Determination of uracil in 5-fluorouracil substance by high-performance liquid chromatography

Separation of 5-fluorouracil and uracil in chromatographic systems consisting of a silica column as a stationary phase and ethyl acetate or ethyl acetate partially saturated with water as a mobile phase has been studied. The results indicated that when saturation of ethyl acetate with water was chosen to reach more than 60%, such mobile phases [e.g., 2.4% (v/v) water in ethyl acetate] are useful in determining uracil in 5-fluorouracil substances.     

Speciation of hexavalent chromium in waters by liquid-liquid extraction and GFAAS determination

Diperoxo chromium oxide is produced by reaction of hydrogen peroxide on chromium(VI). Diperoxo chromium creates a complex with ethyl acetate, while chromium(III) remains in an unchanged form in the aqueous phase. By this means chromium(VI) can be extracted into ethyl acetate from the aqueous phase. The optimal conditions of Cr(III)-Cr(VI) separation, as well as the chromium content of the ethyl acetate phase were determined with graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. In the second extraction of Cr(VI) from ethyl acetate back into water phase an additional preconcentration of chromium(VI) can be carried out. The detection limit (3σ) of the developed method found to be 200 ng dm^− 3 for the first extraction and 50 ng dm^− 3 after using the twofold extraction. In consequence of the matrix free ethyl acetate phase after the first extraction, with this separation a really extensive preconcentration of chromium(VI) can be realized.     

Effect of ionization on infrared and electronic absorption spectra of methyl and ethyl formate in the gas phase and in astrophysical H2O ice: a computational study

This work reports infrared and electronic absorption spectra of trans and gauche conformers of neutral ethyl formate, trans and cis conformers of neutral methyl formate, their ions in the gas phase, and neutral ethyl and methyl formate in astrophysical H(2)O ice. The second-order M?ller-Plesset perturbation (MP2) method with TZVP basis set has been used to obtain ground-state geometries. An influence of ice on vibrational frequencies of neutral ethyl and methyl formate was obtained using integral equation formalism polarizable continnum model (IEFPCM). Significant shift in vibrational frequencies for neutral methyl and ethyl formate when studied in H(2)O ice and upon ionization is observed. Rotational and distortion constants for neutral ethyl and methyl formate from this work are in excellent agreement with the available experimental values. Electronic absorption spectra of conformers of ethyl and methyl formate and their ions are obtained using time-dependent density functional method (TDDFT). The nature of electronic transitions is also identified. We suggested lines especially good to detect these molecules in interstellar medium. Using these lines, we can identify the conformers of ethyl and methyl formate in gas phase and H(2)O ice in interstellar medium. This comparative study should provide useful guidelines to detect conformers of ethyl and methyl formate and their ions in gas phase and neutral molecules in H(2)O ice in different astronomical environment.     

固相萃取-气相色谱/质谱联用法测定卷烟主流烟气中的香兰素和乙基香兰素

采用固相萃取-气相色谱/质谱联用技术,建立了一种同时测定卷烟主流烟气中香兰素和乙基香兰素的方法。方法优化了萃取条件,考察了萃取溶剂、萃取时间对检测结果的影响。通过硅藻土固相萃取柱净化并浓缩后,选取DB-HeavyWAX毛细管柱进行目标物分离,以香兰素-d3作为内标,对香兰素和乙基香兰素进行定量分析。结果表明,香兰素和乙基香兰素在浓度0.2~20.0 mg/L范围内具有良好的线性关系,其检出限分别为9.1 ng/支和6.5 ng/支,回收率均在96.3%~107.7%之间。     

Limonene in Arizona liquid systems used in countercurrent chromatography. I Physicochemical properties

Limonene is a biorenewable cycloterpene solvent derived from orange peel waste. Its potential as a “green” solvent to replace heptane was recently evaluated. Countercurrent chromatography (CCC) is a preparative separation technique using biphasic liquid systems. One liquid phase is the mobile phase; the other liquid phase is the stationary phase held in place by centrifugal fields. A particular range of special proportions of the heptane/ethyl acetate/methanol/water system is called the Arizona (AZ) liquid system when the heptane/ethyl acetate ratio is exactly the same as the methanol/water ratio. A continuous polarity decrease is obtained between the most polar A composition (ethyl acetate/water or 0/1/0/1 v/v) and the least polar Z composition (heptane/methanol or 1/0/1/0 v/v), replacing heptane by limonene and methanol by ethanol produce biphasic liquid systems much more environmentallyfriendly than the original AZ compositions. The chemical compositions of the two liquid phases of 12 AZ limonene/ethyl acetate/ethanol/water proportions were fully determined by Karl-Fisher titration of water and by gas chromatography for the organic solvents. The results were compared with the compositions of the corresponding AZ mixtures containing heptane and methanol. Significant differences in ethyl acetate and ethanol distribution between phases of the two systems with identical volume proportions were established. The ratio of the upper phase over the lower phase volumes and the phase density difference are important in CCC, there are also significant differences between the classic and “green” AZ systems that are discussed.     

