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2-11 Chemistry Synthesis Lab Report

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2- Synthesis of thiolated triethyl chitosan (TEC-Cys) 2-1 synthesis of quaternized ammonium of chitosan (TEC) Triethyl chitosan (TEC) was synthesized as previously described byAvadi et al. [8, 15]with minor modification. Briefly,2 g of chitosan was dispersed in 50 ml of NMP at room temperature while being stirred magnetically. Then in a reflux condition 15 mL ethyl iodide was added stepwise every 1 h. Sodium hydroxide and sodium iodide were not applied in this process in order to decrease O- methylation of chitosan. After 24 hours by adding acetone,TEC precipitant was produced. Finally, for purification of TEC and ion exchange of I toCl,dialysis against 10 % NaCl solution was carried out for 24 hours. Then, purified quaternized ammonium of chitosan was precipitated by acetone and characterized by 1H-NMR using D2O as solvent. 2-2 Synthesis of thiolated quaternized ammonium of chitosan(TEC-Cys) The chemical structure of TEC-Cys is illustrated in figure 1.The covalent attachment of …show more content…

Briefly, 0.5 mg of TEC was dissolved in 500 μL of 0.5 M phosphate buffer pH 8.0. Then 500 μL of 0.03 % (m/v) of DTNB dissolved in 0.5 M phosphate buffer pH 8.0 was added. After incubation at room temperature for 2 hours, the thiol group was determined by using spectrophotometer (Optizen 2120UV Plus) at 405 nm wavelengths. 3- Formation of disulfide bond A 3% (m/v) solution of TEC-Cys was hydrated in 50 mM phosphate buffer pH 6.8 and incubated at 37±5˚C under shaking. At predetermined time intervals, 200 µL of hydrated conjugates were withdrawn and 50 µL of 1M HCl was added to stop further reactions. The amount of remaining thiol groups was determined using Ellman’s reagent [15]. 4- Preparation of nanoparticles In this work, insulin nanoparticles were prepared by PEC method[4, 16,

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