Quantitation of enzymatically generated hydrogen peroxide based on aqueous peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence

The method involves the reaction of 4,4′-{oxalyl bis[(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imino]-ethylene}-bis(4-methylmorpholinium trifluoromethanesulfonate) with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of rhodamine-B. Precise measurements, with 1–3% relative standard deviation, can be made in both static and flow systems. In the flow system, the response to hydrogen peroxide is linear from 10^?2 M hydrogen peroxide down to the limit of detection of 7 × 10^?5 M.     

Ultrasound-enhanced flow injection chemiluminescence for determination of hydrogen peroxide

A novel ultrasonic flow injection chemiluminescence (FI-CL) manifold for determining hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) has been designed and evaluated. Chemiluminescence obtained from the luminol-H2O2-cobalt(II) reaction was enhanced by applying 120 W of ultrasound for a period of 4 s to the reaction coil in the FI-CL system and this enhancement was verified by comparison with an identical manifold without ultrasound. The system was developed for determining ultra-trace levels of H2O2 and a calibration curve was obtained with a linear portion over the range of 10-200 nmol L(-1) H2O2 (correlation coefficient 0.9945). The detection limit (3sigma) and the quantification limit (LOQ) were found to be 1 x 10(-9) and 3.3 x 10(-9) mol L(-1) respectively and the relative standard deviation was 1.37% for 2 x 10(-7) mol L(-1) H2O2 (n = 10). The method was applied to the determination of trace amounts of H2O2 in purified water and natural water samples without any special pre-treatments.     

A chemiluminescence sensor for the determination of hydrogen peroxide

A chemiluminescence one-shot sensor for hydrogen peroxide is described. It is prepared by immobilization of cobalt chloride and sodium lauryl sulphate in hydroxyethyl cellulose matrix cast on a microscope cover glass. Luminol, sodium phosphate and the sample are mixed before use and applied on the membrane by a micropipette. The calibration graph is linear in the range 20-1600 μg/L, and the detection limit of the method (3σ) is 9 μg/L. A relative standard deviation of 4.5% was obtained for 100 μg/L H₂O₂ (n = 11). The sensor has been applied successfully to the determination of hydrogen peroxide in rainwater.     

Native peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence from the reaction of bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl) oxalate and hydrogen peroxide perturbed by nonfluorophores

The reaction of bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl) oxalate and hydrogen peroxide yields an excited-state product tht luminesces with great intensity at ca. 400 nm. The weak intensity is enhanced by some agents tht normally do not fluorece. In pure solutions, the detection limits for the nonflurophores ouabain and urea, based on this effect, are 2.0 and 20 pmol, respectively.     

Flow injection determination of hydrogen peroxide by means of a solid-state-peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence reactor

A solid-state reactor for detection of hydrogen peroxide in aqueous samples by peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence is described. Bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)oxalate in solid form is packed into a bed reactor, which eliminates mixing problems and facilitates the instrumental development. Perylene is added as a sensitizer to a water/acetonitrile (20:80) carrier stream into which the samples (200–600 μl) are injected. Detection limits of 6 × 10^?9 M H₂O₂ (0.2 μg l^?1) are obtained with both a commercial and a home-made luminescence detector. Calibration graphs are linear up to 10^?5 M. The r.s.d. for 2 × 10^?7 M (6.7 μg^?1) hydrogen peroxide (n = 10) is 2.8%. Sample throughput is ca. 120 h^?1.     

