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... In order to provide a rational basis upon which future developments in nonaqueous finishing and other processing of textile materials may be based, a basic study is being undertaken of the interactions between textile fibers and a wide spectrum of organic solvents. In this paper are reported the effects on mechanical properties of a polyester yam of 26 organic solvents differing widely in chemical ...
... The kinetics of the shrinkage of a drawn polyester yam in a number of organic solvents, including toluene, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide (DMF), trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, and tetrachloroethane, were investigated at several temperatures. The shrinkage process proceeds at a maximum rate after an induction period which is believed to be associated with diffusion of the solvent into the f ...
... Potentiometric titration of weakly acidic sites on soil clays is limited in aqueous media by the acidic property of water which prevents sharp endpoints. Generally, it is not possible to obtain sharp endpoints in aqueous systems for acids with pKₐ > 8. In this study, kaolinite with K, H, or Al as the saturating cation was successfully titrated in water and acetonitrile using the glass-calomel elec ...
... Pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry studies of fulvic and humic acids from different soils: Calcic Rhodoxeralf, Typic Xerochrept, Typic Chromoxeret, Andic Hapludult, Humic Haplorthod, Typic Haplorthod and a Canadian Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol were made. Samples were pyrolyzed at 700°C for 10 sec, and low boiling point compounds were separated in a Chromosorb 102 column. Peaks were identi ...
... The reaction of N,N-dichlorophenylsulphonamide with tungsten hexacarbonyl in refluxing CCl₄ leads in good yield to the yellow polymeric complex [(PhSO₂N)₂WCl₂]ₓ, which may be converted to the octahedral nitrene complex [(PhSO₂N)₂WCl₂(CH₃CN)₂] by recrystallisation from acetonitrile. Crystals of the acetonitrile complex are triclinic, space group P 1̅, a = 820.7(2), b = 1128.8(3), c = 1286.9(3) pm, ...
... The purposes of this research were to investigate the fate of benzoyl peroxide (BP) and benzoic acid (BA) on exposed nylon carpet samples and to develop extraction and chromatographic techniques to identify BP and BA on nylon 6 carpet fibers. For this research, ANSO-IV nylon 6 staple carpet yams from Allied Fibers and Plastics were used. The carpet yarns were constructed into single bar, circular ...
... A method is described for determining 1,2-dibromoethane (EDB) in soils previously fumigated with EDB. The procedure involves extraction of soil with methanol at 75°C for 24 h in a sealed vial, followed by gas chromatographic analysis of the extract. Reproducibility of the method was demonstrated using replicated samples by separate analysts, and the detection limit was ≤1.8 µg kg⁻¹. Acetone and ac ...
... Nondefatted and defatted wheat flours were extracted with various solvents to develop a rapid procedure to isolate glutenin for reversed-phase HPLC (RP-HPLC). Solvents containing 70% ethanol, 60% acetonitrile, 2M dimethylformamide, urea or combinations of 70% ethanol with acetic acid and β-mercaptoethanol did not extract all albumins, globulins and/or gliadins. Some of these proteins may co-elute ...
... An analytical method was developed to measure 4-aminopyridine in tissues and urine to determine appropriate diagnostic samples in acute poisoning cases. Tissues from rats dosed with 4-aminopyridine were extracted with methylene chloride. Extracts were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography using an isocratic solvent system of acetonitrile and aqueous solution (15/85 v/v) consisting of ...
... The main objective of this study was to gain mechanistic information on clay-organic interactions in aqueous environments containing multiple organics. Three different measurements were made to achieve this objective. The sorption of acetonitrile and acrylonitrile on K, Na, Ca, and Mg montmorillonite from binary and ternary aqueous solutions were determined using a ¹⁴C isotope tracer method. The i ...
... The sorption and desorption of acetonitrile on K, Na, Ca, and Mg montmorillonite from aqueous solutions were determined using a ¹⁴C isotope tracer method. The heat of sorption of acetonitrile on K, Na, and Ca montmorillonite at two concentrations was determined using a Calvet microcalorimeter. The infrared spectra of the clay-water-organic systems were recorded on a Fourier-transform infrared spec ...
... 3,5-Diphenyl-1,2-dithiolium hydrogensulphate was prepared by the reaction of bis(thiodibenzoylmethanato)-nickel(II) with thionyl chloride in acetonitrile solution. The compound was characterized by X-ray structure determination (1261 observed, independent reflexions, R = 0,056). Crystal data: a = 543,1(1), b = 1605,7(1), c = 1678,9(2) pm; space group P 2₁2₁2₁, Z = 4. By hydrogen bonding the hydrog ...
... A thin layer chromatography (TLC) method was developed for the detection of fumonisin B₁ and B₂ in corn and corn-based feedstuffs. Finely ground samples were extracted with acetonitrile: water (1: 1), filtered, and applied to C₁₈ cleanup columns. The columns were washed with 1% aqueous KCl followed by acetonitrile: 1% aqueous KC1 (1:9), and the fumonisins were eluted with acetonitrile: water (7:3) ...
