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Thermochemistry of aqueous solutions of nucleic acid bases and their alkylated derivatives

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Enthalpy of solution, ΔH osol , enthalpy of sublimation, ΔH osubl , apparent partial molar volume and heat capacities,V o2 andC op,2 were determined for aqueous solutions of thirty alkylated derivatives of uracyl and adenine, eight derivatives of cytosine and guanine. Calculated accessible surface areas and molar volumes are presented, too. The values of enthalpy of solution, enthalpy of sublimation can be useful in the studies on the nature of interaction between these compounds and water molecules. Apparent partial molar volume and heat capacity give a new aspect on hydrophob properties of the examined nucleic acid base derivatives.

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Für die wäßrigen Lösungen von dreißig alkylierte Uracyl- und Adeninderivaten und acht Cytosin- und Guaninderivaten wurden die Lösungsenthalpie ΔH osubl , die Sublimationsenthalpie ΔH osubl , das scheinbare partielle molare VolumenV o2 und die WärmekapazitätenC op,2 bestimmt. Auch die berechneten zugänglichen Oberflächengrößen und molaren Volumen werden dargelegt. Die Werte für die Lösungsenthalpie und die Sublimationsenthalpie können von Nutzen bei der Untersuchung der Art der Wechselwirkung zwischen diesen Molekülen und Wassermolekülen sein. Das scheinbare partielle molare Volumen und die Wärmekapazität liefert einen neuen Aspekt bezüglich hydrofober Eigenschaften der untersuchten Nukleinsäuren-Basenderivate.

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Zielenkiewicz, W. Thermochemistry of aqueous solutions of nucleic acid bases and their alkylated derivatives. Journal of Thermal Analysis 45, 615–629 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02548876

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