Characterization of imprinted microbeads synthesized via minisuspension polymerization

The properties of MIPs synthesized by minisuspension polymerization are studied. The template is cyclododecyl 2,4-dihydroxybenzoate (1), which behaves as good mimic of the estrogenic mycotoxin zearalenone. 2-DAEM and EGDMA are used as functional and crosslinker monomers, respectively. The synthesized particles are characterized by optical and electronic microscopy, N2 sorption measurements, and FT-IR spectroscopy. The molecular recognition capability of MIPs is evaluated by comparing the adsorption Freundlich isotherms of MIPs to those of the corresponding non-imprinted polymers. It is concluded that MSP is an attractive alternative for molecular imprinting because it is easy to apply and produces high yield of spherical particles of tunable size with acceptable molecular recognition capabilities.Fil: Torres, Juan Jose. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; ArgentinaFil: Montejano, Hernan Alfredo. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; ArgentinaFil: Chesta, Carlos Alberto. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; Argentin

Simple procedures for analyzing and purifying methylene green

Methylene green is a versatile dye that can be used in a wide range of technical applications, most of which require the dye to be pure. Because commercial lots of methylene green are known to be heterogeneous, we report a thin layer chromatographic method for checking purity. We also describe a simple and effective flash chromatographic purification procedure for subsequent purification. The identity and purity of the dye can be checked easily using UV-visible absorption spectrum measurements or by more sophisticated procedures if necessary. © 2012 The Biological Stain Commission.Fil: Glusko, Carlos Abel. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Previtali, Carlos Mario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; ArgentinaFil: Chesta, Carlos Alberto. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Montejano, Hernan Alfredo. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados; Argentin

Solvatochromic effects on the fluorescence and triplet–triplet absorption of phenosafranine in protic and aprotic solvents

Photophysical and spectroscopic properties of phenosafranine were investigated in 21 solvents, including pure aprotic solvents and pure and binary protic solvent mixtures. It was found that these properties are highly dependent of the nature of the medium in protic solvents. Characteristic parameters such as the Stokes¡¯ shift, the fluorescence quantum yield and lifetime and the T¨CT absorption maxima frequencies showed a very clean solvent dependence, with a strong incidence of the specific interactions of phenosafranine with solvent molecules, most likely through hydrogen bonding. On the other hand, in aprotic solvents these parameters are practically insensitive to changes in solvent properties. The experimental results in protic media suggest an increase of the dipole moment of the dye molecule as a consequence of the S0¡úS1 transition, while a decrease in the dipole moment come along with the T1¡úTn transition. In selected protic solvents, the photophysical kinetic parameters were obtained from fluorescence quantum yield and lifetime determinations and intersystem-crossing quantum yields. Their solvent dependence is discussed.0¡úS1 transition, while a decrease in the dipole moment come along with the T1¡úTn transition. In selected protic solvents, the photophysical kinetic parameters were obtained from fluorescence quantum yield and lifetime determinations and intersystem-crossing quantum yields. Their solvent dependence is discussed.Fil: Broglia, Martin Federico. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; ArgentinaFil: Bertolotti, Sonia Graciela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; ArgentinaFil: Previtali, Carlos Mario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; ArgentinaFil: Montejano, Hernan Alfredo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; Argentin

Photophysics and photochemistry of porphyrin core PAMAM dendrimers. Excited states interaction with quinones

Quenching of excited states of the meso-substituted tetraphenyl porphyrins with PAMAM branches, and one with PAMAM generation 1 peripherally-modified with thiazole groups by p-benzoquinones, were studied in DMF solution. Fluorescence lifetime measurements evidence a static component in the quenching process. The dynamic quenching rate constants were close to the diffusional limit except for the case of duroquinone. Apparent association constants of the porphyrin compounds with the quinones were determined by comparison of static and dynamic measurements of fluorescence quenching. The ground state interaction is very weak with the exception of tetrachlorobenzoquinone. The triplet state decay kinetics and the transient absorption spectra in the presence of the quinones were determined by laser flash photolysis. Triplet quenching rate constants were lower than those of singlet quenching. An electron transfer mechanism was proposed to explain the results. The long-time transient absorption spectra were assigned to the radical cation of the dyes. Relative radical yields were determined and a dependence on the side chains and the quencher was observed.Fil: Militello, María Paula. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Arbeloa, Ernesto Maximiliano. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Hernández Ramírez, Raquel E.. Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Coacalco; MéxicoFil: Lijanova, Irina Victorovna. Instituto Politécnico Nacional; MéxicoFil: Montejano, Hernan Alfredo. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Previtali, Carlos Mario. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Bertolotti, Sonia Graciela. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados; Argentin

