Separation and determination of pyrrolidinium ionic liquid cations by ion chromatography with direct conductivity detection

A method for rapid and simultaneous determination of multiple pyrrolidinium ionic liquid cations by ion chromatography with direct conductivity detection was developed.Chromatographic separations were performed on a cation exchange column using ethylenediamine-acetonitrile as the mobile phase.The effects of chromatographic column and the mobile phase,as well as the column temperature on the retention of the cations were investigated.The retention rules of the cations under different chromatographic conditions were formulated.The retention of the cations followed the carbon number rule.The method has been successfully applied to the determination of three ionic liquids synthesized by a chemical laboratory.     

Simultaneous determination of catecholamines by ion chromatography with direct conductivity detection

A simple method for simultaneous determination of three catecholamines using ion chromatography (IC) with direct conductivity detection (CD) based on the ionization of catecholamines in acidic medium without chemical suppression is developed in the present paper. The method could be used for the determination of these catecholamines in pharmaceutical preparations for the purpose of drug quality control. The recovery of catecholamines was more than 97% (n=3) and the relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) (n=11) was less than 2.1%. In a single chromatographic run, norepinephrine (NE), epinephrine (E) and dopamine (DA) can be determined in less than 10 min. The detection limits were found to be 0.001 μg/ml for NE, 0.01 μg/ml for E and DA respectively. Linear ranges were 0.01–50 μg/ml for NE (r²=0.9998), 0.1–50 μg/ml for E (r²=0.9995) and DA (r²=0.9999), respectively.     

Determination of purine and pyrimidine bases in DNA by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography with electrochemical detection

A method based on micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography with electrochemical detection was developed for the determination of cytosine, 5-methylcytosine (5-MC), thymine, adenine, and guanine in the hydrolysates of DNA. The working electrode was fabricated in a novel self-positioning carbon disc electrode system that can align the capillary outlet with the working electrode without a three-dimensional micromanipulator. The five analytes could be well separated within 10 min in a 40 cm length capillary at a separation voltage of 9 kV in a 40 mmol/l borate buffer (pH 10.0) containing 100 mmol/l sodium dodecyl sulfate. Good linearity was observed between peak current and concentration of bases over three orders of magnitude with the detection limits (SIN=3) ranging from 1.28 x 10(-6) to 5.02 x 10(-6) mol/l. This proposed method demonstrated long-term stability and reproducibility with relative standard deviations of less than 5% for both migration time and peak current (n=7). It has been successfully applied to determine bases including 5-MC in the hydrolysates of fish sperm DNA, calf thymus DNA, and DNA isolated from spleen cells of female mice.     

离子色谱-直接电导检测法分析哌啶离子液体阳离子

建立了离子色谱-直接电导检测法分析N-甲基,乙基哌啶(［MEPi］+)、N-甲基,丙基哌啶(［MPPi］+)和N-甲基,丁基哌啶(［MBPi］+) 3种哌啶离子液体阳离子的方法。采用磺酸型阳离子交换色谱柱,以乙二胺-柠檬酸-乙腈为流动相。考察了流动相组成及色谱柱温度对哌啶阳离子保留的影响,并讨论了保留规律。结果表明,哌啶阳离子的保留是一个放热过程,即哌啶阳离子的保留时间随着色谱柱温度的升高而缩短,且哌啶阳离子同系物的保留符合碳数规律。在以0.2 mmol/L乙二胺-0.3 mmol/L柠檬酸-3%(v/v)乙腈(pH 4.4)为流动相、流速1.0 mL/min、柱温30 ℃条件下,［MEPi］+、［MPPi］+和［MBPi］+3种哌啶阳离子可以在7 min内分离,检出限(信噪比为3)分别为0.14、0.20和0.56 mg/L,峰面积的相对标准偏差(n=5)在1.2%以下。将此方法应用于分析实验室合成的哌啶离子液体样品,加标回收率在97.6%与105.1%之间。本方法准确、可靠、快速,具有较好的实用性。     

Separation of six purine bases by capillary electrophoresis with electrochemical detection

