Thermal and spectroscopic studies of terbium(III) and dysprosium(III) complexes with piperidin-4-ones

Terbium(III) and dysprosium(III) nitrate complexes with variously substituted 2,6-diphenylpiperidin-4-ones (L¹)-(L¹⁰) of general formula [Ln(L)(NO₃)₂(H₂O)₂]NO₃ have been synthesized. These complexes have been characterized by analytical, spectral and thermal studies. Molar conductance data show that these complexes are 1:1 electrolytes. The presence of two coordinated water molecules is confirmed by thermal and infrared spectral studies. IR spectral data indicate that piperidin-4-ones, in spite of having two coordinating sites, are monodentate, coordinating only through ring nitrogen. The IR and conductance data reveal the presence of two bidentate and one ionic nitrate groups. The nephelauxetic ratio (β), covalency factor (b^1/2) and Sinha’s parameter (δ) evaluated from electronic spectral data of dysprosium(III) complexes indicate a little covalency in metal-ligand bonding.     

Homogeneous stopped-flow fluorimmunoassay for gliadin determination in food samples

A homogeneous competitive immunoassay for gliadin determination is described for the first time. Gliadins are labeled with a terbium(III) chelate to form the tracer which competes with unlabeled gliadins for the active sites of anti-gliadin antibodies. The terbium(III) is released from the tracer by means of an “acidic enhancement solution” and the initial rate of the dissociation reaction is monitored using the stopped-flow mixing technique. Initial rate values obtained are different depending upon whether tracer is free or bound to antibody which can be correlated with the analyte concentration. The use of the fixed-time method has been also assayed, but it is not suitable as the results depend on the sample matrix. The detection limit of the assay using standards is 4 ng ml⁻¹, which is equivalent to 4 μg g⁻¹ in food samples, and the dynamic range of the method is 0.008-0.36 μg ml⁻¹. The precision, expressed as the percentage of relative standard deviation, was 5-6.2%. The method has been applied to the analysis of gluten-containing and gluten-free food samples, with recoveries ranging from 83.8 to 115.1%.     

高效液相色谱法同时测定水体中的环丙沙星和氟甲喹

为了满足实验室测试和野外测试需要,也为其他学者研究不同抗生素之间的相互作用提供相关的资料,本研究选用环丙沙星(CIP)和氟甲喹(FLU)作为代表,建立了一种简单、稳定、易普及的高效液相色谱法用于同时快速测定水体中两种氟喹诺酮类抗生素的含量,并讨论了不同流动相及其比例和水样中几种常见阴、阳离子(Ca²⁺、Mg²⁺、Fe³⁺、Al³⁺、SO₄^2-和HCO₃^-)对抗生素测定的影响。结果表明:三乙胺对改善柱效有明显效果;低浓度离子对测试影响不大,但Fe³⁺和Al³⁺可能与固定相的表面羟基或测试组分发生配合作用,造成基线不稳。实验结果对其他研究者对于流动相的选择与优化具有借鉴意义。     

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE ISOMORPHOUS COMPLEXES TETRAAQUABIS(2,6-DIHYDROXY-BENZOATO-O)(2,6-DIHYDROXY-BENZOATO-O,O)TERBIUM(III) AND HOLMIUM(III) DIHYDRATE

Abstract

The structures of isomorphic Tb(III) and Ho(III) complexes with 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid of formula [Tb(C₇H₅O₄] 2H₂O and [Ho(C₇H₅O₄)₃ 4H₂O] 2H₂O has been determined by X-ray diffraction and refined to a residual R = 0.030 for 5376 observed reflections and R = 0.0284 for 5660 observed reflections, for Tb(III) and Ho(III) complexes, respectively. Crystals are triclinic, space group P1 with a= 10.748(2), b=11.309(2), c = 12.452(2)Å, α = 82.28(3), ? = 73.05(5), γ = 68.27(3)° for Tb(III) and a= 10.731(2), b=11.269(2), c = 12.436(2)Å, α = 82.25(3), β = 72.92(3), γ = 68.46(3)° for Ho(III).

