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Cecil T, Bautista J, Collinson MM, Rutan SC. Preparation and characterization of stationary phase gradients on C8 liquid chromatography columns. J Chromatogr A 2024; 1727:464974. [PMID: 38761702 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2024.464974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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Continuous C8 stationary phase gradients are created on commercial Waters Symmetry Shield RP8 columns by strategically cleaving the C8 moieties in a time-dependent fashion. The method relies on the controlled infusion of a trifluoroacetic acid/water/acetonitrile solution through the column to cleave the organic functionality (e.g., C8) from the siloxane framework. The bond cleavage solution is reactive enough to cleave the functional groups, even with polar groups embedded within the stationary phase to protect the silica. Both the longitudinal and radial heterogeneity were evaluated by extruding the silica powder into polyethylene tubing and evaluating the percent carbon content in the different sections using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). TGA analysis shows the presence of a stationary phase gradient in the longitudinal direction but not in the radial direction. Two different gradient profiles were formed with good reproducibility by modifying the infusion method: one exhibited an 'S'-shaped gradient while the other exhibited a steep exponential-like gradient. The gradients were characterized chromatographically using test mixtures, and the results showed varied retention characteristics and an enhanced ability to resolve nicotine analytes.
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- Thomas Cecil
- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 842006, Richmond, VA 23284-2006, USA
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- Dow Chemical, 230 Abner Jackson Pkwy, Lake Jackson, TX 77566, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 842006, Richmond, VA 23284-2006, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 842006, Richmond, VA 23284-2006, USA
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Xu M, Wu Z. A mixed-mode reversed-phase/strong-anion-exchange stationary phase: Analyte-retention stability and application in the analysis of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. J Chromatogr A 2024; 1722:464871. [PMID: 38593520 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2024.464871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Mixed-mode reversed-phase/anion-exchange chromatography (RP/AEX) is an effective method for the chromatographic analysis of acidic drugs because it combines reversed-phase chromatography (RP) with anion-exchange chromatography (AEX). However, the result repeatability for the RP/AEX analysis of acidic drugs is frequently compromised by the detrimental effects of residual silanol groups in an RP/AEX stationary phase on peak separation and analyte retention. In this study, an RP/weak-AEX stationary phase with amino anion-exchange groups, Sil-AA, was prepared. Subsequently, an RP/strong-AEX stationary phase, Sil-PBQA, was prepared by replacing the amino groups in Sil-AA with a benzene ring and a benzyl-containing quaternary ammonium salt. The chromatographic behaviors of Sil-PBQA and Sil-AA were compared, and the effect of residual silanol groups on the chromatographic behavior of an RP/AEX stationary phase was evaluated. Residual silanol groups not only caused additional electrostatic interactions for acidic analytes, but also competed with the analytes for the anion-exchange sites in an RP/AEX stationary phase. The effects of different salt-containing mobile-phase systems on the analyte-retention behavior of Sil-PBQA were investigated to develop a method that enhanced the repeatability of the RP/AEX acidic-analyte-analysis results obtained using Sil-PBQA and facilitated the separation of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on Sil-PBQA. The ideas presented in this paper can improve the separation of peaks and repeatability of results in the RP/AEX analysis of acidic drugs.
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- Meng Xu
- School of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China
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Wang J, Qiao JQ, Zheng WJ, Lian HZ. Effect of ionic liquids as mobile phase additives on retention behaviors of G-quadruplexes in reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2024; 1715:464604. [PMID: 38176351 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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G-quadruplexes (G4s) play an important role in a variety of biological processes and have extensive application prospects. Due to the significance of G4s in physiology and biosensing, studies on G4s have attracted much attention, stimulating the development or improvement of methods for G4 structures and polymorphism analysis. In this work, ionic liquids (ILs) were involved as mobile phase additives in reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) to analyse G4s with various conformations for the first time. How ILs affected the retention behaviors of G4s was investigated comprehensively. It was found that the addition of ILs markedly enhanced G4 retention, along with obvious amelioration on chromatographic peak shapes and separation. The influence of pH of mobile phase and types of ILs were also included in order to acquire an in-depth understanding. It appeared that the effect of ILs on G4 retention behaviors was the result of a combination of various interactions between G4s with the hydrophobic stationary phase and with the IL-containing mobile phase, where ion pair mechanism and enhanced hydrophobic interaction dominated. The findings of this work revealed that ILs could effectively improve the separation of G4s in RP-HPLC, which was conducive to G4 structural analysis, especially for G4s polymorphism elucidation.
