Gas chromatographic analysis of 1,4-naphthoquinones

Summary A gas chromatographic method is described for the analysis of 1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives in the mixtures of their isomers. The best results were obtained using 7.5% XE-60 on Chromosorb G at 180°. Quantitative determination was carried out with 1,4-naphthoquinone as the internal standard and using relative response factors or by means of the direct calibration method.     

Quinone—cyanide reactions: their use for the determination of quinones and cyanide

Both quinones and cyanide can be determined in the μg—ng ml^-1 range by measuring the fluorescence of the addition products produced. The yield is low (except for the 2-sulfonic acid of 1,4-naphthoquinone) in aqueous solution and 1:1 DMSO:water is the recommended medium for determinations of quinones. The 2-sulfonic acid of 1,4-naphthoquinone permits the determination of trace amounts of cyanide in aqueous solution; there are few interferences.     

Polarographische Bestimmung von Spuren von Carbonylverbindungen in organischen Lösungsmitteln

Traces of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and acetone in organic solvents are determined polarographically as semicarbazones. Solvents miscible with water are measured directly in aqueous buffer solution of semicarbazide, while from those nonmiscible with water the carbonyl compounds are first extracted with a solution of semicarbazide. The polarography of semicarbazones as an analytical method is considerably more sensitive than the direct polarography of aldehydes in a neutral or alkaline medium: in 1 ml samples of solvents, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and acetone can be determined in concentrations of about 10^?4%. The method also permits the determination of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and acetone simultaneously.     

Iodometric microdetermination of semicarbazide by amplification reactions

An analytical method for the determination of 10–2000 μg of semicarbazide is described, using titrimetric procedure with an amplification reaction. It relies upon the reaction of semicarbazide, in phosphate-buffer (pH 7) solution, with a chloroform solution of iodine, and removal of its excess; oxidation of the iodide formed with bromine; and determination of the liberated iodate by the Leipert amplification procedure. The recovery ranged from 97.0 to 100.1%.     

Photoreactions of 1,4-Naphthoquinones: effects of substituents and water on the intermediates and reactivity

The photochemistry of lapachol and other 1,4-naphthoquinone (NQ) derivatives, e.g. 2-methoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (MeONQ), 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (2-HONQ) or 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (5-HONQ) and 2-methyl-5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (P-NQ) in solution at room temperature was studied by ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy after nanosecond laser pulses at 248 nm. The triplet state and semiquinone radicals were observed for MeONQ, HONQ and P-NQ, whereas for lapachol, intramolecular H-atom and charge transfer processes take place, as in the case of vitamin K1. The photoinduced reaction of NQ into HONQ is initiated by nucleophilic water addition to the triplet state, and for the secondary reactions, a modified mechanism is proposed.     

Electrochemical determination of carbaryl oxidation in natural water and soil samples

An electrochemical method for the determination of carbaryl, after prior oxidation to 1,4-naphthoquinone in natural water and soils is reported. The coulometric oxidation of carbaryl at a platinum electrode was studied using 0.024 mol/L Britton-Robinson buffer (pH 7.0). The reduction of the oxidation product 1,4-naphthoquinone at a dropping mercury electrode was used for the indirect determination of carbaryl after separation on C₁₈ Sep-pak cartridges by differential pulse polarography (detection limits: 0.41 mg L^?1 of water and 0.47 mg kg^?1 of soil) and directly without separation by adsorptive stripping voltammetry (detection limits: 5 μg L^?1 of water and 7 μg kg^?1 of soil, for 75 s preconcentration time). Relative errors were lower than 3.7% and relative standard deviations smaller than 4.5%.     

Oxidation of hydroxynaphthalenes by means of Co(III) acetate

1,4-Dihydroxynaphthalene can be quantitatively oxidized to 1,4-naphthoquinone with Co(III) acetate in glacial acetic acid. Analytical determination can be carried out both directly potentiometrically, as well as indirectly using excess of the oxidant and back titrating the unconsumed amount of the reagent with Fe(II) sulfate.     

Spectrophotometric kinetic and determination of quinones and barbiturates.

The kinetics of 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid with some quinones, namely 1,4-benzoquinone, 1,4-naphthoquinone and p-chloranil in 50% methyl alcohol-water mixture have been investigated spectrophotometrically at 30-50 degrees C. The reaction follows overall second-order kinetics, first order each in reactant. From the dependence of the rate constants on temperature, activation parameters have been calculated. A plot of deltaH# versus deltaS# for the reaction gave a good straight line with an isokinetic temperature of 387.66 K. The rate of reaction increases with increasing dielectric constant of the medium. Based on this reaction, a spectrophotometric determination method of quinones is described. Beer's law was obeyed within the concentration range 2.7-61.5 microg ml(-1) quinone. The method was applied for determination of barbituric, thiobarbituric and 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acids with 1,4-naphthoquinone within a concentration range of 3.2-39.5 microg ml(-1) barbiturate. The reaction mechanism and reactivity have been discussed.     

