The pyrolysis of n-butane and i-butane at low pressure was investigated from 823-1823 K in an electrically heated flow reactor using synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry. More than 20 speci...The pyrolysis of n-butane and i-butane at low pressure was investigated from 823-1823 K in an electrically heated flow reactor using synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry. More than 20 species, especially several radicals and isomers, were detected and identified from the measurements of photoionization efficiency （PIE） spectra. Based on the mass spectrometric analysis, the characteristics of n-butane and i-butane pyrolysis were discussed, which provided experimental evidences for the discussion of decomposition pathways of butane isomers. It is concluded that the isomeric structures of n-butane and i-butane have strong influence on their main decomposition pathways, and lead to dramatic differences in their mass spectra and PIE spectra such as the different dominant products and isomeric structures of butene products. Furthermore, compared with n-butane,i-butane can produce strong signals of benzene at low temperature in its pyrolysis due to the enhanced formation of benzene precursors like propargyl and C4 species, which provides experimental clues to explain the higher sooting tendencies of iso-alkanes than n-alkanes.展开更多
As the key point in sex hormone analysis, sample pre-treatment technology has attracted scientists' attention all over the world, and the development trend of sample preparation forwarded to faster and more effici...As the key point in sex hormone analysis, sample pre-treatment technology has attracted scientists' attention all over the world, and the development trend of sample preparation forwarded to faster and more efficient technologies. Taking economic and environmental concerns into account, subcritical fluid extraction as a faster and more efficient method has stood out as a sample pre-treatment technology. This new extraction technology can overcome the shortcomings of supercritical fluid and achieve higher extraction efficiency at relatively low pressures and temperatures. In this experiment, a simple, sensitive and efficient method has been developed for the determination of diethylstilbestrol(DES) in fish tissue using subcritical 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane(R134a) extraction in combination with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS). After extraction, freezing-lipid filtration was utilized to remove fatty co-extract. Further purification steps were performed with C_(18) and NH_2 solid phase extraction(SPE). Finally, the analyte was derived by heptafluorobutyric anhydride(HFBA), followed by GC-MS analysis. Response surface methodology(RSM) was employed to optimizing the extraction condition, and the optimized was as follows: extraction pressure, 4.3 MPa; extraction temperature, 26℃; amount of co-solvent volume, 4.7 m L. Under this condition, at a spiked level of 1, 5, 10 μg kg^(-1), the mean recovery of DES was more than 90% with relative standard deviations(RSDs) less than 10%. Finally, the developed method has been successfully used to analyzing the real samples.展开更多
Two trace impurities in the bulk drug lisinopril were detected by means of high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry （HPLC/MS） with a simple and sensitive method suitable for HPLC/MSn ana...Two trace impurities in the bulk drug lisinopril were detected by means of high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry （HPLC/MS） with a simple and sensitive method suitable for HPLC/MSn analysis. The fragmentation behavior of lisinopfil and the impurities was investigated, and two unknown impurities were elucidated as 2-（6-amino- l-（l-carboxyethylamino）- l-oxohexan-2-ylamino）-4-phenylbutanoic acid and 6-amino-2-（l-carboxy-3-phenylpropylamino）-hexanoic acid on the basis of the multi-stage mass spectrometry and exact mass evidence, The proposed structures of the two unknown impurities were further confirmed by nuclear magnetic resonance （NMR） experiments after preparative isolation.展开更多
A procedure based on the QuEChERS methodology and Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry （LC/MS/MS） is described, for the determination of Nicotine in mushrooms. QuEChERS methodology was used to determine Ni...A procedure based on the QuEChERS methodology and Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry （LC/MS/MS） is described, for the determination of Nicotine in mushrooms. QuEChERS methodology was used to determine Nicotine in dried and fresh mushrooms under basic conditions with primary secondary amino sorbent （PSA） clean up. The chromatography was performed on C 18 reversed phase column using a gradient of acetonitrile and ammonium formiate lmM pH = 3.4 as mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.3 mL min^-1. Nicotine was determined by using Nicotine-d3 as internal standard. Limit of quantification （LOQ） was 0.01 mg kg^-1 for both fresh and dried mushrooms. Calibration curve was linear over the concentration range of 0.01-2.3 mg mL^-1, with r2 〉 0.99. As for recoveries in dried mushrooms, spiking levels of 0.32 mg kg^-1 and 2 mg kg^-1 were considered whereas for the fresh mushrooms the recoveries were determined at 0.036 mg kg^-1 and 0.36 mg kg^-1. Satisfactory results were obtained for both matrices and the recoveries proved to range from 105% to 135%, with a standard deviation in the range 17-20. The method was applied to the analysis of Nicotine to assess the levels of nicotine in fresh and dried mushrooms.展开更多
The Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus(S.aureus)is a wide spread common opportunistic pathogen that causes a wide variety of infectious diseases,from benign skin infections to life-threatening diseases such...The Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus(S.aureus)is a wide spread common opportunistic pathogen that causes a wide variety of infectious diseases,from benign skin infections to life-threatening diseases such as the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)infection.Although emerging evidence suggests that lysine acetylation may play critical roles in bacterial physiology,the atlas of acetylome in S.aureus has not been studied.To comprehensively profile protein lysine acetylation in S.aureus,we used an integrated approach that combined immune affinity peptide enrichment using anti-lysine acetylation antibody,high-pH HPLC fractionation,and HPLC/mass spectrometry analysis.This study led to the identification of 1361 non-redundant acetylation sites on 412 proteins found in a search of S.aureus protein database extracted from the Swiss-Prot database.We further performed bioinformatic analysis to characterize this modification,including gene ontology annotation,protein-protein interaction,and domain analysis of the acetylation sites.We found that the acetylated proteins were enriched in multiple biological pathways,such as ribosomal function and energy metabolism.Our data provides a rich source for functional studies of lysine acetylation in S.aureus.展开更多
