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The focus of this chapter has been on the synthesis of new catalysts by parallel and combinatorial methods. Another aspect important to the development of new catalysts by these methods is the screening of these large libraries. We will not attempt to cover this topic comprehensively but do feel it is necessary to summarize some of the approaches that have been taken. Methods for screening libraries can be divided into both serial and parallel methods. Generally, the serial methods are adaptations of standard methods that allow for rapid individual analysis of each member of a library. Serial approaches for the analysis of libraries can be as simple as use of an auto sampler on a GC or HPLC system or as advanced as laser-induced resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization of reaction products above the head-space of a catalyst (16) or microprobe sampling MS (63). The determination of en-antioselectivity in catalysis is a particular problem. Reetz et al. (64) reported the use of pseudoenantiomers and MS in the screening of enantioselective catalysis while Finn and co-workers (65) used diastereoselective derivatization followed by MS to measure ee. 

The most popular current techniques for amino acid analysis rely on liquid chromatography and there are two basic analytical methods. The first is based on ion-exchange chromatography with post-column derivatization. The second uses pre-column derivatization followed by reversed-phase HPLC. Derivatization is necessary because amino acids, with very few exceptions, do not absorb in the UV-visible region, nor do they possess natural fluorescence. 

PITC has been used extensively in the sequencing of peptides and proteins and reactions under alkaline conditions with both primary and secondary amino acids. The methods of sample preparation and derivatization follow a stringent procedure which involves many labour-intensive stages. However, the resulting phenylthio-carbamyl-amino acids (PTC-AA s) are very stable, and the timing of the derivatization step is not as critical as when using OPA. 

A. Liquid-phase Derivatization Followed by Mass Spectrometry... 

Brede, C., Skjevrak, I. and Herikstad, H. (2003). Determination of primary aromatic amines in water food simulant using solid-phase analytical derivatization followed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, J. Chrom. A, 983, 35-42. 

V- Much effort has been expended in the development of more sensitive methods for the analysis and detection of catecholamines. They have been analyzed as the dansyl derivatives (376) or after precolumn derivati-zation with o-phthalaldehyde (377, 378). Postcolumn derivatization followed by fluorometric analysis have been described in which the fluoro-phore was formed with o-phthalaldehyde (379) or with 9,10-dimethoxyanthracene-2-sulfonate as the ion-pair (380). Several laboratories have shown the sensitivity and specificity in electrochemical detection methods (381 -383). 

Isolation of the feeding factor for M. sexta was a far more difficult task. Whereas 2-tridecanone is a simple, stable molecule soluble in organic solvents, the feeding factor is water soluble, occurs at trace levels in plant tissue, and is easily hydrolyzed under mild alkaline or acidic conditions with subsequent loss of biological activity. The isolation of such a compound was a formidable obstacle requiring a departure from the more classical approach of hydrolysis or chemical derivatization followed by isolation of the lipophilic product. The necessity that pure substance be isolated with retention of biological activity required some basic research in modem separation techniques to develop a suitably mild isolation strategy. 

FE Lancaster, JF Lawrence. Determination of total non-sulphonated aromatic amines in tartrazine, sunset yellow FCF and allura red by reduction and derivatization followed by high performance liquid chromatography. Food Addit Contam 8(3) 249-264, 1991. 

Figure 4-5. Reaction mechanism for the derivatization followed by reductive cleavage based on Lu and Ralph (1997). Reaction of the lignin with acetylbromide (AcBr) results in the acetylation of the y-carbon, while the a-carbon is brominated. Zinc (Zn) catalyzes the cleavage of the ether bond between the P-carbon of one residue and the 0-4 position of the adjacent residue. The resulting monomer is acetylated with acetic anhydride (Ac20) and pyridine (Py). R can be a proton or an aryl group. In H-residues R3 and R5 are protons, in G-residues R3 is a methoxyl group and R5 is a proton, whereas in S-residues both R3 and R5 are methoxyl groups. The wavy bonds indicate that both the S- and R- (4.26, 4.27) or E- and Z-stereo-isomers (4.28, 4.29) are present.

Lu, F., and Ralph, J., 1997, Derivatization followed by reductive cleavage (DFRC method), a new method for lignin analysis protocol for analysis of DFRC monomers, J. Agr. Food Chem. 45 2590-2592. 

