Dimethyl sulfoxide solutions DMSO

Figure 1 shows a 50 MHz CP/MAS C NMR spectrum of ramie cellulose and a stick-type nmr spectrum of low molecular weight cellulose( DP <10) In deuterated dimethyl sulfoxide solution(DMSO) (8 ) (The broken and solid lines In the CP/MAS spectrum will be explained below.). As already reported(9,10), the assignments for the Cl, C4 and C6 carbons are relatively easy, based on analogies with the solution state spectrum. However, It should be noted that these resonance lines shift downfleld by 2.3-9.6 ppm In the solid state compared to the solution state. The cause of such large downfleld shlfts(to be explained In the next section) Is attributed to the different conformations about the P-l,4-glycosldlc linkage and the exo-cyclic C5-C6 bond in which these carbons are Involved. 

The coordination polymer [Zn(tmbdc)(dmso)2]-2(DMSO) (tmbdc = 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl-l,4-benzenedicarboxylate) has been synthesized by layer diffusion in DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide) solution. The compound contains ID chain formed by octahedraly coordinated Zn ion chelated by the carboxyl groups of tmbdc. In another recently reported coordination polymer [Zn2(bdc)2(dmso)2]-5(DMSO) (bdc = 1,4-... 

All NMR spectra were recorded on a Varian A-60 spectrometer at room temperature by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Specialties, Inc., New Kensington, Pa. Benzene soluble fractions were recorded in deuterated chloroform solution (CDCls) while dimethyl sulfoxide-dc (DMSO-dr.) was the solvent employed for other fractions. (Deuterated chloroform with enrichment of 99.8% was purchased from Bio-Rad Laboratories and dimethyl sulfoxide-dr, with enrichment of 99.6% from Merck, Sharp, and Dohme of Canada.) The internal standard used with the CDCla solutions was tetramethvlsilane and hexamethyl-disiloxane (chemical shift 7 c.p.s.) with DMSO-d . Prior to preparation for NMR recording, the samples were thoroughly dried in a vacuum at 110°C. The NMR tubes were sealed to minimize the absorption of atmospheric moisture. The chemical shifts given in c.p.s. are referred to tetramethylsilane. 

The dimer is not readily soluble in water, although DHA is very soluble in water. Thus some questions have arisen as to the exact nature of BDHA in water. The dimer disassociates to a monomer in dimethyl formamide, dimethylacetamide, and pyridine (44) in agreement with earlier studies (45-47), A series of studies of AA and BDHA have now clarified many aspects of this problem. NMR studies of AA were published (48-51) that show the structure of AA in solution is essentially as proposed by classical carbohydrate chemistry and is the same as the structure found in crystalline ascorbic acid by x-ray crystallographic studies. Recent NMR studies of BDHA in dimethyl sulfoxide-de (DMSO-de) show that in this solvent BDHA is a mixture of two forms, a symmetric and an asymmetric dimer (52), The asymmetric form is thermodynamically favored. 

Mizuoka and Ikeda [378] observed that the V3 of the (U 02) ion at 895 cm in DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide) solution is shifted to 770 cm when reduced electro-chemically to the (U 02) ion. Vibrational spectra of coordination compounds containing dioxo(0=M=0) groups are discussed in Chapter 3 (in Part B). 

The cation of the metal /m.-butoxide strongly influences the rates but not the products of alkene isomerizations. For isomerization of 1-butene in dimethyl sulfoxide solutions at 55°C, the relative catalytic effectiveness of alkali / r/,-butoxides increase in the order NaOBu 1.0 KOBu 116 CsOBu 284, RbOBu, 447. This is probably attributable to the fact that large cations are more weakly bonded to the alkoxide ion than smaller cations . The anion of the alkoxide also strongly influences its catalytic effectiveness. Potassium tert.-buioxide is 126 times as effective a catalyst for 1-butene isomerization as potassium methoxide in dimethyl sulfoxide at 55°C . The rate of potassium / r/.-butoxide-catalyzed 1-butene isomerization in DMSO is strongly retarded by addition of / r/.-butyl alcohol to the solvent, probably due to hydrogen bonding between the alkoxide and the alcohoP . 

In a previous study on simple cyclodextrin binding we examined the ability of cyclodextrin to bind various substrates in dimethyl sulfoxide solution rather than in water. We saw that indeed hydrophobic substances were bound into the cyclodextrin, and also that DMSO itself was a solvent in which the acylation of a cyclodextrin hydroxyl group by a bound ester could be observed. Cyclodextrin binding is not exclusively limited to water solutions, as had been suggested by others previously, but water is so far the best solvent to see such binding and catalytic processes. 

Dimethylformamide [68-12-2] (DME) and dimethyl sulfoxide [67-68-5] (DMSO) are the most commonly used commercial organic solvents, although polymerizations ia y-butyrolactoae, ethyleae carboaate, and dimethyl acetamide [127-19-5] (DMAC) are reported ia the hterature. Examples of suitable inorganic salts are aqueous solutioas of ziac chloride and aqueous sodium thiocyanate solutions. The homogeneous solution polymerization of acrylonitrile foUows the conventional kinetic scheme developed for vinyl monomers (12) (see Polymers). 

Polymerization and Spinning Solvent. Dimethyl sulfoxide is used as a solvent for the polymerization of acrylonitrile and other vinyl monomers, eg, methyl methacrylate and styrene (82,83). The low incidence of transfer from the growing chain to DMSO leads to high molecular weights. Copolymerization reactions of acrylonitrile with other vinyl monomers are also mn in DMSO. Monomer mixtures of acrylonitrile, styrene, vinyUdene chloride, methallylsulfonic acid, styrenesulfonic acid, etc, are polymerized in DMSO—water (84). In some cases, the fibers are spun from the reaction solutions into DMSO—water baths. 

