Alcohol half-life

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Frequently, when the enol content is high, both forms can be isolated. The pure keto form of acetoacetic ester melts at — 39°C, while the enol is a liquid even at — 78°C. Each can be kept at room temperature for days if catalysts such as acids or bases are rigorously excluded.Even the simplest enol, vinyl alcohol (CH2= CHOH), has been prepared in the gas phase at room temperature, where it has a half-life of 30min. " The enol Me2C=CCHOH is indefinitely stable in the solid state at —78°C and has a half-life of 24h in the liquid state at 25°C. When both forms cannot be isolated, the extent of enolization is often measured by NMR. 

Little is known regarding the pharmacokinetic properties of volatile nitrites in humans, particularly isobutyl nitrite and its primary metabolite, isobutyl alcohol. In rodents, after an intravenous infusion of isobutyl nitrite, blood concentrations peaked rapidly and then declined, with a half-life of 1.4 minutes and blood clearance rate of 2.9 L/min/kg (Kielbasa and Fung 2000). Approximately 98% of isobutyl nitrite is metabolized rapidly to isobutyl alcohol, concentrations of which also decline rapidly, with a half-life of 5.3 minutes. Bioavailability of inhaled isobutyl nitrite at a concentration of 300-900 ppm is estimated to be 43%. 

Another common liver disease, alcoholic liver damage produced by moderate to heavy alcoholic intake, is also reflected by an elevation of the serum GOT and GPT activities. The serim glutamyl transferase activity is reported to be a sensitive index of alcoholic intake and can serve to monitor persons on alcoholic withdrawal programs (60). The LD-5 isoenzyme arises mainly from liver tissue, but has a short half-life (61), which is about 1/5 and 1/2 of the half life of the transaminases, GPT and GOT respectively. Some authors consider that a normal LD-5 isoenzyme activity in a jaundiced patient is sufficient evidence to exclude primary liver disease and that obstruction is probably responsible for the jaundice (62). In hemolytic jaundice the LDH-1 and 2 isoenzymes are elevated. 

Oxidation of isopropyl alcohol by chromic acid in concentrated acetic acid solution has recently been studied by Wiberg and Schafer S spectrophotometri-cally. At 385 nm a rapid increase in absorbance (with a half life of about 6 sec) due to mono- and diester formation was noted. When the reaction was examined at 510 nm, first a rapid increase, then a decrease of the absorbance was found. Since at this wavelength only chromium species can absorb, the intermediate could be chromium(V) or (IV). The esr spectra of reaction mixtures showed a relatively sharp signal with a. g = 1.9805 value corresponding to chromium(V). The fact that the relative concentrations of the intermediate determined from the spectral data agree well with the intensity of esr signals, indicates that the same species is responsible for the both phenomena. It is then clear that the oxidation of isopropyl alcohol proceeds via chromium(V). 

Some physiological variables influence the measurement of fibrinolytic activators and inhibitors. For instance, both t-PA and plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) levels in plasma are subject to diurnal variation in a 12-hour period. Even in samples taken at the same time of day the coefficient of variation (CV) of measured PAI levels range from 8 to 143% To account for this diurnal variation, blood samples spaced over several time intervals during a 24-hour period should be collected. Consumption of alcohol induces the PAI level in plasma. The half-life of t-PA is 360 seconds. However, in the presence of trauma or inflammation, when the PAI-1 level is expected to be elevated 10-fold, the half-life of t-PA is reduced to 36 seconds (114). 

Chemically, the preparation of a "stable" foam or emulsion requires the use of a surfactant to aid in dispersion of the internal phase and prevent the collapse of the foam (or emulsion) into separate bulk phases. The selection of a surfactant is made on the basis of severity of conditions to be encountered, the gas to be entrained (N2, C02, LPG, CH, or air), the continuous phase liquid (water, alcohol, or oil), and half-life of foam stability desired. 

Kragl and Wandrey made a comparison for the asymmetric reduction of acetophenone between oxazaborolidine and alcohol dehydrogenase.[59] The oxazaborolidine catalyst was bound to a soluble polystyrene [58] and used borane as the hydrogen donor. The carbonyl reductase was combined with formate dehydrogenase to recycle the cofactor NADH which acts as the hydrogen donor. Both systems were run for a number of residence times in a continuously operated membrane reactor and were directly comparable. With the chemical system, a space-time yield of 1400 g L"1 d"1 and an ee of 94% were reached whereas for the enzymatic system the space-time yield was 88 g L 1 d"1 with an ee of >99%. The catalyst half-life times were... 

