Thermodynamics of transfer of glycine, diglycine, and triglycine from water to aqueous solutions of urea, glycerol, and sodium nitrate

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Standard free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of transfer of glycine (G), diglycine (DG), and triglycine (TG), from water to aqueous mixtures of glycerol (GL) and urea (UH) have been determined from solubility measurements at different temperatures. This was also extended to an ionic cosolvent system like aqueous sodium nitrate solutions for G and DG. The observed [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]–composition profiles, as well as those obtained after correcting for the "cavity effect" as estimated by scaled particle theory (SPT), were examined in the light of various interactions. The corrected [Formula: see text]and [Formula: see text] values show a regular function of the peptide chain length of the amino acids and impart useful information regarding the involved relative structural effects of these ionic and non-ionic cosolvents.


1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 469-475
Author(s):  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Autoionization constants (Ks) of aqueous mixtures of 1, 2, and 4 m sodium nitrate used as an ionic cosolvent system have been determined from emf measurements of the cell: Pt, H2 (g, 1 atm)/KOH (m1) KCl (m2), solvent/AgCl–Ag at five equidistant temperatures ranging from 15–35 °C. The standard free energies (ΔG0) and entropies (ΔS0) of autoionisation of the solvents were then evaluated from these data. Relative free energies (ΔG0) and entropies of (ΔS0)of autoionization of the solvents when coupled with the previously determined transfer free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of H+ yielded [Formula: see text][Formula: see text],[Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. Values of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] obtained after correcting for [Formula: see text], as well as [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]obtained after correcting the "cavity effect" and Born-type electrostatic effect suggests that while the "basicity" of the aqueous NaNO3 solutions decreases, the "acidity" more or less increases with NaNO3 concentration. The observed [Formula: see text]– and [Formula: see text]–composition profiles were also examined in the light of Kundu et al.'s four-step transfer process and the involved order–disorder phenomena, respectively, as proposed earlier.Standard free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of transfer of p-nitroaniline (pNA) and benzoic acid (HBz) for the solvent system have also been determined from solubility measurements at different temperatures. The observed [Formula: see text]–and [Formula: see text]–composition profiles appear to reflect the salting-out effect of the salt and the [Formula: see text]–and [Formula: see text]–composition profiles confirm the applicability of either of these quantities rather than [Formula: see text], as a better structural probe both for aquo-ionic and aquo-organic solvents.



1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Deprotonation constants, Ka(RH2+) and Ka(RH±), of glycine (RH±) have been determined at five equidistant temperatures ranging from 15 to 35 °C by measuring the emf of galvanic cells comprising Pt/H2 and Ag–AgCl electrodes in aqueous mixtures of protophilic protic urea (UH) and protophobic protic glycerol (GL). Medium effects on deprotonation of the acid: [Formula: see text] have been dissected into transfer free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of the species involved as obtained by measuring the transfer energetics [Formula: see text] of RH± from solubility measurements at different temperatures and of H+ based on tetraphenylarsonium tetraphenylborate (TATB) reference electrolyte assumption determined earlier. The [Formula: see text] values obtained after due correction from the cavity effect based on scaled particle theory (SPT) and electrostatic effects including Born and ion–dipole effects for the charged species involved in the two deprotonation equilibria enable better understanding of the solvent effect on the deprotonation constants. Moreover, the [Formula: see text]–composition profiles are found to exhibit similar characteristic maxima and minima as for simple cations and anions in these solvent systems, thus providing useful information on the structural characteristic of these cosolvents. Keywords: deprotonation energetics, glycine, aqueous urea, aqueous glycerol, EMF measurements.



1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (12) ◽  
pp. 2843-2848
Author(s):  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Standard free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of transfer of hydrogen bromide and iodide from water to the aqueous 1, 2, and 4 m of sodium nitrate have been determined by measuring the emf's of the cell: Pt, H2(g, 1 atm)/KOH(m1), KX(m2), solvent/AgX–Ag where X = Br or I at five equidistant temperatures ranging from 15–35°C. [Formula: see text] values of HBr, HI as well as that of HCl obtained from earlier paper and particularly of the individual ions [Formula: see text](i), obtained by use of modified TATB assumption reported earlier and also [Formula: see text](i) obtained after correcting for "cavity" effect and Born-type electrostatic effect estimated tentatively by the scaled particle theory (SPT) and simple Bom equation, respectively, reveal the relative order of stabilisation of Cl−, Br−, and I− ions. Analysis of [Formula: see text]–composition profile (X = Cl, Br, and I) exhibits a characteristic "maxima" around 1.5 m NaNO3 with the relative order HI > HBr > HCl in the region of maxima. Moreover, dissection of [Formula: see text] values into the individual ion contributions by use of the modified TATB assumption reported earlier, results in the characteristic "maxima" around 1.5 m NaNO3 in [Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text]–composition profiles for H+ and "minima" for Cl−, Br−, and I−. The results are discussed in terms of ion–ion–solvent interactions as well as the structural changes of the solvents.



