YU-ISSN 0352-5139 J. Serb. Chem. Soc. Vol. 66. No. 3 (2001) CONTENTS Polymers V. Aleksandrovi} and J. Djonlagi}: Synthesis and characterization of thermoplastic copolyester elastomers modified with fumaric moieties 139 D. Filip, C. I. Simionescu and D. Macocinschi: Characterization of polymer-liquid cristal blends. 153 Physical Chemistry A. N. Pankratov, I. M. Uchaeva, S. Yu. Doronin and R. K. Chernova: Gaseous-phase proton affinity of anilines: A quantum chemical evaluation and discussion in view of aqueous basicity 161 T. J. Janji}, G. Vu~kovi} and M. B. ]elap: Application of the Log k pair linearity rule and Proportionality rule to the RPP mobile phase scales estimation on cyano-silica column 173 Analytical Chemistry B. F. Abramovi}, V. J. Guzsvány, F. F. Gaál and Z. V. Lau{evi}: Potentiometric application of boron- and phosphorus-doped glassy carbon electrodes 179 K. Nikolich, C. Sergides and A. Pittas: The application of Near Infrared Reflectance Spoectroscopy (NIRS) for the quantitative analysis of hydrocortisone in primary materials 189 V. Trajkovska, S. Petrovska-Jovanovi} and M. Cvetkovski: Development and optimization of a method for the determination of simazine, atrazine and propazine using solid-phase extraction and HPLC/GC 199 S. S. Miti}, J. I. Vu~eti}, S. M. Mileti} and D. A. Kosti}: Kinetic determination of rutin 205 Synthesis and characterization of thermoplastic copolyester elastomers modified with fumaric moieties VESNA ALEKSANDROVI] and JASNA DJONLAGI] Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Karnegijeva 4, YU-11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia (Received 18 September 2000) A series of poly(ether-ester)s derived from dimethyl terephthalate (DMT), dimethyl fumarate (DMF), 1,4butandiol (BD) and poly(tetramethylene oxide) (PTMO, Mn = 1000 g/mol) was synthesized in a two stage process involving transesterification and polycondensation in the melt. The mole ratio of the starting components was selected to result in copolymers with a constant hard:soft segment wieght ratio (56:44). The amount of DMF was 10 mol %, referred to the total amount of the esters used. The synthesis was optimized in terms of both the concentration of catalyst, tetra-n-butyl-titanate, Ti(OBu)4 and thermal stabilizer N,N’-diphenyl-p-phenylenediamine, DPPD, as well as the temperature. The composition and structure of the synthesized poly(ether-ester)s were characterized by 1H-NMR. The number average molecular weights of the polymers calculated from the 1H-NMR spectra were compared with the corresponding values of the inherent viscosity (hinh) in m-cresol and the complex dynamic viscosity (h*). The effect of the content of fumaric residues on the thermal properties of the synthesized copolyesters was also investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). Keywords: thermoplastic elastomers, poly(ether-ester)s, fumaric residue, 1H-NMR-spectroscopy. REFERENCES 1. R. J. Cella, “Polyesters Elastomeric”, in Encycl. Polym. Sci. and Technology, Suppl. Vol 2, Wiley, New York, 1977, pp. 485–510 2. R. J. Cella, J. Polymer Sci. Polym. Symp. 42 (1973) 727 3. R. W. Seymour, J. R. Overton, L. S. Corley, Macromolecules 8 (1975) 331 4. G. Wegner, T. Fujii, W. Meyer, G. Lieser, Angew. Makromol. Chem. 74 (1978) 295 5. G. K. Hoeschele, W. K. Witsiepe, Makromol. Chem. 29/30 (1973) 267 6. W. K. Witsiepe, Segmented Thermoplastic Copolyesters Elastomers, U. S. Pat. 3, 766, 146 (1973) 7. W. K. Witsiepe, Segmented Thermoplastic Copolyesters, U. S. Pat. 3, 651, 014 (1972) 8. S. Fakirov, T. Gogeva, Macromol. Chem. 191 (1990) 603 9. S. Fakirov, T. Gogeva, Macromol. Chem. 191 (1990) 615 10. S. Fakirov, T. Gogeva, Macromol. Chem. 191 (1990) 2341 11. S. J. McCarty, G. F. Meijs, P. Gunatillake, J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 65 (1997) 1319 12. C. B. Quinn, J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Chem. Ed. 15 (1977) 2587 13. T. Gogeva, S. Fakirov, Makromol. Chem. 191 (1990) 2355 14. M. S. Jacovi}, B. Dunji}, J. Djonlagi}, N. Spassky, M. Sepulchre, M. O. Sepulchre, Polym. Bull. 28 (1992) 621 15. J. Djonlagi}, V. Aleksandrovi}, B. Dunji}, R. Jovanovi}, Conference Proceedings of Meeting “World of Polymers” Beoplast 97, Beograd, 22–23 September, 1997, p. 32 