... The crystal structures of the title compounds were solved by X-ray methods. [Pd(CH₃CN)4](BF₄)₂: Space group Pbca, Z = 4,812 observed unique reflections, R = 0.057, wR = 0.033. Lattice dimensions at -80 °C: α = 1027.5(5), b = 1242.8(6), c = 1280.3(6) pm. The compound consists of planar [Pd(CH₃CN)4]²⁺ ions with Pd-N bond lengths of 195.6 pm and BF₄⁻ anions. [PdCl(μ₂-PPh₂(HPPh₂)]₂ • CH₂Cl₂ crystalliz ...
... Me₃SiOPPh₂NSiMe₃ (1) reacts with NbCl₅ and CpTiCl₃ to form the eight-membered ring compounds [Ph₂PNONbCl₃]₂ (2) and [Ph₂PNOTiClCp]₂ (3). The reaction of (C₂F₅)₂P(Cl)=NSiMe₃ (4) with MoO₂Cl₂ and MoOCl₄ in CH₂C1₂ quantitatively yields the compounds [MoOCl₃-O-P(C₂F₅)₂=NSiMe₃]₄ (5) and (C₂F₅)₂P(Cl)=N-MoOCl₃ (6). Through recrystallization from MeCN, compound 2 has been isolated and characterized by mea ...
... The reactions of 1:1:1 molar ratio mixtures of NaSPh/MnCl₂/Et₄NBr and NaSPh/CoCl₂/ Et₄NCl in methanol afford the compounds [Et₄N]₄[Mn(SPh)₃Br][Mn(SPh)₃Cl] (1) and [Et₄N]₂[Co₄(SPh)₆Cl₄] · MeCN (2), respectively, with the following crystal data: a = 14.408(5), b = 13.788(4), c = 17.984(5) Å, β = 90.16(2)°, space group P2₁/c and Ζ = 4 for 1, and a = 21.976(4), b = 13.081(2), c = 22.012(4) Å, β = 105. ...
flavor compounds; alcohols; chemical analysis; separation; solvents; nitriles; redox potential
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... Electrochemical detection of short-chain aliphatic alcohols separated by liquid chromatography demonstrates close sensitivities at gold and platinum working electrodes. Addition of acetonitrile in the eluent decreases the sensitivity of detection peak area) at the gold electrode but improves the apparent sensitivity (peak height) by a consequent decrease of retention time. At the platinum electrod ...
... The stability of fumonisins B1 and B2 (FB1 and FB2) during 6 week storage was studied in acetonitrile:water (1:1) and methanol at four storage temperatures (-18, 4, 25 and 40 degrees C). Samples were analysed by HPLC with fluorescence detection after derivatization with o-phthaldialdehyde. Decomposition of fumonisins was evident in a methanol solution after 6 week storage at 4, 25 and 40 degrees C ...
... The structures of synthetic peptides corresponding to regions of putative secondary structure in the cellular prion protein PrPC were studied as models for the conformational transition that features in the formation of the pathogenic isoform, PrPSc. Transgenetic studies argue that these PrP isoforms interact during the formation of PrPSc, which involves the unfolding of one or more helices of PrP ...
... Nicosulfuron (2-[[[[(4,6-dimethoxy-2-pyrimidinyl)amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]-N,N-dimethyl-3-pyridinecarboxamide) is a new, low-rate, sulfonylurea herbicide that is being promoted for weed control in corn (Zea mays L.); however, there is a lack of published information on its behavior in soils. In this study nicosulfuron sorption was measured in batch experiments, at a 1:2 soil/solution ratio, f ...
... The aerobic biodegradation of sarafloxacin hydrochloride, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic registered for use against poultry diseases, was tested in three soils: loam, silt loam, and sandy loam. Sarafloxacin treatment demonstrated mineralization to 14CO2 amounting to 0.58%, 0.49%, and 0.57% in loam, silt loam, and sandy loam soils, respectively, at the termination of the test. The extractability of s ...
acetonitrile; cabbage; liquid-liquid extraction; mass spectrometry; metabolites; peppers; reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography; silica; solid phase extraction; spinosad; tomatoes
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... Residue methods were developed for the quantitation of spinosad and metabolites in leafy vegetables, peppers, and tomatoes. The compounds were extracted with a solution of acetonitrile/water. The extract was purified and concentrated by C18 Empore disk extraction, followed by silica and cyclohexyl solid-phase extraction. All five analytes in the purified extract were determined simultaneously by r ...
... Fifteen corn kernel and corn screening samples were analyzed for the presence of fumonisin toxins. Samples were extracted with acetonitrile/water (1:1) and cleaned up with C18 solid phase extraction (SPE) cartridges. Analysis of fumonisins was carried out by on-line capillary liquid chromatography -- fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (capillary LC/FAB/MS). Two isomers of partially hydrolyzed ...
acetonitrile; black tea; caffeine; high performance liquid chromatography; pigments; tea (beverage)
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... At present, the commonly used HPLC method for the analysis of caffeine content in tea brews employs direct application of the samples on the column. This practice gradually reduces the efficiency of the column and shortens its life. In the modified method, the interfering tea pigments are effectively removed by passing the sample through a Sep-Pak C18 cartridge. Then its injection on a reversed ph ...
