A second species of polynuclear hydroxyaluminum cation, its formation and some of its properties

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 1910-1915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert C. Turner

When a solution of Al(ClO4)3 or AlCl3 with total Al concentration between 5 × 10−4 and 6 × 10−2 M is partially neutralized very slowly with a base, it is possible to produce a solution of polynuclear hydroxyaluminum cations with no solid phases present. When such a solution is aged, the polynuclear hydroxyaluminum cations, AlP1, disappear very slowly at 25 °C and a second type of polynuclear hydroxyaluminum cations, AlP2, is formed. The second type, AlP2, has some properties that are the same as those of AlP1, e.g. they both have an OH/Al mole ratio equal to or very nearly equal to 2.5, diffuse readily across a dialysis membrane, and are removed from solution by the clay mineral bentonite in an exchangeable form. Some of their properties, however, are entirely different, e.g. AlP1 reacts with 8-hydroxyquinoline about 250 times faster with a much lower energy of activation than does AlP2, is much less resistant to attack by HCl, and is precipitated at a pH about 0.5 pH units lower than AlP2. The transformation of AlP1 to AlP2 is a first order process with an energy of activation of 20.8 kcal per mol. The specific rate constant seems to be affected somewhat by the extraneous anion present and the degree of neutralization; experimental values varied from 0.57 × 10−3 to 3.5 × 10−3 day−1 at 25 °C.

1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 570-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvin S. Gordon

The specific rate constant for opening the cyclopentyl radical has been determined to be 1014.5 exp –37 700/RT s−1. The energy of activation indicates that any eclipsed pairs of H atoms in the cyclic radical are not de-eclipsed in the activated complex. No evidence for the resulting five-membered linear radical can be found, only evidence for its breakdown products, allyl radical and ethylene.The disproportionation/combination ratio for methyl and cyclopentyl radicals is about 0.3. The energy of activation for methyl abstracting a hydrogen atom from cyclopentane has been confirmed as about 9.5 kcal/mole.Cyclopentyl radical also loses a hydrogen atom to form cyclopentene. The kinetic parameters are difficult to obtain because of radical–radical reactions which form cyclopentene. An analysis of the results indicates an energy of activation at least equal to that for opening the cyclopentyl ring.Evidence is presented to support the view that the cyclopentyl radical loses a molecule of hydrogen to form the resonance-stablized cyclopentenyl radical with an energy of activation close to that for opening the ring, and a pre-exponential factor about 1/10 of that for the opening of the ring.


2001 ◽  
Vol 05 (12) ◽  
pp. 829-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
SABRINA L. BAILEY ◽  
P. HAMBRIGHT

The kinetics of zinc incorporation from pH 12 to 13 into the centrally aprotic BrP (4)2+ form of beta-octabromo-meso-tetrakis(N-methyl-4-pyridyl)porphyrin and its monolithium complex were studied at 25.0 °C, ionic strength (I) = 0.10. The reactions were first order in porphyrin and total zinc concentrations. For BrP (4)2+, the specific rate constant was 5.1 × 105 M -1 s -1 for Zn ( OH )2 aq , 9.9 × 104 M -1 s -1 for [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] was unreactive. The Li - BrP (4)3+ complex had a formation constant with BrP (4)2+ of 1.1 × 103 M -1 from both kinetic and equilibrium measurements. In solutions containing both BrP (4)2+ and Li - BrP (4)3+, zinc incorporation proceeded only through BrP (4)2+.


1962 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. C. Weir ◽  
M. H. Miller

The manganese cycle in an alkaline soil was investigated by means of isotopic-exchange studies. Mn-54 was added to the solution in equilibrium with the soil and the rate of disappearance of the Mn-54 from solution was determined. The forms of soil manganese in equilibrium with solution manganese were studied by extracting the soil with buffered pyrophosphate and/or ZnSO4 solution after equilibration with Mn-54.The rate studies indicated that there are five or more first-order exchange reactions between soil and solution manganese. These reactions were characterized by a quantity and specific rate constant. Extraction of the soil following equilibration with Mn-54 indicated that a portion of the pyrophosphate extractable and all of the ZnSO4 extractable manganese was in equilibrium with the solution manganese. These two extractants removed all the soil manganese that had reached equilibrium with the Mn-54 in solution. It was indicated that the pyrophosphate extractable manganese existed in layered surfaces probably of a concretionary nature.