In the structure of these monomelic complexes the metal ions are coordinated by oxygen atoms of one bidentate chelating and two monodentate carboxylate groups and four molecules of water. Tb-O distances are in the range 2.323(3)-2.506(3) Å and Ho-0 2.297(3)-2.486(3) Å. The crystal structure, consisting of discrete units of neutral complexes with two molecules of water of crystallization is stabilized by intra-and intermolecular hydrogen bonds.     

Flow-injection analysis of two fluoquinolones by the sensitizing effect of terbium(III) on chemiluminescence of the potassium permanganate-sodium sulfite system

A simple, rapid and sensitive method for the determination of two fluoquinolones (FQs), enoxacin (ENX) and ofloxacin (OFLX) is described by using flow injection analysis with potassium permanganate-sodium sulfite chemiluminescence detection. The calibration graphs for ENX and OFLX are linear in the range of 8.0×10⁻¹⁰-1.0×10⁻⁵ and 1.0×10⁻⁹-1.0×10⁻⁶ mol l⁻¹, respectively. The 3σ limits of detection are 2.4×10⁻¹⁰ mol l⁻¹ for ENX and 5.6×10⁻¹⁰ mol l⁻¹ for OFLX. The method is applied satisfactorily to the determination of the two FQs in dosage form and urine sample. The possible mechanism is also proposed.     

The crystal structure of a Terbium(III) complex with 1,1-Cyclobutanedicarboxylic acid

A complex of 1,1-cyclobutanedicarboxylic acid with terbium was obtained as a pentahydrate. The salt crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2₁/n with a = 15.885(3), b = 8.489(2), c = 19.189(4)?Å, β = 106.02(3)° and Z = 4. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined to R = 0.0537. The complex forms polymeric chains in which terbium(III) ions are linked by carboxylate bridges. Each terbium cation is surrounded by carboxylate oxygen atoms and two or three water oxygen atoms, giving coordination number 9. The structure is stabilized by a system of hydrogen bonds.     

Determination of preservatives in cosmetics and food samples by micellar liquid chromatography

An analytical procedure has been developed for the analysis of benzoic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, methyl-, ethyl-, propyl-, isopropyl-, and butyl esters of p-hydroxybenzoic acid by micellar liquid chromatography. After dilution in n-propanol the sample was directly injected onto a Lichrosorb ODS, 5 microm (250 x 4.6 mm ID) column and eluted with aqueous 2% Brij-35 adjusted to pH 3.0 with phosphoric acid:propanol (80:20 v/v) at a flow rate of 1 mL min(-1) and UV detection at 254 nm. A linear calibration curve was obtained simultaneously for each component in the range of 50-500 microg mL(-1) for benzoic acid and 5-150 microg mL(-1) for the other components; detection limits were within 25-250 ng mL(-1) corresponding to 125-1250 pg per injection (5 microL). The reproducibility in terms of average peak area and average retention time was obtained with coefficients of variation (CV) of 1.2% and 0.5%. The method was applied to analysis of these compounds in cosmetics (shampoos, hand lotions, creams, and bath foam) and food samples.     

Supercritical fluid extraction as an on-line clean-up technique for determination of riboflavin vitamins in food samples by capillary electrophoresis with fluorimetric detection

An automatic method for the separation and determination of riboflavin (RF) vitamins (RF, flavin mononucleotide and flavin adenine dinucleotide) in food samples (chicken liver, tablet and powder milk) is proposed. The method is based on the on-line coupling of a supercritical fluid extractor (SFE) with a continuous flow-CE system with guided optical fiber fluorimetric detection (CF-CE-FD). The whole SFE-CF-CE-FD arrangement allowed the automatic treatment of food samples (clean-up of the sample followed by the extraction of the analytes), and the direct introduction of a small volume of the extracted plug to the CE-FD system for the determination of RF vitamins. Fluorescence detection introduced an appropriated sensitivity and contributed to avoid interferences of nonfluorescent polar compounds coming from the matrix samples in the extracted plug. Electrophoretic responses were linear within the 0.05-1 microg/g range, whereas the detection limits of RF vitamins were in the 0.036-0.042 microg/g range. The proposed arrangement opens up interesting prospects for the direct determination of polar analytes in complex samples with a good throughput and high level of automation.     

