Rapid determination of Cl- by light-absorption ratio variation approach using Cl——eosin Y-Ag+ adsorptive precipitation

The adsorptive precipitation between eosin Y (EY) and AgCl colloids at pH 3.73 caused the sensitive color change of thesolution. The reaction mechanism between EY and AgCl was analyzed and this reaction was used for determination of Cl- in tracelevel by the light-absorption radio variation approach.2008 Hong Wen Gao. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Chinese Chemical Society. All rights reserved.     

Rapid determination of Cl^- by light-absorption ratio variation approach using Cl^-eosin Y-Ag^＋ adsorptive precipitation

The adsorptive precipitation between eosin Y （EY） and AgCl colloids at pH 3.73 caused the sensitive color change of the solution. The reaction mechanism between EY and AgCl was analyzed and this reaction was used for determination of Cl^- in trace level by the light-absorption radio variation approach.     

Indirect determination of cyanide ion and hydrogen cyanide by adsorptive stripping voltammetry at a mercury electrode

An indirect voltammetric method is described for determination of cyanide ions and hydrogen cyanide, using the effect of cyanide on cathodic adsorptive stripping peak height of Cu-adenine. The method is based on competitive Cu complex formation reaction between adenine at the electrode surface and CN⁻ ions in solution. Under the optimum experimental conditions (pH=6.42 Britton-Robinson buffer, 1×10⁻⁴ M copper and 8×10⁻⁷ M adenine), the linear decrease of the peak current of Cu-adenine was observed, when the cyanide concentration was increased from 5×10⁻⁸ to 8×10⁻⁷ M. The detection limit was obtained as 1×10⁻⁸ M for 60 s accumulation time. The relative standard deviations for six measurements were 4 and 2% for the cyanide concentrations of 5×10⁻⁸ and 2×10⁻⁷ M, respectively. The method was applied to the determination of cyanide in various industrial waste waters such as electroplating waste water and also for determination of hydrogen cyanide in air samples.     

超声波半微量提取快速测定人参总皂甙

应用超声波半微量提取法建立了人参中总皂甙的快速测定方法。与索氏提取测定法相比 ,本方法测定单一样品所用时间由 2～ 3个工作日缩短到 1～ 2h ,样品用量由 2 .0g减少到 0 .1g ,并节省大量试剂 ,工作效率提高数 1 0倍。与索氏法对照分析表明 ,本法可满足人参中总皂甙的快速测定要求。     

Application of light-absorption ratio variation approach as an optimum spectrophotometry to determination of Mn(II) in ng ml(-1) level using a competitive replacement complexation

The light-absorption ratio variation approach (LARVA) which produces an outstandingly increasing of analytical sensitivity was applied to the quantitative detection of ultramicro amounts of Mn(II) by light-absorption spectrometry using the competitive replacement complexation among 1,5-di(2-hydroxy-5-sulfophenyl)-3-cyanoformazan (DSPCF), Zn(II) and Mn(II) in the presence of o-phenanthroline (OPTL). Not only masks OPTL foreign metal ions but also seriously sensitize the competitive complexation. All the binary and ternary complexes were characterized by the break point approach. Results have shown that the limit of detection (3delta) of Mn(II) is only 0.7 ng ml(-1). This method has been applied to analysis of water quality with satisfactory results.     

Rapid preparation of uniform colloidal indium hydroxide by the controlled double-jet precipitation

The synthesis of uniform colloidal rod-like In(OH)₃ particles from relatively concentrated solutions of InCl₃ (0.1 mol dm^-3) in short reaction time (<15 min) by the controlled double-jet precipitation (CDJP) technique is described. The effects of the molar ratio of [NH₄OH]/[InCl₃], temperature, concentration of the reactants, and reaction time on the size and shape of the final products are investigated. It is found that such In(OH)₃ particles are formed by aggregation of nanosize subunits. Received: 14 April 1998 Accepted: 15 April 1998     

Establishment of heterodinuclear replacement complexation and its application to direct determination of iron in natural water with dibromo-o-nitrophenylfluorone

The chromophore dibromo-o-nitrophenylfluorone (DBNPF) was used to complex Fe(III) and Cu(II) at pH 5.88. Fe(III) can competitively replace Cu(II) from its dinuclear complex Cu(DBNPF)Cu, and forms the Cu(DBNPF)Fe heterodinuclear complex. The Fe-DBNPF and Cu-DBNPF complexes were also characterized by the spectral correction technique. The heterodinuclear replacement complexation (HRC) is proposed and first used for the quantitative detection of iron in trace level with high sensitivity and good selectivity by the light-absorption ratio variation approach. The limit of detection of Fe is 1.0 μg L⁻¹. The method has been successfully applied to the direct determination of Fe(II, III) dissolved and bound to suspended substances in natural water.     

