Effects of injector geometry and sample matrix on injection and sample loading in integrated capillary electrophoresis devices

The double-T injector design employed in many microchip capillary electrophoresis devices allows for the formation of very small (50-500 pL) sample plugs for subsequent analysis on-chip. In this study, we show that sample plugs formed at the channel junction can be geometrically defined. The channel width and injector symmetry prove to be of great importance to good performance. A unique pushback of solvent into the side channels can be induced when the side channels have a very low resistance to flow, and this helps to better define the injected sample plug. Samples and running buffers of differing ionic strength (e.g., 10 mM KCl buffer and 20 mM KCl sample) can yield widely variable results in terms of plug shape and amount injected (variations of 1.5 to 10x). Applying bias voltages to all the intersecting channels aids in controlling the plug shape. However, when the ionic strengths of buffer and sample are not matched, the actual amount injected (up to 10x variations) can be inconsistent with the appearance of the plug formed in the injector (up to only 30 % variations). Operating at constant pH and ionic strength produced the most consistent results. This report examines the effects of altering the injector geometry and solution ionic strengths, and presents the results of using bias voltages to control plug formation. The observed results should provide a benchmark for modeling of the fluid dynamics in channel intersections.     

The application of multivariate techniques to data from spanish glass-making objects from the Roman Era

Three multivariate techniques (principal components analysis, correspondence factor analysis and spectral map analsis) are applied to x-ray fluorescence data from glass-making objects from the 5th century AD found in Tarragona (Tarraco in the Roman Empire). The information obtained by displaying th eobjects and variables in each reduced factor space is compared. The presence of redundant information is shown. The visualization of groups of objects and of the relationship between objects and variables allows the formulation of hypotheses concerning the origin of the samples and the presence of local glassworks.     

The effect of clusters and heterogeneous reactions on non-equilibrium plasma flue gas cleaning

Theoretical investigation of the effect of molecular clusters and aerosol particles on non-equilibrium plasma flue gas cleaning was made in this paper. Two types of heterogeneous reactions in aerosol and clusters are considered. It was shown that in both cases these reactions are essential in the evaluation of chemical composition. As a result of theoretical approach and modelling, the optimum regime of plasma generation for essential decreasing of purification energy cost was established.     

Ion-Molecular Reactions of Diethylsilylium Ions with Alcohols in the Gas Phase

Radiochemistry was used to study reaction of tritium-labeled diethylsilylium ions with alcohols in the gas phase. The reaction involves both rearrangement of the diethylsilylium ions and isomerization of the substituent in the substrate. The hydroxyl hydrogen of the alcohol and the tritium atom of the diethyl-silylium ion undergo exchange which, however, is less vigorous that in the case of the monoethylsilylium ion. A possible reaction mechanism is proposed.     

Cycloaddition of fluorinated oxazoles

Cycloaddition reactions of polyfluorinated 1,3-oxazoles with cyclic and acyclic alkenes were studied. The results of these reactions were interpreted using quantum chemical calculations. An unusual product, viz., fluorine-containing acylpyrrole, was studied by X-ray diffraction. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1630–1635, July, 2005.     

Isolation of fusicoccin from a culture filtrate ofFusicoccum amygdali

Fusicoccin A has been isolated from a culture filtrate of the filtrate of the fungusFusicoccum amygdali Del., and it has been characterized as an -glycoside of a tricyclic diterpenoid. The trimethylsilyl derivative of fusicoccin A has been investigated by combined GLC and mass spectrometry.All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Applied Biology and Genetics, VASKhNIL, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 792–796, November–December, 1980.     

Halogenated 3-pyridylketones

The oxidation of 2,6-dichloro-3-benzylpyridines and bis(2,6-dichloro-3-pyridyl)methanes, respectively, was accomplished using chromic trioxide in a highly acidic medium. The synthesis of several phenyl-3-(2,6-dichloropyridyl)ketones and of bis(2,6-dichloro-3-pyridyl)ketone are reported.     

Dialkylindiumacetate R2InOOCCH3 (R = CH3, C2H5) Darstellung,Eigenschaften und Struktur

Dialkylindium Acetates R₂InOOCCH₃ (R = CH₃, C₂H₅). Preparation, Properties, and Structure. Dimethyl- and diethylindium acetate were prepared and the vibrational spectra (IR and RAMAN ) discussed. The X-ray structure determination shows that diethylindium acetate belongs to the orthorhombic space group Pnma. The unit cell with lattice constants a = 8.40, b = 7.41, c = 15.13 Å contains four molecules. Each indium atom forms with an acetate group a planar four-membered ring. The indium-oxygen distance within such a ring is only a little shorter than the distance of this oxygen to the indium of the next neighboured ring. Indium has therefore the coordination number six.     

Synthese von 8-Alkylamino-8-aryl-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexathiocan-7-thionen

Zusammenfassung Durch gemeinsame Einwirkung von primären aliphat. Aminen und Schwefel auf Methylarylketone in Methanol bei Raumtemp. erhält man in meist guten Ausbeuten 8-Alkylamino-8-aryl-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexathiocan-7-thione (1a-h). Die Umsetzung von 1,4-Diacetylbenzol mit n-Propyl-bzw. n-Butylamin und Schwefel liefert Phenylen-1,4-di-hexathiocanderivate (3 a, b).Bei der Reaktion von Acetophenon mit 3-N,N-Diäthylaminopropylamin und Schwefel entstehen neben dem 8-(3-N,N-Diäthylaminopropylamino)-8-phenyl-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexathiocan-7-thion (1e) 51% einer Verbindung der Summenformel C₁₅H₂₂N₂S₂ (2), der die Struktur der (3-N,N-Diäthylaminopropylimino)-phenyldithioglyoxylsäure zugeordnet wird.1 e läßt sich durch Behandlung mit wäßr. Natriumsulfit-Lösung zu2 abbauen,2 durch Reaktion mit Schwefel wieder in1 e überführen.

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Synthesis of 8-alkylamino-8-aryl-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexathiocan-7-thiones (Joint action of elemental sulfur and gaseous ammonia upon ketones, LXXVIII: Action of sulfur and amines on acetophenone, IX)

8-Alkylamino-8-aryl-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexathiocan-7-thiones (1a toh) are obtained mostly in good yields by the concomitant action of primary aliphatic amines and sulfur upon methyl aryl ketones in methanol at room temperature. Reaction of 1,4-diacetyl benzene and sulfur with n-propylamine or n-butylamine respectively leads to phenylene-1,4-dihexathiocane derivatives (3 a, b).Besides 8-(3-N,N-diethylaminopropylamino)-8-phenyl-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexathiocan-7-thione (1 e), which is obtained by reaction of acetophenone with 3-N,N-diethylaminopropylamine and sulfur, a product with the formula C₁₅H₂₂N₂S₂ (2) is isolated in 51% yield, to which the structure (3-N,N-diethylaminopropylimino)phenyl dithioglyoxylic acid is assigned. By treatment of1 e with aqueous sodium sulfite solution2 is obtained, which can be transformed back into1 e by reaction with sulfur.

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8. Mitt.:F. Asinger, A. Saus, H. Offermanns undF. Abo Dagga, Ann. Chem.723, 119 (1969).

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Teil der DiplomarbeitJ. Hartig, Techn. Hochschule Aachen, 1969.