Effect of microwave dielectric heating on intraparticle diffusion in reversed-phase liquid chromatography

The influence of microwave (MW) irradiation on the mass transfer kinetics in reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) was studied by placing a column in a microwave oven and measuring the incremental change in the temperature of the column effluent stream at various microwave energies and mobile phase compositions. The microwave energy dissipated in the column was set between 15 and 200 W and the mobile phase composition used varied from 100 to 70, 50, and 10% methanol in water at 1.2 mL/min. At all the mobile phase compositions considered, the effluent temperature increased with increasing microwave energy. At 70% methanol, the mobile phase flow rate was set at 1.2, 2.0, and 2.8 mL/min. At 1.2 mL/min, the effluent temperatures at the lowest (15 W) and highest (200 W) microwave energy inputs were 25 +/- 1 degrees C and 41 +/- 1 degrees C for pure methanol, 25 +/- 1 degrees C and 48 +/- 1 degrees C for 70% methanol, 25 +/- 1 degrees C and 50 +/- 1 degrees C for 50% methanol, and, 25 +/- 1 degrees C and 52 +/- 1 degrees C for 10% methanol, respectively. With 70% methanol and microwave energy inputs of 15, 30, and 50 W, the effluent temperature did not change with increasing flow rate; a considerable change was observed at 100, 150, and 200 W between 1.2 and 2.0 mL/min and none between 2.0 and 2.8 mL/min. Chromatographic elution band profiles of propylbenzene were recorded under linear conditions, in 70% methanol solutions, for microwave energy inputs of 0, 15 and 30 W, at constant temperature. The intraparticle diffusion coefficient, De, under microwave irradiation was ca. 20% higher than without irradiation. These preliminary results suggest that microwave irradiation may have a considerable influence on intraparticle diffusion in RPLC.     

Structure of complexes formed by dissolution of palladium diacetate in methanol and chloroform. In situ NMR study

The behavior of palladium diacetate cyclic trimer [Pd(OAc)(2)](3) (1) upon its dissolution in methanol and wet chloroform was studied by (1)H and (13)C NMR including 2D-HSQC and 2D-DOSY techniques. Upon dissolution, trimer 1 reacts with methanol and is completely transformed first into the methoxo complex Pd(3)(μ-OMe)(OAc)(5) (2), which already at -18 °C undergoes a slow exchange of second bridging acetate ligand between the same palladium atoms to form the symmetric dimethoxo complex Pd(3)(μ-OMe)(2)(OAc)(4), the maximum relative concentration of which reaches 20-30 mol % of initial loading trimer 1. Along with the dimethoxo complex, both soluble and insoluble polynuclear palladium clusters are gradually formed at -18 °C, and their total amount reaches up to 60% of the starting Pd(2+) loading. The increase of temperature to 27 °C results in the reduction of palladium(II) to Pd metal by methanol, which is oxidized and transformed into formaldehyde hemiacetal and methyl formate. Upon dissolution in wet chloroform, trimer 1 is reversibly hydrolyzed to the hydroxo complex Pd(3)(μ-OH)(OAc)(5) (10) in ratio 1/10 ≈ 3/1. The temperature decrease and addition of acetic acid shift the equilibrium in this system toward trimer 1, and addition of water shifts it in the opposite direction. Addition of methanol to the equilibrium mixture of 1 and 10 results in the fast exchange of bridging acetate in trimer 1 by the μ-OMe group. Substitution of the μ-OH ligand by μ-OMe in 10 occurs in parallel but more slowly. Complex 2 formed in both cases is more stable in chloroform than in methanol.     