16. G. B. Kharas, M. Kamenetsky, J. Simantirakis, K. C. Beinlich, A. M. T. Rizzo, G. A. Caywood, K. Watson, J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 66 (1997) 1123 18. J. P. Runt, “Crystallinity determination”, in Encycl. Polym. Sci. Eng., Vol 4, Wiley, New York, 1986, pp. 482–519. Characterization of polymer-liquid crystal blends DANIELA FILIP, CRISTOFOR I. SIMIONESCU and DOINA MACOCINSCHI “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Aleea Gr. Ghica Voda 41 A, 6600 Jassy, Romania (Received 14 August, revised 6 December 2000) Blends of semi-crystalline polymers (polyethylene adipate and two poly(ester-urethane)s) with liquid crystal cholesteryl palmitate with different compositions were prepared by solution casting. One of the poly(ester-urethane)s was based on 2,4-tolylene diisocyanate (TDI) and the other one on 4,4’diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI). The miscibility and phase transition were investigated over the whole range of concentration by differential scanning calorimetry and polarizing optical microscopy. Keywords: liquid crystal, blend, polyester, poly(ester-urethane). REFERENCES 1. J. R. S. Rodrigues, A. Kaito, V. Soldi, A. T. N. Pires, Polym. Int. 46 (1998) 138 2. C. C. Riccardi, J. Borrajo, R. J. J. Williams, H. M. Siddigi, M. Dumon, J. P. Pascault, Macromolecules 31 (1998) 1124 3. Z. Q. Lin, H. D. Zhang, Y. L. Yang, Macromol. Theory Simul. 6 (1997) 1153 4. M. Pracella, B. Bresci, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. Sci. 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Gaseous-phase proton affinity of anilines: A quantum chemical evaluation and discussion in view of aqueous basicity ALEXEI N. PANKRATOV, INNA M. UCHAEVA, SERGEI YU. DORONIN and RIMMA K. CHERNOVA Department of Chemistry, N. G. Chernyshevskii Saratov State University, 83 Astrakhanskaya Street, Saratov 410026, Russia (Received 15 September, revised 4 December 2000) Using the PM3 method, enthalpies and free energies of the gaseous-phase proton affinity (PA) have been computed for aniline and 62 of its derivatives with different kinds of electron-donor and electron-acceptor substitution in the aromatic ring and at the nitrogen atom. Linear correlations of the type pKa vs. PA have been found. Deviations of the data for ortho substituted anilines from the above relationships was discussed in view of possible hydrophobic hydration of the molecular fragments ajacent to the protonation centre. Linear dependeces Pexper = bPtheor (where P is standard entropy, heat or Gibbs energy of formation, first ionization potential, molecular dipole moment) were found. Keywords: anilines, proton affinity, basicity, quantum chemical computation, theory-experiment correlation, hydrophobic hydration. REFERENCES 1. R. De Kock, C. Jasperse, Inorg. Chem. 22 (1983) 3839 2. S. Olivella, F. Urpi, J. Vilarrasa, J. Comput. Chem. 5 (1984) 230 3. D. R. Stull, E. F. Westrum, G. C. Sinke, The Chemical Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, Wiley Inc., New York, London, Sydney, Toronto, 1969. Russian Edition: Mir, Moscow, 1971, p. 807, Suppl. 4. V. A. Kireev, Methods of Practical Calculations in Thermodynamics of Chemical Reactions (in Russian), Khimiya, Moscow, 1975, p. 536 5. M. Kh. Karapet'yants, M. L. Karapet'yants, Basic Thermodynamic Constants of Inorganic and Organic Substances (in Russian), Khimiya, Moscow, 1968, p. 472 6. A. Albert, E. P. 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Bell, The Proton in Chemistry, Chapman and Hall, London, 1973. Russian Edition: Mir, Moscow, 1977, p. 384 33. O. Ya. Samoilov, Zh. Fiz. Khimii 52 (1978) 1857 34. S. B. Savvin, R. K. Chernova, S. N. Shtykov, Surface-Active Substances (in Russian), E. A. Ostroumov, Responsible Editor, Nauka, Moscow, 1991, p. 251 35. S. N. Shtykov, V. G. Amelin, N. N. Sorokin, R. K. Chenova, Zh. Fiz. Khimii 60 (1986) 345. Application of the Log k pair linearity rule and Proportionality rule to the RPP mobile phase scales estimation on cyano-silica column TOMISLAV J. JANJI], GORDANA VU^KOVI]*# and MILENKO B. ]ELAP# Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, P. O. Box 158, YU-11001 Belgrade, Yugoslavia (Received 13 November 2000) On the basis of literature-reported log k values, the Log k pair linearity rule and the Proportionality