A QSRR Study on the Chromatographic Retention Indices of Hydroxylated Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Hydroxylated Polychlorinated Biphenyls (HO-PCBs) are the metabolite of polychlorinated biphenyls and have drawn much attention because they have hazard on human health and ecosystems. Molecular connectivity index calculation has been performed for 19 HO-PCB compounds. A number of statistically based parameters have been extracted. Linear relationship between chromatographic retention index (RI) and the molecular connectivity index of 15 compounds in the training set has been established by multiple linear regression method. The other 4 HO-PCBs are used as the external test set. The result shows that the parameters can be well used to express the quantitative structure-retention relationship (QSRR) of HO-PCBs. Good stability and predictive ability have been demonstrated by leave-one-out cross-validation and the external test set.     

反气相色谱法测定Kovats及Flory-Huggins保留参数的变化以探究润滑油的氧化机理

 Inverse gas chromatographic technique (IGC) was attempted as a new approach to follow the chemical changes that occur during lubricating base oil oxidation. Three groups of the oxidized base oils were prepared at different oxygen flow rates, periods and temperatures according to IP48 method. The corrected retention volumes (VR) were calculated for a series of selected test solutes possessing different functional groups on the oxidized base oils used as stationary phases. Kovats retention index (I), Flory-Huggins interaction parameter (κ∞1,2), and partial molar free energy of solution (ΔG∞L), were calculated for the given test solutes from their VR. The relationships between the I values and the oxidation variables were plotted and discussed. The obtained results were confirmed by potentiometric titration. The study reveals that the magnitudes of variation of I, κ∞1,2 or ΔG∞L retention parameters depend on the oxidation degree of the base oil. Large differences between the I values permit discrimination between the different oxidation steps.     

Molecular dynamics study on the relationships of modeling, structural and energy properties with sensitivity for RDX-based PBXs

In this paper,a primary model is established for MD(molecular dynamics) simulation for the PBXs(polymer-bonded explosives) with RDX(cyclotrimethylene trinitramine) as base explosive and PS as polymer binder.A series of results from the MD simulation are compared between two PBX models,which are represented by PBX1 and PBX2,respectively,including one PS molecular chain having 46 repeating units and two PS molecular chains with each having 23 repeating units.It has been found that their structural,interaction energy and mechanical properties are basically consistent between the two models.A systematic MD study for the PBX2 is performed under NPT conditions at five different temperatures,i.e.,195 K,245 K,295 K,345 K,and 395 K.We have found that with the temperature increase,the maximum bond length(L max) of RDX N N trigger bond increases,and the interaction energy(E N-N) between two N atoms of the N-N trigger bond and the cohesive energy density(CED) decrease.These phenomena agree with the experimental fact that the PBX becomes more sensitive as the temperature increases.Therefore,we propose to use the maximum bond length L max of the trigger bond of the easily decomposed and exploded component and the interaction energy E N-N of the two relevant atoms as theoretical criteria to judge or predict the relative degree of heat and impact sensitivity for the energetic composites such as PBXs and solid propellants.     

Insight into the Excellent Tribological Performance of Highly Oriented Poly(phenylene sulfide)

Achieving low friction and wear of poly(phenylene sulfide)(PPS) without using fillers or blending is a challenging task, but one of considerable practical importance. Here we describe how neat PPS with high tribological performance is achieved by manipulating processing parameters(pressure, flow and temperature). The key to achieving high tribological performance is comparatively high molecular chain orientation, realized in neat PPS, at high shear rates and low pressure. The friction coefficient and wear rate are as low as ~0.3 and~10^-6 mm³·N^-1·m^-1, respectively, which break the record for neat PPS. These values are even better than those for PPS-based blends and comparable to PPS composites. Further studies show, for the first time, that wear rate decreases exponentially with increasing molecular chain orientation, prompting us to revise the classical Archard's law by including the effect of molecular chain orientation. These findings open the possibility of using neat PPS in highly demanding tribological applications.     

Retention model of protein for mixedmode interaction mechanism in ion exchange and hydrophobic interaction chromatography

A unified retention equation of proteins was proved to be valid for a mixed-mode interaction mechanism in ion exchange chromatography (IEC) and hydrophobia interaction chro-matography (HIC). The reason to form a "U" shape retention curve of proteins hi both HIC and IEC was explained and the concentration range of the strongest elution ability for the mobile phase was determined with this equation. The parameters in this equation could be used to characterize the difference for either HIC or IEC adsorbents and the changes in the molecular conformation of proteins. With the parameters in this equation, the contributions of salt and water in the mobile phase to the protein retention in HIC and IEC were discussed, respectively. In addition, the comparison between the unified equation and Melander' s three-parameter equation for mixed-mode interaction chromatography was also investigated and better results were obtained in former equation.     

THE EFFECTS OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE ON PARAMETERS a, b AND c IN RETENTION EQUATION AND PREDICTION OF CAPACITY FACTORS IN RP-HPLC

In this paper, the effects of molecular structure on the parameters a, b and c in retention equation are investigated theoretically and experimentally. Parameter b in RP-HPLC approaches a small constant, because there is very weak displacement adsorption. Parameter c in RP-HPLC is mainly determined by the difference between solute-strong solvent and solute-weak solvent interaction and can be quantitatively correlated with the structural parameters of solute such as van der Waals volume (Vw), dipole moment (μA) and hydrogen bond energy (XAH). Parameter a has similar rules to parameter c. The prediction of k' value for non-polar, homologous compounds is studied. The linear relationship between k' and coverage of amount of the bonded chain in RP-HPLC is confirmed.     