An rhodamine-based fluorescence probe for iron(III) ion determination in aqueous solution

An “off-on” rhodamine-based fluorescence probe for the selective signaling of Fe(III) has been designed exploiting the guest-induced structure transform mechanism. This system shows a sharp Fe(III)-selective fluorescence enhancement response in 100% aqueous system under physiological pH value and possesses high selectivity against the background of environmentally and biologically relevant metal ions including Al(III), Cd(II), Fe(II), Co(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), Zn(II), Mg(II), Ba(II), Pb(II), Na(I), and K(I). Under optimum conditions, the fluorescence intensity enhancement of this system is linearly proportional to Fe(III) concentration from 6.0 × 10⁻⁸ to 7.2 × 10⁻⁶ mol L⁻¹ with a detection limit of 1.4 × 10⁻⁸ mol L⁻¹.     

Tb(III) Speciation in Human Blood Plasma by Computer Simulation

With the wide application of rare earth fertilizer and medicines1, more and more rare earths enter into environment, and also into human body via food chain. Now it is very urgent to study the biological effect of rare earths on human health and environment. After entering into human body by whatever route, lanthanide ions are transported to secondary deposition sites mainly via the plasma in the blood stream. So it is very important to study lanthanides speciation in human blood plasma. Becau…     

Preconcentration of inorganic antimony(III) in environmental samples by PSTH-Dowex microcolumn and determination by FI-ETAAS

A flow injection on-line sorption preconcentration system has been synchronously coupled to an electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) system for the selective determination of trace amounts of Sb(III) in water, soil and plant. The determination was achieved by selective complexation and sorption of Sb(III) with [1,5-bis(2-pyridyl)-3-sulphophenyl methylene thiocarbonohydarzide (PSTH) immobilized on an anion-exchange resin (Dowex 1× 8-200)] at a wide range of pH, quantitative elution with 50 μl of 2 M HNO₃ and subsequent ETAAS detection. ETAAS determination of the analyte was performed in parallel with the preconcentration of the next sample. Using a preconcentration time of 60 s and a sample loading flow rate of 2.8 ml min⁻¹, an enhancement factor of 12 was obtained in comparison with direct injection of 50 μl aqueous solution, resulting in a sampling frequency of 31 samples h⁻¹. The detection limit (3 s) was 2 μg l⁻¹ and the precision was 3.1% (R.S.D.) for 11 replicate determinations at 10 μg l⁻¹. The accuracy of the proposed method was demonstrated by analyzing one certified sample and different spiked samples.     

Tetra(μ3-hydroxo)hexa(μ2-carboxylato-O,O′)-bridged tetranuclear terbium(III) cubane complex

A novel tetranuclear terbium(III) complex [Tb₄(OH)₄(pybet)₆(H₂O)₈][Tb₄(OH)₄(pybet)₆(H₂O)₇ (NO₃)](ClO₄)₁₄·6H₂O has been synthesized and shown by X-ray crystallography to have a cubane-like Tb₄(μ₃-OH)₄(μ₂-carboxylato-O,O′)₆ core. The ligand pybet is pyridinoacetate, C₅H₅⁺N-CH₂CO₂⁻. Magnetic susceptibility data were measured for this Tb₄ complex in the range of 2.0–320 K and in fields of 1.0 G to 50.0 kG. It is concluded that either there is very weak antiferromagnetic exchange interaction (J = −0.015 cm⁻¹) or there is a small crystal-field splitting of the ⁷F₆ Tb^III ground state.     