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- Ju Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Center of Materials Analysis, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Center of Materials Analysis, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Center of Materials Analysis, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing 210023, China.
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Liu H, Chen J, Chen M, Wang J, Qiu H. Recent development of chiral ionic liquids for enantioseparation in liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis: A review. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1274:341496. [PMID: 37455089 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.341496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Ionic liquids (ILs), which are salts in a molten state below 100 °C, have become a hot topic of research in various fields because of their negligible vapour pressure, high thermal stability, and tunable viscosity. Chiral ionic liquids (CILs) can be applied in chromatography and capillary electrophoresis fields to improve the performance of enantiomeric separation, such as chiral stationary phases (CSPs) and mobile phase additives in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); CSPs in gas chromatography (GC); and background electrolyte additives (BGE), chiral ligands and chiral selectors (CSs) in capillary electrophoresis (CE). This review focuses on the applications of CILs in HPLC and CE for the separation of enantiomers in the past five years. The mechanism for separating enantiomers was explained, and the prospect of the application of CILs in chiral liquid chromatography (LC) and CE analysis was also discussed.
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- Huifeng Liu
- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, China.
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Mohanan S, Guan X, Liang M, Karakoti A, Vinu A. Stimuli-Responsive Silica Silanol Conjugates: Strategic Nanoarchitectonics in Targeted Drug Delivery. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2301113. [PMID: 36967548 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202301113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The design of novel drug delivery systems is exceptionally critical in disease treatments. Among the existing drug delivery systems, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) have shown profuse promise owing to their structural stability, tunable morphologies/sizes, and ability to load different payload chemistry. Significantly, the presence of surface silanol groups enables functionalization with relevant drugs, imaging, and targeting agents, promoting their utility and popularity among researchers. Stimuli-responsive silanol conjugates have been developed as a novel, more effective way to conjugate, deliver, and release therapeutic drugs on demand and precisely to the selected location. Therefore, it is urgent to summarize the current understanding and the surface silanols' role in making MSN a versatile drug delivery platform. This review provides an analytical understanding of the surface silanols, chemistry, identification methods, and their property-performance correlation. The chemistry involved in converting surface silanols to a stimuli-responsive silica delivery system by endogenous/exogenous stimuli, including pH, redox potential, temperature, and hypoxia, is discussed in depth. Different chemistries for converting surface silanols to stimuli-responsive bonds are discussed in the context of drug delivery. The critical discussion is culminated by outlining the challenges in identifying silanols' role and overcoming the limitations in synthesizing stimuli-responsive mesoporous silica-based drug delivery systems.
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- Shan Mohanan
- Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials, The School of Engineering, College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, 2308, Australia
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- Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials, The School of Engineering, College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, 2308, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, College of Health Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, 2308, Australia
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- Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials, The School of Engineering, College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, 2308, Australia
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- Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials, The School of Engineering, College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, 2308, Australia
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Wang C, Liang Y, Yang X, Zhong B, Zhang X, Zhao B, Liang Z, Zhang L, Zhang Y. Surface-Charged Hybrid Monolithic Column for MS-Compatible Peptide Separation with High Peak Capacity and Its Application in Proteomic Analysis. Anal Chem 2022; 94:9525-9529. [PMID: 35762876 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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For bottom-up proteomics, peptide separation with high peak capacity under MS-compatible conditions is of vital significance to increase proteome coverage. Herein, a surface-charged ethane-bridged hybrid monolithic column was prepared based on the efficient ring-opening reaction of N-methyl-aza-2,2,4-trimethyl-silacyclopentane after C18-functionalization. The existence of secondary amino groups on the surface was beneficial to reduce the secondary interactions of silanol groups and increase peak capacity for peptide separation with MS-compatible mobile phases (e.g., using 0.1% FA as the mobile phase modifier). Such columns offered a 4-fold increase in peak capacity compared with ethane-bridged hybrid monolithic columns without surface charge modification. By a 100 cm length surface-charged ethane-bridged hybrid capillary column, high peak capacity of 700 was achieved within a 240 min gradient for the separation of Hela tryptic peptides with 0.1% FA-containing mobile phases, under the low backpressure of ∼200 bar. On average, 44493 ± 459 peptides corresponding to 5148 ± 47 proteins were identified from 750 ng Hela tryptic digests. Finally, the surface-charged ethane-bridged hybrid monolithic column was successfully applied in the quantitative proteomic analysis of dopaminergic neuron death model of N-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium iodide induced SH-SY5Y cells. These results demonstrated great promise of such surface-charged ethane-bridged hybrid monolithic columns for bottom-up proteomic analysis in complex samples.
