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1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 576-582
Author(s):  
Patricia Gabriela Molina ◽  
María Alicia Zón ◽  
Héctor Fernández

The acid dissociation constants for alternariol monomethyl ether (AME), altertoxin-I (ATX-I), and alternariol (AOH), three of the Alternaria alternata genus mycotoxins, are estimated through conventional UV-VIS spectroscopic studies at different pH values. Experimental variations of absorbance as a function of pH at a given wavelength were fitted by using the exact equations that describe the systems studied. Good agreement between the experimental absorbance vs. pH plots and the curves generated by the fitting process was found. A comparison between the acidic constants for the first step of dissociation of these mycotoxins and the value for the acidic constant of phenol is discussed by assuming that phenolic structures are responsible for the acidity of these mycotoxins.Key words: mycotoxins, alternariol monomethyl ether, altertoxin-I, alternariol, acidic constants.

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (14) ◽  
pp. 2204-2209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald R. Vandebeek ◽  
Serge J. Joris ◽  
Keijo I. Aspila ◽  
Chuni L. Chakrabarti

The stability of some cyclic N,N-disubstituted dithiocarbamates has been studied by the analysis of the decomposition rates at different pH values. It is concluded that the most important factors which determine the relative stabilities of three cyclic dithiocarbamates (DTC) are the solvation of the DTC acid molecule and the ring strain associated with the substituents. This has been proven by a study of (a) the decomposition rates as a function of the dielectric constant of the medium, (b) order of the stability, and (c) activation energy.The molar absorptivities and the apparent acid dissociation constants have been determined for pyrrolidine-, piperidine-, and hexamethylene-dithiocarbamates.


1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (21) ◽  
pp. 3707-3711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Sami Shawali ◽  
Ikhlass M. Abbass

Nitrosation of pyridine aldehyde p-tolylhydrazones 2 with amyl nitrite gives rise to p-tolueneazopyridine aldoximes 4 which form stable tris chelates with cobalt(III). Spectral data (ir, uv, and 1Hmr) indicate that the ligands exist mainly in the assigned azooxime structure 4, and that their chelates have five-membered ring structure 7. Also, the 1Hmr spectra imply mer-configuration 9 for the chelates examined. No evidence for the tautomeric nitrosohydrazone structure 3 for the ligands and the fac-configuration 8 for Co(III) chelates could be obtained. Using the HMO method, the azooxime form 4 for the ligand was shown to be more stable than the nitrosohydrazone structure 3. Also, good agreement was obtained between observed transition energies and those calculated by the HMO method. The acid dissociation constants of the ligands in 50 vol% ethanol–water at 25 °C and ionic strength of 0.1 were determined spectrophotometrically.


1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 763-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Chen ◽  
R. Stephen Reid

Speciation in the aqueous sodium(I) – ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and potassium(I) – ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid equilibrium systems was investigated by automated gravimetric potentiometric titration. It was found that in both cases, particularly below neutral pH values, speciation includes a previously uncharacterized diprotonated complex. All formation and acid dissociation constants were measured for the full systems. The validity of previous literature equilibrium constants, which are based on incomplete equilibrium models, is discussed.


1990 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 129-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J.Guiomar H.M. Lito ◽  
M.Filomena G.F.C. Camões ◽  
M.Isabel A. Ferra ◽  
Arthur K. Covington

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