1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayati Datta ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Standard free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of transfer of p-nitroaniline (pNA) from water to aqueous mixtures of some ionic and non-ionic cosolvents like KBr, urea (U), propylene glycol (PG), glycerol (GL), dioxane (D), and 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME) have been determined from solubility measurements at different temperatures. The observed [Formula: see text]–composition profile in KBr solution appears to result from the well known salting-out effect of the salt and those in aqueous poly-ols and ethers are the result of the combined effects of dispersion and "acid–base" type interactions but that in aqueous urea solutions is governed by the "salting-out" type interaction by the predominant zwitterionic form of urea. The observed [Formula: see text]–composition profiles as well as those obtained after correcting for the "cavity-effect", as estimated tentatively by the scaled particle theory (SPT), were examined in the light of Kundu et al.'s semi-quantitative theory proposed earlier. The latter profiles suggest that unlike isopropyl alcohol (IPA), the poly-ols and ethers as well as KBr and urea induce structure breaking of three dimensional (3D) water structure right from the initial compositions. Moreover, the observed "roller-coaster" type behaviour of the profile in aqueous urea is indicative of the effect of urea–water aggregation around 4–10 m urea. Also, the observed graded reduction of structure-promoting effect of IPA in PG and GL cosolvent systems confirms that structuring and destructuring ability of a cosolvent depends on the ratio of hydrophobicity to hydrophilicity of the cosolvent.



1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (10) ◽  
pp. 1960-1965
Author(s):  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Bijoy P. Chakravarti ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Standard potentials (E0) of the Ag–AgCl electrode have been determined in 1, 2, and 4 m NaNO3 + water mixtures at five equidistant temperatures ranging from 15–35 °C from the emf measurements of the cell: Pt, H2 (g, 1 atm)/HCl (m) NaNO3 +water/AgCl–Ag. These values have been used to evaluate the transfer energetics [Formula: see text] accompanying the transfer of 1 mole of HCl from the standard state in water to the standard state in each of the NaNO3 + water mixtures. Transfer free energies [Formula: see text] of HCl and that of the individual ions obtained from a separate study, and those obtained after correcting the "cavity effect" and Born-type electrostatic effect, as estimated tentatively by the scaled-particle theory (SPT) and simple Born equation respectively, have been discussed in the light of ion–ion–solvent interactions. The observed [Formula: see text]–composition profile as well as that obtained after correcting for the "cavity effect" were examined in the light of semiquantitative theory proposed by Kundu etal. earlier and are found to substantiate this theory.



1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 798-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabir K. Guha ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Standard free energies (ΔGt0) and entropies (ΔSt0) of transfer of HBr and HI from water to some aqueous solutions of 2-methoxy ethanol (ME) have been determined from emf measurements of the cells: Pt, H2 (g, 1 atm)/HBr (m), solvent/AgBr–Ag and Pt, H2 (g, 1 atm)/KOH (m1), KI (m2), solvent/AgI–Ag, respectively, at seven equidistant temperatures ranging from 15 to 45 °C. ΔGt0 values of HBr and HI as well as of HCl obtained from literature, and particularly that of the individual ions obtained by tetraphenylarsonium tetraphenylboron (TATB) assumption, suggest that while H+ is increasingly stabilized by cosolvent-induced larger "basicity", halide ions (X−) are increasingly destabilized by cosolvent-induced decreased "acidity" and the dielectric constant of the mixed solvents compared to that of water. Analysis of the variation of the observed TΔSt0(HX) and particularly of ΔY (= TΔSt0(H+) + TΔS0t.ch (X−), with composition, in the light of Kundu etal's semi-quantitative theory reveals that ME induces breakdown of three dimensional (3D) tetrahedral structures of water at water-rich compositions. This is being followed by an ordered region due to possible H-bonded cosolvent–water complexation and then the usual disordered region due to packing imbalance. Comparison of ΔY(HI)–composition profiles for aqueous mixtures of t-butanol (ButOH), ethylene glycol (EG), and 1,2-dimethoxy ethane (DME) also demonstrates that the remarkable enhancement of 3D water structures by the well known structure promoter ButOH gets succintly diminished when cosolvent ButOH is replaced by EG, ME, and DME, as is expected from structural and electronic considerations of the cosolvents.



1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 521-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Aboul-Seoud ◽  
M. Doheim

The distribution coefficients of aniline between n-heptane and aqueous sodium nitrate solutions were measured at different temperatures. The activity coefficients of aniline in aqueous sodium nitrate solutions were determined. The effect of sodium nitrate on the dissociation of the anilinium ion was studied at different temperatures by a modified distribution method. Attention was directed to the choice of the extracting solvent and of the analytical method. The effect of the presence of undissociated anilinium ions on the distribution coefficients was taken into consideration.K0, Kb, ΔH, ΔF, and ΔS for the dissociation of the anilinium ion were evaluated.



1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (23) ◽  
pp. 3961-3966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumardev Bose ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Free energies (ΔGt0) and entropies (ΔSt0) of transfer at 25 °C of the nonelectrolyte p-nitroaniline from water to various alcohol + water mixtures have been determined from solubility measurements at seven temperatures from 10–40 °C. Increasing specific solute–solvent interactions have been proposed to interpret the nature of the ΔGt0-composition profiles and the enhanced structure of water in the water-rich mixed solvents has been correlated with maxima in the ΔSt0-composition profiles. The effectiveness of p-nitroaniline as a useful probe for studying solvent structure has been pointed out.



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