Preparation of a magnetic and recyclable superparamagnetic silica support with a boronic acid group for immobilizing Pd catalysts and its applications in Suzuki reactions.

Palladium is one of the best metal catalysts for Suzuki cross-coupling reaction to synthesize unsymmetrical biaryl compounds. However, homogeneous palladium (Pd) is limited in an industrial scale due to the high cost, separation, removal, and recovery issues. In this paper, a novel, high activity magnetic nanoparticles (FeO@SiO-APBA-Pd) catalyst was prepared by a simple, cost-effective procedure.

Preparation of boronic acid and carboxyl-modified molecularly imprinted polymer and application in a novel chromatography mediated hollow fiber membrane to selectively extract glucose from cellulose hydrolysis.

A novel boronic acid and carboxyl-modified glucose molecularly imprinted polymer were prepared through suspension polymerization, which is based on 1.0 mmol glucose as a template, 1.2 mmol methacrylamidophenylboronic acid, and 6.

[Determination of two alkaloids in Mongolian medicine Mauleri-Dabusi-4 soup by hollow fiber liquid phase micro-extraction coupled with ultra-high performance liquid chromatography].

In this study, a method combining hollow fiber liquid phase micro-extraction (HF-LPME) and ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) was developed for the determination of two alkaloids (piperine and piperlonguminine) in Mongolian medicine Mauleri-Dabusi-4 Soup. The parameters affecting the micro-extraction efficiency were evaluated and optimized. The optimum conditions were as follows:polyvinylidence fluoride HF (54% pore size); 10 g/L NaCl; 30 μ L octanol as extraction solvent; 173 r/min stirring rate of extraction; and 128 min extraction time.

[Preparation of a hydrophilic-lipophilic composite solid phase extraction material and application in food safety inspection].

A copolymer of divinylbenzene and N-vinyl pyrrolidone (DVB-NVP) was synthesized for the purpose of solid phase extraction (SPE). Its performance as an SPE resin was evaluated using six model compounds having different polarities. Aqueous samples containing those compounds were applied to SPE cartridges containing the aforementioned copolymer as well as the classic C18 and Oasis HLB for comparison, and the SPE processed samples were analyzed by using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for quantitation.

[Application of solid phase extraction disk in the determination of acrylamide in tap water].

A simple and fast method of solid phase extraction (SPE) disk for the determination of trace acrylamide was developed. Using this new technique along with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and ultraviolet spectroscopy (UV) detection, the feasibility of SPE disk method for rapid enrichment was demonstrated in the determination of trace acrylamide in 500 mL tap water. Active carbon was chosen as the adsorbent to be incorporated into the SPE disk as it gave the best adsorption efficiency.

Preliminary studies of a novel multifunctional wide-bore electrophoresis system.

This paper presents the results obtained from a novel multifunctional analysis platform established on the basis of wide-bore electrophoresis (WBE) and CE. The WBE–CE system integrated various analytical steps including separation, transfer, reaction, detection, and storage into a single system. During the WBE–CE process, a distinct three-electrode format was adopted to continuously separate and transfer samples between WBE and CE without the interruption of switching on-and-off the power suppliers.

Zone electrophoresis in an inner-cooling wide-bore electrophoresis system with UV detection.

A novel, high-performance wide-bore electrophoresis (WE) system with inner-cooling has been developed. By introducing the mode of a shell and tube heat exchanger into this system to remove Joule heat generated during electrophoresis, it is feasible to extend electrophoresis from the conventional capillary (i.d.