Abstract A custom designed vapour generation-exposure chamber assembly and head space analysis method were evaluated for use in pharmacokinetic investigations. The predicted m-xylene concentration was within 1% of the average value measured by gas chromatography-flame ionization detection (GC-FID) in the glass exposure chamber during controlled vapourization of m-xylene. The concentration variability was ± 13% and 4% respectively, with and without rats in the chamber. Blood and tissue samples from male, Sprague Dawley rats exposed to 1100 ppm of xylene, were analyzed by means of a static head space (HS)-GC analysis method. The average m-xylene level in the blood of exposed animals was ca. 5000 ng/mL. m-Xylene was detected in brain, kidney, skin, fat and liver. The analytical precision for duplicate samples was < ± 5% for all tissues, except liver and skin. The feasibility of detection of m-xylene in unhomogenized tissue by HS-GC analysis was demonstrated. 相似文献
The photoionization and dissociative photoionization of m-xylene (C8H10) were researched by using synchrotron radiation vacuum ultraviolet (SR-VUV) and supersonic expanding molecular beam reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer (RFTOF-MS) system. The photoionization efficiency spectra (PIEs) of parent ion C8H10+ and main fragment ions C8H9+ and C7H7+ were observed, and the ionization energy (IE) of m-xylene and appearance energies (AEs) of main fragment ions C8H9+ and C7H7+ were determined to be 8.60 ± 0.03 eV, 11.76 ± 0.04 eV and 11.85 ± 0.05 eV, respectively. Structures of reactant, transition states (TSs), intermediates (INTs), and products involved in two dominant dissociation channels were optimized at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level, and the relative energies were calculated at the G3 level. Based on the results, two major dissociative photoionization channels, C7H7++CH3 and C8H9++H were calculated at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level. On the basis of theoretical and experimental results, the dissociative photoionization mechanisms of m-xylene were proposed. The C–H or C–C bond dissociation and hydrogen migration are the main processes in the dissociation channels of m-xylene cation.
Viscosities, η, of the systems, m-xylene, +1-propanol, +2-propanol, +1-butanol and +t-butanol have been measured for the whole range of composition at 303.15, 308.15, 313.15, 318.15 and 323.15?K. The variation of viscosities has been plotted against mole fraction of alkanols. Viscosities have been found to increase slowly up to a considerable concentration of alkanols, followed by a rapid rise of viscosities at higher concentrations. The slow rise of viscosity is attributed to dissociation of alkanols in m-xylene, while the rapid rise of viscosity is ascribed to self-association of alkanols. Excess viscosities, ηE, have been plotted as a function of mole fraction of alkanols. The curves show negative values for the whole range of composition, with minima occurring in alkanol-rich region.?η?and ηE have been fitted to appropriate polynomial equations. The study shows the effect of branching and chain length of alkanols on?η?and ηE. 相似文献