Detection of metal ions by glass capillary gas-chromatographic separation of their volatile chelates

The utility of several glass capillary columns to separate some trifluoroacetonates, diethyldithiocarbamates, di(trifluoroethyl) dilithiocarbamates and diisopropyldithiophosphates metal chelates was investigated. The increased sensitivity offered by selective detectors was also explored. Most favorable results were obtained with a short highly inert fused silica column, coated with a non-retentive liquid phase.     

Determination of di-and polyamines by high-performance liquid chromatographic separation of their 5-dimethylaminonaphthalene-1-sulfonyl derivatives

Using a Lichrosorb RP-8 reversed-phase column and a methanol--water gradient elution program, it is possible to separate within 40 min and to determine routinely in picomole quantities the natural di- and polyamines. The precision of the method is comparable to the thin-layer chromatographic procedures, the separations are most efficient, and the method can be fully automated. A modified gradient enables the repeated assay of spermidine and spermine within 20 min. The method is suited for polyamine analyses in tissues and body fluids.     

Determination of N-nitrosamines by high-performance liquid chromatographic separation with voltammetric detection

The highly polar, nonvolatile N-nitrosamines, N-nitrosoproline and N-nitrosodiethanolamine, are determined by high-performance liquid Chromatographic separation with electrochemical detection using d.c. voltammetry, normal pulse voltammetry, and differential pulse voltammetry. The influence of flow rate and pulse time are determined, and detection limits on the order of 10^-7 M are obtained.     

Liquid chromatographic determination of chelates of cobalt (II), copper (II) and iron (II) with 2-thiophonaldehyde-4-phenyl-3-thiosemicarbazone

Summary A new chelating reagent 2-thiophenaldehyde-4-phenyl-3-thiosemicarbazone (TAPT) has been examined for high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) separations of cobalt (II), copper(II) and iron (II) or cobalt (II), nickel (II), iron (II), copper (II) and mercury (II) as metal chelates on a C₁₈, 5μm column (250×4 mm i.d.) The chelates were eluted isocratically with methanol: acetonitrile: water containing sodium acetate and tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBA), and detected at 254 nm. A solvent extraction procedure was developed for simultaneous determination of the metals with detection limits within 0.02–2.5 μ g.mL⁻¹. The method was applied to the determination of copper, cobalt and iron in natural waters.     

Separation of some platinum group metal chelates with 8-hydroxyquinoline by various high-performance liquid chromatographic methods

Different HPLC methodologies are employed to evaluate the separation and determination of some platinum metals (Pt, Pd, Ir and Rh) after the formation of 8-hydroxyquinolate chelates. With the aim of reducing the number of steps in treating the samples, the method developed did not include the elimination of excess chelating reagent before the analysis of metal chelates. Reversed-phase (RP), non-aqueous reversed-phase (NARP) and normal-phase (NP) HPLC are compared. The RP-HPLC method only permits the quantitative separation of Rh and Pd from the excess reagent. A silica column can be used to separate Ir and Rh by NP-HPLC. The NARP-HPLC method allows for the effective separation of the four elements tested, but the high detection limit (90 ng) for platinum and the peak width do not favour its application for quantitative measurement. Platinum group metals can be quantitatively separated and determined by NP-HPLC using a cyano column in less than 15 min. The broad linear range of all the elements (between 1 and 500 ng) is superior to that which has been previously reported and the detection limits (1.0 ng for Pt, 0.3 ng for Pd, 1.0 ng for Ir and 0.3 ng for Rh) are slightly lower.     

Gas and liquid chromatographic determination of some metals as their di-isobutyldithiocarbamate chelates

Summary Gas and Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Some Metals as Their Di-isobutyldithiocarbamate Chelates Both reversed-phase liquid chromatography and gas chromatography permit the elution of the di-isobutyldithiocarbamate chelates of nickel(II), copper(II) and cobalt(III) at picogram level. The palladium(II) chelate can be used as internal standard. Gas chromatography can easily be applied to determination of these metals in aqueous samples. In the liquid chromatography, contact between any free ligand remaining after extraction and metal traces in the column packing materials or metal components of the system must be minimized before the determinations commence. The results indicate a need for further study of interferences. Di-isobutyldithiocarbamate appears to be a suitable chelating agent for use in both Chromatographic methods.     

Capillary gas chromatographic analysis of pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate metal chelates

Pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (PDTC) chelates of Zn(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(III), Fe(III), Mn(II), Cr(III), and VO(II) were analysed by capillary GC on a DB-1701 column (30 m x 0.25 mm id) with flame ionisation detection (FID). Linear calibrations were attained within "1-30 microg/mL" for Ni(II), Fe(III), Mn(II), Cr(III), Cu(II), and VO(II), and within "2-50 microg/mL" for Co(III) and Zn(II). The limits of detection were in the "150-500 ng/mL" range, corresponding to 15-50 pg amounts reaching the FID system. The optimised method was applied to the determination of Cu(II) and Ni(II) in coins, and that of Zn(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), Fe(III), Mn(II), Cr(III), and VO(II) in pharmaceutical preparations with relative standard deviations within 1.1-5.2%. The results obtained are in good agreement with sewage water samples and the declared values for the pharmaceutical formulations, or with the results of AAS of metal contents in coins, pharmaceutical preparations, and sewage water samples.     

