New method for high-performance liquid chromatographic separation and fluorescence detection of ginsenosides

A novel pre-column derivatization method for the quantitative determination of ginsenosides by HPLC with fluorescence detection was established. The double bond at the C₂₄–C₂₅ position of ginsenoside was converted into an aldehyde group by means of ozonolysis. Then the aldehyde group reacts with FMOC-hydrazine forming the ginsenoside FMOC-hydrazone. The derivatized products were separated by RP-HPLC with gradient elution. The detection limits of ginsenosides Rg₁ and Rb₁ were 2.0 ng (about 2.5 pmol) and 1.0 ng (about 0.9 pmol), respectively. This method can be used for all ginsenosides having the C₂₄–C₂₅ double bond.     

N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺-3-吲哚乙酸酯柱前衍生高效液相色谱分离及荧光测定肽及其水解物

本文首次报道了一种新的羧酸活性酯试剂,N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺-3-吲哚乙酸酯作为柱前荧光衍生试剂,流动相为10mmol/L柠檬酸-Na₂HPO₄－pH 3.6的甲醇/水(20/80,V/V)溶液,C₁₈柱,于λ_cx/λ_cm＝278nm/355nm处进行荧光检测,高效液相色谱分离测定了谷胱甘肽、二甘肽、谷氨酸、胱氨酸、甘氨酸.当S/N＝3时,检出限为0.2至2.5Pmol.     

Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the quantitative determination of alkylbis(2-benzothiazolylsulfen)amides

An isocratic, reversed-phase HPLC procedure was developed for the simultaneous determination of isopropyl-, tert.-butyl-, tert.-amyl-, cyclohexylbis(2-benzothiazolylsulfen)amides. Quantitation is performed on a C₁₈ bonded-phase column (Separon SGX C₁₈ 5 μm) using N-dicyclohexyl-2-benzothiazolesulfenamide as internal standard followed by UV photodiode-array detection. The precision (n = 7) for all derivatives of alkylbis(2-benzothiazolylsulfen)amides is within 1.5%. Identification of the compounds also in the mixtures was done by NMR spectroscopy.     

Surfactant-sensitized post-column reaction with xylenol orange for the determination of lanthanides by ion chromatography

The presence of the cationic surfactants cetylpyridinium chloride and hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide in an alkaline 40% methanol medium was found to enhance sensitivity when xylenol orange is employed as the post-column reaction reagent for the determination of lanthanides by dynamic ion chromatography. Detection of individual lanthanides was carried out at 618 nm after separation by cation-exchange chromatography with gradient elution on a C₁₈ column. The eluent was -hydroxyisobutyric acid-sodium octanesulfonate, pH 3.8. Sensitivity enhancements by factors of three to six, compared with xylenol orange alone, were achieved at a cationic surfactant concentration of 2.4 mM. The calibration response was linear in the 0.05 to 5 μg ml⁻¹ analyte concentration range. Limits of detection below 3 ng were obtained for all the natural lanthanides and lanthanum. No sensitivity enhancement effects were observed with anionic (sodium dodecyl sulfate) and non-ionic (Triton X-100) surfactants under the conditions tested.     

Evaluation of an on-line coupled continuous flow liquid membrane extraction and precolumn system as trace enrichment technique by liquid chromatographic determination of bisphenol A

An on-line coupled continuous flow liquid membrane extraction (CFLME) and C₁₈ precolumn system was developed for sample preconcentration in liquid chromatography determination. After preconcentration by CFLME, which is based on the combination of continuous flow liquid–liquid extraction and supported liquid membrane, bisphenol A (BPA) was enriched in 960 μl of 1 mol l⁻¹ NaOH used as acceptor. This acceptor was on-line neutralized and transported onto the C₁₈ precolumn where analytes were absorbed and focused. Then the focused analytes were injected onto a C₁₈ analytical column for separation and detected at 220 nm with a diode array detector. CFLME related parameters such as flow rates, pH of donor and acceptor, and enrichment time were optimized. The proposed method presents a detection limit of 0.03 μg l⁻¹ (S/N=3) when 60 ml samples was enriched with an enrichment time of 30 min. Compared with C₁₈ based column-switching procedure, this proposed procedure presents similar sample throughput and lower detection limits. The proposed method was successfully applied to determine BPA in tap water, river water, and municipal sewage effluent samples.     

