Preparation of polyaniline coating on a stainless-steel wire using electroplating and its application to the determination of six aromatic amines using headspace solid-phase microextraction

A novel polyaniline (PANI) coating was prepared on a stainless-steel wire for solid-phase microextraction by electroplating method. For better mechanical strength, the stainless-steel wire was used instead of the fused silica fiber. The electroplating method had advantages of ease of preparation and simple equipments. The PANI fiber was evaluated by analyzing six aromatic amines (aniline, N,N-dimethylaniline, m-methylaniline, 2,4-dimethylaniline, 2-chloroaniline, 3,4-dichloroaniline) in water. After the analytical procedure was optimized, the linearity was from 4.8 to 2.75 x 10(4) microg L(-1) and the detection limits was from 0.019 to 1.06 microg L(-1). Relative standard deviations were found to be 2.02-6.00%. Good recoveries were obtained when wastewater samples were analyzed.     

Determination of aromatic amines in environmental water sample by hollow fiber-liquid phase microextraction and microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography

A novel method of microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography (MEEKC) coupled with hollow fiber-liquid phase microextraction (HF-LPME) was developed for determination of six aromatic amines including 4-methylaniline, 3-nitroaniline, 2,4-dimethylaniline, 4-chloroaniline, 3,4-dichloraniline and 4-aminobiphenyl. Baseline separation of six aromatic amines was achieved within 8 min by using the microemulsion buffer containing a 10 mM borate buffer at pH 9.0, 0.8% (v/v) ethyl acetate as oil droplets, 60 mM sodium cholate as surfactant, 5.0% (v/v) 1-butanol as co-surfactant. The influence factors relevant to the HF-LPME process were systemically investigated. The obtained enrichment factors were ranged between 70 and 157 in a 30 min extraction time, and the limits of detection ranged between 0.0021 and 0.0048 μg/mL. This purposed method was successfully applied for the analysis of aromatic amines in water sample and the recoveries were ranged from 87.2% to 99.8%.     

液相微萃取-离子色谱法测定污水中痕量芳香胺

基于中空纤维液相微萃取技术,建立了河流污水中两种芳香胺类物质（邻甲苯胺和对氯苯胺）的离子色谱分析方法。采用中空纤维液相微萃取和离子色谱联用技术,对中空纤维萃取条件进行优化。优化的萃取条件：萃取溶剂为正辛醇,供体相中NaOH的浓度为0.01mol/L, NaCl的浓度为500g/L,接受相中HCl的浓度为0.1 mol/L,搅拌速度为430r/min,萃取时间为30min,在优化条件下,邻甲苯胺的富集倍数为88倍,对氯苯胺的富集倍数为124倍。供体相中邻甲苯胺和对氯苯胺的浓度在0.005–0.1mg/L范围内成良好线性,相关系数为0.9998-0.9999 ,检出限为0.2-0.5μg /L,相对标准偏差为0.85-3.38 %。结论：这种方法操作简单,环境友好,提高了离子色谱检测芳香胺类物质的灵敏度。     

毛细管电泳-场强放大样品堆积法检测染发剂中的7种苯胺类物质

建立了毛细管电泳-场强放大样品堆积测定染发剂中4,4′-二氨基二苯甲烷、苯胺、邻甲氧基苯胺、对氨基苯甲醚、3,4-二甲基苯胺、间氨基苯酚、1-萘胺7种苯胺类物质的分析方法。在优化的缓冲溶液体系(0.15 mol/L NaH2PO4,0.015 mol/L 三乙醇胺, pH 2.3)下7种分析物在6.5 min内实现基线分离。考察了样品中添加的磷酸浓度和乙腈浓度、水柱长度、电动进样时间与电压对场强放大富集效率及重现性的影响。最佳的富集条件为: 水柱注入3.45 kPa(0.5 psi)×6 s,样品中添加40%(v/v)乙腈和0.6×10~3mol/L磷酸,进样电压与进样时间为10 kV×10 s。线性范围为3～1000 μg/L(R2＞0.996),检出限为0.26～2.75 μg/L,将已有方法的检测灵敏度提高了1～3个数量级。在2种市售黑色染发剂中均检测到间氨基苯酚,含量分别为7.32 mg/g和1.34 mg/g。平均加标回收率为74%～108%。该方法灵敏度高、快速、重现性好、成本低,可供多种样品基质中痕量苯胺类污染物及其他阳离子物质的测定借鉴使用。     

