A new liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry method for the analysis of underivatized aliphatic long-chain polyamines: application to diatom-rich sediments

Natural polyamines are found in all three domains of life and long-chain polyamines (LCPAs) play a special role in silicifying organisms such as diatoms and sponges where they are actively involved in the complex formation and nanopatterning of siliceous structures. With chain lengths extending up to 20 N-methylated propylamine repeat units, diatom LCPAs constitute the longest natural polyamines. Mixtures of natural LCPAs are typically purified in bulk using ion-exchange, size-exclusion and dialysis and then analyzed either by direct infusion mass spectrometry or by MALDI-TOF. Here, we describe a novel ion-pairing liquid chromatographic method that allows baseline separation, detection and structural elucidation of underivatized aliphatic methylated and non-methylated LCPAs with a wide range of chain lengths. Complete separation of synthetic mixtures of LCPA species differing by either a propylamine or an N-methylpropylamine unit is achievable using this method and chromatographic separation of natural, diatom frustule bound LCPAs extracted from sediment core samples is greatly improved. Using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), we detected singly [M+H](+) and multiply [M+nH](n+) charged protonated ions. The abundance of multiply charged LCPA species increased linearly as a function of LCPA chain length (N) and multiprotonated ions [M+nH](n+) were more abundant for longer chain polyamines. The abundance of multiply charged LCPAs along with the concomitant disappearance of the singly charged protonated molecular ion significantly increases the complexity of the MS spectra, justifying the need for good chromatographic separation of complex LCPA mixtures. This analytical procedure will likely constitute a powerful tool for the characterization, quantification, as well as the purification of individual LCPAs in natural and synthetic samples for studies of silica precipitation as well as nitrogen and carbon isotopic analysis used in paleoceanographic studies.     

A new synthetic approach to side-chain liquid crystalline polyacrylates containing siloxane spacers and their thermal behaviours

The syntheses of novel side-chain liquid crystalline polyacrylates (LCPAs) containing siloxane spacers were carried out according to a convenient route by preparing alcohol compounds having a mesogenic group linked with a siloxane bond as key intermediates of the monomers. A relatively large mesogenic group was necessary to exhibit a mesophase in this system. The introduction of a siloxane spacer lowered the temperature range of mesophase of LCPAs resulting from the decrease of T , as compared with the corresponding LCPAs containing an alkylene spacer. It was also revealed that the chemical structure of spacer component played an important role for the assembly structure in the mesophase. g     

Glass capillary columns with liquid crystalline stationary phases for gas chromatography. The influence of the pretreatment of the inside tube wall

Summary The importance of capillary columns prepared with a liquid crystalline stationary phase are increasing. It is known that the interaction of the liquid crystals molecules with the glass capillary wall may strongly influence selectivity and efficiency of the column. The paper reports on systematic investigations on the correlations between the pretreatment of the inside glass capillary surface, the chemical nature of the liquid crystal and the chromatographic properties of the columns obtained. Two types of matrix were investigated: barium carbonate and barium carbonate with subsequent deactivation with Carbowaxes. Three liquid crystals with different relative polarity (terminal group polarity) and nematic mezophase transitions were used. Deposition of barium carbonate, if necessary, with a secondary Carbowax treatment was found as an excellent capillary wall pretreatment method. Presented at the 15th International Symposium on Chromatography, Nürnberg, October 1984     

Practical aspects of the dependence of polarity on temperature

Summary It is not commonly appreciated that retention indices are temperature dependent. It is even less common to express this fact in more practical terms by saying that polarity is temperature dependent. Although the meaning of both statements is identical, we believe the second to be particularly relevant, since the majority of practical gas chromatographers tends to handle polarity as an invariable characteristic of a stationary phase.The variability of polarity with temperature is the major source of inadequate reproducibility of exact finger-printing, this particularly when gc/ms traces have to be compared to those obtained by pure gc. On the other hand, the temperature dependence provides a practical means to optimize the polarity of a given column for a given analysis. Film thickness is an essential parameter in this context because of its influence on column temperature and, therefore, on column polarity.     

Serially coupled capillary columns supercritical fluid chromatography with a coupling restrictor.

A serially coupled column system for capillary supercritical fluid chromatography was constructed by connecting two capillary columns of different polarities using or without using a coupling restrictor. The influence of the column sequence, the size of the coupling restrictor and the column temperature on the polarity of the system were studied. The system without a coupling restrictor (the directly coupled system) provided an intermediate polarity between two columns, depending on the column geometry, such as the film thickness and column length, although it slightly shifted to that of the first column. In the system with a coupling restrictor, the contribution of the second column to the overall retention increased with its resistance. The use of a coupling restrictor allowed to control the polarity of the coupled system virtually over the whole range between two columns. The temperature was an additional effective parameter for tuning the polarity of the system.     

