Preparation of samarium-153-EDTMP and determination of its radiochemical purity using paper chromatography

Samarium-153-ethylenediaminetetramethylenephosphonate (¹⁵³Sm-EDTMP) has been used to palliate pain resulting from bone cancer. This paper describes the preparation of¹⁵³SmCl₃ from irradiated natural samarium and the ability of¹⁵³Sm to complex with EDTMP in liquid and in freeze-dried forms. The evaluation of radiolabeled EDTMP was done by paper chromatography. A rapid evaluation of free¹⁵³SmCl₃ and¹⁵³Sm-EDTMP was developed using a miniaturized chromatographic system.     

Study on analysis of153Sm-EDTMP stability in vitro and vivo by HPLC

The behavior of¹⁵³Sm-EDTMP in vitro and vivo is analyzed by the size exclusion HPLC. The experimental results show that EDTMP amounts have an obvious effect on the stability in vitro and uptake of¹⁵³Sm-EDTMP in the liver. HPLC analysis of urine sample indicates that¹⁵³Sm-EDTMP es excreted in the original form. The behavior in vivo of¹⁵³Sm-EDTMP containing 4 μg is similar to that of¹⁵³Sm-EDTMP containing 50 μg EDTMP at 1 h post-injection.     

International inter-comparison exercise on $${}^{153}\hbox {Sm}$$

Samarium-153 (\({}^{153}\hbox {Sm}\)) is a short-lived radionuclide that decays to stable europium-153 via beta emission, with subsequent de-excitation via gamma emission and internal conversion. Historical measurements of \({}^{153}\hbox {Sm}\) by gamma spectrometry and beta liquid scintillation counting have shown a low bias compared to beta proportional counting. In order to investigate this, four national laboratories jointly conducted an experimental inter-comparison exercise on a certified \({}^{153}\hbox {Sm}\) sample, created from neutron activation of samarium-152. Radiometric measurements were conducted using gamma spectrometry, liquid scintillation counting, gas proportional counting, and passivated implanted planar silicon detectors and compared across the four institutions against the certified value. The results from this experiment are presented together with a number of conclusions which suggest that the current published cumulative fission yield for \({}^{153}\hbox {Sm}\), as used by many laboratories, is approximately 15% high and is the likely cause of the previously observed bias.     

153Sm metallic-hydroxide macroaggregates: An improved preparation for radiation synovectomy

A new type of preparation employing¹⁵³Sm metallic-hydroxide macroaggregates (¹⁵³Sm-MHM) for radiation synovectomy was developed. The radiopharmaceutical was prepared by reacting the aqueous solution of¹⁵³SmCl₃ with sodium borohydride solution in 0.5N NaOH. Microscopic analysis showed that¹⁵³Sm-MHM mean particle size was 4 m (range 1–15 m) avoiding the formation of fine particles (<1 m) which were¹⁵³Sm-hydroxide macroaggregates preparations (¹⁵³Sm-HM). Also, suspension properties as sedimentation rate, were better for¹⁵³Sm-MHM than for¹⁵³Sm-hydroxyapatite and¹⁵³Sm-HM. Biological studies in normal rabbits demonstrated high retention into de Knee joint space even at 48 h after administration of¹⁵³Sm-MHM (>99%).     

Determination of Total Selenium Content in Cereals and Bakery Products by Flow Injection Hydride Generation Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Applying in-situ Trapping on Iridium-Treated Graphite Platforms

A flow injection hydride generation graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometric (FI-HG-GFAAS) method was applied to the determination of Se in Se-doped and undoped cereals and bakery products. For the purpose of doping, the soils used for the cultivation of the cereals were dosed with Se-doped foliar fertilizers. The samples were dissolved in a mixture of HNO₃ and H₂O₂ solutions using microwave-assisted digestion. The decomposition of H₂Se generated from the sample solutions and the trapping of elemental Se were performed at a temperature of 300°C on an Ir-pretreated integrated graphite platform of a transversally heated graphite atomizer (THGA). For release of the trapped Se within a fairly short atomization time (5s), an atomization temperature of 2200°C was observed to be optimal. The overall efficiency of hydride generation, transport and trapping was 86%.The upper limit of the linear dynamic range of calibration was 10µgL^–1, which corresponds to 0.5µgg^–1 for solid samples. Recovery of the samples spiked with Se^VI solutions was found to be 93±6% on average. The relative standard deviation of the determinations was less than 8%. The limit of detection was found to be 0.06µgL^–1, corresponding to 3ngg^–1 for solid samples. The accuracy of the method was verified with the use of IAEA-155 (whey powder) certified reference material. End-capped THGA tubes resulted in an extension of the linear calibration range compared to that of standard THGAs.The Se content in bakery products made of undoped cereals ranged from 7.7 to 68ngg^–1 (wet weight) in 18 samples, whereas the Se content of the corresponding cereals was found to be below 100ngg^–1 (wet weight). The Se level of cereals grown on soils treated with Se-doped fertilizers ranged from 128 to 1046ngg^–1 (wet weight), and it depended linearly on the Se concentration of the corresponding foliar fertilizer.     

