Adjuvant solvent

Eutectic melting (and also similar systems with added adjuvants/solvents) has been used to prepare homogeneous substrate mixtures with extremely high concentration levels as media for enzymatic reactions [37, 68, 69]. 

Most of them are organic compounds, and the practical problem that often arises is the precipitation in water of the basic or acidic form of the compound liberated during the titration. More simply, even the problem of the dissolution in water of the derivative to be titrated arises. In order to overcome this difficulty, an organic solvent miscible with water is often added. It may also be the case that the compound to titrate is soluble only in an organic solvent. In this case, if the adjuvant solvent is miscible in water, the solute is dissolved initially in the organic solvent in the titration vessel and then the purely aqueous solution of the titrant is added. 

Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island (43). 1-Propanol is allowed as a flavoting substance and adjuvants according to 21 CFR 172.515 (48), and is exempted from the requirement of tolerance when used as a solvent or cosolvent iu pesticide formulations (49) (see Flavors AND spices Pesticides). 

The main purpose of pesticide formulation is to manufacture a product that has optimum biological efficiency, is convenient to use, and minimizes environmental impacts. The active ingredients are mixed with solvents, adjuvants (boosters), and fillers as necessary to achieve the desired formulation. The types of formulations include wettable powders, soluble concentrates, emulsion concentrates, oil-in-water emulsions, suspension concentrates, suspoemulsions, water-dispersible granules, dry granules, and controlled release, in which the active ingredient is released into the environment from a polymeric carrier, binder, absorbent, or encapsulant at a slow and effective rate. The formulation steps may generate air emissions, liquid effluents, and solid wastes. 

Medicinal chemists should be aware that inexperienced biologists can erroneously conclude that poorly aqueous soluble compounds are orally absorbed when compounds are dosed in pharmaceutically unacceptable solvents. Always ask what is the dosing vehicle Heroic combinations of DMSO, Cremophor, poly(ethylene glycol), Tween-80 and ethanol are unacceptable and misleading. In case of doubt consult with a pharmaceutical scientist colleague. The reliable standards are an aqueous solution (with perhaps a trace of DMSO) or a suspension (perhaps stabilized with an acceptable quantity of adjuvant, e.g. Tween-80). 

The PAN Pesticide Database brings together a diverse array of information on pesticides from many different sources, providing human toxicity (chronic and acute), ecotoxicity and regulatory information for about 5400 pesticide active ingredients and their transformation products, as well as adjuvants and solvents used in pesticide products. ... 

In the utilization of petroleum oils in the field of chemical weed control, oils function as toxicants, as solvents, as filming agents, and as carriers. In view of the very effective synthetic compounds now used as toxicants (substituted phenols), the toxicity of the oils themselves is somewhat less important than it once was. Oils may serve as adjuvants in formulations involving 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T, dinitro compounds, trichloroacetates, and others. They have the unique property of aiding in the contact, spreading, and penetration of herbicides. In addition, synthesis of wetting agents, emulsifiers, and special herbicides may be dependent on petroleum products. 

Although these reaction mixtures usually consist largely of solids, it has been recognized that a liquid phase is essential for enzymatic activity [6, 30]. In a reaction with two solid substrates, this usually means the addition of a solvent (sometimes referred to as adjuvant ) to the mixture [6, 31, 32]. 

Kinetic descriptions of this type of biocatalyzed system in the presence of different amounts of water [9], substrates [10], or inorganic salts [51] have been reported. In some cases, solvents ( adjuvants ) have been used to increase mass transfer [6, 7]. However, it was found that upon addition of organic co-solvents longer process times were actually required, even though the substrate solubility increased several times [54]. 

The type of solvent can affect the kinetics, and, as a consequence, the equilibrium is sometimes not reached within a reasonable time. For example, Kim and Shin studied the kinetically controlled synthesis of alitame precursor (Z-Asp(OEt)-D-Ala-NH2), and better results were obtained in the presence of dimethyl sulfoxide and 2-methoxyethyl acetate as adjuvants. These solvents promoted product precipitation while maintaining the reaction mixture in a homogeneous state, thus improving the conversion [64]. 

An interesting example of scale-up of peptide synthesis in such low-melting point mixtures derived from eutectic melts has been described [70]. Neat combination of the pure substrates in the complete absence of water/solvent (adjuvant) provided simple heterogeneous systems consisting of the eutectic melts plus an excess of solid substrate (Figure 12.5). 

Additional naturally occurring lipids may be minor components of oral lipid-based formulations. Terpenes such as peppermint oil (>50% menthol) are fairly hydrophobic but can provide some solvent capacity. Steroids such as cholesterol, while important in topical and in parenteral liposomal products, are not important as oral pharmaceutical adjuvants. Phospholipids (e.g., egg or soybean phosphatidylcholine) an essential component of cell membranes, are considered polar lipids, and have surfactant properties. 

Secondary direct food additives permitted in food for human consumption include polymers and polymer adjuvants for food treatment, enzyme preparations and microorganisms, solvents, lubricants, release agents and related substances, and other products that come in contact with food only temporarily. 

The transport phenomenon for any spray material released In the air Is foremost a function of the particle size and size distribution of the released spray. The particle density plays a minor role, the settling rate from Stokes law for example varies as the square root of the density. Further, the density differences between liquids commonly used for pesticides Is very little, varying only slightly from water at density of 1 gm/ml. Other formulation physical factors of surface tension, viscosity and viscoelasticity play significant roles In the atomization process. These are altered by the addition of petroleum and vegetable oil as solvents and carriers as well as a host of adjuvants In varying... 

Atmospheric Vapor. As emphasized elsewhere in this volume, most forest pesticides can be expected to volatilize. Even those with seemingly low vapor pressures (less than 10 6torr) are observed to vaporize from soil, leaves, and especially from aqueous solutions and suspensions (23-25) Consequently, a significant and perhaps major proportion of applied chemicals—pesticides, solvents, and adjuvants—can be expected to move eventually into the atmosphere. 

IRP-64 resin, IRC-58 resin, DOWEX 50 resin, Amberlife IR 120 resin. Nation resin used solvents-. DCM, EtOAc, toluene, dioxane, THF, acetone used adjuvants-. PhSMe, Et3SiH, m-cresol, HjO... 

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KF as the best basic reagents and towards DMF as the best solvent. An accurate determination of yields and purity of 9.73 in all reaction vessels selected entry 43 (TEA-DMF) as the best compromise for step a, Fig. 9.29. A similar optimization was performed for the f-butyl ester hydrolysis (step b, Fig. 9.29), creating the 39-member reaction library L19 by permutations of acidic reagents and solvents, and addition of adjuvants (Fig. 9.30). The screening outcome (Table 9.3) highlighted the poor performances of ion-exchange resins (no reaction) and TFA (unclean product) to prepare 9.74, and selected entry 7 (HCl/EtOAc) as the best reaction conditions to obtain clean 9.74 (CSA (camphor sulfonic acid) actually performed slightly better, but the reaction work-up was less automation friendly). The whole manual optimization process required three to four days, and the best reaction conditions were used directly to produce a 590-member discrete library, which met the >75% purity cutoff (78). 

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Su oemulsions are defined as a mixture of a dispersed solid phase and an emulsified oil phase in water as the continuous or bulk phase. The solid phase is a solid, water insoluble active ingredient, the oil phase a liquid pesticide in pure form or dissolved in a water insoluble solvent. The oil phase can sometimes also be an oil or adjuvant. Suspoemulsions are a relatively new formulation type as becomes evident by the fact that a FAO specification was established only as late as 1997. At the same time specific evaluation methods were officially published (CIPAC MT 180) [2]. 

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