Flow injection determination of hydrogen peroxide using diperiodatoargentate- and diperiodatonickelate-luminol chemiluminescence

A novel chemiluminescence (CL) method for the determination of hydrogen peroxide is described. Method is based on the transition metals in highest oxidation state complex, which include diperiodatoargentate (DPA) and diperiodatonickelate (DPN) and show excellent sensitisation on the luminol-H₂O₂ CL reaction with low luminol concentration in alkaline medium. In particular, the sensitiser which was previously reported (such as Co²⁺, Cu²⁺, Ni²⁺, Mn²⁺, Fe³⁺, Cr³⁺, KIO₄, K₃Fe(CN)₆ etc.) to be unobserved CL due to poor sensitisation with such low concentration of luminol which makes the method hold high selectivity. Based on this observation, the detection limits were 6.5?×?10^?9?mol?L^?1 and 1.1?×?10^?8?mol?L^?1 hydrogen peroxide for the DPN- and DPA-luminol CL systems, respectively. The relative CL intensity was linear with the hydrogen peroxide concentration in the range of 2.0?×?10^?8–6.0?×?10^?6?mol?L^?1 and 4.0?×?10^?8–4.0?×?10^?6?mol?L^?1 for the DPN- and DPA-luminol CL systems, respectively. The proposed method had good reproducibility with a relative standard deviation of 3.4% (8.0?×?10^?7?mol?L^?1, n?=?7) and 1.0% (2.0?×?10^?6?mol?L^?1, n?=?7) for the DPN- and DPA-luminol CL systems, respectively. A satisfactory result has been gained for the determination of H₂O₂ in rainwater and artificial lake water by use of the proposed method.     

Very fast peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence

Peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence (PO-CL) detection offers an advantage in chromatographic detection, by the virtue of its multiple unique selectivities and high sensitivity. However, many of the analytical separation techniques available today require observation times in the millisecond range to preserve the band resolution, and as the reaction kinetics of the PO-CL reaction is considerably slower, extra flow elements are needed to observe the reaction in a time window at maximum emission intensity. Since these flow elements increase the complexity of the system and contribute to band-broadening, the rational way to adapt PO-CL detection to miniaturised separation systems is to speed up the reaction, so that it emits an initial burst of light within the acceptable detection time-frame. Although this may result in a lower overall quantum yield, the actual detection sensitivity could be equal to, or better than slower PO-CL systems. By making careful selections of oxalic reagent and catalyst(s) the reaction can be fine-tuned to maximise the intensity. In this work, the time-dependent light emission from the reaction of bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)oxalate (TCPO) was studied under the catalytic influence of imidazole, 1,2,4-triazole, 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP), and 1,8-diazabicyclo-[5.4.0]-undec-7-ene (DBU) in acetonitrile. Both DMAP and DBU accelerated the reaction substantially, but the best combination of reaction speed and intensity was found for a mixture of 0.5 mM DBU and 5 mM 1,2,4-triazole, which reached its maximum emission after only 40 ms and had an emission intensity comparable to that seen with 5 mM imidazole as catalyst.     

Analytical applications of peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence

Peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence can be applied to the determination of hydrogen peroxide and aromatic hydrocarbon fluorophores in a static system. Hydrogen peroxide causes a linear response in the range 10^-6–10^-1M when bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) oxalate is used with perylene as the fluorophore. As the intensity of chemiluminescence from different aromatic hydrocarbons varies substantially, there is a degree of selectivity in their determination. If metal chelates are employed as fluorophores, trace metal analysis is possible.     

Low-level interferences in peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence

The role of interferences at concentrations lower than 10(-3) M in peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence is examined based on experimental results available in the literature. Implications for fluorophore and for hydrogen peroxide determinations are discussed. An interpretation in terms of the reaction mechanism is proposed.     

Kinetics of two pathways in peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence

It has been shown that 1,1'-oxalyldiimidazole (ODI) is formed as an intermediate in the imidazole-catalyzed reaction of oxalate esters with hydrogen peroxide. Therefore, the kinetics of the chemiluminescence reaction of 1,1'-oxalyldiimidazole (ODI) with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a fluorophore was investigated in order to further elucidate the mechanism of the peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence reaction. The effects of concentrations of ODI, hydrogen peroxide, imidazole (ImH), the general-base catalysts lutidine and collidine, and temperature on the chemiluminescence profile and relative quantum efficiency in the solvent acetonitrile were determined using the stopped-flow technique. Pseudo-first-order rate constant measurements were made for concentrations of either H2O2 or ODI in large excess. All of the reaction kinetics are consistent with a mechanism in which the reaction is initiated by a base-catalyzed substitution of hydrogen peroxide for imidazole in ODI to form an imidazoyl peracid (Im(CO)2OOH). In the presence of a large excess of H2O2, this intermediate rapidly decays with both a zero- and first-order dependence on the H2O2 concentration. It is proposed that the zero-order process reflects a cyclization of this intermediate to form a species capable of exciting a fluorophore via the "chemically initiated electron exchange mechanism" (CIEEL), while the first-order process results from the substitution of an additional molecule of hydrogen peroxide to the imidazoyl peracid to form dihydroperoxyoxalate, reducing the observed quantum yield. Under conditions of a large excess of ODI, the reaction is more than 1 order of magnitude more efficient at producing light, and the quantum yield increases linearly with increasing ODI concentration. Again, it is proposed that the slow initiating step of the reaction involves the substitution of H2O2 for imidazole to form the imidazoyl peracid. This intermediate may decay by either cyclization or by reaction with another ODI molecule to form a cyclic peroxide that is much more efficient at energy transfer with the fluorophore. The reaction kinetics clearly distinguishes two separate pathways for the chemiluminescent reaction.     

Chemiluminescence determination of hydrogen peroxide

An overview of literature on the procedures for the chemiluminescence determination of hydrogen peroxide is presented.     

荧光光度法测定过氧化氢

在碱性介质中,以四羧基铁酞菁为过氧化物酶模拟催化H2O2氧化邻苯二胺,生成2,3-二氨基吩嗪,该产物在577 nm处产生荧光,其荧光强度随H2O2浓度的增大而增加,在1.6×10-7～9.7×10-6mol/L范围内呈良好的线性关系,相关系数r为0.9941,据此建立了一种测定痕量H2O2的新方法。方法的检出限为1.1×10-7mol/L,用于雨水中H2O2的测定,结果令人满意。     

Determination of free chlorine in water by chemiluminescence reaction with hydrogen peroxide

The analytical utility of the hydrogen peroxide—hypochlorite singlet oxygen chemiluminescence reaction for the determination of hypochlorite in water is investigated. Effects of pH and hydrogen peroxide concentration are discussed and interference data for over 35 species in the absence and presence of hypochlorite are provided. The limit of detection is 4 μg l^-1 with a usable non-linear calibration curve up to about 200 μg l^-1. The new method is shown to be relatively free from interferences and to give results for tap water comparable to a standard colorimetric method based on a reaction with N, N-diethyl-p-phenylenediamine.     

Automatic semi-microcolumn liquid chromatographic determination of catecholamines in rat plasma utilizing peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence reaction

A fully automated and highly sensitive method with a semi-microcolumn liquid chromatography system for the determination of rat plasma catecholamines (CAs) was developed. Automated on-line extraction of CAs in diluted plasma using a precolumn packed with strong acidic cation exchange resin was coupled with separation of CAs on a semi-microcolumn (250 x 1.5 mm id). fluorogenic derivatization with ethylenediamine and finally postcolumn peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence detection utilizing bis[2-(3,6,9-trioxadecanyloxycarbonyl)-4-nitrophenyl]oxalate (TDPO) and hydrogen peroxide. The detection limits were 0.91, 0.36 and 1.1 fmol for norepinephrine (noradrenaline), epinephrine (adrenaline) and dopamine, respectively, at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. A good linearity of the calibration curve for each CA was observed in the range of 5.0 to 500 fmol for each CA using N-methyldopamine (N-MeDA) as an internal standard. The RSD for the proposed method (n = 5) were 3.7-9.5% for the intra-day assay and 6.6-10.0% for the inter-day assay. The volume of rat plasma required for the determination of CAs was 10 microliters.     