Analysis of primary aromatic amines using precolumn derivatization by HPLC fluorescence detection and online MS identification

2-(2-phenyl-1H-phenanthro-[9,10-d]imidazole-1-yl)-acetic acid (PPIA) and 2-(9-acridone)-acetic acid (AAA), two novel precolumn fluorescent derivatization reagents, have been developed and compared for analysis of primary aromatic amines by high performance liquid chromatographic fluorescence detection coupled with online mass spectrometric identification. PPIA and AAA react rapidly and smoothly with the aromatic amines on the basis of a condensation reaction using 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide (EDC) as dehydrating catalyst to form stable derivatives with emission wavelengths at 380 and 440 nm, respectively. Taking six primary aromatic amines (aniline, 2-methylaniline, 2-methoxyaniline, 4-methylaniline, 4-chloroaniline, and 4-bromoaniline) as testing compounds, derivatization conditions such as coupling reagent, basic catalyst, reaction temperature and time, reaction solvent, and fluorescent labeling reagent concentration have also been investigated. With the better PPIA method, chromatographic separation of derivatized aromatic amines exhibited a good baseline resolution on an RP column. At the same time, by online mass spectrometric identification with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) source in positive ion mode, the PPIA-labeled derivatives were characterized by easy-to-interpret mass spectra due to the prominent protonated molecular ion m/z [M + H](+) and specific fragment ions (MS/MS) m/z 335 and 295. The linear range is 24.41 fmol-200.0 pmol with correlation coefficients in the range of 0.9996-0.9999, and detection limits of PPIA-labeled aromatic amines are 0.12-0.21 nmol/L (S/N = 3). Method repeatability, precision, and recovery were evaluated and the results were excellent for the efficient HPLC analysis. The most important argument, however, was the high sensitivity and ease-of-handling of the PPIA method. Preliminary experiments with wastewater samples collected from the waterspout of a paper mill and its nearby soil where pollution with aromatic amines may be expected show that the method is highly validated with little interference in the chromatogram.     

Analysis of amphetamines in urine with liquid-liquid extraction by capillary electrophoresis with simultaneous electrochemical and electrochemiluminescence detection

Amphetamines including methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine were separated and detected by CE using simultaneous electrochemical (EC) and electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detection (CE-EC/ECL). Factors that influenced the separation and detection performance, such as the detection potential, the pH value and concentration of the running buffer, the separation voltage and the pH of the detection buffer, were investigated. LODs of 3.3x10(-8) mol/L (0.16 fmol), 1.6x10(-7) mol/L (0.78 fmol) and 3.3x10(-8) mol/L (0.16 fmol) were obtained for methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, respectively. For practical application, a liquid-liquid extraction with ethyl acetate procedure was developed for urine sample pretreatment and extraction efficiencies higher than 90% were obtained. The established simultaneous CE-EC/ECL was successfully applied for urine sample analysis.     

Application of sweeping to micellar electrokinetic chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometric analysis of environmental pollutants.

An application study of sweeping, an on-line sample concentration technique, to micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) directly combined with mass spectrometry (MS) using an atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) interface, namely MEKC-APCI-MS, was investigated to enhance the concentration sensitivity for the analysis of environmental pollutants. Under a neutral condition, around 100-fold increase in the concentration sensitivity was achieved for several aromatic amines and alkyl phthalates as test samples by sweeping-MEKC-APCI-MS compared to conventional MEKC-APCI-MS, whereas under an acidic condition, 100 to 600-fold sensitivity enhancement was gained for similar solutes. Linearity of the corrected peak area obtained in the mass chromatogram against the sample concentration was examined for 3,4-dichloroaniline and diisopropyl phthalate (DIPP). The estimated limits of detection for 3,4-dichloroaniline and DIPP were 0.6 and 0.4 ppm, respectively, in terms of the injected sample concentration.     