Capillary zone electrophoresis with electrochemical detection (ED) has been employed for the separation and determination of adenine (A), guanine (G), theophylline (Thp), hypoxanthine (HX), xanthine (Xan) and uric acid (UA). Effects of several important factors such as the acidity and concentration of running buffer, separation voltage, injection time and detection potential were investigated to acquire the optimum conditions. The detection electrode was a 300 μm carbon disc electrode at a working potential of +0.95 V (versus saturated calomel electrode (SCE)). The six purine bases can be well separated within 14 min in a 40 cm length fused-silica capillary at a separation voltage of 10 kV in a 100 mmol/l borate buffer (BB, pH 10.0). The current response was linear over about three orders of magnitude with detection limits (S/N=3) ranging from 0.157×10⁻⁶ to 0.767×10⁻⁶ mol/l for all compounds. The proposed method was successfully applied to determine Thp in tea and aminophylline tablets, UA in human urine, and two purine bases in DNA.     

Gas phase interaction of zinc ion with purine and pyrimidine DNA and RNA bases

The interaction of uracil, thymine, cytosine, adenine, and guanine with zinc ion was studied at the density functional B3LYP/6‐311+G(2df,2p) level. Different binding sites allowing both mono‐metal and bi‐metal coordination were considered for the different low‐lying tautomers of nucleic acid bases. Zinc ion forms stable compounds with all nucleobases. Except for cytosine, mono‐coordination appears to be less favored than bi‐coordination in the other pyrimidines. Instead, the preferred sites in the case of adenine and guanine were found to be the N7 and O6 and N7 and N6 pairs of atoms, respectively. Zinc ion affinity was evaluated for all the complexes and compared with values previously obtained for other transition metal ions. In the present case, the following order of metal ion affinity (MIA) was found: G>A>C>T>U. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2007     

Determination of ephedrine and related compounds in pharmaceutical preparations by ion chromatography with direct conductivity detection

An ion chromatographic method with conductivity detection for the simultaneous determination of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and norephedrine was developed. A mixture of 2.0 mmol/L HNO3 and 2% (v/v) acetonitrile was used as eluent. The three ephedrine-like compounds were separated and determined within 20 min. The linear ranges were 0.08-50 microg/mL for ephedrine, 0.08-40 microg/mL for pseudoephedrine and 0.06-40 microg/mL for norephedrine. The detection limits were 0.03 microg/mL for ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, and 0.02 microg/mL for norephedrine. The method has been applied successfully to the determination of these sympathomimetics in pharmaceutical preparations and in Ephedra herbs.     

A simple method for the study of salbutamol pharmacokinetics by ion chromatography with direct conductivity detection

A simple method for the study of the pharmacokinetics of salbutamol using ion chromatography with direct conductivity detection without chemical suppression is presented in this paper. Baseline separation of salbutamol from plasma components was achieved by using diluted HNO₃ (2 mmol l⁻¹) as mobile phase with acetonitrile (6%, v/v) as modifier. Atenolol was utilized as internal standard. Under the optimal conditions, the linear regression coefficients of the calibration curves are 0.996 within the concentration range of 1000-3 ng ml⁻¹ salbutamol. The detection limit (signal-to-noise ratio = 3) was 1 ng ml⁻¹ salbutamol. The noncompartmental pharmacokinetic parameters for salbutamol following administration of 8 mg salbutamol to 18 subjects were tested. The results coincided most satisfactorily with the results obtained by using reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection.     

