Evaluation of different clean-up procedures for the analysis of heterocyclic aromatic amines in a lyophilized meat extract

Along with other mutagenic and carcinogenic contaminants in foods such as aflatoxins, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs) have received considerable attention in recent years. A major drawback in the analysis of HAAs in foods is their very low level of concentration (0.1 50 ng g-1) as well as matrix interferences. Solid-phase extraction (SPE), forming an integral part of chromatographic analysis, is one of the procedures currently used for the extraction and purification of HAAs in food samples. In this paper a comparative study of several SPE procedures for HAAs determination was performed. Recoveries of the heterocyclic amines in the analysis of both a simple matrix such as a standard methanolic solution and a contaminated meat extract were established. HAAs were determined by HPLC analysis with photodiode-array detection (DAD) of the purified extracts, and the adequacy of different clean-up procedures for the analysis of a contaminated meat extract was discussed.     

气相色谱-质谱法测定蜡笔中的芳香伯胺

建立了固相萃取-气相色谱-质谱(SPE-GC-MS)检测儿童蜡笔中苯胺等9种芳香伯胺的方法。先用正己烷除去蜡笔中的烷烃类物质,再以甲醇为提取剂在室温下超声提取两次,提取液经过浓缩后与还原剂连二亚硫酸钠在70 ℃下反应30 min,将反应后的溶液通过硅藻土固相萃取柱净化收集,然后采用HP-5M色谱柱分离,并用质谱进行检测。采用该方法成功地实现了9种芳香伯胺的分离检测。对于不同的芳香伯胺的定量限为5 mg/kg,实际样品的平均回收率为86.02%～102.43%。实验结果证明,该方法准确、稳定,可以用于蜡笔中芳香伯胺的实际检验。     

Spectrofluorimetric Evaluation of Total Aliphatic and Aromatic Amines in Well Waters and Wastewaters

Abstract

A simple and rapid spectrofluorimetric method is described for the determination of aliphatic and aromatic amines on the basis of ammonia and aniline, respectively. Aromatic amines in samples were reacted at pH 5.5 with fluram immoblised on an Octadecylsilane Solid Phase Extraction (ODS-SPE) cartridge. The produced pyrrolinones were adsorbed on SPE and separated from the aliphatic amines. Analysis of these compounds was carried out by elution of SPE with 1 ml Tetrahydrofuran (THF) and determination of fluorescence intensity at excitation wavelength 400 nm and emission wavelength 475 nm. Aliphatic amines after passing from SPE were collected and reacted with fluram at pH 9.2, and extracted into dichloromethane at pH 3 and quantitated fluorimetrically.

Linear dynamic ranges and detection limits (LOD) were 1–20, 0.43 mg 1^?1 and 1-200, 0.39 μg 1^?1 for ammonia and aniline, respectively. The proposed method was successfuly applied for the evaluation of these compounds in local well waters and municipality wastewaters.     

β-Cyclodextrin-polyurethane polymer as solid phase extraction material for the analysis of carcinogenic aromatic amines

β-Cyclodextrin-polyurethane (β-CDPU) polymer was synthesized by the reaction of β-cyclodextrin with hexamethylene diisocyanate in dry dimethylformamide and used as a sorbent for the solid phase extraction (SPE) of carcinogenic aromatic amines from water. The polymers were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry and particle size analysis. The separation and quantification was performed by Liquid chromatography with RP-C₁₈ column and diode array detection using standard arylamines for quantification. When compared with commercially available sorbents, β-CDPU gave better recovery for the aromatic amines. From the variation of pH of the extractant from 4.0 to 8.5 recovery was highest at pH 8.5. The breakthrough volume has been ascertained to be 100 ml for 200 mg of the resin. The new SPE material offers better recovery and estimation of banned arylamines.     