Analysis of ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate using aqueous normal‐phase chromatography with mass spectrometry

The use of aqueous normal‐phase chromatography is explored as a possible format for the analysis of the forensically significant compounds ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate. Standard solutions of the two compounds are used to verify the retention capabilities of two stationary phases (diamond hydride and undecanoic acid). These results are then compared to data obtained on hair extracts to determine if any matrix effects exist with respect to both retention and peak shape. The undecanoic stationary phase is used for the establishment of calibration curves for quantitative analysis. These curves are utilized to determine the concentration of ethyl glucuronide in several hair samples tested.     

Characteristic aroma compounds from different pineapple parts

Characteristic aroma volatile compounds from different parts of cayenne pineapple were analyzed by headspace-solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The main volatile compounds were esters, terpenes, ketones and aldehydes. The number and content of aroma compounds detected in pulp were higher than those found in core. In pulp, the characteristic aroma compounds were ethyl 2-methylbutanoate, ethyl hexanoate, 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone (DMHF), decanal, ethyl 3-(methylthio)propionate, ethyl butanoate, and ethyl (E)-3-hexenoate; while in core the main compounds were ethyl 2-methylbutanoate, ethyl hexanoate and DMHF. The highest odor units were found to correspond to ethyl 2-methylbutanoate, followed by ethyl hexanoate and DMHF. The odor units found for pulp were higher than those for core.     

Colorimetric determination of silicon in the presence of phosphorus

An accurate and rehable colorimetric method of silicon determination in the presence of phosphorus is reported The method involves the selective extraction of phosphomolybdate with ethyl acetate and determination of the aqueous phase after reduction to molybdenum blue lsoamyl acetate extracts phosphomolybdate to a lesser degree than ethyl acetate     

Convenient synthesis of glycosyl bromide from 1-O-acetyl sugars by photo-irradiative phase-vanishing reaction of molecular bromine

The synthesis of glycosyl bromides from 1-O-acetyl sugars using a photo-irradiative phase-vanishing method involving molecular bromine was achieved. A bottom phase of molecular bromine was overlaid first with perfluorohexanes (FC-72), followed by overlaying with ethyl acetate containing a 1-O-acetyl sugar. Upon irradiation, the bromine layer gradually disappeared, leaving two phases. Glycosyl bromide was obtained in good yield from the ethyl acetate phase.     

乙基乙酰胺热解反应机理的MO研究

对于烷基乙酰胺的初始热解反应机理, 通常认为与酯类的热解反应相类似。Maccoll和Nagra通过对该热解反应的动力学研究, 认为两者存在不同。差异之一, 烷基乙酰胺存在两种可能的热解途径【参见本文(129页)前述反应方程(1),(2)】。而在酯类热解反应中(2)的活化能过高, 且四元环过渡态极不稳定。差异之二, 极性溶剂(比如乙酸)对酰胺热解反应的催化作用不明显, 而对酯类等气相热解反应的催化作用是十分显著的。为此, 我们用MINDO/3分子轨道法对乙基乙酰胺的初始热解反应进行了较全面的研究。用能量梯度法对此反应的反应物、中间体和生成物的平衡几何构型进行了全优化。(如图1所示)用极小能量途径法分别寻找反应(1)和反应(2)的初始过渡态, 继而用Powell法全优化过渡态的几何构型, 计算所得的过渡态TS1、TS2和TS3分别见图2a, 图3a和图4a。为了确证这些过渡态, 进行了振动分析研究, 结果表明这些过渡态的力常数矩阵的诸本征值中均只有一个负值, 且虚振动模式展示了走向各自的反应物和生成物的趋势, (如图2b,图3b和图4b所示)。它们的总能量及反应(1)和反应(2)的活化能列于表1. 对整个热解反应(1)作了内禀反应坐标(IRC)理论分析, 反应历程见图5所示. 与IRC相应的总能偶极矩以及部分关键的键长和原子净电荷变化一并列于表2.本文研究结果表明, 在乙基乙酰胺的初始反应中主反应即反应(1)与酯类反应相类似, ...     