Ab initio and semiempirical study of structure and electronic spectra of hydroxy substituted naphthoquinones

The geometries of hydroxy derivatives of 1,4-naphthoquinone (NQ), viz., 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (2HNQ), 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (5HNQ), and 5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (DHNQ), have been optimized using the semiempirical and ab initio theoretical methods. Semiempirical methods used for the optimization are Austin Model 1 (AM1) and Zerner's Intermediate Neglect of Differential Overlap/1(ZINDO/1). For ab initio calculations the 6-31G* basis set is used. The electronic spectra of 1,4-naphthoquinone and its hydroxy derivatives are calculated using the semiempirical Zerner's Intermediate Neglect of Differential Overlap/Spectroscopy (ZINDO/S) method employing the geometries optimized at AM1, ZINDO/1 and ab initio levels and compared with their electronic absorption spectra measured by us. For hydroxy substituted systems, such calculations for spectral assignments are made for the first time. It is found that though the predictions of the three theoretical methods for the geometries are similar, the predictions of the ZINDO/S method using the ZINDO/1 optimized geometries, are better for the transition wavelengths in the visible region of the hydroxy substituted naphthoquinones, especially for 5HNQ and DHNQ.     

1,2-萘醌-4-磺酸钠测定盐酸吡硫醇的研究

建立了1,2-萘醌-4-磺酸钠分光光度法测定含羟基药物盐酸吡硫醇的方法.研究表明,在pH=13.00的KCl-NaOH缓冲溶液中,盐酸吡硫醇能够催化氢氧根离子与1,2-萘醌-4-磺酸钠反应形成橙红色的2-羟基-1,4-萘醌,其最大吸收波长为454nm.盐酸吡硫醇浓度在3.2μg/mL～80μg/mL范围内与吸光度呈现良好的线性关系.线性回归方程为A＝0.02715+0.02837C(×105 mol/L),线性相关系数r＝0.9986.表观摩尔吸光系数、相对标准偏差(R.S.D.)和检测限分别为2.84×103L/mol/cm、1.6%和2.0μg/mL.通过对片剂中的盐酸吡硫醇含量进行测定,回收率在98%～101%.     

Catalytic Oxidative Conversion from Naphthol to 2-Hydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquinone over Iron Porphyrin Catalysts by Molecular Oxygen in an Alkaline 2-Propanol Solution

In an alkaline 2-propanol solution with 5, 10,15,20-tetra (4-methoxyl phenyl) porphyrin iron chloride (TOMPPFeCl) as a catalyst and oxygen as a cheap green oxidant, 2-naphthol was conversed to 2-hydroxy-1 ,4-naphthoquinone(HNQ) with a yield of 62. 17% and a selectivity of 100%, and the conversion number of TMOPPFeCl catalyst was 8.32/min. The catalytic oxidation products were characterized by means of UVVis, IR, GC-MS, ^1H NMR and melting point determination. In this catalytic oxidation, the catalytic activity of TMOPPFeCl was researched in detail and the reacting conditions were optimized. A possible reaction mechanism is summarized based on in situ EPR determination.     

Determination of the fungicide dichlone by normal and first-derivative spectrofluorimetry

The influence of solvents on the sensitivity of the spectrofluorimetric determination of dichlone (2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone) is discussed. Linear normal and first-derivative calibration graphs are established for 10–50 μg ml^?1 dichlone; relative standard deviations are 3.8 and 2.2%, respectively. Application to synthetic mixtures is described.     

Synthesis and reactions of 3-aminothiazolidine-2-thion-4-one derivatives. 1. Conversion of 3-aminothiazolidine-2-thion-4-one derivatives to substituted mercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazoles

The corresponding carboxymethylthiothiadiazoles are formed by the action of formic acid on 3-aminorhodanine and 3-(3-phenylthioureido)rhodanine, and the action of rhodanineaniline on 3-(3-phenylthioureido)rhodanine leads to 2-anilino-5-carboxy-methylthiothiadiazole anilide, whereas similar treatment of 3-ureidorhodanine leads to a semicarbazide derivative.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 51–53, January, 1981.     

Chemistry of naphthazarin derivatives: XV. Bromination of naphthazarin and its derivatives

Bromination of a number of naphthazarin (5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) derivatives having different substituents in the aromatic ring with molecular bromine in carbon tetrachloride was studied. Preparative procedures for the synthesis of 2-bromo-5,8-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 2-bromo-6,7-dichloro-5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, 2-bromo-3,5,8-trihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, and 2-bromo-6,7-dichloro-3,5,8-trihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone were developed.     

