非水层状液晶的稳定性与相行为

水体系层状液晶已研究较久,非水层状液晶则是近十年来才得到发展。本文以层状液晶的相行为和~2H NMR测量,研究并比较了非水层状液晶十二烷基硫酸钠/正癸醇溶剂以甘油或甲酰胺为溶剂时体系的结构与稳定性。 表面活性剂十二烷基硫酸钠(BDH,简写SDS)经无水乙醇重结晶两次提纯。用铂环法测     

SDS/正癸醇/甘油与SDS/正癸醇/甲酰胺液晶结构

以极性有机物为溶剂制备展状液晶已经引起重视,但关于极性有机溶剂对层状液晶结构和稳定性影响的研究还很不够.我们曾以~2H NMR测量研究了以甲酰胺代替甘油为溶剂,对非水层状液晶SDS/C_(10)H_(21)OH/溶剂体系稳定性的影响.本文则以小角X射线衍射测量,研究以甲酰胺代替甘油后,对层状液晶SDS/C_(21)H_(21)OH/溶剂体系结构的影响。     

水与非水体系层状液晶稳定性的研究

水体系层状液晶已有较长的研究历史,非水层状液晶则是近年来才得发展.本文以层状液晶的相行为和~2H NMR测量,研究以极性有机物甘油代替水为溶剂后,对十二烷基硫酸钠/正癸醇/溶剂体系层状液晶稳定性的影响。1 实验试剂C_(12)H_(25)SO_4Na(SDS),正癸醇(C_(10)H_(21)OH,简为C_(10)OH),甘油(简为Gly)均同文献,水为二次蒸馏水.氚代物SDS_(-d25)和C_(10)OH_(-d21)均出自Cambridge Isotopes. 层状液晶单相区域的确定和~2H NMR测量见文献[92].     

二氟亚甲氧基噻二唑类弯曲形液晶合成与性能研究

弯曲形液晶以其独特的光电性能倍受关注.但目前所报道的弯曲形液晶化合物因其向列相温度范围较窄,相转化温度高,不利于基础与应用研究,发展缓慢.以2,5-二取代-1,3,4-噻二唑为弯曲中心,二氟亚甲氧基(CF2O)为桥键,直链烷基(n=5~10,12)为末端链基,设计合成了一系列新型弯曲形液晶化合物.所有目标化合物通过IR、1H NMR、13C NMR、9F NMR进行结构表征,并通过差热扫描仪(DSC)和偏光显微镜(POM)对液晶相态进行测定.实验结果表明:所有目标化合物分子,都能呈现较宽的向列相态,最宽达92.74℃(化合物6a);较之结构相当的噁二唑类弯曲液晶化合物,其熔点稍高,液晶相态的温度范围更宽.为进一步设计合成新型宽温向列相弯曲型液晶提供了素材和理论依据.     

含冠醚环的席夫碱型液晶高分子的合成与表征

以 4 ,4′ (α ,ω 烷亚甲基二酰氧 )二苯甲醛和二氨基二苯并 14 冠 4为单体 ,采用溶液缩聚方法 ,首次合成了一类新的含冠醚环的席夫碱型液晶高分子 .一种单体采用脂族二酰氯和对羟基苯甲醛反应制备 ,另一种新的单体采用二硝基二苯并 14 冠 4 ,在钯 碳催化剂存在下 ,水合肼还原制备 .通过1H NMR、13 C NMR和分子力学计算方法研究了二氨基二苯并 14 冠 4的两种异构体的空间立体结构 ,发现能从1H NMR谱图上区分它们的立体结构 .它们的立体结构近似属于Cs 和C2 群 .聚合物的分子量不高 ,Mn 在 130 0 0～ 2 4 0 0 0之间 .单体的结构通过元素分析、IR、1H NMR和MS等方法确证 .聚合物的性质采用GPC、DSC、TG和POM等方法进行了研究 .发现所有的聚合物加热到各自的熔融温度 (Tm)以上都能形成液晶态 ,在液晶态可以观察到向列相的丝状织构和纹影织构 .聚合物的玻璃化转变温度 (Tg)、熔融温度和各向同性温度 (Ti)随聚合物分子中柔性间隔基的变化而变化 ,它们有较高的清亮点温度和宽的液晶态温度范围 .WAXD的研究进一步证实了聚合物的液晶性     

4,4'-二(4-烯丙氧基苯甲酸)联苯酯的合成及其液晶性能

以3-溴丙烯、4-羟基苯甲酸和4,4'-二羟基联苯为主要原料,经Williamson醚化、羧酸酰化和酯化反应合成了一种新的液晶单体--4,4'-二(4-烯丙氧基苯甲酸)联苯酯(1),用~1H NMR,~(13)C NMR,FT-IR,DSC,TGA和POM对其分子结构和液晶性能进行了表征.结果表明1呈现向列相,具有较高的熔点、液晶清亮点和较宽的液晶相温度范围.     