气相色谱-质谱法同时测定塑料食品接触材料中25种芳香族伯胺的迁移量

采用固相萃取前处理技术,结合气相色谱-质谱法对食品接触材料中25种芳香族伯胺的迁移量进行了同时测定。样品中25种目标物分别用蒸馏水和30 g/L醋酸浸出后,用氨水调节浸泡液至pH 8～10,经固相萃取小柱富集净化,再用体积比为1:1的叔丁基甲醚和乙醇混合液洗脱定容后用气相色谱-质谱仪测定。不同芳香族伯胺的检出限略有差异,在0.4～2.0 μg/kg的范围内。加标水平在10 μg/kg时,除2,4-二氨基苯甲醚在酸性模拟物中的回收率较低外,其他芳香族伯胺的回收率均在51.6%～118.4%之间,相对标准偏差(n=7)为0.5%～9.8%。同时探讨了不同实验条件如叔丁基甲醚和乙醇的体积比、pH值等条件对25种芳香族伯胺回收率的影响。结果表明,该方法准确、稳定,完全满足欧盟指令No 10/2011对食品接触塑料材料及制品中芳香族伯胺特定迁移量的限量要求,可用于食品接触材料中芳香族伯胺的实际检验。     

New technique using solid-phase extraction for the analysis of aromatic amines in mainstream cigarette smoke

A new procedure has been developed for the quantitation of aromatic amines in mainstream cigarette smoke. Two solid-phase extraction (SPE) cleanup steps using different retention mechanisms are required to process the samples. The first step uses a cation-exchange cartridge, followed by a second step that uses a cartridge with a hydrophobic retention character. The aromatic amines eluted from the second SPE cartridge are derivatized with heptafluorobutyric anhydride and analyzed with GC-MS selected ion monitoring in the negative chemical ionization mode. This new method has several advantages over other reported techniques, being sensitive, robust, and easily automated. The detection limits ranged from 0.02 ng/cigarette for tolidine to 1.41 ng/cigarette for aniline and the recoveries were from 79 to 109%.     

Analysis of primary aromatic amines using precolumn derivatization by HPLC fluorescence detection and online MS identification

2-(2-phenyl-1H-phenanthro-[9,10-d]imidazole-1-yl)-acetic acid (PPIA) and 2-(9-acridone)-acetic acid (AAA), two novel precolumn fluorescent derivatization reagents, have been developed and compared for analysis of primary aromatic amines by high performance liquid chromatographic fluorescence detection coupled with online mass spectrometric identification. PPIA and AAA react rapidly and smoothly with the aromatic amines on the basis of a condensation reaction using 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide (EDC) as dehydrating catalyst to form stable derivatives with emission wavelengths at 380 and 440 nm, respectively. Taking six primary aromatic amines (aniline, 2-methylaniline, 2-methoxyaniline, 4-methylaniline, 4-chloroaniline, and 4-bromoaniline) as testing compounds, derivatization conditions such as coupling reagent, basic catalyst, reaction temperature and time, reaction solvent, and fluorescent labeling reagent concentration have also been investigated. With the better PPIA method, chromatographic separation of derivatized aromatic amines exhibited a good baseline resolution on an RP column. At the same time, by online mass spectrometric identification with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) source in positive ion mode, the PPIA-labeled derivatives were characterized by easy-to-interpret mass spectra due to the prominent protonated molecular ion m/z [M + H](+) and specific fragment ions (MS/MS) m/z 335 and 295. The linear range is 24.41 fmol-200.0 pmol with correlation coefficients in the range of 0.9996-0.9999, and detection limits of PPIA-labeled aromatic amines are 0.12-0.21 nmol/L (S/N = 3). Method repeatability, precision, and recovery were evaluated and the results were excellent for the efficient HPLC analysis. The most important argument, however, was the high sensitivity and ease-of-handling of the PPIA method. Preliminary experiments with wastewater samples collected from the waterspout of a paper mill and its nearby soil where pollution with aromatic amines may be expected show that the method is highly validated with little interference in the chromatogram.     

A new photobase generator containing oxime-urethane group and its application

Photochemical base formation from oxime-urethane derivatives was observed via pH changes, GC and HPLC analysis, and laser flash photolysis study. Photolysis of these derivatives results in the formation of amines which induce cross-linking of poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) upon heating. Photocross-linking reaction of the copolymers, containing epoxy and oxime-urethane groups, were studied by measuring the insoluble fraction of copolymer films under various reaction conditions. Thermal cross-linking reaction of the copolymer was catalysed by the photogenerated pendant amines. The copolymer containing oxime-urethane groups which photogenerate aromatic amines can be utilized as an image recording material.     

