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The ultraviolet absorption spectra of the carboxyl group of three isomeric pyridine carboxylic acids N-oxides (picolinic acid N-oxide, nicotinic acid N-oxide and isonicotinic acid N-oxide) were determined in fourteen solvents in the wavelength range from 200 to 400 nm. The position of the absorption maxima (λmax) of the examined acids showed that the ultraviolet absorption maximum wavelengths of picolinic acid N-oxide are the shortest, and those of isonicotinic acid N-oxide acid are the longest. In order to analyze the solvent effect on the obtained absorption spectra, the ultraviolet absorption frequencies of the electronic transitions in the carboxylic group of the examined acids were correlated using a total solvatochromic equation of the form max = v0 + sπ + aα+ bβ, where υmax is the absorption frequency (1/λmax), p is a measure of the solvent polarity, β represents the scale of solvent hydrogen bond acceptor basicities and α represent the scale of solvent hydrogen bond donor acidities. The correlation of the spectroscopic data was carried out by means of multiple linear regression analysis. The solvent effects on the ultraviolet absorption maximums of the examined acids were discussed.

Quantitative structure-reactivity correlations for the kinetics of the Hantzsch's synthesis of substituted 4-phenyl-1,4-dihydropyridines in the reaction between ethyl m- and p-substituted benzylidene acetoacetate and enamine has been studied. The reaction kinetics was followed using spectrophotometric measurements. It was found that the reaction correspond to the second-order kinetics. Quantitative structure-reactivity correlations of log k with the corresponding substituent constants (s,s+,sI and sR+) using Hammett and extended Hammett equation (DSP equation). They show linear relationship with positive values of reaction constants (r). The obtained data were processed by the linear regression analysis. It is confirmed that Michael's addition of enamine to benzylidene represents the slow step of the reaction with high positive charge at the benzylidene molecule. MO calculations were performed and they were also in agreement with the conclusions derived from structure-reactivity correlations. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 172013]

The estimation of retention factors by correlation equations with physico-chemical properties can be of great helpl in chromatographic studies. The retention factors were experimentally measured by RP-HPTLC on impregnated silica gel with paraffin oil using two-component solvent systems. The relationships between solute retention and modifier concentration were described by Snyder’s linear equation. A quantitative structure-retention relationship was developed for a series of s-triazine compounds by the multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis. The MLR procedure was used to model the relationships between the molecular descriptors and retention of s-triazine derivatives. The physicochemical molecular descriptors were calculated from the optimized structures. The physico-chemical properties were the lipophilicity (log P), connectivity indices (χ), total energy (Et), water solubility (log W), dissociation constant (pKa), molar refractivity (MR), and Gibbs energy (GibbsE) of s-triazines. A high agreement between the experimental and predicted retention parameters was obtained when the dissociation constant and the hydrophilic-lipophilic balance were used as the molecular descriptors. The empirical equations may be successfully used for the prediction of the various chromatographic characteristics of substances, with a similar chemical structure. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 31055, br. 172012, br. 172013 i br. 172014]

Protic and aprotic solvent effects on the reactivity of picolinic, nicotinic and isonicotinic acid, as well as of some substituted nicotinic acids with diazodiphenylmethane (DDM) were investigated. In order to explain the kinetic results through solvent effects, the second-order rate constants for the reaction of the examined acids with DDM were correlated using the Kamlet-Taft solvatochromic equation. The correlations of the kinetic data were carried out by means of the multiple linear regression analysis and the solvent effects on the reaction rates were analyzed in terms of the contributions of the initial and the transition state. The signs of the equation coefficients support the already known reaction mechanism. The solvatation models for all the investigated acids are suggested and related to their specific structure.

The Hammett correlations between 13C-NMR chemical shifts of the azomethine carbon atom and the corresponding substituent constants for thirtheen Schiff bases were established. Successful correlation of the chemical shifts with electrophilic substituent constants ó+ indicate significant resonance interaction of the substituents on the aniline ring with the azomethine carbon atom in the examined series of imines. The demand for electrons in the investigated compounds was compared to that of the N-benzylidenanilines and N-(phenyl substituted) pyridinealdimines. The way of transmission of the substituent effects was discussed and they are separated into resonance and inductive effects. Inductive effects prevail over resonance effects.