色谱柱极性和柱温对氯苯类物质保留时间及灵敏度的影响

考察了使用强极性的色谱柱DB-WAXTRE和弱极性的色谱柱DB-5分离3种氯代苯类物质时,其色谱峰保留时间与柱温的关系,建立了3种氯苯在不同的色谱柱间柱温变化相同幅度时保留时间的函数方程式.对二氯苯的柱温-灵敏度曲线峰值中线两侧几乎对称,但每种组分的灵敏度峰值出现所需的柱温不同,在不同的色谱柱上也不同.采用弱极性的DB-5色谱柱,程序升温时氯苯、二氯苯、三氯苯检出限可分别达到0.05、0.08、0.04 ng(进样量为1μL).     

溶胶-凝胶柠檬酸三丁酯毛细管气相色谱柱的研究

柠檬酸三丁酯是浅黄色的液体,可作为固定相,文献记载它被制备成色谱柱的最高使用温度为150℃。鉴于最高使用温度低的限制,柠檬酸三丁酯作为色谱固定相时,一些分子量大的化合物不能使用该柱分析。本文将其作为固定相用溶胶-凝胶法制备毛细管气相色谱柱,并在色谱柱上初步研究了一系列低沸点有机物的分离和保留行为,发现其对醇类、胺类、芳烃等有很好的分离效果。同时使用该种方法制得的毛细管柱能承受的最高温度现为240℃,这对提高柠檬酸三丁酯的利用价值有较好的意义。     

丙烯腈与二乙烯苯原位聚合制备强极性高聚物涂层毛细管柱

以丙烯腈为单体，二乙烯苯为交联剂，采用原位聚合法制备出了强极性的有机高聚物多孔层开管柱－ＯＰＰＬＯＴ－Ａ型柱。对影响制备的因素如致孔剂的选择，反应温度与反应时间，引发剂的选择及浓度等进行了讨论。应用扫描电镜和红外光谱对形成的高聚物固定相的结构进行了表征。实验表明该柱对腈、醛类等化合物有好的分离性能。     

Gas chromatography in qualitative analysis Part 16. An investigation of the oxidation of reference stationary phases used in column characterization by the Rohrschneider and McReynolds methods

Summary The on-column oxidation of hydrocarbons commonly used as stationary phases in column characterization is investigated. In each case significant shifts of retention are observed, which may be negative or positive depending upon the polarity of the test solutes and the adsorptivity of the support material. In order to reduce the consequent uncertainties in the Rohrschneider [1] and McReynolds [2] polarity values, a new method of column characterization is proposed. The applicability of the new method is illustrated by a consideration of a range of silicone liquid phases.     

气相色谱法分离和测定溶剂型木器涂料中正丁醇与苯系物

在气相色谱法测定溶剂型木器涂料中正丁醇及苯系物(包括苯、甲苯及二甲苯)时采用了VF-200MS型号的毛细管色谱柱。由于此型号的毛细管柱具有较强极性,不仅能达到正丁醇与苯系物之间的有效而满意的分离,而且还能使苯系物(包括苯、甲苯、乙苯、二甲苯)之间和二甲苯的同分异构体之间的有效分离。测定中采用正戊烷作内标和用火焰离子检测器检测。此方法的检出限(2S/N)在1.7~3.5 ng之间。用一含有正丁醇的硝基漆样品按所提出的方法进行多次重复测定,并在此样品的基础上加入各被测化合物的标准后进行测定,从而对方法的回收率和精密度作了测试,测得其回收率在87.8%~100.0%之间,测定值的相对标准偏差(n=6)均小于2.5%。     

The selectivity and polarity of carbon layer open tubular capillary columns modified with a polar liquid phase

The polarity of carbon layer open tubular (CLOT) columns coated with a layer of non-porous graphitized carbon black (Carbopack B) modified with an appropriate amount of polar polyglycol liquid phase has been evaluated and compared with that of standard polar (Supelcowax-10) and non-polar (SPB-1) bonded phase open tubular columns. The efficiency and selectivity were measured at various temperatures and the polarity of the columns was evaluated by use of McReynolds' constants and the difference in apparent carbon number, ΔC of linear alkanes and alcohols. The polarity of the CLOT column was found to depend on temperature, and changing the analytical conditions therefore enabled the separation of compounds of different polarity whose reciprocal position and resolution were affected by temperature. The application of calculation methods which enable programmed temperature retention times to be predicted from isothermal data was also found to be possible when the polarity of the CLOT column changes with temperature.     

