title: Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopic characterization of a silica-immobilized N-hydroxysuccinimide active ester crosslinking agent and its precursors.
abstract: Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy was used to characterize the product of each step in the preparation of a silica-immobilized N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) active ester. The preparation of this NHS active ester linkage was based on a literature procedure for the immobilization of proteins. The DRIFT method was used to guide modification of this literature procedure. The DRIFT method also was used to indicate an impurity entrapped in the 60-A diameter pores of the silica support during the formation of the immobilized active ester. Degradation of the immobilized NHS active ester, stored under either argon or dioxane, can be followed by the DRIFT method. Myoglobin and glycine were allowed to react with the active ester, and the result for this silica support was evaluated by the DRIFT method. Elemental analysis was used to provide information on the loading of the silica-immobilized moieties that were presented for DRIFT analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Warner
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Tenge
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hungerford
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Honigs
mesh_terms: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D004952:Esters; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D005998:Glycine; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods; D013388:Succinimides
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004952:Esters; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009211:Myoglobin; D013388:Succinimides; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; C001426:N-hydroxysuccinimide; D005998:Glycine