INTERACTION OF NICOTINIC ACID WITH L-PHENYLALANINE IN BUFFER SOLUTIONS: HEAT CAPACITY AND VOLUME PROPERTIES STUDY

Abstract

Thermodynamic and physicochemical properties of multicomponent aqueous solutions containing biologically active solutes are important in various areas of applied chemistry and are essential for understanding the chemistry of biological systems. Interactions between nicotinic acid (NA) and L-phenylalanine (Phe) were studied in aqueous phosphate buffer solutions (pH=7.35) by differential scanning calorimetry and volume methods. Heat capacities and densities of nicotinic acid-buffer, L-phenylalanine-buffer, and nicotinic acid-L-phenylalanine-buffer mixtures were determined at T=(288.15, 298.15, 308.15 and 318.15) K using the microdifferential scanning calorimeter SCAL-1 (Pushchino, Russia) and the density meter DSA 5000 M (Anton Paar). The apparent molar heat capacities (fCp) and apparent molar volumes (Vφ,NA) of nicotinic acid in buffer solution and in buffer 0.0120 mol×kg-1 amino acid solutions were evaluated. The concentration of NA was varied from (0.0079 to 0.036) mol×kg-1. The first and second differentials values were determined for NA in an aqueous buffer solution and for NA in an aqueous amino acid buffer solution. The interaction of NA with Phe is accompanied by complex formation. NA molecules in an aqueous buffer solution are water structure breakers, then the structure breaking effects of NA decrease as a result of interactions with Phe molecules during the complex formation in an aqueous amino acid buffer solution. The results were discussed in terms of various interactions taking place in this system.Forcitation:Tyunina E.Yu., Badelin V.G., Egorkina V.S. Interaction of nicotinic acid with L-phenylalanine in buffer solutions: heat capacity and volume properties study. Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol. 2017. V. 60. N 4. P. 33-39.