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The activity coefficients at 25‡C of DL-serine and L-serine in aqueous solutions of NaCl and KC1 were measured. This study examines the effect of the nature of the cation of the electrolyte on the activity coefficients of the optical-isomers of serine in aqueous solutions for molality of serine up to 0.4 and molality of electrolyte up to 1. An electrochemical cell with two ion-selective electrodes, a cation, and an anion ion selective electrode,vs. a double-junction reference electrode was used to measure the activity coefficients of the electrolyte and the results were converted to the activity coefficients of serine in the aqueous electrolyte solution. The comparison of the results obtained for DL- and L-serine indicates that the two optical isomers have identical interactions with electrolytes in aqueous solutions and that for this amino acid the effect of the cation of the electrolyte is not significant. Comparison of these results with previous measurements for DL-alanine in aqueous solutions of the same electrolytes show the notable effect of the backbone of the amino acid.
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Khoshkbarchi, M.K., Soto-Campos, A.M. & Vera, J.H. Interactions of DL-serine and L-serine with NaCl and KCl in aqueous solutions. J Solution Chem 26, 941–955 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02768052
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