Author(s):  
D. de la Lama-Calvente ◽  
M. J. Fernández-Rodríguez ◽  
J. Llanos ◽  
J. M. Mancilla-Leytón ◽  
R. Borja

AbstractThe biomass valorisation of the invasive brown alga Rugulopteryx okamurae (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) is key to curbing the expansion of this invasive macroalga which is generating tonnes of biomass on southern Spain beaches. As a feasible alternative for the biomass management, anaerobic co-digestion is proposed in this study. Although the anaerobic digestion of macroalgae barely produced 177 mL of CH4 g−1 VS, the co-digestion with a C-rich substrate, such as the olive mill solid waste (OMSW, the main waste derived from the two-phase olive oil manufacturing process), improved the anaerobic digestion process. The mixture improved not only the methane yield, but also its biodegradability. The highest biodegradability was found in the mixture 1 R. okamurae—1 OMSW, which improved the biodegradability of the macroalgae by 12.9% and 38.1% for the OMSW. The highest methane yield was observed for the mixture 1 R. okamurae—3 OMSW, improving the methane production of macroalgae alone by 157% and the OMSW methane production by 8.6%. Two mathematical models were used to fit the experimental data of methane production time with the aim of assessing the processes and obtaining the kinetic constants of the anaerobic co-digestion of different combination of R. okamurae and OMSW and both substrates independently. First-order kinetic and the transference function models allowed for appropriately fitting the experimental results of methane production with digestion time. The specific rate constant, k (first-order model) for the mixture 1 R. okamurae- 1.5 OMSW, was 5.1 and 1.3 times higher than that obtained for the mono-digestion of single OMSW and the macroalga, respectively. In the same way, the transference function model revealed that the maximum methane production rate (Rmax) was also found for the mixture 1 R. okamurae—1.5 OMSW (30.4 mL CH4 g−1 VS day−1), which was 1.6 and 2.2 times higher than the corresponding to the mono-digestions of the single OMSW and sole R. okamurae (18.9 and 13.6 mL CH4 g−1 VS day−1), respectively.


2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (No. 8) ◽  
pp. 379-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhu Bo ◽  
Han Hongjuan ◽  
Fu Xiaoyan ◽  
Li Zhenjun ◽  
Gao Jianjie ◽  
...  

The explosive 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is a highly toxic and persistent environmental pollutant. TNT is toxic to many organisms, it is known to be a potential human carcinogen, and is persistent in the environment. This study presents a system of phytoremediation by Arabidopsis plants developed on the basis of overexpression of NAD(P)H-flavin nitroreductase (NFSB) from the Sulfurimonas denitrificans DSM1251. The resulting transgenic Arabidopsis plants demonstrated significantly enhanced TNT tolerance and a strikingly higher capacity to remove TNT from their media. The highest specific rate constant of TNT disappearance rate was 1.219 and 2.297 mL/g fresh weight/h for wild type and transgenic plants, respectively. Meanwhile, the nitroreductase activity in transgenic plant was higher than wild type plant. All this indicates that transgenic plants show significantly enhanced tolerances to TNT; transgenic plants also exhibit strikingly higher capabilities of removing TNT from their media and high efficiencies of transformation.


1939 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurin M. Chase ◽  
Emil L. Smith

1. Measurements of visual purple regeneration in solution have been made by a procedure which minimized distortion of the results by other color changes so that density changes caused by the regenerating substance alone are obtained. 2. Bleaching a visual purple solution with blue and violet light causes a greater subsequent regeneration than does an equivalent bleaching with light which lacks blue and violet. This is due to a photosensitive substance which has a gradually increasing effective absorption toward the shorter wavelengths. It is uncertain whether this substance is a product of visual purple bleaching or is present in the solution before illumination. 3. The regeneration of visual purple measured at 560 mµ is maximal at about pH 6.7 and decreases markedly at more acid and more alkaline pH's. 4. The absorption spectrum of the regenerating material shows only a concentration change during the course of regeneration, but has a higher absorption at the shorter wavelengths than has visual purple before illumination. 5. Visual purple extractions made at various temperatures show no significant difference in per cent of regeneration. 6. The kinetics of regeneration is usually that of a first order process. Successive regenerations in the same solution have the same velocity constant but form smaller total amounts of regenerated substance. 7. In vivo, the frog retina shows no additional oxygen consumption while visual purple is regenerating.


