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Comparison of the Diffusion of Aqueous Glycine Hydrochloride and Aqueous Glycine

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A Taylor dispersion tube has been used to measure mutual diffusion in aqueous solutions of glycine hydrochloride at 25°C and concentrations from 0.0005 to 0.5 M. Analysis of the dispersion profiles shows that the diffusion of glycine hydrochloride (GlyHCl) produces a subtantial additional flow of hydrochloric acid that is liberated by the dissociation: GlyH+ + Cl- ⇌ Gly + H+ + Cl-. Diffusion in this system is, therefore, a ternary process described by the equations J 1(GlyHCl) = − D 11C 1D 12C 2 and J 2(HCl) = −D 21C 1D 22C 2 for the coupled fluxes of total glycine hydrochloride (1) and hydrochloric acid (2) components. The ratio D 21/D 11 of measured diffusion coefficients indicates that up to two moles of HCl are cotransported per mole of GlyHCl. Although protonated glycine diffuses with relatively mobile Cl counterions, the main diffusion coefficient of glycine hydrochloride, D 11, is lower than or nearly identical to the diffusion coefficient of aqueous glycine. A model for the diffusion of protonated solutes is developed to interpret this result and the large coupled flows of HCl. Diffusion coefficients are also reported for the aqueous hydrochlorides of 3- and 4-aminobenzoic acids.

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Lu, R., Leaist, D.G. Comparison of the Diffusion of Aqueous Glycine Hydrochloride and Aqueous Glycine. Journal of Solution Chemistry 27, 285–297 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022619430507

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