Separation and detection of common mono- and divalent cations by ion chromatography with an ODS column and conductivity/UV detection

The retention and detection behavior of common mono- and divalent cations (M⁺, alkali metal (Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺, Cs⁺) and ammonium ions (NH₄⁺); M²⁺, alkaline earth metal ions (Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Sr²⁺, Ba²⁺) was examined using an ODS column (150×4.6 mm I.D.) and conductivity (CD)/UV detection. The results obtained were as follows: (1) for M⁺, the mobile phase, 0.1 mM sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS)+10 mM HNO₃ and indirect CD detection were effective. (2) Addition of Ce(III) in the mobile phase accelerated the elution of both M⁺ and M²⁺. The separation of above 10 cations on an ODS column was achieved for the first time without any coelution of cations and disturbance by system peak. Addition of higher SDS resulted in good separation of M⁺ and M²⁺ with longer retention times. CD detection was possible for M⁺ and M²⁺ and UV detection for M²⁺. (3) For M²⁺, the mobile phase, 0.8 mM Ce(III)+0.1 mM SDS+1 mM HNO₃ and indirect UV detection were effective. The IC methods were applied to real samples.     

Determination of silicate in water by ion exclusion chromatography with conductivity detection

A novel method for the direct determination of silicate in water by ion exclusion chromatography with conductivity detection is reported. The method is simple and sensitive with good precision. The calibration graph was linear from 0.1000 micromol l(-1) to 1000.0 micromol l(-1) for silicate with a correlation coefficient of 0.997 (n=6). The detection limit was 0.02 micromol l(-1). The method was successfully applied to the determination of silicate in mineral water, tap water, distilled water and seawater. The recovery was from 93 to 104% and the relative standard deviation was in the range of 1.1 to 4.4%.     

Rapid and simultaneous determination of piperidinium and pyrrolidinium ionic liquid cations by ion pair chromatography coupled with direct conductivity detection

A method of ion-pair chromatography with direct conductivity detection was developed on a silicabased monolithic column for the fast and simultaneous determination of piperidinium and pyrrolidinium ionic liquid cations. The effects of the mobile phase, column temperature and flow rate on the retention of the cations were investigated. The retention rules were discussed. As an ion-pair reagent, sodium heptanesulfonate is more suitable than sodium pentanesulfonate for the separation and determination of piperidinium and pyrrolidinium cations. The increase of ion-pair reagent concentration led to the increased retention time of the cations. When acetonitrile content and mobile phase flow were increased, the retention time of the cations became shorter. The retention of piperidinium and pyrrolidinium cations is an exothermic process, and the retention of the cations conforms to the carbon number rule. The chromatographic analysis was performed using the Chromolith Speed ROD RP-18e column, 0.5 μmol/L sodium heptanesulfonate-5% acetonitrile as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 3.0 mL/min and column temperature of 30℃. Separation of N-methyl-N-ethyl piperidinium, N-methyl-N-propyl piperidinium, N-methyl-N-butyl piperidinium and N-methyl-N-ethyl pyrrolidinium, N-methyl-N-propyl pyrrolidinium, N-methyl-N-butyl pyrrolidinium cations were achieved within 10 min. The detection limits (S/N=3) were between 0.19 and 3.08 mg/L. Relative standard deviations (n=5) for peak areas were less than 1.2%. The method has been applied to the determination of piperidinium and pyrrolidinium cations in ionic liquid samples. The spiked recoveries of ionic liquid cations were between 96% and 111%. The method is accurate, reliable, rapid, and has a better practicability.     

Simultaneous detection of purine and pyrimidine at highly boron-doped diamond electrodes by using liquid chromatography

Highly boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode, have been examined for simultaneous detection of purine and pyrimidine bases in mild acidic media by using HPLC with amperometric detection. Cyclic voltammetry at as-deposited (AD) and anodically oxidized (AO) BDD were used to study the electrochemistry and to optimize the condition for HPLC applications. At AO BDD electrode, due to its higher overpotential of oxygen evolution reaction, well-defined anodic peaks were observed for the oxidation of purine and pyrimidine bases in acid medium, whereas at AD BDD the oxidation peak of thymine was overlapped with the anodic current of oxygen evolution. The chromatograms of adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine and 5-methylcytosine mixture were well resolved by using a silica-based column and a solution of 5% acetonitrile in 100 mM ammonium acetate buffer (pH 4.25) as the mobile phase. The detection was carried out at AO BDD electrode at an applied potential of 1.6 V versus Ag/AgCl. Linear calibration curves were obtained within the concentration range from 0.1 to 10 μM with the limits of detection (S/N = 3) ranging from 26.3 to 162.1 nM, resulting in an order of magnitude higher sensitivities than those at conventional electrodes. HPLC analysis with diamond amperometric detector was successfully applied for determination of 5-methylcytosine in real DNA samples with high reproducibility. No deactivation of the electrode was found during cyclic voltammetric and HPLC measurements, indicating the high stability for analysis of biological samples.     