毛细管电泳-电化学检测法测定硫酸铜-维生素C反应体系中的羟基自由基和菊花的抗氧化活性

采用毛细管电泳-电化学检测方法,以对羟基苯甲酸为自由基捕捉剂,测定了硫酸铜-维生素C反应体系(pH 7.4)中生成的羟基自由基。研究了电极电位、运行液的pH值、电泳电压及进样时间对体系中反应物和产物分离的影响,得到了最优化的测定条件;讨论了体系中各反应物浓度和反应时间对产物浓度的影响。以直径为300 μm的碳圆盘电极为检测电极,工作电极电位为0.95 V(vs.SCE),目标产物3,4-二羟基苯甲酸在1.5×10-4~6.0×10-6 mol/L范围内线性关系良好,检测限（S/N=3）为1.5×10-6 mol/L。应用该方法,研究测定了不同品种菊花的抗氧化活性。     

Determination of histamine by capillary zone electrophoresis with amperometric detection.

Capillary zone electrophoresis was employed for the determination of histamine using end-column amperometric detection with a carbon fiber microelectrode, at a constant potential. The optimum conditions of separation and detection were 10 mmol/L phosphate buffer, pH 5.6 for the buffer solution, 15 kV for the separation voltage, and 1.35 V (versus SCE) for the detection potential. The linear range was from 6.3 x 10(-7) to 1.5 x 1(-5) mol/L with the regression coefficient of 0.9997, and the detection limit was 4.0 x 10(-7) mol/L (S/N = 3). The proposed method was successfully applied to the direct determination of histamine in the beer samples without any sample clean-up procedures.     

Monitoring human serum transferrin by capillary zone electrophoresis with end-column amperometric detection

Capillary zone electrophoresis was employed for the determination of human serum transferrin using end-column amperometric detection with a carbon fiber microelectrode at a constant potential of 1.9 V vs. saturated calomel electrode (SCE). The optimum conditions of separation and detection are 7.5 x 10(-4) mol/L Tris-3.44 x 10(-4) mol/L HCl for the buffer solution, 20 kV for the separation voltage, 5 kV and 10 s for the injection voltage and the injection time, respectively. The limit of detection is 6.7 x 10(-8) mol/L or 440 amol (S/N = 2). The relative standard deviations are 0.67% for the migration time and 1.5% for the electrophoretic peak current. The method was applied to the determination of transferrin in human serum. The recovery is between 93-104%.     

Direct electrochemical determination of pyruvate in human sweat by capillary zone electrophoresis.

Capillary zone electrophoresis was employed for the determination of pyruvate in human sweat using electrochemical detection with a carbon fiber microdisk bundle electrode at a constant potential of 1.60 V vs. saturated calomel electrode. The optimum separation conditions are 3.6 x 10(-3) mol/L Na2HPO4-1.4 x 10(-3) mol/L NaH2PO4 (pH 7.2) for the buffer solution, and 18 kV for the separation voltage. The limits of detection of pyruvate are 8.0 x 10(-6) mol/L or 24 fmol (S/N = 3) for the injection voltage of 6 kV and the injection time of 10 s. The relative standard deviation is 2.0% for the migration time and 5.7% for the electrophoretic peak current. The method was applied to determining pyruvate in human sweat.     

A new method of quantification of pipemidic-acid by capillary zone electrophoresis with end-column amperometric detection

Capillary zone electrophoresis was employed for the determination of pipemidic acid using an end-column amperometric detection with a carbon fiber microdisk array electrode, at a constant potential of -1.10 V vs. saturated calomel electrode. The optimum conditions of separation and detection were 1.2 x 10(-4) mol/LNaOAc - 8.8 x 10(-4) mol/ LHOAc for the buffer solution, 20 kV for the separation voltage, 5 kV and 10 s for the injection voltage and the injection time. The limit of detection was 1.05 x 10(-7) mol/L or 189 amol (S/N=3). The relative standard deviation was 0.31% for the migration time and 2.0% for the electrophoretic peak current. The method was applied to determining pipemidic acid in human serum.     

