Simultaneous determination of capecitabine and its metabolite 5-fluorouracil by column switching and liquid chromatographic/tandem mass spectrometry

A liquid chromatographic/tandem mass spectrometric method was developed and validated for the quantitation of capecitabine and its metabolite 5-fluorouracil in human plasma. The simultaneous determination of both analytes was achieved by a column switching method using a trapping column and two analytical columns with different stationary phases. Isocratic elution was used for the separation of capecitabine on a C18 column whereas 5-fluorouracil was separated using gradient elution on an non-polar carbon phase. The calibration curves were linear for both compounds with a correlation factor (R2) > 0.9993 for 5-fluorouracil and >0.9942 for capecitabine. The assay was validated in the concentration range 5.00-1000 ng ml(-1) for both compounds. The intra-day precision was better than 10% for 5-fluorouracil and better than 11% for capecitabine whereas the inter-day precision was better than 8% for 5-fluorouracil and better than 14% for capecitabine.     

On strong summability of multiple Fourier series and smoothness properties of functions

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Über substituierte 1,6-Dihydro-1,3,5-triazin-2,4-diamine, 1′,5′,6′,7′-Tetrahydrospiro[cyclopentan-1,4′-cyclopentapyrimidin]-2′(3′ H)-imine und das 6-Phenyl-2,4-pyrimidindiamin

Guanidine reacts with cyclohexanone, cycloheptanone, acetone and 3-pentanone, resp., in a molar ratio 2∶1 to give the 1,3,5-triazaspiro[5.5]undeca-and [5.6]dodeca-1,3-dien-2,4-diamines3 a and3 b resp. and the 6,6-dimethylresp. diethyl-1,6-dihydro-1,3,5-triazin-2,4-diamines3 d and3 e resp. On the contrary, action of guanidine on cyclopentanone yields not3 c, but the 1′,5′,7′-tetrahydrospiro[cyclopentane-1,4′-cyclopentapyrimidine]-2′(3′H)-imines2 c, 5 c and6 c resp., which are 1∶2- and 1∶3-condensates. Phenylacetone is transformed by guanidine (1∶2) to give 6-phenyl-2,4-pyrimidindiamine (8 f). The structure of the compounds cited is proved by NMR-, IR-, and (partially) mass spectra. The different courses of the formation of3 a, b, d, e, 2 c, 5 c and6 c resp. and8 f are also discussed. The structural formulae of some additional bases, which were synthesized from guanidine and cyclopentanone, 3-pentanone and phenylacetone resp. could not be established.     

Chemical mass shifts in resonance ejection experiments in the quadrupole ion trap

Chemical mass shifts were measured in a Paul ion trap operated in the mass-selective instability scan with resonance ejection using a custom-built instrument. These shifts, which can be as much as 2%, decrease with increasing endcap electrode separation owing to changes in the higher order contributions to the electric field. They also decrease with decreasing helium buffer gas pressure. Both of these effects are analogous to those found with boundary ejection. This suggests that the previously proposed chemical mass shift mechanism based on compound-dependent collisional modification of the ejection delay produced by field faults near the endcap electrode apertures holds true also for resonance ejection. The influence of the resonance frequency on chemical mass shifts was also investigated and it is shown that at certain working points (values of the Mathieu parameter q(z) and a(z)) non-linear resonances greatly reduce the ejection delay for all ions, regardless of their chemical structures, and thus reduce the magnitude of the chemical mass shift. Energetic collisions leading to dissociation can take place at an earlier stage during the ejection process in the mass analysis scan when using resonance ejection compared with boundary ejection. This leads to even larger chemical mass shifts of fragile ions in resonance ejection. Increasing the resonance voltage amplitude can enhance this effect. The chemical mass shifts of fragile ions increase with increase in the resonance voltage amplitude, whereas negligible changes occur for structurally stable ions.     

Zur Längenberechnung der Torsion äusserer Potenzen

Let R be a noetherian ring of dimension d and M a finitely generated R-module of homologic dimension less or equal to one. Assume further that M has a rank r, which equals d or (in case d>0) d?1 and that the r-th Fitting-ideal \(\vartheta _r (M)\) of M has grade ?d. Then the torsion-submodule of the d-th exterior power of M and the module \(R/\vartheta _r (M)\) are equivalent.     

A short note on Dedekind sums

We will give a new proof for the fact that the values of Dedekind sums are dense on the real line.     

C-S Bond Cleavage Reactions of Sulfonediimines

Abstract

Nucleophilic C-S bond cleavage of Sulfonediimines to Sulfinamidine-type Structures is discussed     

Interpolation of Morrey-Campanato and related smoothness spaces

We study the interpolation of Morrey-Campanato spaces and some smoothness spaces based on Morrey spaces, e. g., Besov-type and Triebel-Lizorkin-type spaces. Various interpolation methods, including the complex method, the ±-method and the Peetre-Gagliardo method, are studied in such a framework. Special emphasis is given to the quasi-Banach case and to the interpolation property.     

1,2- and 1,3-diphosphetanes from alkylidenephosphines

Abstract

Alkyl- or arylbis(trimethylsilyl)phosphines as well as tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphine and the corresponding arsines react with acyl chlorides to give [1-(trimethylsiloxy)alkylidene]phosphines 1 and -arsines 2; most of their 2,2-dimethylpropylidene derivatives are thermally stable at room temperature. With the same class of phosphines as starting compounds and carbon disulfide [bis(trimethylsilylsulfano)methylidene]phosphines 3 are formed, whereas [(dialkylamino)methylidene]-4 and [diarylmethylidene]phosphines 5 or the corresponding arsines 6 and 7 can be obtained from acyl amides or ketones.¹     

Enzymatic Conversion of Flavonoids using Bacterial Chalcone Isomerase and Enoate Reductase

Flavonoids are a large group of plant secondary metabolites with a variety of biological properties and are therefore of interest to many scientists, as they can lead to industrially interesting intermediates. The anaerobic gut bacterium Eubacterium ramulus can catabolize flavonoids, but until now, the pathway has not been experimentally confirmed. In the present work, a chalcone isomerase (CHI) and an enoate reductase (ERED) could be identified through whole genome sequencing and gene motif search. These two enzymes were successfully cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli in their active form, even under aerobic conditions. The catabolic pathway of E. ramulus was confirmed by biotransformations of flavanones into dihydrochalcones. The engineered E. coli strain that expresses both enzymes was used for the conversion of several flavanones, underlining the applicability of this biocatalytic cascade reaction.