热致液晶聚酰胺的溶解性能和热性能

采用直接缩聚法,用自制的新型二元酸PEG3与芳香二胺进行缩聚反应,合成出较高分子量(比浓对数粘度为1.063 dL/g)的热致液晶聚酰胺,对其热性能和溶解性能进行了研究。结果表明,柔性链的引入,降低了聚酰胺的熔点(Tm=307.8℃),有利于液晶相的形成。而苯环的引入,平均分配了聚酰胺的刚性,既保持了聚酰胺耐热的特性,又提高了液晶相的稳定性(液晶显示范围ΔT=Ti-Tm=66.1℃),有利于该液晶高分子的应用。热失重(TGA)曲线显示了合成的聚酰胺具有较好的热稳定性(温度在400℃以上的质量损失为5%)。合成的聚酰胺具有较强的耐溶剂性,不溶于非极性溶剂,只能部分地溶解于强极性的纯溶剂或溶解于加盐(LiCl,或CaCl2)的复合溶剂中。     

氰乙基纤维素溶致性液晶的研究

氰乙基纤维素在二甲基甲酰胺、二甲基乙酰胺、二甲基亚砜、乙腈以及丙酮等溶剂中可以形成溶致性液晶。随浓度增加,溶液从各向同性状态经两相共存态转变成为完全的液晶态。升高温度到T_c,液晶相消失;降低温度到T′_c,液晶相再生成。T_c总大于T′_c。而且,浓度越高,过冷温度△T=T_c—T′_c越小。在各向同性,两相共存或完全的液晶状态,溶液平均折射率和消光度均与浓度呈线性关系。但在两相间相互转变时,即在C_1~*和C_2~*处,n-C和 A-C 曲线上出现转折点。高聚物与溶剂的相互作用参数X_(12)愈小,临界浓度C_1~*愈小。把描述大分子链柔顺性的参数f与X_(12)联系起来,可用 1956年 Flory的理论定性地解释溶剂对高聚物溶致性液晶形成的影响。     

热致液晶共聚酯／含酚酞侧基聚芳醚砜共混物的流变行为研究

采用溶液共混制备耻不同比例的热致液晶共聚酯／含酚酞侧基聚芳醚砜共混物。利用锥板流变仪对共混体系的熔体流变性能进行了初步研究，测定了熔体粘度－温度、粘度－剪切速度的关系，结果表明该液晶聚合物能明显降低聚芳醚砜的熔体粘度。     

14N NMR弛豫法研究3-烷基斯德酮

常温下3-丙基斯德酮和3-丁基斯德酮为具有很高介电常数的液体，与许多溶剂混溶，预期可以作为许多电解质的优良溶剂．斯德酮环3位上的氮原子给出尖锐的~(14)N NMR峰．~(14)N的四极矩弛豫时间T_Q＝T_2．利用变温下~(14)N NMR T_2测量，得出这两个化合物成液态时分子运动活化能．结果与粘度测量法所得的吻合．     

Antioxidant activity and cytotoxicity study of the flavonol glycosides from Bauhinia galpinii

The antioxidant activity of the crude extract and solvent fractions obtained from the leaves of Bauhinia galpinii was evaluated in terms of capacity to scavenge 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radicals. The crude extract and the more polar solvent fractions (ethyl acetate and butanol) showed considerable antioxidant activity. The antioxidant potential of the extracts, expressed as EC50, ranged between 28.85 +/- 1.28 microg mL(-1)and 118.16 +/- 6.41 microg mL(-1). L-Ascorbic acid was used as a standard (EC50 = 19.79 +/- 0.14 microM). Bioassay guided fractionation of the two active solvent fractions led to the isolation of three flavonoid glycosides, identified as: quercetin-3-O-galactopyranoside (1), myricetin-3-O-galactopyranoside (2), and 2'-O-rhamnosylvitexin (3). These compounds are reported for the first time from this species. The structures of the compounds were determined on the basis of spectral studies (1H NMR, 13C NMR and MS). Their antioxidant potential was evaluated using a DPPH spectrophotometric assay. Compound 2 had higher and 3 had lower antioxidant activity than L-ascorbic acid. No cytotoxic effects were displayed by compounds 1 and 3, but compound 2 was cytotoxic to Vero cells (LC50 = 74.68 microg mL(-1)) and bovine dermis cells (LC50 = 30.69 microg mL(-1)).     