多环芳烃分子结构的距边矢量表征及其气相色谱保留指数预测

 从分子图论拓扑学角度出发 ,提出用六元素组成的分子距边矢量VMDE表达上百个多环芳烃化学结构 ,对 10 0种多环芳烃的毛细管气相色谱保留值进行定量相关性研究 ,发现存在良好的线性相关关系 :IR=a +bVMDE,n =10 0 ,r =0 .988,其中a ,b为回归系数 ,可用于多环芳烃的色谱保留指数的分子建模与定量预测。     

Study of Retention Index of GC of Alkane by using Novel Molecular Distance-Edge Vector (λ)and Functional-Enhanced Net

The Functional-Enhanced net (FEN), a newly developed single-layer neural network, without hidden layer, is introduced and used to predict the retention indices of gas chromatography (GC) of alkane compounds in straight-run gasoline,with novel molecular distance-edge (MDE) vector (λ)in alkanes.     

Interpretation of interactions of halogenated hydrocarbons with modified silica adsorbent coated with 3-benzylketoimine group silane

The paper reports a new group of adsorbents obtained by modification of silica surface with silane containing 3-benzylketoimine groups with bonded Cu(II) and Ni(II) chlorides. The adsorbents obtained were subjected to a chromatographic study to establish the type of adsorbate-adsorbent interactions for aliphatic and aromatic halogenated hydrocarbons used as adsorbates. The following retention parameters were determined: retention factor (k), Kovats retention index (I), specific retention volume (V _g), and molecular retention index (ΔM _e). Values of the molecular retention index were subjected to complex statistical analysis providing qualitative relations between the adsorbates’ properties and spatial structure and their retention. It was observed that bonding of chlorides of Cu(II) and Ni(II) with the ketoimine groups resulted in an increase of the retention index and the molecular retention index indicating an increase of the adsorbate-adsorbent interaction in comparison with the reference column coated with silane including a 3-benzylketoimine group without transition metal chlorides. Along with the observed increase of the adsorbate-adsorbent interaction, larger difference between the retention indices was observed for both halogenated compounds. This indicates a positive influence of the introduced transition metals on the selectivity of the adsorbate-adsorbent interactions of the examined columns.     

分子距边矢量研究链烃与醛酮的定量构效关系

按碳原子及键合特性分类定义并计算了链烃包括烷、烯,炔,双烯,烯炔烃的分子距离－边数矢量（ＭＤＥ）,将１５３个链烃的ＭＤＥ矢量与相应的沸点相关联,得到良好的线性模型,复相关系数Ｒ＝０．９９７６,均方根误差０．９９７５、ＲＭＳ＝４．７２Ｋ和Ｒ＝０．９９７２、ＲＭＳ＝５．１３Ｋ。结果表明模型具有良好的稳定性和预测能力。进一步对杂原用染色因子进行标识,提出了一种适用于含杂原子体系分子结构描述的ＭＤＥ矢量,     

Molecular Modeling in Chromatoscopy as a New Tool in the Structure Elucidation of Novel Isomers by GC/MS

The importance of gas–solid chromatography on graphitized thermal carbon black (GTCB) as a source of additional data for the positive structural elucidation of novel isomers by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry is discussed. The retention parameters of isomers being investigated were calculated by Kiselev's method (chromatoscopy) to predict the order of their separation on a column packed with GTCB. To extend the possibilities of this method and to improve the accuracy of a prediction of retention parameters, the molecular mechanics was used for the optimization of hypothetical molecular models of isomers required for these calculations. As a test mixture 11 isomers of perhydroanthracene and perhydrophenanthrene were consedered. The predicted elution order from the column packed with GTCB of these isomers, calculated on the basis of molecular models optimized by molecular mechanics appeared to be close to the experiment, whereas the result obtained by a conventional approach appeared to fail. Molecular modeling in chromatoscopy was used for the structural elucidation of novel isomers of perhydroxanthene (PHX) and perhydro-4-thia-s-indacene (PHTI), which were found by GC–MS in reaction mixtures. The evidence for this assignment-based on the obtained GC and MS data, is discussed.     

Structural Characterization of Volatile Components of Rosa Banksiae Ait for Estimation and Prediction of Their Linear Retention Indices and Retention Times

The molecular electronegativity-distance vector （MEDV） was used to describe the molecular structure of volatile components of Rosa banksiae Ait, and QSRR model was built up by use of multiple linear regression （MLR）. Furthermore, in virtue of variable screening by the stepwise multiple regression technique, the QSRR models of 10 and 6 variables and linear retention index （LRI） 10, 7 and 6 varieables were built up by combinating MEDV with the Ultra2 column GC retention time （tR） of 53 volatile components of Rosa Banksiae Air. The multiple correlation coefficients （R） of modeling calculation values of QSRR model were 0.906, 0.906, 0.949, 0.943 and 0.949, respectively. The cross-verification multiple correlation coefficients （RCV） were 0.903, 0.904, 0.867, 0.901 and 0.904, respectively. The results show that the models constructed could provide estimation stability and favorable predictive ability.