Elevated-temperature chromatography

Two primary types of methods have been developed to determine alkylenebis-(dithiocarbamate) residues in different crops. Both methods are based on the decomposition of the alkylenebis(dithiocarbamates) at elevated temperature in hydrochloric acid and stannous chloride to form carbon disulfide, which is analyzed by either spectrophotometry or gas chromatography (GC). 

Ethylenethiourea (ETU) is a toxic decomposition product/metabolite of alky-lenebis(dithiocarbamates). This compound could be generated during processing of treated crops at elevated temperature. Different chromatographic methods to determine the residue levels of ETU have been published. After extraction with methanol, clean-up on a Gas-Chrom S/alumina column and derivatization (alkylation) with bro-mobutane, ETU residues can be determined by GC with a flame photometric detector in the sulfur mode. Alternatively, ETU residues can also be determined by an HPLC method with UV detection at 240 nm or by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) or liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) (molecular ion m/z 103). ... 

Antia, F. D. and Horvath, Cs., High-performance liquid chromatography at elevated temperatures examination of conditions for the rapid separation of large molecules,. Chromatogr., 435, 1, 1988. 

Watson and Kenney [62] describe the use of high-performance size-exclusion chromatography to examine the aggregation of interferon-y and interleukin-2 after storage at elevated temperature, after mechanical agitation, and following rapid freeze-thaw. An excellent review on SEC can be found in Ref. 63. 

Others have examined the necessary parameters that should be optimized to make the two-dimensional separation operate within the context of the columns that are chosen for the unique separation applications that are being developed. This is true for most of the applications shown in this book. However, one of the common themes here is that it is often necessary to slow down the first-dimension separation system in a 2DLC system. If one does not slow down the first dimension, another approach is to speed up the second dimension so that the whole analysis is not gated by the time of the second dimension. Recently, this has been the motivation behind the very fast second-dimension systems, such as Carr and coworker s fast gradient reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) second dimension systems, which operate at elevated temperatures (Stoll et al., 2006, 2007). Having a fast second dimension makes CE an attractive technique, especially with fast gating methods, which are discussed in Chapter 5. However, these are specialized for specific applications and may require method development techniques specific to CE. 

The peptide/polypeptide product is usually hydrolysed by incubation with 6 mol l-1 HC1 at elevated temperatures (110 °C), under vacuum, for extended periods (12-24 h). The constituent amino acids are separated from each other by ion-exchange chromatography and identified by comparison with standard amino acid preparations. Reaction with ninhydrin allows subsequent quantification of each amino acid present. 

Supercritical fluid chromatography employs supercritical fluid instead of gas or liquid to achieve separations. Supercritical fluids generally exist at conditions above atmospheric pressure and at an elevated temperature. As a fluid, the supercritical state generally exhibits properties that are intermediate to the properties of either a gas or a liqiud. Chapter 16 discusses various advantages of SFC over GC and HPLC and also provides some interesting applications. 

A gas chromatograph with a capillary column coupled to a mass spectrometer is an ideal analytical partnership. Effluent from the column has an elevated temperature and the molecules of interest are in a vapor state and ready to enter the ion source. This eliminates the need for desolvation that is required in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-MS. 

Cyclopropanation of Cjq with diethyl bromomalonate in toluene with NaH as auxiliary base proceeds smoothly at room temperature (Scheme 3.5). By-products are unreacted Cjq and higher adducts. The formahon of higher adducts is discussed in detail in Chapter 10. The monoadduct can be isolated easily from the reach on mixture by column chromatography. Saponificahon of such di(efhoxycarbonyl)-methylene adducts of Cgg is achieved by treatment with NaH in toluene at elevated temperatures and subsequent quenching with methanol (Scheme 3.6) [32], This method provides easy access to defined water-soluble fullerenes and can also be applied to higher adducts. These malonic acid derivatives of are very soluble in polar solvents, for example acetone, THF or basic water, but insoluble in aqueous acids. 

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