Mobile phase compensation to improve NMR spectral properties during solvent gradients

A solvent compensation method based on flow injection analysis is used to obtain high quality nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra during solvent gradients. Using a binary solvent system containing D2O and CD3OD, NMR line broadening and chemical shift changes are observed with a 10% methanol per min solvent composition gradient. However, by creating a second equal but reverse gradient and combining the two solvent gradients before the NMR detector, the composition of solvent reaching the NMR flow cell is kept constant. We demonstrate a system using flow injection analysis of combining solvent gradients and show constant NMR spectral performance as a function of time as the combined flow has a constant solvent composition irrespective of the initial solvent gradient. Using this approach, methods can be developed to measure high quality NMR spectra during on-flow gradient LC-NMR experiments. The ultimate ability of this approach depends on the ability to compensate for the disturbance of the solvent gradient and reverse gradient by a pair of LC columns (the analytical and reverse gradient columns).     

A green protocol for efficient discovery of novel natural compounds: Characterization of new ginsenosides from the stems and leaves of Panax ginseng as a case study

Exploration of new natural compounds is of vital significance for drug discovery and development. The conventional approaches by systematic phytochemical isolation are low-efficiency and consume masses of organic solvent. This study presents an integrated strategy that combines offline comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography, hybrid linear ion-trap/Orbitrap mass spectrometry, and NMR analysis (2D LC/LTQ-Orbitrap-MS/NMR), aimed to establish a green protocol for the efficient discovery of new natural molecules. A comprehensive chemical analysis of the total ginsenosides of stems and leaves of Panax ginseng (SLP), a cardiovascular disease medicine, was performed following this strategy. An offline 2D LC system was constructed with an orthogonality of 0.79 and a practical peak capacity of 11,000. The much greener UHPLC separation and LTQ-Orbitrap-MS detection by data-dependent high-energy C-trap dissociation (HCD)/dynamic exclusion were employed for separation and characterization of ginsenosides from thirteen fractionated SLP samples. Consequently, a total of 646 ginsenosides were characterized, and 427 have not been isolated from the genus of Panax L. The ginsenosides identified from SLP exhibited distinct sapogenin diversity and molecular isomerism. NMR analysis was finally employed to verify and offer complementary structural information to MS-oriented characterization. The established 2D LC/LTQ-Orbitrap-MS/NMR approach outperforms the conventional approaches in respect of significantly improved efficiency, much less use of drug materials and organic solvent. The integrated strategy enables a deep investigation on the therapeutic basis of an herbal medicine, and facilitates new compounds discovery in an efficient and environmentally friendly manner as well.     

Effect of solvent and electrospray mass spectrometer parameters on the charge state distribution of peptides--a case study using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry method development for beta-endorphin assay

Beta-endorphin was used as a model peptide to study the effect of solvent and electrospray mass spectrometer parameters in the optimisation of an assay method for multiply charged compounds using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS). Unlike with singly charged compounds, the charge state distribution has a significant impact in the method development of multiply charged compounds such as peptides. Using a 50% acetonitrile/water solvent mixture, we found that the ion spray voltage had no influence on the charge state distribution. However, increasing declustering potential led to deprotonation of the higher charge states of the peptide thus causing a shift to lower charge states. The mechanism leading to the deprotonation was examined. It was concluded that the deprotonation is due to endoergic proton transfer from the peptide to solvent molecules clustered to the peptide that occurs in the declustering region. The extent of deprotonation increases with increasing proton affinity of the molecules of the non-aqueous solvent component used. Thus, if desired, deprotonation can be avoided by selecting a low proton affinity solvent such as methanol. The focusing potential was also found to have a great influence on the charge state distribution observed. The results of this study enabled us to select the optimum ion to be used in single ion/reaction monitoring mode. They also provided the most favourable parameter values to be used in the method to obtain the best sensitivity for the ion of choice. The results demonstrate the importance of considering the charge state distribution in the optimisation of electrospray LC/MS methods for multiply charged compounds.     

Liquid chromatography with ultraviolet absorbance-mass spectrometric detection and with nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: a powerful combination for the on-line structural investigation of plant metabolites

In order to discover new bioactive compounds from plant sources which could become new leads or new drugs, extracts should be submitted at the same time to chemical screening and to various biological or pharmacological targets. Metabolite profiling using hyphenated techniques such as LC/UV, LC/MS and more recently LC/NMR, quickly provides plenty of structural information, leading to a partial or a complete on-line de novo structure determination of the natural products of interest. As a complement to this approach, bioassays performed after LC/microfractionation of the extracts allow efficient localisation of the bioactive LC-peaks in the chromatograms. The combination of metabolite profiling and LC/bioassays provides the possibility of distinguishing between already known bioactive compounds (dereplication) and new molecules directly in crude plant extracts. Thus, the tedious isolation of compounds of low interest can be avoided and targeted isolation of new bioactive products or constituents presenting novel or unusual spectroscopic features can be undertaken. Several examples of rapid localisation of bioactive compounds, based on post-chromatographic bioautographic testing of LC/NMR microfractions and subsequent on-line identification will be illustrated. Application of hyphenated techniques for the efficient characterisation of labile constituents or constituents difficult to separate at the preparative scale will also be mentioned. The possibilities and limitations of LC/UV/NMR/MS and LC/bioassay as well as future development expected in this field will be discussed.     

