A simple and mild derivatization method for hydroxyl compounds using condensation agent carbazole-9-N-(2-methyl)-acetyl-benzene-disulfonate and its application for the determination of volatile alcohols from plasma by HPLC with fluorescence detection

A simple and sensitive HPLC method for the determination of hydroxyl compounds including volatile alcohols from spiked plasma, using a fluorescent condensation agent, namely carbazole-9-N-(2-methyl)-acetyl-benzene-disulfonate (CMABS), has been developed. A mixture of alcohols and pyridine in dichloromethane was treated with CMABS to give a quantitative yield of esters. The maximum fluorescence emissions for the derivatized alcohols are at 365 nm (λ_ex 335 nm). Studies on derivatization conditions indicate that alcohols react very fast with CMABS in presence of pyridine in dichloromethane to give the corresponding fluorescent derivatives. The method, in conjunction with a multi-step gradient, offers a baseline resolution of the common alcohol derivatives on a reversed-phase C₁₈ column, which is more convenient and more efficient than previous methods which require the prior conversion of the carboxylic acids to the acyl chlorides. The application of this method to the analysis of volatile alcohols in plasma was also investigated. The LC separation shows good selectivity and reproducibility for alcohol derivatives. The relative standard deviations ?(n = 5) for 100 pmol of each alcohol are < 4%. The detection limits are at the fmol level for C₁–C₃ alcohols and pmol level for C₄–C₉ alcohols. Received: 9 November 1998 / Revised: 3 May 1999 / Accepted: 6 May 1999     

3,4-dihydro-6,7-dimethoxy-4-methyl-3-oxo-qinoxaline-2-carbonyl azide as a highly sensitive fluorescence derivatization reagent for primary,secondary and tertiary alcohols in high-performance liquid chromatography

3,4-Dhydro-6,7-dimethoxy-4-methyl-3-oxo-quinoxaline-2-carbonyl azide is a highly senstive fluorescence derivatization reagent for primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols for high-performance liquid chromatography. Reaction conditions are optimized with benzyl alcohol, n-hexanol, cyclohexanol and 2-methyl-2-butanol. The reagent reacts with the alcohols in benzene to produce the corresponding fluorescent carbamic acid esters, which can be separated on a reversed-phase column YMC Pack C₈ with aqueous methanol as eluent. the detection limits for the alchols are 2–5 fmol per 10-μl njection. The reagent also reacts with hydroxysteroids with primary, secondary and/or tertiary alcoholic group(s) to form fluorescent derivatives. Hydroxycarboxylic acids and phenols do not give any chromatographic peaks.     

Synthesis of 4‐(7‐diethylaminocoumarin‐3‐yl)benzeneisocyanate (DACB‐NCO): A highly sensitive fluorescent derivatization reagent for alcohols in high‐performance liquid chromatography

4‐(7‐Diethylaminocoumarin‐3‐yl)benzeneisocyanate (DACB‐NCO) was synthesized as a new fluorescent derivatization reagent for alcohols for use in high‐performance liquid chromatography (hplc). Saturated alcohols (C₆‐C₂₂) were derivatized in good yields into the corresponding fluorescent DACB‐carbamic esters by treating with DACB‐NCO. The DACB‐carbamic esters of these alcohols were clearly separated on a reversed‐phase hplc column (Inertsil ODS‐2, mobile phase: methanol‐water, excitation wavelength 402 nm; emission wavelength 488 nm). The detection limit (S/N = 3) of cetyl alcohol, as a test compound, was 5 fmol/10 μl.     

