Flow injection chemiluminescence determination of nitrofurazone in pharmaceutical preparations and biological fluids based on oxidation by singlet oxygen generated in N-bromosuccinimide-hydrogen peroxide reaction

A simple flow injection chemiluminescence (FI-CL) method was proposed for the determination of nitrofurazone. Strong CL signal was generated during the reaction of nitrofurazone with H₂O₂ and N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) in alkaline condition. The CL signal was proportional to the nitrofurazone concentration in the range 1.0 × 10⁻⁷ to 1.0 × 10⁻⁵ g mL⁻¹. The detection limit was 2 × 10⁻⁸ g mL⁻¹ nitrofurazone and the relative standard deviation was less than 4% (6.0 × 10⁻⁶ g mL⁻¹ nitrofurazone, n = 11). The proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of nitrofurazone in compound furacillin nasal drops, human plasma and urine samples. The CL reaction mechanism was also discussed briefly. Singlet oxygen generated in the reaction between H₂O₂ and NBS was suggested to be participated in the CL reaction.     

Fluorescence sensor for nitrofurazone using 4-methyl-7-allyloxynaphtho[1,2-b]pyran-2-ketone as sensing carrier

4-methyl-7-allyloxynaphtho[1,2-b]pyran-2-ketone (MANPK), a naphthopyran derivative, was synthesized as a fluorescent carrier for the preparation of an optical chemical sensor for nitrofurazone. To prevent the leakage of the fluorophore, MANPK with a terminal double bond was photo-copolymerized with 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate on the silanized glass surface. The response of the sensor is based on fluorescence quenching of MANPK by nitrofurazone. The sensor shows sufficient reproducibility, selectivity and a long lifetime. Nitrofurazone can be determined in the range from 6.0 × 10⁻⁶ to 8.0 × 10⁻⁴ M with a detection limit of 4.5 × 10⁻⁶ M at pH 6.0. The sensor has been applied to the direct determination of nitrofurazone in pharmaceutical preparations and urine samples.     

Voltammetric Study of Nitro Radical Anion Generated from Some Nitrofuran Compounds of Pharmacological Significance

The electrochemical behavior of 2‐(5‐amino‐ 1,3,4‐oxadiazolyl)‐5‐nitrofuran (NF359) and its comparison with well‐known drugs such as nifurtimox (NFX) and nitrofurazone (NFZ) in protic, mixed and aprotic media by cyclic voltammetry, tast and differential pulse polarography was studied. All the compounds were electrochemically reducible in all media being the reduction of the nitrofuran group the main voltammetric signal. The one‐electron reduction couple due to the nitro radical anion formation was visualized in mixed (for NF359 and NFZ) and aprotic media (for all compounds). By applying a cyclic voltammetric methodology we have calculated the decay constants (k₂) of the corresponding nitro radical anions in mixed and aprotic media. In mixed medium data fit well with a disproportionation reaction of the nitro radical anion but in aprotic medium fit better with a dimerization reaction. Also, considering cyclic voltammetric measurements in aprotic media we have estimated the reduction potential of the RNO₂/RNO₂^.? couple in aqueous medium, pH 7 (E¹₇ values) finding very good correlation with E¹₇ values obtained by pulse radiolysis. Furthermore we have calculated the equilibrium constants from the electron transfer from nitro radical anion to oxygen (k_O2) finding that nitro radical anion from NF359 is thermodynamically favored to react with oxygen in respect to both NFZ and NFX.     

Designing of a magnetically separable Fe3O4@dopa@ML nano-catalyst for multiple organic transformations (epoxidation,reduction, and coupling) in aqueous medium

A copper(II) macrocyclic Schiff base complex (ML) was synthesized by condensation between 2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diammine and 2,6-diformyl-4-butylphenol with the aim to modify the surface of widely used magnetically separable nanocatalyst Fe₃O₄@dopa. ML was characterized by physicochemical techniques and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The newly synthesized heterogeneous catalyst Fe₃O₄@dopa@ML was characterized by SEM, TEM, PXRD, EDX, TGA, etc. ML showed stability in aqueous medium and utilizing this unique property, the heterogeneous catalyst Fe₃O₄@dopa@ML was used for catalyzing epoxidation, nitroarene reduction and C–C coupling (Henry reaction) in aqueous medium. The separation method of the prepared nano-catalyst is very easy and can be done with an external magnetic field. The experimental findings suggest that Fe₃O₄@dopa@ML is a versatile “green catalyst.”     

