Simultaneous determination of cinnamaldehyde and its metabolite in rat tissues by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

Cinnamaldehyde (CA), an active ingredient isolated from the traditional Chinese medicine Cortex Cinnamomi, has a wide range of bioactivities. To clarify the distribution characteristics of CA, a selective and sensitive method utilizing gas chromatography–mass spetrometry was initially developed for simultaneously determining the concentration of CA and its metabolite cinnamyl alcohol in rat tissues. Selected ion masses of m/z 131, 105 and 92 were chosen, and separation of the analytes was performed on a DB‐5 ms (30 m × 0.25 mm, 0.25 µm, thickness) capillary column by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. The calibration curves demonstrated good linearity and reproducibility over the range of 20–2000 and 20–4000 ng/mL for various tissue samples. Recoveries ranged from 86.8 to 107.5%, while intra‐ and interday relative standard deviations were all <11.3%. The analysis method was successfully applied in tissue distribution studies for CA and cinnamyl alcohol. As CA and cinnamyl alcohol may inter‐convert to one another, simultaneous determination of both analytes provides a comparative and accurate data for tissue study. The concentrations of CA and cinnamyl alcohol remaining in spleen were the highest among the main organs, including heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney and brain. In addition, there was no long‐term accumulation of CA in rat tissues. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Importance of the Debye interaction in organic solutions: Henry's law constants for polar liquids in nonpolar solvents and vice versa

Henry's law constants have been determined for -butyrolactone (BL), ethyl acetate (EA), and 2-methyl-3-pentanol (MEP) in mixtures of iso-octane (ISO) and toluene (TOL), for BL, EA, TOL, and ISO in cinnamaldehyde (CIN) and for TOL and ISO in each other and in BL. From these data and published vapor pressures, the activity coefficients at infinite dilution and the standard molar Gibbs free energy of transfer, G ₂ ⁰ of the solutes from dilute solution in ISO to dilute solution in each solvent medium have been calculated. The different behavior patterns of BL and EA are attributed to differences in their abilities to exist in different conformations possessing different dipole moments. For polar solutes, G ₂ ⁰ decreases with increasing polarizability of the solvent and with increasing dipole moment of the solute, suggesting increased contributions from dipole-induced dipole (Debye) interactions. The sigmoidal plot of G ₂ ⁰ against the change in pair potential energy calculated from the classical expressions suggests that G ₂ ⁰ seriously underestimates the strength of the Debye interactions in comparison with the London interactions.     

贵金属对钴基催化剂上肉桂醛选择加氢反应的影响

 研究了贵金属改性的Co／γ－Al2O3催化剂上的肉桂醛选择加氢反应．结果表明，通过Pt，Pd和Ru贵金属改性，提高了催化剂的活性，但只有Pt改性的催化剂具有较高的选择性．w（Pt）＜0．5％时，催化剂的活性随着Pt含量的增加呈直线升高，当w（Pt）＝0．5％时，催化剂活性可提高近5倍，但催化剂的选择性变化很小．XRD结果表明，催化剂经还原后，γ－Al2O3上的钴主要为α－Co0．TPR结果表明，Pt的加入提高了Co3O4的还原性能，且Pt含量越高，Co3O4的还原温度越低．XPS结果表明，Pt改性的催化剂样品，其Co3O4大部分被还原为Co0．由于Pt与Co具有协同效应，故Pt改性的Co／γ－Al2O3催化剂既具有较高的活性，又具有很高的选择性．     

Pt/MIL-101(Cr)在肉桂醛选择性加氢反应中的催化性能

采用简单易行的浸渍法将Pt纳米粒子负载到MIL-101(Cr)上, 制备了Pt/MIL-101(Cr)催化剂, 并对其在肉桂醛选择性加氢反应的催化性能进行了研究。XRD、N₂吸附、TEM和催化性能的研究结果表明, Pt的负载量对负载于MIL-101(Cr)上Pt纳米粒子的尺寸及所制备催化剂对肉桂醇的选择性有很大影响。低Pt负载量(1.0wt%)的Pt/MIL-101(Cr)较其他MOFs和无机材料在肉桂醛选择性加氢反应中表现出了高的催化性能, 在优化的反应条件下肉桂醛转化率和对肉桂醇的选择性可分别达96.5%和86.2%。Pt/MIL-101(Cr)催化剂具有良好的稳定性。Pt/MIL-101(Cr)所表现出的优良的催化性能同MIL-101(Cr)载体的孔道结构及其表面性质密切相关。     