Using Soluble Polymers to Enforce Catalyst‐Phase‐Selective Solubility and as Antileaching Agents to Facilitate Homogeneous Catalysis

The enforced phase‐selective solubility of polyisobutylene (PIB)‐bound Rh^II catalysts in biphasic heptane/acetonitrile mixtures can be used not only to recycle these catalysts but also to minimize bimolecular reactions with ethyl diazoacetate. When cyclopropanation and O? H insertion reactions are carried out with PIB‐bound Rh^II catalysts either with or without addition of an unfunctionalized hydrocarbon polymer cosolvent, dimer by‐product formation is suppressed even without slow syringe pump addition of the ethyl diazoacetate. This suppression of by‐product formation is shown to be due to increased phase segregation of the soluble polymer‐bound catalyst and the ethyl diazoacetate reactant. These studies also reveal that added hydrocarbon polymer cosolvents can function as antileaching agents, decreasing the already small amount of a soluble polymer‐bound species that leaches into a polar phase in a biphasic mixture during a liquid/liquid separation step.     

Synthesis and characterization of new cationic quaternary ammonium polymerizable surfactants

Two new polymerizable surfactants (surfmers), (11-acryloyloxyundecyl)dimethylethylammonium bromide (ethyl surfmer) and (11-acryloyloxyundecyl)dimethyl(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium bromide (hydroxyethyl surfmer), were synthesized and characterized. The binary phase diagrams of both surfmer/water systems are described. Both surfmers can form isotropic solutions and lamellar lyotropic liquid crystalline phases. The hydroxyethyl surfmer/water system forms a lamellar phase for weight concentrations of surfmer between 70 and 90% relative to between 75 and 85% for the ethyl surfmer/water system. The differences in the self assembly of these surfmers were attributed to the ability of hydroxyethyl surfmer to form hydrogen bonds (between two head groups and with water), whereas no such interactions can occur with the ethyl surfmer system.     

反相液相色谱法分离2-(4-羟基苯氧基)丙酸酯对映体

合成了三-(4-甲基苯甲酸)纤维素酯(MCTB)手性固定相，用反相高效液相色谱法在该手性固定相上对2-(4-羟基苯氧基)丙酸酯对映体进行拆分．实验结果表明，在三-(4-甲基苯甲酸)纤维素酯手性固定相上，以甲醇与水的体积分数为75：25做流动相能较好的拆分2-(4-羟基苯氧基)丙酸甲酯、乙酯和丁酯对映体，其分离因子分别为1．38、1．49、0．98；同时还发现2-(4-羟基苯氧基)丙酸酯中酯基团的大小对其对映体的分离也有明显的影响，其中以乙酯的拆分效果最佳。     

Influence of the functionalization pattern of ethyl cellulose on the interactions with polystyrene latex particles in aqueous mixtures

The interactions between polystyrene latex particles and ethyl cellulose (EC) with different functionalization pattern have been investigated. 3-Mono-O-EC and EC with statistical functionalization pattern in the anhydroglucose units were studied in aqueous solutions and dispersions. EC belongs to a group of polymers that phase separate upon heating. The two types of EC showed large differences in phase separation temperature, which was explained as an effect of different interactions with water due to different functionalization pattern. Both types of EC did adsorb on polystyrene particles, which indicated a favorable interaction between EC and polystyrene latex particles, however, in a different manner depending on the structure of EC. The conventionally synthesized ethyl cellulose with statistical functionalization pattern formed much stronger networks with polystyrene latex particles than 3-mono-O-EC did. The lower phase separation temperature and the slightly higher molecular weight of the conventional ethyl cellulose gave it higher preference for interacting with polystyrene latex particles to form network. Throughout the study, comparison is made with other cellulose derivatives like ethyl(hydroxyethyl) cellulose (EHEC) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC).     