Amino acid analyzers have improved the analysis of free amino acids to a great extent. They offer superior sensitivity, speed, and accuracy to conventional methods. Many such systems are based on IEC. Postcolumn detection is done by ninhydrin derivatization followed by photometric measurement at 570 and 440 nm for primary and secondary amino acids, respectively. Amino acid analyzers are now common and are being manufactured by many companies (e.g., Hitachi, Beckman, PerkinElmer, HP, Pharmacia, etc.). Numerous authors have used amino acid analyzers to monitor proteolysis in several kinds of cheeses (Ardo and Gripon, 1995 Edwards and Kosikowski, 1983 Fenelon et al., 2000 Gardiner et al., 1998 Kaiser et al., 1992 Yvon et al., 1997). A comparison of amino acid analyzers and several other methods for amino acid analysis is available from Biitikofer and Ardo (1999) and Lemieux et al. (1990). 

Enantiomers are traditionally separated by crystallization of diastereoisomeric salts or by diastereoisomeric derivatization followed by crystallization. This technique is somewhat limited if there is no acidic or basic nature or no point of derivatization. In addition, it can be a laborious process to optimize the crystallization process. 

Both the postcolumn derivatization and precolumn derivatization approaches are shown in Figure 2-12. Because of its speed and accuracy at low levels (1-250 picomoles), the precolumn derivatization followed by reverse-phase LC is becoming a popular approach. Most current research which is being done requires high sensitivity at low levels, which can only be done by the precolumn approach. One research group, referring to the precolumn derivatization method of reference 8, stated It is really much better than we had before. It has lowered our routine sensitivity by a factor of 50 and has reduced analysis time from 2 hours to 20 minutes. (9)... 

Derivatization Followed by Reductive Cleavage (DFRC) A Method with... 

DERIVATIZATION FOLLOWED BY REDUCTIVE CLEAVAGE (DFRC) A METHOD WITH UNIQUE FEATURES THAT PROVIDED NOVEL INFORMATION ON LIGNIN STRUCTURE... 

In 1997, Ralph and coworkers introdnced a new analytical degradation method, the DFRC procednre (acronym for derivatization followed by reductive cleavage). Similar to thioacidolysis, this method selectively cleaves 3-aryl ethers in lignins and... 

When using GC organic acids are typically transferred into an organic solvent followed by derivatization, which makes organic acids suitable for GC measurement. Exceptions are direct aqueous injections of water samples (e.g., wastewater) onto specialty GC columns (Section II.C.l). Transfer into organic solvent may be achieved by liquid-liquid extraction, evaporation at high pH and subsequent solvent addition, solid-phase extraction on anion exchange resins and subsequent elution with solvents, or aqueous derivatization followed by extraction (Section II.B.3.a). 

Amongst saponins, those with ester functions are the source of redoubtable structural problems. They can be solved chemically, i.e. by derivatization followed by hydrolysis and identification of the fragments. Reduction reactions may be used to complement hydrolysis reactions in the fragmentation of saponins. A reagent of choice is L1AIH4 which reduces esters into diols prior protection of alcohol functions as ethers is necessary to avoid solubility problems (5). The chemoselective reduction of acids in the presence of esters by diborane is an excellent method of distinguishing these two functions in multifunctional compounds (55). 

By means of OH- and COOH-containing plasma polymer layers the quahfica-tion of these layers as models of single-type functionalized adhesion promoters with variable concentrations of functional groups should be proved. The plasma-initiated copolymerization of acrylic acid with ethylene or 1,3-butadiene is shown in terms of measured COOH concentration as a function of the composition of the comonomer mixture in Fig. 18.3. Depending on the co-monomer reactivity, a more linear correlation (butadiene), or a parabolic behavior (ethylene), between precursor composition and COOH groups produced was observed. For each type and concentration of functional group, its concentration was determined by chemical derivatization followed by XPS analysis as described in Section 18.2.5. 

When faced with the MS analysis of a moderately labile sample, derivatization followed by conventional MS (El or Cl) often proved to be more practical than the specialized MS techniques. The relatively low cost and subsequent availability of this approach served to bolster the development of sensitive derivatization techniques for use in probe and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) experiments. The gains in volatility and thermal stability available through derivatization substantially extended the applicability of mass spectrometry. However, as sample molecular weight and thermal instability increased, derivatization was no longer able to provide the increased p>erformance observed at low mass (< 1500 daltons). This problem was further compounded by the net increase in sample molecular weight associated with most derivatization procedures. 

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