Correlation between hydrophobicity of amino acids and retention data in reversed-phase liquid chromatography with micellar eluents

Summary Hydrophobic character is usually expressed in terms of the partition coefficient in 1-octanol-water (log P_o/w). However, measurement of this coefficient is often problematic. Retention in micellar liquid chromatography is mainly due to hydrophobic interactions and can also be used as an index of hydrophobicity. A hydrophobicity scale was established with retention data foro-phthalaldehyde (OPA)-N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) amino acid derivatives, using the glycine derivative as reference. Since the OPA-NAC derivatives only differ in the nature of R₁ in the amino acid (R₁CH (COOH)NH₂), in the absence of electrostatic interactions the hydrophobic character of the substituent was responsible for retention. Linear relationships were obtained between log of the ratiok′ of amino acid derivatives:k′ of the glycine derivative for a given mobile phase, and logP _o/w for the R₁ substituent. Good correlations were also found for phenylthiohydantoin amino acid derivatives.     

Correlation between hydrophobicity of amino acids and retention data in reversed-phase liquid chromatography with micellar eluents

Summary Hydrophobic character is usually expressed in terms of the partition coefficient in 1-octanol-water (log P_O/W). However, measurement of this coefficient is often problematic. Retention in micellar liquid chromatography is mainly due to hydrophobic interactions and can also be used as an index of hydrophobicity. A hydrophobicity scale was established with retention data foro-phthalaldehyde (OPA)-N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) amino acid derivatives, using the glycine derivative as reference. Since the OPA-NAC derivatives only differ in the nature of R₁ in the amino acid (R₁CH(COOH)NH₂), in the absence of electrostatic interactions the hydrophobic character of the substituent was responsible for retention. Linear relationships were obtained between log of the ratiok′ of amino acid derivatives:k′ of the glycine derivative for a given mobile phase, and logP _O/W for the R₁ substituent. Good correlations were also found for phenylthiohydantoin amino acid derivatives.     

An alternative approach for predicting peak width in gas chromatography

Summary The linear relationship between natural logarithm of width factor (lnp′)and natural logarithm of retention factor (lnk) is demonstrated. This relationship is then used to establish the relationship between (lnp′), absolute temperature (T), and carbon number (z), as follows: Inp′=A+bz+c/T+dz/T where A, b, c and d are thermodynamically related constants. The above equation is used to predict the unadjusted widths (w _R ) ofn-alkanes, fatty alcohols and fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) at various temperatures, predicted values are in good agreement with experimental values. The above equation can be used to predict the width of FAMEs from rice bran oil. The largest difference between the experimental and predicted values is 0.66 s or 6.32%.     

Extrapolation of isothermal retention data in gas chromatography for chiral recognition studies

Summary The calculation of capacity factors, k, from net retention times, t_R, and the corresponding dead times, t_M, at different temperatures suffers from the limited accuracy of the t_M values. If the temperature coefficient racy of the t_M values. If the temperature coefficient d ln k/d (1/T) only is required, it is sufficient to determine net retention times (t_R)_p at constant inlet pressure p_i for different temperatures, since the temperature dependence of (t_M)_p can be assumed as (t_M)_p=A·e^B/T, with B being approximately independent of the column inlet pressure and of the nature of the carrier gas. The extrapolation and interpolation of (t_R)_p may be either performed by linear regression or graphically with a nomogram for ln (t_R)_p versus 1/T. The resolution factor, , of two components, e.g. enantiomers which are resolved on a chiral stationary phase, can be treated in a similar way. Examples are given for the resolution of enantiomers of two non-proteinogenic amino acids on the new polysiloxane phase L-Chirasil-CPG.     

Revisiting the problem of correcting retention parameters for pressure and temperature in gas chromatography

Summary It has been shown [1, 2] that the compressibility correction factor equals the ratio of gas pressure at the column outlet to the average pressure in the column,j=p _o /p _c , and, therefore, by multiplying by this factor, all experimentally measured retention volumes and flow rates are converted from ambient pressure to the average pressure in the column. This makes retention volumes corrected in this way independent of pressure. In contrast, correcting retention times for gas compressibility has no physical meaning and terms such as “corrected retention time” and “net retention time” should not be used. Similarly, recalculating corrected retention volumes to a standard temperature of 273 K appears to provide a thermodynamically sound basis for comparison of data obtained at different temperatures. In reality, it distorts actual relationships and should not be used. Presented at: Balaton Symposium on High-Performance Separation Methods, Siófok, Hungary, September 3–5, 1997.     