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- Chao Wang
- CAS Key Lab of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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Goutham R, Rohit P, Vigneshwar SS, Swetha A, Arun J, Gopinath KP, Pugazhendhi A. Ionic liquids in wastewater treatment: A review on pollutant removal and degradation, recovery of ionic liquids, economics and future perspectives. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Arcoleo A, Bianchi F, Careri M. A sensitive microextraction by packed sorbent-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for the assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contamination in Antarctic surface snow. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 282:131082. [PMID: 34470154 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Revised: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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For the first time an eco-friendly method involving microextraction by packed sorbent (MEPS) coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was developed for the determination of the 16 US-EPA priority pollutant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as indicators of anthropogenic contamination in snow samples collected in polar regions. MEPS was carried out by using C8 sorbent material packed in a barrel insert and needle (BIN) and integrated in the eVol® semi-automatic device. For optimization purposes a Face Centred Design and the multicriteria method of the desirability functions were performed to investigate the effect of some parameters affecting the MEPS extraction efficiency, i.e. the number of loading cycles and the number of elution cycles. The developed MEPS-GC-MS method proved to be suitable for PAHs analysis at ultra-trace level by extracting small sample volumes achieving detection limits for 16 PAHs in the 0.3-5 ng L-1 range, repeatability and intermediate precision below 11% and 15%, respectively, and good recovery rates in the 77.6 (±0.1)-120.8 (±0.1)% range for spiked blank snow samples. Enrichment factors in the 64 (±7)-129 (±18) range were calculated. Finally, the proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of PAHs in surface snow samples collected in 2020-2021 from four locations of Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Local emission sources such as ships and research stations were found to influence PAHs concentrations in the surface snow.
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- Angela Arcoleo
- University of Parma, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Parco Area Delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- University of Parma, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Parco Area Delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- University of Parma, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Parco Area Delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.
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Rauwolf S, Steegmüller T, Schwaminger SP, Berensmeier S. Purification of a peptide tagged protein via an affinity chromatographic process with underivatized silica. Eng Life Sci 2021; 21:549-557. [PMID: 34690628 PMCID: PMC8518568 DOI: 10.1002/elsc.202100019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Silica is widely used for chromatography resins due to its high mechanical strength, column efficiency, easy manufacturing (i.e. controlled size and porosity), and low-cost. Despite these positive attributes to silica, it is currently used as a backbone for chromatographic resins in biotechnological downstream processing. The aim of this study is to show how the octapeptide (RH)4 can be used as peptide tag for high-purity protein purification on bare silica. The tag possesses a high affinity to deprotonated silanol groups because the tag's arginine groups interact with the surface via an ion pairing mechanism. A chromatographic workflow to purify GFP fused with (RH)4 could be implemented. Purities were determined by SDS-PAGE and RP-HPLC. The equilibrium binding capacity of the fusion protein GFP-(RH)4 on silica is 450 mg/g and the dynamic binding capacity around 3 mg/mL. One-step purification from clarified lysate achieved a purity of 93% and a recovery of 94%. Overloading the column enhances the purity to >95%. Static experiments with different buffers showed variability of the method making the system independent from buffer choice. Our designed peptide tag allows bare silica to be utilized in preparative chromatography for downstream bioprocessing; thus, providing a cost saving factor regarding expensive surface functionalization. Underivatized silica in combination with our (RH)4 peptide tag allows the purification of proteins, in all scales, without relying on complex resins.