... Sensitive detection of atmospheric formaldehyde and acetaldehyde can be achieved by use of silica-gel cartridges impregnated with 2-diphenylacetyl-1,3-indandione-1-hydrazone (DAIH) to form fluorescent DAI hydrazones. The hydrazones are extracted with acetonitrile and separated by reversed-phase HPLC with fluorimetric detection. The low detection limits achieved (0.25 ppb CH₂O or CH₃CHO for samplin ...
... A multiresidue method for the analysis of 28 common organophosphorus pesticides and 3 of their main metabolites (paraoxon-ethyl, paraoxon-methyl and malaoxon) in a variety of crop samples has been developed. An aliquot of the chopped sample is homogenized with an organic solvent. The efficiency of extraction methods using methanol, acetone and acetonitrile was evaluated. The acetonitrile gives hig ...
acetonitrile; diuron; field experimentation; groundwater; high performance liquid chromatography; metabolites; methanol; rapid methods; solid phase extraction; surface water
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... A simple and rapid method was developed to determine concentrations of diuron [N'-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N,N-dimethylurea] and three of its major metabolites, N'-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N-methylurea (DCPMU), 3,4-dichlorophenylurea (DCPU), and 3,4-dichloroaniline (DCA), in ground water and surface water. The analytical method utilizes a 25 mm C18 Empore disk to quantitatively determine diuron and its me ...
... Agricultural practices may cause contamination of soil and ground water with a combination of organic compounds (pesticides and fuel) and nitrogen fertilizers. In coupled microcosm studies that monitored the mineralization of naphthalene and the nitrification of ammonia, it was observed that the solvent (dichloromethane) used to apply naphthalene to the soil inhibited nitrification, although there ...
... A method was developed and validated to determine eprinomectin marker residue in bovine liver, kidney, muscle, and fat. The overall percent recovery (+/- CV) was 93 +/- 12% (n = 66) for liver, 100 +/- 13% (n = 34) for muscle, 87 +/- 13% (n = 42) for kidney, and 95 +/- 11% (n = 42) for fat. The limit of detection was 1 ng/g, the lower limit of quantitation was 2 ng/g, and the upper limit of quantit ...
... Arbutin cinnamate was synthesized from arbutin (4-hydroxy-phenyl β-D-glucopyranoside) and vinyl cinnamate by regioselective transesterification with a bacterial lipase in acetonitrile. The product was identified by NMR and FAB-MS analyses. These spectra showed that one ester bond was formed between the primary alcohol moiety of the D-glucose of arbutin and the carboxyl residue of cinnamic acid. Fu ...
... Sabadilla, an insecticide widely used by organic farmers, can be separated into five of its components (veratridine, cevadine, cevine, cevacine, and sabadine) by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and detected by atmospheric pressure chemical ionization liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (APCI/LCMS). Using APCI/LCMS in the selected ion monitoring mode as the determinative step, an ...
... Solutions of supercritical CO2 modified with 5, 10, and 20% methanol, ethanol, acetone, and acetonitrile were compared for the extraction of sulfonamides from fortified chicken liver. The results showed both 20% acetone-modified CO2 and 20% acetonitrile-modified CO2 were capable of quantitatively extracting sulfamethazine, sulfaquinoxaline, and sulfadimethoxine, whereas 20% ethanol- and 20% methan ...
... beta-Glucosidase from almonds (EC 3.2.1.21) was covalently immobilized by a two-step technique. In the first step, double bonds were introduced into the beta-glucosidase by derivatization with itaconic anhydride. In separate studies with alpha-N-protected L-amino acids, it was established that itaconic anhydride acylated mainly primary amino groups of lysines and, to a much lesser extent hydroxyl ...
... A sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for the determination of aloesin in plasma was developed. After solid-phase extraction from plasma and derivatization of aloesin and compound AD-1, which was prepared from aloesin as a internal standard, with 9-anthroylnitrile in the presence of quinuclidine, the derivatives were separated on a Inertsil ODS-3 column using acetonitri ...
... Reversed phase HPLC methods for the determination of two metabolites of albendazole in cow's milk are described. Albendazole is an anthelmintic agent used both in veterinary and human practice. Its main metabolites are albendazole-sulfoxide and albendazole-sulfone. The separation of the two metabolites was performed on a μ-Bondapak C-18 column using an acetonitrile/methanol/phosphate buffer as mob ...
... A simple and specific high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for the analysis of ketotifen in aqueous solutions and silicon oil suspensions is described. The HPLC system is based on a reversed phase μBondapak C₁₈ (30×0.39 cm) column with a mobile phase of phosphate buffer (0.001 M, pH 7.4):methanol: acetonitrile: trimethylamine (29.8:45:25:0.2, by volume) at a flow-rate of 1 mL min⁻ ...
... The reactions of N-acetylchitooligosaccharides with chitinolytic enzyme were analyzed by HPLC using a Tosoh TSK-Gel amide-80 column with 70% acetonitrile as an eluent. We separated α and β anomeric forms of N-acetylchitooligosaccharides, and obtain the following advantages of this HPLC method. 1. We can easily identify the reaction mechanism of chitinolytic enzymes by this method, distinguishing t ...
... Cobalt(II)acetate reacts with the silylated phosphinimine Me₃SiNPEt₃ at 230 °C to form a reaction mixture from which dark blue single crystals have been isolated by recrystallization from dichloromethane/ acetonitrile. They were identified by a crystal structure determination to be [Co₇(μ₄- O)₂(O₂CCH₃)₁₀(OPEt₃)₂] · 4 CH₃CN (1). Lattice dimensions at 190 K: a = 1048.9(1), b = 1217.5(1), c = 1280.6( ...
