Crystal hydrates: an investigation of the use of crystal hydrates as stationary phases in gas chromatography

Summary The use of crystallohydrates, crystallohydrate solutions and melts as stationary phases in gas chromatography has been proposed. Crystallohydrates have been shown to display high selectivity in the separation of polar organic compounds when use is made of water vapours as the mobile phase. Some aspects of gas-liquid chromatography in water vapours and with the stationary phase comprising crystallohydrates have been studied, and the preliminary results obtained point to the desirability of further progress in this field.Presented at the 14th International Symposium on Chromatography London, September, 1982     

Effect of N2O pretreatment on fresh and regenerated Pd-Ag/α-Al2O3 catalysts during selective hydrogenation of acetylene

N₂O pretreatment has shown to result in enhancement of the performance of fresh commercial Pd-Ag/α-Al₂O₃ catalyst during selective acetylene hydrogenation. However, it showed no effect for the used and regenerated catalysts probably due to changes int he metal arrangement on the catalyst surface after regeneration.     

Selectivity enhancement of a metal-sensitive flame ionization detector for capillary gas chromatography

A novel modification of a hydrogen-atmosphere flamo ionization detector (HAFID) is presented which attenuates response to hydrocarbon compounds, significantly enhancing selectivity towards organometallic compounds by more than an order of magnitude. Chromatograms of an organometallic compound test mixture and regular leaded gasoline are presented to depict the specificity of the response.     

New selective O-debenzylation of phenol with Mg/MeOH

Carboxylate-benzyl and nitro-benzyl groups used in phenols protection were selectively debenzylated with 3-25 equiv of Mg in methanol at room temperature. Good yields of the desired phenols were obtained within 3-10 h from a wide variety of O-(carboxylate-benzyl)- or O-(nitro-benzyl)-phenols. Selective O-debenzylation was possible in the presence of O-(carboxylate-benzyl)- or O-(nitro-benzyl)-phenols with Mg/MeOH.     

Easy saponification by metal silanolates: application in SPPS and in (S)-5-hydroxynorvaline preparation

Alkali metal trimethylsilanolates, TMSO⁻, M⁺, has been used for efficient conversion of methyl esters into their corresponding anhydrous acid salts under mild non-aqueous conditions. This strategy has been applied to SPPS for the preparation of neurotoxin cyclic analogues and in (S)-5-hydroxynorvaline synthesis.     

Reaction kinetics of the selective liquid phase hydrogenation of styrene oxide to β-phenethyl alcohol

Liquid phase hydrogenation of styrene oxide using 1% Pd/C and NaOH as a promoter was found to give selectively β-phenethyl alcohol (PEA) under very mild conditions (313–333 K; 0.68–5.5 MPa). The kinetics of this system was investigated by collecting initial rate data in a batch slurry reactor. Rate of hydrogenation was found to decrease beyond a certain concentration of both hydrogen (>3 MPa) and styrene oxide (>0.5 kmol/m³). A Langmuir–Hinshelwood type rate equation has been proposed based on the initial rate data in the kinetic regime. The model predictions agree very well with the experimentally observed concentration–time data indicating the applicability of the proposed rate model.     

MoO3/SiO2催化剂的异丁烷选择氧化反应性能

分别采用浸渍法和溶胶－凝胶法制备了MoO3/SiO2催化剂，用XRD，TPR，IR，TPD和活性评价等手段对催化剂的影响，晶格氧活泼性，化学吸附性能和异丁烷选择氧化反应性能进行了研究。结果表明，催化剂表面由Lewis碱位Mo=M,Mo-O-Mo中的晶格氧和Lewis酸位Mo^6 构成，在MoO3/SiO2催化剂上，异丁烷主要通过甲基的H双位吸附在表面的Lewis碱位Mo=O上；在常压条件下，异丁烷选择氧化产物主要为异丁烷，甲基丙烯醛和甲基丙烯酸，其中深度氧化产物CO2主要由吸附的异丁烯继续反应生成；采用溶胶－凝胶法制备的MoO3/SiO2催化剂，可得到较高的异丁烷转化率和含氧有机物选择性。     

The theoretical basis of column chromatography in multicomponent separations. Part 2: Peak capacity. Column systems with good selectivity

The selectivity of a column system, S, defined by equation 28, includes a variation coefficient (β) of plate number with capacity ratio which has a large influence on the peak capacity, as shown in Fig. 18. Some typical chromatograms are given. In order to predict S for a column system from Kovat's Index, equations 40 and 41 are given to calculate the constant of the carbon number rule for squalane at different temperatures or for different stationary phases. The specific retention value of heptane on squalane at different temperatures can be calculated from equation 42. The nonpolarity index, defined by equation 43, was used to calculate the retention value of heptane on various stationary phases. In liquid chromatography, the order of elution may be reversed by changing the composition of the eluent on the same chemically bonded silica (manufactured in China). The linear relations between the log retention values of different kinds of solutes or of a single solute on the silicas of different surface areas when using the same eluent are given.     

Selective ortho-cleavage of methoxymethyl- and 4-methoxybenzyl ethers

Iodine in methanol has been found to be an effective catalyst system for the cleavage of alkoxymethyl ethers. This catalyst system is particularly useful for the selective removal of ortho-methoxymethyl- and ortho-(4-methoxybenzyl) ethers in the presence of their para-counterparts. Further investigation of various metal salts in methanol for their ability to cleave alkoxymethyl ethers revealed high-valent salts as effective catalysts, presumably through the release of small quantities of HCl.