An improved derivatization method for sensitive determination of fatty acids by high-performance liquid chromatography using 9-(2-hydroxylethyl)-carbazole as derivatization reagent with fluorescence detection

Summary Tagging techniques with reagents used for fluorescent detection for short and long-chain fatty acids using high-performance liquid chromatography are evaluated in terms of the tagging reactions, handing, flexibility, stability of the reagents. Emphasis is given to the applications of the tagging techniques to relatively high molecular mass fatty acids. The fatty acids or carboxylic compounds were derivatized to their corresponding esters with 9-(2-hydroxy ethyl)-carbazole (HEC) in acetonitrile at 60°C with N, N′-carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) as a coupling agent in the presence of 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP). A mixture of esters of C₁−C₂₀ fatty acids was completely separated with 45 min using gradient elution on a reversed-phase C₁₈ column. The maximum fluorescence emission for the derivatized fatty acids is at 365 nm (λ_ex 293 nm). Studies on derivatization conditions indicated that fatty acids react rapidly and smoothly with HEC in the presence of CDI and DMAP in acetonitrile to give the corresponding sensitively fluorescent derivatives. The application of this method to the analysis of long chain fatty acids in plasma is also investigated. The LC separation shows good selectivity and reproducibility for fatty acids derivatives. The relative standard deviations (n=6) for each fatty acid derivative are <5.0%. The detection limits are at 38–57 fmol levels for C₁₄−C₂₀ fatty acids and lower levels for <C₁₄ fatty acids.     

Synthesis of noval chiral tridentate amino alcohols as chiral solvating agents under ball-milling conditions

A new family of chiral solvating agents based on chiral didentate amino alcohols and chloromethyl pyridine derivatives were synthesized by ball milling in solvent free condition. The new chiral tridentate amino alcohols were tested as chiral NMR solvating agents for the Ts-derivatives of amino acids, other several acids and pyrazole drugs. For the Ts-derivatives of amino acids studied herein, chiral tridentate amino alcohol 3a could be used for the assignment of the absolute configurations of their racemes through the chemical shift non-equivalences of their CH₃ (Ts) protons with certain confidence.     

The Oxidation of Primary Alcohols to Methyl Esters and Diols to Lactones Using Trichloroisocyanuric Acid

Abstract

Primary alcohols and diols are easily oxidized to methyl esters by a solution of trichloroisocyanuric acid with methyl alcohol in dichloromethane. In addition, α,ω-diols are also readily oxidized into lactones by refluxing with trichloroisocyanuric acid and pyridine in dichloromethane.     

Biimidazol-2-yl–BF2 complexes

Nonfluorescent 4,4′,5,5′-tetramethyl- and 4,5,4′,5′-bistetramethylene biimidazol-2-yls 5 and 6 combined with boron trifluoride to give the tetramethyl and bistetramethylenebiimidazol-2-yl–BF₂ complexes 9 and 10 isolated as strongly fluorescent BF₃ salts, λ_f (dichloromethane): 377 nm Φ 0.93 and 386 nm Φ 0.90. Similarly, fluorescent bibenzimidazol-2-yl 7 , λ_f (ethanol), 370 nm Φ 0.14, gave a BF₂ complex 11 isolated as a BF₃ salt λ_f (ethanol), 417 nm Φ 0.68.     

Nitration of Halterman porphyrin: a new route for fine tuning chiral iron and manganese porphyrins with application in epoxidation and hydroxylation reactions using hydrogen peroxide as oxidant

A methodology is reported for the regioselective nitration of the phenyl groups of Halterman porphyrin, using NaNO₂. These nitro-porphyrins can be reduced to aminoporphyrins and then N-dimethylated to give new optically active porphyrins. Applications to the asymmetric epoxidation of styrene derivatives by H₂O₂ to give optically active epoxides (ee up to 60%) and hydroxylation of alkanes to give optically active secondary alcohols (ee up to 69%) were carried out in organic solvents (dichloromethane/methanol) using chiral iron and manganese porphyrins as catalysts.     

Shape- and Size-Selective Preparation of Hectorite-Supported Ruthenium Nanoparticles for the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Benzene