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- Stefan Rauwolf
- Department of Mechanical EngineeringTechnical University of MunichMunichGermany
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringTechnical University of MunichMunichGermany
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringTechnical University of MunichMunichGermany
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Rauwolf S, Bag S, Rouqueiro R, Schwaminger SP, Dias-Cabral AC, Berensmeier S, Wenzel W. Insights on Alanine and Arginine Binding to Silica with Atomic Resolution. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:9384-9390. [PMID: 34551250 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Interactions of biomolecules with inorganic oxide surfaces such as silica in aqueous solutions are of profound interest in various research fields, including chemistry, biotechnology, and medicine. While there is a general understanding of the dominating electrostatic interactions, the binding mechanism is still not fully understood. Here, chromatographic zonal elution and flow microcalorimetry experiments were combined with molecular dynamic simulations to describe the interaction of different capped amino acids with the silica surface. We demonstrate that ion pairing is the dominant electrostatic interaction. Surprisingly, the interaction strength is more dependent on the repulsive carboxy group than on the attracting amino group. These findings are essential for conducting experimental and simulative studies on amino acids when transferring the results to biomolecule-surface interactions.
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- Stefan Rauwolf
- Department Mechanical Engineering, Bioseparation Engineering Group, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstrasse 15, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institute for Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, CICS-UBI Health Science Research Center, University Beira Interior, Avenida Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
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- Department Mechanical Engineering, Bioseparation Engineering Group, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstrasse 15, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, CICS-UBI Health Science Research Center, University Beira Interior, Avenida Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
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- Department Mechanical Engineering, Bioseparation Engineering Group, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstrasse 15, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institute for Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Static vs. Dynamic Electrostatic Repulsion Reversed Phase Liquid Chromatography: Solutions for Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Basic Compounds. SEPARATIONS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/separations8050059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Many efforts have been made to separate basic compounds, which are challenging to resolve in reversed phase liquid chromatography. In this process, they are strongly retained and the peak shape undergoes significant distortion. The principal origin of this has been identified with the non-negligible interaction with residual deprotonated silanols. Consequently, all solutions that efficiently shield silanols are being sought. This review is an upgrade on the use of the electrostatic repulsion reversed phase (ERRP) approach: retention of bases, in protonated form, can be achieved by modulating the charge repulsion caused by the presence of positive charges in the chromatographic system. This study successfully (i) introduced fixed positive charges in the structure of stationary phases, (ii) used cationic and hydrophobic additives in the mobile phase, and (iii) used the ERRP-like approach employed at the preparative level for peptide purification.
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Hydrophilic Liquid Chromatography versus Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography in the Absence and the Presence of 1-Hexyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride for the Analysis of Basic Compounds. SEPARATIONS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/separations7020030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC), positively charged basic compounds yield broad and asymmetric peaks, as a result of ionic interactions with free silanols that remain on conventional silica-based columns. Diverse solutions have been proposed to mask the silanophilic activity, which is translated to an improved peak shape. In this work, the chromatographic performance of hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) was evaluated as an alternative to the addition of an ionic liquid (IL) to the aqueous-organic mobile phase used with RPLC columns, for the analysis of eight β-adrenoceptor antagonists. ILs change the behavior of RPLC stationary phases owing to adsorption on their surface. Meanwhile, in HILIC, a layer of adsorbed water is formed on the stationary phase surface. The association of cationic basic compounds with the adsorbed additive ions, hydrophilic partitioning on the HILIC columns, and other interactions, give rise to complex retention mechanisms. The chromatographic behavior was examined in terms of retention, elution strength, selectivity, peak shape and resolution, using acetonitrile-water mobile phases buffered at pH 3. Both chromatographic modes, RPLC with added IL and HILIC, proved to be a viable solution to the problem of poor peak shape for basic compounds.
