The instability of vancomycin, a glycopeptide antibiotic, limits its shelf-life because the deamidation of its asparagine residue results in the formation of a zwitterion with limited aqueous solubility. Analysis of the pH-rate profile for vancomycin indicates that the deamidation reaction is notabl
Solvent effect on the conformation in solution of two polyimides
β Scribed by Joly, C.; Le Cerf, D.; Chappey, C.; Langevin, D.; Muller, G.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 352 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-8103
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β¦ Synopsis
The dilute solution properties of two polyimides have been studied using size exclusion chromatography, light scattering and viscometry in various solvents. Molecular parameters (conformation and aggregation) are found to be solvent dependent. Addition of a non-solvent to 6FDA-mPDA, a Γuorine-(H 2 O) containing polyimide, or Ultem a polyetherimide, in the good solvent N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone is responsible for an increase in molecular weight. This is attributed to aggregation of polyimides in these conditions.
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