Determination of carnitine and acylcarnitines in urine by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization ion trap tandem mass spectrometry

A high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of native carnitine and eight acylcarnitines in urine. The procedure uses a solid-phase extraction on a cation-exchange column and the separation is performed without derivatization within 17 min on a reversed-phase C8 column in the presence of a volatile ion-pairing reagent. The detector was an ion trap mass spectrometer and quantification was carried out in the MS-MS mode. Validation was done for aqueous standards at ranges between 0.75 and 200 micromol/l, depending on the compound. Carnitine was quantified in urine and comparison with a radioenzymatic assay gave a satisfactory correlation (R2 = 0.981). The assay could be successfully applied to the diagnostic of pathological acylcarnitines profile of metabolic disorders in urines of patients suffering from different organic acidurias.     

Oxidative cleavage of a cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer by photochemically generated nitrate radicals (no(3)*)

[reaction: see text] Photochemically generated nitrate radicals (NO(3)(*)) cleave the stereoisomeric N,N-dimethyl-substituted uracil cyclobutane dimers 1a-d into the monomeric uracil derivative 2 as the major reaction pathway. A preferred splitting of the syn dimers 1a,b was observed. The reaction is expected to proceed through initial one-electron oxidation with formation of an intermediate cyclobutane radical cation 11. In addition to cycloreversion, competing reaction steps of 11, which lead to the observed byproducts, are suggested.     

Surface viscoelasticity of phospholipid monolayers at the air/water interface

The surface viscoelastic properties of monolayers of two phospholipids DPPC (L--dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine) and DMPE (L--dimyristoylphosphatidyl-ethanolamin), at the air-water interface have been investigated. Two techniques were used for the investigation. One involved use of an interfacial shear rheometer (torsion pendulum apparatus ISR1), to provide measurements of the shear viscosity _s as a function of surface pressure, and the second, a modified LB trough with an oscillating barrier to generate periodie dilation and compression so as to measure the dilational elastic modulusE as a function of surface area.Results indicate a strong dependence of _s andE upon monolayer phases. This suggests that the viscoelastic relaxation of monolayers can be understood as molecular rearrangements, domain exchange and molecular reorientations between different monolayer states.     

The Reactivity of Cr‐Te Superlattice Reactants and of Co‐deposited Cr‐Te Films: Studies with in‐situ X‐ray Diffractometry

The reactivity of a Cr‐Te multilayer film consisting of 326 Cr/Te double‐layers with about 88(3) at% Te was investigated with in‐situ X‐ray diffraction. The occurrence of a superstructure reflection caused by the multilayer system is observed. During the annealing procedure between 80 and 90 °C the layer‐by‐layer arrangement is destroyed and elemental Te crystallizes. After 6 h isothermal annealing at 140 °C CrTe₃ starts to crystallize. The amount and the crystal size of CrTe₃ increase with raising temperature and Te is consumed during the growth process. At 220 °C the formation of crystalline Cr₂Te₃ is observed and between 220 and 260 °C CrTe₃ is completely decomposed into Cr₂Te₃. The two Cr tellurides grow as highly textured materials. The size of CrTe₃ crystals is significantly larger than that of Cr₂Te₃. For a co‐deposited Cr‐Te film with composition 77(3) at% Te the tri‐telluride and elemental Te crystallize simultaneously. The texture of CrTe₃ is less pronounced and different reflections of the tri‐telluride occur besides the (h00)‐reflections. Up to 160 °C a pronounced increase of the crystallite size is observed and the crystals are significantly larger than those obtained with the multifilm sample. At 130 °C the crystallization kinetics seem to be controlled by nucleation.     

The simplest coronoids: Hollow hexagons

Hollow hexagons form a subclass of primitive coronoid systems. The macrocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon kekulene corresponds to a hollow hexagon. The hollow hexagons for given numbers of hexagonal units (h) were enumerated by computer aid, but also an analytical solution for the numbers of hollow hexagons was achieved. For the Kekulé structure counts (k) of a hollow hexagon a general formula is reported. Also the maximum and minimumK numbers are considered.This article is Part VI of the series Enumeration and Classification of Coronoid Hydrocarbons. For Part V, see ref. [36].     

Lateral growth rates in laser CVD of microstructures

Lateral growth rates of Ni spots deposited on absorbing substrates by decomposition of Ni(CO)₄ with visible Kr⁺ laser light have been measured. The experimental data are consistent with the calculated temperature distributions. The mechanism of decomposition is thermal with an apparent chemical activation energy of 22±3 kcal/mole for the temperature range 350 KT500 K.     