Enantiomeric separation of chiral pesticides by high performance liquid chromatography on cellulose tris-3,5-dimethyl carbamate stationary phase under reversed phase conditions

Twenty chiral pesticides were tested, of which seven samples were directly separated by HPLC using cellulose tris-3,5-dimethyl carbamate (CDMPC) chiral stationary phase under RP conditions. The influence of mobile phase composition and column temperatures from 0 degrees C to 40 degrees C on the separations were investigated. The mobile phases were methanol/water or ACN/water at a flow rate of 0.8 mL/min with UV detection at 230 or 210 nm. Epoxiconazole, terallethrin, benalaxyl, and diclofopmethyl were observed to obtain the baseline separation under suitable conditions and other pesticides pyriproxyfen, lactofen, and quizalofop-ethyl were separated partially. The retention factors (k) and selectivity factor (alpha) for the enantiomers of most investigated pesticides decreased upon increasing the temperature except for the selectivity factors (alpha) of pyriproxyfen in methanol/water. The ln alpha - 1/T plots for racemic chiral pesticides were linear at the range of 0-40 except for that of pyriproxyfen enantiomers in methanol/water and the chiral separations were controlled by enthalpy. Better separations were not always at low temperature. The elution orders of the eluting enantiomers were determined by a circular dichroism (CD) detector.     

超临界流体色谱法分析非对映异构体d4T-5’-N-磷酰化苯丙氨酸甲酯

采用超临界CO2流体色谱技术,分析d4T-5’-N-磷酰化苯丙氨酸甲酯手性磷的非对映异构体。色谱柱为Hpersil ODS2(250 mm×4.6 mm,5μm),流动相为夹带改性剂甲醇、乙醇和异丙醇的超临界CO2流体。以容量因子、选择性和分离度为指标,考察改性剂、背压和柱温对分离的影响。在甲醇、乙醇和异丙醇3种改性剂中,甲醇为最好的改性剂,其中在7%甲醇改性剂下,该化合物的分离度可达到3.35。在7%甲醇改性剂条件下,考察了压力(10～20 MPa)和温度(303.15～318.15 K)的影响。在优化的分离条件(改性剂为7%甲醇,流速为2 mL/min,柱温为308.15 K,背压为15 M Pa)下,d4T-5’-N-磷酰化苯丙氨酸甲酯的两种非对映异构体完全达到基线分离,分离时间约15 min。     

Phototriggered fluorescence color changes in azobenzene-functionalized conjugated polymers

We report fluorescence studies of phototriggered changes in spectral position and shape for two azobenzene-functionalized poly(p-phenylenevinylene) derivatives, poly(2-methoxy-5-(4-phenylazophenyl-4'-(1,10-dioxydecyl))-1,4-phenylenevinylene) (MPA-10-PPV) and poly(2-hexyloxy-5-(4-phenylazophenyl-4'-(1,10-dioxydecyl))-1,4-phenylenevinylene) (HPA-10-PPV). Upon trans --> cis azobenzene photoisomerization, small (ca. 1 nm) blue shifts in spectral position are observed for MPA-10-PPV in 100% toluene, a good solvent for this polymer. These shifts are reversed upon visible irradiation and can be cycled many times. To probe the dependence of these shifts on initial polymer conformation, a dichloromethane-methanol cosolvent study was performed in which the solvent quality was decreased incrementally to induce a reduction in polymer coil dimensions. Unirradiated dichloromethane solutions of both MPA-10-PPV and HPA-10-PPV showed a red shift and reduction in quantum yield with increasing methanol concentration as expected based on literature results for other poly(p-phenylenevinylene) derivatives. These changes have been attributed to a dramatic conformational collapse by others and occur for these azo polymers over the 30-60% (v/v) methanol range. While little or no light-induced spectral shifting was observed at low (or=70%) methanol concentrations, significant spectral shifts were observed for both polymers upon azobenzene photoisomerization in solutions with 30-60% methanol, the same range over which the polymer undergoes collapse to a highly coiled state. The largest shifts are visible to the eye, with a 65:35 (v/v) dichloromethane-methanol solution of HPA-10-PPV showing yellow-orange fluorescence when the azobenzenes are trans, green fluorescence when they are cis, and yellow-orange again after the azobenzenes are returned to the trans state. We attribute these color changes to a reversible UV-phototriggered expansion of polymer coil dimensions that occurs as a result of trans --> cis azobenzene side chain isomerization and provide temperature data to support this conclusion.     

