Method for detecting aldehyde and ketone by using thin layer chromatography

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for simultaneously qualitatively and quantitatively analyzing compounds of aldehydes and/or ketones in a short time by using an optimal TLC plate, a proportion of a developing solvent, a sample amount, etc., and can provide an analysis result equivalent to a conventional analysis result in a shorter time by providing the most optimal conditions when using the TLC method.

Claims

1. A method for analyzing aldehyde or ketone, comprising: (i) injecting a sample of the aldehyde or the ketone into a cartridge containing 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (2,4-DNPH) to obtain a 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative; (ii) extracting the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative obtained during the injecting with a solvent to produce an extract; and (iii) analyzing the extract by thin layer chromatography (TLC) to identify aldehyde or ketone derivatives corresponding to the aldehyde or the ketone of the sample, wherein the sample of the aldehyde or the ketone is injected in an amount of 0.3 to 0.7 μL, and wherein the analyzing the extract by TLC is performed using a developing solvent which is a mixed solvent of ethyl acetate (EA) and hexane (Hex) of 1:8 to 1:12.

2. The method for analyzing aldehyde or ketone according to claim 1, wherein the sample of aldehyde or ketone comprises at least one selected from of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein, acetone, propionaldehyde, butyraldehyde, benzaldehyde, crotonaldehyde, iso-valeraldehyde, n-valeraldehyde, o-tolualdehyde, m-tolualdehyde, p-tolualdehyde, hexaldehyde and 2,5-dimethylbenzaldehyde.

3. The method for analyzing aldehyde or ketone according to claim 1, wherein the solvent is acetonitrile (AN).

4. The method for analyzing aldehyde or ketone according to claim 1, wherein the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative is at least one selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, acetaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, acrolein-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, acetone-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, propionaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, butyraldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, benzaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, crotonaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, methacrolein-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, 2-butanone-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, valeraldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, m-tolualdehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone and hexaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 shows a HPLC chromatogram of a sample of 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative of an aldehyde and/or ketone compound.

(2) FIG. 2 shows a TLC plate used in one embodiment of the present invention.

(3) FIG. 3 shows the results of separation on a TLC plate according to the amount of use of samples of aldehyde and/or ketone compound (0.5 μL, 1 μL and 2 μL).

(4) FIG. 4 shows the results of separation of a sample of an aldehyde and/or ketone compound according to a type and a mixing ratio of the developing solvent (eluent) of TLC.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(5) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail.

(6) As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to the specific embodiments, and it should be understood to include all conversions, equivalents or alternatives included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

(7) In the present invention, it is intended to secure an inexpensive and rapid optimal method while maintaining the resolution of HPLC, compared to the method using 2,4-DNPH derivatization and HPLC, which is a typical method for measuring carbonyl compounds.

(8) Accordingly, the present invention provides a qualitative and quantitative analysis method of carbonyl compounds using TLC. To this end, the challenge is to select an optimal TLC plate, an optimal ratio of developing solvent, and an optimal amount of a sample to be used, and to reduce the analysis time.

(9) Qualitative and quantitative analysis of carbonyl compounds using TLC according to the present invention has the advantage that the results can be seen visually by 2,4-DNPH derivatization and multiple samples can be analyzed simultaneously under the same conditions.

(10) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a method for qualitatively and quantitatively analyzing aldehyde or ketone, comprising the steps of:

(11) (i) injecting a sample of aldehyde and/or ketone into a cartridge containing 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (2,4-DNPH) to obtain a 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative;

(12) (ii) extracting the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative from the step (i) with a solvent; and

(13) (iii) analyzing the extract from the step (ii) by TLC.

(14) In one embodiment, the sample of aldehyde and/or ketone is obtained from air or water.

(15) In one embodiment, the aldehyde and/or ketone comprises formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein, acetone, propionaldehyde, butyraldehyde, benzaldehyde, crotonaldehyde, iso-valeraldehyde, n-valeraldehyde, o-tolualdehyde, m-tolualdehyde, p-tolualdehyde, hexaldehyde, 2,5-dimethylbenzaldehyde, and the like.

(16) In one embodiment, the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative comprises formaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, acetaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, acrolein-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, acetone-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, propionaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, butyraldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, benzaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, crotonaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, methacrolein-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, 2-butanone-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, valeraldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, m-tolualdehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, hexaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, and the like.

