Pressure assisted capillary electrophoresis was applied to determination of acid dissociation constants (pKa) of six widely used triazole fungicides (cyproconazole, epoxiconazole, flusilazole, tebuconazole, penconazole and propiconazole) in aqueous medium. The pKa values were determined from the dependence of effective electrophoretic mobility of the triazole fungicides on p[H(+)] of the background electrolyte (BGE) using non-linear regression analysis. The p[H(+)] was used instead of pH to reflect the increased ionic strength of the strongly acidic BGEs (pH<1.75) as compared to the BGEs at pH equal to or greater than 1.75. Prior to the pKa calculation, the measured effective electrophoretic mobilities were corrected to the reference temperature (25°C) and constant ionic strength (25mM). The regression function was modified to allow the determination of pKa in the BGEs of varying ionic strength. The electrophoretic measurements showed that the above triazole fungicides are very weak bases - their pKa values were found to be in the range 1.05-1.97 and were in a good agreement with the values calculated by SPARC online pKa calculator.
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- elektroforéza kapilární metody MeSH
- elektrolyty MeSH
- epoxidové sloučeniny analýza MeSH
- fungicidy průmyslové analýza MeSH
- koncentrace vodíkových iontů MeSH
- osmolární koncentrace MeSH
- silany analýza MeSH
- tlak MeSH
- triazoly analýza MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
A general relationship is derived for the abundance of an imperfect dendrimer with a given number of missing constitutional repeating units in the two outmost layers. The relationship is used in the interpretation of the MALDI TOF mass spectrum of the second-generation carbosilane dendrimer prepared by the iterative divergent method. The model quantitatively describes the spectrum of the dendrimer and correctly predicts the MALDI TOF mass spectrum of its first-generation precursor. Thus, the use of well-resolved MALDI TOF mass spectra for assessing the purity of low-generation dendrimers with uniform end groups is substantiated for carbosilane dendrimers and to lesser extent for dendrimers in general.