Simple and sensitive multi-sugar-probe gut permeability test by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence labelling

Enteral intake of a mixture of inert, non-metabolic monosaccharide and disaccharide probes, followed by measurement of their urinary probe ratio, is a well known method to investigate gut permeability. However, most applications lack sensitivity, thus a large amount of especially the disaccharide lactulose has to be ingested. This may cause diarrhoea, which influences the outcome of the test.

Recently, a new fluorescent label 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate hydrazine (FMOC-hydrazine) was introduced, which reacts with reducing sugars to form stable and highly fluorescent single peak derivatives in organic medium. We applied this reagent to develop a sensitive measurement of reducing sugar probes in aqueous samples (e.g. urine).

The presented method has a linear response for each sugar derivative between 1 and 1250 pmol with an R² ranging from 0.9997 for lactulose to 0.9999 for rhamnose. The limit of detection, calculated as a signal-to-noise ratio of three, was 0.05 pmol for lactulose and 0.01 pmol for rhamnose, xylose and 3-O-methyl-D-glucose, corresponding to urine concentrations of 0.11 μmol/1 for lactulose and 0.02 μmo1/l for rhamnose, xylose and 3-O-methyl-D-glucose. Compared to other tests, the limit of detection is very low. This enabled a reduction in the enteral intake of the disaccharide lactulose from 6–10 g to 1.5 g, thereby minimizing the chance of introducing diarrhoea. The coefficient of variation was below 3% both in standards and urine samples. After spiking the urine with the saccharides a recovery of 102% for lactulose, 101% for rhamnose, xylose and 3-O-methyl-D-glucose was found.

In order to evaluate the presented method we compared the lactulose rhamnose ratio measured in urine of healthy human volunteers and kept the ingested dose in agreement with literature values. Furthermore, the ratio was measured after 3, 6 and 9 h to establish the minimal response time required to measure correct ratios. We found that even after 3 h the ratio was stable at a value of 0.0133 which is comparable to literature values (0.008-0.052).     

Salicylaldimine-based symmetric dimers: synthesis and thermal behaviour

Several symmetrical dimers comprised of salicylaldimine-moieties connected through ester linkages to the termini of odd-parity alkanediols have been synthesized and investigated for their thermal behaviour. In order to understand the structure-property relations, the lengths of the central alkylene spacers (C₃ and C₅) as well as those of the terminal alkoxy chains (C₆ to C₂₂) have been varied. The dimers with a C₃-alkylene spacer are non-liquid crystalline, while some of the compounds having a C₅-alkylene spacer exhibit liquid crystalline properties. The dimer, with a C₅-alkylene spacer and C₆-alkoxy tails, shows an intercalated smectic C (SmC_c) phase, whereas the C₈, C₁₀, C₁₁, and C₁₂ homologues are non-mesomorphic. The higher homologues of this series with C₁₆, C₁₈, C₂₀ and C₂₂ alkoxy tails show a mesophase that has the signatures of a two-dimensional banana (B₁) phase. This mesophase is enantiotropic in the C₁₆ and C₁₈ homologues while it is monotropic in the other homologues. In these dimers, the spacer length has a remarkable influence on the thermal behaviour.     

Scanning tunneling microscopy study of fullerenes

Scanning tunneling microscopy investigations of adsorption and film growth of various fullerenes on semiconductor and metal surfaces are reviewed. The fullerenes being studied are C₆₀, C₇₀, C₈₄, Sc@C₈₂ and Y@C₈₂ and the substrates being used for adsorption are Si (111), Si (100), Ge (111), GaAs (110), GaAs (001), Au (111), Au (110), Au (100), Cu (111) and Ag (111) surfaces.     

Theoretical Studies on Aromaticity of Spiro Metallaaromatics of (C10H10M)2-(M=Ni,Pd, Pt)

Aiming to identify the spiro metallaaromatic systems with potential application value, (C₁₀H₁₀M)^2?(M=Ni, Pd, Pt) derivatives were theoretically investigated. (C₁₀H₁₀M)^2?-Iso1, which has two 6-membered rings(6MRs) connected by the M spiro atom, is a 14π-aromatic as a whole plane. (C₁₀H₁₀M)^2?-Iso2 has one 6π-aromatic 5MR and one 10π-aromatic 7MR connected by the spiro atom. The free (C₁₀H₁₀M)^2? dianions could not exist due to their rather high frontier orbital energies, while the neutral (C₁₀H₁₀M)Li₂ compounds are extremely stable against dissociation. Since (C₁₀H₁₀M)Li₂ coumponds are not fully coordinated, they trend to form (C₁₀H₁₀M)Li₄²⁺ dications, or even[(C₁₀H₁₀M)Li₂]_n polymers. Arguably, (C₁₀H₁₀M)^2? planes are not the only examples for spiro metallaaromaticity, their derivatives are also potential material building blocks.     

