电喷雾电离质谱在化学中应用新进展

电喷雾电离质谱(ESI-MS)是本世纪发展的非常重要的质谱,具有无碎片的特点,可分析检测非挥发性的、极性的、热不稳定的化合物。评述了ESI-MS在富勒烯化学、无机配合物、簇合物、有机化学反应,金属有机化合物及超分子化学中的应用进展。     

质谱在金属抗肿瘤化合物分子作用机理研究中的应用

软电离质谱,包括电喷雾质谱(ESI-MS)和基质辅助激光解吸电离质谱(MALDI-MS)已成为研究金属抗肿瘤药物与蛋白质、DNA等生物大分子相互作用最强有力的工具.质谱成像技术在组织、细胞水平上探索金属抗肿瘤化合物作用机理研究上的应用也方兴未艾.本文基于在金属抗肿瘤配合物分子作用机理研究中的工作进展,系统地总结、评述质谱在铂基和钌基金属抗肿瘤配合物分子作用机理研究中的应用,介绍质谱研究金属抗肿瘤配合物与蛋白质和DNA相互作用及作用位点的最新研究成果,并展望质谱在这一前沿交叉领域的应用前景和趋势.     

直接进样电喷雾离子阱质谱法对含硫三联吡啶衍生物的研究

采用电喷雾电离质谱通过直接进样方式对合成的3个含硫的三联吡啶配体及2个钌配合物进行分析,详细研究了其在电喷雾条件下的质谱行为。结果表明,含有芳硫基和苄硫基的三联吡啶配体在电喷雾过程中采取了不同的断裂方式,前者首先从与芳硫键相连的碳硫键断裂失去不含硫的部分碎片离子,而后者则从苄基碳硫键断裂失去含硫的部分碎片离子。两类配体与钌形成的配合物均具有较稳定的结构,不易发生多级质谱断裂。通过对配合物分子离子峰和同位素峰的分析讨论,确定了含硫的三联吡啶合钌配合物的结构。这一研究结果表明电喷雾多级串联质谱适合于含硫三联吡啶类配体及其钌配合物的结构研究,方法简便高效、准确可靠,为该类化合物的结构研究提供了参考。     

乙二胺钴氧合反应的电喷雾串联质谱研究

采用电喷雾多级串联质谱技术对氧载体模型化合物乙二胺钴氧合产物的的质谱裂解规律进行了探讨。以固相法合成的乙二胺钴吸氧初和吸氧6 d两个阶段为研究体系,在正离子电喷雾质谱条件下能够清楚地观测到乙二胺钴氧合配合物的特征碎片离子。对其中m/z 150.86的碎片峰进行子离子扫描,可得到失去中性氧分子(M=32)的子离子碎片峰(m/z 118.85),从而可进一步确认其为氧合配合物碎片峰。本文采用电喷雾多级串联质谱技术对吸氧初和吸氧饱和后的两个体系进行了合理的初步探讨,根据所得质谱数据对乙二胺钴氧合产物的结构、裂解规律及氧气的存在形态给出初步合理的推论,结果表明,吸氧过程是一个老化的过程,乙二胺钴配合物从吸氧初到吸氧饱和后,其形态经历了从双核过氧桥联配合物到双核过氧羟基双桥联配合物形态的转变。初步确立电喷雾质谱(ESI-MS)可做为研究氧合反应和表征氧合配合物的有效技术手段。     

组氨酸钴氧合配合物二聚体形态的电喷雾串联质谱验证研究

电喷雾质谱(ESI-MS)是一种软电离质谱技术,已在配合物的结构和机理的研究中显示了重要的作用。本文根据组氨酸钴(CoL2)(L=组氨酸)对分子氧活性很高,极易生成双核氧合配合物(CoL2-O2-CoL2)的特点,采用ESI-MS方法研究了组氨酸钴氧合物(CoL2-O2-CoL2)和组氨酸配合物ML2(M=Cu、Zn)。结果发现,质谱图中在相应于双核氧合配合物的高质荷比端(m/z>ML2),CoL2出现质谱峰,而组氨酸配合物ML2(M=Cu、Zn)在质谱图中高质荷比端没有出现质谱峰,只有配合物ML2的相关峰;这个结果证明了文献报道中的双核氧合配合物(CoL2-O2-CoL2)的存在,根据所得质谱结果,初步研究了组氨酸钴双核氧合配合物和ML2配合物的裂解规律。结果表明,可根据质谱数据中有无二聚体形态,做出Co配合物有无吸氧性能的初步判断,因此电喷雾质谱(ESI-MS)可做为研究Co配合物氧合反应和表征Co氧合配合物的有效分析手段。     

