Automated Trimethyl Sulfonium Hydroxide Derivatization Method for High-Throughput Fatty Acid Profiling by Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry

Fatty acid profiling on gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) platforms is typically performed offline by manually derivatizing and analyzing small batches of samples. A GC–MS system with a fully integrated robotic autosampler can significantly improve sample handling, standardize data collection, and reduce the total hands-on time required for sample analysis. In this study, we report an optimized high-throughput GC–MS-based methodology that utilizes trimethyl sulfonium hydroxide (TMSH) as a derivatization reagent to convert fatty acids into fatty acid methyl esters. An automated online derivatization method was developed, in which the robotic autosampler derivatizes each sample individually and injects it into the GC–MS system in a high-throughput manner. This study investigated the robustness of automated TMSH derivatization by comparing fatty acid standards and lipid extracts, derivatized manually in batches and online automatically from four biological matrices. Automated derivatization improved reproducibility in 19 of 33 fatty acid standards, with nearly half of the 33 confirmed fatty acids in biological samples demonstrating improved reproducibility when compared to manually derivatized samples. In summary, we show that the online TMSH-based derivatization methodology is ideal for high-throughput fatty acid analysis, allowing rapid and efficient fatty acid profiling, with reduced sample handling, faster data acquisition, and, ultimately, improved data reproducibility.     

(2-甲基丙烯酰氧乙基)三甲基氯化铵-丙烯酰胺反相微乳液共聚合特性研究

选用SPAN80与OP10复合乳化剂、K₂S₂O₈-Na₂SO₃氧化还原引发剂,进行(2-甲基丙烯酰氧乙基)三甲基氯化铵-丙烯酰胺反相微乳液共聚合反应.研究了单体配比、电解质浓度和乳化体系的油水比对共聚物分子量及离子度的影响,考察了该共聚合体系的反应特性.     

FeCl_3: Highly Efficient Catalyst for Synthesis of α-Amino Nitriles

α‐Amino nitriles are synthesized by the three‐component coupling reaction of aldehydes, amines and trimethylsilyl cyanide using FeCl₃ as a solid acid catalyst, under solvent‐free conditions in good yields. The catalyst was recovered by simple filtration and was recycled in subsequent reactions.     

Structure and stability of solvation complexes of trimethyl phosphate and dimethyl methyl phosphonate

The presently used electrolytes in Lithium ion batteries, dimethyl carbonate (DMC), and ethylene carbonate are flammable. Trimethyl phosphate (TMP) and dimethyl methyl phosphonate (DMMP) have been shown to be potential nonflammable electrolytes. Density functional theory is used to calculate the structure and stability of the solvation complexes of TMP and DMMP. The calculations indicate that TMP and DMMP can form a solvation complex of the form Li⁺(X)₄ where X is the TMP or DMMP molecule. Calculations of the solvation energy and bond dissociation energies to remove one TMP and DMMP from the solvation complexes are compared with the same calculations on DMC. The results indicate that TMP and DMMP are considerably more stable than DMC.     

阳离子单体DAC及其聚合物与牛血清白蛋白之间的相互作用

以紫外吸收光谱和荧光发射光谱为手段,研究了阳离子单体丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵(DAC)与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)之间的相互作用。采用表面引发接枝聚合法制备了接枝微粒SiO2-g-PDAC,探索研究了接枝大分子PDAC与BSA之间的相互作用及作用机理。研究结果表明:在水溶液中,单体DAC与BSA之间可产生强静电相互作用,凭借此强次价键力,单体DAC与BSA可形成主-客体复合物,且在中性溶液中,单体DAC与BSA之间的静电相互作用最强。接枝大分子PDAC与BSA之间也具有强静电相互作用,接枝微粒SiO2-g-PDAC对BSA可产生强吸附作用。当介质的pH在BSA的等电点(4.7)附近时,接枝微粒对BSA的吸附容量最大;升高温度不利于主-客体之间的静电相互作用,接枝微粒对BSA的吸附容量随温度升高而降低。     

Effect of Ionic Surfactants on the Adsorption of Quercus infectoria Natural Dye on Cotton Fiber: A Kinetic Study

The adsorption kinetics of Quercus infectoria natural dye on cotton in the absence and presence of the cationic (cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide; CTAB) and anionic (sodium lauryl sulfate; NaLS) surfactants has been investigated at three temperatures, namely, 40°C, 50°C, and 60°C. On increasing the surfactant content in the surfactant-dye mixture, the initial rate of adsorption (h _i) and the adsorption capacity at equilibrium (q _e) were found to increase while pseudo-second-order rate constant (k ₂) was found to decrease. The retarding effect of surfactant on k ₂ was in order of CTAB > NaLS. The activation parameters for adsorption process have been evaluated in each case, and the mechanism of adsorption process has been discussed.     

Multicomponent reaction of benzyl halides: Synthesis of [1,2,4]triazolo/benzimidazolo quinazolinones

We demonstrated a simple, highly efficient, one-pot method to construct triazolo/benzimidazolo quinazolinones through a cascade of oxidation, Knoevenagel condensation, and Michael addition followed by cyclization and dehydration. This protocol tolerates easily available benzyl halides, 2-amino benzimidazole/3-amino-1,2,4-triazole, and α-hydroxy C-H acids as starting materials using trimethyl amine N-oxide in ethanol. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of synthesis of triazolo/benzimidazolo quinazolinones directly from benzyl halides in one pot. Simple procedure, environmental friendliness, mild reaction conditions, and good yields are the attractive features of this method.     

Masked Amino Trimethyl Lock (H2N-TML) Systems: New Molecular Entities for the Development of Turn-On Fluorophores and Their Application in Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Imaging in Human Cells

Masked trimethyl lock (TML) systems as molecular moieties enabling the bioresponsive release of compounds or dyes in a controlled temporal and spatial manner have been widely applied for the development of drug conjugates, prodrugs or molecular imaging tools. Herein, we report the development of a novel amino trimethyl lock (H₂N-TML) system as an auto-immolative molecular entity for the release of fluorophores. We designed Cou-TML-N₃ and MURh-TML-N₃ , two azide-masked turn-on fluorophores. The latter was demonstrated to selectively release fluorescent MURh in the presence of physiological concentrations of the redox-signaling molecule H₂S in vitro and was successfully applied to image H₂S in human cells     

Dimerization of resveratrol trimethyl ether by phosphotungstic acid, structure confirmation of resformicol A and B

Dimerization of the trimethyl ether of resveratrol catalyzed by phosphotungstic acid gave two tetralins and a naphthalene derivative. The structure of the tetralins was obtained by X-ray crystallography and confirms the reported stereochemical configuration of resformicol A and B.     

Conformational analysis of N,N,N‐Trimethyl‐(3,3‐dimethylbutyl)ammonium iodide by NMR spectroscopy: a sterically hindered trans‐standard

A predominantly trans‐1,2‐disubstituted ethane system – N,N,N‐trimethyl‐(3,3‐dimethylbutyl)ammonium iodide – is of particular interest for conformational analysis, because it contains both an organic and a highly polar substituent, making it soluble and thus applicable to study in a large variety of solvents. The fraction of the trans conformer of this molecule in a wide range of protic and aprotic solvents was determined by the nuclear magnetic resonance proton couplings to be approximately 90%, in contrast to the previously assumed 100%. The consistently strong preference of the trans conformation should establish N,N,N‐trimethyl‐(3,3‐dimethylbutyl)ammonium iodide as a possibly useful ‘trans‐standard’ in conformational analysis, much more so than 1,2‐ditert‐butylethane, which has a poor solubility in many solvents. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.