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Shiraki R, Wakigawa K, Ogawa S, Gohda A, Mori T, Katayama Y. First GC/MS identification of aqueous ammonia: utilization of ethenesulfonyl fluoride as a selective and rapid derivatization reagent of ammonia in aqueous media. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2023; 15:5294-5299. [PMID: 37807705 DOI: 10.1039/d3ay01071f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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Identification as well as quantification of ammonia are required in some analytical fields including forensic science. For this purpose, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis is one of the most suitable techniques. Although ammonia needs to be derivatized for GC/MS analysis, conventional derivatization reagents require anhydrous conditions because they are highly reactive with water. Here, we investigated ethenesulfonyl fluoride (ESF) as a selective reagent for ammonia derivatization in aqueous media to develop a rapid identification method for ammonia in aqueous media. The Michael addition reaction of ammonia with ESF rapidly produced a tri-ESF derivative suitable for GC/MS analysis. We optimized the derivatization reaction conditions and extraction solvent. With the optimized protocol, the detection limit for aqueous ammonia was 0.05 μg mL-1. The calibration curve showed good linearity (R2 = 0.9998) in the range of 0.10-100.0 μg mL-1, and the accuracy (% bias) and the precision (% relative standard deviation) for concentrations of 0.10, 0.25, 10.0, and 75.0 μg mL-1 were within ± 10% (intra- and inter-day). The proposed ESF-based method could quantify ammonia in samples containing interfering nucleophilic substances. This method was successfully applied to ammonia-containing commercial products.
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- Ryosuke Shiraki
- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
- Forensic Science Laboratory, Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters, 7-7 Higashikoen, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-8576, Japan
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- Forensic Science Laboratory, Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters, 7-7 Higashikoen, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-8576, Japan
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- Forensic Science Laboratory, Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters, 7-7 Higashikoen, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-8576, Japan
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- Forensic Science Laboratory, Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters, 7-7 Higashikoen, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-8576, Japan
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- Center for Future Chemistry, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- Center for Future Chemistry, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- International Research Center for Molecular Systems, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- Center for Advanced Medical Innovation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8532, Japan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan 32023, Taiwan
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Myrgorodska I, Javelle T, Meinert C, Meierhenrich UJ. Enantioselective Gas Chromatography in Search of the Origin of Biomolecular Asymmetry in Outer Space. Isr J Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201600067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Iuliia Myrgorodska
- Institut de Chimie de Nice ICN, UMR CNRS 7272; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Faculté des Sciences; ParcValrose 06108 Nice France
- Synchrotron SOLEIL; L'Orme des Merisiers; BP 48 Saint Aubin 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- Institut de Chimie de Nice ICN, UMR CNRS 7272; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Faculté des Sciences; ParcValrose 06108 Nice France
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- Institut de Chimie de Nice ICN, UMR CNRS 7272; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Faculté des Sciences; ParcValrose 06108 Nice France
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- Institut de Chimie de Nice ICN, UMR CNRS 7272; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Faculté des Sciences; ParcValrose 06108 Nice France
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Karamani AA, Fiamegos YC, Vartholomatos G, Stalikas CD. Fluoroacetylation/fluoroethylesterification as a derivatization approach for gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in metabolomics: preliminary study of lymphohyperplastic diseases. J Chromatogr A 2013; 1302:125-32. [PMID: 23806352 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.05.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2013] [Revised: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 05/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Metabolic fingerprinting in combination with gas chromatography and multivariate analysis is being extensively employed for the improved understanding of biological changes induced by endogenous or exogenous factors. Chemical derivatization increases the sensitivity and specificity of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for polar or thermally labile biological compounds, which bear derivatizable groups. Thus, there is a constant demand for simple methods of derivatization and separation that satisfy the need for metabolite analysis, identifying as many chemical classes of compounds as possible. In this study, an optimized protocol of extraction and derivatization is established as a generally applicable method for the analysis of a wide range of classes of metabolites in urine, whole blood and saliva. Compounds of biological relevance bearing hydroxyl- carboxyl- and amino-groups are derivatized using single-step fluoroacetylation/fluoroethylesterification after proper optimization of the protocol. Subsequently, the developed derivatization procedure is engaged in finding blood metabolic biomarkers, induced by lymphohyperplastic disease, through the metabolomic fingerprinting approach, the multivariate modeling (hierarchical cluster analysis) and GC-MS. Our preliminary, GC-MS-based metabolomic fingerprinting study underlines the contribution of certain metabolites to the discrimination of patients with lymphohyperplastic diseases.
