The spectral analysis of aqueous solutions of multi-component mixtures is used for identification and distinguishing of individual components in the mixture and subsequent determination of protonation constants and absorptivities of differently protonated particles in the solution in steady state (Meloun and Havel 1985), (Leggett 1985). Apart from that also determined are the distribution diagr...

Two calixpyrrole derivatives were synthesised. A p-dimethylaminobenzoyl group was electronically attached to a pyrrole ring, establishing an intramolecular hydrogen bond in a 1,3-alternate conformation. The formation of the H-bond was corroborated by IR, NMR, and X-ray measurements. NMR titration studies reveal that the H-bond is strong enough to block the conversion to a cone conformation, all...

A recently reported protolytic gating effect on the ring closing reaction of an oligo(phenylene ethynylene) (OPE) embedded difurylperfluorocyclopentene (S) with a dimethylaminophenyl chain link in each of the side arms, was quantitatively analyzed in detail. The reaction system (So, SoH(+), SoH2(2+), Sc, ScH(+), ScH2(2+)) comprising three protolytic forms in both open and closed configuration, ...

This work reports a study of the proton-binding capacity of biopolymers obtained from different materials supplied by a municipal biowaste treatment plant located in Northern Italy. One material was the anaerobic fermentation digestate of the urban wastes organic humid fraction. The others were the compost of home and public gardening residues and the compost of the mix of the above residues, d...

Few groups of substituted 1-aminoisoquinoline, 4-aminoand 2,4-diaminoquinazoline derivatives have been examined in order to find general relationships between the basicity and a kind of substituent. pKa Values have been determined for these compounds and correlated with the original Hammett σm and σp constants. They clearly showed that the steric effects of the bulky substituents neighbouring t...

Rate constants for acid catalysis of the reactions of N-chlorodimethylamine (1), N-chloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethylamine (2) and N,N-dichlorotaurine (3) with iodide ion were determined in H(2)O at 25 degrees C and I = 0.5 (NaClO(4)). The failure to detect significant catalysis by general acids of chlorine transfer from 1 to the nucleophile, together with the observed inverse solvent deuterium isotop...

The charge distribution in a molecule is crucial in determining its physical and chemical properties. Aminobenzoic acid derivatives are biologically active small molecules, which have two possible protonation sites: the amine (N-protonation) and the carbonyl oxygen (O-protonation). Here, we employ gas-phase infrared spectroscopy in combination with ion mobility-mass spectrometry and density fun...

Correct protonation of titratable groups in biomolecules is crucial for their accurate description by molecular dynamics simulations. In the context of constant pH simulations, an additional protonation degree of freedom is introduced for each titratable site, allowing the protonation state to change dynamically with changing structure or electrostatics. Here, we extend previous approaches for ...

The misfolding of the prion protein (PrP) to aggregated forms is linked to several neurodegenerative diseases. Misfolded oligomeric forms of PrP are associated with neurotoxicity and/or infectivity, but the molecular mechanism by which they form is still poorly understood. A reduction in pH is known to be a key factor that triggers misfolded oligomer formation by PrP, but the residues whose pro...