CHED 221 |
| Green chemistry has received great interest in recent years because of concerns of environmental pollution and its effect on the ecosystem. One major new development in the field of green chemistry has been the use of ionic liquids to replace volatile organic solvent in synthetic application. Ionic liquids, molten salts, are used as replacements for volatile organic solvents in numerous synthetic applications because of their “reported” benign effect on the environment. We examined the effects of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (IL) on the hybridization of calf thymus DNA. Our initial results showed a decrease in the hybridization of calf thymus DNA solubilized in 10% IL-buffer solution as compared to the DNA solubilized in 0.10 M sodium phosphate buffer. However, the percent decrease in hybridization was greater for calf thymus DNA dissolved in pure water than the percent decrease for DNA dissolved in 10% IL-buffer solution. |
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Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Biochemistry
2:30 PM-4:30 PM, Monday, 11 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster
Division of Chemical Education |