基于液相色谱-质谱技术的肾脏代谢组学分析方法研究

建立了一种基于高效液相色谱-超高分辨质谱技术的肾脏代谢组学分析方法。肾脏组织于液氮中研磨成粉后,采用甲基叔丁基醚/甲醇/水溶剂体系进行提取,分别得到强极性部分(下层)和弱极性部分(上层)提取物,依次采用HILIC亲水色谱柱和反相C18色谱柱进行梯度洗脱分离后,进行高分辨质谱分析。采用电喷雾离子源(ESI),正、负离子模式检测,扫描方式为全扫描,扫描范围为100~1000 Da,质量分辨率为120000。结果表明,该方法灵敏度高,专属性强,稳定性良好,可同时获取肾脏组织中的强极性和弱极性代谢物信息,可为肾脏疾病和药物肾毒性生物标志物的发现提供一种新的方法。     

Chromatographic terminal band lengths

A terminal band length is defined here as the length of a dispersed solute band as it emerges from the chromatographic column. The number of terminal band lengths per column can be used in the same way that the number of theoretical plates per column is used to measure and compare chromatographic efficiencies, but with greater insight since the proposed unit of measure is an easily visualized, real entity. In addition, the height equivalent to a theoretical plate (HETP) can be regarded as a ratio of the terminal band lenght to sixteen times the number of equivalent terminal band lengths that could be contained in tandem in the column. This concept offers another approach to understanding the meaning of the term, HETP. The terminal band length of a series of homologues is constant and independent of retention time above a certain solute molecular size and column capacity ratio. Within those conditions the correlation between the recorded peak width and retention time during isothermal analysis occurs primarily as a result of change in solute velocity.     

Halochromism of N-phenoxide betaine dye in salt-containing poly(ethylene oxide) oligomers

The polarity of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) oligomers and PEO/salt mixed system was analyzed as the negative solvatochromism and halochromism of betaine dye, 2,6-diphenyl-4-(2,4,6-triphenylpyridinio) phenolate ( 1 ). The polarity of PEO oligomers, detected as the shift of the absorption maximum of the dye ( 1 ), decreased with increasing PEO chain length, reflecting the terminal hydroxyl group fraction. The polarity of the PEO matrix was the function of both lattice energy and cation radius of the added salt under the same salt concentration. There is a clear relation between the absorption maximum and the lattice energy of a series of salts having the same cation. The lattice energy of most salts was suggested to be estimated empirically by this relation.     

A new bonded porous polymer PLOT U column with increased polarity

The separation features of a new type of PLOT U column are presented through many applications. This type of PLOT U column is coated with a divinylbenzene-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate copolymer. It has an increased polarity when compared with a conventional PLOT Q type column. The stationary phase of the PLOT U column is truly bonded, thus providing column rinsability and low column bleed.     

Comments on column characterization: A sulfur column

Summary The McReynolds' constants for liquid sulfur as a stationary phase in gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) are presented. A simple graphical method of pattern analysis is used to indicate the uniqueness of the sulfur column as compared with other stationary liquid phases characterized by McReynolds. The limitations of using a single factor (as polarity) for the basis for the selection of GLC columns is discussed.     

Separation of plant membrane lipids by multiple solid-phase extraction

Plant membrane lipids were separated by multiple solid-phase extraction (SPE) in a single run. Elution was performed continuously through the modulated stationary phase employing only non-aqueous solvent systems. At the different stages of the glycerolipid separation the SPE manifold combined arninopropyl, arninopropyl/silica gel and silica gel/aminopropyl weak anion exchanger columns. The glycerolipid extract of pigment-containing plant tissues was cleared from the pigments onto the aminopropyl column. The aminopropyl column with the glycerolipid extract was then connected to a silica gel column from which monogalactosyldiacylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and digalactosyldiacylglycerol were eluted as individual fractions. The elution was performed under polarity, pH and temperature gradient conditions. To continue the separation, the aminopropyl column was discarded and the silica gel column containing the remaining glycerolipid extract was connected to an aminopropyl anion exchanger column. Individual fractions of sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylinositol were now eluted. The separation process was supported by ammonium counter ions and by the polarity gradient of the elution systems used. The membrane lipids were isolated from pigment-containing (rice and maize leaves and rice leafy stems) and pigment-free (rice roots) tissues. The repeatability for a standard glycerolipid mixture was 2-6% (n=7), and for rice leaf lipid extracts, 3-7% (n=5). Glycerolipid recovery was 87-95%.     

气相色谱柱对多溴联苯醚分析的影响

基于气相色谱-电子捕获检测器法对11种代表性多溴联苯醚进行分析,考察不同类型气相色谱柱对多溴联苯醚分离分析的影响. 结果表明:色谱柱极性是影响分离和响应的主要因素,极性较大的固定相上多溴联苯醚各单体的保留时间变长,响应降低,尤其是高取代多溴联苯醚的响应受到的影响最大. 柱长较短、液膜较薄的色谱柱有助于高取代多溴联苯醚的分析. 不同品牌的色谱柱受生产工艺的影响,对多溴联苯醚的响应产生较大影响.     

Preparation and characteristics of two new GC stationary phases-dihydroxy crown ether containing polysiloxane

Summary Two new kinds of crown ethers: 3,5-dibutyl-unsymmetrydibenzo-14-crown-4-dihydroxy (cis-, and trans-) with the OH-terminal silicone oil in different proportion were coated on glass capillary columns, and immobilized by condensation using a coupling agent of alkyltrimethoxysilane. Chromatographic characteristics, including column efficiency, polarity, selectivity, phase transition temperature and thermal stability were studied. The columns were compared with PEG-20M in terms of polarity and selectivity. The immobilization and retention mechanisms are also discussed.