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Manetto S, Mazzoccanti G, Ciogli A, Villani C, Gasparrini F. Ultra-high performance separation of basic compounds on reversed-phase columns packed with fully/superficially porous silica and hybrid particles by using ultraviolet transparent hydrophobic cationic additives. J Sep Sci 2020; 43:1653-1662. [PMID: 32043722 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201901333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The use of the tetrabutylammonium additive was investigated in the ultra-high performance reversed-phase liquid chromatographic elution of basic molecules of pharmaceutical interest. When added to the mobile phase at low pH, the hydrophobic tetrabutylammonium cation interacts with the octadecyl chains and with the residual silanols, thus imparting a positive charge to the stationary phase, modulating retention and improving peak shape of protonated basic solutes. Two sources of additive were tested: a mixture of tetrabutylammonium hydroxide/trifluoroacetic acid and tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate. Retention and peak shape of 11 basic pharmaceutical compounds were evaluated on commercially available ultra-fast columns packed with octadecyl stationary phases (Ascentis Express C18 2.0 µm, Acquity BEH C18 1.7 µm, Titan C18 1.9 µm). All columns benefit from the use of additive, especially tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate, providing very symmetric peaks with reasonable retention times. Focusing on the probe compounds amitriptyline and sertraline, efficiency and asymmetry values were investigated at increasing retention factor. The trend is very different to that obtained in reversed-phase conditions and the effect lies in the complex molecular interaction mechanisms based on hydrophobic and ion exchange interactions as well as electrostatic repulsion.
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- Simone Manetto
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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Treder N, Bączek T, Wychodnik K, Rogowska J, Wolska L, Plenis A. The Influence of Ionic Liquids on the Effectiveness of Analytical Methods Used in the Monitoring of Human and Veterinary Pharmaceuticals in Biological and Environmental Samples-Trends and Perspectives. Molecules 2020; 25:E286. [PMID: 31936806 PMCID: PMC7024248 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25020286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Recent years have seen the increased utilization of ionic liquids (ILs) in the development and optimization of analytical methods. Their unique and eco-friendly properties and the ability to modify their structure allows them to be useful both at the sample preparation stage and at the separation stage of the analytes. The use of ILs for the analysis of pharmaceuticals seems particularly interesting because of their systematic delivery to the environment. Nowadays, they are commonly detected in many countries at very low concentration levels. However, due to their specific physiological activity, pharmaceuticals are responsible for bioaccumulation and toxic effects in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems as well as possibly upsetting the body's equilibrium, leading to the dangerous phenomenon of drug resistance. This review will provide a comprehensive summary of the use of ILs in various sample preparation procedures and separation methods for the determination of pharmaceuticals in environmental and biological matrices based on liquid-based chromatography (LC, SFC, TLC), gas chromatography (GC) and electromigration techniques (e.g., capillary electrophoresis (CE)). Moreover, the advantages and disadvantages of ILs, which can appear during extraction and separation, will be presented and attention will be given to the criteria to be followed during the selection of ILs for specific applications.
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- Natalia Treder
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Medical University of Gdańsk, Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdańsk, Poland; (N.T.); (T.B.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Medical University of Gdańsk, Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdańsk, Poland; (N.T.); (T.B.)
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences with Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębowa 23 A, 80-204 Gdańsk, Poland; (K.W.); (J.R.); (L.W.)
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences with Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębowa 23 A, 80-204 Gdańsk, Poland; (K.W.); (J.R.); (L.W.)
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences with Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębowa 23 A, 80-204 Gdańsk, Poland; (K.W.); (J.R.); (L.W.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Medical University of Gdańsk, Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdańsk, Poland; (N.T.); (T.B.)