The rate constants for the reactions of diazodiphenylmethane (DDM) with 2-substituted nicotinic acids in nine aprotic solvents at 30°C were determined. The obtained second order rate constants in aprotic solvents, were correlated using the Kamlet-Taft solvatochromic equation in the complete form: log k = log k0 + sπ

In this study, 14 newly synthesized s-triazine derivatives were investigated by means of reversed-phase thin-layer chromatography (TLC) on C-18 stationary and two different mobile phases: acetonitrile-water and methanol-water. Quantitative structure-retention relationship (QSRR) was developed for a series of s-triazine compounds by the multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis. An MLR procedure was used to model the relationships between molecular descriptors and retention of s-triazine derivatives. Physico-chemical molecular descriptors were calculated from the optimized structures. Statistically significant and physically meaningful QSRRs were obtained.

Considerable attention has been paid to the analysis of chemicals in the s-triazine group, due to their widespread use in agricultural chemistry and their subsequent impact on biological systems. For initial chemical screening of the activity of newly synthesized compounds, it is recommended to determine their lipophilicity and physico-chemical property in relation to biological activity. Lipophilicity is difficult to quantify. The most widely accepted measure of lipophilicity is the octanol-water partition coefficient. Measurement of the octanol-water partition coefficients is achieved by an alternative method, i.e. reversed-phase liquid chromatography. Reversed-phase thin-layer chromatography (RP TLC) is a rapid method for the analysis of large number of s-triazine type compounds. Certain relationship between the structure of s-triazine compounds and their mobility on silica gel impregnated with paraffin oil have recently been demonstrated. The retention behavior of compounds in various chromatographic systems strongly depends on their physico-chemical properties. Recently, much effort was given in finding adequate mathematical model relating the retention of the given analyte to its physico-chemical and structural parameters (descriptors). These correlations are known as quantitative structure-retention relationships (QSRR), which offer a powerful tool for the prediction of separation behavior. The QSRR equations describing retention constants RM0, determined for different modifiers in mobile phase in terms of logarithms of n-octanol-water partition coefficients, were derived. The partition coefficients (AlogPs, AClogP, AB/logP, milogP, AlogP, MlogP, logPKowin, XlogP2, XlogP3, ACDlogP i ClogP) were calculated by application of different software packages. The goal of this paper was to select the logP data and TLC system that best characterize octanol/water partitioning and thus the lipophilicity of the investigated molecules.

The chromatographic behavior of four group of s-triazine derivatives (14 compounds) has been studied by TLC on silica gel impregnated with paraffin oil. Retention mechanism has been determined using the following mobile phases: water-acetone, water-acetonitrile, water-dioxane, water-tetrahydrofuran, water-methanol and water-ethanol, by changing the volume fraction of modifier in the mobile phase. On impregnated silica gel, a reversed-phase chromatographic process occurs. Good correlation was obtained between the retention constants, RM 0 (determined by linear extrapolation), and slope, S, of chromatographic equations. There was also satisfactory correlation between these retention constants and logP values calculated using different theoretical methods. The study showed that the retention constants can be used as a measure of lipophilicity of investigated compounds.

The rate constants for the reactions of diazodiphenylmethane (DDM) with 6-substituted nicotinic acids in aprotic solvents at 30°C were determined. The obtained second order rate constants in aprotic solvents, together with literature data for benzoic and nicotinic acids in protic solvents, were used for the calculation of solvent effects, employing the Kamlet-Taft solvatochromic equation (linear solvation energy relationship - LSER) in the form: log k = log k0 + + sΠ*+ aα + bβ. The correlations of the kinetic data were performed by means of multiple linear regression analysis taking appropriate solvent parameters. The sign of the equation coefficients (s, a and b) were in agreement with the postulated reaction mechanism, and the mode of the solvent influences on the reaction rate is discussed based on the correlation results. A similar contribution of the non-specific solvent effect and electrophilic solvation was observed for all acids, while the highest contribution of nucleophilic solvation was influenced by their high acidity. Correlation analysis of the rate data with substituent óp parameters in an appropriate solvent using the Hammett equation was also performed. The substituent effect on the acid reactivity was higher in aprotic solvents of higher dipolarity/polarizability. The mode of the transmission of the substituent effect is discussed in light of the contribution of solute-solvent interaction on the acid reactivity.

