HPLC separation of acetaminophen and its impurities using a mixed-mode reversed-phase/cation exchange stationary phase

Determination of acetaminophen and its main impurities: 4-nitrophenol, 4'-chloroacetanilide, as well as 4-aminophenol and its degradation products, p-benzoquinone and hydroquinone has been developed and validated by a new high-performance liquid chromatography method. Chromatographic separation has been obtained on a Hypersil Duet C18/SCX column, using gradient elution, with a mixture of phosphate buffer (pH = 4.88) and methanol as a mobile phase. Analysis time did not exceed 14.5 min and good resolutions, peak shapes and asymmetries have resulted. The linearity of the method has been tested in the range of 5.0-60 μg/mL for acetaminophen and 0.5-6 μg/mL for the other compounds. The limits of detection and quantification have been also established to be lower than 0.1 μg/mL and 0.5 μg/mL, respectively. The method has been successfully applied for the analysis of commercial acetaminophen preparations.     

Bioelectrochemical Response of the Polyaniline Tyrosinase Electrode to Phenol

A new, simple amperometric sensor system for detecting phenols has been developed. Using the electrochemical doping method, a polyaniline tyrosinase electrode (TS/PAN/Pt) has been devised as a detecting phenol sensor. The effect of experimental parameters, such as operating potential, pH, and temperature, has been studied. The activation energy of the enzyme-catalyzed reaction is 14.73 kJ mol^?1. Comparison of the responses with the 4-aminoantipyrine standard method for phenol sample analysis indicated the feasibility of the TS/PAN/Pt sensor. The TS/PAN/Pt shows a high operational stability. Under the optimum conditions, the TS/PAN/Pt displayed detection limits for phenol in the lower nanomolar range.     

High performance liquid chromatographic determination of fluvoxamine in human plasma

A method has been developed for the separation and measurement of fluvoxamine in human plasma by high performance liquid chromatography. The method uses metapramine as an internal standard and provides a limit of detection of about 1.5 ng/mL for fluvoxamine. At a concentration of 25 ng/mL, fluvoxamine could be measured within a coefficient of variation of +/- 5.82 of the mean and at 100 ng/mL within a CV of +/- 2.78 of the mean. The method has been applied to the analysis of plasma from patients undergoing fluvoxamine therapy.     

Determination of tri-n-butyltin in oysters by reaction-gas chromatography of hydride derivatives

A reaction-gas chromatography method for determining tri-n-butyltin (TBT) as the hydride derivative has been adapted to allow determination of TBT in oysters. The extraction method has been modified to prevent fouling of the hydride formation reactor and the gas chromatography has been made faster by employing a different column and temperature program. The detection limit is 3-6 ng/g in oyster tissue. Apparent recoveries of TBT from oyster tissue at 25 and 125 ng/g levels are 107 and 97%, respectively.     

Solvent extraction of Zn/II/ with 1,2,3-benzotriazole into n-hepatanol

A method based on solvent extraction has been developed for the radiochemical separation of Zn/II/ from other elements employing 1,2,3-benzotriazole as a complexing agent and n-heptanol as an extractant. Optimum conditions for the extraction have been established. The effect of various anions and cations on the extraction coefficient value of Zn/II/ has been studied. The stoichiometry of the metal to reagent determined by the method of substoichiometric extraction and slope-ratio method was found to be 12.     

Liquid chromatography of josamycin on poly(styrene-divinylbenzene)

An isocratic liquid chromatographic method for the assay and purity control of josamycin using wide-pore poly(styrene-divinylbenzene) as the stationary phase is presented. Josamycin has been well separated from all the related leucomycins, present as impurities in commercial samples. Wide-pore PLRP-S 8 m 1000 Å has shown the best selectivity. The separation has been carried out at 65°C with a mobile phase of 2-methyl-2-propanol/0.2 mol/l potassium phosphate buffer pH 10.5/water (24.5: 5: 70.5, V/V) and a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min. UV detection has been performed at 232 nm. The total analysis time has been about 40 min. The method has been used to analyse commercial bulk samples and tablets containing josamycin base.Dedicated to Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. J.F.K. Huber on the occasion of his 70th birthday     

Determination of microcystin-LR in surface water using high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem electrospray ionization mass detector