Prediction of retention indices. VI: Isothermal and temperature-programmed retention indices,methylene value,functionality constant,electronic and steric effects

The Kováts retention index system with n-alkanes as reference standards has properties not fully explored when single, isolated or stand-alone analytes are analyzed by isothermal gas chromatography. When a homologous series of analytes are analyzed by either linear or non-linear temperature-programmed gas chromatography, the retention data of the entire series can be treated systematically to produce an I vs. Z plot that is linear, thereby giving insight into the relationship between chemical structure and retention index. Dead time t_M is both instrument and temperature dependent. With no dead time t_M adjustment, the retention indices of analytes calculated from experimental retention times by the method of either linear or logarithmic interpolation give statistically identical values. Linear regression analysis of the data shows the slope as methylene value (A) and intercept as functionality constant or group retention factor (GRF) of the homologous series. The A and (GRF) values vary with chemical structures, intermolecular electronic and steric interactions, and polarity of column liquid phases, and can link gas chromatographic retention index to chemical structure. Examples of the influence of molecular electronic effects and steric effects on retention index are given and discussed.     

Determination of the Enthalpies of Vaporization of Cyclic Organic Peroxides by Correlation of Changes in Gas Chromatographic Retention Times

Liquid and solid cyclic peroxides derived from aliphatic ketones are explosive materials so their enthalpies of vaporization and other thermodynamic or condensed-phase properties cannot be measured directly. In this work the enthalpies of vaporization of peroxides at 298.15 K were estimated simply from gas chromatographic retention times measured at different temperatures. The technique correlates changes in the retention times of compounds whose enthalpies of vaporization are known (called the reference series), with those of the compounds of interest. If t _R′ is the adjusted retention time (retention time of each compound minus the retention time of unretained diethyl ether, used as solvent) a plot of ln t _R′ against 1/T for each compound (reference compounds and cyclic peroxides) results in a straight line (r ² > 0.99 for all compounds). The enthalpy of transfer from solution to the vapor state (Δ_sol^g H _m) can be obtained by multiplying the slope by the gas constant (R). A second plot correlates the enthalpies of transfer from solution to the vapor state (Δ_sol^g H _m), as measured by gas–liquid chromatography (GLC), with enthalpies of vaporization of reference materials (Δ_vap H _m at 298.15 K) available in the literature. C₉–C₁₅ fatty acid methyl esters and hydrocarbons were used as reference compounds. The enthalpies of vaporization of the cyclic organic peroxides were calculated from the equation of the line obtained in this second correlation, the slope of which was Δ_vap H _m (at 298.15 K)/Δ^g _sol H _m. The experiments were performed under isothermal conditions with a DB-5 capillary column, flame-ionization detection (FID), and nitrogen as carrier gas. The column temperature was varied over a range of at least 30–70 K between 403 and 473 K, with chromatograms being acquired at 10 K intervals. Enthalpies of vaporization of cyclic organic peroxides are not available in the literature, and the values given in this paper, obtained by gas chromatography, are the first to be reported.     

A Dehydrogenated Cycloadduct of N-Phenylmaleimide and the Azomethine Ylide Derived from Ninhydrine and Phenylalanine: Structure and Conformation