Copper-free click chemistry with the short-lived positron emitter fluorine-18

The copper-free strain-promoted click chemistry between (18)F-labeled aza-dibenzocyclooctyne [(18)F]FB-DBCO and various azides is described. [(18)F]FB-DBCO was prepared in 85% isolated radiochemical yield (decay-corrected) through acylation of amino aza-dibenzocyclooctyne 1 with N-succinimidyl 4-[(18)F]fluorobenzoate ([(18)F]SFB). [(18)F]FB-DBCO showed promising radiopharmacological profil with fast blood clearance as assessed with dynamic small animal PET studies. Metabolic stability of [(18)F]FB-DBCO was 60% of intact compound after 60 min post injection in normal Balb/C mice and blood clearance half-life was determined to be 53 s based on the time-activity-curve (TAC). Copper-free click chemistry was performed with various azides at low concentrations (1-2 μM) which differed in their structural complexity in different solvents (methanol, water, phosphate buffer and in bovine serum albumin (BSA) solution). Reaction proceeded best in methanol (>95% yield after 15 min at room temperature), whereas reaction in BSA required longer reaction times of 60 min and 40 °C upon completion.     

Effect of temperature on pH measurements and acid-base equilibria in methanol-water mixtures

The knowledge of the acid-base equilibria in water-solvent mixtures of both common buffers and analytes is necessary in order to predict their retention as function of pH, solvent composition and temperature. This paper describes the effect of temperature on acid-base equilibria in methanol-water solvent mixtures commonly used as HPLC mobile phases. We measured the delta-correction parameter (delta = sw pH - ss pH = Ej - log sw(gamma)oh) between two pH scales: pH measured in the solvent concerned and referred to the same standard state, ss pH, and the pH measured in that solvent mixture but referred to water as standard state, sw pH, for several methanol compositions in the temperature range of 20-50 degrees C. These determinations suggest that the delta-term depends only on composition of the mixture and on temperature. In water-rich mixtures, for which methanol is below 40% (w/w), delta-term seems to be independent of temperature, within the experimental uncertainties, whereas for methanol content larger than 50% (w/w) the delta-correction decreases as temperature increases. We have attributed this decrease to a large increase in the medium effect when mixtures have more than 50% methanol. The pKa of five weak electrolytes of different chemical nature in 50% methanol-water at 20-50 degrees C are presented: the effect of temperature on pKa was large for amines, pyridine and phenol, but almost no dependence was found for benzoic acid. This indicates that buffers can play a critical role in affecting retention and selectivity in HPLC at temperatures far from 25 degrees C, particularlyfor co-eluted solutes.     

Clustering dynamics in water/methanol mixtures: a nuclear magnetic resonance study at 205 k<T<295 k

Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) experiments have been performed to measure the spin-lattice, T1, and spin-spin, T2, relaxation times of the three functional groups in water/methanol mixtures at different methanol molar fractions (XMeOH=0, 0.04, 0.1, 0.24, 0.5, 1) as a function of temperature in the range 205 K相似文献   

Vapor Pressure and Solid Phases of Methanol below Its Triple Point Temperature

We present an experimental work devoted to study of the thermodynamical properties of solid methanol. We combine Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and mass spectrometry (MS) to measure, for the first time, the vapor pressure of various methanol solid phases and determine their Clausius-Clapeyron equations. We perform our experiments between T = 130 K and the triple point temperature T(t) = 175.61 K. When methanol is condensed from its vapor below T(t), we observe three different solid phases depending on temperature. A condensation at T = 130 K forms a metastable phase with an enthalpy of sublimation deltaH(metastable-vapor) = 42.9 +/- 0.5 kJ.mol(-1). Upon heating, this phase transforms itself at T approximately 145 K to the alpha-phase that has an enthalpy of sublimation deltaH(alpha-vapor) = 46.9 +/- 0.2 kJ.mol(-1). Cooling the alpha-phase does not lead back to the metastable phase, whereas heating this alpha-phase leads to the beta-phase occurrence at T(alpha-beta) = 157.36 K. This latter one is stable until T(t) and has an enthalpy of sublimation deltaH(beta-vapor) = 44.2 +/- 0.5 kJ.mol(-1).     

