Determination of 2,4-D and Dicamba in food crops by MEKC

Summary The determination of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) and Dicamba (2-methoxy-3,6-dichlorobenzoic acid) residues in sugar cane, rice and corn was performed by a supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) method using CO₂/acetone as extraction mix and an SFE apparatus developed in our laboratory. The extracts were cleaned up after extraction by both liquid-liquid partition and a Florisil column. Micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MEKC) coupled with ultraviolet on-column detection was used for the analysis of these pesticides. The detection limits were improved by the preparation of a special detection cell with an increased pathlength that gave detection limits of ca. 0.6 pg for 2,4-D and Dicamba. Our results demonstrated that capillary electrophoresis can be a powerful new analytical tool for pesticide residue analysis.     

Preparation of β-cyclodextrin-polyaniline complex in supercritical CO2

A method is proposed to prepare β-cyclodextrin (β-CD)/polyaniline (PANI) inclusion complex. In this route, benzoyl peroxide (BPO, the oxidant) is first encapsulated into the cavity of β-CD. Aniline is then carried into the cavity of β-CD by supercritical (SC) CO₂, which polymerizes in situ to form inclusion complex. The product is characterized by FT-IR, UV-Vis, ¹H NMR and XRD techniques. The results suggest that the columnar inclusion complexes may be formed.     

A computational study of the chromatographic separation of racemic mixtures

Summary A model is devised using molecular mechanics to simulate chromatographic separations of enantiomers. Theoretical results derived from this model are compared with experimental findings obtained using supercritical fluid chromatography. The model is then developed to incorporate the effects of binding the stationary phase to a matrix. Computed results show that addition of the matrix into the model has significant effects on the ability of the stationary phase to separate racemic mixtures.     

The effect of elevated temperature on conventional stationary phases used in SFC

Summary The effect of elevated temperatures on conventional packed bonded-phase columns used in supercritical-fluid chromatography (SFC) has been investigated. The impact of column conditioning temperature on the capacity factor, peak width, and peak asymmetry on octadecyl and propylamino columns from five commerical suppliers is reported.     

北苍术超临界CO2萃取产物的成分

用气相色谱－质谱－计算机联用法分析了北苍术的超临界CO2萃取产物的成分,鉴定出苍术酮、β－桉叶油醇、苍术醇31化合物,占出峰总面积的88．1％,并与传统水蒸汽蒸馏法（SD）提取的挥发油成分进行了对比。结果证明,两种方法抽提的苍术主成分基本相同,但超临界CO2萃取产物比SD产物多出现了一些重质组分,萃取更完全而有效。     

块状TiO2气凝胶的制备及其表征

随着以溶胶-凝胶法和超临界干燥技术为基础的气凝胶制备方法的逐步完善,已不断制备出多种气凝胶[1～3].由于TiO2具有半导体特性,它常被作为光催化剂而受到重视,但是TiO2气凝胶的结构强度远比SiO2气凝胶小,在制备过程中极易碎裂粉化,所以至今未见制备块状TiO2气凝胶的报道.Dagan等[4]曾用异钛酸丁酯为母体制得TiO2气凝胶,并发现水杨酸在TiO2气凝胶存在下的光解速率是一般TiO2粉末的10倍,但获得的仅为TiO2气凝胶粉末.张敬畅等[5]以无机盐为原料,采用溶胶-凝胶法结合超临界干燥技术制备了纳米级TiO2气凝胶,也未能得到块状TiO2气凝胶材料. 本文报道以正钛酸丁酯为原料制备块状TiO2气凝胶的方法,并用TEM,SEM,XRD和IR等手段对所获得的气凝胶进行了结构表征.     

超临界流体色谱在金属络合物和金属有机化合物中的分析应用

超临界流体色谱（SFC）在色谱分离过程中能在较低的温度下分析对热不稳定性的化合物,包括金属络合物和金属有机化合物。本文总结了近来文献报道的各种过渡金属、重金属、镧系和锕系以及铅、汞和锡的金属有机化合物的SFC分离,还讨论了SFC检测系统和金属有机化合物的溶解度的测定。     

Controlled pinewood fractionation with supercritical ethanol: A prerequisite toward pinewood conversion into chemicals and biofuels

The objective of this work was to investigate the ability of supercritical (SC) ethanol conditions to attack preferentially the lignin fraction against the carbohydrate fraction and their effects on the product distribution among gases, light products, bio-oils, and chars. In this study, the conversion of each pinewood component was determined by the analysis of solid residues to quantify cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and char contents. It is shown that, by tuning the temperature, hemicellulose and lignin are already transformed in subcritical ethanol conditions, lignin being more reactive than hemicellulose. In contrast, native wood cellulose is recalcitrant to liquefaction in SC ethanol near the critical point (T_c = 241 °C and P_c = 61 bar), but 20% of native wood cellulose is converted in SC ethanol at 280 °C. Besides, the severity of the conditions, in terms of temperature and treatment time, does not significantly influence the yields of gases, light products, and bio-oils but strongly enhances char formation. Interestingly, the increase in SC ethanol density does not change the conversion of biomass components but has a marked effect on bio-oil yield and prevents char formation. The optimum fractionation conditions to convert the lignin component, while keeping unattacked the cellulose fraction with a minimum formation of char, are dense SC ethanol, at 250 °C for 1 h, in batch conditions. However, although lignin is more reactive than hemicellulose under these conditions, these fractions are converted, in a parallel way, to around 50% and 60%, respectively.     

A new method of using supercritical carbon dioxide as a green solvent for synthesis and purification of 5,5‴-bis(tridecafluorohexyl)-2,2′:5′,2″:5″,2‴-quaterthiophene,which is one of n-type organic semiconducting materials

We have investigated synthesis as well as purification of 5,5?-bis(tridecafluorohexyl)-2,2′:5′,2″:5″,2?-quaterthiophene (BFH-4?T, n-type organic semiconducting material) using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO₂) as a green solvent. BFH-4T was obtained in good selectivity and high yield by TDAE/PdCl₂-catalyzed reductive coupling reaction of 5-bromo-5′-(tridecafluorohexyl)-2,2′-bithiophene in scCO₂. We have also successfully established purification of the reaction mixture by passing scCO₂ in the reaction vessel. The product was yellow powder of BFH-4T with purity of more than 99% and Pd catalyst was not contained.     

聚合物-溶剂-超临界CO_2三元体系的相行为

研究了聚合物－超临界二氧化碳二元体系溶解性,并考查了添加共溶剂对溶解性的影响,结果表明,添加共溶剂会大大提高ＣＯ２的溶解度．此外,还研究了聚合物－溶剂－超临界二氧化碳三元体系在高压时的相行为,探讨了组分性质、含量等对温度 压力相图的影响．随着ＣＯ２含量的增加,压力－温度相图Ｌ－ＬＶ（单一液相向液气两相共存）边界线的斜率会出现突变点,发生由Ｌ－ＬＶ边界线向Ｌ－ＬＬ（单一液相向液液两相共存）边界线的过渡,而Ｌ－ＬＶ边界线对不同聚合物并不敏感．