Chromatography spot detection

The Lobry de Bruyn reaction can be carried out on the paper, followed by chromatography of the products.167 168 The procedure of Bayly and Bourne22 for forming benzylamine derivatives of oligosaccharides on filter paper has been mentioned previously. Enzymic hydrolysis of phosphate esters, in conjunction with paper chromatography, aids detection of the spots.126... 

A very useful identification tool is the combination of GC and thin-layer chromatography (TLC). The first work on combined GC-TLC appears to have been by Janak [59]. The GC column effluent is split into two streams, one of which enters the detector and the other, led via a heated conduit, impinges on the chromatographic thin layer carried by a moving plate. The GC fractions sampled in this way are subsequently developed and the TLC spots detected in the usual manner. The result is a kind of two-dimensional thin-... 

Separation of amino acids and their identification in different mixtures are frequent tasks encountered in biochemistry. Thin layer chromatography is a fast, simple, and inexpensive approach to attain this goal. Because some of the components are UV-inactive, other methods, such as vibrational spectroscopy, should be applied for detection and identification. Comparative study based on Raman spectroscopy of thin layer chromatography spots of some weak Raman scatterers (essential amino acids) was carried out using four different visible and near-infrared laser radiation wavelengths 532, 633,785, and 1064 nm. The best results were obtained with simple silica gel plates. 

Thin-Layer Chromatography. Chiral stationary phases have been used less extensively in tic as in high performance Hquid chromatography (hplc). This may, in large part, be due to lack of avakabiHty. The cost of many chiral selectors, as well as the accessibiHty and success of chiral additives, may have inhibited widespread commerciali2ation. Usually, nondestmctive visuali2ation of the sample spots in tic is accompHshed using iodine vapor, uv or fluorescence. However, the presence of the chiral selector in the stationary phase can mask the analyte and interfere with detection (43). 

Chemical stabiUty studies are monitored by siUca gel thin-layer chromatography (dc) or by high performance Hquid chromatography (hplc) using a reverse-phase C g coated column (24). Hplc peaks or dc spots are visualized by thek uv absorption at 245 nm the tic spots can also be detected by ceric sulfate or phosphomolybdic acid staining. 

The residue is triturated with methanol to afford a crystalline solid. This material contains no detectable amount of starting material by paperstrip chromatography but shows two UV absorbing spots near the solvent front (methanol-formamide 2 1 vs benzene-n-hexane 1 1). An aliquot is recrystallized three times from a mixture of benzene and n-hexane to give 17a,20,20,21-bis(methylenedioxy)-11(3-hydroxy-6,16a-dimethyl-4,6-pregnadiene-3-one which is used in the subsequent step of the synthesis without further purification. 

Two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography. This method is used to verify the presence of terminal 5-sultones, terminal unsaturated y-sultone, and terminal 2-chloro-y-sultone, if they are detected in the gas chromatographic determination. After extraction of the neutral oil from the AOS sample, the neutral oil is made up volumetrically to at least a 10% solution in hexane. Of this solution 3 pi is spotted onto a silica gel TLC plate together with standard sultones. It is twice developed with 2-propyl ether and then after turning the plate 90° twice developed with 60/40 n-butyl chloride/methylene chloride. The... 

FIGURE 10.13 The TLC profiles of labeled peaks isolated from [U- C]ascorbic-acid-modified calf lens protein obtained from Bio-Gel P-2 chromatography. Peaks 2 to 7 were spotted on a preparative silica gel TLC plate and developed with ethanol/ammonia (7 3, v/v). The fluorescence in each lane was detected by irradiation with a Wood s lamp at 360 nm, and the pattern of radioactivity was determined by scanning the plate with AMBIS imaging system. (Reprinted with permission from Cheng, R. et al., Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1537, 14-26, 2001. Copyright (2001) Elsevier.)... 

Dichloromethane extraction of culture broth, thin layer chromatography of the extract, and visualization with 5% vanillin/sulfuric acid spray is effective for detecting cycloheximide in culture broth. Cycloheximide applied to TLC plates in amounts as low as 1 yg/spot will produce visible color with the vanillin spray. 

The methods most commonly used to detect hydrogen sulfide in environmental samples include GC/FPD, gas chromatography with electrochemical detection (GC/ECD), iodometric methods, the methylene blue colorimetric or spectrophotometric method, the spot method using paper or tiles impregnated with lead acetate or mercuric chloride, ion chromatography with conductivity, and potentiometric titration with a sulfide ion-selective electrode. Details of commonly used analytical methods for several types of environmental samples are presented in Table 6-2. 

In chromatography techniques, selectivity can be proved by the existence of good separation between the analyte and the other components (such as the matrix, impurities, degradation product(s), and metabolites). A consequence of this requirement is that the resolution of the analyte from the other components should be more than 1.5-2.0. In order to detect the possibility of coelution of other substance(s), the purity of the analyte peak should also be determined. For instance, the UV-Vis spectrum of the analyte peak/spot can be used to determine 4the purity of the analyte peak/spot, in this case the correlation coefficient V (this term is used by the software of DAD System Manager Hitachi, and CATS from Camag). With the same meaning and mathematical equation, other terms are used, such as Match... 

Most of the reactions described in the following chapters were monitored by Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) using plastic TLC plates coated with a thin layer of Merck 60 F254 silica gel. The products were detected by using an ultraviolet lamp or the TLC plates were treated with p-anisaldehyde reagent, prepared as explained below, and then heated to 120 °C to stain the spots. After visualization and measurement, the Rf values were recorded. 

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