Reactions of isomeric 3,6- and 3,5-di-tert-butyl-ortho-benzoquinones with NH3

The interaction of 3,6-di-tert-butyl-ortho-benzoquinone (1) and 3,5-di-tert-butyl-ortho-benzoquinone (2) with NH₃ in water—alcohol medium and with (NH₄)₂CO₃ in a solid phase has been studied. Redox processes with participation of a nucleophile of the medium take place for1, while2 reacts with NH₃ at the carbonyl group with transformation of the quinone imide. The mechanism of redox transformation of1 has been proposed.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1789–1793, September, 1995.This work was carried out with financial support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project No. 94-03-08653).     

Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Powder-Activated Carbon Adsorbents for the Removal of Nitrofurazone from Aqueous Solution

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and powder-activated carbon (PAC) were used as adsorbents for adsorption of nitrofurazone, a veterinary medicine, from aqueous solutions. The adsorbents were characterized using FTIR transform infrared spectroscopy, N₂ adsorption/desorption isotherms, and scanning electron microscopy. The effects of initial pH, contact time, and temperature on adsorption capacity of the adsorbents were investigated. For MWCNT and PAC, the result showed that when the pH value was ranged from 2.0 to 10.0, the dosage of adsorbent was 0.02 g, and adsorptive time is 4 hours, the removal efficiencies for nitrofurazone were 96.8% and 94.7%, and the corresponding maximum capacities at 283 K were close to 50.8 mgg^?1 and 59.9 mgg^?1, respectively. For nitrofurazone, the pseudo-second-order kinetic model provided the best fit to the experimental data. The Boyd model indicated the mechanism for adsorption processes was mainly external mass transfer, while the effect of particle internal diffusion was relatively weak. Liu model could best fit to the experimental data of isothermal adsorption. The data of adsorption thermodynamics showed that the adsorption process was spontaneous.     

Oxidations with potassium permanganate in the presence of fluoride

Summary The titration of ferrous iron in presence of fluoride ions in acid medium gives fleeting end points and erroneous results. A method is deviced to overcome this difficulty by oxidising the ferrous with an excess of KMnO₄ in alkaline medium. After mixing the reactants the excess of KMnO₄ is reduced by an excess of Hg₂ ²⁺ ions in presence of H₂SO₄ and fluoride. The remaining mercurous is then titrated with standard KMnO₄ solution.Part III: Issa, I. M., and M. Hamdy: Z. analyt. Chem. 174, 418 (1960).     

Dihydropyrimidones based chloride ion chemosensor functional in aqueous solution under environmentally relevant conditions

Compounds 1 and 2 were synthesised using multi-component one-pot condensation reaction between 2-hydroxynaphthaldehyde, urea/thiourea and ethyl/methyl acetoacetate, catalysed with Zn(ClO₄)₂·6H₂O in methanol. Compounds 1 and 2 were purified and characterised using ¹H and ¹³C NMR, mass and CHN analyses. Organic nanoparticles (ONPs) were developed from compounds 1 and 2 using reprecipitation technique. Size and morphology of nano-aggregates N1 and N2 were analysed using DLS and transmission electron microscope techniques. Nano-aggregates of 1 and 2 were further subjected to chemosensory applications in aqueous medium. Efficient nano-aggregates of compound 1 have shown excellent detection limit of 0.04 nM for chloride in aqueous medium. None of the other anions tested caused any interference in the detection of chloride. However, nano-aggregates of compound N2 were not active for any particular ion in aqueous medium. The difference in the recognition properties can be due to the difference in the size and electronegativity of oxygen and sulfur moieties attached on 1 and 2, respectively. The sensor was used to determine the chloride content in tap water. Results were validated using existing methods and the performance of the N1 was found to be in a satisfactory error range.     

Solvent extraction of radioactive Cs<Superscript>+</Superscript> by hydroborate anionic extractants of the [1-LB<Subscript>10</Subscript>H<Subscript>9</Subscript>]<Superscript>-</Superscript> type (L = amine or phosphine)

Summary New anion derivatives of the closo-decaborate [B₁₀H₁₀]^2- bearing amine or phosphine groups were tested for the extraction of radioactive cesium cations in acidic medium. The technique used is the liquid-liquid extraction based on the complexation of Cs⁺ by these anions to form neutral compounds which are extracted by organic solvents (diluents) of medium polarity. Promising results were obtained with the anion [1-(C₆H₅CH₂)₂(C₆H₅)NB₁₀H₉]^- (3) soluble in many organic solvents. The most efficient diluent for the extraction is nitrobenzene. Using hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid in the aqueous medium instead of nitric acid does not significantly affect the efficiency of Cs⁺ extraction.     

Complex Formation During Molybdenum Chlorination in DMF Medium

IR and EPR studies of solutions formed after molybdenum chlorination in the medium of DMF revealed the diamagnetic Mo(VI) and paramagnetic Mo(V) complexes of composition R₂[MoOCl₅], where R is [(CH₃)₂NCOH₂]⁺ (I) and [(CH₃)₂NH₂]⁺ (II). The hydrolysis of complex II was found to give dimethyl-substituted ammonium chloride.     