Summary.  The structure of the dehydrogenation product 1′,3a′-dihydro-3′-((1,3-dioxoindan-2-ylidene)-phenyl-methyl)-5′-phenyl-spiro-(indan-2,1′-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole)-1,3,4′,6′-(5′H, 6a′H)-tetrone derived from the cycloadducts (±)-(3a′S,6a′R)-1′,3a′-dihydro-3′-((R)-α-(1,3-dioxoindanyl)-benzyl)-5′-phenyl-spiro-(indan-2,1′-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole)-1,3,4′,6′(5H,6a′H)-tetrone and/or (±)-(3a′S,6a′R)-1′,3a′-dihydro-3′-((S)-α-(1,3-dioxoindanyl)-benzyl)-5′-phenyl-spiro-(indan-2,1′-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole)-1,3,4′,6′(5H,6a′H)-tetrone, which were synthesized by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of N-phenylmaleimide to 2-((2-(1,3-dioxoindan-2-yl)-2-phenyl-ethenyl)-imino)-indan-1,3-dione, was determined by X-ray analysis. Crystal data (CCD, 180 K): rhombohedral, R&3macr;;, a = 34.0871(7), c = 13.9358(5) ?, Z = 18; the structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R(F, I ≥ 3σ(I)) = 0.053. The molecule contains a central folded ring system of two cis-fused 5-membered heterocyclic rings; each ring is nearly planar, and the angle between the rings amounts to 59.0°. Dynamic ¹H NMR spectroscopy of the product revealed an exchange process caused by restricted rotation of the double bonded 1,3-indandione moiety and the phenyl group about the C_sp2-C_sp2 single-bonds. Molecular modeling and complete lineshape analysis indicated a four site exchange process for which free energies of activation and free energies could be established. ΔG ^‡ values for the barriers of rotation are in the range of 57–59 kJ · mol^− 1 at 273 K, which is unusually high for an unsubstituted phenyl group. Received May 3, 2001. Accepted (revised) June 8, 2001     

The temperature dependence of retention indices in gas chromatography

Summary A linear dependence of (T–T₁)/[1(T)–1(T₁)] on temperature (considering the retention index 1(T₁) at temperature T₁ as a standard value) is derived. Both ther retention index at an assigned temperature and the temperature dependence of the retention index can be calculated from retention data measured at two temperature-programing rates.     

Prediction of the chromatographic retention of saturated alcohols on stationary phases of different polarity applying the novel semi-empirical topological index

The novel semi-empirical topological index (I_ET), previously developed by Heinzen and Yunes, was extended to predict the chromatographic retention of saturated alcohols on low polarity stationary phases (OV-1). The predictive ability of I_ET was also verified on stationary phases of different polarity (SE-30, OV-3, OV-7, OV-11, OV-17 and OV-25). Simple linear regressions between the retention indices and the semi-empirical topological index (RI=a+bI_ET) were established for each stationary phase separately, showing good statistical parameters. Statistical analysis showed that the QSRR model used on stationary phases of low polarity (OV-1) has high internal stability and good predictive ability for external groups. The polarity of the SE-30, OV-3, OV-7, OV-11, OV-17 and OV-25 stationary phases, indicated by retention polarity (P_R) given by Tarján et al., is reflected in the ‘a’ (intercept) and ‘b’ (slope) coefficients of the equations obtained for each of these phases. The linear relationship between the ‘a’ coefficient and P_R showed satisfactory statistical quality. Thus, it was possible to generate a single combined model of QSRR, including a parameter that represents the property of the stationary phase P_R. The combined model also has a satisfactory predictive quality, as shown by the plot of calculated versus experimental retention indices for saturated alcohols on six stationary phases of different polarity (r²=0.9956; S.D.=9.54).     

Cubane derivatives

NewN,N′-bis- andN,N,N′, N′-tetrakis-hydroxyalkyl-substituted 1,4-cubanedicarboxamides were synthesized. Nitration of these compounds yielded the corresponding nitrates. The reaction of 1,4-cubanedicarboxylic acid dichloride with ethylene glycol mononitrate and glycerol dinitrate gave ester 1,4-[R¹R²CHOC(O)]₂C₈H₆, where R¹=H and R²=CH₂ONO₂; and R¹=R²=CH₂ONO₂, respectively. The cardiopharmacological activity of some of the synthesized compounds was determined. This allowed us to find for the first time cubane derivatives that exhibit this kind of biological activity. The antiischemic activity of one of these compounds,N,N′-bis(2-nitroxythyl)-1,4-cubanedicarboxdiamide, is higher than that of the well-known Nicorandil. For Part 2, see Ref. 1. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1169–1172, June, 1998.     