Application of an ampholine‐functionalized hybrid organic–inorganic silica material for the SPE of aromatic amines

An SPE cartridge based on an ampholine‐functionalized hybrid organic–inorganic silica sorbent has been adopted for the analysis of aromatic amines including 4‐aminobiphenyl, benzidine, 2‐naphthylamine, p‐chloroaniline, 2,4,5‐trimethylaniline, and 3,3′‐dichlorobenzidine. Crucial variables governing the extraction efficiency of the material such as the pH of sample, sample loading volume, solvent used for elution, and elution volume have been thoroughly optimized. The adsorption capacities for the six aromatic amines ranged from 0.17 to 1.82 μg/mg. The recoveries of aromatic amines spiked in textile samples ranged from 78.9 to 103.0%, with RSDs of 1.1–11.9% (n = 3). Moreover, the extraction efficiency of the ampholine‐functionalized hybrid organic–inorganic silica sorbent was at least comparable with that of Oasis WCX.     

Solid-phase extraction coupling to capillary electrophoresis with emphasis on environmental analysis

This article reviews the status of solid-phase extraction (SPE) coupled with capillary electrophoresis (CE). It focuses on some of the organic pollutants which have captured the interest of analytical chemists--phenols, surfactants, dyes, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), aromatic and aliphatic amines, aromatic acids and aromatic sulfonic acids--and, in particular, on monitoring pesticides from different sources. It shows that the coupling of SPE to CE has considerable potential in the analysis of environmental pollutants.     

Determination of aliphatic amines by cation‐exchange chromatography with suppressed conductivity detection after solid phase extraction*

A sensitive method for the determination of underivatized aliphatic amines based on cation exchange chromatography coupled with suppressed conductivity detection scheme and solid phase extraction (SPE) procedure has been developed. A surface modified styrene divinylbenzene polymeric sorbent, based on a reversed‐phase (RP) and strong cation exchange (SCX) mixed mode was used as an active material for the SPE of amines. The conductometric capabilities of several aliphatic mono‐ and polyamines, expressed in terms of molar sensitivity (nS/μM), were determined. The LODs, obtained without the SPE treatment, ranged between 20 and 65 nM for putrescine and 2‐butylamine, respectively. The resulting calibration plots for the aliphatic amines were generally linear over about three orders of magnitude, with correlation coefficients >0.98. The LODs of amines decreased generally by one factor when SPE procedure, using BaCl₂/H₂SO₄ eluents, has been adopted. The proposed SPE procedure, seems to offer good results in terms of preconcentration, recoveries and cleanup of samples. The proposed methodology was successfully tested for the quantitative determination of some biogenic amines in beer and tuna.     

在线固相萃取-毛细管高效液相色谱联用测定奶酪中的生物胺

采用双二元泵毛细管液相色谱,通过六通阀实现了样品的在线净化与分离定量的自动切换,建立了同时测定奶酪中的15种生物胺的在线固相萃取-毛细管高效液相色谱联用方法。通过优化毛细管高效液相色谱的分离条件,考察在线固相萃取流动相的组成、上样溶液pH值以及六通阀的切换时间对生物胺回收率的影响,确定最佳分析条件为：5%乙腈-水作为固萃柱(Zorbax SB-C18)的流动相,上样溶液pH=11,上样3 min后切换六通阀。采用内标法定量,15种生物胺标准曲线的线性范围为0.25~50.0 mg/L,检出限( LOD)为0.05~0.25 mg/L,定量限(LOQ)为0.15~0.80 mg/L。除了甲胺、乙胺、3-甲基丁胺和5-羟基色胺外,其余生物胺的不同添加水平(1,20和40 mg/kg)下的加标回收率为79.6%~118.7%;除3-甲基丁胺和5-羟基色胺外,其余生物胺的RSD在0.3%~14.9%之间,可用于奶酪中多种生物胺的快速检测。     

HPLC post column derivatization of aromatic amines usingN-methyl-9-chloroacridinium triflate

An HPLC post column chemical derivatization procedure based on the interaction between an acridinium triflate and amines to form highly colored derivatives on-line is described for the determination of aromatic amines. Benzocaine and butesin, local anesthetic agents that contain the aromatic amine group, were used as model compounds. Reversed-phase HPLC conditions were developed for both the separation of analytes and the reaction between analytes and the acridinium triflate in the system. Three-dimensional knitted teflon shape coils and the internal diameter and length of the coils were important parameters in reducing band broadening and background noise.N-Methyl-9-chloroacridinium triflate was shown to be applicable to the determination of primary aromatic amines, selected secondary aromatic amines, hydrazides, and hydrazines. Application of the on-line chemical derivatization procedure to the analysis of pharmaceutical dosage forms containing procainamide (primary aromatic amine), isoniazid (hydrazide), and hydralazine (hydrazine) is also described.     