Effect of the Mobile Phase on Solute Retention in Liquid-Solid Chromatography

Abstract

Utilizing retention data estimated by HPTLC on silica and activity coefficients in the non-aqueous mobile phase determined on the basis of saturation solubility of solutes, the effect of the mobile phase on retention of a set of structurally different solutes was studied. A quadratic relationship between the logarithm of retention factors or activity coefficients and the volume fraction of ethyl acetate in heptane - ethyl acetate solution was observed, suggesting a common retention machanism in liquid chromatography. The retention and/or relative retention of a solute was affected by both the mobile and the stationary phase. The magnitude of these effects depended merely on the molecular structure of a solute.     

Substituent effects on the adsorption of dialkyl sulfides on gold nanoparticles

The adsorption of chloroethyl ethyl sulfide and 2,2'-dichloro ethyl sulfide to gold nanoparticles has been examined in the gas phase using surface-plasmon resonance spectroscopy. The equilibrium constants for the gas-phase adsorption reactions are 14 +/- 4 and 25 +/- 5 atm(-1), respectively. The bond energy of the Au-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide complex is 44 +/- 9 kJ mol(-1). The bond energy of Au-2,2'-dichloro ethyl sulfide is estimated to be 47 kJ mol(-1). Halogenation of the dialkyl side chains is found to have little impact on the chemistry, and only physisorption processes occur, analogous to dialkyl sulfide adsorption on Au surfaces.     

甲苯在纤维素乙基化过程中的作用

本文研究了甲苯在纤维素乙基化过程中的影响。实验表明,甲苯能明显提高乙基化反应速度和氯乙烷的反应效率;甲苯用量对乙基化反应程度和乙氧基的分布有显著的影响。在适量甲苯存在下所得到的乙基纤维素有较低的液晶转变温度、较宽的液晶温度范围和均匀的液晶态。     

Isothermal vapor–liquid equilibria for different binary mixtures involved in the alcoholic distillation

Isothermal vapor–liquid equilibrium (VLE) data for five binary systems ethyl acetate + 3-methyl-1-butanol, ethanol + 3-methyl-1-butanol, ethyl acetate + 2-methyl-1-butanol, ethanol + 2-methyl-1-butanol, ethyl acetate + 2-methyl-1-propanol, involved in the alcoholic distillation have been determined experimentally by headspace gas chromatography. The composition in the liquid phase was corrected with the help of an iterative method by means of a G^E model. However, due to the large density difference between the liquid and the vapor, the correction of the liquid phase composition is nearly negligible. All the binary mixtures show positive deviations from Raoult's law. The experimental VLE data are well predicted by using the modified UNIFAC model (Dortmund).     

Phase-Transfer Catalyzed Monoalkylation of Ethyl 2-(p-Tolylsulfonyl) Acetate

The facile monoalkylation of ethyl 2-(P-tolylsulfonyl)acetate under solid-liquid phase transfer conditions is reported.     

Modeling gradient elution in countercurrent chromatography: efficient separation of tanshinones from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge

Countercurrent chromatography (CCC) is a support-free liquid-liquid chromatography using centrifugal fields to hold the liquid stationary phase. CCC has been widely applied in the separation of various natural and synthetic components using a variety of biphasic liquid systems. The related hexane or heptane/ethyl acetate/methanol or ethanol/water biphasic liquid systems demonstrated their significance in CCC. Gradient is difficult in CCC since any composition change in one phase induces a composition change of the other phase to maintain phase equilibrium. This work provides a new insight into linear gradient elution in CCC that is feasible with some biphasic liquid systems such as selected compositions of the hexane/ethyl acetate/ethanol/water systems. The equations modeling solute motion inside the CCC column are proposed. Particular compositions of the liquid system, namely the hexane/ethyl acetate/ethanol/water 8:2:E:W compositions with E + W = 10, were studied from W = 1 to 9. They showed moderate changes in the upper organic phase compositions. The model is tested with the separation of tanshinones from the rhizome of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge. Different linear solvent gradient profiles were experimentally performed between 8:2:5:5 and 8:2:3:7 compositions and the results were evaluated using the proposed model. Five tanshinones including dihydrotanshinone I, cryptotanshinone, tanshinone I, 1,2-dihydrotanshinquinone, and tanshinone IIA have been successfully separated (>95% purities) using a gradient profile optimized by the developed model. The gradient model can be used only with biphasic liquid systems in which one phase shows minimum composition changes when the other phase composition changes notably. This case is not the general case for biphasic liquid systems but can be applied with specific compositions of the quaternary hexane or heptane/ethyl acetate/methanol or ethanol/water most useful CCC liquid systems.