Reversed phase liquid chromatographic retention behavior of polystyrene homopolymers

Summary Isocratic and gradient elution high performance liquid chromatographic measurements of the retention behavior of polystyrene homopolymers with molecular weights ranging from 2 kD to 390 kD were performed using mixed methylene chloride-methanol mobile phases of varying composition and a C-18 chemically bonded stationary phase supported on either 100 Å or 300 Å mean pore diameter silica. Isocratic measurements of the capacity factor, k, for different molecular weight homopolymers as a function of the volume fraction of methylene chloride, , permit determination of the critical composition, _c, which renders k=1 and the local slope, S=–lnk/_c of the lnk- isotherm at =_c, and also the dependence of _c and S on the degree of polymerization, M. Linear gradient elution measurements of _c and S were also performed and compared to the corresponding isocratic measurements. The general retention behavior and the dependence of _c and S on M compare favorably to the predictions of the theory of homopolymer retention and fractionation developed by Boehm, Martire, Armstrong, and Bui (BMAB). Comparison is also made between the present work and the experimental observations of other workers on related chromatographic systems involving hompolymer retention.     

Predicting protein retention time in ion-exchange chromatography based on three-dimensional protein characterization

The isoelectric point (pI), molecular weight (M_W) and aqueous two-phase partitioning coefficients of a set of model proteins were related to retention time in cation-exchange chromatography using partial least squares regression. A three-dimensional method which combined hydrophobic partitioning and two-dimensional electrophoresis was used to determine those three properties for a mixture of proteins. The regression models fit well (R² = 0.913 and 0.873 for two resin types) considering the limited property basis, and were able to predict results for a small test set of proteins. The models showed that greater size and charge increased retention time, while the net influence of hydrophobicity depended on the base matrix type. This establishes the potential for the intended application to complex mixtures of host cell proteins.     

Reversed phase,high-performance liquid chromatography: Effect of the structure of the chemically bonded hydrocarbon ligand on retention and selectivity

Summary Chemically bonded stationary phases (CBSP) were prepared by reaction of di- and trialkylchloro- and methoxy-silanes, R¹R²SiCl₂ and R¹R²Si(OMe)₂ with varying chain length of the ligands R¹ and R² with Lichrosorb Si 100, 10 μm, Merck. The influence of the structure of the CBSPs on the retention and selectivity in reversed phase chromatography (RPC) was investigated and compared with results obtained with monoalkyl-CPSPs. Plots of log k′ versus the percentage carbon yield straight lines. The slopes and intercepts are dependent on the structure of the ligands and the structure of the solute. An attempt was made to explain how structure of the CBSP influences the selectivity in RPC.     

Synthesis and crystal structures of cyclopentadienyl dimolybdenum carbonyl complexes

Reactions of the fulvenes C₅H₄C(R ₁ R ₂) [(R ₁ = CH₂CH₃, R ₂ = CH₃ (1); R ₁ = R ₂ = C₂H₅ (2); R ₁, R ₂ = (CH₂)₄ (3), R ₁,R ₂ = (CH₂)₅ (4)] with Mo(CO)₆ in refluxing xylene gave the corresponding cyclopentadienyl dimolybdenum carbonyl complexes [(η⁵-C₅H₄CR₁′R₂′Mo(CO)₃]₂ [(R ₁′ = CH₂CH₃, R ₂′ = CH₃ (5); R ₁′ = R ₂′ = C₂H₅ (6); R ₁′, R ₂′ = CH(CH₂)₃ (7); R ₁′, R ₂′ = CH(CH₂)₄ (8)], which were characterized by elemental analysis, IR and ¹H NMR spectra. The molecular structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The results indicated the exocyclic double bond of the ligands 1 and 2 changed into a single bond and the exocyclic double bond of the ligands 3 and 4 underwent a double-bond isomerization process.     