Reactions of trivacant lone-pair-containing tungstobismutate and electrochemical behaviors of its sandwich-type products

We report the crystal structure of dimeric precursor Na₁₂[(Na(H₂O)₂)₆(α-BiW₉O₃₃)₂] (1), and the interaction of this precursor with transition metal ions. Interaction of 1 with Cu²⁺ in neutral medium leads to the formation of a Hervé-type sandwich polyoxoanion [(Cu(H₂O))₃(α-BiW₉O₃₃)₂]^12? (2) in high yield. Interaction of 1 with M²⁺ (M?=?Zn, Ni, Co, Mn) in acidic aqueous medium leads to formation of Krebs-type sandwich polyoxoanions [(M(H₂O)₃)₂(WO)₂(β-BiW₉O₃₃)₂]^10? (3–6). Coordination geometry of the M²⁺ ions, counterions and precursors can affect the structure of products. In our experiments, only the interaction of 1 with Cu²⁺ forms a trisubstituted sandwich-type product. The method using [α-Bi^IIIW₉O₃₃]^9? as starting material is a convenient and effective route for the synthesis of sandwich-type tungstobismutates in high purity and yield. The electrochemical properties of these sandwich-type tungstobismutates in aqueous solution are described.     

Simultaneous Determination of Five Antibacterials in Swine Muscle by High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Abstract

A high performance liquid chromatographic method (HPLC) for the determination of olaquindox, morantel, furazolidone, nitrofurazone and carbadox residues in swine muscles was developed. The drugs were extracted from muscles with acetonitrile and cleaned up by alumina column. HPLC analysis was carried out on an Inertsil C8 column with a mobile phase of acetonitrile-water-acetic acid (3:97:1), and the drugs were detected at 340 nm. The average recoveries of all drugs added to muscles at 0.1 ppm level were more than 75% and the detection limit of each drug was 0.03 ppm in muscles.     

A new member of the cationic dinitrosyl iron complexes family incorporating N-ethylthiourea is effective against human HeLa and MCF-7 tumor cell lines

A new analog of the active site of mononuclear dinitrosyl [1Fe–2S] proteins, [C₃N₂H₈SFe(NO)₂Cl][Fe(NO)₂(C₃N₂H₈S)₂]⁺Cl^? (I), has been synthesized by reacting NO with an aqueous mixture of iron(II) sulfate and N-ethylthiourea in acidic medium. The structure and properties of the complex were studied by X-ray diffraction, IR, Mössbauer, and EPR spectroscopy, in addition to quantum chemical calculations. Complex I spontaneously generates NO in protic media. The cytotoxicity of I was investigated against human cervical carcinoma (HeLa), breast cancer (MCF7), and non-immortalized (FetMCS) cell lines. The cytotoxicity of I against HeLa is similar to that of anticancer agents currently used clinically (platinum complexes), but I is 10 times less toxic in normal cells. The cytotoxicity of MCF7 cells to I is low.     

Structure of the binuclear tetranitrosyl iron complexes with a pyrimidin-2-yl ligand of the μ<Subscript>2</Subscript>-S type and the pH effect on its NO-donor ability in aqueous solutions

New binuclear tetranitrosyl iron complex with pyrimidin-2-yl of the μ₂-S type [Fe₂(SC₄H₃N₂)₂(NO)₄] (1) was synthesized by the exchange reaction of thiosulfate ligands in the [Fe(S₂O₃)₂(NO)₂]^3s- anion for pyrimidin-2-yl ligands. The crystal structure of complex 1 was studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. According to the X-ray diffraction data, pyrimidin-2-yl is coordinated to the iron atom in the thiol form. According to the quantum chemical calculations, the low stability of complex 1 is related to a possibility of formation of the coordination bond of the iron atom with the atom of the pyrimidine cycle of the ligand after NO group detachment. The ability of complex 1 to donate NO and the kinetics of its hydrolysis in aqueous solutions were studied by electrochemical analysis using sensor electrodes ami NO-700, by spectrophotometry in the pH interval from 6.0 to 7.76, and in the reaction with hemoglobin. Complex 1 is most stable in a neutral medium and more vigorously evolves NO in acidic and alkaline media.     

