Techniques and Applications of Fast Reactions in Solution: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on New Applications of Chemical Relaxation Spectrometry and Other Fast Reaction Methods in Solution, held at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, September 10–20, 1978

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
The Study of Fast Reactions in Solution....Pages 1-11
Fast Continuous Flow....Pages 13-24
Computer-Controlled Repetitive Operation of a Stopped-Flow Spectrophotometer with a Magnetic Valve in Place of the Stopping Syringe....Pages 25-28
Stopped-Flow Measurements in the Infrared: Simulated Rapid Scan Spectra: Some Observations on the Reactions of Metal Carbonyl Compounds with Halogen....Pages 29-34
Solvent-Jump Method....Pages 35-39
Conventional and U. V. Flash Temperature-Jump....Pages 41-45
Laser Temperature Jump....Pages 47-59
Laser T-Jump Arrangement with Time Resolution in the Second to Picosecond Range....Pages 61-70
Highly Sensitive and Very Fast Chemical Relaxation Temperature-Jump Apparatuses....Pages 71-75
High-Resolution Temperature-Jump Measurements Using Cooling-Correction....Pages 77-82
Circular Dichroism Measurements at Millisecond Time-Resolution; Stopped-Flow CD and Temperature-Jump CD Systems....Pages 83-85
Recent Developments and Applications of Pressure Jump Methods....Pages 87-94
Electric Field Methods....Pages 95-98
Destriau-Effect in Aqueous Solution....Pages 99-101
Dielectric Relaxation....Pages 103-113
Ultrasonic Relaxation Techniques....Pages 115-122
Optical Ultrasonic Techniques....Pages 123-126
Light Scattering Study of Ultrasonic Relaxation in Liquid Furan-Cyclohexane Mixtures....Pages 127-130
Brillouin Scattering Spectrometry....Pages 131-135
Data Capture and Processing in Chemical Relaxation Measurements....Pages 137-142
A Microprocessor Based System to Collect, Display, and Evaluate Stopped-Flow and other Kinetics Data....Pages 143-146
An Automatic Self-Scaling Transient Recorder....Pages 147-149
Applications of Kinetic Polychromators to Fast Reaction Techniques....Pages 151-155
Picosecond Time Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy....Pages 157-160
Fourier Transform Photoacoustic Spectroscopy....Pages 161-174
A Textbook Example of Complex Kinetics....Pages 175-186
Thermodynamics of Relaxation Methods....Pages 187-193
Relaxation Amplitudes in Concentration Jump Experiments. Application to Anthocyanins....Pages 195-199
Equilibrium Studies on the Self-Association of Drugs in Aqueous Solution....Pages 201-209
Relaxation Spectra Associated with Multistep Processes....Pages 211-224
Ultrasonic Relaxation Studies of the Kinetics of Stacking, Conformational Transitions and Proton Transfers in Aqueous Solutions of Molecules and Macromolecules of Biological Interest....Pages 225-233
Raman Laser Temperature Jump Study of Solvent Effects on Simple Stacking Systems....Pages 235-238
The Kinetics of Micelle Formation....Pages 239-248
A Treatment of the Kinetics of Mixed Micelles....Pages 249-258
Solubilization of Acridine Orange by Aqueous Triton-305....Pages 259-264
Kinetic Studies of Synthetic Polymer/Surfactant Complexes....Pages 265-270
Ultrasonic Investigation of the Solubilization of an Alcohol in Viscoelastic Micelle Forming Systems....Pages 271-274
Reaction Kinetics in Aqueous Micellar Systems: The Mechanism of the Reaction Between Ni 2+ (Aq) and Neutral Bidentate Ligands of Differing Hydrophobicities in the Presence of Sodium Dodecyl-Sulphate Micelles....Pages 275-281
Kinetics and Mechanism of Metal-Complex Formation in Aqueous Micellar and Oil Inverse-Micellar Systems....Pages 283-290
Application of a Metal Ion/Murexide Indicator System to the Study of Micellar Phenomena....Pages 291-299
The Application of Fast-Reaction Methods to Reactions of Transition-Metal Ions and Complexes....Pages 301-311
Kinetic Studies of the Complex Formation of Nickel (II) Ions with Pyridine-2-Azo-P-Dimethylaniline (Pada) in Non-Aqueous Solvents at Pressures from 1 Bar to 2 Kbar....Pages 313-314
Kinetics of the Reaction of Imidazoles With Iron(III) Porphyrin Chlorides....Pages 315-320
The Application of a Dye-Laser Photochemical Relaxation Technique to the Study of Metal-Ligand Substitution Reactions in Aqueous and Micellar Solutions....Pages 321-327
The Kinetics of the Formation of the BeSO 4 Complex in H 2 O-DMSO Mixtures....Pages 329-332