Formation of propylene in the reaction of methane with acetylene on a NiOx/BN heterogeneous catalyst

Reaction of methane with acetylene in the presence of a heterogeneous NiO_x/BN catalyst in the temperature range 300–450C results in the formation of propylene (1% yield). Using¹³CH₄ it was found that propylene arises both as a product of acetylene conversion and as a hydromethylation product of C₂H₂ with methane. The ratio of heavy and light C₃H₆ in the product mixture was 14.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2478–2481, November, 1990.     

Production of radiochemically and radionuclidically pure153Sm for medical applications

A procedure is described for the large scale production of radiochemically and radionuclidically pure¹⁵³Sm economically, from neutron irradiated natural Sm targets. Cation-exchange chromatography using 200–400 mesh Dowex-50×8 resin in the elution mode was used with 0.2M -hydroxyisobutyric acid (-HIBA) as the eluent at pH 4.7±1 and at 26±1 °C for this purpose. Typical decontaminations of carrier-free^(155+156)Eu radioactive impurities, of the order of 5×10², could be achieved in individual fractions, from millicurie amounts of¹⁵³Sm activity produced in milligram quantities of heavily neutron-irradiated natural Sm targets. Even though the¹⁵³Sm yields were at about 3% at these decontamination levels of impurities, the yields increased to an average of about 50% at about 95% level of decontamination of these impurities. It has been shown that the method is successful for producing radiochemically and radionuclidically pure¹⁵³Sm in sufficiently high radioactive concentrations for its probable conversion into¹⁵³SmEDTMP complex, a potential radiopharmaceutical useful in the palliative therapy of metastatic bone cancer.     

Kit preparation of153Sm-EDTMP and factors affecting radiochemical purity and stability

A fast kit method was developed for the production of¹⁵³Sm-EDTMP in two steps avoiding the use of nitric acid, evaporation and sterilization of the final solution by autoclave. Methods of analysis for the determination of chemical and radiochemical purity in the radiopharmaceutical solution were established. Factors affecting radiochemical purity and stability of the complex as the molar ratio of EDTMP/Sm, concentration of phosphate buffer and neutralization of EDTMP prior kit preparation were also analyzed. The use of this radiopharmaceutical in rabbits and patients showed selective skeletal uptake.     

Some radiation protection problems connected with the use of186Re-HEDP and153Sm-EDTMP for palliative therapy of bone metastases

The paper deals with the problem of the outpatient administration of¹⁸⁶Re-HEDP and¹⁵³Sm-EDTMP for palliative therapy of bone metastases. The subsequent 6 hours stay of the treated patients in a department of nuclear medicine appears to be in compliance with regulations proposed in the Czech Republic as well as with ICRP recommendations.     

Structure of N,N-disubstituted α,β-unsaturated α-amino aldehydes

Study of the IR and¹H and¹³C NMR spectra of N,N-disubstituted ,-unsaturated -amino aldehydes showed that in the nature of the electron density distribution these compounds occupy an intermediate position between -unsubstituted amino olefins and ,-unsubstituted aldehydes, being significantly closer to the latter.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2031–2034, September, 1991.     

Atropisomeric determination of chiral hydroxylated metabolites of polychlorinated biphenyls using HPLC-MS

Background

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of environmental persistent organic pollutants, which can be metabolized into a series of metabolites, including hydroxylated metabolites (OH-PCBs) in biota. Nineteen of 209 PCB congeners can form chiral stable isomers. However, atropisomeric determination of the hydroxylated metabolites of these chiral PCBs has never been reported by LC methods. In this work, a novel HPLC-MS method was developed to detect five chiral OH-PCBs (4OH-PCB91, 5OH-PCB91, 4OH-PCB95, 5OH-PCB95 and 5OH-PCB149) using HPLC-MS without a derivatization step.