... The irradiation of Ga(N₃)₃ in CH₃CN leads to a reductive elimination of nitrogen according to the equation Gaᴵᴵᴵ(N₃)₃ → GaᴵN₃ + 3N₂ (φ = 0.002 at λᵢᵣᵣ = 254 nm). Ga⁺ in CH₃CN is characterized by its absorption (λₘₐₓ = 298 nm) and emission (λₘₐₓ = 475 nm) spectrum ...
... A stereospecific HPLC method has been developed for the resolution of the enantiomers of salbutamol in human urine. After solid-phase extraction and derivatization with 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl isothiocyanate, the diastereomeric derivatives were resolved (Rs=1. 83) on 5 μm octadecylsilan column using 35% acetonitrile in 0.05M ammonium acetate buffer (pH=6) as a mobile phase with e ...
Rhodococcus erythropolis; acetonitrile; amidase; ammonium sulfate; cobalt; glucose; iron
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... Rhodococcus erythropolis A10 metabolizes acetonitrile by a two step process involving nitrile hydratase (NHase) and amidase. Both the enzymes were inducible and low basal levels of activities were observed in the cells grown in the absence of acetonitrile (AN). Cobalt and iron enhanced NHase, while amidase showed iron dependence. Presence of glucose or ammonium sulphate (AS) failed to affect aceto ...
... Methyl β-cyclodextrin (MβCD) increased the activity and enantioselectivity of lyophilized subtilisin suspended in dry THF and acetonitrile in two transesterification model reactions. These beneficial improvements were diminished by the addition of water, in contrast to the observation that water activates subtilisin lyophilized from buffer alone. For example, the initial rate for the S enantiomer ...
... The paper presents results of the HPLC determination of sulphachloropyrazine residues (active component of the drug „Esb3 30%”) in muscle tissue and liver of broiler chickens inoculated with laboratory-grown coccidium in the course and after treatment with this sulphonamide.Extraction of sulphachloropyrazine from samples of broiler muscle tissue and liver was carried out with a mixture of solvents ...
... A rapid and simple liquid-chromatographic method has been developed for on-line quantification of amphetamine in biological fluids. Untreated samples (20 μL) are injected directly into the chromatographic system and purified on a 20 mm×2.1 mm i.d. pre-column packed with 30 μm Hypersil C₁₈ stationary phase. After clean-up the analyte is transferred to the analytical column (125 mm×4 mm i.d., 5 μm L ...
... A high performance liquid chromatographic method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of chlorpheniramine maleate (CPM), methscoplamine nitrate (MSN) and phenylephrine hydrochloride (PEH) in sustained release capsules. The separation was carried out on a reverse-phase CN-column with use of a mobile phase consisting of 70% (v/v) solution of acetonitrile in water containing 2% (v/v) ...
... The reagentp-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl chloride (PNZ-CI) was used for pre-column derivatization of biogenic amines (BAs) at ambient temperature followed by reversed-phase, liquid-chromatographic separation of the derivatives. Optimized derivatization of samples was achieved within 10 min in borate buffer by adding PNZ-Cl in acetonitrile (MeCN). Excess reagent was scavenged by subsequent addition of g ...
... Various extractions were investigated concerning their suitability for aflatoxin B(1) determinations in different matrices including spices, infant formula and animal feed employing an immunoaffinity clean-up procedure. It was shown that the use of aqueous acetonitrile extractants was limited due to the fact that dry sample material can absorb significant amounts of water from the extractant. This ...
acetonitrile; erythromycin; high performance liquid chromatography; hydrogen; pH; phosphates; sulfates
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... An HPLC method based on a prodigy ODS2 column with a mobile phase contianging phosphate buffer, tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate (TBA) and an acetonitrile gradient was optimized for the determination of erythromycin in delayed-release capsules. A central composite face-centered (CCF) factorial design was used with the factors pH, concentration of TBA and gradient slope. The method could separat ...
absorbance; acetonitrile; blood serum; correlation; detection limit; drugs; high performance liquid chromatography; humans; ion pair chromatography; solid phase extraction
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... A rapid, simple, accurate and sensitive liquid chromatographic assay with on-line solid-phase extraction is described for determination of trovafloxacin in human serum. Samples were deproteinized with acetonitrile and injected on to an NH₂ extraction column for sample clean-up. Thereafter, an on-line column-switching system was used for quantitative transfer of the drug to a C₁₈ analytical column. ...
DNA adducts; acetonitrile; carcinogenesis; carcinogenicity; carcinogens; chemical bonding; equipment; fish meat; fried meat; genotoxicity; heterocyclic amines; humans; ion exchange; ionic strength; mutagenicity; nucleotides; pH; phosphates; reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography; silica gel; thin layer chromatography; tissues
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... Carcinogenic heterocyclic amines are formed on the surface of grilled or fried meat and fish. These heterocyclic amines have been shown to form the covalent DNA adducts considered to be the first stage of the process of carcinogenesis. In this paper we describe the separation of DNA adducts formed by six food-derived mutagenic aminoimidazoazarenes.³²P-Postlabeling is the most sensitive technique f ...