The cationic organometallic aqua complexes formed by hydrolysis of [(C₆H₆)₂RuCl₂]₂ in water, mainly [(C₆H₆)Ru(H₂O)₃]²⁺, intercalate into white sodium hectorite, replacing the sodium cations between the anionic silicate layers. The yellow hectorite thus obtained reacts in water with molecular hydrogen (50 bar, 100 °C) to give a dark suspension containing a black hectorite in which large hexagonally shaped ruthenium nanoparticles (20–50 nm) are intercalated between the anionic silicate layers, the charges of which being balanced by hydronium cations. If the reduction with molecular hydrogen (50 bar, 100 °C) is carried out in various alcohols, spherical ruthenium nanoparticles of smaller size (3–38 nm depending on the alcohol) are obtained. In alcohols other than methanol, the reduction also works without H₂ under reflux conditions, the alcohol itself being the reducing agent; the ruthenium nanoparticles obtained in this case are spherical and small (2–9 nm) but tend to aggregate to form clusters of nanoparticles. Whereas the ruthenium nanoparticles prepared by reduction of the yellow hectorite in refluxing alcohols without hydrogen pressure are almost inactive, the nanoparticles formed by hydrogen reduction catalyze the hydrogenation of benzene to give cyclohexane under mild conditions (50 °C) with turnover frequencies up to 6500 catalytic cycles per hour, the best solvent being ethanol. Dedicated to Professor C. N. R. Rao, pioneer of nanocluster chemistry, on the occasion of his 75th birthday.     

Determination of catecholamines as their N-hydroxy-succinimidyl-3-indolylacetate derivatives by pre-column derivatization HPLC separation and fluorescent detection

N-Hydroxysuccinimidyl-3-indolylacetate (SIIA) is a new fluorescent derivatizing reagent with an indole ring and ¶an N-hydroxysuccinimide ester functionality. It can react with catecholamines under mild conditions to form corresponding amides, which have strong fluorescence at λ_ex/λ_em = 301 nm/¶365 nm. This paper covers the RP-HPLC separation and fluorescent determination of derivatized catecholamines with SIIA. In a mobile phase of methanol-water (36/64, v/v) containing H₃cit-Na₂HPO₄ buffer (pH = 4.00, 10 mmol/L), the derivatives of norepinephrine (NE), epinephrine (E) and dopamine (DA) were eluted within 15 min on a C₁₈ column. The detection limits were 0.043, 0.13 and 0.18 pmol, respectively, when the ratio of signal to noise (S/N) was 3. The excessive reagent is rapidly hydrolyzed to 3-indolylacetic acid (IA) that can be easily separated from derivatives.     

Determination of catecholamines as their N-hydroxy-succinimidyl-3-indolylacetate derivatives by pre-column derivatization HPLC separation and fluorescent detection

N-Hydroxysuccinimidyl-3-indolylacetate (SIIA) is a new fluorescent derivatizing reagent with an indole ring and ?an N-hydroxysuccinimide ester functionality. It can react with catecholamines under mild conditions to form corresponding amides, which have strong fluorescence at λ_ex/λ_em = 301 nm/?365 nm. This paper covers the RP-HPLC separation and fluorescent determination of derivatized catecholamines with SIIA. In a mobile phase of methanol-water (36/64, v/v) containing H₃cit-Na₂HPO₄ buffer (pH = 4.00, 10 mmol/L), the derivatives of norepinephrine (NE), epinephrine (E) and dopamine (DA) were eluted within 15 min on a C₁₈ column. The detection limits were 0.043, 0.13 and 0.18 pmol, respectively, when the ratio of signal to noise (S/N) was 3. The excessive reagent is rapidly hydrolyzed to 3-indolylacetic acid (IA) that can be easily separated from derivatives. Received: 16 April 1999 / Revised: 13 July 1999 / /Accepted: 15 July 1999     

Acridin-9-ylmethoxycarbonyl （Amoc）： A New Photochemically Removable Protecting Group for Alcohols

Synthesis and photochemistry of acridin-9-ylmethoxycarbonyl(Amoc)as a new photochemically removableprotecting group for alcohols were described.Three carbonates of alcohols 1—3 were synthesized throughcondensation of 9-hydroxymethylacridine and chloroformates of alcohols,including benzyl alcohol,phenethylalcohol and one galactose derivative.The photolysis of protected alcohols can efficiently release the correspondingalcohol in the efficiencies(Q_(u1)ε)of 100—200(quantum yield Q_(u1)=0.011—0.023,and molar absorptivity ε=9.1×10~3—9.8×10~3 mol~(-1)·L·cm~(-1))under 360 nm light.     