rule were found to be also valid in the case of cyano-silica sorbent, when methanol, acetonitrile or propane-2-ol were used as modifiers. The RPP scales, reflecting the solvent strength, are in good linear relationship with the experimentally determined log k values. Furthermore, in the case of methanol and acetonitrile, the linear dependence: log k = f(mol % of modifier) was also established. In the function obtained in a such way, the intercept and the slope exhibit an approximate linear dependence. Finally, in the case of methanol, the experimentally obtained log k values are in a satisfactory agreement with the values calculated by the above equation. Keywords: column chromatography, cyano-silica sorbent, Log k pair linearity rule, Proportionality rule, RPP scale. REFERENCES 1. T. J. Janji}, G. Vu~kovi}, M. B. ]elap, Chromatographia 42 (1996) 675 2. T. J. Janji}, G. Vu~kovi}, M. B. ]elap, J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 62 (1997) 495 3., T. J. Janji}, G. Vu~kovi}, M. B. ]elap, J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 62 (1997) 897 4., T. J. Janji}, G. Vu~kovi}, M. B. ]elap, J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 63 (1998) 519 5., T. J. Janji}, G. Vu~kovi}, M. 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It was found that the electrochemical behaviour of the doped glassy carbon samples are very similar to a Sigri (undoped) glassy carbon sample (HTT 2400 ºC). The experiments showed that the potentiometric response depends on the polarization mode, the nature of the sample, the pretreatment of the electrode surface, and the nature of the supporting electrolyte. The amounts of iodide, bromide, and of chloride were determined to be 1.27 mg, 0.80 mg and 0.54 mg, respectively, with a maximum relative standard deviation of less than 1.1 %. The obtained results are in good agreement with the results of comparative potentiometric titrations using a silver indicator electrode. The titration method was applied to the indirect determination of pyridoxine hydrochloride, i.e., vitamin B6. Keywords: boron- and phosphorus-doped glassy carbon electrodes; potentiometric titration of halides; determination of vitamin B6. REFERENCES 1. H. D. Hutton, W. Huang, D. C. Alsmeyer, J. Kometani, R. L. 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In this paper, a typical pharmaceutical product, hydrocortisone sodium succinate, is used as an example for the application of NIR spectroscopy for quality control. In order to develop an NIRS method with higher precision and accuracy than the official UV/VIS spectroscopic method (BP '99), 19 samples, taken from one year’s production and several prepared in the laboratory, having a hydrocortisone sodium succinate concentration in the range from 89.05 % to 95.83 %, were analysed by NIR and UV/VIS spectroscopy. Three frequency ranges: 5939.73–5627.32 cm-1; 4863.64 – 4574.36 cm-1; 4308.23–4200.24 cm-1, with the best positive correlation between the changes in the spectral and concentration data, were chosen. The validity of the developed NIRS chemometric method for the determination of the hydrocortisone sodium succinate concentration, constructed by the partial least squares (PLS) regression technique, is discussed. 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Multivariate Calibration, Bruker Optics, 2nd revised ed: (1999) p. 3. Development and optimization of a method for the determination of simazine, atrazine and propazine using solid-phase extraction and HPLC/GC VERA TRAJKOVSKA, SIMKA PETROVSKA-JOVANOVI] and MIRKO CVETKOVSKI* Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, "St. Cyril and Methodius University", P.O. Box 162, 91000 Skopje, Macedonia and *Republic Institute of Hydrometeorology, Skupi bb, 91000 Skopje, Macedonia (Received 18 May, revised 25 December 2000) A solid-phase extraction (SPE) method, coupled with HPLC/DAD and GC/FID analysis has been developed for the simultaneous determination of simazine, atrazine and propazine in water samples. The compounds of interest were enriched on Envi-carb SPE tubes. The recoveries for simazine, atrazine and propazine from spiked Nanopure water were 101± 5.6 %, 99 ± 4.9 % and 96 ± 5.7 %, respectively. 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