... This work focuses on the separation and identification of p-tert butyl calix[4]arene derivatives. An isocratic mixture of 65% (v/v) acetonitrile and 35% (v/v) water with 0.1% (v/v) phosphoric acid was used as the mobile phase. A Bio-Rad Bio-Sil ODS-5S (250 mm×4 mm) column was used as the stationary phase with UV detection of the analytes at 274 nm. The reversed-phase high performance liquid chroma ...
... A novel high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method with post-column detection was developed to simultaneously analyze the lipid hydroperoxides of polar and nonpolar lipids. The HPLC method uses a reversed-phase column (octyl-bonded silica) and a mobile phase of water/acetonitrile/methanol. Hydroperoxides were detected at 592 nm by using a ferrous (II)/xylenol orange (FeXO) reagent. This ...
acetonitrile; high performance liquid chromatography; methanol; sunscreens
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... A HPLC method for the simultaneous determination of benzophenones is described. The seven compounds studied were separated on a Hypersil ODS C₁₈ (25 cm×4.6 mm i.d.) using acetonitrile-methanol-water (30:30:40,v/v/v) as mobile phase at 1.0 mL min⁻¹ and detected at 286 nm. The results obtained were in good agreement with those obtained by differential pulse voltammetry. ...
... The antifungal effect of substituted 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazoles was tested with Candida tropicalis, C. pseudotropicalis, C. mogii, Trichosporon cutaneum, Cryptococcus albidus and S. cerevisiae. Candida strains exhibited the lowest sensitivity to the compounds; the most sensitive wasS. cerevisiae. The MIC values ranged from 40 to >1000 mg/mL. The antifungal effect of halogenated compounds decrea ...
... A method for the direct determination of carbohydrates in foods using an automated-flow system coupled on-line to a high-performance liquid chromatograph is proposed. The method is based on postcolumn derivatisation of reducing sugars with p-aminobenzoic acid hydrazide in an alkaline medium following elution from the chromatographic column with an acetonitrile: water gradient as mobile phase. The ...
... The peptide CspB‐1, which represents residues 1–22 of the cold shock protein CspB from Bacillus subtilis, has been shown to form amyloid fibrils when solutions containing this peptide in aqueous (50%) acetonitrile are diluted in water [M. Großet al. (1999) Protein Science8, 1350–1357] We established conditions in which reproducible kinetic steps associated with the formation of these fibrils can b ...
... The concentrations of modifier (methanol or acetonitrile) and surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS) in the running buffer are important factors influencing the mobility of analytes in micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC). Response surfaces of the effective mobility can be used to predict mobility as a function of the buffer composition.This paper describes the modeling, by multiple lin ...
... Sulfonylurea herbicides in soil extracts were concentrated using off-line solid-phase extraction (SPE), and determined by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) and UV detection. The method involves extraction of soils with 0.1 M NaHCO₃ solution and subsequent preconcentration by using C₁₈ cartridges prior to separation of the pesticide using CZE. The results show that a C₁₈ cartridge is suitable fo ...
... The chromatographic behaviour of 15 aromatic and 20 polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on a new HPLC bonded liquid crystal stationary phase called BLC is presented. BLC is 4-(4-carboxy-benzyloxy)-3-methyl-2-dodecyloxy-4′-(2-(4′-dodecyloxy-benzyl)-ethylene-azobenzene bonded to LiChrospher Si 100 NH2. The method for PAH separation involved n-hexane in normal-phase HPLC. In reversed phase HPLC, which w ...
... Lignin-degrading manganese (II) peroxidase (MnP) purified from the culture of a wood-rotting basidiomycete, Bjerkandera adusta, was used in the polymerization of guaiacol. MnP was found to catalyze polymerization of guaiacol in 50% aqueous acetone, dimethyl formamide, methanol, ethanol, dioxane, acetonitrile, ethylene glycol and methylcellosolve. Maximum yield of polyguaiacol was achieved in 50% a ...
... The proportion of organic modifier and the pH of the acetonitrile-water mixtures used as mobile phases were optimized in order to separate a group of diuretic compounds covering a wide range of physyco-chemical properties. The Linear Solvation Energy Relationship (LSER) formalism based either on the multiparameter π*, β and α scales or the single solvent polarity parameterE T ᴺ , have been used to ...
... An optimization strategy was applied to explore the capability of hybrid micellar eluents of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), using acetonitrile or pentanol as modifiers, to resolve mixtures of eleven steroids showing a wide range of hydrophobicity (clostebol acetate, dehydrotestosterone, dydrogesterone, medroxyprogesterone, medroxyprogesterone acetate, methandienone, methyltestosterone, progesteron ...
acetonitrile; alcohols; detection limit; glycosides; light scattering; markets; reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography; triterpenoids; China
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... The main triterpene glycosides ofCimicifuga racemosa were separated by reversed phase HPLC, using a C-18 column, Evaporative Light Scattering (ELS) detection and a grient system consisting of water, acetonitrile and reagent alcohol. Within 35 min three main glycosides could be separated and quantified in the methanolic root extract with detection limits of 10.5, 15.6 and 31.6 μg·mL⁻¹ respectively. ...