(17) In one embodiment, the cartridge containing 2,4-DNPH may contain 2,4-DNPH coated silica or be immersed in an acidified 2,4-DNPH solution. If the sample of aldehyde and/or ketone is obtained from air, the sample may be injected into the 2,4-DNPH-containing cartridge for 5 minutes at a flow rate of 1 to 2 L/min. If the sample of aldehyde and/or ketone is obtained from water, 2,4-DNPH buffered at pH 3 may be added directly to the sample.

(18) In one embodiment, the extraction solvent in the step (ii) may be acetonitrile (AN).

(19) In one embodiment, the 2,4,-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative extract in the step (iii) can be used in TLC in small amounts, for example in an amount of 0.3 to 0.7 μL. When the amount of the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative extract is out of the above range, the separation resolution on the TLC plate is low and the separation of the sample is hardly identified. In the present specification, the amount of the extract is considered to be the same as the sample amount or the sample injection amount.

(20) In another embodiment, the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative extract in the step (iii) may be used in an amount of 0.4 to 0.6 μL, for example 0.5 μL.

(21) In one embodiment, the developing solvent of TLC in the step (iii) is a mixed solvent of ethyl acetate (EA) and hexane (Hex) and may be used with EA:Hex=1:8 to 1:12. If the proportion of developing solvent of TLC is out of this range, the separation of the sample on a TLC plate is hardly identified.

(22) In other embodiments, the developing solvent of TLC in the step (iii) may be used with EA:Hex=1:9 to 1:11, such as 1:10.

(23) The conditions of use as mentioned above may be applied simultaneously to the separation of, in particular, seven aldehydes and/or ketones, i.e., formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein, acetone, propionaldehyde, butyraldehyde and benzaldehyde, among aldehydes and/or ketones as exemplified above. In the case of separating two or three aldehydes and/or ketones among other aldehydes and/or ketones including these, the above conditions may not be applied simultaneously.

(24) In one embodiment, the TLC plate in the step (iii) is a RP-18 F254s TLC plate (silica gel coating, aluminum support) having a C18 coating thickness of 0.2 mm, a plate size of 10 cm×1 cm, with using up to 40% water. One example of the TLC plate that can be used in the present invention is shown in FIG. 2.

(25) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily practice the present invention. However, the present invention can be implemented in various different ways and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

(26) 1. Analysis with HPLC (Prior Art)

(27) According to the prior art, a sample of aldehyde/ketone was analyzed using HPLC as follows.

(28) (1) A commercial standard (3 μg/mL) in which aldehyde and ketone derivatized with 2,4-DNPH were dissolved in acetonitrile (AN) was used as a standard (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.).

(29) (2) A carbonyl-containing air sample was passed through a 2,4-DNPH containing cartridge for 5 minutes at a flow rate of 1.5 L/min to obtain a 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative.

(30) (3) The colored 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative from (2) was extracted with acetonitrile (AN) for 1 minute so that the total volume of the extract was 5 mL.

(31) (4) The extract from (3) was injected into an HPLC reversed-phase column and analyzed by fixing the wavelength of the UV detector at 360 nm using HPLC. HPLC analysis conditions were as follows:

(32) HPLC system: Waters Aliance 2695

(33) PDA detector (photodiode array detector): Waters 2996

(34) Software: Waters Empower 3 (Build 3471)

(35) Column: Capcell Pak C18 (4.6 mm ID×250 mm L, 5 μm)

(36) Detection wavelength: 241 nm

(37) Flow rate: 1.0 mL/min

(38) Column temperature: 40° C.

(39) Sample injection volume: 10 μL

(40) Extraction solvent (eluent): mobile phase A—acetonitrile (AN, for HPLC, J. T. Baker); mobile phase B—ultrapure water (filtered by solvent clarification system). Isocratic elution behavior was investigated until 30 minutes at 50% of mobile phase A.

(41) (5) Seven 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivatives were identified from the HPLC chromatogram obtained in (4) (see FIG. 1). The concentrations of the measured 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivatives are as listed in Table 1 below:

(42) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Conc. Peak # Sample (μg/mL) 1 Formaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone 1500 2 Acetaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone 1000 3 Acrolein-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone 500 4 Acetone-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone 500 5 Propionaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone 500 6 Butyraldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone 500 7 Benzaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone 500

(43) The separation of the seven 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivatives took 30 minutes.

Example 1

(44) In this example, the results of TLC analysis with the sample injection amount of 0.5 μL are described.

(45) (1) A carbonyl-containing air sample was passed through a 2,4-DNPH containing cartridge for 5 minutes at a flow rate of 1.5 L/min to obtain a 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative.

(46) (2) The colored 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivative from (1) was extracted with acetonitrile (AN) for 1 minute so that the total volume of the extract was 5 mL.