Results

The influences of column-type, column temperature, flow rate and ratio of the mobile phase on the atropisomeric separation were investigated in detail. In the final method, calibration curves, based on peak areas against concentration, were linear in a range of 1–100 ng mL^-1 of five chiral OH-PCBs with correlation coefficients ranging from 0.9996 to 0.9999 for all atropisomers of OH-PCBs. The relative standard deviations measured at the 10.0 ng mL^-1 level for atropisomers of five chiral OH-PCBs were in the range of 0.60-7.55% (n?=?5). Calculated detection limits (S/N?=?3) of five chiral OH-PCBs were between 0.31 and 0.60 ng mL^-1 for all OH-PCB atropisomers.

Conclusion

This HPLC-MS method was developed to detect chiral OH-PCBs and further successfully applied to measure OH-PCB atropisomer levels and enantiomeric fractions (EFs) in rat liver microsomal samples. The results from LC-MS method were highly consistent with those from GC-ECD method. It is the first time to report these OH-PCB atropisomers detected in microsomes by HPLC-MS. The proposed method might be applied also to detect chiral OH-PCBs in environmental samples and for metabolites of PCBs in vivo.

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14N, 17O, 103Rh NMR Studies of Rh(III) State in Diluted Nitric Acid Solutions

The state of rhodium(III) in nitric acid solutions diluted with 3M HNO₃ or water was studied by ¹⁴N, ¹⁷O, and ¹⁰³Rh NMR methods. The ¹⁰³Rh NMR chemical shifts significantly depend on the ionic background of the solution. Concentrated nitric acid solutions (c _Rh = 0.5–1 mol/l) diluted 100 to 200 times retain the polynuclear Rh(III) forms with double (-NO₃, -OH) bridges. The predominant form in the diluted solutions is a dimer.     

Dinuclear complexes of cobalt(II) with N,N′-substituted dithioxamides derived from α-aminoacids

Summary The coordination behaviour of N,N-bis(1-carboxymethyl)dithioxamide (GLYDTO), N,N-bis(1-carboxyethyl)dithioxamide (ALADTO), N,N-bis(1-carboxy-2-methylpropyl) dithioxamide (VALDTO) and N,N-bis(1-carboxy-3-methylbutyl)dithioxamide (LEUDTO) has been investigated by isolating and characterizing the dinuclear, neutral cobalt(II) complexes, [Co₂(L-4H)(H₂O)₂] (L = GLYDTO, ALADTO, VALDTO or LEUDTO) and [Co₂(L-4H)(H₂O)₆] (L = ALADTO or VALDTO). All ligands were characterized by mass, i.r., and ¹H- and ¹³C-n.m.r. spectroscopy. The complexes possess distorted octahedral structures as revealed by the magnetic and electronic (diffuse reflectance) spectral data. The i.r. data indicate that the ligands are bis-tridentate, bis-dianions coordinated to each metal ion through the carboxylate oxygen, deprotonated thioamide nitrogen and thiocarbonyl sulphur atoms.     

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Formation of Polymer Networks

The random end linking of different amounts of trifunctional crosslinkers with 3 000 prepolymer linear chains, with length varying from 10 to 30 monomers, to form networks at different system number densities was dynamically simulated by the molecular dynamics method. Investigation of the crosslinking kinetics shows that, with a stoichiometric number of crosslinkers present, the time evolution of free ends fraction decays as a power law in time t^−3/4. This scaling behavior is different from the one in a dense polymer melt. Structural analyses of the resulting networks indicate that the imperfections of the network structure strongly depend on the initial synthesis conditions including the initial system number density and the ratio of crosslinkers to precursor polymer chain ends.

     

Application of radioisotopes in the field of nuclear medicine

A comprehensive review has been made to discuss the role of various radionuclides of lanthanide series elements in the field of nuclear medicine. The role of several pharmaceuticals labeled with radiolanthanides and used for investigative purposes like measurement of cerebral blood flow, bone density measurement, bone marrow imaging, etc., have been described. The role of lanthanide radionuclides in radiation synovectomy, radioimmunotherapy, etc., have also been discussed. Methods of preparation of some representative radiopharmaceuticals like¹⁵³Sm-EDTMP,¹⁵³Sm-HYP, have been presented. An outline on the production of carrier free radioisotopes of lanthanide series elements has been given.     