基金This work is supported by the National. Natural Science Foundation of China （No.51106146, No.51036007, No.U1232127）, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation （No.20100480047 and No.201104326）, the Chinese Universities Scientific Fund （No.WK2310000010）, the Anhui Science ＆ Technology Department （No.l1040606Q49）, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
文摘The pyrolysis of n-butane and i-butane at low pressure was investigated from 823-1823 K in an electrically heated flow reactor using synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry. More than 20 species, especially several radicals and isomers, were detected and identified from the measurements of photoionization efficiency （PIE） spectra. Based on the mass spectrometric analysis, the characteristics of n-butane and i-butane pyrolysis were discussed, which provided experimental evidences for the discussion of decomposition pathways of butane isomers. It is concluded that the isomeric structures of n-butane and i-butane have strong influence on their main decomposition pathways, and lead to dramatic differences in their mass spectra and PIE spectra such as the different dominant products and isomeric structures of butene products. Furthermore, compared with n-butane,i-butane can produce strong signals of benzene at low temperature in its pyrolysis due to the enhanced formation of benzene precursors like propargyl and C4 species, which provides experimental clues to explain the higher sooting tendencies of iso-alkanes than n-alkanes.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31071541)a program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT1188)
文摘As the key point in sex hormone analysis, sample pre-treatment technology has attracted scientists' attention all over the world, and the development trend of sample preparation forwarded to faster and more efficient technologies. Taking economic and environmental concerns into account, subcritical fluid extraction as a faster and more efficient method has stood out as a sample pre-treatment technology. This new extraction technology can overcome the shortcomings of supercritical fluid and achieve higher extraction efficiency at relatively low pressures and temperatures. In this experiment, a simple, sensitive and efficient method has been developed for the determination of diethylstilbestrol(DES) in fish tissue using subcritical 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane(R134a) extraction in combination with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS). After extraction, freezing-lipid filtration was utilized to remove fatty co-extract. Further purification steps were performed with C_(18) and NH_2 solid phase extraction(SPE). Finally, the analyte was derived by heptafluorobutyric anhydride(HFBA), followed by GC-MS analysis. Response surface methodology(RSM) was employed to optimizing the extraction condition, and the optimized was as follows: extraction pressure, 4.3 MPa; extraction temperature, 26℃; amount of co-solvent volume, 4.7 m L. Under this condition, at a spiked level of 1, 5, 10 μg kg^(-1), the mean recovery of DES was more than 90% with relative standard deviations(RSDs) less than 10%. Finally, the developed method has been successfully used to analyzing the real samples.
基金Project (No. 20772109) supported by the National Natural ScienceFoundation of China
文摘Two trace impurities in the bulk drug lisinopril were detected by means of high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry （HPLC/MS） with a simple and sensitive method suitable for HPLC/MSn analysis. The fragmentation behavior of lisinopfil and the impurities was investigated, and two unknown impurities were elucidated as 2-（6-amino- l-（l-carboxyethylamino）- l-oxohexan-2-ylamino）-4-phenylbutanoic acid and 6-amino-2-（l-carboxy-3-phenylpropylamino）-hexanoic acid on the basis of the multi-stage mass spectrometry and exact mass evidence, The proposed structures of the two unknown impurities were further confirmed by nuclear magnetic resonance （NMR） experiments after preparative isolation.
文摘A procedure based on the QuEChERS methodology and Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry （LC/MS/MS） is described, for the determination of Nicotine in mushrooms. QuEChERS methodology was used to determine Nicotine in dried and fresh mushrooms under basic conditions with primary secondary amino sorbent （PSA） clean up. The chromatography was performed on C 18 reversed phase column using a gradient of acetonitrile and ammonium formiate lmM pH = 3.4 as mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.3 mL min^-1. Nicotine was determined by using Nicotine-d3 as internal standard. Limit of quantification （LOQ） was 0.01 mg kg^-1 for both fresh and dried mushrooms. Calibration curve was linear over the concentration range of 0.01-2.3 mg mL^-1, with r2 〉 0.99. As for recoveries in dried mushrooms, spiking levels of 0.32 mg kg^-1 and 2 mg kg^-1 were considered whereas for the fresh mushrooms the recoveries were determined at 0.036 mg kg^-1 and 0.36 mg kg^-1. Satisfactory results were obtained for both matrices and the recoveries proved to range from 105% to 135%, with a standard deviation in the range 17-20. The method was applied to the analysis of Nicotine to assess the levels of nicotine in fresh and dried mushrooms.
基金supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2012ZX09301001-007)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31370814)+1 种基金the Shanghai Pujiang Program(13PJ1410300)the support of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2013M531236,2013M541567)
文摘The Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus(S.aureus)is a wide spread common opportunistic pathogen that causes a wide variety of infectious diseases,from benign skin infections to life-threatening diseases such as the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)infection.Although emerging evidence suggests that lysine acetylation may play critical roles in bacterial physiology,the atlas of acetylome in S.aureus has not been studied.To comprehensively profile protein lysine acetylation in S.aureus,we used an integrated approach that combined immune affinity peptide enrichment using anti-lysine acetylation antibody,high-pH HPLC fractionation,and HPLC/mass spectrometry analysis.This study led to the identification of 1361 non-redundant acetylation sites on 412 proteins found in a search of S.aureus protein database extracted from the Swiss-Prot database.We further performed bioinformatic analysis to characterize this modification,including gene ontology annotation,protein-protein interaction,and domain analysis of the acetylation sites.We found that the acetylated proteins were enriched in multiple biological pathways,such as ribosomal function and energy metabolism.Our data provides a rich source for functional studies of lysine acetylation in S.aureus.