Twelve 3-cyano-4-(substituted phenyl)-6-phenyl-2(1H)-pyridinones were investigated by tandem mass spectrometry using positive as well as negative electrospray ionization. The influence of the electron affinity of the substituent and the steric effect on the fragmentation is discussed. Pyridinones with a substituent of low proton affinity show loss of water, HCN or benzene from the pyridinone ring in the first step of MS2 fragmentations. Oppositely, if a substituent with high proton affinity is present on the phenyl ring in the 4-position of pyridinone, the fragmentation paths are complex, depending mainly on the substituent proton acceptor ability. Elimination of neutral molecules CO, HCN, H2O, PhH (benzene) or Ph and CN radicals are fragmentation processes common for all compounds in the subsequent steps of the fragmentations.

The 13C- and 1H-NMR chemical shifts of thirteen N(1)-(4-substituted phenyl)-3-cyano-4,6-dimethyl-2-pyridones were measured in deuterated dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO-d6). The correlation analysis for the substituent-induced chemical shifts (SCS) with σp, inductive (σI) and different scale of resonance (σR) parameters were performed using the SSP (single substituent parameter), DSP (dual substituent parameter) and DSP-NLR (dual substituent parameter-non-linear resonance) methods. The results of the calculations concerning the polar and resonance effects satisfactorily describe the substituent effects at the carbon atoms of interest. The mode of transmission of the substituent effects, both inductive and resonance, in relation to the geometry of the investigated pyridones is discussed.

The photoelectrochemical properties of a sol-gel prepared titanium oxide coating applied onto a Ti substrate were investigated. The oxide coating was formed from an inorganic sol thermally treated in air at 350°C. The coating consisted of agglomerates of narrow size distribution around 100 nm. The photoelectrochemical characteristics were evaluated by investigating the changes in the open circuit potential, current transients and impedance characteristics of a Ti/TiO2 electrode upon illumination by UV light in H2SO4 solution and in the oxidation of benzyl alcohol. The electrode was found to be active for photoelectrochemical reactions in the investigated solutions.

The rate constants for the reaction of twenty-two N-(substituted phenylmethylene)- m- and -p-aminobenzoic acids with diazodiphenylmethane were determined in absolute ethanol at 30 °C. The effects of substituents on the reactivity of the investigated compounds were interpreted by correlation of the rate constants with LFER equations. The results of quantum mechanical calculations of the molecular structure together with experimental results gave a better insight into the effects of structure on the transmission of electronic effects of the substituents. New σ constants for substituted benzylideneamino group were calculated.

Rate constants for the reaction of diazodiphenylmethane (DDM) with 4-pyrimidinecarboxylic, 6-hydroxy-4-pyrimidinecarboxylic and 5-hydroxyorotic acids were determined in twelve protic solvents at 30 °C using the well known UV-spectrophotometric method. The second order rate contants for the examined acids were correlated using the appropriate solvent parameters by the equation log k = log k0 + af(e) + bs * + cngH were f(e) is the Kirkwood function of relative permittivity [(e-l)/(2e + 1 )], s * is the Taft polar constant for the alkyl group R in the alcohol ROH, and nyH is themumber of hydrogen atoms in the (-position in the alcohol. The results obtained for the investigated acids were compared with the corresponding results for benzoic, 2- and 3-hydroxybenzoic acids and the influence of the structure of the investigated acids on the reactivity in hydroxylic solvents is discussed. It was also possible to evaluate and distinguish the specific and non-specific solvent effects and their influence on the reaction rate.