... A simple high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method was developed for the determination of sulfamonomethoxine (N¹-(6-methoxy-4-pyrimidinyl) sulfanilamide, SMM) and its hydroxy metabolites, i.e., N¹-(6-methoxy-2-hydroxy-4-pyrimidinyl) sulfanilamide (2-OH-SMM), N¹-(6-hydroxy-4-pyrimidinyl) sulfanilamide (6-OH-SMM), N¹-(2,6-dihydroxy-4-pyrimidinyl) sulfanilamide (2,6-diOH-SMM), and N⁴-acet ...
acetonitrile; dodecanoic acid; ethylene oxide; light scattering; nonionic surfactants; polyethylene glycol; reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography; silica gel; temperature
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... The simultaneous separation of polyethylene glycol and its derivatives such as the lauryl alcohol and lauric acid ethoxylate oligomers was carried out by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography. Branched fluorinated silica gel columns combined with evaporative light scattering detection were used for the characterization of nonionic surfactants. Lauryl alcohol ethoxylate oligomers we ...
acetonitrile; derivatization; detection limit; esters; fluorescence; high performance liquid chromatography; long chain fatty acids; molecular weight
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... Tagging techniques with reagents used for fluorescent detection for short and long-chain fatty acids using high-performance liquid chromatography are evaluated in terms of the tagging reactions, handing, flexibility, stability of the reagents. Emphasis is given to the applications of the tagging techniques to relatively high molecular mass fatty acids. The fatty acids or carboxylic compounds were ...
Citrus; acetonitrile; electrochromatography; essential oils; heterocyclic oxygen compounds; high performance liquid chromatography; mandarins; oils; pH; silica; solvents; temperature
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... A new method for the analysis of oxygen heterocyclic compounds in bergamot, mandarin and sweet organge oils by capillary electrochromatography (CEC) is reported. The fused silica capillaries employed were slurry-packed in house with 3 μm ODS1 stationary phase. The repeatability of the technique has been investigated with two neutral standard mixtures. Conditions for the analysis have been optimise ...
... Fumonisins B1 (FB 1) and B2 (FB2) are the major mycotoxins produced mainly by some strains of Gibberella fujikuroi complex, fungi that occur worldwide on cereals. Contamination of food and feed with these fungi has been associated with a number of diseases in animals and humans. In this work, some steps in the analysis of FB 1 and FB 2 by HPLC to reduce analysis time, costs and impurities in the e ...
... A novel HPLC method with electrochemical detection has been developed for the determination of recombinant human epidermal growth factor (rhEGF) in pharmaceutical products. rhEGF was separated from other components in formulation on a reversed-phase C18 column with 24% acetonitrile in 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 4.75). The optimum electrochemical oxidation of EGF was obtained at 0.85 V vs. Ag/AgCl ...
... A high-performance liquid-chromatographic method has been developed for the determination of five penicillin compounds (benzylpenicillin, phenoxymethylpenicillin, oxacillin, cloxacillin, and dicloxacillin) at trace levels in commercially available milk samples. This method comprises extraction of the lipids with ethyl acetate, clean-up and concentration on a C-18 solid-phase extraction column, and ...
... In clinical transplantation mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) has become an attractive immunosuppressive agent. To quantify mycophenolic acid (MPA) and its main metabolite mycophenolic acid glucuronide (MPAG) from small plasma volumes, a capillary electrophoresis method has been developed. Separation of MMF and its metabolites MPA and MPAG was carried out in a 37 cm×50μm-l.D., fused silica, capillary wi ...
... An improved HPLC method with electrochemical detection has been developed for the determination of olanzapine and its main metabolite, desmethylolanzapine, in human plasma. Chromatographic separation and analysis were performed on a C₈ reversed-phase column with a mixture of methanol, acetonitrile, and pH 3.7 phosphate buffer as mobile phase; 2-methylolanzapine was used as internal standard. Caref ...
... The influence of solvent, storage time and temperature on the stability of the trichothecene mycotoxins T-2 toxin (T-2), HT-2 toxin (HT-2), deoxynivalenol (DON) and nivalenol (NIV) was investigated. Toxins in acetonitrile, ethyl acetate or as thin film were stored in sealed glass ampoules at -18, 4, 25 and 40 degrees C for up to 24 months. Samples were analysed by HPLC with UV detection. The resul ...
... Two new β-xylosyl derivatives of ginsenoside Re, 20(S)-protopanaxatriol 6-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-[β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→4)]-β-D-glucopyranosyl-20-O-β-D-glucopyranoside and 20(S)-protopanaxatriol 6-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-[β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→6)]-β-D-glucopyranosyl-20-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, were respectively synthesized from p-nitrophenyl β-D-xylopyranoside and phenyl β-D-xylopyranoside as ...
acetonitrile; apiculture; centrifugation; coumaphos; fluvalinate; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; isopropyl alcohol; methylene chloride; plywood; research; royal jelly; separation
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... A gas chromatographic analytical method was developed and used to determine coumaphos (Perizin) and tau-fluvalinate (Apistan) residues in royal jelly. The method involves sample dilution with a mixture of isopropyl alcohol/acetonitrile, centrifugation for phase separation, extraction with methylene chloride and analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Recoveries ranged from 82–93% with co ...