The low frequency vibrations of pyrimidine and purine bases

We report the far i.r. spectra of crystalline powders of uracil, cytosine, thymine, xanthine and hypoxanthine, from 25 to 1000 cm⁻¹. The carbonyl bending modes of uracil and cytosine have been identified through the substitution of sulfur for oxygen at the C2 position. Wagging and torsional modes of the amino group of cytosine as well as the N1H out-of-plane bending mode have been identified by deuteration studies. Several ring vibrations below 800 cm⁻¹ have also been identified. A Fermi resonance was observed in the case of 2-thiocytosine which involves the sulfur out-of-plane bending mode, the lowest lying ring bending mode and the wagging and torsional modes of the amino group. There also appears to be a Fermi resonance in cytosine involving the carbonyl modes and two external modes. Two modes at 285 and 320 cm⁻¹ which involve the methyl group of thymine are tentatively identified. The temperature dependence of the spectra of hypoxanthine for frequencies <350 cm⁻¹ indicates a large mixing between the internal and external vibrations in the 200–250 cm⁻¹ region.     

Separation of inorganic anions by reversed-phase ion-pair chromatography with direct UV detection

In this paper, a separation method of the inorganic anions including I^–, NO ₂ ^– , NO ₃ ^– , IO ₃ ^– and SCN^– on the reversed-phase ion-pair chromatography with direct UV detection has been developed, and the limits of detection of these inorganic anions were determined. The effects of the organic modifier volume fraction and concentration of the ion-pair reagent on the retention of inorganic anions were discussed.     

柱切换离子色谱法测定丙酮中痕量阴离子

建立了测定丙酮中痕量阴离子的离子色谱分析方法.采用的是高效液相柱切换进样,其中泵的流速为0.5 mL/min,使低浓度的丙酮水溶液在保护柱上富集,通过离子色谱抑制电导法分离和检测丙酮样品中痕量的阴离子.色谱条件为:以IonPacAG9-HC(50 mm×2 mm)型柱串联在定量环中进行富集,IonPacAG9-HC(50 mm×2 mm)保护柱,IonPac AS9-HC(250 mm×2 mm)阴离子分离柱进行分离,流动相为9 mmol/L Na2CO3-1.667 mol/L NaHCO3,所得回收率在96.21%～101.56%之间,线性良好,且具有较好的重现性和较低的检出限.     

Determination of mepiquatchloride in animal and plant matrices by ion chromatography with conductivity detection

Summary A new residue method, based on ion chromatography, for the determination of trace amounts of the ionic plant growth regulator mepiquatchloride is described. The method is adapted to plant and animal matrices and does not require any derivatization steps. This new technique provides higher recoveries of the analyte, better reproducibility and increased speed than the previous method. The limit of determination is 0.05 mg/kg.     

Enhanced analysis of purine and pyrimidine bases by the use of double-strand polyaniline coatings in micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography

A double-strand polymeric complex, which suppresses electroosmotic flow relative to fused-silica, is described. The polymeric complex contains a strand polyaniline (PAN) with the second strand containing polyacrylic acid (PAA) and methacrylate (MA) groups. The complex is referred to as PAN:P(AAMA). This polymeric complex has pH-controlled electroactive and hydrophobic characteristics and can be easily coated onto fused-silica. Enhanced separations of theophylline, theobromine, caffeine and adenine, thymine, uracil and cytosine were obtained by the use of the coated capillary in the micellar electrokinetic capillary electrophoresis (MEKC) system. The purine and pyrimdine bases were separated on the coated capillary with a 20 mM, pH 7 phosphate buffer which contains 0.05 M sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as an additive.