Dimethyl sulfoxide can also be used as a reaction solvent for other polymerizations. Ethylene oxide is rapidly and completely polymerized in DMSO (85). Diisocyanates and polyols or polyamines dissolve and react in DMSO to form solutions of polyurethanes (86) (see Solvents, industrial). 

Solvent for Displacement Reactions. As the most polar of the common aprotic solvents, DMSO is a favored solvent for displacement reactions because of its high dielectric constant and because anions are less solvated in it (87). Rates for these reactions are sometimes a thousand times faster in DMSO than in alcohols. Suitable nucleophiles include acetyUde ion, alkoxide ion, hydroxide ion, azide ion, carbanions, carboxylate ions, cyanide ion, hahde ions, mercaptide ions, phenoxide ions, nitrite ions, and thiocyanate ions (31). Rates of displacement by amides or amines are also greater in DMSO than in alcohol or aqueous solutions. Dimethyl sulfoxide is used as the reaction solvent in the manufacture of high performance, polyaryl ether polymers by reaction of bis(4,4 -chlorophenyl) sulfone with the disodium salts of dihydroxyphenols, eg, bisphenol A or 4,4 -sulfonylbisphenol (88). These and related reactions are made more economical by efficient recycling of DMSO (89). Nucleophilic displacement of activated aromatic nitro groups with aryloxy anion in DMSO is a versatile and useful reaction for the synthesis of aromatic ethers and polyethers (90). 

Cellulose dissolved in suitable solvents, however, can be acetylated in a totally homogeneous manner, and several such methods have been suggested. Treatment in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) with paraformaldehyde gives a soluble methylol derivative that reacts with glacial acetic acid, acetic anhydride, or acetyl chloride to form the acetate (63). The maximum degree of substitution obtained by this method is 2.0 some oxidation also occurs. Similarly, cellulose can be acetylated in solution with dimethylacetamide—paraformaldehyde and dimethylformamide-paraformaldehyde with a potassium acetate catalyst (64) to provide an almost quantitative yield of hydroxymethylceUulose acetate. 

Meissner and coworkers36 studied the pulse radiolysis of aqueous solutions of dimethyl sulfoxide. It was found that hydrated electrons react with DMSO with a rate constant of... 

The influence of the solvent on the oxidation of film under conformational relaxation control is illustrated in Fig. 47, which shows chronoamperograms obtained by steps from -2000 to 300 mV vs. SCE at room temperature (25°C) over 50 s in 0.1 M LiC104 solutions of different solvents acetonitrile, acetone, propylene carbonate, (PC), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and sulfolane. Films were reduced over 120 s in the corresponding background solution. Despite the large differences observed in the relative shape of the curves obtained in different solvents, shifts in the times for the current maxima (/max) are not important. This fact points to a low influence of the solvent on the rate at which confor-... 

Researchers studying polypeptide and polypeptide hybrid systems have also processed vesicles using two solvents. This method usually involves a common organic solvent that solubilizes both blocks and an aqueous solvent that solublizes only the hydrophilic block. The two solvents can be mixed with the polypeptide or polypeptide hybrid system at the same time or added sequentially. The choice of organic solvent depends heavily upon the properties of the polypeptide material, and commonly used solvents include dimethylformamide (DMF) [46, 59], methanol (MeOH) [49], dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) [50, 72], and tetrahydrofuran (THF) [44, 55]. Vesicles are usually formed when the organic solvent is slowly replaced with an aqueous solution via dialysis or removed through evaporation however, some vesicles have been reported to be present in the organic/aqueous mixture [49]. 

In this study, the absorption rates of carbon dioxide into the solution of GMA and Aliquat 336 in such organic solvents as toluene, N-methyl-2-pirrolidinone(NMP), and dimethyl sulfoxide(DMSO) was measured to determine the pseudo-first-order reaction constant, which was used to obtain the elementary reaction rate constants. 

Kemp and coworkers employed the pulse radiolysis technique to study the radiolysis of liquid dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) with several amines as solutes [triphenylamine, and N, A, A, N -tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine (TMPD)]. The radiolysis led to the formation of transient, intense absorptions closely resembling those of the corresponding amine radical cations. Pulse radiolysis studies determine only the product Ge, where G is the radiolytic yield and e is the molar absorption. Michaelis and coworkers measured e for TMPD as 1.19 X 10 m s and from this a G value of 1.7 is obtained for TMPD in DMSO. The insensitivity of the yield to the addition of electron scavenger (N2O) and excited triplet state scavenger (naphthalene) proved that this absorption spectrum belonged to the cation. 

The sulfonylated and acylated PPO presents solubility characteristics which are completely different from those of the parent PPO. Table V presents the solubility of some modified structures compared to those of unmodified PPO. It is very important to note that, after sulfonylation, most of the polymers become soluble in dipolar aprotic solvents like dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), N,N— dimethylformamide (DMF) and N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC). At the same time it is interesting to mention that, while PPO crystallizes from methylene chloride solution, all the sulfonylated polymers do not crystallize and form indefinitely stable solutions in methylene chloride. Only some of the acetylated polymers become soluble in DMF and DMAC, and none are soluble in DMSO. The polymers acetylated with aliphatic acid chlorides such as propionyl chloride are also soluble in acetone. 

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