Measurement of the axial and radial temperature profiles of a chromatographic column. Influence of thermal insulation on column efficiency

The temperatures of the metal wall along a chromatographic column (longitudinal temperature gradients) and of the liquid phase across the outlet section of the column (radial temperature gradients) were measured at different flow rates with the same chromatographic column (250 mm x 4.6 mm). The column was packed with 5 microm C18-bonded silica particles. The measurements were carried out with surface and immersion thermocouples (all junction Type T, +/-0.1 K) that measure the local temperature. The column was either left in a still-air bath (ambient temperature, T(ext) = 295-296 K) or insulated in a packing foam to avoid air convection around its surface. The temperature profiles were measured at several values of the inlet pressure (approximately = 100, 200, 300 and 350 bar) and with two mobile phases, pure methanol and a 2.5:97.5 (v/v, %) methanol:water solution. The experimental results show that the longitudinal temperature gradients never exceeded 8 K for a pressure drop of 350 bars. In the presence of the insulating foam, the longitudinal temperature gradients become quasi-linear and the column temperature increases by +1 and +3 K with a water-rich (heat conductivity approximately = 0.6 W/m/K) and pure methanol (heat conductivity approximately = 0.2 W/m/K), respectively. The radial temperature gradients are maximum with methanol (+1.5 K at 290 bar inlet pressure) and minimum with water (+0.8 K at 290 bar), as predicted by the solution of the heat transfer balance in a chromatographic column. The profile remains parabolic all along the column. Combining the results of these measurements (determination of the boundary conditions on the wall, at column inlet and at column outlet) with calculations using a realistic model of heat dispersion in a porous medium, the temperature inside the column could be assessed for any radial and axial position.     

磺化聚醚醚酮/三羧基丁烷膦酸锆复合质子交换膜的研究

通过在磺化聚醚醚酮(SPEEK)中掺杂1,2,4-三羧基丁烷-2-膦酸锆(Zr(PBTC))制备出SPEEK/Zr(PBTC)复合质子交换膜.结果表明,与纯SPEEK膜相比,Zr(PBTC)的掺杂能降低复合膜的吸液量及甲醇透过系数,且随着Zr(PBTC)含量的增加,这种作用越趋明显.在室温至80℃范围内,复合膜的甲醇透过系数在10-7cm2.s-1数量级上,远小于Nafion115膜.在饱和湿度下,当温度大于90℃时,含40wt%Zr(PBTC)的复合膜电导率超过Nafion115膜,并在160℃时达到0.36S.cm-1.使用温度的提高及在高温下的高电导率表明该复合膜适合在高温DMFC中使用.     

Ring opening of 2-(bromomethyl)-1-sulfonylaziridines towards 1,3-heteroatom substituted 2-aminopropane derivatives

1,3-Heteroatom substituted 2-aminopropane derivatives have been prepared from 2-(bromomethyl)-1-sulfonylaziridines for the first time using sodium azide or different potassium phenoxides in water in the presence of silica gel. The applicability of 1-arenesulfonyl-2-(bromomethyl)aziridines for the synthesis of functionalized sulfonamides has also been demonstrated towards different 1,3-dialkoxy-2-(tosylamino)propanes and 1,3-dialkylthio-2-(tosylamino)propanes upon treatment with the appropriate sodium alkoxide or sodium alkylthiolate in the corresponding alcohol or in methanol, respectively.     

A flame spectrophotometric method for the determination of nickel and boron in plating solutions

The flame photometric method as a rapid means of estimating the nickel and boron concentrations in nickel plating solutions is described. The effect of methanol concentration upon the flame emission of the 352.5 mμ nickel line in 1 to 1 methanol—water solution was studied. The effect of nickel concentration upon the flame emission of boron in 1 to 1 methanol —water solution was studied for the oxide band system at 518 mμ.On étudie l'effet de la concentration du méthanol sur la flamme d'émission de la raie 352.5 mμ du nickel dans un mélange eau —méthanol 1:1.L'effet de la concentration en nickel sur la flamme d'émission du bore dans un mélange eau —mé -thanol 1:1 est étudié pour les bandes de l'oxyde á 518 mμ     