Acylderivate cyclischer Verbindungen, 7. Mitt.: o-Diacetyl-cyclopentadien

Bei der Umsetzung von Acetylchlorid mit Cylopentadien entstehen zwei leicht isolierbare Isomere C₉H₁₀O₂. Das tiefer schmelzende Isomere ist o-Diacetyl-cyclopentadien, das als Monoenol (I) vorliegt.

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6. Mitt., Mh. Chem.90, 571 (1959).—Über o-Diacetyl-benzol vgl. 9. Mitt., Mh. Chem.90, 579 (1959). Frühere Literatur ebenda.

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Gleichzeitig 4. Mitt. der Reihe Substitutionsprodukte des Cyclopentadiens; 3. Mitt., Mh. Chem.90, 568 (1959).     

Thermal decomposition of rare earth pyromucates in air atmosphere

The conditions of thermal decomposition of Y, La and lanthanide (from Ce(III) to Lu) pyromucates have been studied. On heating, these complexes decompose in various ways: La, Pr, Nd and Sm pyromucates in four stages, Ce, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho and Er pyromucates in three stages, and Tm, Yb, Lu and Y pyromucates in two stages, the oxides finally being formed. The hydrated complexes (from La to Er) lose crystallization water to form anhydrous salts. The anhydrous complexes of La, Pr, Nd and Sm decompose to oxides through the intermediate formation of unstable oxypyromucates and Ln₂O₂CO₃, whereas the anhydrous complexes of Ce(III), Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu decompose to the oxides through the intermediate formation of oxypyromucates. The temperatures of dehydration and oxide formation change periodically with increasing atomic number in the lanthanide series.

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Zusammenfassung Die Bedingungen der thermischen Zersetzung der Pyromucate von Y, La und den Lanthaniden (Ce(III) bis Lu) wurden untersucht. Beim Erhitzen zersetzen sich die Komplexe auf verschiedene Weise: die Pyromucate von La, Pr, Nd und Sm in 4 Schritten, die von Ce, Eu, Gd, Dy, Hod Er in 3 Schritten und die von Tm, Yb, Lu und Y in nur 2 Schritten. Endprodukte der Zersetzung sind die Oxide, Die hydratisierten Komplexe von La bis Er verlieren Kristallwasser unter Bildung der wasserfreien Salze. Die wasserfreien Komplexe von La, Pr, Nd und Sm zersetzen sich zu Oxiden über instabile Oxypyromucate und Ln₂O₂CO₃ als Zwischenprodukte, bei der Zersetzung der wasserfreien Komplexe von Ce(III), Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb und Lu werden Oxypyromucate als Zwischenprodukte gebildet. Die Temperaturen der Dehydratisierung und Oxidbildung schwanken periodisch mit ansteigender Atomzahl in der Lanthanidenreihe.

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Polyurethane anionomers synthesised with aromatic, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diisocyanates, polyoxyethylene glycol and 2,2-bis-(hydroxymethyl)propionic acid. Part II. Supermolecular structure. Thermal properties

Small angle X-ray scattering and differential scanning calorimetry methods were employed to characterise the internal order of structural phases present in polyurethane coatings obtained as a result of water evaporation from anionomer dispersions. Those anionomers were produced in the reaction of aromatic, cycloaliphatic and aliphatic diisocyanates with polyoxyethylene glycol, 2,2-bis-(hydroxymethyl)propionic acid and 1,6-hexamethylenediamine. The decisive effects were found from ionic and polar structures within the rigid urethane and urea segments on the ordered arrangement degree of the supermolecular structures in the obtained anionomers. That becomes apparent in differential scanning calorimetry thermograms and contributes to improved thermal stability of the produced polyurethane coatings.     

Ethylene tetramerization: a new route to produce 1-octene in exceptionally high selectivities

Linear alpha-olefins, such as 1-hexene and 1-octene, are important comonomers in the production of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE). The conventional method of producing 1-hexene and 1-octene is by oligomerization of ethylene, which yields a wide spectrum of linear alpha-olefins (LAOs). While there exists several processes for producing 1-hexene via ethylene trimerization, a similar route for the selective production of 1-octene has so far been elusive. We now, for the first time, report an unprecedented ethylene tetramerization reaction that produces 1-octene in selectivities exceeding 70%, using an aluminoxane-activated chromium/((R2)2P)2NR1 catalyst system.