Improved liquid chromatographic determination of nine currently used (fluoro)quinolones with fluorescence and mass spectrometric detection for environmental samples

An HPLC method using C18-modified silica as stationary phase has been developed for environmental trace analysis of nine (fluoro)quinolones. Detection is done by fluorescence measurement or MS using the modes of SIM and selected reaction monitoring (SRM). Best separation is achieved with a gradient consisting of 50 mM formic acid and methanol, which is fully compatible with MS coupling. LOQs (S/N of 10) for fluorescence detection are between 10 and 60 microg/L, depending on the analyte. MS detection (SIM and SRM) yields LOQs that are better by a factor of at least an order of magnitude. Sample preconcentration and sample clean-up is accomplished by SPE (preconcentration factor of 1000), leading to LOQs in the low ng/L range. Recoveries of the preconcentration procedure are better than 80% for all analytes. The suitability for real samples has been demonstrated by analyzing surface waters, municipal waste waters, sewage treatment plant effluents, sewage sludge, and sediment taken from rivers and fish ponds. The method should also be useful for determination of residues of (fluoro)quinolones in food or other matrices. The degradation of the (fluoro)quinolones has been examined over 5 days in order to get information about the decomposition rate and the degradation products eventually occurring in the environment.     

Analysis of basic hair dyes by HPLC with on-line post-column photochemical derivatisation

Summary A reversed phase liquid chromatographic method is proposed for the analysis of basic hair dyes (raw materials and colourant formulations). The performance of the method was enhanced by introducing post-column on-line photochemical derivatisation in combination with a Diode Array Detector. On-line photoderivatisation provided an effective way of selectively transforming the analytes to compounds with different spectral properties. For each analyte two characteristic UV-Visible spectra (photoreactor on and off) were obtained with the same mobile phase and this information in combination with the chromatographic data (k' at pH 3.0 and 4.5) enabled the unambiguous identification of both commonly used, approved, and banned basic hair dyes. Additionally, this approach was found useful to improve the method sensitivity, allowing the determination of analytes present in low concentration (0.03%) in complex commercial formulations.This work constitutes part of the thesis for the Dottorato di Ricerche of Roberto Gotti.     

Tetra(μ3-hydroxo)hexa(μ2-carboxylato-O,O′)-bridged tetranuclear terbium(III) cubane complex

A novel tetranuclear terbium(III) complex [Tb₄(OH)₄(pybet)₆(H₂O)₈][Tb₄(OH)₄(pybet)₆(H₂O)₇ (NO₃)](ClO₄)₁₄·6H₂O has been synthesized and shown by X-ray crystallography to have a cubane-like Tb₄(μ₃-OH)₄(μ₂-carboxylato-O,O′)₆ core. The ligand pybet is pyridinoacetate, C₅H₅⁺N-CH₂CO₂⁻. Magnetic susceptibility data were measured for this Tb₄ complex in the range of 2.0–320 K and in fields of 1.0 G to 50.0 kG. It is concluded that either there is very weak antiferromagnetic exchange interaction (J = −0.015 cm⁻¹) or there is a small crystal-field splitting of the ⁷F₆ Tb^III ground state.     