微波法制备还原氧化石墨烯负载Pt_3Co纳米合金(英文)

微波辐射法可以在数分钟内将高度分散的Pt3Co合金颗粒负载于还原氧化石墨烯表面上.表征结果发现,与传统的溶剂热法和浸渍法相比,微波法制备的催化剂中贵金属的利用率高,合金颗粒的分布均匀,组成可控,同时氧化石墨烯的再石墨化现象也得到有效地抑制.采用微波法制备的Pt3Co/RGO-MW催化剂在肉桂醛加氢反应中具有较高的活性和和产物选择性.Pt3Co/RGO-MW中每一个Pt原子在70℃的转化频率高达23.8 min-1.     

Fe-Co Alloyed Nanoparticles Catalyzing Efficient Hydrogenation of Cinnamaldehyde to Cinnamyl Alcohol in Water

Selective hydrogenation of C=O against the conjugated C=C in cinnamaldehyde (CAL) is indispensable to produce cinnamyl alcohol (COL). Nonetheless, it is challenged by the low selectivity and the need to use organic solvents. Herein, for the first time, we report the use of Fe-Co alloy nanoparticles (NPs) on N-doped carbon support as a selective hydrogenation catalyst to efficiently convert CAL to COL. The resultant catalyst with the optimized Fe/Co ratio of 0.5 can achieve an exceptional COL selectivity of 91.7 % at a CAL conversion of 95.1 % in pure water medium under mild reaction conditions, ranking it the best performed catalyst reported to date. The experimental results confirm that the COL selectivity and CAL conversion efficiency are, respectively promoted by the presence of Fe and Co, while the synergism of the alloyed Fe-Co is the key to concurrently achieve high COL selectivity and CAL conversion efficiency.     

Preparation of polymer-protected Pt/Co bimetallic colloid and its catalytic properties in selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde to cinnamyl alcohol

A polymer-protected Pt/Co bimetallic colloid with a molar ratio of 3:1 has been prepared by a polyol process. Over the above Pt/Co bimetallic colloid catalyst, cinnamaldehyde can be selectively hydrogenated to cinnamyl alcohol with 99.8% selectivity at 96.2% conversion.     

纳米Pd/ZSM-5的原位法制备及催化肉桂醛加氢

采用共沸精镏辅助的原位法成功合成了高度分散的Pd纳米颗粒负载在ZSM-5中(Pd/ZSM-5-IS)分子筛催化剂。通过XRD、TEM、XPS等手段对Pd/ZSM-5-IS的样品进行了表征,并考察反应压力、反应温度、反应时间对肉桂醛加氢催化性能的影响。结果表明:原位法制备的Pd/ZSM-5-IS催化剂比浸渍法制备的Pd/ZSM-5-IM催化剂具有更高的催化稳定性,其主要归因于Pd纳米颗粒进入ZSM-5的晶内介孔有效防止活性位点的损失和聚集。当反应温度为80℃,反应压力为1 MPa,反应时间为3 h时为最佳反应条件,肉桂醛的转化率为87.23%,苯丙醛的选择性为76.68%。     

超声波辅助Ru-B非晶态合金常压催化肉桂醛加氢制备肉桂醇

采用KBH₄化学还原法制备了超细Ru-B非晶态合金催化剂。Ru-B催化剂在肉桂醇液相常压加氢中显示出较高的肉桂醇选择性。在加氢过程中使用超声辐射能大大提高反应速率而肉桂醇的选择性几乎保持不变。加氢速率随着超声频率或超声时间的增加而增加。通过XRD、XPS、TEM、BET和ICP等各种表征手段，简要研究了超声辐射对Ru-B催化剂结构和电子特征的影响。同时，还讨论了超声对肉桂醛选择性加氢制肉桂醇催化性能的促进作用。     

硼氢化钾还原肉桂醛合成肉桂醇的工艺研究

针对硼氢化钾还原肉桂醛制备肉桂醇的工艺,研究了反应物的物质的量之比、还原体系、反应时间、反应温度等因素对反应收率的影响.结果表明,在KBH4-THF-CH3CH2OH还原体系中,通过控制n(肉桂醛)∶n(硼氢化钾)=3∶1,在室温下反应1.5h,收率可达92.2%.