Evaluation of fluorescent compounds for peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence detection

The behaviour of 19 fluorescent compounds of various types in peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence reactions was studied in terms of the relation of their excitation efficiency to their singlet excitation energy and oxidation potential. Compounds having low singlet excitation energy and low oxidation potential were excited effectively. As a result of the study, 3-aminoperylene was selected as a fluorophore for derivatization of simple car?ylic acids. The derivatives were separated by reversed-phase microbore h.p.l.c. and were detected by a peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence reaction detector. The detection limit was 0.1 fmol.     

Optimization of a peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence detection system for the liquid chromatographic determination of fluorescent compounds

Summary A peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence detection system for liquid chromatography is described. The excitation of fluorophores is generated by the reaction of bis-(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)oxalate or bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl)oxalate and hydrogen peroxide, which are added to the column effluent. The influence of the solvents and the concentrations of the reagents have been investigated. The influence of the flow cell volume on sensitivity and on band broadening have also been studied and a chemical band narrowing effect has been observed. Different types of apparatus have been compared for detection of the emitted light. The system has been used for the detection of the dansyl derivative of a drug with a secondary amine functional group in serum samples. The detection limits are in the 1–10pg range.     

Inhibition of peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence by intercalation of fluorescent acceptors between DNA bases

We have examined the ability of different fluorescent DNA dyes to become chemically excited by the peroxyoxalate chemiluminescent reaction. The intercalating dyes ethidium bromide and propidium iodide, and the bis-intercalating dyes ethidium homodimer-1, benzoxazolium-4-pyridinium dimer-1 and benzoxazolium-4-quinolinium dimer-1, exhibit an intense chemiluminescence when they are excited by the bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)oxalate (TCPO)-H2O2 reaction in the absence of DNA. However, the chemiluminescence of these dyes is very low when they are bound to double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). In contrast, the minor groove-binding dye Hoechst 33258 excited by the TCPO-H2O2 reaction shows approximately the same chemiluminescence intensity when it is free in solution or complexed with dsDNA. Structural alterations or partial dissociation of dsDNA-bis-intercalating dye complexes produced by the addition of acetone, NaCl, MgCl2 or the cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide increases the chemiluminescence intensity. A moderate chemiluminescence intensity is observed when bis-intercalating dyes are complexed with single-stranded DNA. Our results indicate that the energy from the intermediates produced in the peroxyoxalate chemiluminescent reaction cannot be efficiently transferred to fluorescent dyes complexed with DNA; chemiexcitation is almost completely inhibited when dyes are buried in the dsDNA structure by intercalation between the base pairs.     

Fast peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence for minimized analytical separation systems

The maximum intensity, Imax, and time required to reach the maximum emission, taumax, for 1-aminopyrene monitored in 1,1'-oxalyldi-4-methylimidazole (OD4MI) chemiluminescence (CL) reactions are approximately 61 times higher and 16 times faster than their respective values for bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)oxalate (TCPO) CL reactions in the presence of imidazole (ImH).     

HPLC determination of methylphenidate and its metabolite,ritalinic acid,by high-performance liquid chromatography with peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence detection

An HPLC–peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence (PO-CL) method for simultaneous determination of methylphenidate (MPH) and ritalinic acid (RA) was developed. The method was used to monitor MPH and RA after administration of MPH to rats. Deproteinized plasma spiked with 1-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazine (IS) was dried and labeled with 4-(N,N-dimethylaminosulfonyl)-7-fluoro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole (DBD-F). The labeled sample was cleaned with two kinds of solid-phase extraction cartridge, and the DBD-labels were separated on an ODS column with gradient elution using a mixture of CH₃CN and imidazole–HNO₃ buffer. Separation of MPH and RA can be achieved within 33 min. The LODs of MPH and RA at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3 were 2.2 and 0.4 ng mL⁻¹, respectively. Moreover, monitoring of MPH and RA after MPH administration (10 mg kg⁻¹) to rat could be performed. The concentration of RA 480 min after administration was eight times higher than that of MPH. The proposed HPLC–PO-CL method was useful for determination of MPH and RA in rat plasma and was successfully used to monitor these substances after MPH administration.