Complex formation poly with other

Poly A form a complex with a 4 1 stoichiometry. The apparent hypochromicities of various mixtures are listed in Table 4. The mixtures of A12 with Poly U and of T12 with Poly A showed large hypochromicities compared with other mixtures, which suggests the importance of the hydrogen-bonding formation between complementary nucleic acid bases such as A-U and T-A. 

We have studied stoichiometry of complex formation between DNA and PLL and found that the complexes formed in low-salt-buffer solutions are of a 1 1 charge ratio [92]. The same 1 1 stoichiometry was found experimentally for DNA complexed with other synthetic polycations of different nature in low-salt aqueous solutions [such as poly (diallyldimethylammonium chloride), poly(dimethyhmino)ethylene(dimethylimino)ethy-lene-l,4-dimethylphenylmethyl ene dichloride, andpoly(4-vinyl-A-methylpyridinium bromide)] [93]. 

The experimental results may be represented both by the titration curves or property-composition dependences. The extremums or bends on the titration curves indicate the formation of complexes and their composition. Thus, investigating the-possi-bility of complex formation in polyelectrolyte - nonionic polymer systems, one can use the methods of conductometric and potentiometric titration. The formation of interpolymer complexes in these systems, as some authors suggest18,211, is caused by a co-operative formation of hydrogen bonds between carboxy groups of the polyacid and oxygen atoms of nonionic polyvinylpyrrolidone or poly(ethylene glycol) and is therefore accompanied by an increase of pH of the solution. The typical titration curves for the system polyvinylpyrrolidone - copolymer maleic anhydride and acrylic add are shown in Fig. 1. The inflection points of the titration curves indicate the ratio at which the macromolecular components react with each other, i.e. the composition of the formed complexes. 

Beryllium chemistry includes its S-diketonate complexes formed from dimedone (9), acetylacetone and some other S-diketones such as a,a,a-trifluoroacetylacetone. However, unlike the monomeric chelate products from acetylacetone and its fluorinated derivative, the enolate species of dimedone (9) cannot form chelates and as the complex is polymeric, it cannot be distilled and is more labile to hydrolysis, as might be expected for an unstabilized alkoxide. However, dimedone has a gas phase deprotonation enthalpy of 1418 9 kJmoD while acetylacetone enol (the more stable tautomer) is somewhat less acidic with a deprotonation enthalpy of 1438 10 klmoD Accordingly, had beryllium acetylacetonate not been a chelate, this species would have been more, not less, susceptible to hydrolysis. There is a formal similarity (roughly 7r-isoelectronic structures) between cyclic S-diketonates and complexes of dimedone with benzene and poly acetylene (10). The difference between the enthalpies of formation of these hydrocarbons is ca... 

The authors studied the interaction of CDs with alkyl side chains attached to the poly(acrylamide) backbone with NMR spectroscopy and found that CDs bind alkyl side chains efficiently and selectively [156]. n-Butyl side chains interacted only with a-CD. On the other hand, t-butyl side chains interacted with j6-CD and y-CD, but did not interact with a-CD. The association constant for the complex formation of fi-CD with a t-butyl side chain was larger than that for the complex formation of y-CD, indicating that the t-butyl side chain fits well in the /3-CD cavity. The association constant for the complex formation of a-CD with linear alkyl side chains increased with an increase in the carbon number of the alkyl side chain from butyl to dodecyl. Noteworthy is that CDs recognize alkyl chains on the polymer main chain more specifically than low molecular weight ones. This may be because CDs include polymer-carrying alkyl chains only from one direction. 

In short, poly rI poly rC and other polynucleotides designed to induce interferon failed to demonstrate substantial antiviral or anticancer activities at doses that did not produce unacceptable toxicities. The mechanisms resulting in the toxicities are still not clearly understood. Complex formation with polycations altered pharmacokinetic properties but did not enhance efficacy and probably exacerbated toxicities. 

Energy parameters and charge-transfer spectra of complexes of Br2 with several substituted pyridines have now been compared with the force constants k(Br—Br) and k(N- Br2) and with the properties of the donors. The complexes with orr/to-substituted pyridines show systematic deviations from the relations found to be valid for the other donors. The n.m.r. spectrum of the pyridine-Br2 complex in a nematic phase has been obtained and analysed. The results indicate that the donor-acceptor interaction is similar to that found in the solid state for other halogen-pyridine complexes. The equilibrium constant for the formation of the 1 1 complex of Br2 with hexamethyl-phosphortriamide (HMPA) has been determined by n.m.r. spectroscopy. Solid adducts of Br2 with poly-HMPA could also be prepared. 

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