四种N-杂环卡宾钯配合物的电喷雾质谱研究

利用电喷雾质谱技术研究了四种N-杂环钯卡宾配合物,优化出较适宜检测的电喷雾质谱条件极性较高的溶剂(如乙腈),较低的离子源温度,样品浓度以1.0×10-4mol/L左右为宜,使用较低锥孔电压(5~35V).在此实验条件下,在全扫描电喷雾正离子谱中都会出现[M-I CH3CN] 及[M-I] 的质谱峰.通过源内碰撞诱导电离(CID)技术进一步分析样品在溶液中的性质.实验说明ESI不仅可作为一种分析工具,也可作为获得更多信息的一种方法,来研究有机金属基团在溶液中的性质.     

组氨酸钴氧合反应的电喷雾串联质谱

组氨酸合钴配合物是重要的氧载体模型化合物,对揭示氧载体的可逆吸氧机理的研究有着重要的作用。本文以组氨酸合钴吸氧初和吸氧中期两个阶段为研究体系,采用电喷雾多级串联质谱技术对组氨酸合钴氧载体的质谱裂解规律进行了研究。在其质谱裂解图谱中发现了氧合配合物碎片峰,将该氧合配合物碎片峰进一步裂解,可得到失去中性氧分子的子离子碎片峰,从而对其氧合形式进行了确认,根据所得质谱数据对组氨酸合钴氧合产物的结构、裂解规律及氧气的存在形态给出合理的推论。结果表明,吸氧过程是一个动态的变化过程,组氨酸合钴配合物吸氧初和吸氧24h后,分子氧均以超氧型形式存在,但其型态经历了从双核超氧桥联配合物到双核双桥联超氧羟基配合物的转变。对此过程的研究一直缺乏直接测定方法未被完全确定。本文采用电喷雾多级串联质谱技术对此氧合反应的机理进行了探讨,并初步确立电喷雾质谱（ESI-MS）可做为研究氧合反应和表征氧合配合物的有效技术手段。     

Gd(Ⅲ)-Cu(Ⅱ)杂核大环配合物的合成、表征和磁性

报道了Gd(Ⅲ)-Cu(Ⅱ)杂核大环配合物的合成. 元素分析、红外光谱、电喷雾质谱等数据证明杂核配合物的存在. 变温磁性研究结果表明分子内Gd(Ⅲ)和Cu(Ⅱ)成铁磁性偶合.     

常温自旋交叉配合物[Fe(dpp)(Mepy)2(NCS)2]的合成与磁性

设计制备了一种新的常温自旋交叉配合物[Fe(dpp)(Mepy)2(NCS)2]. 通过元素分析、红外光谱、电喷雾质谱和紫外光谱等测试技术对该配合物进行了结构表征. 变温磁化率研究发现,该配合物的自旋转换温度Tc=330 K. 通过与同体系其它配合物的比较发现,配体的修饰对自旋交叉临界温度以及回滞宽度均有显著影响.     

常温自旋交叉配合物[Fe(dpp)(Mepy)2(NCS)2]的合成与磁性研究

设计制备了一个新的常温自旋交叉配合物[Fe(dpp)(Mepy)2(NCS)2]。通过元素分析、红外光谱、电喷雾质谱和紫外光谱等方法对该配合物进行结构表征。变温磁化率研究发现该配合物的自旋转换温度Tc为330K。通过与同体系其他配合物的比较发现,配体的修饰对自旋交叉临界温度以及回滞宽度都有显著影响。     

Metal Vector Manipulated Molecular Self-Assembly from Werner System to Cotton System

A definition of metal vector was given to coordinatively unsaturated metals or asymmetrically coordinated metal complexes in which the metal center is partly blocked by inert chelating ligand(s), thus possess specific reactivity and directionality, such as cis-coordinated square Pd(Ⅱ) or Pt(Ⅱ) complexes. Metal vectors have been extensively used in coordination catalysis and molecular assembly. In 1990, Fujita [ 1 ] first demonstrated the utility of cis-coordinated square Pd(Ⅱ)or Pt(Ⅱ) complexes as a right angular 2D metal vector in the formation of molecular square, a cyclic tetramer with nano-cavity and unique molecular recognition. So far, much attention has been paid to the use of the mononuclear coordination centers (Werner-type metal vectors) in molecular assembly.As late as 1999, Cotton et al. [2] reported the use of cis-coordinated metal-metal bonded dimetal units (Cotton-type metal vectors) to direct assembly of molecular squares.This presentation includes two parts: 1) Werner-type metal vector directed molecular assembly; [3]2) Cotton-type metal vector directed molecular assembly.[4]Firstly, the Werner-type metal vector, cis-coordinated Pd(Ⅱ) nitrate, was used to direct a 6-component self-assembly. This leads to the formation of a molecular bowl or crown with syn,syn,syn conformation. These structures are analogues of calix[3]arenes and can function as anion receptors. Interestingly, an nitrate is found to distort from a trigonal plane into a trigonal pyramid when binding to the bottom of the molecular bowl.Secondly, the Cotton-type metal vector, cis-diRh(Ⅱ, Ⅱ), was used to assemble di- or poly-carboxylate anions into neutral supermolecules. Most interestingly, a calixarene-based carceplex with four cis-diRh(Ⅱ, Ⅱ) fastners was obtained[5].All self-assembling entities were studied by both X-ray crystallographic analysis and solution NMR spectra, which are consistent with the presence of assembling structures even in solution.     