Ionic liquid for high temperature headspace liquid-phase microextraction of chlorinated anilines in environmental water samples

Based on the non-volatility of room temperature ionic liquids (IL), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([C4MIM][PF6]) IL was employed as an advantageous extraction solvent for high temperature headspace liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) of chloroanilines in environmental water samples. At high temperature of 90 degrees C, 4-chloroaniline, 2-chloroaniline, 3,4-dichloroaniline, and 2,4-dichloroaniline were extracted into a 10 microl drop of [C4MIM][PF6] suspended on the needle of a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) microsyringe held at the headspace of the samples. Then, the IL was injected directly into the HPLC system for determination. Parameters related to LPME were optimized, and high selectivity and low detection limits of the four chlorinated anilines were obtained because the extraction was performed at high temperature in headspace mode and the very high affinity between IL and chlorinated anilines. The proposed procedure was applied for the analysis of the real samples including tap water, river water and wastewater samples from a petrochemical plant and a printworks, and only 3,4-dichloroaniline was detected in the printworks wastewater at 88.2 microg l(-1) level. The recoveries for the four chlorinated anilines in the four samples were all in the range of 81.9-99.6% at 25 microg l(-1) spiked level.     

Sorption–Chromatographic Determination of Aniline, 4-Chloroaniline, and 2,5-Dichloroaniline in Air

Conditions were found for the chemisorption preconcentration of aniline, 4-chloroaniline, and 2,5-dichloroaniline from air using tubes packed with silica gel with immobilized 4-chloro-5,7-dinitrobenzofurazan and for the subsequent HPLC determination with diode-array detection. The maximum analyte recoveries (98, 90, and 75% for aniline, 4-chloroaniline, and 2,5-dichloroaniline, respectively) were achieved at a 2-cm thickness of the adsorbent layer (silica gel with a grain size of 0.1–0.3 mm impregnated with 3 wt % 4-chloro-5,7-dinitrobenzofurazan), an aspiration rate of 0.6–0.8 L/min, and an aspirated air volume of 10 L. Taking into account a tenfold preconcentration of analytes after the desorption, the detection limit for aniline is equal to 0.0007 mg/m³.     

Effect of ionic liquid on the determination of aromatic amines as contaminants in hair dyes by liquid chromatography coupled to electrochemical detection

The room temperature ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis-(trifluorometanesulfonyl)imide BMIm[NTf?] was used as a novel medium for improvement of separation and quantization of 16 aromatic amines typically present as contaminants in consumer products and detected by HPLC coupled to an electrochemical detector. The aromatic amines, namely 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane, 4-chloroaniline, 2-methoxy-5-methyl-aniline, 3,3'-dimethylbenzidine, 2,4-diaminotoluidine, 2-chloro-4-nitroaniline, 4,4'-oxydianiline, aniline, 3,3'-ichlorobenzidine, benzidine, 4-aminobiphenyl, o-dianisidine, o-anisidine, o-toluidine, 4,4'-methylene-bis-2-chloroaniline and 2-naphthylamine are oxidized in methanol/BMIm[NTf?] at a potential around +0.68V to +0.93V vs. Ag/AgCl at a glassy carbon electrode, which is the base for their determination by HPLC/ED. Using the optimized conditions of methanol/BMIm[NTf?] 70:30 (v/v) as mobile phase, flow-rate of 0.8 mL·min?1, column CLC-ODS, Eap = +1.0 V and T = 40 °C analytical curves were constructed for each of the tested amines. Good linearity was obtained in the concentration range of 1.09 mg·L?1 to 217 mg·L?1, with excellent correlation coefficients. The limits of detection reached 0.021 mg·L?1 to 0.246 mg·L?1 and good relative standard deviations (RSD, n = 3) were obtained from the measurements. Satisfactory recovery for each aromatic amine was achieved, ranging from 95 to 103%. The developed method was successfully applied to determine six aromatic amines present as contaminants in commercial hair dye samples.     

Monitoring diclofenac sodium in single human erythrocytes introduced by electroporation using capillary zone electrophoresis with electrochemical detection.

