Cumulative CAMAG Bibliography Service CCBS

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The Cumulative CAMAG Bibliography Service CCBS contains all abstracts of CBS issues beginning with CBS 51. The database is updated after the publication of every other CBS edition. Currently the Cumulative CAMAG Bibliography Service includes more than 11'000 abstracts of publications between 1983 and today. With the online version you can perform your own detailed TLC/HPTLC literature search:

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      74 102
      Algal carotenoids 53 - Secondary carotenoids of algae 4, secondary carotenoids in the green alga Botryococcus braunii, race L
      M. GRUNG*, P. METZGER, S. LIAAEN-JENSEN, (*Org. Chem. Lab., Norwegian Inst. of Technol., Univ. of Trondheim, N-7034 Trondheim-NTH, Norway)

      Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 22, 25-29, (1994). TLC separation of 3-hydroxyechinenone from canthaxanthin on silica with chloroform - ether 8:2 and of zeaxanthin from lutin with 1) chloroform - ethyl ether 8:2 and 2) with chloroform - tetrahydrofuran 8:2.

      Classification: 30b
      76 133
      Pesticides
      J. SHERMA, (Dept. Chem., Lafayette Coll., Easton, Pennsylvania 18042, USA)

      Anal. Chem. 67, 1R-20R (1995). A review with 586 references on TLC applications to the analysis of pesticides, as well as other techniques for the purpose.

      Keywords: environmental review
      Classification: 1, 29
      81 018
      Analysis of phenol and methyl and chloro derivatives by TLC and HPLC on bonded amino, cyano, and diol stationary phases
      I. BARANOWSKA*, C. PIEZKO, (*Dept. of Anal. and General Chem., Silesian Techn. Univ., 9 Strzody Street, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

      J. Planar Chromatogr. 11, 119-122 (1998). TLC of phenol, catechol, resorcinol, 2-, 3-, and 4-methylphenol, 4-chloro-3-methylphenol, 2,3-dimethylphenol, 3,4-dimethylphenol, 3,4-dichlorophenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol, 2,5-dichlorophenol, 2,6-dichlorophenol, 2,4,5-trichlorophenol, and pentachlorophenol on amino-, cyano-, and diol-bonded silica gel with chloroform - 2-propanol 100:3 or 25:2, or hexane - 2-propanol 100:1. Visualization with mixtures of iron(III)chloride - potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) 1:1 or 4-aminoantipyrine - potassium hexacyanoferrate (III) 1:1.

      Classification: 7
      96 066
      Pre-chromatographic in situ derivatization of glyphosate and AMPA
      H. HEGEWALD (Lacrome LDA, Rua Cesar Batista 6 D, 7000-715 Evora, Portugal, lacrome@clix.pt)

      CBS 95, 9 (2005). HPTLC of glyphosate and AMPA derivatized in situ on the application position of the plate with FMOC, on silica gel with n-butanol - water - acetic acid 5:1:1 over 70 mm in an unsaturated twin trough chamber. After drying dipping in paraffin - toluene 1:1 for fluorescence enhancement. Quantitative determination by fluorescence measurement with mercury lamp at 265/M 360 nm. Linear calibration using peak height, LOD 0.5 ng absolute per substance zone for glyphosate-FMOC and 0.2 ng for AMPA-FMOC.

      Classification: 29d
      100 185
      Factors affecting the separation of phthalate esters, and their analysis, by HPTLC
      R. ZHANG* (Zhang Rong), Y. YUE (Yue Yongde), R. HUA (Hua Rimao), W. YAN (Yan Wen) (*Recourses and Environment College of Anhui Agricultural University, Agri-food Security Key Lab of Anhui Province, No. 130, Changjiang West Road, Hefei, China; z_rong163@163.com)

      J. Planar Chromatogr. 20, 321-326 (2007). Investigation of factors affecting the separation, including the use of different stationary and mobile phases, different methods of development, humidity, and chamber saturation. TLC and HPTLC of dimethyl, diethyl, di-n-butyl, and bis-(ethylhexyl) phthalate on silica gel, prewashed with chloroform - methanol 1:1 or the mobile phase, in horizontal chambers, Vario chambers, and twin-trough chambers with 12 different mobile phases. Best separations were achieved with hexane - acetone 4:1 or hexane - toluene - ethyl acetate 9:8:3. Densitometric evaluation at 220 nm.

