Polyethylene glycol , stabilizing

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Wang X, Yang H, Feng B et al (2009) Functionalized polyethylene glycol)-stabilized palladium nanoparticles as an efficient catalyst for aerobic oxidation of alcohols in supercritical carbon dioxide/poly(ethylene glycol) biphasic solvent system. Catal Lett 132 34-40... 

Chaput, Jeminet and Juillard measured the association constants of several simple polyethylene glycols with Na", K", Cs", and Tl". Phase transfer catalytic processes and most biological processes are more likely to involve the first two cations rather than the latter two, so we will confine the discussion to these. Stability constants for the dimethyl ethers of tetra-, penta-, hexa-, and heptaethylene glycols were determined poten-tiometrically in anhydrous methanol solution and are shown in Table 7.1. In the third column of the table, the ratio of binding constants (Ks/K s) is calculated. Note that Simon and his coworkers have referred to this ratio as the selectivity constant. ... 

The materials shown and described above were generally prepared from the nucleophilic phenoxide or alkoxide and the appropriate bromide. The syntheses of a variety of such compounds were detailed in a report which appeared in 1977. In the same report, complex stability and complexation kinetics are reported. Other, detailed studies, of a similar nature have recently appeared" . Vogtle and his collaborators have also demonstrated that solid complexes can be formed even from simple polyethylene glycol ethers . Crystal structures of such species are also available... 

Similar fluorescence-stabilization has been reported for polyethylene glycol 4000 by Wintersteiger [291]. 

Polyethylene glycol 400 cysteine adducts of a-, -unsaturated aldehydes as dansyl hydrazones stabilization and enhancement dipping solution, 25% in chloroform [268]... 

Polyethylene glycol primary amines, indole derivatives, sympathomimetics stabilization and enhancement dipping solution, 20% in methanol [270]... 

Polyethylene glycol 4000 alcohols, amines stabilization and enhancement spray solution, 50% in methanol, best results on silica gel [271]... 

Polyethylene glycol 4000 primary, secondary, tertiary alcohols as anthracene-urethane denvatives stabilization and enhancement saturated dipping solution in methanol [275]... 

Polyethylene glycol 4000 cetanol after reaction with 8-bromomethyl-benzo-d-pyndo( 1,2-a)pynmidin-6-one stabilization > 15 d dipping solution, 10% in chloroform [291]... 

Note A 5% solution of polyethylene glycol 4000 in ethanol can be sprayed onto the chromatogram [2, 4] for the purpose of increasing and stabilizing the fluorescence instead of dipping it in liquid paraffin - -hexane (1 - - 2). If this alternative is chosen the plate should not be analyzed for a further 30 min since it is only then that the full intensity of the fluorescence develops [6]. 

Substance zones are produced that mainly yield blue fluorescence under long-wavelength UV light (A = 365nm) (indoles occasionally fluoresce yellow [15]), colored zones are also produced occasionally. The fluorescence is stabilized by immersing in 20% methanohc polyethylene glycol solution [5]. 

Adsorption on solid matrices, which improves (at optimal protein/support ratios) enzyme dispersion, reduces diffusion limitations and favors substrate access to individual enzyme molecules. Immobilized lipases with excellent activity and stability were obtained by entrapping the enzymes in hydrophobic sol-gel materials [20]. Finally, in order to minimize substrate diffusion limitations and maximize enzyme dispersion, various approaches have been attempted to solubilize the biocatalysts in organic solvents. The most widespread method is the one based on the covalent linking of the amphiphilic polymer polyethylene glycol (PEG) to enzyme molecules [21]. 

The following Tables 2.1 to 2.3 summarize some examples based exclusively on thermochemical reactions on the sorbent surface which lead to the formation of fluorescent reaction products. The derivatives formed frequently remain stable for weeks [6] and the fluorescence can frequently be intensified and/or be stabilized by treatment with viscous liquids (liquid paraffin, Triton X-100, polyethylene glycol etc.). 

By solubilizing very viscous aqueous solutions of polyethylene glycol in AOT/iso-octane solutions, it has been observed that the polymer leads to a decrease in the intermi-cellar interactions and enhances the stability of very large droplets with R values ranging from 55 to 150. The largest reversed micelle may contain up to 200 polymer molecules [238],... 

Formulation strategies for stabilization of proteins commonly include additives such as other proteins (e.g., serum albumin), amino acids, and surfactants to minimize adsorption to surfaces. Modification of protein structure to enhance stability by genetic engineering may also be feasible, as well as chemical modification such as formation of a conjugate with polyethylene glycol. 

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