The need for a rapid, sensitive, and reliable analytical method for microcystin-LR has been emphasized by the awareness of toxic cyanobacteria as a human-health risk through drinking water. Microcystin-LR is the most commonly reported microcystin which is produced by cyanobacteria. The WHO guideline for microcystin-LR in drinking water is 1 μg/l. In this paper, an effective method has been developed by application of high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem electrospray ionization mass detector in the determination of microcystin-LR in surface water sample. At the LC-MS-MS CID-full scan mode, different relative collision energies have been tested with 30% being used for further microcystin-LR analysis. The possible mass dissociation path has been proposed. Based on 30% relative collision energy, present method has an excellent method detection limit (MDL), which is as low as 2.6 ng/l. To the best of our knowledge, this represents one of the most sensitive methods in existence for the microcystin-LR analysis. This method has also been validated by evaluation of the calibration linearity, precision, accuracy, recovery, and mass ratio stability.     

流动注射光纤动力学荧光法测定锰──锰-二元荧光配合物-高碘酸钠体系

对二元荧光配合物作为动力学反应指示剂的可行性进行了考察,以8-羟基喹啉-5-磺酸铝-高碘酸钠为指示反应,建立起流动注射光导纤维光谱技术测定痕量锰(Ⅱ)的动力学荧光分析新体系.此法线性范围为5～200ng/mL,检出限为1ng/mL,对50ng/mL锰(Ⅱ)进行11次测定的相对标准偏差为0.5%,分析速度为45样次/h.     

高性能燃料电池催化剂及其5kW常温常压免增湿电堆

应用高压有机溶胶法制得高性能的Pt/C催化剂.该催化剂的活性颗粒度达2.8 nm,活性比表面为450 m2/g,并进行了小批量试产(10 g).建立新型直接涂膜电极和免增湿技术,并制作了275 cm2的膜电极,设计和组装5 kW质子交换膜燃料电池电堆,以氢气为燃料,空气为氧化剂在常温常压免增湿条件下试运行,电堆连续运行10 h,输出功率基本稳定不变.     

亲水作用色谱法测定表阿霉素及其杂质

建立了一种以亲水作用色谱分离测定表阿霉素的新方法。采用硅胶色谱柱及高极性有机溶剂水相缓冲溶液流动相。对流动相的pH、缓冲溶液的浓度及流速进行了优化,确定了以乙腈甲酸钠缓冲溶液(pH2.9)(90∶10,V/V)作为流动相的最佳条件。对优化的分离条件进行系统适应性实验,结果表明表阿霉素与有关杂质之间的分离度和拖尾因子均达到药典要求。该法具有良好的线性(相关系数0.9971～0.9991)和重复性(峰面积RSD<1.0%),方法简便实用,用于实际样品分析,结果满意。     

Ab initio STUDIES ON NITROXYL RADICAL MODELS OF ORGANIC FERROMAGNETS

The magnetic coupling between the unpaired spin of nitroxyl group (>N--O) and itsneighbor sp~2 carbon atom has been studied in detail by UHF/6--31G and MP4/6-31G methods.and a number of conjugate nitroxyl diradicals have also been studied by ab initio UHFmethod. A simple topological rule about the ferromagnetic coupling between two nitroxylgroups has been revealed by our calculation. Based on this rule as well as ab initio cal-culation, some nitroxyl radical models of organic ferromagnets (OFM) have been proposed,and the possible way of synthesis has also been suggested. Moreover, the ab initio UHF-crystal orbital (UHF--CO) method has been used to characterize the electronic band struc-ture of one of the models. The ab initio UHF--CO results show that this model is a verypromising candidate of OFM,     

气相色谱法测定口服液中神经酸的含量

提供了一种准确测定口服液中神经酸含量的方法。样品经预处理后,用BF3－CH3OH酯化,以邻苯二甲酸二壬酯为内标测定口服液中神经酸含量。所提供的方法线性范围为0．3～3g／L,平均回收率为97．04％,RSD为0．90％,经空白试验,对神经酸含量测定无干扰。     

Study on Quantitative Structure Property Relationship by Gray Model

One of the challenges in quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) investigations is to predict the properties of a substance when the structure is known. P_oct,partition coefficient between octanol and water, is of great importance in quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) studies. The logarithm of the capacity factor (logk') obtained from RPLC has been used as an alternative method of the conventional shaking-flask method for predicting the logarithm of P_oct (logP). This approach has received much attention, but some problems have been reported. In this study, a type of new gray model has been used to model and predict logP as function of different structure parameters.     