New organogold(I) complexes: Synthesis, structure, and dynamic behavior of the polynuclear organogold diphenylmethane and diphenylethane derivatives

Two organogold derivatives of diphenylmethane and diphenylethane, Ph₃PAu(o-C₆H₄)CH₂(C₆H₄-o)AuPPh₃ (1) and Ph₃PAu(o-C₆H₄)(CH₂)₂(C₆H₄-o)AuPPh₃ (2), have been synthesized by the reaction of ClAuPPh₃ with Li(o-C₆H₄)CH₂(C₆H₄-o)Li and Li(o-C₆H₄)(CH₂)₂(C₆H₄-o)Li respectively. The interaction of 1 with dppe results in the replacement of the two PPh₃ groups to give a macrocyclic compound (3) that includes an Au Au bond. Compounds 1 and 2 react with one or two equivalents of [Ph₃PAu]BF₄ to form new types of cationic complex [CH₂(C₆H₄-o)₂(AuPPh₃)₃]BF₄ (4), [CH₂(C₆H₄-o)₂(AuPPh₃)₄](BF₄)₂ (5), and [(CH₂)₂(C₆H₄-o)₂(AuPPh₃)₄](BF₄)₂ (6). Complexes 1–6 have been characterized by X-ray diffraction studies, FAB MS, and IR as well as by ¹H and ³¹P NMR spectroscopy. A complicated system of Au H-C agostic interactions, involving the bridging alkyl groups (—CH₂— and CH₂-CH₂—) of diphenylmethane and diphenylethane ligands, has been found to occur in complexes 1–3 and 6.     

Normal coordinate analysis of MSiH3 moieties in transition metal complexes and comparison to results obtained for silyl halides

In order to examine the influence of the transition metal on the metal-silyl fragment MSiH₃ and the metal-silicon bond, polarized Raman spectra of the complexes (C₅R₅)(CO)₂FeSiH₃ R = H (Cp) (1a), Me (Cp^*) (1b)], (C₅H₅)(CO)(PPh₃)FeSiH₃ (1c), (C₅Me₅)(CO)₂RuSiH₃ (2), (C₅R₅)(CO)₂(PMc₃)MoSiH₃ [R = H (3a), Me (3b)], and (C₅R₅)(CO)₂(PMe₃)WSiH₃ [R = H(4a), Me (4b)] have been recorded. The spectral data have been evaluated and interpreted on the basis of a normal coordinate analysis of the MSiH₃ core and the derived force constants and potential energy distributions were compared to results obtained for analogous halogen derivatives in the series XSiH₃ [X = Br (5), I (6)].     

新型金属-双二硫杂戊烯(M-BDT)配合物的合成、表征及X射线的指标化

合成了4个新型NiBDT配位化合物,BDT为具有9个S原子的杂戊烯.元素分析、IR谱、UV谱确定这4个新配合物的化学式分别为[(CH₃)₄N]₂[Ni(C₅S₉)₂](1),[(C₂H₅)₄N]₂·[Ni(C₅S₉)₂](2),[(C₄H₉)₄N]₂[Ni(C₅S₉)₂](3),[(C₆H₅)(CH₃)₃N]₂[Ni(C₅S₉)₂](4).采用Ito法对配合物1的X射线粉末图进行了指标化,确定该晶体属单斜晶系,简单晶格,晶胞参数:a=0.680nm,b=0.714nm,c=2.302nm,γ=111.4°,Z=2.     

吡啶基离子液体[C_6py][DCA]热力学性质及利用新E?tv?s方程预测其表面张力

制备了吡啶类离子液体N-己基吡啶二氰胺盐[C_6py][DCA],并用核磁共振氢谱(~1H NMR)、核磁共振碳谱(~(13)C NMR)、差热扫描量热(DSC)、傅里叶变换红外(FT-IR)光谱对其进行表征。在288.15–338.15 K温度范围内,采用标准加入法,测定其密度(ρ)、表面张力(γ)和折光率(n_D)。在测得的实验数据的基础上,得到了离子液体[C_6py][DCA]的分子体积(V_m)、表面能(E_a)、摩尔极化度(R_m)和极化率(α_p)。结果显示E_a、R_m和α_p几乎不随温度的变化而发生改变。本文还提出了摩尔表面Gibbs自由能(g_s)的概念,并改进了E?tv?s方程。同时还计算了gs、临界温度(T_c)和E?tv?s方程经验参数(kE),并预测了离子液体[C_6py][DCA]的表面张力,预测值与实验值具有较好的一致性。     

2,4-二硫代尿嘧啶的紫外吸收光谱和共振拉曼光谱

硫代嘧啶碱基是光动力疗法潜在的重要光敏剂,其最低单重激发态的光物理研究已有广泛报道。然而,其较高激发态的跃迁性质和反应动力学研究较为稀少。因此,本文采用共振拉曼光谱和密度泛函理论计算方法研究2,4-二硫代尿嘧啶的紫外光谱和几个较高单重激发态的短时结构动力学。首先,基于共振拉曼光谱强度与电子吸收带振子强度f的关系,将紫外光谱去卷积成四个吸收带,分别为358 nm(f=0.0336)中等强度吸收带(A带),338 nm(f=0.1491)、301 nm(f=0.1795)和278 nm(f=0.3532)强而宽的吸收带(B、C和D带)。这一结果既吻合密度泛函理论计算结果,又符合共振拉曼光谱强度模式对紫外光谱带的预期。据此,去卷积得到的四个吸收带被分别指认为S0→S2跃迁、S0→S6跃迁、S0→S7跃迁和S_0→S_8跃迁。同时,分别对B,C和D带共振拉曼光谱进行了详细的指认,获得了短时动力学信息。结果表明,S_8态短时动力学的显著特征是在Franck-Condon区域或附近发生了S8(ππ~*)/S(nπ~*)势能面交叉引发的、伴随超快结构扭转的非绝热过程。S7和S6态短时动力学的主要特征是反应坐标的多维性,它们分别沿C_5C_6/C_2S_8/C_4S_(10)/N_2C_3+C_4N_3H_9/N_1C_2N_3/C_2N_1C_6/C_6N_1H_7/C_5C_6H_(12)和C_5C_6/N_3C_2/C_4S_(10)/C_2S_8+C_6N_1H_7/C_5C_6H_(12)/C_5C_6N_1/C_5C_6H_(12)/C_2N_1C_6/N_1C_2N_3/C_4N_3H_9/N_1C_2N_3等内坐标演化。     

广西合山石村矿超高有机硫煤饱和烃特征分析

以合山石村矿超高有机硫煤为研究对象,利用带能谱的扫描电镜(SEM-EDX)及气相色谱(GC)和色谱-质谱联用(GC-MS)分析技术,综合分析探讨了研究区样品中有机质来源、沉积环境及物源输入。结果表明,研究区样品镜质体反射率均值1.76%,全硫含量均值6.01%,其中有机硫含量占比达94.3%,为高成熟度的超高有机硫煤。饱和烃色谱图中未分辨的复杂混合物(UCM)鼓包明显,前峰及双峰型均有分布,前峰型主峰碳为C_(16)、C_(18)、C_(21),双峰型主峰碳为C_(18)、C_(27),化合物降姥鲛烷、脱氢松香烷、咔达烯均有发现,规则甾烷C_(27)、C_(28)、C_(29)均呈"V"型分布,说明沉积母质受藻类等低等水生生物与高等植物双重输入的影响。姥植比参数、C_(31-35)藿烷呈阶梯式递减的分布特征表明在海相碳酸盐台地成煤带中存在一定的氧化条件。扫描电镜中拍摄到的铁含氧硫酸盐、细胞充填环状黄铁矿说明在沉积质晚期成岩阶段受到一定程度热液作用影响。     

Optimizing recoveries of two chlorotriazine herbicide metabolites and 11 pesticides from aqueous samples using solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

A method was developed for solid-phase extraction of two chlorotriazine herbicide metabolites, deethylatrazine (DEA) and deisopropylatrazine (DIA), from aqueous samples. Two C₁₈ phases in cartridge format were compared and recoveries were found to be highly sensitive to sorbent amount, sample volume and presence of parent compounds. Recoveries were significantly improved using a partially non-endcapped C₁₈ phase compared to the normal C₁₈ phase, particularly for DIA, apparently due to polar interactions. Combinations of sample volume and sorbent amount were tested using deionized water to determine an optimal combination of 200 ml and 1.0 g, respectively. Recoveries from a variety of river, stream, runoff and ground waters averaged 105–116% and 109–117% at concentrations of 0.5–1.0 ng/ml for DIA and DEA, respectively, with minimum detection limits of 0.05 ng/ml. Other pesticides tested also have acceptable recoveries using this method.     

多元醇一步法制备高碳烃液体燃料的研究

在较温和的条件下,山梨醇和木糖醇被氢碘酸还原转化为高碳烃液体燃料。产物采用GC-MS和FT-IR进行定量分析与表征,并对高碳烃产品的理化性质进行了测定。结果表明,以山梨醇为原料制备的高碳烃产物主要是包括C12H16、C12H18、C12H20、C12H22和C18H26在内的烷烃、烯烃和芳香烃等化合物,烃类的总产率可达85.1%。以木糖醇为原料的反应过程与山梨醇相似,但所得高碳烃是以C10和C15为主的烃类化合物,产率为62.8%。实验还以质量分数为50%的山梨醇和50%的木糖醇混合物为原料制备了高碳烃,结果发现,产物中除C10、C12、C15和C18烃外,还有一定量的C11烃生成,高碳烃产率为65.4%。反应产物经碱化、旋转蒸发和减压蒸馏后分离得到纯度较高的高碳烃,其含水量低于0.2%,常温下运动黏度为3.15~3.17 mm2/s,密度为0.830~0.840 g/mL,含氧量为1.8%~2.1%,热值高于43 MJ/kg。高碳烃的生成是由于多元醇被还原过程中C-I键的极性反转和分子间C-C键的偶联导致。     

The synthesis, structural features and thermal behaviour of thiophene-containing dithiocarboxylate complexes of zinc(II)

The complexes [Zn₂(S₂CTR)₄] (T = 2,5-disubstituted thiophene, R = C₄H₉ (1), C₆H₁₃ (2), C₈H₁₇ (3), C₁₂H₂₅ (4) and C₁₆H₃₃ (5)) have been synthesized and their structural features investigated. Compared to the analogous dithiobenzoate complexes, the crystal structure determination of 2 revealed that the thiophene induces a “step-rod” chain pattern instead of the linear, rodlike structure found for the corresponding dithiobenzoates. Complexes 1–5 did not display mesophases under thermal conditions, but an irregular melting pattern was observed for 3 and 4.     

Theoretical study of tricyclo[3,3,1,1]decane, tricyclo[3,3,1,1]decsilane molecules and their halogen derivatives, C10H12X4 and Si10H12X4 (X=F, Cl, Br, I)

The B3LYP/3-21G* ab initio molecular orbital method from the program package was applied to study tricyclo[3,3,1,1^3,7]decane and tricyclo[3,3,1,1^3,7]decsilane molecules and their halogen derivatives (1,3,5,7-tetrahalotricyclo[3,3,1,1^3,7]decane and 1,3,5,7-tetrahalotricyclo[3,3,1,1^3,7]decsilane, C₁₀H₁₂X₄ and Si₁₀H₁₂X₄ respectively). The optimized structures of these compounds were obtained. Ionization potentials, HOMO and LUMO energies, energy gaps, heats of formation, atomization energies and vibration frequencies were calculated. The calculations indicate that these molecules are stable and have T_d symmetry. Tricyclo[3,3,1,1^3,7]decsilane and its halogen derivatives (Si₁₀H₁₂X₄) are found to have higher conductivity than tricyclo[3,3,1,1^3,7]decane and its halogen derivatives (C₁₀H₁₂X₄). 1,3,5,7-Tetrafluorotricyclo[3,3,1,1^3,7]decane (C₁₀H₁₂F₄) and 1,3,5,7-tetrafluorotricyclo[3,3,1,1^3,7]decsilane (Si₁₀H₁₂F₄) were found to be the easiest compounds to form and the most difficult to dissociate of all 1,3,5,7-tetrahalotricyclo[3,3,1,1^3,7]decane and 1,3,5,7-tetrahalotricyclo[3,3,1,1^3,7]decsilane compounds, respectively.     

Ion chromatographic separation of alkali metal and ammonium cations on a C18 reversed-phase column

The separation of alkali metal (Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺ and Cs⁺) and ammonium cations on a C₁₈ reversed-phase column using three anionic surfactants [sodium 1-eicosyl sulphate, sodium dodecyl benzenesulphonate and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS)] is described. Two methods were examined: (a) “permanent” coating, with the use of a C₁₈ reversed-phase column previously coated with the surfactants; and (b) dynamic coating, with addition of the surfactants to the mobile phase. With method (a) the separation of the six cations was achieved with SDS. However, the retention times gradually decreased owing to dissolution of the SDS coating. Good separation was obtained with method (b), where 10 mM HNO₃ containing 0.1 mM SDS was used as the mobile phase with conductivity detection, and it was applied satisfactorily to real samples. The effect of system peaks on determination is also discussed.