Organic acid technology

Antifreeze contains corrosion-inhibiting compounds and dye for identification purposes. Dilution is 1 1 glycol to water mixture, which gives protection down to -40°C. Newer developments have seen the advent of organic acid technology (OAT) antifreezes such as Dex-cool. OAT antifreezes have extended service lives of up to 150,000 miles. The properties of OAT coolant are shown in Table 7.7. OATs can mix with non-OATs however, the change interval will decrease to 2 years or 30,000 miles. OATs work by a mechanism different from that of traditional antifreeze mechanisms. As can be seen from Table 7.7, the additive package of the OAT contains... 

Citric Acid Separation. Citric acid [77-92-9] and other organic acids can be recovered from fermentation broths usiag the UOP Sorbex technology (90—92). The conventional means of recovering citric acid is by a lime and sulfuric acid process ia which the citric acid is first precipitated as a calcium salt and then reacidulated with sulfuric acid. However, this process generates significant by-products and thus can become iaefficient. 

FIGURE 15.2 Common protein ionization methods used for MS-based proteomics. Two common ionization technologies are currently available for protein analysis. Top ESI volatilizes and ionizes peptides and proteins in solution. Bottom MALDI uses analytes that are co-crystallized in a matrix composed of organic acid on a solid support. A pulse of ultraviolet laser evaporates the matrix and analyte into gas phase, resulting in generation of single charge ions. 

This in fact is what happened. Tandem MS has clearly been shown to be the only technology to screen for disorders of fatty acid oxidation and could also detect many disorders of organic acid metabolism. Tandem MS has the ability to detect both compound classes (amino acids and acylcarnitines) and after demonstrating that both classes could be prepared in the same manner, the MS/MS analysis of blood spots for newborn screening applications was born. 

Hydrophilic A substance which has an affinity for water. In fuel technology, certain polar organic compounds such as alcohols, organic acids, and amines are hydrophilic. 

Schlosser, S., Kertesz, R. and Martak, J. (2005) Recovery and separation of organic acids by membrane-based solvent extraction and pertraction - An overview with a case study on recovery of MPCA. Separation and Purification Technology, 41, 237. 

Many industrial organic acids can be produced by fermentation, such as acetic, citric, and lactic acids. Succinic acid is a dicarboxylic acid of potential industrial interest as a platform chemical (1-3). Separation and purification of succinic acid by adsorption was tested to replace current precipitation methods and their associated waste disposal problems. Succinic acid is a valuable intermediate value chemical with a moderate market. For succinic acid to have an economic and energy impact, it will need to become a commodity chemical intermediate with a much lower price. This target price hasbeen estimated to be between 0.22 and 0.30 / lb ( 0.48- 0.66/kg) and is potentially achievable with advanced technology (1). At this price, succinic acid can be catalytically upgraded into other higher valued chemicals suchastetrahydrofuran, 1,4-butanediol, y-butyrolactone, 2-pyrrolidinone, and N-methylpyrrolidinone. 

Interpretation of complex metabolic profiles and communication of lab results to clinicians has been one of the greatest challenges in dried blood spot analysis by MS/MS for acylcamitines and amino acids. Following its introduction, MS/MS defined numerous diseases of fatty acid and organic acid metabolism that were uncommonly encountered in a typical practice and not well understood by most pediatricians. Furthermore, even in disorders such as PKU that were well known, the improvements made by MS/MS screening for PKU compared with older technology such as BIA or fluorometry were not well... 

Aluminum chloride is used in the petroleum industries and various aspects of organic chemistry technology. For example, aluminum chloride is a catalyst in the alkylation of paraffins and aromatic hydrocarbons by olefins and also in the formation of complex ketones, aldehydes, and carboxylic acid derivatives. 

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