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Zhou F, Li C, Yang C, Zhu H, Li Y. A spectrophotometric method for simultaneous determination of trace ions of copper, cobalt, and nickel in the zinc sulfate solution by ultraviolet-visible spectrometry. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2019; 223:117370. [PMID: 31301648 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 07/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the zinc sulfate solution, the concentration ratio of zinc to metal ion impurities can be up to 105, which causes impurity ion signals to be severely masked by the zinc signal. In particular, nickel exhibits a strong nonlinearity. Conventional spectroscopic methods are commonly used to detect multi-component analytes with similar concentrations and require the detection component to be linear to satisfy Beer-Lambert law. In order to solve high concentration ratio and nonlinear problems, a spectrophotometric method combining the extended Kalman filter and derivative methods is proposed to simultaneously determine copper, cobalt and nickel in the zinc sulfate solution by ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. The derivative method developed by using continuous wavelet transform with a Haar wavelet function was applied to detect copper and cobalt in regions with wavelengths greater than 500nm, in which the absorbance of zinc and nickel changed to a fixed value, where linear regression graphs for copper and cobalt were established at zero-crossing wavelengths. Extended Kalman filter spectrophotometry is a filtering algorithm for nonlinear systems, so it was proposed to iteratively detect nickel concentration. The detection range was found to be 0.5-5mg/L for copper, 0.3-3mg/L for cobalt, and 0.6-6mg/L. The predicted root mean square error was 0.097 for copper, 0.049 for cobalt, and 0.206 for nickel. The average relative deviations of copper, cobalt, and nickel in 10 sets of mixed solutions were 3.19%, 2.23%, and 4.56%, respectively. The spectrophotometric method studied is suitable for real-time detection and control of trace amounts of copper, cobalt, and nickel in purification process of zinc hydrometallurgy, and can be applied to more fields.
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- Fengbo Zhou
- School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, PR China; School of Information Engineering, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang, Hunan 422000, PR China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, PR China
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- School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, PR China.
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- School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, PR China.
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- School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, PR China
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Abdelhamid AA, Salah HA, Marzouk AA. Synthesis of imidazole derivatives: Ester and hydrazide compounds with antioxidant activity using ionic liquid as an efficient catalyst. J Heterocycl Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.3808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of ScienceSohag University Sohag Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of PharmacyAl Azhar University Cairo Egypt
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Han Y, Liu M, Li X, Liang P, Song Y, Qiao X. Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane grafted silica-based core-shell microspheres for reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Mikrochim Acta 2019; 186:331. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3441-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The high performance of chemically-modified silica gel packing materials is based on the utilization of pure silica gels. Earlier silica gels used to be made from inorganic silica; however, nowadays, silica gels are made from organic silanes. The surface smoothness and lack of trace metals of new silica gels permits easy surface modifications (chemical reactions) and improves the reproducibility and stability. Sharpening peak symmetry is based on developing better surface modification methods (silylation). Typical examples can be found in the chromatography of amitriptyline for silanol testing and that of quinizarin for trace metal testing. These test compounds were selected and demonstrated sensitive results in the measurement of trace amounts of either silanol or trace metals. Here, we demonstrate the three-dimensional model chemical structures of bonded-phase silica gels with surface electron density for easy understanding of the molecular interaction sites with analytes. Furthermore, a quantitative explanation of hydrophilic and hydrophobic liquid chromatographies was provided. The synthesis methods of superficially porous silica gels and their modified products were introduced.