Short metal capillary columns packed with polymer-coated fibrous materials in high-temperature gas chromatography

The high-temperature gas chromatographic (GC) separation of several semivolatile compounds is studied with a short metal capillary column packed with fibrous material, having a polydimethylsiloxane coating thereon. Taking advantage of the excellent heat-resistance of the fiber and also the combination of the surface-deactivated metal capillary, a temperature-programmed separation up to 450 degrees C is successfully demonstrated for the separation of polymer standard samples. The average molecular weight of the commercially-available polymer standard samples for size exclusion chromatography (SEC) is estimated by high-temperature GC analysis and compared with the nominal value determined by a conventional SEC method. Although a slight deviation for the number-average molecular weight is observed between the GC and SEC analysis, the data for the weight-average molecular weight shows a good agreement in these methods. The results also suggest the future possibility of the fiber-packed metal capillary as a miniaturized GC column with an increased sample loading capacity.     

Controlled Folding,Motional, and Constitutional Dynamic Processes of Polyheterocyclic Molecular Strands

General design principles have been developed for the control of the structural features of polyheterocyclic strands and their effector‐modulated shape changes. Induced defined molecular motions permit designed enforcement of helical as well as linear molecular shapes. The ability of such molecular strands to bind metal cations allows the generation of coiling/uncoiling processes between helically folded and extended linear states. Large molecular motions are produced on coordination of metal ions, which may be made reversible by competition with an ancillary complexing agent and fueled by sequential acid/base neutralization energy. The introduction of hydrazone units into the strands confers upon them constitutional dynamics, whereby interconversion between different strand compositions is achieved through component exchange. These features have relevance for nanomechanical devices. We present a morphological and functional analysis of such systems developed in our laboratories.     

Solvation of Co(III)-cysteinato complexes in water: a DFT-based molecular dynamics study

Structural, dynamical, and vibrational properties of complexes made of metal cobalt(III) coordinated to different amounts of cysteine molecules were investigated with DFT-based Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics (CPMD) simulations in liquid water solution. The systems are composed of Co(III):3Cys and Co(III):2Cys immersed in liquid water which are modeled by about 110 explicit water molecules, thus one of the biggest molecular systems studied with ab initio molecular simulations so far. In such a way, we were able to investigate structural and dynamical properties of a model of a typical metal binding site used by several proteins. Cobalt, mainly a toxicological agent, can replace the natural binding metal and thus modify the biochemical activity. The structure of the surrounding solvent around the metal-ligands complexes is reported in detail, as well as the metal-ligands coordination bonds, using radial distribution functions and electronic analyses with Mayer bond orders. Structures of the Cocysteine complexes are found in very good agreement with EXAFS experimental data, stressing the importance of considering the surrounding solvent in the modeling. A vibrational analysis is also conducted and compared to experiment, which strengthens the reliability of the solvent interactions with the Cocysteine complexes from our molecular dynamics simulations, as well as the dynamics of the systems. From this preliminary analysis, we could suggest a vibrational fingerprint able to distinguish Co(III):2Cys from Co(III):3Cys. Our simulations also show the importance of considering a quantum explicit solvent, as solute-to-solvent proton transfer events have been observed.     

Development of Novel Substrates for Surface-enhanced Raman and Surface-enhanced Hyper Raman Spectroscopy

Since its discovery two decades ago, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has been explored extensively as a useful technique in the study of molecular behaviors at interfaces and in chemical and biochemical analysis. At solid-liquid interface, SERS has been practiced mainly in aqueous solution on either aggregated metal colloids or roughened metal electrodes. However, both aggregated metal colloids and roughened electrodes have their own problems as SERS substrates. One of the intriguing questions in exploring SERS application in chemistry is that can SERS-activity be gained and regulated from the dispersed metal nanoparticles immobilized on a SERS-inactive smooth electrode surface. The very essence of this question is to explore the effect on SERS-activity when the main features of two conventional SERS-surfaces, namely metal colloids and electrode, are combined. Same question can also be asked for the nonlinear three-photon surface-enhanced hyper Raman scattering (SEHRS).     