Long-range photoinduced charge separation in tröger bases D/A dyads

Tröger´s base (and its derivatives) are compounds comprised of two aromatic (or polyaromatic) rings bridged by a diazocine aliphatic cycle. We report herein the photophysical properties of two series of novel Tröger´s bases (TB) asymmetrically substituted by electron donor (D) and electron acceptor (A) substituents. In TB series 3, a carbonitrile group (A[dbnd]CN) lies at the position 2 of the heterocycle, while position 8 is occupied by a series of D with increasing reductant capacity: H (3a), CH3 (3b), OCH3 (3c) or N(CH3)2 (3d). A novel TB series (5a-5d) which comprise the same D, but a 2,2-dicyanovinyl group (A = CHC(CN)2) as electron acceptor, was synthesized and fully characterized. TB absorption (νA max) and emission energies (νF max), fluorescence quantum yields (ΦF) and emission lifetimes (τF) were determined in a series of aprotic solvents covering a wide range of medium polarity (ε∼2-38). νF max, ΦF and τF largely depend on the polarity of the medium and the nature of D/A pair. From the solvatochromic study on νF max, it is concluded that upon excitation TB´s develop large degrees of charge separation (CT). Photophysically, 3a-3c resembles 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)benzonitrile derivatives showing internal CT state dipole moments (μ1 *) of ∼ 15–17 D. For 3d and the entire series 5, CT occurs throughout the diazocine ring giving rise to giant μ1 * (> 25 D). This is indeed an unusual result, because it strongly suggests that the aliphatic diazocine ring can couple the D/A redox centers as a π bridge would do.Fil: Dusso, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico-química de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico-química de Córdoba; ArgentinaFil: Lanza Castronuovo, Priscila Ailin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones En Biodiversidad y Biotecnologia. Grupo de Investigacion En Quimica Analitica y Modelado Molecular.; ArgentinaFil: Montejano, Hernan Alfredo. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados; ArgentinaFil: Ramírez, Cristina L.. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; ArgentinaFil: Parise, Alejandro Ruben. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; ArgentinaFil: Vera, Domingo Mariano Adolfo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones En Biodiversidad y Biotecnologia. Grupo de Investigacion En Quimica Analitica y Modelado Molecular.; ArgentinaFil: Moyano, Elizabeth Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico-química de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico-química de Córdoba; ArgentinaFil: Chesta, Carlos Alberto. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados; Argentin

Comparison of the Kinetics of Electron Transfer in the Diffusion Limit for the Singlet and Triplet Quenching of Eosin Y by Quinones

Electron transfer (ET) rate constants were determined by means of lifetime measurements for the fluorescence quenching and by laser flash photolysis for the triplet quenching of the dye eosin Y by benzoquinones in acetonitrile. The results represent a new aspect of the dependence of the rate constants with the driving force in the diffusion limit region. That is, the rate constants for singlet quenching in the highly negative region of DGet do not decrease as predicted by Marcus theory, but rather show a small positive dependence on the driving force. However, it is found that, in the same free energy range, the triplet rate constants are lower than those for the singlet process. They also increase with the exergonicity of the reaction, but the dependence with DGet is less marked than that found for the singlet reaction. Even at a Gibbs energy change of 1.0 eV the triplet quenching rate constants do not reach the theoretical diffusion limit. The results are analyzed using the current theories for diffusionmediated ET reactions.Fil: Bertolotti, Sonia Graciela. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Montejano, Hernan Alfredo. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Previtali, Carlos Mario. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Measurements of octanol-air partition coefficients, vapor pressures and vaporization enthalpies of the (E) and (Z) isomers of the 2-ethylhexyl 4-methoxycinnamate as parameters of environmental impact assessment