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Kaczmarkiewicz A, Zielak J, Nuckowski Ł, Studzińska S. Analysis of antisense oligonucleotides with the use of ionic liquids as mobile phase modifiers. RSC Adv 2019; 9:39100-39110. [PMID: 35540640 PMCID: PMC9076077 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06483d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The main goal of this study was the investigation of the impact of several ionic liquids, commonly used as free silanol suppressors, on the retention and separation of phosphorothioate oligonucleotides. Three various stationary phases (octadecyl, octadecyl with embedded polar groups and pentafluorophenyl) as well as ionic liquids with the concentration range of 0.1–7 mM were used for this purpose. The results obtained during this study showed that the increase in concentration of ionic liquids results in increasing retention of the oligonucleotides. Such an effect was observed regardless of the stationary phase used. Moreover, elongation of the alkyl chain in the structure of ionic liquids caused an increase of antisense oligonucleotide retention factors. The results obtained during retention studies confirmed that addition of ionic liquids to the mobile phase influences antisense oligonucleotide retention in a way similar to the case of commonly used ion pair reagents such as amines. A method of oligonucleotide separation was also developed. The best selectivity was obtained for the octadecyl stationary phase since separation of mixtures of antisense oligonucleotides and their metabolites differing in sequence length was successful. It has to be pointed out that ionic liquids were used for the first time as mobile phase additives for oligonucleotide analysis. The main goal of this study was the investigation of the impact of several ionic liquids, commonly used as free silanol suppressors, on the retention and separation of phosphorothioate oligonucleotides.![]()
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- Anna Kaczmarkiewicz
- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Nicolaus Copernicus University
- PL-87-100 Toruń
- Poland
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- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Nicolaus Copernicus University
- PL-87-100 Toruń
- Poland
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- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Nicolaus Copernicus University
- PL-87-100 Toruń
- Poland
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- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Nicolaus Copernicus University
- PL-87-100 Toruń
- Poland
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Trujillo-Rodríguez MJ, Anderson JL. In situ formation of hydrophobic magnetic ionic liquids for dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction. J Chromatogr A 2018; 1588:8-16. [PMID: 30600165 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2018.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A new class of magnetic ionic liquid (MIL) containing paramagnetic cations has been applied for in situ dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction in the determination of both polar and non-polar pollutants, including ultraviolet filters, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, alkylphenols, a plasticizer and a preservative in aqueous samples. The MILs were based on cations containing Ni(II) metal centers coordinated with four N-alkylimidazole ligands and chloride anions. The MILs were capable of undergoing in situ metathesis reaction with the bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide ([NTf2-]) anion during the microextraction procedure, generating a water-immiscible extraction solvent containing the preconcentrated analytes. The MIL was then isolated by magnetic separation, followed by direct analysis using reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection. Among all of the studied MILs, those containing the N-butylimidazole and N-benzylimidazole ligands ([Ni(C4IM)42+]2[Cl-] and [Ni(BeIM)42+]2[Cl-], respectively) exhibited the best extraction performance. The method under optimum conditions required 5 mL of sample at pH 3, 20 mg of [Ni(C4IM)42+]2[Cl-] or 30 mg of [Ni(BeIM)42+]2[Cl-], 300 μL of acetone or acetonitrile as dispersive solvent (depending on the MIL), a 1:2 M ratio of MIL to [NTf2-], and 3 min of vortex. The developed method achieved higher extraction efficiency compared to the conventional MIL-dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction mode, with extraction efficiencies of 46.8-88.6% and 65.4-97.0% for the [Ni(C4IM)42+]2[Cl-] and the [Ni(BeIM)42+]2[Cl-] MILs (at a spiked level of 81 μg L-1), respectively, limits of detection down to 5.2 μg L-1, and inter-day relative standard deviation lower than 16%.
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011 USA.
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Mant CT, Byars A, Ankarlo S, Jiang Z, Hodges RS. Separation of highly charged (+5 to +10) amphipathic α-helical peptide standards by cation-exchange and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2018; 1574:60-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2018.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 09/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Recent advances on ionic liquid uses in separation techniques. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1559:2-16. [PMID: 28958758 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.09.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Revised: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The molten organic salts with melting point below 100°C, commonly called ionic liquids (ILs) have found numerous uses in separation sciences due to their exceptional properties as non molecular solvents, namely, a negligible vapor pressure, a high thermal stability, and unique solvating properties due to polarity and their ionic character of molten salts. Other properties, such as viscosity, boiling point, water solubility, and electrochemical window, are adjustable playing with which anion is associated with which cation. This review focuses on recent development of the uses of ILs in separation techniques actualizing our 2008 article (same authors, J. Chromatogr. A, 1184 (2008) 6-18) focusing on alkyl methylimidazolium salts. These developments include the use of ILs in nuclear waste reprocessing, highly thermally stable ILs that allowed for the introduction of polar gas chromatography capillary columns able to work at temperature never seen before (passing 300°C), the use of ILs in liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis, and the introduction of tailor-made ILs for mass spectrometry detection of trace anions at the few femtogram level. The recently introduced deep eutectic solvents are not exactly ILs, they are related enough so that their properties and uses in countercurrent chromatography are presented.
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