Liquid chromatography with ultraviolet absorbance–mass spectrometric detection and with nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry: a powerful combination for the on-line structural investigation of plant metabolites

In order to discover new bioactive compounds from plant sources which could become new leads or new drugs, extracts should be submitted at the same time to chemical screening and to various biological or pharmacological targets. Metabolite profiling using hyphenated techniques such as LC/UV, LC/MS and more recently LC/NMR, quickly provides plenty of structural information, leading to a partial or a complete on-line de novo structure determination of the natural products of interest. As a complement to this approach, bioassays performed after LC/microfractionation of the extracts allow efficient localisation of the bioactive LC-peaks in the chromatograms. The combination of metabolite profiling and LC/bioassays provides the possibility of distinguishing between already known bioactive compounds (dereplication) and new molecules directly in crude plant extracts. Thus, the tedious isolation of compounds of low interest can be avoided and targeted isolation of new bioactive products or constituents presenting novel or unusual spectroscopic features can be undertaken. Several examples of rapid localisation of bioactive compounds, based on post-chromatographic bioautographic testing of LC/NMR microfractions and subsequent on-line identification will be illustrated. Application of hyphenated techniques for the efficient characterisation of labile constituents or constituents difficult to separate at the preparative scale will also be mentioned. The possibilities and limitations of LC/UV/NMR/MS and LC/bioassay as well as future development expected in this field will be discussed.     

Molecular structures of thimerosal (Merthiolate) and other arylthiolate mercury alkyl compounds

The molecular structure of sodium ethylmercury thiosalicylate (also known as thimerosal and Merthiolate) and related arylthiolate mercury alkyl compounds, namely PhSHgMe and PhSHgEt, have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. (1)H NMR spectroscopic studies indicate that the appearance of the (199)Hg mercury satellites of the ethyl group of thimerosal is highly dependent on the magnetic field and the viscosity of the solvent as a consequence of relaxation due to chemical shift anisotropy.     

Influence of temperature on peak shape and solvent compatibility: implications for two-dimensional liquid chromatography

Solvent compatibility is a limiting factor for the success of two-dimensional liquid chromatography (2-D LC). In the second dimension, solvent effects can result in overpressures as well as in peak broadening or even distortion. A peak shape study was performed on a one-dimensional high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system to simulate the impact of peak distorting solvent effects on a reversed-phase second dimension separation operated at high temperatures. This study includes changes in injection volume, solute concentration, column inner diameter, eluent composition and oven temperature. Special attention was given to the influence of high temperatures on the solvent effects. High-temperature HPLC (HT-HPLC) is known to enhance second dimension separations in terms of speed, selectivity and solvent compatibility. The ability to minimise the viscosity contrast between the mobile phases of both dimensions makes HT-HPLC a promising tool to avoid viscosity mismatch effects like (pre-)viscous fingering. In case of our study, viscosity mismatch effects could not be observed. However, our results clearly show that the enhancement in solvent compatibility provided by the application of high temperatures does not include the elimination of solvent strength effects. The additional peak broadening and distortion caused by this effect is a potential error source for data processing in 2-D LC.     

Application of LC–NMR to the identification of bulk drug impurities in NK1 antagonist GW597599 (vestipitant)

Liquid chromatography‐NMR (LC–NMR) spectroscopy was used to obtain detailed information regarding the structure of the major bulk drug impurities present in GW597599 (vestipitant). The one‐dimensional ¹H LC–NMR experiments were performed in both continuous and stop‐flow modes on a sample of GW597599 (vestipitant) enriched with mother liquor impurities. The information derived from both LC–NMR and LC–MS data provided the structural information of all major impurities. The full characterisation of the impurities by high‐resolution NMR spectroscopy was ultimately performed on appropriately synthesised compounds. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Hydrostatic countercurrent chromatography and ultra high pressure LC: Two fast complementary separation methods for the preparative isolation and the analysis of the fragrant massoia lactones

Using a one‐step preparative hydrostatic countercurrent chromatography method, the fragrant massoia lactones were purified from the crude massoia bark oil, in less than 3 h. The fractionation was performed with the biphasic solvent system c‐hexane–methanol–water (10:9:1, v/v/v), leading to target compounds with purity over 96%, as determined by GC‐MS and ultra high pressure LC‐MS analyses. Together with C‐10, C‐12 and C‐14 massoia lactones, two other aromatic compounds used in perfumes, benzyl benzoate and benzyl salicylate, were also obtained as pure compounds. In parallel, an easy and efficient ultra high pressure LC method was developed for the ultra‐fast analysis of massoia lactones, as an alternative to long GC‐MS methods.