Liquid chromatographic separation of metal ions on several silica-bound chelating-agent stationary phases

Summary The separation of metal-ions on several new silica-bound azo-coupled chelating stationary phases is described. Retention on 2-methyl-8-quinolinol and N-(1-naphthyl)-ethylenediamine phases is in the order of known homogeneous-solution stability constants. Very short retention times were obtained on the 2-methyl-8-quinolinol phase compared to an 8-quinolinol phase. A reversed order of retention was observed on -diketone and dithizone stationary phases in tartrate mobile phase. Two different mechanisms of metal-column interaction appear to occur. Large pH and mobile-phase buffer concentration effects were exhibited, especially by the diketone and dithizone phases. An excellent separation of a six-metal mixture is demonstrated on a dithizone column.     

Determination of trace amounts of chloramines by liquid chromatographic separation and amperometric detection

The detection of chloramines by monitoring electrochemical reduction processes on a glassy carbon electrode was investigated. Liquid chromatographic separation using a C₁₈ column followed by amperometric or spectrophotometric detection were compared. The results indicate that amperometric detection is the more sensitive, especially for dichloramine.     

Size-exclusion chromatographic behaviour of metal chelates of 8-hydroxyquinoline

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry - The size-exclusion chromatographic behaviour of 8-hydroxyquinoline (abbreviated as HOx) and its metal(II, III) chelates on Fractogel PVA 2000 in p-dioxane...     

High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of nickel,copper and zinc as their tetraphenylporphine chelates

Nickel(II), copper(II) and zinc(II) ions are extracted from an aqueous solution into carbon tetrachloride as their diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC) chelates. The extract, after removal of the solvent, is treated with meso-tetraphenylporphine (TPP) in benzyl alcohol at 140°C for 60 min. Quantitative conversion of the DDC chelate to the TPP chelate is obtained over the range 0.25–4.5 μg of each metal by use of 3 μgmol of TPP. The reaction mixture is analysed by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with spectrophotometric detection at 412 nm. Simultaneous determination of Cu and Zn in NBS bovine liver is possible by this procedure.     

Synthesis and characterization of polymerizable β-diketone-based liquid crystalline metal chelates

Two novel square-planar palladium chelating liquid crystals, bis(p-n-(l-undecenoxyphenyl-3-dodecyloxyphenyl)-propane-1,3-dionato)palladium(II) (Pd-C₁₁-C₁₂) and bis(1,3-di(p-n-tetradecyloxphenyl)-propane-1,3-dionato) palladium (II) (Pd-C₁₄-C₁₄) have been synthesized. Moreover, the copper chelating liquid crystal bis(p-n-(l-undecynoxylphenyl-3-dodecyloxylphenyl)-propane-1,3-dionate)copper (II) (Cu-Cu₁₁-C₁₂) has been synthesized by heterogeneous ligand-exchange reaction. These β-diketone metal chelates have been characterized by elementary analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing microscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis and temperature-variable IR. It was found that these chelates were discotic lamellar-(D_L) mesophase liquid crystals. In particular, the temperature-variable IR study indicates that the central chelating ring and the surrounding benzene rings would form a co-planar conjugated structure in the liquid crystalline (LC) state.     

Determination of biogenic amines as their benzoyl derivatives after cloud point extraction with micellar liquid chromatographic separation

The advantages of micellar cloud point extraction combined with a surfactant-assisted separation in a HPLC system are presented as a method for the effective separation and determination of nine biogenic amines in fish substrates. Benzoyl derivatives of the amines are extracted inside the micelles of a non-ionic surfactant, Triton X-114, and separated with gradient elution micellar liquid chromatography. Quantification was performed by measuring the UV absorbance of the benzene ring at 254 nm. Detection limits of the nine biogenic amines were in the vicinity of 0.01 mg l(-1) which are approximately 10 times lower than those of the conventional method (HPLC-UV) and 100 times lower than those of micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography. The correlation coefficients of determinations were 0.9911-0.9996. The method was applied for the determination of putrescine, cadaverine, agmatine, tyramine, tryptamine, phenylethylamine, spermine, spermidine and histamine in trout samples. Recovery of the proposed method ranged from 95 to 103.5%.     

HPLC determination of copper(II), cobalt(II) and iron(II) in pharmaceutical preparations using 2-acetylpyridine-4-phenyl-3-thiosemicarbazone derivatizing agent

Summary Cu(II) Co(II) and Fe(II) in pharmaceutical preparations were determined using precolumn derivatization and solvent extraction with 2-acetylpyridine-4-phenyl-3-thiosemicarbazone (APPT) as complexing reagent. Liquid chromatography (LC) was carried out on a reversed phase C-18, column. The complexes were eluted isocratically with acetonitrile-water containing sodium acetate and tetrabutyl ammonium bromide as ion-pairing agents. The results obtained were compared with those using atomic absorption.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic separation of cobalamins

Physiological cobalamins were separated by means of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Optimal conditions for elution of methylcobalamin, adenosylcobalamin, hydroxycobalamin and cyanocobalamin were determined. Excellent separation and resolution of these physiological cobalamins by HPLC were achieved. In addition, several cobalamin analogues were also studied and shown to be separable from the physiological forms. HPLC provides a rapid, sensitive, reproducible means of characterizing physiological cobalamins.