Synthesis and structural characterization of new 2-bromo-1,3-bis(triazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene ligands. Study of their behavior as complexing agents for determination of nickel(II) by adsorptive stripping voltammetry

Reaction of 2-bromo-1,3-bis(bromomethyl)benzene (1) with 1,2,3-triazole and benzotriazole yields 2-bromo-1,3-bis(triazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene (2) and 2-bromo-1,3-bis(benzotriazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene (3), isolated as white solids, air stable at room temperature, and characterized by elemental analysis, mass spectra, IR, and NMR (¹H, ¹³C) spectroscopy. The molecular structure of 3 was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. These ligands were evaluated for determination of ultra-trace concentrations of nickel by adsorptive stripping voltammetry. The method is based on adsorptive accumulation of the Ni(II)-L complex onto a hanging mercury drop electrode, followed by reduction of the adsorbed species by voltammetric scan using square wave modulation. However, only with 2 was a signal observed at ?0.81?V. Under the best experimental conditions (pH 5.5; ligand concentration 0.30?μmol?L^?1; adsorptive potential (E _ads) ?0.70?V and adsorptive time (t _ads) 80 s), the peak current is proportional to the Ni(II) concentration to 15.0?μg?L^?1, with a 3 detection limit of 0.2?μg?L^?1. The proposed method was validated by determining Ni(II) in certified reference waste water (SPS–WW1) with satisfactory results.     

Light‐Absorption Ratio Variation Approach to Sensitive and Selective Determination of Iron with Trimethoxyphenylflurone,Cetylpyridinium, and Thioglycollic Acid

The complexation between trimethoxyphenylflurone (TMPF) and Fe is highly sensitive at pH 11.80 in the presences of cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) and thioglycolic acid (TGA), where TGA reduced TMPF into a reduced ligand (RTMPF) and Fe(III) into Fe(II). The complexations of RTMPF with CPC and Fe have been characterized by the break point approach and the spectral correction technique. The binuclear complex, Fe₂ (RTMPF)₁₀(CPC)₂₀ was formed via coordination bond and ion‐pair attraction. The Fe‐TMPF‐CPC complexation is selective in the presence of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) and Al(III) so it was applied to the spectrophotometric determination of total Fe(II+III) by the light‐absorption ratio variation approach (LARVA). Results indicated that ΔA_r of the Fe‐RTMPF solution is linear at 568 and 641.5 nm at the range between 0 and 100 ng/mL Fe. The limit of detection (3σ) of Fe is only 2 ng/mL. This method was applied to analysis of several samples such as natural waters, cigarette ash, and urine with satisfactory results.     

Heterodinuclear Replacement Complexation for Sensitive Determination of Iron Ion in Surface Water with Dibromocarboxyarsenazo

Dibromocarboxyarsenazo (DBCA) was used to complex Fe and Cu ions at pH 6.22, and complexes Cu(DBCA) and Fe(DBCA) were formed. Fe ion replaced Cu competitively from its dinuclear complex Cu(DBCA)Cu to form the heterodinuclear complex, Cu(DBCA)Fe. The light‐absorption ratio variation approach has been applied to the direct determination of Fe ions with a high selectivity and good sensitivity using heterodinuclear replacement complexation. The limit of detection of Fe is only 2.5 ng/mL. The results from the analyses of five Huangpu River (Shanghai) cross‐section samples indicate that Fe ions are from 5.0 to 39.2 μg/L with the recovery rates between 85.5 and 111.5%.     

Rapid determination of mono and dinitrophenols by DPP, in the presence of lead and cadmium and using concentrated CaCl2 electrolyte

The contamination of drinking water and industrial wastewaters is a critical environmental problem. The nitrophenol, dinitrophenol, cadmium, and lead contaminants are classified as hazardous compounds. Their rapid determination may be obtained using differential pulse polarography with concentrated electrolyte. CaCl₂, which is very soluble to levels exceeding 5 mol l^–1, allows separation of coalescent peaks at 0.1 mol l^–1. A systematic study undertaken from 0.1 to 5 mol l^–1 shows good separation of lead and cadmium from the organic compounds, and optimization of the electrolyte concentration according to the objective is described. Preconcentration of real samples is necessary because pollution levels are usually very low.     

Simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of cobalt,copper and nickel using 1-（2-thiazolylazo）-2-naphthol by chemometrics methods

The simultaneous determination of cobalt, copper and nickel using 1-（2-thiazolylazo）-2-naphthol （first figure of this article） by spectrophotometric method is a difficult problem in analytical chemistry, due to spectral interferences. By multivariate calibration methods, such as partial least squares （PLS） regression, it is possible to obtain a model adjusted to the concentration values of the mixtures used in the calibration range. Orthogonal signal correction （OSC） is a preprocessing technique used for removing the information unrelated to the target variables based on constrained principal component analysis. OSC is a suitable preprocessing method for PLS calibration of mixtures without loss of prediction capacity using spectrophotometric method. In this study, the calibration model is based on absorption spectra in the 550-750-nm range for 21 different mixtures of cobalt, copper and nickel. Calibration matrices were formed from samples containing 0.05-1.05, 0.05-1.30 and 0.05-0.80 μg·mL^-1 for cobalt, copper and nickel, respectively. The root mean square error of prediction （RMSEP） for cobalt, copper and nickel with OSC and without OSC were 0.007, 0.008, 0.011 and 0.031,0.037, 0.032 μg· mL^-1, respectively. This procedure allows the simultaneous determination of cobalt, copper and nickel in synthetic and real samples and good reliability of the determination was proved.     

Sensitive determination of anionic surfactants in water with trans-4-[4'-(N-methyl-N-hydroxylethylamino)-cinnamyl-N-9-(4'-(2,2':6',2''-terpyridine))-phenylmethylene]pyridine bromide by the light-absorption ratio variation approach

The light-absorption ratio variation approach was described and applied to the determination of anionic surfactants (AS) in water with a novel chromophore, trans 4-[4'-(N-methyl-N-hydroxylethylamino)-cinnamyl-N-9-(4'-(2,2':6',2'-terpyridine))-phenylmethylene]pyridine bromide (BTMHCTPP). The complexations between BTMHCTPP and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS) at pH 3.85 were characterized by the break point approach. Results have shown that both 1BTMHCTPP:1SDS and 1BTMHCTPP:1SDBS complexes were formed, and that deltaA(r) (deltaA(r) = light-absorption ratio variation) is linear for the range of AS between 0.05 and 1.00 mg/L. The limits of detection (3sigma) are 0.045 mg/L for SDS and 0.040 mg/L for SDBS. The complexation is selective in the presence of EDTA, and it has been applied to the analysis of water samples with satisfactory results.     

Rapid determination of molecular parameters of synthetic polymers by precipitation/redissolution high‐performance liquid chromatography using “molded” monolithic column

Rapid high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of polystyrenes, poly(methyl methacrylates), poly(vinyl acetates), and polybutadienes using a monolithic 50 × 4.6 mm i.d. poly(styrene‐co‐divinylbenzene) column have been carried out. The separation process involves precipitation of the macromolecules on the macroporous monolithic column followed by progressive elution utilizing a gradient of the mobile phase. Depending on the character of the separated polymer, solvent gradients were composed of a poor solvent such as water, methanol, or hexane and increasing amounts of a good solvent such as THF or dichloromethane. Monolithic columns are ideally suited for this technique because convection through the large pores of the monolith enhances the mass transport of large polymer molecules and accelerates the separation process. Separation conditions including the selection of a specific pair of solvent and precipitant, flow rate, and gradient steepness were optimized for the rapid HPLC separations of various polymers that differed broadly in their molecular weights. Excellent separations were obtained demonstrating that the precipitation‐redissolution technique is a suitable alternative to size‐exclusion chromatography (SEC). The molecular weight parameters calculated from the HPLC data match well those obtained by SEC. However, compared to SEC, the determination of molecular parameters using gradient elution could be achieved at comparable flow rates in a much shorter period of time, typically in about 1 min. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 38: 2767–2778, 2000     

Rapid determination of Cs and precise Cs/Cs atomic ratio in environmental samples by single-column chromatography coupled to triple-quadrupole inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

For source identification, measurement of ¹³⁵Cs/¹³⁷Cs atomic ratio not only provides information apart from the detection of ¹³⁴Cs and ¹³⁷Cs, but it can also overcome the application limit that measurement of the ¹³⁴Cs/¹³⁷Cs ratio has due to the short half-life of ¹³⁴Cs (2.06 y). With the recent advancement of ICP-MS, it is necessary to improve the corresponding separation method for rapid and precise ¹³⁵Cs/¹³⁷Cs atomic ratio analysis. A novel separation and purification technique was developed for the new generation of triple-quadrupole inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS). The simple chemical separation, incorporating ammonium molybdophosphate selective adsorption of Cs and subsequent single cation-exchange chromatography, removes the majority of isobaric and polyatomic interference elements. Subsequently, the ICP-MS/MS removes residual interference elements and eliminates the peak tailing effect of stable ¹³³Cs, at m/z 134, 135, and 137. The developed analytical method was successfully applied to measure ¹³⁵Cs/¹³⁷Cs atomic ratios and ¹³⁵Cs activities in environmental samples (soil and sediment) for radiocesium source identification.     