Rapid determination of trace semicarbazide in flour products by high‐performance liquid chromatography based on a nucleophilic substitution reaction

Semicarbazide, a toxic food contaminant, widely exists in food products and it originates from the thermal degradation of a food additive of azodicarbonamide or a metabolite of nitrofurazone abused in meat specimens. Many previous methods for semicarbazide determination usually required expensive instruments, difficult‐to‐prepare monoclonal antibodies, and a long operation time. In this study, a high‐performance liquid chromatography method was developed for the rapid determination of trace semicarbazide coupling with a nucleophilic substitution reaction firstly using 4‐nitrobenzoyl chloride as derivatization reagent. The derivatization reaction was mild at room temperature for 1 min in neutral solution. Then, semicarbazide derivative was separated and quantified by high‐performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection under optimal separation conditions at λ _max = 261 nm. The proposed method offered the detection limit of 1.8 μg/L and was successfully applied for the rapid determination of trace semicarbazide in flour products. Semicarbazide in positive real samples could be actually found and quantified in the range of 0.47−7.53 mg/kg. The recoveries were 76.6−119% with relative standard deviations of 0.5–9.1% (n = 3). This developed method was rapid, reliable, and convenient for the determination of trace semicarbazide in food.     

Interaction of a lithiated nitronyl nitroxide with polyfluorinated 1,4-naphthoquinones

A 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole-3-oxide-1-oxyl lithium derivative was found to react with 2-methoxypentafluoro-1,4-naphthoquinone to form a product of addition at the carbonyl function: radical 2-(3,5,6,7,8-pentafluoro-1-hydroxy-2-methoxy-4-oxo-1,4-dihydronaphthalen-1-yl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole-3-oxide-1-oxyl. The yield of the addition product increased with temperature and reached 84% at 0?°C. The reaction of the lithium derivative with hexafluoro-1,4-naphthoquinone gave rise to a product of addition at both carbonyl groups, namely, nitronyl nitroxide diradical 2,3,5,6,7,8-hexafluoro-1,4-bis(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-3-oxide-1-oxyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole-2-yl)-1,4-dihydronaphthalene-1,4-diol in a 16% yield. The structures of both mono- and diradical were solved by X-ray diffraction analysis, which revealed formation of an intramolecular H-bond between the OH group and nitroxide oxygen. According to electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, the obtained mono- and dinitroxide are prone to spontaneous deoxygenation in a toluene solution to give corresponding iminonitroxides. In water, they are much more stable.     

Synthesis of benz[f]indole-4,9-diones via acetylenic derivatives of 1,4-naphthoquinone

A synthetic route to benz[f]indole-4,9-diones from 1,4-naphthoquinone is described. Effective methods for cross-coupling of 3-acetylamino-2-bromo-1,4-naphthoquinone with terminal acetylenes and cyclization of the resulting 3-acetylamino-2-alkynyl-1,4-naphthoquinones are developed.     

Fragmentation studies of synthetic 2-acylamino-1,4-naphthoquinones by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

We report here the fragmentation mechanism for five 2-acylamino-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives using electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS). Analyses were performed on a low-resolution, triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer. Fragmentation pathways for protonated molecular derivatives 2-acylamino-1,4-naphthoquinone [M+H]+ are proposed on the basis of theoretical calculations. There is evidence that the nitrogen atom is the protonation site, based on the nucleophilic atomic indices.     

Synthesis of 2-aminopentafluoro-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives

Potential biologically active derivatives of 2-aminopentafluoro-1,4-naphthoquinone modified at the amino group were synthesized in 32–96% yield by reactions of hexafluoro-1,4-naphthoquinone with nitrogen-centered nucleophiles.     

Indirect simultaneous kinetic determination of semicarbazide and hydrazine in micellar media by H-point standard addition method

H-point standard addition method (HPSAM) is suggested as a simple and selective method for the determination of semicarbazide and hydrazine. The reduction of Cu²⁺ to Cu⁺ by semicarbazide and hydrazine in the presence of neocuproine (Nc) and the subsequent complex formation between Cu⁺ and Nc produced a sensitive spectrophotometric method for indirect determination of semicarbazide and hydrazine. The difference in the rate of reduction of Cu²⁺ with semicarbazide and hydrazine in cationic micellar media is the basis of this method. Semicarbazide can be determined in the range of 0.5-3.75 μg ml⁻¹ with satisfactory accuracy and precision in the presence of excess hydrazine. The proposed method was successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of semicarbazide (0.5-3.75 μg ml⁻¹) and hydrazine (0.5-5 μg ml⁻¹) and also to the selective determination of semicarbazide in the presence of hydrazine in several synthetic mixtures containing different concentration ratios of semicarbazide and hydrazine.