Origin of salt additive effect on solute partitioning in aqueous polyethylene glycol-8000–sodium sulfate two-phase system

Partitioning of a homologous series of dinitrophenylted (DNP-) amino acids with aliphatic side chains was examined in aqueous polyethylene glycol (PEG)-8000-sodium sulfate two-phase systems (ATPS) with the additives NaSCN, NaClO4, and NaH2PO4 at concentrations varied from 0.025M up to 0.54M. The differences between the relative hydrophobicities and electrostatic properties of the two phases in all ATPS were estimated. Partitioning of adenine, adenosine mono-, di- and tri-phosphates was also examined in all ATPSs, including those with NaCl additive. Partition coefficients for these compounds and for nonionic organic compounds previously reported [L.A. Ferreira, P. Parpot, J.A. Teixeira, L.M. Mikheeva, B.Y. Zaslavsky, J. Chromatogr. A 1220 (2012) 14.] were analyzed in terms of linear solvent regression relationship. The results obtained suggest that the effects of the salts additives are related to their influence on the water structure.