      Classification: 37c
      105 011
      Combination of different liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry technologies for the identification of transformation products of rhodamine B in groundwater
      A. MULLER, S. WEISS, W. SCHULZ*, W. SEITZ, R. ALBERT, W. RUCK, W. WEBER (*Zweckverband Landeswasserversorgung, Betriebs- und Forschungslaboratorium, Am Spitzigen Berg 1, 89129 Langenau, Germany, schulz.w@lw-online.de)

      Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 24, 659-666 (2010). HPTLC of rhodamine B and five de-ethylated transformation products (N,N,N‘-tryethylrhodamine (1), N,N‘-dyethylrhodamine (2), N,N-dyethylrhodamine (3), N-ethylrhodamine (4), and rhodamine (5)) in groundwater on silica gel by automated multiple development with a 23-step gradient based on methanol (with the addition of formic acid) and dichloromethane. The drying time after each step was 2 min. For detection by bioluminescence the plate was dipped into a suspension of Vibrio fischeri for 2 s at a speed of 3 cm/s. The hRf were 72, 66, 60, 53, 48, and 36 for compounds (1) - (5). Combination of different separation and detection techniques enabled a fast and effective screening of the groundwater sample.

      Classification: 4e
      109 020
      2D TLC separation of phenols by use of RP-18 silica plates with aqueous and non-aqueous mobile phases
      S. ILIC, M. NATIC, D, DABIC, D. MILOJKOVIC-OPSENICA, Z. TESIC* (*Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, P. O. Box 51, 11158 Belgrade, Serbia; ztesic@chem.bg.ac.rs)

      J. Planar Chromatogr. 24, 93-98 (2011). TLC of eleven phenols (2,6-dimethylphenol, phenol, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 3-methylphenol, phloroglucinol, 2-methoxyphenol, 4-tert-butylphenol, 4-methoxyphenol, 3-nitrophenol, 2-aminophenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol) on RP-18 in a twin-trough chamber after saturation for 20 min at room temperature. 8 aqueous mobile phases (methanol - water 7:3 and 3:2, methanol - water - triethylamine 30:19:1, acetone - water 7:3 and 3:2, acetone - water - triethylamine 30:19:1, acetone - water - tetrahydrofuran 11:8:1, and methanol - water - acetic acid 30:19:1) and 6 non-aqueous mobile phases (acetone - n-hexane 1:4 and 3:7, acetone - n-hexane - triethylamine 9:40:1, tetrahydrofuran - n-hexane 1:4 and 3:7, tetrahydrofuran - n-hexane - triethylamine 9:40:1) were used. Detection under UV light at 254 nm. 2D TLC was performed by developing the plates in the first dimension using aqueous mobile phases and, after drying, non-aqueous mobile phases in the second dimension. The most efficient system was methanol - water - triethylamine 30:19:1 in the first direction and tetrahydrofuran - n-hexane - triethylamine 9:40:1 in the second direction.

      Classification: 7
      112 136
      Thin-layer chromatographic monitoring of sonolytic degradation of surfactants in wastewaters
      I. REZIC (Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Textile Technology, University of Zagreb, Croatia, iva_rezic@net.hr)

      J. Planar Chromatogr. 26, 96-101 (2013). HPTLC of cetylpyridinium chloride (1), sodium dodecyl sulfate (2) and Triton X-100 (3) on silica gel with methanol - water 1:1. Quantitative determination by absorbance measurement at 254 nm. The hRf values for (1) to (3) were 6, 74 and 91, respectively. Linearity was in the range of 170-1740 µg/zone for (1), 250-1980 µg/zone for (2) and 160-1640 µg/zone for (3). LOQ was 75 ng/zone for (1), 90 ng/zone (2) and 65 ng/zone for (3).

      Classification: 35a