Application of matrix solid-phase dispersion to the determination of a new generation of fungicides in fruits and vegetables

A method based on matrix solid-phase dispersion (MSPD) and gas chromatography to determine eight fungicides in fruits and vegetables is described. Fungicide residues were identified and quantified using nitrogen-phosphorus detection and electron-capture detection connected in parallel and confirmed by mass spectrometric detection. The method required 0.5 g of sample, C18 bonded silica as dispersant sorbent, silica as clean-up sorbent and ethyl acetate as eluting solvent. Recoveries from spiked orange, apple, tomato, artichoke, carrot and courgette samples ranged from 62 to 102% and relative standard deviations were less than 15% in the concentration range 0.05-10 mg kg(-1). Detection and quantitation limits ranged 3-30 microg kg(-1) and 10-100 microg kg(-1), respectively, with linear calibration curves up to 10 mg kg(-1). The analytical characteristics of MSPD compared very favourably with the results of a classical multiresidue method, which uses ethyl acetate and anhydrous sodium sulphate for the extraction.     

Influence of spectral and angular sensitivity on the readout of biological dosimeters

Biological systems used as biological dosimeters can possess different angular sensitivities from the detectors usually used in physical devices. A simple experimental setup has been developed and used to measure the angular sensitivity of uracil thin-layer biological dosimeters. Results of angular sensitivity measurements for uracil thin-layer dosimeters are presented using a Xe arc lamp as the UV source. According to the experiments described here, uracil thin-layer dosimeters show a cosine-type angular dependence. In several indoor experiments broadband UV meters are used to control the applied dose rate from a given artificial UV source. The experimental setup has been designed and used to verify experimentally the importance of spectral and angular sensitivity differences of biological and physical UV meters applied in biological experiments. Model calculations for two different irradiation systems, using different geometrical arrangements of artificial UV sources, are also presented. For these arrangements relative dose rates that could be measured with dosimeters of arbitrary spectral, but different angular sensitivity have been calculated.     

Rate constant of unimolecular decomposition of the radical (CH3)2juvyCCH(CH3)2

The energy of activation of CH ₃ ^. radical rupture from the radical (CH₃)₂juvyCCH(CH₃)₂ is 142.2 kJ mol^–1; the selfcombination rate constant is k_c {(CH₃)₂juvyCCH(CH₃)₂}=10^7.3 dm³ mol^–1 s^–1.

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CH ₃ ^. (CH₃)₂juvyCCH(CH₃)₂ 142,2 /, k_c {(CH₃)₂juvyCCH(CH₃)₂}=10^{7,3 3–1 –1}.

     

Mechanism of hydrodynamic separation of biological objects in microchannel devices

In this study, the separation mechanism employed in hydrodynamic chromatography in microchannel devices is analyzed. The main purpose of this work is to provide a methodology to develop a predictive model for hydrodynamic chromatography for biological macromolecules in microchannels and to assess the importance of various phenomenological coefficients. A theoretical model for the hydrodynamic chromatography of particles in a microchannel is investigated herein. A fully developed concentration profile for non-reactive particles in a microchannel was obtained to elucidate the hydrodynamic chromatography of these particles. The external forces acting on the particles considered in this model include the van der Waals attractive force, double-layer force as well as the gravitational force. The surface forces, such as van der Waals attractive force as well as the double-layer repulsive force, can either enhance or hinder the average velocity of the macromolecular particles. The average velocity of the particles decreases with the molecular radius because the van der Waals attractive force increases the concentration of the particles near the channel surface, which is the low-velocity region. The transport velocity of the particles is dominated by the gravity and the higher density enlarges the effect caused by gravity.     

Simultaneous determination of uric acid and creatinine in urine by an eco-friendly solvent-free high performance liquid chromatographic method

A simple, rapid, and eco-friendly analytical method for simultaneous determination of uric acid and creatinine in urine applying high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is described. After dilution, de-protein, and filtration, the sample solution was injected to separate the species with C-18 column by an eluent containing 0.05 M ammonium phosphate buffer at pH 7.4. An UV detector was used to monitor the separation of species at 235 nm. Optimum conditions for separation and detection were investigated. Results indicated that under optimized condition measurements were achieved within 13 min. The detection limits were 0.127 and 0.156 mug ml(-1) for uric acid and creatinine respectively. The recovery was 95% (0.57% RSD) for uric acid and 99.2% (0.98% RSD) for creatinine, from five measurements. Real urine specimens were tested.     

Considerations on the modelling and optimisation of resolution of ionisable compounds in extended pH-range columns

The problems associated to the modelling and optimisation of the chromatographic resolution of mixtures involving ionisable solutes at varying pH and acetonitrile content are discussed. Several retention models that separate the contributions of solute, column and stationary phase, were used. The retention was predicted with low errors in large pH domains (2-12), which was an essential requirement to face the optimisation of resolution. The selected mixture was particularly problematic under the viewpoint of resolution, owing to the excessively diverse acid-base behaviour of solutes. This variety led to sudden drops in retention at different pH for each solute, yielding numerous peak crossing, which made finding shared regions of high resolution especially difficult. Conventional resolution diagrams for these situations are scarcely informative, since both the overall and the worst elementary resolutions drop to zero if at least two compounds remain overlapped, even when all the others are baseline resolved. A new chromatographic objective function is proposed to address this drawback. This function, called "limiting peak count", is based on the limiting peak purity concept, and measures the success in the resolution focusing on the resolved solutes, in contrast to conventional resolution assessments that attend mainly to the least resolved solutes. Limiting peak count yields the same result as conventional assessments when full resolution is possible, but it is also able to discriminate the maximal resolving power in low-resolution situations. It offers a different perspective to that given by the complementary mobile phases approach, and the computation is far simpler.     

The complexing ability of crown ethers incorporating glucose

The complexing (in CHCl₃) and extracting abilities of 18-crown-6 type compounds (1–15) were measured with Li, Na, K and NH₄ cations. The substituents on the sugar part affected these properties significantly (K _a=10³–10⁷). Some substituents, like acetyloxy groups (3) decreased whereas others, like tosyloxy groups (10, 11) significantly increased the complexing ability and thus changed the selectivity. The compound with four tosyloxy groups (11) shows an excellent picrate salt extracting ability in a CH₂Cl₂-water system.     

Kinetic titration with differential thermometric determination of the end-point

A method has been described for the determination of concentrations below 10(-4)M by applying catalytic reactions and using thermometric end-point determination. A reference solution, identical with the sample solution except for catalyst, is titrated with catalyst solution until the rates of reaction become the same, as shown by a null deflection on a galvanometer connected via bridge circuits to two opposed thermistors placed in the solutions.     

Chemical Constituents from the Root of Antidesma Pentandrum var. Barbatum

Investigation of the root extract of Antidesma pentandrum var. barbatum led to the isolation of seven new compounds, antidesmol ( 1 ), antidesmanins E ( 2 ) and F ( 3 ), antidesnone ( 4 ), antidesnol ( 5 ), barbatumols A ( 6 ) and B ( 7 ), together with 14 known compounds including sodium aristolochate‐I ( 10 ) and aristolochic acid‐I methyl ester ( 11 ).     

Reaction of nickel(II) xanthates with amines and carbon monoxide: Formation of thiourethanes and nickel tetracarbonyl

Summary Nickel(II) xanthates react with amines to form nickel(II) dithiocarbamates and thiourethanes, both products of nucleophilic substitution at the sp² carbon atom. If the reaction is conducted under carbon monoxide the nickel and sulphur-containing byproduct of thiourethane formation is transformed partly into Ni(CO)₄.