Vibrational and Ultrasonic Relaxation Spectra of Some Sodium Salts in Dimethylacetamide....Pages 333-344
Microwave Dielectric Relaxation of Lithium Salts in Media of Low Permittivity at t=25°C....Pages 345-353
Crown Ether Reaction Kinetics....Pages 355-361
Estimation of the Ratio of Solvent Separated to Contact ion Pairs by High Field Conductivity Measurements....Pages 363-365
Dynamic Aspects of Ionic Aggregation in Low Polar Media....Pages 367-372
Exchange Kinetics of Complexes of Diamagnetic Cations with Nonamethylimidodiphosphoramide, Studied by N.M.R.....Pages 373-378
Polysaccharide Conformation and Interactions in Solutions and Gels....Pages 379-388
Biological Application: Kinetics on the Interaction between Proflavine and DNA....Pages 389-397
Interaction between Poly(Styrene Sulfonic Acid) and a “Bifunctional” Cationic Dye....Pages 399-403
Temperature Jump Studies on Acridine Orange — Carboxymethyl-Cellulose Complexes....Pages 405-413
Fast Kinetics by NMR: Binding and Release of Cations by Biomolecules....Pages 415-418
The Reactivity of Tryptophan Residues in Proteins as Studied by the Fluorescence Stopped-Flow Technique....Pages 419-422
Anaerobic Stopped-Flow and Quenched-Flow Studies on Nitrogenase. The Coupling of MgATP Hydrolysis to Protein-Protein Electron Transfer and the Detection of a Dinitrogen-Hydride Intermediate in (N 2 ) Reduction....Pages 423-427
Fast Reactions in Solution under High Pressure: Stopped-Flow Studies on Some Biological Reactions....Pages 429-432
Kinetic and Isotropic Studies of Acid-Base Catalysis in Peroxidase Reactions....Pages 433-437
Temperature and Pressure Relaxation Studies of Protein Assembly: Tubulin and Glutamate Dehydrogenase....Pages 439-442
Ultrasonic Absorption Detection of Structural Fluctuations in Viral Capsids. A Discussion of the Presently Available Evidence....Pages 443-445
The Mechanism of Sound Absorption in Solutions of Nucleotides and Nucleosides....Pages 447-451
Elementary Steps in the Nucleophilic Addition of Amines to Olefins....Pages 453-462
The Transition State of the Acid Catalyzed Alkoxide Ion Departure from Meisenheimer Complexes (1)....Pages 463-468
The Role of Meisenheimer Complexes in Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions....Pages 469-472
The Kinetics and Mechanism of the Reactions of Cyclo-1,5-Octa-Dienechloroamineiridium(I) with 2,2′-Bipyridyl and 1,10-Phenan-Trolene....Pages 473-475
The Kinetics of Donor-Acceptor Complex Formation, Studied by a Microwave Temperature-Jump Method....Pages 477-478
Tunnelling in H-Transfer Reactions; Application of Fast-Reaction Methods....Pages 479-489
Kinetic Study of Hydrogen Tunnelling in Meso-Tetraphenyl Porphine by NMR-Lineshape Analysis and Selective T 1ρ — Relaxation Time Measurements....Pages 491-494
Hydrogen and Deuterium Atom Transfer Reactions from Substituted Phenols to Galvinoxyl....Pages 495-496
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Intramolecular Proton-Transfers. Temperature-Jump Studies....Pages 497-500
High Field Perturbation and Chemical Relaxation of 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol and Triethylamine Mixtures in Cyclohexane....Pages 501-507
Electron Transfer Reactions....Pages 509-521
Combined Stopped-Flow/Continuous-Flow Arrangement for Kinetic Measurements in the Second to Microsecond Range: Investigation of Electron-Transfer Reactions with Metal-Porphyrin Complexes....Pages 523-534
Electron-Transfer Reactions of Nitroaromatic Radical-Anions Observed by Pulse Radiolysis....Pages 535-538
Free Radical Reactions with Pepsin Studied by Pulse Radiolysis....Pages 539-543
Interaction of Stable Nitroxyl Radicals with Radiation-Induced Species: A Pulse Radiolytic Study....Pages 545-548
Kinetics of Oxidation of Benzophenone Ketyl Radicals: Absolute Reaction Rates and Oscillatory Behaviour....Pages 549-553
Time Resolved Polarization Studies Using Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 555-560
Single-Photon Infrared Photochemistry: Wavelength and Temperature Dependence of the Quantum Yield for the Laser-Induced Ionization of Water....Pages 561-568
Molecular Motion of Polymers in Solution....Pages 569-577
Kinetic Studies on Gas-Liquid Interface by Means of Capillary Wave Technique....Pages 579-586
Kinetics on Adsorption-Desorption of Ions at Inorganic Oxides-H 2 O Interface by Means of Relaxation Techniques....Pages 587-596
Back Matter....Pages 597-608