... Stability indicating high performance liquid chromatography methods have been developed for the assay of zidovudine in combination with either ceftazidime (A), chlordiazepoxide (B), dobutamine (C), lorazepam (D) or ranitidine (E) in intravenous fluid mixtures.All separations were performed on an amide hexadecylsilane column (250×4.6 mm) with 25 mM phosphate buffer, pH 3.0-acetonitrile eluent. Isoc ...
... A simple, rapid method for the extraction of cotton terpenoid aldehydes from green tissues and seed is described. Samples were treated by ultrasonification with acidified acetonitrile/water followed by centrifugation. The resulting extract was injected directly onto a C18 HPLC column and no sample concentration or further cleanup steps were required. The level of gossypol, the most labile of the t ...
... Degradation products of chlorsulfuron, chlortoluron, diuron, fluometuron, isoproturon, linuron, metabenzthiazuron, metobromuron, and monuron formed in the gas chromatographic injector have been used for identification of the respective herbicides. Mass spectra of the derived compounds were obtained with a quadrupole mass spectrometric detector working in scan mode (20–450 amu). The compounds gener ...
... A novel, multidimensional SPE sample-processing platform for complex fluids, which relies on the combination of small LC columns packed with restricted access materials (RAM) and molecular imprinted polymers (MIP) is described. It is called the Six-S ProcEdure (Six-SPE). Six-SPE involves a size-selective sample-separation step followed by a solvent-switch. Six-SPE efficiently removes interfering m ...
... Maize (Zea mays) cell cultures were used for the production of zearalenone-4-β-D-glucopyranoside as standard compound. Wheat samples were extracted with acetonitrile: water, applied to a florisil column and eluted with methanol:ethyl acetate. For determination and quantification of zearalenone-4-β-D-glucopyranoside and zearalenone a LC-MS method was developed. A concentration of 10 μg/kg zearaleno ...
acetonitrile; analgesics; blood serum; humans; patients; phenobarbital; phenytoin; phosphoric acid; reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography; temperature
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... A very rapid, sensitive and reproducible HPLC method was developed for simultaneous determination of eight anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs): lamotrigine, primidone, ethosuximide, sulthiame, felbamate, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, phenytoin and oxcarbazepine-metabolite (10-hydroxy-carbazepine) in human serum. Sample purification requires only protein precipitation with an appropriate reagent. Separatio ...
acetonitrile; certification; corn; drying; exercise; homogenization; packaging; zearalenone; Europe
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... This paper decribes the course of the project “ZONMAIZE” which has been funded by the European Commission within the Standards, Measurement and Testing Programme (SM&T). The project deals with the preparation and certification of both a maize naturally contaminated with zearalenone (ZON) (c=40–120 μg/kg, ZON in maize) and a blank maize material (<5 μg/kg ZON in maize) to improve the quality and co ...
... Alcohol tetrahydropyranyl ethers are readily converted into the corresponding acetates by the reaction with acetyl bromide in acetonitrile. Using various substituted acetyl chlorides with an equimolar amount of sodium iodide, tetrahydropyranyl ethers can be also transformed into the corresponding substituted acetates in high yields. This clean synthesis is a significant method for atom economy. ...
... A multi-channel detection system utilizing fiber optics has been developed for the laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) analysis of chromatographic eluents. It has been applied to the detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in a chromatographically overlapped standard mixture and to a complex soil sample extract obtained during fieldwork. The instrument utilizes dual-fiber optic arrays, on ...
acetonitrile; chemical reactions; coordination polymers; copper; crystal structure
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... The spherical phosphotungstate ion, PW₁₂O₄₀³⁻, has been used as a non-coordinating anionic template for the construction of a novel, three-dimensional Cu(i) coordination polymer. ...
... Two hydrazine reagents, 4-N,N-dimethylamino-6-(4′-methoxy-1′-naphthyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2-hydrazine (DMNTH) and N-methyl-4-N′,N′-dimethylamino-6-(4′-methoxy-1′-naphthyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2-hydrazine (MDMNTH) have been synthesized and used for the determination of aldehydes in air samples. Test tubes with the reagents coated on silica gel were prepared and used for monitoring of carbonyls in air. After ...
acetonitrile; anions; chemical reactions; coordination polymers; copper; cupric nitrate; ligands
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... Copper(ii) nitrate reacts with the rigid polydentate triple-connecting dpyatriz ligand in acetonitrile to an unprecedented infinite molecular ladder in which five-coordinated copper pseudo-dimers are bridged by nitrate anions and the coordination polymer chains are linked by hexacoordinated copper ions leading to the formation of large guest cavities. ...
