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In spite of the many-sided use of the various methods of examination, involving small or large instruments, it cannot be said that the understanding of the solvent effect in the various systems is simple. In non-aqueous solutions the conditions are perhaps even more complicated than in aqueous solutions. In most non-aqueous solvents the interaction between the solvent and the solute (the solvation) is not substantially less than in water. At the same time, the interactions of the components of the solutes with one another, the association reactions favoured by the lower relative permittivity (ion pair and complex formation, oligomerization and polymerization) are much more pronounced in non-aqueous solutions than in water. Non-aqueous solvents favour in particular the formation of the species with more complicated compositions (e.g., mixed ligand, polynuclear and outer-sphere type complexes). This also shows up in the more involved mechanisms of the reactions occurring in such systems. Nevertheless, as may be seen from the subject matter surveyed in this volume, more authors have dealt with the study of the simple formations, primarily mononuclear parent complexes and simpler mixed complexes, and with the reactions in which they participate, than with the study of the more compUcated systems, which occur more frequently in reality and which are of greater practical importance. 

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is usually carried out in aqueous solutions. However, the interactions (mainly hydrogen bonding) between native CF6 and amino compounds are greatly attenuated in aqueous solvents. Minimal interactions between native CF6 and amine compounds were observed in aqueous buffers used for CE. 

Breslow studied the dimerisation of cyclopentadiene and the reaction between substituted maleimides and 9-(hydroxymethyl)anthracene in alcohol-water mixtures. He successfully correlated the rate constant with the solubility of the starting materials for each Diels-Alder reaction. From these relations he estimated the change in solvent accessible surface between initial state and activated complex " . Again, Breslow completely neglects hydrogen bonding interactions, but since he only studied alcohol-water mixtures, the enforced hydrophobic interactions will dominate the behaviour. Recently, also Diels-Alder reactions in dilute salt solutions in aqueous ethanol have been studied and minor rate increases have been observed Lubineau has demonstrated that addition of sugars can induce an extra acceleration of the aqueous Diels-Alder reaction . Also the effect of surfactants on Diels-Alder reactions has been studied. This topic will be extensively reviewed in Chapter 4. 

In addition to an array of experimental methods, we also consider a more diverse assortment of polymeric systems than has been true in other chapters. Besides synthetic polymer solutions, we also consider aqueous protein solutions. The former polymers are well represented by the random coil model the latter are approximated by rigid ellipsoids or spheres. For random coils changes in the goodness of the solvent affects coil dimensions. For aqueous proteins the solvent-solute interaction results in various degrees of hydration, which also changes the size of the molecules. Hence the methods we discuss are all potential sources of information about these interactions between polymers and their solvent environments. 

One of the most remarkable results from the molecular simulation studies of aqueous electrolyte solutions was that no additional molecular forces needed to be introduced to prevent the much smaller ions (Na has a molecular diameter of less than 0.2 nm) from permeating the membrane, while permitting the larger water molecules (about 0.3 nm in diameter) to permeate the membrane. This appeared to be due to the large ionic clusters formed. The ions were surrounded by water molecules, thus increasing their effective size quite considerably to almost 1 nm. A typical cluster formed due to the interaction between the ions and a polar solvent is shown in Fig. 7. These clusters were found to be quite stable, with a fairly high energy of desolvation. The inability of the ions to permeate the membrane is also shown... 

Problems with adsorption onto the packing material are more common in aqueous GPC than in organic solvents. Adsorption onto the stationary phase can occur even for materials that are well soluble in water if there are specific interactions between the analyte and the surface. A common example of such an interaction is the analysis of pEG on a silica-based column. Because of residual silanols on the silica surface, hydrogen bonding can occur and pEG cannot be chromatographed reliably on silica-based columns. Eikewise, difficulties are often encountered with polystyrenesulfonate on methacrylate-based columns. 

The interaction between a solute species and solvent molecules is called solvation, or hydration in aqueous solution. This phenomenon stabilizes separated charges and makes possible heterolytic reactions in solution. Solvation is, therefore, an important subject in solution chemistry. The solvation of ions has been most thoroughly studied. 

Since the term hydration refers to aqueous solutions only, the word solvation was introduced as a general term for the process of forming a solvate in solution. The terms solvation and heat of solvation were introduced at a time when little or nothing was known about polar molecules. We know now that, when an atomic ion is present in a solvent, the molecular dipoles are subject to the ionic field, whose intensity falls off in 1/r2. We cannot draw a sphere round the ion and say that molecules within this sphere react with the ion to form a solvated ion, while molecules outside do not. The only useful meaning that can now be attached to the term solvation is the total interaction between ion and solvent. As already mentioned, this is the sense in which the term is used in this book. 

Water is highly polar, but it is not ionic. How, then, can water act as a solvent for ionic solids A salt dissolves only if the interactions between the ions and the solvent are strong enough to overcome the attractive forces that hold ions in the ciystal lattice. When an ionic solid forms an aqueous solution, the cations and anions are solvated by strong ion-dipole interactions with water molecules. 

Replacement of gas by the nonpolar (e.g., hydrocarbon) phase (oil phase) has been sometimes used to modify the interactions among molecules in a spread film of long-chain substances. The nonpolar solvent/water interface possesses an advantage over that between gas and water in that cohesion (i.e., interactions between adsorbed molecules) due to dipole and van der Waals s forces is negligible. Thus, at the oil/water interfaces, the behavior of adsorbates is much more ideal, but quantitative interpretation may be uncertain, in particular for the higher chains, which are predominantly dissolved in the oil phase to an unknown extent. The oil phase is poured on the surface of an aqueous solution. Thus, the hydrocarbon, such as heptane or decane, forms a membrane a few millimeters thick. It is thicker than the adsorbed monolayer. Owing to the small difference in dielectric constant between the air and a hydrocarbon oil, the... 

Between 1865 and 1887, Dmitri 1. Mendeleev developed the chemical theory of solutions. According to this theory, the dissolution process is the chemical interaction between the solutes and the solvent. Upon dissolution of salts, dissolved hydrates are formed in the aqueous solution which are analogous to the solid crystal hydrates. In 1889, Mendeleev criticized Arrhenius s theory of electrolytic dissociation. Arrhenius, in turn, did not accept the idea that hydrates exist in solutions. 

Ionic solvation is interaction between ions and solvent molecules that leads to the formation of relatively strong aggregates, the solvated ions. In aqueous solutions the terms ionic hydration and hydrated ions are used as weU. 

If a substance is to be dissolved, its ions or molecules must first move apart and then force their way between the solvent molecules which interact with the solute particles. If an ionic crystal is dissolved, electrostatic interaction forces must be overcome between the ions. The higher the dielectric constant of the solvent, the more effective this process is. The solvent-solute interaction is termed ion solvation (ion hydration in aqueous solutions). The importance of this phenomenon follows from comparison of the energy changes accompanying solvation of ions and uncharged molecules for monovalent ions, the enthalpy of hydration is about 400 kJ mol-1, and equals about 12 kJ mol-1 for simple non-polar species such as argon or methane. 

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