An Efficient Synthesis and Fluorescent Properties of Pyrazole[3,4‐b]thieno[2,3‐e]pyridine Derivatives

A simple and efficient method for the synthesis of pyrazole[3,4‐b]thieno[2,3‐e]pyridine derivatives via the sequence of three‐component, catalyst‐free, and solvent‐free condensation and oxidation was described. The products feature a donor‐π‐conjugated acceptor fluorescent activity system, and the fluorescence emission wavelength was measured in methanol. Some products were fluorescent in solution emitting at blue light (λ_em = 430–505 nm).     

Promoting effect of ionic liquids on ligand substitution reactions

Ionic liquid solvents N-hexylpyridinium bistrifylimide ([C₆pyr][Tf₂N]] and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([C₄mim][PF₆]) promoted the displacement of anionic ligands by pyridine derivatives in trans-(Ph₃P)₂Rh(CO)NO₃ to a much greater extent than did dichloromethane. Thus, addition of a slight excess of 2-fluoropyridine to trans-(Ph₃P)₂Rh(CO)NO₃ in [C₄mim][PF₆] gave a 29:71 product mixture of trans-(Ph₃P)₂Rh(CO)NO₃:[trans-(Ph₃P)₂Rh(CO)(2-fluoropyridine)][NO₃], while the ratio was 91:9 in dichloromethane.     

Determination and Identification of Primary Aliphatic Amines Using 4-(1H-Phenanthro[9,10-d]Imidazol-2-yl)Benzoic Acid as Novel Pre-Column Labeling Reagent by LC with Fluorescence Detection and Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Mass Spectroscopy

4-(1H-Phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazol-2-yl)benzoic acid (PIBA), a new amine-reactive fluorescent probe was synthesized and used as a pre-column derivatizing reagent for the determination of aliphatic amines from environmetal water samples. Derivatization was successfully carried out by a condensation reaction using 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide hydrochloride as the dehydrant. Studies on derivatization conditions indicated that the condensation reaction proceeded rapidly and smoothly in the presence of pyridine. Amines were labeled with PIBA to give the corresponding sensitively fluorescent derivatives with an excitation maximum at λ _ex 260 nm and an emission maximum at λ _em 445 nm. Identification of derivatives was carried out by online APCI–MS–MS and showed an intense protonated molecular ion corresponding m/z [M + H]⁺ in the positive ion mode. Excellent linear responses were observed with coefficients of >0.9996. Detection limits were 6.7–27 fmol (at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3). The mean intra- and inter-assay precision for all amine levels were <2.79 and 3.85%, respectively. The established method for the determination of aliphatic amines from real water was satisfactory.     

Intercalation behavior of calcium phenylphosphonate dihydrate CaC6H5PO3·2H2O

Intercalates of calcium phenylphosphonate dihydrate with 1-alkylamines (C₂–C₁₀), 1-alkanols (C₃–C₁₀), 1,ω-amino alcohols (C₂–C₅), pyridine, morpholine, piperazine, aniline and 1-naphthylamine were prepared and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis. The intercalates of alkanols and alkylamines are unstable at ambient conditions and the guest molecules are tilted to the host layers at an angle of 40°. The amino alcohol intercalates are stable and their basal spacings are very similar for all amino alcohols used and, in the case of ethanolamine and propanolamine, they contain co-intercalated water. Also arylamines and nitrogenous heterocycles form stable compounds. The general formula of these intercalates is CaC₆H₅PO₃·xH₂O·y(guest) and their basal spacings are from 15.39 to 15.78 Å.     

