Dicholorbenzyl alkyl ether homologs as retention index markers and internal standards for the analysis of environmental samples using capillary gas chromatography

A homologous series of 2,4-dichlorobenzyl alkyl ethers (DCBEs) have been synthesized and purified for use as retention index calibrants and internal standards. They are stable, sensitive to ECD and FID and ideal for GC-MS, with base peaks at m/z 159/161. The retention index calibration against the n-alkanes for a linear temperature program (LTP) series is given and recommendations made for the most suitable members of the DCBE series for use as internal standards in organochlorine (OC) residue analysis.     

Minimizing UV noise in supercritical fluid chromatography. I. Improving back pressure regulator pressure noise

Pressure fluctuations and resulting refractive index changes, induced by the back pressure regulator (BPR) can be a significant source of UV detector noise in supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC). The refractive index (RI) of pure carbon dioxide (CO(2)) changes ≈0.2%/bar at the most commonly used conditions in supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) (40 °C and 100 bar), compared to 0.0045%/bar for water (CO(2) IS 44× worse). Changes in RI cause changes in the focal length of the detector cell which results in changes in UV intensity entering the detector. The change in RI (ΔRI/bar) of CO(2) decreases 8-fold at 200 bar, compared to 100 bar. A new back pressure regulator (BPR) design representing an order of magnitude improvement in the state of the art is shown to produce peak to peak pressure noise (PN(p-p)) as low as 0.1 bar, at 200 bar, and 20Hz, compared to older equipment that attempted to maintain PN(p-p)<1bar, at <5Hz. With this lower PN(p-p), changes in baseline UV offsets could be measured as a function of very small changes in pressure. A pressure change of ±1 bar at 100 bar, common with some older BPR's, produced a UV baseline offset >0.5 mAU. A pressure change of ±0.5 bar representing the previous state-of-the-art, resulted in a UV offset of 0.3m AU. Baseline noise <0.05 is required to validate methods for trace analysis. The new BPR, with a PN(p-p) of 0.1 bar, demonstrated UV peak to peak noise (N(p-p))<0.02 mAU with a >0.03 min (10Hz) electronic filter under some conditions. This new low noise level makes it possible to validate SFC methods for the first time.     

A method of calculating the second dimension retention index in comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry

A method was developed to calculate the second dimension retention index of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC/TOF-MS) data using n-alkanes as reference compounds. The retention times of the C(7)-C(31) alkanes acquired during 24 isothermal experiments cover the 0-6s retention time area in the second dimension retention time space, which makes it possible to calculate the retention indices of target compounds from the corresponding retention time values without the extension of the retention space of the reference compounds. An empirical function was proposed to show the relationship among the second dimension retention time, the temperature of the second dimension column, and the carbon number of the n-alkanes. The proposed function is able to extend the second dimension retention time beyond the reference n-alkanes by increasing the carbon number. The extension of carbon numbers in reference n-alkanes up to two more carbon atoms introduces <10 retention index units (iu) of deviation. The effectiveness of using the proposed method was demonstrated by analyzing a mixture of compound standards in temperature programmed experiments using 6 different initial column temperatures. The standard deviation of the calculated retention index values of the compound standards fluctuated from 1 to 12 iu with a mean standard deviation of 5 iu.     

iMatch: a retention index tool for analysis of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry data

A method was developed to employ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 2008 retention index database information for molecular retention matching via constructing a set of empirical distribution functions (DFs) of the absolute retention index deviation to its mean value. The effects of different experimental parameters on the molecules' retention indices were first assessed. The column class, the column type, and the data type have significant effects on the retention index values acquired on capillary columns. However, the normal alkane retention index (I(norm)) with the ramp condition is similar to the linear retention index (I(T)), while the I(norm) with the isothermal condition is similar to the Kováts retention index (I). As for the I(norm) with the complex condition, these data should be treated as an additional group, because the mean I(norm) value of the polar column is significantly different from the I(T). Based on this analysis, nine DFs were generated from the grouped retention index data. The DF information was further implemented into a software program called iMatch. The performance of iMatch was evaluated using experimental data of a mixture of standards and metabolite extract of rat plasma with spiked-in standards. About 19% of the molecules identified by ChromaTOF were filtered out by iMatch from the identification list of electron ionization (EI) mass spectral matching, while all of the spiked-in standards were preserved. The analysis results demonstrate that using the retention index values, via constructing a set of DFs, can improve the spectral matching-based identifications by reducing a significant portion of false-positives.     

二芳基三嗪类HIV-1逆转录酶抑制剂的分子对接及3D-QSAR研究

对40个二芳基三嗪类HIV-1逆转录酶抑制剂进行了分子对接研究,结果表明,2个疏水性芳香取代基团与结合口袋底部形成的疏水和范德华相互作用、三嗪环母核及其R4取代基与结合位点产生的氢键和静电作用以及R4取代基与袋口形成的空间位阻效应是影响该系列化合物活性的重要因素.根据对接优势构象进行分子叠合和比较分子相似性指数分析(C...     

保留指数结合准确质量测定对鱼腥草挥发性成分的定性分析

采用顶空-气相色谱-四极质谱法和顶空-气相色谱-飞行时间质谱法对鱼腥草挥发性成分进行检测,运用保留指数结合准确质量测定,分别从鱼腥草茎和叶中鉴定出49、39种挥发性组分,并采用峰面积归一化法测定各组分的相对含量。鱼腥草茎和叶中的挥发性成分差别较大。鱼腥草茎以α-蒎烯(12.24%)、β-蒎烯(22.42%)、月桂烯(11.98%)、乙酸冰片酯(10.97%)、甲基正壬酮(10.83%)为主要成分,而鱼腥草叶则以月桂烯(39.48%)、(Z)-β-罗勒烯(26.52%)、癸醛(10.35%)、桧烯(4.43%)、甲基正壬酮(2.44%)为主。结合保留指数和准确质量测定能显著提高质谱定性的准确性,有利于解决质谱检索时定性不确定的问题。