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Octanol-water partition coefficient

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A Strategy to Conjugate Bioactive Fragments to Cytotoxic Diiron Bis(cyclopentadienyl) Complexes

Paul Joseph Dyson, Mouna Hadiji

A series of bioactive molecules were synthesized from the condensation of aspirin or chlorambucil with terminal alkynes bearing alcohol or amine substituents. Insertion of the resulting alkynes into the iron-carbyne bond of readily accessible diiron bis(cy ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Detailed Analysis of Estimated pH, Activity Coefficients, and Ion Concentrations between the Three Aerosol Thermodynamic Models

Athanasios Nenes

In this work, we utilize a rich set of simulated and ground-based observational data in Tianjin, China to examine and compare the differences in aerosol acidity and composition predicted by three popular thermodynamic equilibrium models: ISORROPIA II, the ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

Prediction of logP for Pt(II) and Pt(IV) complexes: Comparison of statistical and quantum-chemistry based approaches

Hristo Plamenov Varbanov

The octanol/water partition coefficient, logP, is one of the most important physico-chemical parameters for the development of new metal-based anticancer drugs with improved pharmacokinetic properties. This study addresses an issue with the absence of publ ...

Elsevier Science Inc2016

The Use of Passive Samplers to Reveal Industrial and Agricultural Pollution Trends in Swiss Rivers

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Julien Omlin, Nicolas Estoppey, Adrien Schopfer

This study shows the efficiency of passive sampling to reveal industrial and agricultural pollution trends. Two practical applications for nonpolar and polar contaminants are presented. Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) samplers were deployed for one year in ...

Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft2014

Effect of water velocity on the uptake of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by silicone rubber (SR) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) passive samplers. An assessment of the efficiency of performance reference compounds (PRCs) in river-like flow conditions

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Julien Omlin, Nicolas Estoppey, Adrien Schopfer

One aim of this study is to determine the impact of water velocity on the uptake of indicator polychlorinated biphenyls (iPCBs) by silicone rubber (SR) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) passive samplers. A second aim is to assess the efficiency of perfor ...

Elsevier Science Bv2014

Characterization of natural organic matter adsorption in granular activated carbon adsorbers

Urs von Gunten

The removal of natural organic matter (NOM) from lake water was studied in two pilot-scale adsorbers containing granular activated carbon (GAC) with different physical properties. To study the adsorption behavior of individual NOM fractions as a function o ...

Elsevier2011

Physico-chemical properties and photo-reactivity relationship for para-substituted phenols in photo-assisted Fenton system

César Pulgarin, Félicien Mazille

The reactivity of phenolic compounds can be drastically affected by the electronic nature of the substituting groups. In this work, the effect of physico-chemical properties on the reactivity via photo-assisted Fenton catalysis is reported for several para ...

2010

Perspective for Extended Group-Contribution Methods for the Prediction of Activity Coefficients Accounting for Sterical Effects. Linking UNIFAC and the Group Vector Space Method

Martin Grasemann

Group contribution methods for the calculation of an activity coefficient such as UNIFAC (universal factorial activity coefficient) currently do not take into account sterical effects. Consequently one of the major deficiencies of such methods is their ina ...

2008

pH prediction and control in bioprocesses using mid-infrared spectroscopy

Ian William Marison, Jonas Schenk

An on-line pH monitoring method based on mid-infrared spectroscopy relevant to bioprocesses is presented. This approach is non-invasive and does not require the addition of indicators or dyes, since it relies on the analysis of species of common buffers us ...

2008

NMR diffusion and relaxation studies of the encapsulation of fragrances by amphiphilic multiarm star block copolymers

Jan-Anders Edvin Maansson, Harm-Anton Klok, John Christopher Plummer, Céline Ternat

Self-diffusion NMR spectroscopy and relaxometry have been employed to study fragrance encapsulation in water-soluble, amphiphilic star block copolymers. Diffusion coefficients of four different fragrance molecules in the free form and in the presence of th ...

American Chemical Society2007

Terrestrial ecotoxicity and effect factors of metals in life cycle assessment (LCA)

Vera Slaveykova-Startcheva

Life cycle impact assessment aims to translate the amounts of substance emitted during the life cycle of a product into a potential impact on the environment, which includes terrestrial ecosystems. This work suggests some possible improvements in assessing ...

Elsevier2007

Design of amphiphilic nanocapsules based on hyperbranched star-block copolymers for the encapsulation and the controlled release of olfactory compounds

Céline Ternat

Effective encapsulation of small, volatile, weakly water-soluble molecules such as flavors and fragrances is necessary to protect them from degradation, to increase their lifetime, and to improve their water dispersion and fixation depending on the substra ...

EPFL2007

Plant species richness and environmental heterogeneity in a mountain landscape: effects of variability and spatial configuration

Alexandre Buttler

The loss of biodiversity has become a matter of urgent concern and a better understanding of local drivers is crucial for conservation. Although environmental heterogeneity is recognized as an important determinant of biodiversity, this has rarely been tes ...

2006

5-Aminolevulinic acid and its derivatives: physical chemical properties and protoporphyrin IX formation in cultured cells

Hubert van den Bergh, Georges Wagnières, Matthieu Philippe Emmanuel Zellweger, Pascal Uehlinger

Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) is used as a fluorescence marker and photosensitizing agent in photodynamic therapy (PDT). A temporary increase of PpIX in tissues can be obtained by administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA). Lipophilicity is one of the key pa ...

2000