Determination of alcohols by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorimetric detection after pre-column derivatisation with carbazole-9-N-acetic acid and chromatographic behaviour of alcoholic derivatives

Alcohols were derivatised to their carbazole-9-N-acetic acid (CRA) esters with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC.HCl) as the dehydrating agent. Studies on derivatisation conditions indicated that the coupling reaction proceeded rapidly and smoothly in the presence of a base catalyst in acetonitrile to give the corresponding sensitively fluorescent derivatives. The retention behaviour of alcohol derivatives was investigated by varying mobile phase compositions (ACN-water and MeOH-water). The parameters from the equation log k'=A-BX were evaluated by retention data of derivatives using an isocratic elution with different mobile phases. The results indicated that the parameters derived allowed computation of retention factors in good agreement with experiments. At the same time, a general equation was derived that makes possible predictions of partition coefficient in binary mobile phases with different proportions of organic solvent to water based on some simple regression analysis. The LC separation for the derivatised alcohols containing higher carbon alcohols showed good reproducibility on a reversed-phase C18 column with gradient elution. The detection limits (excitation at 335 nm, emission at 360 nm) for derivatised alcohols (signal-to-noise ratio=3:1) were in the range of 0.1-0.4 pg per injection.     

Pyridine and benzonitrile adducts of bis(4-nonafluorobiphenyl)zinc

Treatment of (Ar_F′)₂Zn(OEt₂)₂ (Ar_F′ = 4-C₆F₅C₆F₄) with 2 equiv. of benzonitrile, 4-(phenyl)benzonitrile, 4-(pyrrolyl)benzonitrile, pyridine, 4-(phenyl)pyridine or 4-(pyrrolyl)pyridine in dichloromethane afforded the corresponding adducts (Ar_F′)₂ZnL₂ in near quantitative yield. The 2,2′-bipyridine adduct was prepared similarly. Multinuclear NMR spectroscopy indicated that zinc′s four-coordinate character was maintained in solution. The pyridine complex crystallized from dichloromethane with a solid-state structure free of face-to-face aryl–aryl interactions. In contrast, the 4-(pyrrolyl)pyridine adduct crystallized from both dichloromethane and 1,2-difluorobenzene, with solvent of crystallization, but otherwise essentially identical supramolecular architectures assembled through aryl–aryl synthons, including a face-to-face pentafluorophenyl–pyrrole interaction.     

Method for the Isolation and Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Furazolidone in Chicken Muscle Tissue

Abstract

A method for the isolation and quantitation of furazolidone as a residue in poultry muscle tissue is presented. Blank control and furazolidone fortified chicken muscle (7.8–250 ng/g tissue) (0.5g) were blended with 2g of octadecylsilyl derivatized silica (C₁₈). The C₁₈/chicken muscle matrix blend was used to prepare a column that was subsequently washed with 8mL of hexane to remove lipids. The furazolidone was then eluted with 8mL of dichloromethane (DCM). The DCM eluate contained furazolidone analyte that was free from interfering compounds when examined by HPLC utilizing UV detection (365nm, photodiode array). The extracted standard curves (linear regression analysis correlation r=0.9995 /pm 0.0002, n=5), average percentage recovery (99.8/pm 4.42%, the Major Metabolite of Δ-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in Urine., J. Anal. Toxicol., 2, 6–9 (1985).     

Thermodynamics of mixed micellar systems of sodium octanoate and ethoxylated alcohols in water at 25°C

Thermodynamic volume and compressibility properties of binary aqueous systems of sodium octanoate (C₈Na) and polyoxyethylene butyl ether compounds (ethoxylated alcohols), with one to three oxyethylene groups (C₄EO_X), and ternary systems of these compounds, have been determined as a function of surfactant and alcohol concentrations at 25°C from density and ultrasonic velocity measurements. Values of standard state apparent molar volume and apparent molar adiabatic compressibility properties of transfer of ethoxylated alcohols from water to aqueous C₈Na solutions were obtained. The observed trends in the properties of the aqueous binary C₈Na systems and of the transfer functions for C₄EO_x, at a given low concentration of 0.05m, were analyzed using theoretical models. Good agreement between the simulated results and the experimental data was achieved. The results obtained for the distribution coefficients of the alcohols and the thermodynamic properties of both components of the mixed micelle show that the hydrophobicity of the ethoxylated alcohols is enhanced by introducing more oxyethylene groups into the alcohol. The distribution behavior of these compounds between the C₈Na micelles and the aqueous phase also depends on the difference between the hydrophobicity of the surfactant and the alcohols.