... A sensitive and selective HPLC column-switching procedure with single-quadrupole massspectrometric detection has been developed for the determination of a neurokinin receptor antagonist in human plasma. The analyte and its deuterated internal standard were isolated from plasma by precipitation of protein with acetonitrile and the deproteinated sample was injected on to the trapping column of a col ...
acetonitrile; chemical reactions; ligands; palladium
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... The conjugated homobimetallic palladium(ii) complex [(L¹)Pd(qd)Pd(L¹)] (qd = quinonediimine) was obtained in a one-pot reaction by the in-situ oxidative complexation of 1,4-phenylenediamine with the palladium(ii) complex [(L¹)Pd(MeCN)] (H₂L¹ = N,N′-bis(2-phenylethyl)-2,6-pyridinedicarboxamide) while in the absence of an additional ligand [(L¹)Pd(MeCN)] was converted to the amide-bridged macrocycli ...
acetonitrile; amines; chemical reactions; gold; hydrogen; nanogold; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; oxygen; phosphine; phosphorus; solvents; stable isotopes; toluene; transmission electron microscopy; ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy
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... The decomposition, either thermal or under H₂, of [O(AuᴵPR₃)₃](CF₃SO₃) (R = Ph 1, R = Me 2) in organic solvents has been studied by ³¹P{¹H} NMR, UV–vis spectroscopy and TEM; during the reaction, the phosphine acts as an efficient oxygen trap and gold nanoparticles are produced which may be stabilized by PVP in acetonitrile (mean diameter 4.5 nm) or oleylamine in toluene (mean diameter 9 nm). ...
acetonitrile; cations; chemical reactions; ligands; methanol; pyrazines
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... The cation [Rh₂(μ-O₂CMe)₂(MeCN)₆]²⁺ reacts with the bis-terpyridine ligand 2,3,5,6-tetra-2-pyridylpyrazine (tppz) to yield the reduced compound [Rh₄(μ-O₂CMe)₂(tppz)₂(MeOH)₄]⁴⁺ whose structure is that of molecular rectangle with edges defined by short Rh–Rh and long Rh–tppz–Rh units. ...
... A new method was developed for the determination of fifteen biogenic amines in the intestinal digesta and feces of animal or human origin. The method involves the addition of an internal standard (heptylamine), extraction of the amines, and precipitation of the proteins with perchloric acid. The amines are derivatised with dansyl chloride, separated on a C18 column using gradient elution with 0.2M ...
... Bisphenol A (BPA) contamination of canned foods for human use has been studied, but there are no reports concerning BPA contamination of canned pet foods. The purpose of this study was to identify the levels of BPA in canned pet foods. A total of 26 samples (15 samples of cat food and 11 samples of dog food) were prepared for analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography. BPA in the samples w ...
acetonitrile; cymoxanil; electrodes; high performance liquid chromatography; mercury; microwave treatment; phosphates; silver chloride; simazine; soil; soil sampling; solvents; temperature
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... A microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) method was optimized for the herbicide simazine and the fungicide cymoxanil in soil samples. The experimental variables that affect MAE, such as temperature, extraction time and solvent volume, were studied. It was concluded that these pesticides could be efficiently extracted from soil samples in a microwave oven with 10 mL of acetonitrile at 90°C for 5 min T ...
acetonitrile; adsorption; ammonium acetate; blood plasma; high performance liquid chromatography; humans; linear models; macrolides; mass spectrometry; monitoring; quality control; regression analysis; solid phase extraction; spectrometers
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... Methods for the determination of a novel, ascomycin-based macrolide immunosuppressant in human plasma and whole blood are described. Following protein precipitation, the analyte and an internal standard were extracted from each matrix using solid phase extraction on an end-capped cyano column. The analytes were chromatographed on a Zorbax SB-CN analytical column (5.0 μm, 150×4.6 mm) with a mobile ...
... Silver exhibits powerful electrocatalytic activities towards the reductive carboxylation of benzyl chlorides (RCl): in CO₂-saturated CH₃CN, reduction of RCl occurs at potentials that are about 0.6 V more positive than those of the same process at Hg or carbon electrodes and gives carboxylic acids in good to excellent yields. ...
Lewis acids; acetonitrile; acetylation; catalysts; catalytic activity; copper; green chemistry; ionic liquids; organochlorine compounds; regioselectivity; sulfonates
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... Aromatic electrophilic substitution reactions such as benzoylation and acetylation catalysed by metal triflates have been conducted in an ionic liquid, [bmim][BF₄] (bmim = 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium). Cu(OTf)₂ (OTf = trifluoromethanesulfonate) was found to be the most efficient catalyst used, affording quantitative conversion of benzoyl chloride and anisole to methoxybenzophenone within 1 h and w ...
acetonitrile; catalytic activity; chemical reactions; ketones; nickel; regioselectivity; zinc
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... Carbocylization of o-halophenyl ketones with propiolates in the presence of Ni(dppe)Br₂ and Zn powder in acetonitrile at 80 °C afforded the corresponding 2,3-disubstituted indenols. ...
X-ray diffraction; acetonitrile; chemical reactions; fluorenes; irradiation; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; ultraviolet radiation
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... 9-Fluorenylidenemalononitrile reacts with 10-methyl-9,10-dihydroacridine in deaerated acetonitrile under irradiation with λ > 320 nm to give a coupling product 9-dicyanomethyl-9-(10′-methyl-9′-acridinyl)fluorene, characterized by X-ray crystallographic, MS and NMR analyses. ...
... A generic method was developed for the liquid chromatographic (LC) assay of six corticosteraids and salicylic acid in different dermatological formulations containing methylparaben and propylparaben or sorbic acid as preservatives. An adequate separation was obtained using octadecylsilica as stationary phase and a mixture of acetonitrile (MeCN) and 25 mM phosphate buffer of pH 3.5 as mobile phase. ...