高效液相法测定牛肉干制品中10种杂环胺含量

建立了固相萃取-高效液相色谱同时分析牛肉干制品中10种杂环胺含量的方法。样品经二氯甲烷(含5%甲苯)萃取,丙基磺酸(PRS)柱和C18固相萃取小柱净化后,以甲醇-氨水定容,经TSK-gel ODS-80TM色谱柱分析,采用乙腈和0.05 mol/L醋酸-醋酸铵缓冲液(pH 3.5)作为流动相进行梯度洗脱,紫外-荧光检测器的串联方式检测杂环胺含量。结果表明,10种杂环胺在线性范围内线性关系良好,相关系数r＞0.999,检出限为0.02～2.46 ng/g。杂环胺的加标回收率为61.69%～101.81%,相对标准偏差(RSD)为0.28%～7.81%。8种市售牛肉干制品中均检测出1-甲基-9H-吡啶并［4,3-b］吲哚(Harman)和9H-吡啶并［4,3-b］吲哚(Norharman),可测杂环胺总量为16.65～60.38 ng/g。该方法线性范围广,灵敏度高,净化效果好,可满足实际样品分析的需求。     

High-load, soluble oligomeric carbodiimide: synthesis and application in coupling reactions

A facile preparation of a high-load, soluble oligomeric alkyl cyclohexylcarbodiimide (OACC) reagent via ROM polymerization from commercially available starting materials is described. This reagent is exploited as a coupling reagent for esterification, amidation, and dehydration of carboxylic acids (aliphatic and aromatic) with an assortment of alcohols (aliphatic primary, secondary, and benzylic), thiols, phenols, and amines (aliphatic primary, secondary, benzylic, and aromatic/anilines), respectively. Following the coupling event, precipitation with an appropriate solvent (Et(2)O, MeOH, or EtOAc), followed by filtration through a SPE provides the products in good to excellent yield and purity.     

Determination of aromatic amines in environmental water samples using solid-phase extraction modified with sodium dodecyl sulphate and micellar liquid chromatography

Extraction and determination of seven aromatic amines in environmental water samples were performed with solid-phase extraction (SPE) and micellar liquid chromatography (MLC) using experimental design. Extraction of aromatic amines was carried out with a C₁₈ cartridge modified with sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS). The washing solution and elution solvent for extraction of aromatic amines were aqueous solution containing 5% (v/v) acetonitrile and 5% (v/v) acetone and 3 mL methanol, respectively. The chemometrics approach was applied for the separation optimisation of these compounds using MLC. Different mobile phase compositions were used for modelling based on retention times to obtain the best separation using central composite design. The optimum mobile phase composition for separation and determination of analytes in water samples was 69 mM SDS, 9% v/v 1-propanol and pH = 6.4. Recoveries were between 84.8–93.5% with relative standard deviation (RSD) less than 5.8% (n = 5). Limits of detection and linear range were 1–4.5 and 3.1–125.0 µg/L, respectively. The proposed method was applied to determine the aromatic amines in real samples (river and well waters). Amount of 4-nitroaniline and 3-nitroaniline in river water sample were 2.15 and 1.91 µg/L, respectively.     

Rapid cleanup of natural organic extracts for the recovery of plyacyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by solid phase extraction

A rapid cleanup procedure has been tested and applied routinely in our laboratory to petroleum and sediment extracts for the recovery of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Solid-phase extractsion (SPE) on Florisil cartridges yields a fast and good recovery of neutral aromatic compounds which has been checked by normal-phase high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis with UV-absorption detection.     