Individual catalytic determination of iridium and rhodium using the oxidation of sulfarsazene by potassium periodate as an indicator reaction in a flow-injection system

A catalytic method has been developed for the individual determination of trace iridium and rhodium using the oxidation of sulfarsazene by potassium periodate as an indicator reaction in a flow-injection system. The analytical range is from 0.10 to 2.0 μg/mL iridium and from 0.0010 to 0.027 μg/mL rhodium. The detection limits are 0.0074 μg/mL iridium and 0.00095 μg/mL rhodium; the determination error does not exceed RSD = 4% in model solutions. The method is selective in the presence of the majority of colored and platinum-group metals. The accuracy of the results has been confirmed by the standard addition method.     

Application of multiwalled carbon nanotubes as solid phase extraction sorbent for preconcentration of trace copper in water samples

The adsorption behavior of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) toward copper has been investigated systemically, and a new method has been developed for the determination of trace copper in water samples based on preconcentration with a microcolumn packed with MWNTs prior to its determination by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The optimum experimental parameters for preconcentration of copper, such as pH of the sample, sample flow rate and volume, elution solution and interfering ions, have been investigated. Copper can be quantitatively retained by MWNTs in the pH range 5-8, and then eluted completely with 0.5 M HNO3. The detection limit of this method for Cu was 0.42 ng/mL, and the RSD was 3.5% at the 10 ng/mL Cu level. The method was validated using a certified reference material, and has been successfully applied for the determination of trace copper in water samples.     

Determination of phenylalkylamine compounds using surface-assisted desorption/ionization from amorphous silicon

A new method has been developed for the mass spectrometric determination of phenylalkylamines based on surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization (SALDI). Films of amorphous α-Si, obtained by radiofrequency sputtering have been tested as ion emitters. The high efficiency of the ionization method combined with gas chromatography and the time-of-flight mass spectrometry has been demonstrated. The main analytical parameters have been determined for 12 phenylalkylamines. The detection limit for the studied compounds has been found to vary in the range 5–150 pg/mL.     

Simultaneous determination of cefuroxime axetil and ornidazole in tablet dosage form using reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography

 A simple, accurate and sensitive reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method for the simultaneous determination of cefuroxime axetil and ornidazole in combined tablet dosage form has been developed. The method was performed with a HiQ-SiL C18 column (250 mm×4.6 mm) and photodiode array (PDA) detector, using 0.01 mol/L potassium dihydrogen orthophosphate-methanol (56∶44, v/v) as the mobile phase and tinidazole as the internal standard. Beer’s law obeys in the concentration ranges of 5-25 μg/mL and 10-50 μg/mL for cefuroxime axetil and ornidazole, respectively. The method has been successfully validated statistically and applied for the analysis of the drugs in pharmaceutical formulation.     

Photometric detection of urea in natural waters

The photometric detection of urea with the use of p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde as a reagent has been develeped. The method allows one to reliably determine 10 mg/L of urea with the volume of an aliquot of 10 mL. The method has been applied for the determination of urea in river water.     

Determination of nifuroxazide with polarography and adsorptive stripping voltammetry at mercury and carbon paste electrodes

A simple method for the determination of the urinary tract antibiotic nifuroxazide has been developed. The electrochemical reduction of the nitro group at mercury and carbon paste electrodes can be used for the determination with and without adsorptive preconcentration. The influence of parameters like pH of the background electrolyte, preconcentration potential and preconcentration time on the sensitivity of the method has been studied. Modification of the carbon paste by addition of nonpolar polystyrene/divinylbenzene particles has been investigated to enhance the adsorption properties of the surface. Concentrations as low as 10 ng/mL could be determined in urine without interferences. Received: 6 October 1997 / Revised: 22 January 1998 / Accepted: 26 January 1998     

水热法合成钛硅酸盐新型无机离子交换剂

用水热法合成出一种新型的结晶水合钛硅酸盐（ＣＳＴ）,并用ＸＲＤ、ＳＥＭ、ＤＴＡ－ＴＧＡ、Ｘ－荧光方法对它进行了表征。在１ｍｏｌ／Ｌ ＨＮＯ３的水溶液中,ＣＳＴ对Ｃｓ交换量为０．６３ｍｍｏｌ／ｇ,在ｐＨ＝３时,ＣＳＴ对Ｃｓ的交换量达最大为１．６ｍｍｏｌ／ｇ,表明ＣＳＴ可以在酸性水溶液中作为Ｃｓ的离子交换剂使用。