A method for determination of the drug diclofenac sodium introduced into individual human erythrocytes by electroporation using capillary zone electrophoresis with electrochemical detection at a carbon fiber array microelectrode was developed. In this method, the whole cell was injected into the separation capillary by electromigration. Cell lysis was accomplished by injecting a plug of the separation buffer (1.25 x 10(-2) mol/L Na2B4O7-3.13 x 10(-3) mol/L NaOH). The optimum conditions of separation and detection were 20 kV for the separation voltage and 1.0 V for the detection potential. The concentration of diclofenac sodium in the single cells was quantified by a calibration curve. The mean concentration of diclofenac sodium introduced into the cell was 4.21 micromol/L. The relative standard deviation of the concentration of diclofenac sodium introduced into ten cells is 10%.     

Determination of antioxidants in cosmetics by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography with electrochemical detection

A new and efficient method for the determination of antioxidants [Propyl gallate (PG), tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ), butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)] in cosmetics has been established by using micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography with electrochemical detection (MECC-ED). Under the optimum conditions of the method, all analytes were successfully separated within 13 min at the separation voltage of 18 kV in a 20 mmol/L borate running buffer (pH 7.4) containing 25 mmol/L sodium dodecyl sulfate. The excellent linearity was obtained in the concentration range from 5.0 x 10(-4) to 2.0 x 10(-6) mol/L and the detection limits (S/N = 3) of PG, TBHQ, BHA, and BHT range from 3 x 10(-7) to 3 x 10(-6) mol/L.     

Field-amplified on-line sample stacking for determination of carnosine-related peptides by capillary electrophoresis

An on-line sample stacking method, namely field-amplified sample injection, has been developed for the separation and determination of carnosine, anserine, and homocarnosine by capillary electrophoresis. Using electrokinetic injection, about 130- to 160-fold improvement of sensitivity was achieved without loss of separation efficiency when compared to conventional sample injection. For conventional injection, the samples were dissolved in running buffer and then hydrodynamically injected for 10 s (3.45 kPa). Various parameters affecting separation and sample stacking were optimized. Under optimum conditions, linear responses were obtained over two orders of magnitude and the detection limits (defined as S/N = 3) of carnosine, anserine, and homocarnosine were 1.5 x 10(-8) to 1.6 x 10(-8) mol/L.     

Determination of clozapine by capillary zone electrophoresis following end-column amperometric detection with simplified capillary/electrode alignment

Capillary zone electrophoresis was employed for the determination of clozapine using an end-column amperometric detection at a carbon fiber array microdisk electrode with simplified capillary/electrode alignment. The optimum conditions of separation and detection are: Britton-Robinson buffer, pH 2.0 (1.3 x 10(-2) mol/L total concentration of acids, 3.2 x 10(-3) mol/L NaOH), 15 kV for separation voltage, 5 kV and 10 s for injection voltage and injection time, respectively. The limit of detection is 4.2 x 10(-7) mol/L or 1.2 fmole (signal to noise, S/N = 2). The relative standard deviation is 1.4% for the migration time and 2.5% for the electrophoretic peak current. The method was applied to the determination of clozapine in human blood. The recovery of the method is between 94-104%.     

液相微萃取-毛细管电泳联用对汗液基质中4种芳香胺的同时测定

采用纤维膜三相液相微萃取(HF-LLLME)技术,对汗液基质中的苯胺、邻甲苯胺、对氯苯胺、对硝基苯胺进行了分离富集。以正辛醇为有机相,在供体相pH为9.0,NaCl质量浓度为200g/L,接收相pH为1.0,萃取时间为60min的条件下,4种芳香胺的富集倍数为410～1250倍。将接收相直接进行毛细管电泳(CE)测定,样品相中4种芳香胺的质量浓度在10～100μg/L范围内与电泳峰面积呈良好线性,相关系数均大于0.992,4种芳香胺的检出限为1～10μg/L。运用该法对偶氮染料汗液环境下光致降解过程中产生的苯胺进行测定,回收率为91%～93%,结果满意。