Phenomenon of dual‐ and single‐retention behaviors of solutes and its validation by computational simulation in linear programmed temperature gas chromatography

The current theory of programmed temperature gas chromatography considers that solutes are focused by the stationary phase at the column head completely and does not explicitly recognize the different effects of initial temperature (T_o) and heating rate (r_T) on the retention time or temperature of a homologue series. In the present study, n‐alkanes, 1‐alkenes, 1‐alkyl alcohols, alkyl benzenes, and fatty acid methyl esters standards were used as model chemicals and were separated on two nonpolar columns, one moderately polar column and one polar column. Effects of T_o and r_T on the retention of nonstationary phase focusing solutes can be explicitly described with isothermal and cubic equation models, respectively. When the solutes were in the stationary phase focusing status, the single‐retention behavior of solutes was observed. It is simple, dependent upon r_T only and can be well described by the cubic equation model that was visualized through four sequential slope analyses. These observed dual‐ and single‐retention behaviors of solutes were validated by various experimental data, physical properties, and computational simulation.     

Approach on Tsallis statistical interpretation of hydrogen-atom by adopting the generalized radial distribution function

This paper revisits the statistical interpretation of the hydrogen atom within the framework of Tsallis Statistical Mechanics in the Canonical Ensemble. The convergence of the partition function does not exhibit for all the temperatures, while the well-known T → T′ transformation method of Tsallis Statistics fails, since non-monotonicity is observed between the ordinary temperature, T, and the auxiliary one, T′. Here we re-examine the inconsistency of T → T′ transformation method, in the case where the partition function converges for all the temperatures, by considering the generalized radial distribution function. We find that both the transformation method inconsistency and the partition function divergence can be recovered for all the temperatures, if the hydrogen atom is restricted within a critical radius R _c  ≤ 4.832 bohr, while Tsallis entropic index values are given by . An erratum to this article can be found at     

梯度液相色谱保留时间公式在梯形梯度洗脱研究中的应用

根据前期得到的梯度液相色谱保留时间计算公式,在不指定溶剂强度模型形式的前提下,探讨了梯形梯度洗脱的一些特点。对于溶质在梯形梯度坡度上流出时的情形,推导得到溶质流出色谱柱所对应的流动相组成(φ_R)随梯度斜率(B)变化的表达式。该公式表明,在该情形中φ_R将会随着B值的增加而增加。对于溶质在梯形梯度最后一个等度区间流出时的情形,如果初始和终止流动相组成保持不变而仅有梯度的斜率发生变化时,从理论上证明了溶质保留时间(t_R)与梯度斜率的倒数(1/B)之间呈线性关系。实验中以C18色谱柱为固定相,甲醇-水为流动相,联苯为样品,测定了不同流动相组成以及梯形梯度条件下的保留时间,所得到的实验值与理论值吻合,从而验证了理论方法的正确性。     

Investigation on the thermal decomposition some heterodinuclear NiII-MII complexes prepared from ONNO type reduced Schiff base compounds ( M II=ZnII, CdII)

N,N′-bis(salicylidene)-1,3-propanediamine (LH₂), N,N′-bis(salicylidene)-2,2′-dimethyl-1,3-propanediamine (LDMH₂), N,N′-bis(salicylidene)-2-hydroxy-1,3-propanediamine (LOH₃), N,N′-bis(2-hydroxyacetophenylidene)-1,3-propanediamine (LACH₂) and N,N′-bis(2-hydroxyacetophenone)-2,2′-dimethyl-1,3-propanediamine (LACDMH₂) were synthesized and reduced to their phenol-amine form in alcoholic media using NaBH₄ (L^HH₂, LDM^HH₂, LOH^HH₂, LAC^HH₂ and LACDM^HH₂). Heterodinuclear complexes were synthesized using Ni(II), Zn(II) and Cd(II) salts, according to the template method in DMF media. The complex structures were analyzed using elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, and thermogravimetry. Suitable crystals of only one complex were obtained and its structure determined using X-ray diffraction, NiLAC^H·CdBr₂·DMF₂, space group orthorhombic, Pbca, a=20.249, b=14.881, c=20.565 ? and Z=8. The heterodinuclear complexes were seen to be of [Ni·ligand·MX₂·DMF₂] structure (ligand=L^H2−, LDM^H2−, LOH^H2−, LAC^H2−, LACDM^H2−, M=Zn^II, Cd^II, X=Br⁻, I⁻). Thermogravimetric analysis showed irreversible bond breakage of the coordinatively bonded DMF molecules followed by decomposition at this temperature.