Improvement of spectrophotometric analysis for a multi-component coloured system

Summary A general method for the elimination of interferences in analysis of multi-component coloured systems is proposed and experimentally tested for lead determination with dithizone in artificial mixtures containing Zn, Cu and large amounts of Fe and for simultaneous determinations of Cu and Ni with diethyldithiocarbamate in steel.The method gives good results for lead and copper and satisfactory results for nickel. It is simple and rapid and can be recommended for applications in industrial laboratories. For binary systems, nomographs can be constructed and applied.

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Zusammenfassung Es wurde ein allgemeines Verfahren ausgearbeitet, das es gestattet, Störungen bei der spektrophotometrischen Analyse von gefärbten Systemen mit mehreren Bestandteilen auszuschalten. Die Methode wurde experimentell nachgeprüft bei der Bleibestimmung mit Dithizon in synthetischen Gemischen, die Zn, Cu und große Mengen Fe enthalten sowie bei der gleichzeitigen Bestimmung von Kupfer und Nickel in Stahl mit Diäthyldithiocarbamidat. Die Ergebnisse für Blei und Kupfer waren gut, diejenigen für Nickel zufriedenstellend. Das Verfahren ist einfach und schnell und eignet sich für Industrielaboratorien. Im Falle von binären Systemen wurden Nomogramme benutzt.

     

Pyrene‐Based Dyad and Triad Leading to a Reversible Chemical and Redox Optical and Magnetic Switch

Two new pyrene–polychlorotriphenylmethyl (PTM) dyads and triads have been synthesized and characterized by optical, magnetic, and electrochemical methods. The interplay between the different electronic states of the PTM moiety in the dyads and triads and the optical and magnetic properties of the molecules have been studied. The electronic spectra of the radicals 5 ^. and 6 ^. show the intramolecular charge‐transfer transition at around 700 nm due to the acceptor character of the PTM radical. In the diamagnetic protonated derivatives 3 and 4 the fluorescence due to the pyrene is maintained, whereas in the radicals 5 ^. and 6 ^. and the corresponding anions 5 ^? and 6 ^? there is a clear quenching of the fluorescence, which is more efficient in the case of radicals. The redox activity of PTM radicals that are easily reduced to the corresponding carbanion has been exploited to fabricate electrochemical switches with optical and magnetic response.     

Studies on the Solution Conformation and Dynamics of the Trisaccharide Repeating Unit of the Kps from Sinorhizobium Fredii Svq293

ABSTRACT

The conformational behaviour of the major trisaccharide repeating unit (α-D-Galp-(1→2)-β-D-Ribf-(1→9)-α-5-O-Me-Kdnp-) of the polysaccharide from Sinorhizobium fredii SVQ293, a mutant derivative has been analysed by NMR spectroscopy and extensive molecular dynamics simulations. The results obtained indicate that the five-membered ring adopts an almost unique conformation as do the pyranose rings. The Ribf-(1→9)-α-5-O-Me-Kdnp linkage may adopt a variety of conformations while the α-D-Galp-(1→2)-β-D-Ribf- also populates an extended surface of the Φ/Ψ map. Two 10 ns MD simulations using the GB/SA continuum solvent model for water and the MM3* force field provides a population distribution of conformers which satisfactorily agrees with the experimental NMR data for both the glycosidic linkages and the hydroxymethyl groups.