1996 ◽  
Vol 50 (11) ◽  
pp. 1352-1359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Chiang ◽  
Kuang-Pang Li ◽  
Tong-Ming Hseu

An idealized model for the kinetics of benzo[ a]pyrene (BaP) metabolism is established. As observed from experimental results, the BaP transfer from microcrystals to the cell membrane is definitely a first-order process. The rate constant of this process is signified as k1. We describe the surface–midplane exchange as reversible and use rate constants k2 and k3 to describe the inward and outward diffusions, respectively. The metabolism is identified as an irreversible reaction with a rate constant k4. If k2 and k3 are assumed to be fast and not rate determining, the effect of the metabolism rate, k4, on the number density of BaP in the midplane of the microsomal membrane, m3, can be estimated. If the metabolism rate is faster than or comparable to the distribution rates, k2 and k3, the BaP concentration in the membrane midplane, m3, will quickly be dissipated. But if k4 is extremely small, m3 will reach a plateau. Under conditions when k2 and k3 also play significant roles in determining the overall rate, more complicated patterns of m3 are expected.


1992 ◽  
Vol 281 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
D P Baker ◽  
C Kleanthous ◽  
J N Keen ◽  
E Weinhold ◽  
C A Fewson

D(–)-Mandelate dehydrogenase, the first enzyme of the mandelate pathway in the yeast Rhodotorula graminis, catalyses the NAD(+)-dependent oxidation of D(–)-mandelate to phenylglyoxylate. D(–)-2-(Bromoethanoyloxy)-2-phenylethanoic acid [‘D(–)-bromoacetylmandelic acid’], an analogue of the natural substrate, was synthesized as a probe for reactive and accessible nucleophilic groups within the active site of the enzyme. D(–)-Mandelate dehydrogenase was inactivated by D(–)-bromoacetylmandelate in a psuedo-first-order process. D(–)-Mandelate protected against inactivation, suggesting that the residue that reacts with the inhibitor is located at or near the active site. Complete inactivation of the enzyme resulted in the incorporation of approx. 1 mol of label/mol of enzyme subunit. D(–)-Mandelate dehydrogenase that had been inactivated with 14C-labelled D(–)-bromoacetylmandelate was digested with trypsin; there was substantial incorporation of 14C into two tryptic-digest peptides, and this was lowered in the presence of substrate. One of the tryptic peptides had the sequence Val-Xaa-Leu-Glu-Ile-Gly-Lys, with the residue at the second position being the site of radiolabel incorporation. The complete sequence of the second peptide was not determined, but it was probably an N-terminally extended version of the first peptide. High-voltage electrophoresis of the products of hydrolysis of modified protein showed that the major peak of radioactivity co-migrated with N tau-carboxymethylhistidine, indicating that a histidine residue at the active site of the enzyme is the most likely nucleophile with which D(–)-bromoacetylmandelate reacts. D(–)-Mandelate dehydrogenase was incubated with phenylglyoxylate and either (4S)-[4-3H]NADH or (4R)-[4-3H]NADH and then the resulting D(–)-mandelate and NAD+ were isolated. The enzyme transferred the pro-R-hydrogen atom from NADH during the reduction of phenylglyoxylate. The results are discussed with particular reference to the possibility that this enzyme evolved by the recruitment of a 2-hydroxy acid dehydrogenase from another metabolic pathway.


1977 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Cervelló ◽  
J.F.J. Melendo ◽  
E. Hermana

1974 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-144
Author(s):  
T. S. Rao ◽  
S. I. Mali

The kinetics of the reaction between has been studied under conditions of production of iodine at a known rate by the persulfate-iodide reaction and its consumption by S2O3-- . The effective concentration of iodine during the steady state is measured from its reduction potential at a bright platinum foil electrode. The reaction is of first order with respect to I3- and S2O3-- individually and hence of over all second order. The specific rate is 1.51 X 105 M -1 sec-1 and the frequency factor is 1.69 × 1012 M -1 sec-1 at 25 °C. The energy of activation for the reaction is 9.58 × 103 cal/mole and the entropy of activation is -2.55 cal/mole deg.


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