Silica gel-immobilized-vanillin derivatives as selective solid-phase extractants for determination of chromium (III) in environmental samples by ICP-OES

A method is described for the selective extraction of chromium(III) from aqueous solutions and natural water samples, based on the use of two newly synthesized solid-phase extractors via silica gel-immobilized-vanillin derivatives (I,II). Experimental conditions for effective adsorption of trace levels of Cr(III) were optimized with respect to different experimental parameters using batch and column procedures in detail. The optimum pH values for the separation of Cr(III) simultaneously on the newly sorbents were both 4.0 and complete elution of Cr(III) from the sorbents surface was carried out using 2.0 mL of 0.5 mol L^− 1 HCl. The sorption capacity of phase I towards Cr(III) was found to be 0.700 mmol g^− 1 where the sorption capacity of phase II was 0.538 mmol g^− 1. The detection limits (3σ) of the method defined by IUPAC were found to be 0.87 and 0.64 ng mL^− 1 with enrichment factors of 100 and 75 for phases I and II, respectively. The method has been applied for the determination of Cr(III) in biological materials and water samples with satisfactory results.     

Ion-pair adsorption film colorimetry of iron (III) in water samples and human serum

The anionic chelate of iron(III)-2,2-dihydroxyazobenzene (H₂L), [FeL₂]^–, formed 1 1 ion-pair with crystal violet cation (CV⁺), CV⁺ [FeL₂]^–, and was adsorbed on a surface of transparent polyvinyl chloride (PVC) film plasticized with di-n-octyl phthalate. Enrichment of the blue violet species of the ion-pair onto the transparent PVC film has enabled a highly sensitive and simple method for the determination of iron(III). The detection limits are 1 × 10^–8 mol dm^–3 (0.6 ppb) by spectrophotometry at 592 nm, and 4 × 10^–8 mol dm^–3 (2 ppb) by visual colorimetry. The method has been successfully applied to the determination of iron in water samples and human serum. No preparatory procedures for the separation of serum protein and other coexisting substances are required, since ion-pair adsorption process provides a new method to prevent interference of serum matrix.     

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in food and beverages. Analytical methods and trends

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are compounds widespread in the environment, many of them showing carcinogenic effects. These compounds can reach the food chain by different ways and, therefore, the analysis of PAHs in food is a matter of concern. This article reviews the extraction methodologies together with the separation and detection techniques which are currently applied in the determination of PAHs in food and beverages. Specific extraction conditions, performance characteristics, chromatographic and detection parameters are discussed. A review of the occurrence of these compounds in the matrixes under study is also provided.     

Determination of paracetamol (acetaminophen) by HPLC with post-column enzymatic derivatization and fluorescence detection

Summary A novel method is described for the determination of paracetamol (acetaminophen;N-acetyl-4-aminophenol) in urine. After reversed-phase HPLC separation, paracetamol is oxidized by H₂O₂ with horseradish peroxidase catalysis. Detection is performed fluorimetrically at an excitation wavelength of 329 nm and an emission wavelength of 435 nm. Urine samples were spiked with paracetamol, diluted, and injected directly without further pretreatment. Under these conditions, the limit of detection was 2×10⁻⁸ molL⁻¹, and the limit of quantification was 7×10⁻⁸ molL⁻¹. The method was validated by two different approaches based on HPLC with UV-Vis detection.     

Speciation of antimony by atomic absorption spectrometry. Applicability to selective determination of Sb(III) and Sb(V) in liquid samples and of bioavailable antimony in sediments and soil samples

A comparative study was made of several methods to speciale Sb(III) and Sb(V) by AAS: 1) Selective extraction of Sb(III) with lactic acid/malachite green graphite furnace-AAS, 2) Sb(III) and total antimony determination by hydride generation-AAS coupled to flow injection, batch, and continuous flow systems. These methods were applied to determine total antimony and Sb(III) in sea and surface water and total antimony in sediments and in soil. For soils different sample pretreatments were used: HNO₃-H₂SO₄-HC1O₄, HF-HNO₃-H₂SO₄-HC1O₄, cold aqua regia and slurry formation procedures in water and 4M HC1. In each case the recovery of total antimony and the ability to selective determine Sb(III) were studied. The detection limits obtained were 0.01 ng, 0.07 ng, 2.97 ng and 0.21 ppb for GF-AAS, FIA-HG-AAS, HG (Batch)-AAS, and HG (continuous flow)-AAS, respectively.