Deprotonation and transfer energetics of glycine in aqueous mixtures of urea and glycerol from emf measurements at different temperatures

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.

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Single-ion transfer free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of some ions from water to aqueous mixtures of urea and glycerol have been determined using the widely used tetraphenylarsonium tetraphenylborate reference electrolyte assumption from solubility and emf measurements of some appropriate electrolytes at five different temperatures (15 to 35 °C). Analysis of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] values of the ions as well as their respective "chemical" effect, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] as obtained after correcting for their cavity and Born-type electrostatic effects, estimated by the scaled particle theory (SPT) and simple Born equation, respectively, show a complex dependence upon solvent composition. Attempts have been made to explain the observed mirror-image entropie behaviour of simple cations and anions in the light of Kundu etal.'s four-step transfer process and to compare the results with those obtained in other aquo-ionic and nonionic systems. Keywords: single ion, transfer energetics, TATB assumption, aqueous glycerol, aqueous urea.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indra N. Basumullick ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Staqndard free energies of transfer, ΔGt0, of alkali metal chlorides from water to aqueous mixtures of 10, 30, 50, and 70 wt.% glycerol have been determined from emf measurements of the double cell comprising Ag– AgCl and K(Hg) electrodes at 25°C. These values were divided into individual ion contributions by use of tetraphenyl arsonium tetraphenyl boride (Ph4AsBPh4) assumption, the required ΔGt0 values of the reference electrolyte (Ph4AsPh4B), obtained by measuring solubilities of KBPh4, Ph4AsPi, and KPi (Pi = picrate) in the solvents. The solvation behaviour of the involved ions, as dictated by their respective ΔGt0(i) values, in this as well as in systems of other similar co-solvents like ethanol, ethylene glycol, and urea, suggests that it is determined by one or several effects of acid-base, Born-type, and dispersion interactions. Moreover, comparable stability of PH4B–, particularly in aqueous glycerol and urea, suggests that "specific interactions" are possibly responsible for the well_known folding-unfolding phenomenon of native conformation of proteins in presence of co-solvents.


1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 2595-2604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibaprasad Rudra ◽  
Himansu Talukdar ◽  
Kiron K. Kundu

Single-ion tranfer free energies [Formula: see text] and entropies [Formula: see text] of some electrolytes from water to 1, 2, and 4m aqueous NaNO3 solvents have been determined at 25 °C using the widely used tetraphenylarsonium tetraphenylborate (Ph4AsBPh4) reference electrolyte assumption, after due modification for this solvent system. The required [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] values of Ph4AsPi, KBPh4, KPi, AgPi, PbPi2, Ag2CrO4, and AgCl where Pi = picrate, were determined by measuring solubilities at 15–35 °C of the solutes except AgCl, the values of which were determined from emf measurements. Analysis of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] values of the ions as well as their respective true interaction effects, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] as obtained after correcting for their cavity effects [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] estimated by the scaled particle theory (SPT) and Born-type electrostatic effects, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] computed by simple Born equation, reveals that the behaviour of the ions in this ionic cosolvent system is chiefly guided by one or several effects of ion–ion–solvent, Born and cavity forming interactions. Moreover, a rational explanation has been offered to explain the observed mirror-image entropie behaviour of simple cations and anions in light of Kundu etal.'s four-steps transfer process.


1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (8) ◽  
pp. 1638-1642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urmila Mandal ◽  
Kaushik Das ◽  
Kiron Kumar Kundu

Rate constants of acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of sucrose (S) to D-glucose and L-fructose have been determined at 25 °C by optical rotation measurements in aqueous mixtures of protophobic protic glycerol (GL), protophilic protic urea (UH), aprotic dioxane (D), and dipolar aprotic dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO). Transfer free energies of the substrate sucrose, [Formula: see text] have also been determined in the solvents from solubility measurements. These values as well as those of H+, as obtained earlier by use of the widely used tetraphenylarsonium tetraphenylboron (TATB) reference electrolyte assumption, yielded transfer free energies of the transition state. The observed log (ks/kw) – composition profiles reveal that the rates increase monotonically in GL–water mixtures, that decrease more or less monotonically in UH– and DMSO–water mixtures, and decrease up to 10 mol% D in D–water mixtures, beyond which the values tend to increase. Examination of [Formula: see text]–composition profiles for the different species in each case indicates that the initial and transition state solvation get more or less compensated and the observed rates are dictated by the increased solvation of H+ in aqueous UH, DMSO, and D co-solvent systems. But in GL–water mixtures the decreased solvation of the transition state compared with the initial state is overcome by the decreased solvation of H+, thus resulting in the gradual enhancement of the rates of the reaction. The observed linearity of the correlative plots of −δ(ΔG≠) [= RT ln (ks/kw)] vs. [Formula: see text] with distinctly different slopes in the two cases also substantiates the relative importance of H+ solvation in dictating the rates of the reaction in these widely different aqueous co-solvents.


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