The rate constants for the reaction of three isomeric pyridine mono-carbocylic acid N-oxides with diazodiphenylmethane were determined at 30 ºC in thirty two protic and aprotic solvents by the well known UV spectrophotometric method. The rate constants are generally higher than for pyridine mono-carboxylic acids in a similar range of solvents, except for picolinic acid N-oxide, and also higher in protic than in aprotic solvents. The determined rate constants were correlated with solvent parameters using the Kamlet-Taft solvatochromic equation bymeans of multiple regression analysis. The sign of the equation coefficients were in agreement with the postulated reaction mechanism. The mode of the influences of the solvent is discussed on the basis of the correlation coefficients, taking into account the specific structures of the pyridine mono-carboxylic acid N-oxides.

Rate constants for the reaction of diazodiphenylmethane with isomeric pyridine carboxylic acids were determined in chosen protic and aprotic solvents at 30 °C, using the well known UV spectrophotometric method. The values of the rate constants of the investigated acids in protic solvents were higher than those in aprotic solvents. The second order rate constants were correlated with solvent parameters using the Kamlet-Taft solvatochromic equation in the form: logk = logk0 + s¶*+ aα + bβ. The correlation of the obtained kinetic data were performed by means of multiple linear regression analysis taking appropriate solvent parameters. The signs of the equation coefficients were in agreement with the postulated reaction mechanism. The mode of the influence of the solvent on the reaction rate in all the investigated acids are discussed on the basis of the correlation results.

Rate konstants for the reaction of eight 5-substituted orotic acids with diazodiphenylmethane (DDM) in dimethylformamide (DMF) were determined at 30 ºC by the known spectrophotometricmethod. The determined rate constants were correlated with the equations: logk2 = ασ1+βσR+h logk2 = ασ1+βσR+ψν+h to detect the presence and investigate the influence of both electrical and steric substituent effects. The obtained results show that the electrical effect (the localized – field and delocalized – resonance) is predominant and that the steric effect, althought present, is releatively small in this reaction.

The rate constants of 2-substituted nicotinic acids in reaction with diazodiphenylmethane (DDM) in eight alcohols at 30 ºC have been determined. In order to explain the obtained results through solvent effects, the second order reaction rate constants (k) of the examined acids were correlated using the appropriate solvent parameters by the equation: logk=logk0 af(ε) + bσ* + cnγH where f(ε) is the measure of solvent ability as a dielectric to stabilize the separation of opposite charges in the activated complex, σ* is the measure of solvent ability to stabilize proton in the initial state and nγH represents the ability of protic solvents to form hydrogen bond with the negative end of the ion-pair intermediate. These constants were correlated also by using solvatochromic equation of the form logk=logk0 + s¶* + aα + bβ where ¶* is the measure of the solvent polarity, α represents the scale of the solvent hydrogen bond donor acidities (HBD) and β represents the scale of the solvent hydrogen bond acceptor basicities (HBA). The correlations of the kinetic data were carried out by means of multiple linear regression analysis. The results obtained for 2-substituted nicotinic acids were compared with the results for ortho-substituted benzoic acid under the same experimental conditions.

The temperature dependence of the retention index was studied for N-substituted amino s-triazines on DB-1, DB-5 and DB-WAX capillary columns within the temperature range 190–230 ºC. Two linear equations with the column temperature and its reciprocal as variables were studied. The first one shows a slightly better precision for 2,4-bis(alky lamino)-6-chloro-s-triazines and 2-alkylamino-4,6-dichloro-s-triazines while the second one shows a better precision for 2,4-bis(cycloalkylamino)-6-chloro-s-triazines.

The retention index increment for the addition of a methylene group to the alkyl group of an analyte molecule is shown to be lower than 100 i.u. for N-substituted amino s-triazines. In temperature programmed gas chromatography, a linearly interpolated retention index I, determined from the linear regression equation, I = AZ + (GRF)z, with the number of atoms (Z) in the molecule as variable, was used to describe the retention of 25 N-substituted amino s-triazines, on DB-1, DB-5 and DB-WAX capillary columns divided into five series according to the similarity of the alkyl groups in the particular series. In the above equation, A is the linear regression coefficient or the retention index increment per atom addition, Z the number of C,N and Cl atoms in the molecule, and (GRF)z the group retention factor or functionality constant for functional groups in the molecule, based on the number Z. It is possible to estimate the retention indices of an unknown member of the series from the Z, A and (GRF) values.