Theoretical studies on Lewis acidity scale and bonding character of boron trihalides BX3(X=F,C1, Br,I) by DV-Xα quantum chemical approach

The Lewis acidity scale of boron trihalides BX₃ (X=F, C1, Br, I) and character of the boron-halogen bonds have been studied by means of DV-X_m approach. Present results show that the acid strength of boron trihalides increases in the order BF₃<BCl₃<BBr₃<BI₃, in excellent agreement with experiments. Based on boron-halogen bonding character, the valence of boron atom in boron compounds can be considered M equal to five instead of three which seems to be more reasonable.     

Study on 1HNMR Fingerprint Spectra of Tea by Common and Variation Peak Ratio Dual-Index Sequence Analysis Method

Abstract

This paper describes the application of the common and variation peak ratio dual-index sequence analysis methods to evaluate the quality of several tea samples obtained from different species and different areas based on ¹HNMR fingerprint spectra (FPS). The method is able to determine the most similar sample groups and identify accurately the varieties and qualities of Blank tea, Longjing tea, and other green tea samples. Longjing tea is a famous brand of local green tea and has its own distinct characteristics. There were obvious differences between Uji tea from Japanese and Chinese green tea. The results showed that the dual index sequent analytical method provides a good approach to accurately describe the resemblance and differences among tea samples. It also can reflect tea's integrity and individual difference, and is an effective method to evaluate the quality of tea samples.     

Rapid separation and determination of aconitine alkaloids in traditional Chinese herbs by capillary electrophoresis using 1-butyl-3-methylimidazoium-based ionic liquid as running electrolyte

A novel and very simple capillary electrophoretic method for analyzing aconitine components in Aconitum plants was developed using 1-butyl-3-methylimidazoium tetrafluoroborate (1B-3MI-TFB)-based ionic liquid as running electrolyte solution for the first time. The optimum conditions were 35 mM 1B-3MI-TFB solution (pH 8.50) and 15 kV applied voltage. The detection was performed at 254 nm. Aconitine, meaconitine and hypaconitine in Aconitum plants were separated and identified within 5 min. The recoveries were 91.0-103.0% for hypaconitine, 92.8-96.2% for aconitine and 96.0-106.6% for mesaconitine, respectively. Compared with other methods, the analytical time was decreased 4-8-fold and the effect of Joule heating was weaker because the current was smaller.     

Rapid determination of α‐tocopherol in cereal grains using dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction followed by HPLC

The traditional for the determination of α‐tocopherol in cereal grains includes saponification of a sample followed by liquid–liquid extraction, and it is time‐ and solvent consuming. In this study, a dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME) method was developed to extract α‐tocopherol in situ from the saponified grain sample solution. The DLLME experimental parameters including the type and volume of extractants, the volume of dispersers, the addition of salt and the extraction/centrifuging time were examined and optimized. The recommended analytical procedure showed excellent precision (relative SDs of the α‐tocopherol amount of 3.1% over intraday and 7.2% over interday), high sensitivity (the detection limit of 1.9 ng/mL), and strong recovery values (88.9–102.5%). In addition, statistical analyses showed no significant difference between the detected amounts of α‐tocopherol found by the standardized method and this new procedure. The method was successfully applied to determining the amounts and distribution of α‐tocopherol in 14 cereal grain samples.     

Determination of pKa values of some novel benzimidazole salts by using a new approach with 1H NMR spectroscopy

Benzimidazoles and their derivatives including imidazole are studied widely because they exist in the structure of natural products and different drugs. pK_a values are extremely important for drug discovery and improvement in order to determine pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic features such as permeation through biological barriers, interactions with the target area or side effects. Acid–base features (pK_a) have great importance not only for physiological characteristics but also for being used as a ligand or changing physico‐chemical features by turning benzimidazoles into salts. Within the scope of this study, a variety of new benzimidazole salts were synthesized, and their characterizations were made by NMR spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy and element analysis techniques. The pK_a values of synthesized benzimidazole salts were determined by inflection point approach using integration values obtained with ¹H NMR spectroscopy and Henderson–Hasselbalch analysis. pK_a values of some benzimidazole salts were also determined by potentiometric methods in order to compare those of NMR spectroscopy results. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.