Effect of ionic liquid on the determination of aromatic amines as contaminants in hair dyes by liquid chromatography coupled to electrochemical detection

The room temperature ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis-(trifluorometanesulfonyl)imide BMIm[NTf?] was used as a novel medium for improvement of separation and quantization of 16 aromatic amines typically present as contaminants in consumer products and detected by HPLC coupled to an electrochemical detector. The aromatic amines, namely 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane, 4-chloroaniline, 2-methoxy-5-methyl-aniline, 3,3'-dimethylbenzidine, 2,4-diaminotoluidine, 2-chloro-4-nitroaniline, 4,4'-oxydianiline, aniline, 3,3'-ichlorobenzidine, benzidine, 4-aminobiphenyl, o-dianisidine, o-anisidine, o-toluidine, 4,4'-methylene-bis-2-chloroaniline and 2-naphthylamine are oxidized in methanol/BMIm[NTf?] at a potential around +0.68V to +0.93V vs. Ag/AgCl at a glassy carbon electrode, which is the base for their determination by HPLC/ED. Using the optimized conditions of methanol/BMIm[NTf?] 70:30 (v/v) as mobile phase, flow-rate of 0.8 mL·min?1, column CLC-ODS, Eap = +1.0 V and T = 40 °C analytical curves were constructed for each of the tested amines. Good linearity was obtained in the concentration range of 1.09 mg·L?1 to 217 mg·L?1, with excellent correlation coefficients. The limits of detection reached 0.021 mg·L?1 to 0.246 mg·L?1 and good relative standard deviations (RSD, n = 3) were obtained from the measurements. Satisfactory recovery for each aromatic amine was achieved, ranging from 95 to 103%. The developed method was successfully applied to determine six aromatic amines present as contaminants in commercial hair dye samples.     

Macrocyclic polyamine‐functionalized silica as a solid‐phase extraction material coupled with ionic liquid dispersive liquid–liquid extraction for the enrichment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

In this study, silica modified with a 30‐membered macrocyclic polyamine was synthesized and first used as an adsorbent material in SPE. The SPE was further combined with ionic liquid (IL) dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME). Five polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were employed as model analytes to evaluate the extraction procedure and were determined by HPLC combined with UV/Vis detection. Acetone was used as the elution solvent in SPE as well as the dispersive solvent in DLLME. The enrichment of analytes was achieved using the 1,3‐dibutylimidazolium bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide IL/acetone/water system. Experimental conditions for the overall macrocycle‐SPE–IL‐DLLME method, such as the amount of adsorbent, sample solution volume, sample solution pH, type of elution solvent as well as addition of salt, were studied and optimized. The developed method could be successfully applied to the analysis of four real water samples. The macrocyclic polyamine offered higher extraction efficiency for analytes compared with commercially available C₁₈ cartridge, and the developed method provided higher enrichment factors (2768–5409) for model analytes compared with the single DLLME. Good linearity with the correlation coefficients ranging from 0.9983 to 0.9999 and LODs as low as 0.002 μg/L were obtained in the proposed method.     

The Interaction of Ground and Excited States of Lumichrome with Aliphatic and Aromatic Amines in Methanol

The reaction of the ground and excited states of lumichrome (=7,8‐dimethylalloxazine=7,8‐dimethylbenzo[g]pteridine‐2,4(1H,3H)‐dione) with aliphatic and aromatic amines was investigated in MeOH. In the presence of aliphatic amines of high basicity, new bands are observed in the absorption and fluorescence spectra. These bands arise in a proton‐transfer reaction from lumichrome, in the ground and in the singlet excited states, to the amine. On the other hand, amines with lower basicity such as triethanolamine (=2,2′,2″‐nitrilotris[ethanol]) and aromatic amines are not able to deprotonate lumichrome, and hence a quenching of the fluorescent emission takes place without changes in the spectral shape. In this case, bimolecular‐quenching rate constants were determined for the excited singlet and triplet states. Based on laser‐flash‐photolysis experiments, an electron‐transfer mechanism is proposed. Aliphatic amines yield lower rate constants than the aromatic ones for the same driving force. A notable difference arises in the limiting value reached by the singlet and triplet quenching rate constants by aromatic amines. For the singlet quenching, the limit is coincident with a diffusion‐controlled reaction, while those for triplet quenching reach a lower constant value, independent of the driving force. This is explained by an electron‐transfer mechanism, with a lower frequency factor for the triplet‐state process.