Liquid chromatography of uranium complexes of tetradentate Schiff bases.

Dioxouranium together with copper(II), nickel(II) and iron(II) were extracted in chloroform as complexes of bis(salicylaldehyde)-dl-stilbenediimine (dl-H2SA2S) or bis(salicylaldehyde)-meso-stilbenediimine (meso-H2SA2S), and separated by liquid chromatography with UV detection. The linear calibration range and detection limits were 40 - 200 ng and 10 ng/injection for each metal ion. The method was applied to the determination of uranium from mineral ore samples at concentrations of 30 - 700 microg/g with coefficients of variation from 3.6 to 5.5%. The relative elution of dioxouranium complexes of different Schiff bases was examined from reversed-phase HPLC; the substitution of methyl and phenyl groups at the bridge position enhanced the column retention of uranyl complexes.

Liquid chromatographic determination of cobalt(II), copper(II) and iron(II) using 2-thiophenaldehyde-4-phenyl-3-thiosemicarbazone as derivatizing reagent.

The complexing reagent 2-thiophenaldehyde-4-phenyl-3-thiosemicarbazone (TAPT) was examined for high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) separations of cobalt(II), copper(II) and iron(II) or cobalt(II), nickel(II), iron(II), copper(II) and mercury(II) as metal chelates on a Microsorb C-18, 5-mum column (150x4.6 mm i.d.) (Rainin Instruments Woburn, MA, USA). The complexes were eluted isocratically with methanol:acetonitrile:water containing sodium acetate and tetrabutyl ammonium bromide (TBA). UV detection was at 254 nm. The solvent extraction procedure was developed for simultaneous determination of the metals, with detection limits within 0.5-2.5 mug ml(-1) in the final solution. The method was applied for the determination of copper, cobalt and iron in pharmaceutical preparation.

High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of cisplatin as platinum(II) in a pharmaceutical preparation and blood samples of cancer patients.

An high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method has been developed for the determination of cisplatin, based on precolumn derivatization of platinum(II) with bis(salicylaldehyde)tetramethylethylenediimine, extraction in chloroform and elution from a 3 microm Hypersil ODS column with methanol-acetonitrile-water as mobile phase and detection at 254 nm. Copper(II), iron(II), nickel(II), palladium(II), dioxouranium(IV) separated completely and did not affect the determination of platinum(II). The method was applied for the determination of cisplatin as platinum(II) in a pharmaceutical preparation and in blood samples of cancer patients after infusion of cisplatin.

Simultaneous high performance liquid chromatographic determination of vanadium, nickel, iron and copper in crude petroleum oils using bis(acetylpivalylmethane)ethylenediimine as a complexing reagent.

A method is described for the simultaneous high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) determination of copper, iron, nickel and vanadium, based on complexation of analytes by bis(acetylpivalylmethane)ethylenediimine (H(2)APM(2)en) followed by solvent extraction and HPLC separation on a reversed-phase. C-18, 5 microm column with UV detection at 260 nm. The method has been applied to the determination of metals in crude petroleum oils collected from the South Indus Basin oil fields. The results obtained are compared with those obtained by flame atomic absorption spectrometry.

High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of uranium using solvent extraction and bis(salicylaldehyde) tetramethylethylenediimine as complexing reagent.

The reagent bis(salicylaldehyde)tetramethylethylenediimine has been used for the determination of dioxouranium(VI), based on complexation in aqueous solution at pH 6, followed by extraction in chloroform and HPLC determination on a Hypersil ODS (3 mum) column. The complex was eluted with the ternary mixture methanol-acetonitrile-water (40:30:30, v/v/v), with UV detection at 260 nm. Oxovanadium(IV), iron(III), copper(II), cobalt(II), nickel(II) and palladium(II) were completely separated and did not interfere in the determination of uranium. The linear calibration range and detection limits have been obtained. The method has been applied to the determination of uranium together with copper, iron and nickel in mineral ore samples.