Behavior of fused silica capillaries subjected to gamma radiation. Part 1: Chromatographic performance

Fused silica capillaries deactivated with D₄ and coated with OV-1 were subjected to cobalt-60 gamma radiation in order to elucidate the effect of incident radiation on column performance. The chromatographic performance of these open tubular columns in which OV-1 was polymerized in situ was found to be dependent on the dosage of radiation and was evaluated before and after the irradiated columns were rinsed with solvent. Of the radiation dosages employed, 3 MRad produced superior chromatographic performance coupled with very favorable residual surface activity.     

High resolution capillary gas chromatographic hydrocarbon-type analysis of naphtha and gasoline

A slightly modified, commercially available high resolution capillary gas chromatograph and a PC-based data processing system running proprietary software (“PONA”) have been employed in the development of a system for petroleum type analysis which would be equivalent or superior to the FIA (fluorescent indicator adsorption) method in terms of ease of use and the speed, variety, and accuracy of the analytical data produced. The system is capable of performing identification and quantitation of most of the individual components in a complex gasoline sample consisting of more than 230 components and can report weight percentage and/or volume percentage for each component as well as types by carbon number (e.g., isoparaffins, normal paraffins, olefins, naphthenes, aromatic compounds) within a ca. 70 minute analysis cycle. Precolumn sulfonation to trap olefins and aromatic compounds has been used as an complementary technique to the basic mass spectrometric identification of components of interest. The estimation of correction factors for weight percentage (or volume percentage) calculation are also discussed. Comparisons are made between this system and others, and the results indicate that the proposed method supersedes the conventional method employing FIA.     

Use of short columns and high flow rates for rapid gradient reversed-phase chromatography

Summary Rapid analyses were performed using reversed-phase liquid chromatography with short (20–100 mm) columns swept by fast yet shallow gradients, and the results compared with those obtained with 150 mm columns and slow gradients. The resolution losses incurred with shorter columns were minimised by employing elevated flow rates, to ensure that comparable mean retention factors were experienced by individual analytes during gradients run on different columns. This conserves gradient steepness. High quality performance was obtained with turn-around times of 5–10 minutes. An overall 5-fold enhancement in the rate of information generation was obtained. The relevance of instrumental parameters and of column and packing dimensions, upon the potential for improved performance is discussed. Some implications for the rapidly developing technique of capillary electrochromatography are briefly indicated.     

衍生化毛细管气相色谱法测定糖尿病大鼠眼球晶体中糖醇含量

建立了大鼠眼球晶体中糖醇化合物包括葡萄糖、肌醇、山梨醇同时测定的毛细管气相色谱分析方法。通过改进用甘露糖为内标，先加入5％盐酸羟胺．吡啶溶液进行肟化反应，再加入醋酸酐溶液进行乙酰化反应，将糖醇化合物转化成相应的糖腈乙酰醇化合物，经SE-30毛细管柱色谱分离，氢火焰离子化检测器检测。葡萄糖、肌醇、山梨醇的回收率均在93％以上，其检出限分别为0．40、0．26和0．30mg/L。比较测定了正常对照组、糖尿病对照组、某中药复方治疗组的大鼠眼球晶体中各单糖的含量。     

两种β－环糊精衍生物手性石英毛细管柱拆分对映体

合成了全戊基化（Ⅰ）和部分戊基化三氟乙酰化（Ⅱ）的两种“环糊精手性固定相。将它们分别与ＯＶ－７混合制备出柱效大于４１００塔片／ｍ，热稳定性可达２１０℃的手性石英毛细管住。对映体拆分结果表明，固定相Ⅰ对醇、二醇、胺、γ－内酯等对映体比Ⅰ有更高的选择性。     

双烯合成反应与气相色谱法联合测定油品中共轭二烯烃含量的研究 Ⅱ.短毛细管柱气相色谱法

在填充柱气相色谱法的基础上，使用１２ｍ×０．２２ｍｍｉ．ｄ．的ＳＥ－３０短毛细管柱（ＷＣＯＴ），分析了乙烯生产副产物——未加氢裂解汽油（５５℃～２２０℃馏分）中共轭二烯烃的含量，分析一次需２２ｍｉｎ，内标物正十六烷得到了很好的分离。     

The analysis of lubricating oil additives by supercritical fluid chromatography with packed and open tubular capillary columns

Lubricating oil additives have been analyzed by supercritical fluid chromatography on open tubular and packed capillary columns. Carbon dioxide and modified carbon dioxide were used as mobile phases and detection was accomplished by flame ionization and micro UV. Rapid and efficient analysis of the lubricating oil additives was demonstrated.     

Dependence of the relative retention of organic compounds on the nature and pressure of the carrier gas and on the thickness of the PEG-20M film in the capillary column

The effects of the carrier gas nature and pressure on the relative retention values of organic compounds were studied using a series of capillary columns differing in the film thickness of the polar stationary phase (PEG-20M). Relative retention depends linearly on the carrier gas pressure. This dependence becomes more pronounced in the following order of carrier gases: helium < nitrogen < carbon dioxide. The limiting relative retention at a carrier gas pressure approaching zero rather than relative retention values measured experimentally (relative retention time, Kovats retention index,etc.) is an invariant characteristic of a compound subjected to chromatography. For the carrier gases studied, the limiting retention values almost does not depend on the nature of the carrier gas used. The limiting indicating the complex absorption-adsorption nature of these parameters. Dissolution of a carrier gas in the stationary liquid phase has an effect on the relative retention. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2177–2186, December, 1997.     

Search of ligands for the amyloidogenic protein beta2-microglobulin by capillary electrophoresis and other techniques

Beta2-microglobulin (beta2-m) is a small amyloidogenic protein normally present on the surface of most nucleated cells and responsible for dialysis-related amyloidosis, which represents a severe complication of long-term hemodialysis. A therapeutic approach for this amyloidosis could be based on the stabilization of beta2-m through the binding to a small molecule, and consequent inhibition of protein misfolding and amyloid fibril formation. A few compounds have been described to weakly bind beta2-m, including the drug suramin. The lack of a binding site for nonpolypeptidic ligands on the beta2-m structure makes it difficult for both the identification of functional groups responsible for the binding and the search of hits to be optimized. The characterization of the binding properties of suramin for beta2-m by using three different techniques (surface plasmon resonance, affinity CE (ACE), ultrafiltration) is here described and the results obtained are compared. The common features of the chemical structures of the compounds known to bind the protein led us to select 200 sulfonated/suramin-like molecules from a wider chemical library on the basis of similarity rules, so as to possibly single out some interesting hits and to gain more information on the functional groups involved in the binding. The development of screening methods to test the compounds by using ultrafiltration and ACE is described.     

Organically modified sols as pseudostationary phases for microchip electrophoresis

We demonstrate that the selectivity of microchip electrophoresis separations is greatly improved by the presence of organically modified silica (Ormosil) sols in the run buffer. A negatively-charged N-(trimethoxysilylpropyl)ethylenediamine triacetic-acid (TETT)-based sol is used for improving the selectivity between nitroaromatic explosives and a methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMOS)-based sol is employed for enhancing the microchip separation of environmental pollutants, aminophenols. These sols are added to the run buffer and act as pseudostationary phases. Their presence in the run buffer changes the apparent mobility of studied solutes, and leads to a higher resolution. The observed mobilities changes reflect the interactions between the Ormosil sols and the solutes. Relevant experimental variables have been characterized and optimized. The diverse chemistry of Ormosil sols should be extremely useful for tailoring the selectivity of a wide range of electrophoresis microchip separations.