利用ZnO@ZIF-8核壳结构构建高选择性、高稳定性的Pd/ZnO催化剂用于CO2加氢制甲醇

Catalytic CO₂ hydrogenation to methanol is a promising route to mitigate the negative effects of anthropogenic CO₂. To develop an efficient Pd/ZnO catalyst, increasing the contact between Pd and ZnO is of the utmost importance, because "naked" Pd favors CO production via the reverse water-gas shift path. Here, we have utilized a ZnO@ZIF-8 core-shell structure to synthesize Pd/ZnO catalysts via Pd immobilization and calcination. The merit of this method is that the porous outer layer can offer abundant "guest rooms" for Pd, ensuring intimate contact between Pd and the post-generated ZnO. The synthesized Pd/ZnO catalysts (PZZ8-T, T denotes the temperature of calcination in degree Celsius) is compared with a ZnO nanorod-immobilized Pd catalyst (PZ). When the catalytic reaction was performed at lower reaction temperatures (250, 270, and 290 ℃), the highest methanol space time yield (STY) and highest STY per Pd achieved by PZ at 290 ℃ were 0.465 g g_cat^-1 h^-1 and 13.0 g g_Pd^-1 h^-1, respectively. However, all the PZZ8-T catalysts exhibited methanol selectivity values greater than 67.0% at 290 ℃, in sharp contrast to a methanol selectivity value of 32.8% for PZ at the same temperature. Thus, we performed additional investigations of the PZZ8-T catalysts at 310 and 360 ℃, which are unusually high temperatures for CO₂ hydrogenation to methanol because the required endothermic reaction is expected to be severely inhibited at such high temperatures. Interestingly, the PZZ8-T catalysts were observed to achieve a methanol selectivity value of approximately 60% at 310 ℃, and PZZ8-400 was observed to maintain a methanol selectivity value of 51.9% even at a temperature of 360 ℃. Thus, PZZ8-400 attains the highest methanol STY of 0.571 g g_cat^-1 h^-1at 310 ℃. For a better understanding of the structure-performance relationship, we characterized the catalysts using different techniques, focusing especially on the surface properties. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results indicated a linear relationship between the methanol selectivity and the surface PdZn : Pd ratio, proving that the surface PdZn phase is the active site for CO₂ hydrogenation to methanol. Furthermore, analysis of the XPS O 1s spectrum together with the electronic paramagnetic resonance results revealed that both, the oxygen vacancy as well as the ZnO polar surface, played important roles in CO₂ activation. Chemisorption techniques provided further quantitative and qualitative information regarding the Pd-ZnO interface that is closely related to the CO₂ conversion rate. We believe that our results can provide insight into the catalytic reaction of CO₂ hydrogenation from the perspective of surface science. In addition, this work is an illustrative example of the use of novel chemical structures in the fabrication of superior catalysts using a traditional formula.     

Quantitative information about the hydrogen bond strength in dilute aqueous solutions of methanol from the temperature dependence of the Raman spectra of the decoupled OD stretch

We have obtained quantitative information about the hydrogen bond strength in pure water and in dilute aqueous solutions of methanol by analyzing the temperature dependence of Raman spectra of the decoupled OD stretch from 21 to 160 degrees C with the hydrogen bond energy dispersion method. A minimum at 2440 cm(-1) assigned to strong icelike hydrogen bonds and a maximum at 2650 cm(-1) due to maximally (but not completely) broken hydrogen bonds result in all cases. The energy of the minimum decreases upon addition of methanol due to formation of stronger water-methanol hydrogen bonds, whereas the energy of the maximum increases because water hydrogen atoms in the vicinity of the methyl group might participate in "more broken" hydrogen bonds than in bulk water.     

生物质气催化合成甲醇的研究

在高压微型反应装置上进行了生物质气合成甲醇的研究。利用组成为H2/CO/CO2 /N2(体积比)=52.5/21.5/22.8/3.2 的富CO2原料气考察了不同温度、压力和空速条件时甲醇的时空产率和质量分数。结果表明,在所考察的范围内,甲醇的产率和质量分数在260 ℃达到最大。产率和质量分数随反应压力升高而增大,空速增加使产率增大,甲醇的质量分数降低。当p=4 MPa,t=260 ℃,WHSV=5 280 h-1时, 甲醇的时空产率为0.79 g·（mL·h）－１,质量分数为96.2%,与工业合成气相比,分别下降25.8％和1.64％。     