The influence of different additives on the effectiveHLBvalues of non-ionic emulsifiers was studied by the method of the determination of the phenol index values and by the determination of the emulsion inversion point in the system with xylene as the oil phase. Ethanol, glycerol and ethylene glycol were investigated as additives. The method of the determination of the phenol index value was applied on two homologous series of non-ionic emulsifiers: nonylphenolpolyglycolethers with 10, 15, 23 and 30 moles of bound ethylene oxide and polyglycolethers of fatty alcohols (C16–C18) with 15, 20 and 23 moles of bound ethylene oxide. The additives were applied in the concentration of 5, 10, 15 and 20 %. The results showed that ethanol and ethylene glycol increased the phenol index value. The influence of ethanol was more pronounced. On the contrary, glycerol reduces the phenol index value. There were small differences in the influence of these additives on certain members of both homologous series, but the general trend is presented here. The influence of the same additives on the values of the emulsion inversion point was investigated in the system with xylene and nonylphenolpolyglycolethers with 10 moles of bound ethylene oxide. Ethanol and ethylene glycol were applied in the concentrations of 1, 5, 10 and 15 % and glycerol in 5,7.5,10 and 15 %. The results showed that ethanol and ethylene glycol reduce the emulsion inversion points, while glycerol increases them. On the basis of these investigations it can be concluded that ethanol and ethylene glycol could contribute to an increase in the stability of emulsions, glycerol has the opposite effect. The results of both applied methods are in accordance.

Rate constants have been determined for the reactions of diazodiphenylmethane (DDM) with 3- and 4-pyridineacetic acid, 3- and 4-pyridineacetic acid N-oxide and some meta- and para-substituted phenylacetic acids in twelve alcohols. The determined rate constants, together with literature data, were used for calculation of Hammett ρ values in a series of alcohols. Secondary σ constants have been calculated for substituents in meta and para-position of phenylacetic acids not given in literature, and also σ constants for 3N, 3N-O, 4N and 4N-O in pyridineacetic acids, in alcohols used. The transmission of electronic effects through the phenylacetic acid system and pyridineacetic system is compared with that in benzene and pyridine. The multiple correlation of log k values for reaction of above acids in 12 alcohols with group of suitable solvent parameters was very successful.

The IR spectra of a series of 2-substituted-6-hydroxy-4-pyrimidine carboxylic acids (substituent = OH, SH, CH3, CH3S and NH2) were studied from the aspect of the influence of the subsitutent on the polarizability of some bonds, keto-enol tautomerism and hydrogen bond formation. The spectra were taken using solids due to the low solubility of the acids. Theoretical calculations were done using the MNDO-AM1 semiempirical molecular-orbital method. The stabilities of various tautomers were calculated simulating the dielectric continuum using the COSMO facility of the MOPAC program package. Theoretical calculations were made for all the possible tautomers of the 2-substituted-6-hydroxy-4-pyrimidine carboxylic acids. For the most stable isomers, the vibrational spectra were calculated. For the majority of the compounds the most stable isomer was identified having the structure 2-Y-6-oxo-4-carboxy-3H-pyrimidine. Besides this structure, for the 2-amino-, and 2-methyl- derivatives the zwitterionic forms have very similar stability. The 2-hydroxy compound is most stable as the 2,6-dioxo-1H, 3H isomer. The calculated vibrations for the compounds with a single stable structure correlate very well with the experimental frequencies. For the 2-methyl- and 2-amino- compounds the correlation is considerably less satisfactory. The most probable reason for this deviation is the existence of two or more tautomets in equilibrium. The correlation of the measured frequencies and the pKa values of the acids, indicate that the same tautomers exist in the solid state and in the solution.

Rate constants have been determined for the reactions of diazodiphenylmethane with a number of 6-substituted nicotinic acids and p-substituted benzoic acids in twelve alcohols. Acomparative study was used to evaluate and compare the Hammett r values and solvent effects. Multiple correlations of the log k values for the reactions of 6-substituted nicotinic acids and p-substituted benzoic acids in 12 alcohols with groups of suitable solvent parameters are very successful. The transmission of electronic effects through the pyridine ring system in compared with that in benzene.