrates with suitably positioned intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded hydroxyl and amide groups have the potential to act as efficient bidentate phosphate binders by taking advantage of sigma- and/or ,sigma,pi-H-bonding cooperativity in nonpolar solvents. Donor-donor 1,2-trans-diaxial amido alcohol (1) and diol (3), in which one of the donor centres is cooperative, are very efficient carbohydrate-phosphate binding motifs. We have proven and quantified the key role of hydrogen-bonding centres indirectly involved in complexation, which serve to generate an intramolecular H-bond (six-membered cis H-bond) in 1 and 3. This motif enhances the donor nature of the H-bonding centres that are directly involved in complexation. A comparison of the thermodynamic parameters of the complexes formed between phosphate and a cooperative (1-Phos) or anti-cooperative (2-Phos) bidentate H-bonded motif of a carbohydrate has allowed us to quantify the energetic advantage of H-bonding cooperativity in CDCl3 and CDCl3/CCl4 (1:1.3) (Delta Delta G degrees=-2.2 and -2.0 kcal mol(-1), respectively). The solvent dependences of the entropy and enthalpy contributions to binding provide a valuable example of the delicate balance between entropy and enthalpy that can arise for a single process, providing effective cooperative binding in terms of Delta G degrees.     

Nitrosation kinetics of phenolic components of foods and beverages

The kinetics of the reactions between sodium nitrite and phenol or m-, o-, or p-cresol in potassium hydrogen phthalate buffers of pH 2.5–5.7 were determined by integration of the monitored absorbance of the C-nitroso reaction products. At pH > 3, the dominant reaction was C-nitrosation through a mechanism that appears to consist of a diffusion-controlled attack on the nitrosatable substrate by NO⁺/NO₂H₂⁺ ions followed by a slow proton transfer step; the latter step is supported by the observation of basic catalysis by the buffer which does not form alternative nitrosating agents as nitrosyl compounds. The catalytic coefficients of both anionic forms of the buffer have been determined. The observed order of substrate reactivities (o-cresol ≈ m-cresol > phenol ≫ p-cresol) is explained by the hyperconjugative effect of the methyl group in o- and m-cresol, and by its blocking the para position in p-cresol. Analysis of a plot of ΔH^# against ΔS^# shows that the reaction with p-cresol differs from those with o- and m-cresol as regards the formation and decomposition of the transition state. The genotoxicity of nitrosatable phenols is compared with their reactivity with NO⁺/NO₂H₂⁺. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.