Supramolecular photochirogenesis. 2. Enantiodifferentiating photoisomerization of cyclooctene included and sensitized by 6-O-modified cyclodextrins

Supramolecular enantiodifferentiating photoisomerization of (Z)-cyclooctene (1Z) to the chiral (E)-isomer (1E) via inclusion and sensitization by modified alpha-, beta-, and/or gamma-cyclodextrin derivatives, possessing benzoate (2a, 3a, 4a), isomeric phthalates (3b-d), and tethered benzamide (3e) chromophores, has been investigated in aqueous methanol solutions at varying temperatures. The photostationary-state 1E/1Z ratios obtained upon sensitization with 2-4 in 1:1 water-methanol reached 0.4-0.8, which are higher than the value of ca. 0.25 reported for sensitizations by conventional alkyl benzoates in hydrocarbon solvents, although the ratio was reduced to 0.2-0.4 in water or methanol. The sensitizations of 1Z by alpha- and gamma-cyclodextrin benzoates (2a, 4a) with size-mismatched cavities gave 1E of poor enantiomeric excesses (ee's) smaller than 3 and 5%, respectively. In contrast, beta-cyclodextrin derivatives (3a-e) afforded much higher ee's of up to 24%, depending on the solvent composition. Thus, the modification of cyclodextrin with a sensitizing group successfully enhanced the product through the excited-state supramolecular interaction within the cavity. Interestingly, the product ee's obtained with benzoate 3a and methyl phthalate 3b are not a simple function of either temperature or solvent, but are nicely correlated with the host occupancy or the percentage of occupied host. This means that the entropy factor plays an insignificant role in this supramolecular photochirogenesis system, which is in sharp contrast to the decisive role of entropy in the conventional (nonsupramolecular) counterpart performed in homogeneous solutions, where an inversion of product chirality by temperature variation is reported to occur.     

C-Nucleosides. 8. Synthesis of 5-hydroxy-2-(β-D-ribofuranosyl)pyridine

The synthesis of 5-hydroxy-2-(β-D-ribofuranosyl)pyridine ( 12 ) from 2-(2,3,5-tri-O-benzoyl-β-D-ribofuranosyl)furan ( 1 ) is described. Treatment of 1 with α-methoxycarbamate in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid in benzene at reflux temperature afforded furfurylcarbamate ( 2 ) and its α-isomer in a 5/1 ratio. The anomerization was circumvented by treatment of 1 with α-methoxycarbamate in the presence of boron trifluoride in benzene at room temperature. Compound 2 was electrochemically oxidized to give dihydrofuran 4 . However, conversion of 4 into 11 was unsuccessful. Treatment of azide 8 with bromine and methanol afforded 9 . Reduction of 9 with zinc powder gave dihydrofurfurylamine 10 , in 80% yield. Treatment of this with concentrated hydrochloric acid in methanol yielded 11 , which on deblocking with 5% sodium hydroxide aqueous solution gave 12.     

2H-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxides 2. A condensation of 2-aminobenzenesulfonamide with chloroalkyl isothiocyanates

A reaction of 2-aminobenzenesulfonamide ( 1 ) with 2-chloroethyl or 3-chloropropyl isothiocyanate in isopropanol afforded 2-(2′-chloroethylthioureido)- and 2-(3′-chloropropylthioureido)benzenesulfonamides ( 2a,b ) in 67% and 55% yield respectively. Treatment of 2a,b with triethylamine in methanol at room temperature furnished 3-(2′-aminoethylthio)- and 3-(3′-aminopropylthio)-2H-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxides ( 9a,b ) in quantitative yield. Heating 2b to reflux in methanol under neutral conditions gave 9b but in the form of the hydrochloride 8b which could be converted into the free base 9b by treating with ammonia water. When compounds 2a,b were treated with triethylamine in methanol at elevated temperature, 3-(2′-mercaptoethylamino)- and 3-(3′-mercaptopropylamino)-2H-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxides ( 10a,b ) were obtained in good yield. Alternatively, 10a,b could also be prepared from 9a,b in 95% and 77% yield respectively.