Effect of alkali ions (Na+, K+) on the solvent extraction of uranium(VI) with a di-carboxylated calix[4] arene

The solvent extraction of uranium(VI) with a di-carboxylated calix[4]arne (LH₂) in chloroform and 1,2-dichloroethane has been studied in the presence or absence of alkali ions (M=Na⁺,K⁺). For UO ₂ ²⁺ when studied alone, a 12 (metal: ligand) extracted species is evidenced, with a rather low associated extraction equilibrium constant. The efficiency of extraction increases drastically in the presence of alkali ions, due to the formation of heteronuclear complexes. In all cases, the extracted species are found to be both 122 and 112 (UO ₂ ²⁺ MLH₂) mixed complexes, except in chloroform with K⁺, where only the latter is formed. In the case of Na⁺, mass spectrometry spectra confirm the existence of both homo and heteronuclear complexes as determined in the extraction studies.     

Analytical applications of mixed-ligand complexes

Summary In medium of pH=1, vanadium(V) forms a 1 1 cationic complex with PAR, the instability constant of the complex beingpK=5.6. In the presence of hydrogen peroxide a 111 mixed-complex develops which is uncharged. The molar absorptivity of the complex ( ₅₄₀=1.28×10⁴ l·mole^–1·cm^–1) provides a possibility for the spectrophotometric determination of 1–65M hydrogen peroxide.

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Zusammenfassung In saurer Lösung (pH=1) bildet Vanadin(V) mit PAR einen positiv geladenen Komplex, dessen Komplexkonstante dem pK-Wert 5,6 entspricht. In Anwesenheit von Wasserstoffperoxid bildet sich mit diesem Kation ein ungeladener Mischkomplex im Verhältnis 111. Dessen Extinktionskoef-fizient ( ₅₄₀=1,28×10⁴ l · mol^–1 · cm^–1) ermöglicht die spektrophotometrische Bestimmung von Wasserstoffperoxid im Konzentrationsbereich von 1–65Mol/l.

     

Steric structure and thermodynamic aspects of the complexes of dysprosium(iii) with aminobenzoic acids in aqueous solutions

Steric structures of dysprosium(III) aminobenzoate complexes with the 11 and 12 molar ratio in aqueous solutions were determined on the basis of pH-metric and paramagnetic birefringence data. An increase in conjugation observed for the series of the acids,viz., benzoic,meta-, ortho-, andpara-aminobenzoic acids, results in the increased stability of the complexes with the 11 and 12 composition. In the case ofpara-aminobenzoic acid, the polyhedra [DyL(H₂O)₆]²⁺ and [DyL₂(H₂O)₄]⁺ are cubes with the ligands coordinated to one and two edges, respectively. In the case ofmeta-aminobenzoic acid, the polyhedra [DyL(H₂O)₆]²⁺ and [DyL₂(H₂O)₄]⁺ are a dodecahedron with the ligand coordinated to one edge and a square anti-prism with the ligands coordinated to two edges, respectively. In the case ofortho-aminobenzoic acid, both the 11 and 12 complexes have structures that are intermediate between the structures ofmeta- andpara-aminobenzoic acids.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1767–1770, October, 1994.     

The dynamical study of O(<Superscript>1</Superscript>D) + HCl(v = 0, j = 0) reaction at hyperthermal collision energies

Backgrounds

The quasi-classical trajectory calculations for O(¹D)?+?HCl?→?OH?+?Cl (R1) and O(¹D)?+?HCl?→?ClO?+?H (R2) reactions have been performed at hyperthermal collision energies (60.0, 90.0, and 120.0 kal/mol) on the ¹A' state. Reaction probabilities and integral cross sections are calculated. The product rotational distributions for the two channels, and the product rotational alignment parameters are investigated. Also, the alignment and the orientation of the products have been predicted through the angular distribution functions (concerning the initial/final velocity vector, and the product rotational angular momentum vector). To have a deeper understanding of the natures of the vector correlation between reagent and product relative velocities, a natural generalization of the differential cross section __PDDCS₀₀, is calculated.

Results

The OH?+?Cl channel is the main product channel and is observed to have essentially isotropic rotational distributions. The ClO?+?H channel is found to be clearly rotationally polarized.

Conclusions

The dynamical, especially the stereodynamical characters are quite different for the two channels of the title reaction. Most reactions occur directly, except for R2 reaction at the collision energies of 60.0 and 120.0 kcal/mol. The alignment and orientation effects are weak/strong for R1/R2 reaction. The well structure on the potential energy surface and hyperthermal collision energies might result in the dynamical effects.

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