2-Ethylhexyl 4-methoxycinnamate is one of the UVB blocking agents more widely used in a variety of industrial fields. There are more than one hundred industrial suppliers worldwide. Given the enormous annual consumption of octinoxate, problems that arise due to the accumulation of this compound in nature should be taken into consideration. The GC-RT was used in this work with the aim of determining the vapor pressure, enthalpies of vaporization and octanol-air partition coefficient, for the BBP, DOP, E- and Z-EHMC esters. The results showed that Z-EHMC is almost five times more volatile than E-EHMC. Moreover, BBP, Z-EHMC and E-EHMC can be classified as substances with a relatively low mobility since they lie within the range of 8 10 and log(PL/Pa) < 4, therefore, a low mobility can be expected. From these parameters, their particle-bound fraction and gas–particle partition coefficient were also derived.Fil: Pegoraro, César Nicolás. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Chiappero, Malisa Susana. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Montejano, Hernan Alfredo. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Phenylonium salts as third component of the photoinitiator system safranine O/triethanolamine: A comparative study in aqueous media

The efficiency of the photoinitiator system composed of safranine and triethanolamine for the polymerization of acrylamide in water was improved by the incorporation of onium salts. The phenylonium salts employed were diphenyliodonium chloride, triphenylsulfonium triflate, tetraphenyphosphonium chloride and tetraphenylarsonium chloride hydrate. Among them, diphenyliodonium presents the highest efficiency, followed by triphenylsulfonium. In an appropriate concentration of triethanolamine, the behavior of the sulfonium salt resembles that of iodonium. Tetraphenyphosphonium and tetraphenylarsonuim have little effect over the polymerization rate; however, interesting effects over the photophysical properties of the system were found. Two important conclusions emanate from the work: the phenylonium salts studied aggregate in water in a behavior similar to hydrotropes and several factors contribute to the accelerating effect of the onium salt on the polymerization rate. The main differences in the observed efficiency of the salts might reside in the redox potentials of the salts and in their ability to prevent the photobleaching of safranine in the presence of triethanolamine. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Fil: Gomez, María Lorena. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; ArgentinaFil: Previtali, Carlos Mario. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; ArgentinaFil: Montejano, Hernan Alfredo. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; Argentin

Atmospheric gas-particle partitioning of E-EHMC and Z-EHMC estimated from their liquid vapour pressures at 298.15 K

The UVB filter E-ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamate (E-EHMC) is extensively used as a UV protectant in commercial products. Its photoisomerisation into Z-EHMC is well known. In this work, we estimate the thermodynamic properties of the vaporisation processes of E-EHMC and Z-EHMC using an indirect experimental method developed in our laboratory named Effusion Method under Atmospheric Pressure (EMAP). The atmospheric particle bound fractions and air-particulate partition coefficients for E-EHMC and Z-EHMC were derived from the vapour pressure P/Pa (298.15 K) estimated by EMAP methodology.Fil: Pegoraro, César Nicolás. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; ArgentinaFil: Montejano, Hernan Alfredo. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Chiappero, Malisa Susana. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentin

Photodegradation of prednisolone under UVB solar irradiation. Role of photogenerated ROS in the degradation mechanism

The use of biologically active substances with anti-inflammatory properties such as corticosteroids has increased considerably in the last few decades. Particularly, the compound we are interested in, prednisolone (Predn), is a glucocorticoid with high biological activity. This compound absorbs UV radiation and may participate in photochemical processes, which can result in its own decomposition. These processes could result in the formation of free radicals or reactive oxygen species (ROS). On these grounds, the kinetic and mechanistic aspects of the direct photodegradation of Predn have been studied in aqueous medium under different atmospheric conditions by stationary and time-resolved techniques. The mechanism involved in the photodegradation has been elucidated. Predn is capable of generating the excited triplet state 3 Predn∗ as a result of UVB light absorption. In the presence of oxygen, 3 Predn∗ allows the formation of ROS, of which O 2 ( 1 Δ g ) (Φ Δ = 0.014), H 2 O 2 and the radical OH stand out. The latter is generated from the spontaneous dismutation of O 2 - and subsequent homolytic cleavage, photochemically promoted, of H 2 O 2 . Predn undergoes unimolecular photodegradation reactions under an inert argon atmosphere. In this study we found that in the presence of oxygen, the Predn photo-consumption is improved. This implies that the attack by ROS involves a very important additional contribution to the photodegradation of Predn under aerobic conditions.Fil: Cacciari, Rodolfo Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Reynoso, Eugenia. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Montejano, Hernan Alfredo. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Biasutti, Maria Alicia. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Química; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin