Calculation of gas chromatographic retention indices of organic compounds from the boiling points of their structural analogs

The possibility of calculating gas chromatographic retention indices (1) is discussed. The indices are important parameters for chromatospectral identification of organic compounds from the boiling points of their structural analogs (T _b ^* ) using the linear logarithmic equation log I = a log T _b ^* + bA + c, where A are the structural parameters reflecting the one- to- one position of the compounds being compared in the corresponding taxonomic groups, including homologous series.     

Prediction of retention times in linear gradient temperature and pressure programmed analysis on capillary columns

The simultaneous temperature and inlet pressure programming (TPP) in gas chromatographic analysis decreases the retention time and the maximum value of temperature required for the elution of high boiling substances. Therefore, compounds sensitive to thermal degradation can be better analysed and column ageing is reduced. However, the empirical choice of proper analysis conditions requires many preliminary runs; this paper describes a procedure for the theoretical prediction of retention times in TPP using few preliminary runs carried out in isobaric and isothermal conditions. The used program permits the prediction of the retention times of the compounds analysed with any different TPP run carried out within the temperature and pressure ranges investigated with the preliminary runs. The influence of various analytical parameters on the accuracy of the prediction values was investigated. The proposed model also predicts the relative position in the chromatogram of closely eluting peaks and the possible coincidence of retention times or inversion of the elution order with changing temperature. It is also possible to foresee the analytical conditions, which offer a baseline separation of all of the peaks of the sample.     

分子间引力的选择性

应用气液色谱和分子模型相结合的方法,研究了各种化合物之间的分子间引力,发现在某些分子上可含有几个略带正电荷的氢原子所构成的正电集团,或几个带负电的原子所构成的负电集团,或由正负中心所构成的正负集团。当二分子上的集团结构互相适应(电子性质适应和空间结构适应)时,此等集团之间即可呈现出很强的作用力且有很高的选择性,从而导致许多物理性质的反常现象。     

Evaluation of multi-walled carbon nanotubes as gas chromatographic column packing

Purified multi-walled carbon nanotubes (PMWCNTs), activated charcoal and graphitized carbon black (Carbopack B) were used as column packing materials to compare their separation ability and other gas chromatographic behavior for aromatic hydrocarbons, alkanes, halogenated hydrocarbons, alcohols, ketones, esters, and ethers. The results show that PMWCNTs can be an excellent gas chromatographic packing material. Compared to Carbopack B with the same surface area, PMWCNTs had a stronger retention ability, a more homogenous surface and smaller theoretical plate numbers. Polar compounds can present symmetric peaks on PMWCNTs. PMWCNTs were found to be an interesting alternative adsorbent to activated charcoal and Carbopack B as gas chromatographic column packing material for volatile compounds, especially those with relatively low boiling points.     

Using new structurally related additive schemes in the precalculation of gas chromatographic retention indices of polychlorinated hydroxybiphenyls on HP-5 stationary phase

A new additive scheme is proposed for the precalculation of gas chromatographic retention indices of complex organic compounds. The principal feature of this approach is the absence of previously calculated I increments for any structural fragments or functional groups in the molecule. Instead, arithmetical operations involving I values of simpler structural analogues of target compounds are used directly. I precalculation for polychlorinated hydroxybiphenyls (839 congeners) on the HP-5 stationary phase was chosen as one of the most important applications of the method under discussion. Such a large number of congeners cannot be obtained as reference samples and their gas chromatographic (GC)-mass spectrometric (MS) identification should therefore be based currently on precalculated I values.     

Prediction of gas chromatographic retention indices of polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes on non-polar columns

Polychlorodibenzothiophenes (PCDTs) have been found in several kinds of environmental samples. The lack of reference compounds has meant that very little is known about their gas chromatographic behavior. Here we discuss the retention of 19 authentic PCDTs and their sulfones on the widely used gas chromatographic stationary phases DB-5 and DB-5ms. The retention order is different from that of the polychlorodibenzofurans. The data generated allowed us to carry out a multiple linear regression to generate parameters for predicting the retention indices of unknown congeners based only on their structural features.     

氯代苯、醇、酯气相色谱保留指数与其正辛醇-水分配系数相关性

报道了氯代苯、醇、酯类化合物气相色谱保留指数与其正辛醇－水分配系数的相关性，研究了固定相极性对相关性影响，得出弱极性柱上测得的化合物保留指数能更准确地预测其分配系数，从而为极性化合物氯代苯、醇、酯分配系数的测定和预测提供了一种简便易行的新方法。     

拓扑-量子指数醛酮气相色谱保留指数及沸点的定量构效关系

通过对醛酮化合物分子结构特征及其气相色谱保留指数(RI)和沸点与分子结构间关系的研究,提出了分子极化效应指数(MPEI)、奇偶指数(OEI)、立体效应指数(SVij)、顶点度-距离指数(VDI)及键连接矩阵特征根(∑X1CH)等拓扑-量子结构参数,用多元线性回归(MLR)方法获得了醛酮类化合物的沸点及其在不同极性色谱柱上的气相色谱保留指数与这些拓扑-量子指数间良好的定量结构-性质相关(QSPR)模型,相关系数均大于0.99。5个分子结构参数具有明确的物理化学意义且易于计算和运用。与文献研究的比较结果表明:由上述分子结构参数得出的模型方程适用于各类醛酮化合物的气相色谱保留指数及沸点的预测且具有较好的稳定性和准确性。     

Retention indices in comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography

The identification of compounds by using gas chromatography (GC) in samples with significant complexity comprising a range of isomeric species, where characterization is based on peak retention times and mass spectra, generates uncertainty for the analyst. This leads to identification errors. The most reliable way to confirm the identification of each compound is based on authentic standard co-injection, which in several cases is economically prohibitive, and often unachievable in the time available for analysis. Retention index procedures are important tools to minimize misidentification of compounds in conventional chromatography. The introduction of comprehensive two-dimensional GC (GC × GC) for analysis of complex samples was a decisive step to increase the analytical capacity of chromatographic techniques. For many samples, the chromatographic resolution increase leads to quantitative expansion in the number of peaks identified, compared with conventional GC analysis. Notwithstanding this improved resolution, limitations still persist in correct peak identification, which suggests the use of retention indices may assist in supporting component identification in this important technique. In this work, approaches to use of the retention index in GC × GC are discussed, based on an evaluation of the literature in this area. Interpretation of effective chain length data for fatty acid methyl esters in the first and second dimensions is presented.     

Relationships between LC retention, octanol-water partition coefficient, and fungistatic properties of 2-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)benzothiazoles

The retention behavior of newly synthesized compounds with antimycotic activity from the 2-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole group by high-performance liquid chromatography has been investigated. RP-18 stationary phase and methanol-acetate buffer aqueous mobile phases at pH 4 and 7.4 have been used. In the case of the mobile phase at pH 7.4, higher concentrations of water can be applied than at pH 4. The studied compounds showed regular retention behavior, their log k values decreasing linearly with an increasing concentration of methanol in the mobile phase. On the basis of these relationships, the lipophilicity (log kw), specific hydrophobic surface area (S), and isocratic chromatographic hydrophobicity index (psi0) were determined. Similar log kw values and sensitivity to changes in the structure of compounds studied for both mobile phases have been found. Moderate correlations between the chromatographic parameters and the calculated octanol-water log P values were found. Finally, the lipophilicity parameters were compared with the fungistatic properties of compounds expressed by log MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) values to find quantitative structure activity relationship equations.     

气相色谱保留指数定性方法研究进展

综述了程序升温气相色谱保留指数,I^T与Kovats恒温保留指数,之间的关系、I^T的标准化和重现性问题以及定量结构保留指数关系(QSRR)研究进展;对于应用特殊检测器和极性柱定性、对多环芳烃和多氯联苯类物质利用保留指数定性的情况,选择非正构烷烃类同系物作为参考标准时准确性大为提高,比较了由此得到的保留指数与Kovats保留指数的关系;展望了利用保留指数定性的前景。     

Correlation between the chromatographic retention and physicochemical properties of azoles

The chromatographic behavior of previously unknown nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds was studied by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The main relationships in the retention of the compounds with variation of the acetonitrile content in the mobile phase were examined. One-and multiparameter correlations between the logarithm of the retention factor and quantities characterizing physicochemical properties of the compounds were constructed.     

Applications of a new vapour-phase pyrolyser

The application of a device for the post-column vapour-phase pyrolysis of compounds after gas chromatographic separation is described. The system proposed permits a mixture to be separated, pyrolysis to be carried out and pyrograms to be obtained in the chromatograph with one flame ionization detector. The reproducibility of the retention time and the intensity of the pyrogram peaks were studied. Some examples of applications to the identification of unknown components in a single gas chromatographic analysis are given.     

Optimization of HPLC Analysis of Biogenic Amines with Reference to Molecular Structure

Abstract

The selectivity and molecular connectivity indices (x) up to the sixth order were calculated and compared with measured reversed-phase high pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) retention data for biogenic amines common in foodstuffs and animal feed. The separation of seventeen dansylated amines including primary, secondary and polyamines, was investigated using an isoselective multisolvent gradient (IMGE), reversed-phase HPLC method. The mobile phase was optimized with the “PRISMA” model testing thirteen selectivity points. The compounds were divided into two groups according to their retention; the low-order valence level indices best described the retention. As the high correlations between the calculated and observed retention indicate, retention could be predicted in different selectivity points with a high degree of accuracy by the molecular connectivity indices.     

含氧化合物气相色谱保留指数的预测

通过对部分含氧化合物(醇、酯、醛、酮)在不同固定相不同柱温下的849个样本的气相色谱保留指数值(RI)与其部分参数:拓扑指数(mQ)、定位基参数(Sox)、固定液极性值(CP)及柱温(T)建立定量结构-色谱保留相关(QSRR)模型。分别利用多元线性回归(MLR)、偏最小二乘回归(PLSR)、人工神经网络(ANN)建模,同时采用内部及外部双重验证的办法对所得模型稳定性能进行深入分析和检验,建模计算值、留一法(LOO)交互检验(CV)预测值和外部样本预测值的复相关系数Rcum、QLOO和Rext分别为0.9832、0.9829和0.9836(MLR);0.9832、0.9830和0.9836(PLSR);0.9910、0.9909和0.9900(ANN)。结果表明:所建定量结构保留关系(QSRR)模型具有良好的稳定性和预测能力,较好地揭示了含氧化合物(醇、酯、醛、酮)在不同色谱条件下气相色谱保留指数的变化规律。     

The chromatographic behaviour of cycloolefins on stationary phases of different polarity. Prediction of their retention indices and boiling points

Summary The retention indices of mono and polycycloolefins with endo or exo double bonds, on squalane or polypropylenglycol 425 are related to their physico-chemical properties such as boiling point, molar volume, molar refraction, and refractive index. Equations have been empirically obtained, from which accurate retention indices of these compounds can be predicted. Unknown boiling points of some of these compounds can also be calculated from their lineal relation with the retention index on squalane.     

General applications of fused silica capillary column (FSCC) chromatography to the analysis of non-priority pollutant organics in environmental samples

Further applications of fused silica capillary columns (FSCC) to the analysis of environmental samples are presented. The chromatographic behavior (RT, RRT) of organic compounds of environmental significance not listed as Consent Decree Priority Pollutants is investigated on an SE-54 FSCC. Retention indices (RRT) and mass spectral response factors (RF) are presented for a total of 28 compounds including a number of chloro- and nitro-substituted anilines, alkylpyridines, and alkylquinoline derivatives. The direct application of the FSCC/MS interface to the analysis of these compounds in actual environmental samples is presented, including vent emissions from a fungicide manufacturing process, and contaminated soil and water samples from two metropolitan Boston construction sites.