Complex formation reactions of lanthanum(III), cerium(III), thorium(IV), dioxouranyl(IV) complexes with tricine

Equilibrium studies for the heavy metal ions La(III), Ce(III), Th(IV) and UO2(IV) (M) complexes of the zwitterionic buffer tricine (L) in aqueous solution are investigated. Stoichiometry and stability constants for the different complexes formed as well as hydrolysis products of the metal cations are determined at 25 degrees C and ionic strength 0.1 M NaNO3. The stability of the formed complexes are discussed in terms of the nature of the heavy metal cation. The solid complexes are synthesized and characterized by means of elemental analysis, FTIR, and TG analysis. The general molecular formulae of the obtained complexes is suggested to be [M(L)2](NO3)n-2(H2O)x, where n = the charge of the metal cation, x = no. of water molecules.     

The Trigonal Prism in Coordination Chemistry

Herein we analyze the accessibility of the trigonal‐prismatic geometry to metal complexes with different electron configurations, as well as the ability of several hexadentate ligands to favor that coordination polyhedron. Our study combines i) a structural database analysis of the occurrence of the prismatic geometry throughout the transition‐metal series, ii) a qualitative molecular orbital analysis of the distortions expected for a trigonal‐prismatic geometry, and iii) a computational study of complexes of several transition‐metal ions with different hexadentate ligands. Also the tendency of specific electron configurations to present a cis bond‐stretch Jahn–Teller distortion is analyzed.     

Density functional analysis of group 10 organometallic diphosphinito complexes for catalytic formation of C‐P bonds

New group 10 metalloorganic complexes are proposed as the basis of new catalysts for the formation of carbon‐phosphorous bonds. Density functional theory (DFT) is applied, using multiple DFT functionals, to model molecular geometry as well as electron density distribution in the highest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMOs) expected to carry out a reductive catalytic cycle. DFT/M06 analysis predicts a robust planar geometry, regardless of alteration of major components. Precursors for rapid catalyst generation should begin with an electron‐withdrawing monodentate ligand. Palladium and platinum catalysts have lower chemical hardness, but the electron distribution in the HOMO of the nickel‐based catalyst is preferred for reductive catalytic mechanisms. Both electron density and chemical hardness, however, are affected by the choice of metal ion and the composition of the monodentate ligand bound to it. Group 10 metalloorganic complexes are modeled as precursors for generating new catalysts for a minimally wasteful method of forming bonds commonly found in biochemically active compounds. Suitable precursors have an accessible metal center, as well as significant the HOMO/LUMO involvement at the metal center. All complexes studied offer similar geometries, but precursor transformation into catalyst depends on the electron‐withdrawing ligand being exchanged. Catalyst turn over number is predicted to depend primarily on the central metal. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Review on metal speciation analysis in cerebrospinal fluid-current methods and results: a review

The large number of patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease motivates many research groups worldwide to investigate pathogenic factors and molecular mechanisms of these diseases. Recent studies and reviews indicate that metals are involved in these neurodegenerative processes in case their homeostasis in the brain is disturbed. Important is that the focus of these recent studies is on essential metals like Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn, but not on the well-known neurotoxic metals like Hg and Pb. Key issues for understanding metal induced neurotoxic effects are the transport processes across the neural barriers, the metal binding forms (species) and their interactions with neuronal structures. Total metal concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid were published in several studies for controls and patients, but the amount of reliable data sets is not yet sufficient for clear definition of normal and elevated levels. The need for more detailed information on metal species in CSF is highlighted in this review. However, studies on element speciation analysis, that means identification and quantification of the various binding forms of metals in cerebrospinal fluid, are rare. The major reasons therefore are difficulties in accessing cerebrospinal fluid samples, the non-covalent nature of many metal species of interest and their rather low concentrations. In spite of this, several applications demonstrate the potential of hyphenated techniques as additional diagnostic tools for cerebrospinal fluid analysis. This review shows the importance of trace element analysis and more specifically of element speciation in cerebrospinal fluid for an improved understanding of pathologic mechanisms promoting neuro-degeneration. Respective analytical techniques are also highlighted. Additionally, biochemical assays for selected high molecular mass metal species are summarized and critically discussed. Moreover additional potential techniques like direct non-invasive methods as well as mathematical modelling approaches are considered. Data on total concentrations of numerous elements in CSF as well as speciation information of elements such as Al, As, Ca, Cd, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Hg, Pb, Se and Zn in CSF are summarized.