Bobrowski and Das33 studied the transient absorption phenomena observed in pulse radiolysis of several retinyl polyenes at submillimolar concentrations in acetone, n -hexane and 1,2-dichloroethane under conditions favourable for radical cation formation. The polyene radical cations are unreactive toward oxygen and are characterized by intense absorption with maxima at 575-635 nm. The peak of the absorption band was found to be almost independent of the functional group (aldehyde, alcohol, Schiff base ester, carboxylic acid). In acetone, the cations decay predominantly by first-order kinetics with half life times of 4-11 ps. The bimolecular rate constant for quenching of the radical cations by water, triethylamine and bromide ion in acetone are in the ranges (0.8-2) x 105, (0.3-2) x 108 and (3 — 5) x 1010 M 1 s 1, respectively. 

Most pyrethroids undergo acid- and base-catalyzed hydrolysis to form the corresponding acid and alcohol (Fig. la), typically with U-shaped pH-rate profiles [8, 40]. The hydrolysis of pyrethroids in water basically obeys first-order kinetics with a half-life simply calculated from hydrolysis rate constant (A obs) as 0.693/kobs. Pyrethroids are generally stable under the acidic and neutral conditions at pH 4—7,... 

The enyne-allene 12 having a methyl substituent at the allenic terminus was likewise prepared from the corresponding enediynyl propargylic alcohol 11 (Scheme 20.4). The presence of a methyl group accelerates the rate of cyclization by approximately sixfold and 12 cyclizes with a half-life of -3.6 min at 78 °C. The formation of a more stable secondary benzylic radical is apparently responsible for the rate enhancement. 

In addition to the sulfur-substituted enyne-allenes depicted in Schemes 20.18-20.20, the sulfoxide 141 was prepared by treatment of the enediynyl propargylic alcohol 108 with benzenesulfenyl chloride to induce a [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement (Scheme 20.29) [10]. The Myers-Saito cyclization of 141 occurs at 37 °C with a half-life of only 16 min. 

Photolytic. Atkinson (1985) reported a rate constant of 2.59 x 10 " cmVmolecule-sec at 298 K. Based on an atmospheric OH concentration of 1.0 x 10 molecule/cm , the reported half-life of allyl alcohol is 0.35 d. The reaction of allyl alcohol results in the OH addition to the C=C bond (Grosjean, 1997). In a similar study, Orlando et al. (2001) studied the reaction of allyl alcohol with OH radicals at 298 K. Photolysis was conducted using a xenon-arc lamp within the range of 240-400 nm in synthetic air at 700 mmHg. A rate constant of 4.5 x 10 " cm /molecule-sec was reported. Products identified were formaldehyde, glycolaldehyde, and acrolein. 

Chemical/Physical. Hydrolysis under alkaline conditions will yield allyl alcohol (Hawley, 1981). The estimated hydrolysis half-life in water at 25 °C and pH 7 is 2.0 yr (Mabey and Mill, 1978). 

Chemical/Physical. Benzyl butyl phthalate initially hydrolyzes to butyl hydrogen phthalate. This compound undergoes additional hydrolysis yielding o-phthalic acid, 1-butanol, and benzyl alcohol (Kollig, 1993). Gledhill et al. (1980) reported the hydrolysis half-life is >100 d. 

Photolytic. The estimated half-life of sec-butyl alcohol for the reaction of OH radicals in air ranges from 129 d to 23 yr (Anbar and Neta, 1967). 

Photolytic. Wallington (1988c) reported a rate constant of 1.07 x lO" cmVmolecule-sec at 298 K. Based on an atmospheric OH concentration of 1.0 x 10 molecule/cm , the reported half-life of terCbutyl alcohol is 8.6 d (Grosjean, 1997). 

Photolytic. Distilled water irradiated with UV light (X = 290 nm) yielded the following photolysis products 2-chloro-l-propanol, allyl chloride, allyl alcohol, and acetone. The photolysis half-life in distilled water is 50 min, but in distilled water containing hydrogen peroxide, the half-life decreased to <30 min (Milano et al, 1988). 

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