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- Anna A Karamani
- Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 451 10, Greece
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Stephany O, Tisse S, Coadou G, Bouillon JP, Peulon-Agasse V, Cardinael P. Influence of amino acid moiety accessibility on the chiral recognition of cyclodextrin–amino acid mixed selectors in enantioselective gas chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2012; 1270:254-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2012.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2012] [Revised: 10/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/11/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Geffroy-Rodier C, Buch A, Sternberg R, Papot S. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry of hexafluoroacetone derivatives: First time utilization of a gaseous phase derivatizing agent for analysis of extraterrestrial amino acids. J Chromatogr A 2012; 1245:158-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2012.04.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2012] [Revised: 04/06/2012] [Accepted: 04/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Comparison of derivatization and chromatographic methods for GC-MS analysis of amino acid enantiomers in physiological samples. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2010; 878:1103-12. [PMID: 20371216 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2010.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2010] [Revised: 03/11/2010] [Accepted: 03/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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GC-MS analysis of fluorinated and non-fluorinated chloroformate and anhydride derivatives of amino acid (AA) enantiomers on two different chiral columns was compared for the direct quantification of free L- and D-AAs in human serum and urine in a single analytical run. Best sensitivity was achieved with pentafluoropropionic anhydride/heptafluorobutanol derivatives separated on a Chirasil-L-Val column. However, the occurrence of racemization during derivatization precluded accurate quantification of AA enantiomers. Derivatization with methyl chloroformate/methanol and separation on an Rt-gammaDEXsa column did not exhibit racemization and yielded ten baseline separated racemates of proteinogenic AAs with resolution values greater than 2.4. However, protein and peptide hydrolysis occurred in serum and urine during the highly exothermal derivatization reaction under alkaline conditions. Removing serum proteins by precipitation before derivatization and performing the reaction at neutral pH enabled the determination of accurate free AA enantiomer concentrations. Accuracy of quantification was validated by an established nonchiral GC-MS method for AA analysis. Reliable quantification was achieved using stable-isotope labeled L-AAs as internal standards. Limits of detection (LOD) and lower limits of quantification (LLOQ) for the D-AAs were in the range of 3.2-446 nM and 0.031-1.95 microM, respectively. Relative standard deviations (N=6) for the measurement of AAs in urine and serum ranged from 0.49-11.10% to 0.70-3.87%, respectively. The method was applied to the analysis of urine from 19 patients with renal insufficiency. In comparison to healthy probands, D-ratios of Ala, Val, Pro, Thr, Asp, and Asn were significantly increased.
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Freissinet C, Buch A, Sternberg R, Szopa C, Geffroy-Rodier C, Jelinek C, Stambouli M. Search for evidence of life in space: Analysis of enantiomeric organic molecules by N,N-dimethylformamide dimethylacetal derivative dependant Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2010; 1217:731-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2009.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2009] [Revised: 10/29/2009] [Accepted: 11/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zampolli MG, Basaglia G, Dondi F, Sternberg R, Szopa C, Pietrogrande MC. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis of amino acid enantiomers as methyl chloroformate derivatives: Application to space analysis. J Chromatogr A 2007; 1150:162-72. [PMID: 17222857 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2006.12.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2006] [Revised: 11/29/2006] [Accepted: 12/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This work describes a GC-MS method for enantioselective separation of amino acids. The method is based on a derivatization reaction which employs a mixture of alkyl chloroformate-alcohol-pyridine, as reagents to obtain the N(O,S)-alkyl alkoxy carbonyl esters of amino acids. Various reaction parameters are investigated and optimized to achieve a reproducible derivatization procedure suitable for separation of amino acid enantiomers on Chirasil-L-Val chiral stationary phase. In particular, the following topics are investigated for 20 proteinogenic amino acids: (i) the proper reagent and reaction conditions to obtain the highest derivative yield; (ii) the amino acid reactivity and the MS properties of the obtained derivatives; (iii) the linearity and sensitivity of the analytical method; (iv) the retention behavior of the derivatives and their enantiomeric separation on the Chirasil-L-Val chiral stationary phase. By combining the resolution power of the Chirasil-L-Val column and the high selectivity of the SIM MS detection mode, the described procedure enables the enantiomeric separation and quantification of 16 enantiomeric pairs of amino acids. The procedure is simple and fast and reproducible. It displays a wide linearity range at ppb detection limits for quantitative determinations: these properties make this derivatization method a suitable candidate for amino acid GC-MS analysis on board of the spacecrafts in space exploration missions of solar system body environments.
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- M G Zampolli
- Department of Chemistry, University of Ferrara, Via Luigi Borsari, 46 I-44100 Ferrara, Italy
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Current literature in mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2007; 42:127-38. [PMID: 17199253 PMCID: PMC7166443 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In order to keep subscribers up‐to‐date with the latest developments in their field, John Wiley & Sons are providing a current awareness service in each issue of the journal. The bibliography contains newly published material in the field of mass spectrometry. Each bibliography is divided into 11 sections: 1 Books, Reviews & Symposia; 2 Instrumental Techniques & Methods; 3 Gas Phase Ion Chemistry; 4 Biology/Biochemistry: Amino Acids, Peptides & Proteins; Carbohydrates; Lipids; Nucleic Acids; 5 Pharmacology/Toxicology; 6 Natural Products; 7 Analysis of Organic Compounds; 8 Analysis of Inorganics/Organometallics; 9 Surface Analysis; 10 Environmental Analysis; 11 Elemental Analysis. Within each section, articles are listed in alphabetical order with respect to author (6 Weeks journals ‐ Search completed at 4th. Oct. 2006)
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