具有强蓝色荧光发射效应的二维四方格子化合物：萘普生锌配聚物

ZnCl₂和(S)-奈普生(H-奈普生)反应得到一个二维层状配位聚合物[Zn((S)-Naproxen)(OH)]_n (1)。这是第一个基于奈普生的配位聚合物，本文还提供了对奈普生和金属离子反应的新的见解。这一聚合物在室温下有很强的蓝色荧光并且具有一定的SHG效应。     

One-pot synthesis,structural elucidation,DNA binding and alkaline phosphatase inhibition studies of zinc(II) complexes with 4-nitrocinnamic acid and ethylenediamine

We report one-pot synthesis of zinc(II) complexes with 4-nitrocinnamic acid (HL), [ZnL₂(H₂O)₂] (1), [ZnL₂(DMSO)₂] (2) and [Zn(en)₂(H₂O)₂]L₂(H₂O)₂ (3), where DMSO?=?dimethylsulfoxide and en?=?ethylenediamine. The complexes were prepared by reacting sodium 4-nitrocinnamate with zinc acetate in aqueous medium and characterized by FT-IR, NMR and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The results have shown distorted octahedral geometry for 1 and 3 while tetrahedral for 2 where the carboxylate coordinated bidentate and monodentate in 1 and 2 is uncoordinated in 3, replaced completely by ethylenediamine. The complexes were also screened for their DNA interaction and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) inhibition using cyclic voltammetry, viscometry and UV–visible spectroscopy. All these techniques indicated strong electrostatic binding of the complexes with DNA. The diffusion coefficients of the complexes decreased on DNA addition indicating binding of the complexes with DNA. The binding constants were also calculated through CV and UV spectra. The complexes were screened for ALP inhibition activity as well, where 80% activity was found for 1.     

The Kinetics of Reduction of Sulfoxides by the Iodide Ion in Aqueous Perchloric Acid

Abstract

The kinetics of the acid-catalyzed reactions of di-n-butyl -sulfoxide (BuSOBu), di-phenylsulfoxide (PhSOPh), and di-benzyl -sulfoxide (PhCH₂SOCH₂Ph) with iodide in a medium of HCLO₄ has been followed; the reaction orders with respect to sulfoxide and iodide have been determined and a possible mechanism discussed.     

Alternate Method for the Synthesis of N‐Alkyl/aralkyl‐2‐(α‐hydroxy Alkyl/aralkyl)benzimidazoles via Regiospecific Acetylation

Acetylation of 1H‐2‐(α‐hydroxyalkyl/aryl)benzimidazoles 2 with Ac₂O results in the regiospecific formation of O‐acetoxy derivative 3, which on alkylation with alkylating agents in nonaqueous media under phase‐transfer catalytic conditions affords N‐alkyl derivatives 4. The latter, on hydrolysis in an aqueous basic medium, results in the title compounds 5 in good yields in high purity. Alternatively, 5 can also be obtained by reduction of 1‐substituted‐2‐acetyl/benzoylbenzimidazoles 8 using NaBH₄.     

Preparation of monoclonal antibodies against a derivative of semicarbazide as a metabolic target of nitrofurazone

Monoclonal antibodies (McAb) were produced to detect semicarbazide (SEM), a metabolite as a marker residue of nitrofurazone in animal food production. A carboxyphenyl derivative (CPSEM) of SEM was synthesized following derivatisation with 4-carboxybenzaldehyde (CBA). CPSEM was purified by recrystallization and conjugated to bovine serum albumin (BSA) or ovalbumin (OVA) as immunogen or coating antigen, respectively. Hybridomas were obtained by fusing mouse myeloma cells SP2/0 with splenocytes from the mice immunized with CPSEM-BSA. Hybridomas 1F10 and 4F2 secreting antibodies against CPSEM were obtained and subcloned. Ascites of monoclonal antibodies were prepared by injecting 1 × 10⁶ cells of hybridoma 1F10 into mice abdomen. McAb obtained from hybridoma 1F10 was highly specific for CPSEM and had no cross-reaction with various nitrofuran metabolites and a range of veterinary drugs. The sensitivity of the McAb to SEM was 0.01 ng mL⁻¹ and the IC₅₀ value was 1.3 ng mL⁻¹ (SEM in the form of CPSEM). McAb 1F10 is suitable to develop an immunoassay for SEM with sufficient sensitivity for monitoring nitrofurazone residues.     

Homodinuclear glycolate derivatives of bismuth(V) and arsenic(III): synthesis and spectroscopic studies

Ligand bridged homodinuclear derivatives of bismuth(V) of the type, (1a–1d) [where R =–C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH(CH₃)–(1a),–CH(CH₂CH₃)CH₂–(1b),–CH(CH₃)CH(CH₃)–(1c),–CH(CH₃)CH₂–(1d)] have been synthesized by reactions of equimolar oxobis(triphenylbismuth)dichloride, {[Ph₃Bi]₂O}Cl₂ with glycols, HOROH in the presence of NaOMe. Reactions of sodiumtetraisopropoxoarsonate, NaAs(OPrⁱ)₄ with in 1 : 1 molar ratio yielded homodinuclear alkoxo derivatives of arsenic(III) containing glycols, (2a–2d). All compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, molecular weight determinations, IR and NMR (¹H and ¹³C) spectral studies.