Method for Determination of Peak Areas in Nonequilibrium Capillary Electrophoresis of Equilibrium Mixtures

2011 ◽  
Vol 83 (22) ◽  
pp. 8617-8622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonid T. Cherney ◽  
Mirzo Kanoatov ◽  
Sergey N. Krylov
2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan E. Boland ◽  
Alan T. Stone

Environmental context Knowledge of metal-chelating agent speciation is integral to our ability to predict and interpret the behaviour of synthetic chelating agents in the environment. Capillary electrophoresis can be used to separate metal–ligand complexes with similar spectroscopic characteristics but different stoichiometries, thereby providing insight into metal–ligand speciation that is not possible by any other technique. Here, we demonstrate the utility of capillary electrophoresis for the determination of metal–ligand stoichiometries and evaluate its limitations. Abstract Job’s method of continuous variation is a traditional method used to determine the stoichiometry of metal–ligand complexes. The method is often applied to whole-sample absorbance measurements but its utility is limited when two or more complexes are present at significant concentrations and have similar absorption spectra. Here we employ capillary electrophoresis (CE), which separates complexes on the basis of charge and hydrodynamic radii, to extend the capabilities of Job’s method. Solutions containing nickel(II) and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) yield three CE peaks. Job’s method plot maxima, based on areas for each of the three CE peaks, coincide with nickel(II)-to-DTPA ratios of 1 : 1 and 1 : 2, which correspond to two complexes previously identified using whole-sample measurements, plus a ratio of 3 : 2, which corresponds to a previously unreported complex. We demonstrate how CE peak areas and electromigration times can be used to determine complex stoichiometries and formation constants. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Job’s Method coupled with CE and implications for speciation determination in environmentally relevant systems.


2013 ◽  
Vol 78 (9) ◽  
pp. 1413-1423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Hancu ◽  
Hajnal Kelemen ◽  
Aura Rusu ◽  
Árpád Gyéresi

A rapid and simple capillary electrophoresis method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of six extensively used cephalosporin antibiotics (cefaclor, cefadroxil, cefalexin, cefuroxim, ceftazidim, ceftriaxon). The determination of cephalosporins was performed at a pH 6.8, using a 25 mM phospate - 25 mM borate mixed buffer, + 25 kV voltage at a temperature of 25 ?C. We achieved a baseline separation in approximately 10 minutes. The separation resolution was increased by addition of an anionic surfactant, 50 mM sodium dodecyl sulfate, to the buffer solution. The proposed separation was evaluated on the basis of detection and quantification limits, effective electrophoretic mobility and relative standard deviation for migration times and peak areas.


2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
pp. 1695-1700
Author(s):  
Xi-Hui XIE ◽  
Rong WANG ◽  
Zheng-Ping JIA ◽  
Hua XIE ◽  
Ai-Mei ZHAMG ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Wanlu OU ◽  
Yujuan LI ◽  
Dongdong SHI ◽  
Feng QU

1996 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 878-880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Kawamura ◽  
M. Takahashi ◽  
G. Arimura ◽  
T. Isayama ◽  
K. Irifune ◽  
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