Spectrophotometric flow injection determination of trace iodide in table salt and laver through the reaction of iodate with 3,5-Br2-PADAP and thiocyanate

A new simple, rapid and sensitive spectrophotometric flow injection method for the determination of trace iodide is described based on an ion associate of iodate (IO₃ ^–) with 2- (3,5-dibromo-2-pyridylazo)-5-diethylamino-phenol (3,5-Br₂-PADAP) and thiocyanate (SCN^–). In a strongly acidic medium, this unstable violet product was formed with an absorption maximum at 605 nm. Flow injection is an ideal method to reproducibly monitor the transient signal. Various parameters were optimized using the Super Modified Controlled Weighted Centroid Simplex Method (SMCWC). Under the optimum experimental conditions, iodide could be determined in the range of 1.00 × 10^–6 and 2.4 × 10^–5 mol l^–1. The correlation coefficient of the calibration curve is 0.9991. With a sampling frequency of 80 h^–1, the detection limit for iodide is 5.0 × 10^–7 mol l^–1. The proposed method has been applied to the determination of trace iodide after oxidizing I^– in table salt or laver to IO₃ ^–. In addition, the mechanisms of the ion association reaction was studied. Received: 15 August 1996 / Revised: 10 October 1996 / Accepted: 16 October 1996     

CE with Field-Enhanced Stacking for Rapid and Sensitive Determination of Umbelliferone, Rutin and Aesculetin in Prunella vulgaris

A new capillary electrophoresis procedure with field-enhanced stacking concentration for the analysis of umbelliferone, rutin and aesculetin in Prunella vulgaris is established for the first time. After optimization of the separation and concentration conditions, the three analytes can be separated within 6 min and quantified with high sensitivity. The method was useful for qualitative and quantitative analysis of umbelliferone, rutin and aesculetin in Prunella vulgaris with recovery of 97.5 to 105.3%.     

以绕丹宁和噻唑烷-2,4-二酮为端基的不对称结构有机受体分子的设计合成与构性关系探讨

分别以绕丹宁和噻唑烷-2,4-二酮单元为端基、IDT为中心核设计合成了一个新型不对称结构的有机小分子受体IDT-2,并通过与两端均以绕丹宁或噻唑烷-2,4-二酮受体单元的对称小分子受体IDT-1和IDT-3进行对比,探讨了分子结构与性能之间的关系。研究发现,从IDT-1到IDT-3,随着两端的绕丹宁基团被噻唑烷-2,4-二酮基团逐步取代,这类小分子受体的吸收光谱显著蓝移,光学带隙E_g~(opt)逐步增大,LUMO和HOMO能级也逐渐抬升。随后我们分别以这三个小分子为受体、P3HT为给体共混构建活性层而制备了有机太阳能电池,结果表明,以两端均为绕丹宁单元的对称结构小分子受体IDT-1构建的电池器件具有最高的光电转换效率(PCE),相应的J_(sc)和FF值也最大,而V_(oc)则最低;而以两端均为噻唑烷-2,4-二酮基团的对称结构小分子受体IDT-3的电池器件,其V_(oc)最高,但其J_(sc)和FF则最低,PCE值也最小。对于IDT-2而言,由于分子只有一个绕丹宁单元被噻唑烷-2,4-二酮所取代,其V_(oc),J_(sc)和PCE均介于IDT-1与IDT-3之间。由此说明,尽管噻唑烷-2,4-二酮基团的引入能有效提升器件V_(oc),但却不利于改善其J_(sc)和FF,因此受体的分子设计中如何平衡电池器件的几种光伏性能参数而获得高的光电转换效率仍是十分重要的研究课题之一。     

Analysis of baicalein, baicalin and wogonin in Scutellariae radix and its preparation by microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography with 1-butyl-3-methylimizolium tetrafluoborate ionic liquid as additive

Microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography (MEEKC) using 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIM-BF4) ionic liquid (IL) as additive was developed for the analysis of baicalin, wogonin and baicalein in Scutellariae radix and its preparation. After conducting a series of optimizations, baseline separation was obtained for the analytes within 5min under the optimum conditions (sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) 0.88% (m/v) ethyl acetate 0.8% (v/v) butan-1-ol 0.2% (v/v) and the buffer composition were 25% acetonitrile (v/v), 7.5 mM BMIM-BF4 and 10 mM NaH2PO4, pH 8.2, applied voltage 17.5 kV and detection at 254 nm), the method has been successfully applied to the determination and quantification of the analytes in the extracts of S. radix (cooked), S. radix (raw) and Qingfeiyihuowan which was the preparation including S. radix.     

Identification of the Fatty Acyl Residues Composition and Molecular Species of Phosphatidylcholines in Soy Lecithin Powder by UPLC–ESI-MS/MS

The fatty acyl residues composition and molecular species of phosphatidylcholines (PCs) in soy lecithin powder were studied and characterized using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC–ESI-MS/MS) via a two-step procedure. ESI-MS/MS by precursor ion scan (PIS) m/z 184.1 in positive ion mode first detected isobaric PCs, and further identified positional isomers and fatty acyl residue composition in negative ion mode. The results showed that the fatty acyl residue composition was in strong agreement with that detected by the classical analysis method. Likewise, ten peaks of isobaric PCs were obtained by ESI-MS/MS analysis in positive ion mode, and 20 positional isomers of PCs were characterized in negative ion mode. Thus, this study presents a simple and powerful way to analyze fatty acyl residue composition and molecular species of PCs without destroying chemical structure.

     

NMR study on the photoresponsive DNA tethering an azobenzene. Assignment of the absolute configuration of two diastereomers and structure determination of their duplexes in the trans-form

Two diastereomers of a photoresponsive oligodeoxyribonucleotide tethering a trans-azobenzene, based on the chirality of the central carbon of a diol linker, were separated by reversed-phase HPLC. On the basis of 2D NMR analysis, absolute configurations of the diastereomers alpha and beta (tentatively designated from differences in their retention time) were determined as R- and S-forms, respectively. For both diastereomers, their NMR-determined duplex structure showed that trans-azobenzene intercalates between base pairs, because distinct NOEs were observed between the protons of azobenzene and those of the adjacent base pairs, such as with the imino protons and methyl protons of thymine. The melting temperatures of both duplexes were higher than that of the corresponding native duplex, which contained no azobenzene residue, due to the intercalated trans-azobenzene stabilizing the duplex by a stacking interaction. Between these two diastereomers, differences in T(m) were also found: the melting temperature of the R-form duplex (alpha-isomer) was higher than that of the S-form (beta-isomer). On the basis of the NMR-determined structure, this difference was attributed to the fact that the S-form (beta isomer) causes more stress forming the duplex than does the R-form (alpha isomer) due to disturbances of the right-hand helix.     

Molecular Design for Reversing the Photoswitching Mode of Turning ON and OFF DNA Hybridization

A new photoswitch for DNA hybridization involving para‐substituted azobenzenes (such as isopropyl‐ or tert‐butyl‐substituted derivatives) with L ‐threoninol as a linker was synthesized. Irradiation of the modified DNA with visible light led to dissociation of the duplex owing to the destabilization effect of the bulky substituent on the trans‐azobenzene. In contrast, trans‐to‐cis isomerization (UV light irradiation) facilitated duplex formation. The direction of this photoswitching mode was entirely reversed relative to the previous system with an unmodified azobenzene on D ‐threoninol whose trans form turned on the hybridization, and cis form turned it off. Such reversed and reversible photoswitching of DNA hybridization was directly demonstrated by using fluorophore‐ and quencher‐attached oligonucleotides. Furthermore, it was revealed that the cis‐to‐trans thermal isomerization was greatly suppressed in the presence of the complementary strand owing to the formation of the more‐stable duplex in the cis form.