(47) (3) The extract from (2) was placed on a RP-18 F254s TLC plate (silica gel coating, aluminum support) (C18 coating thickness 0.2 mm, plate size 10 cm×1 cm) and developed with a mixed solution of AN:H.sub.2O=6:4, 7:3 and 8:2, respectively. The TLC separation results are shown in FIG. 3 (see “seven aldehydes 0.5 μL” on the left in FIG. 3).

(48) As can be seen in FIG. 3, seven 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivatives of aldehyde and ketone are separated into four spots (indicated by the “peak components” on the left in FIG. 3) and detected in the order shown on the left, that is, 1.fwdarw.2, 3.fwdarw.4, 5.fwdarw.6, 7 (1: Formaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, 2: Acetaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, 3: Acrolein-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, 4: Acetone-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, 5: Propionaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, 6: Butyraldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, 7: Benzaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone).

(49) The separation of seven 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivatives of aldehyde and ketone took 5 minutes.

Comparative Example 1.1

(50) The same procedure as in Example 1 was carried out except that the sample injection amount was changed to 1 μL. The TLC separation results are shown in FIG. 3 (see “seven aldehydes 0.5 μL” in the middle in FIG. 3).

(51) As can be seen in FIG. 3, seven 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivatives of aldehyde and ketone were not separately isolated.

Comparative Example 1.2

(52) The same procedure as in Example 1 was carried out except that the sample injection amount was changed to 2 μL. The TLC separation results are shown in FIG. 3 (see “seven aldehydes 2 μL” on the right in FIG. 3).

(53) As can be seen in FIG. 3, seven 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivatives of aldehyde and ketone were not separately isolated.

(54) From the above Example 1 and Comparative Examples 1.1 and 1.2, it can be seen that the resolution of TLC in the case of the sample injection amount of 0.5 μL is higher than in the case of 1 μL and 2 μL, under the condition of the same developing solvent.

Example 2

(55) This example presents the TLC analysis results using a mixed solvent of ethyl acetate (EA):hexane (Hex)=1:10 as the TLC developing solvent while fixing the sample injection amount at 0.5 μL.

(56) The same procedure as in Example 1 was carried out except that a mixed solvent of ethyl acetate (EA):hexane (Hex)=1:10 was used in place of a mixed solution of AN:H.sub.2O=6:4, 7:3 and 8:2 in Example 1 (3). The TLC separation results are shown in FIG. 4 (see “1:10” on the right in FIG. 4).

(57) As can be seen in FIG. 4, seven 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivatives of aldehyde and of ketone were separated into their respective components (indicated by “peak components 1-7” on the right in FIG. 4; 7.fwdarw.6.fwdarw.5.fwdarw.4.fwdarw.3.fwdarw.2.fwdarw.1). The concentrations of the isolated derivatives are shown in Table 2 below:

(58) TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Conc. Peak # Sample (μg/mL) 1 Acetaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone 1000 2 Acetone-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone 500 3 Acrolein-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone 500 4 Benzaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone 500 5 Butyraldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone 500 6 Formaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone 1500 7 Propionaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone 500

(59) The separation of seven 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivatives of aldehyde and ketone took 5 minutes. Therefore, the time taken for obtaining the analysis results equivalent to those of the conventional HPLC method using TLC was shortened.

Comparative Example 2.1

(60) The same procedure as in Example 2 was carried out except that the mixing ratio of EA:Hex was changed to 1:15. The TLC separation results are shown in FIG. 4 (see “1:15′ in the middle in FIG. 4).

(61) As can be seen in FIG. 4, seven 2,4-DNPH derivatives of aldehyde and ketone were separated into three spots (7.fwdarw.4,5,6.fwdarw.1,2,3) and not isolated separately.

Comparative 2.2

(62) The same procedure as in Example 2 was carried out except that the mixing ratio of EA:Hex was changed to 1:20. The TLC separation results are shown in FIG. 4 (see “1:20” on the left in FIG. 4).

(63) As can be seen in FIG. 4, seven 2,4-DNPH derivatives of aldehyde and ketone were separated into three spots (7.fwdarw.4,5,6.fwdarw.1,2,3) and not isolated separately.

(64) From the above Example 2 and Comparative Examples 2.1 and 2.2, it was confirmed that all seven samples were separated in the case that EA:Hex=1:10 is used as a developing solvent under the same injection amount.

(65) As described above, it can be seen that, according to the present invention, the clear separation of each component is possible and the analysis time is shortened compared to HPLC method, by providing the optimum mixing ratio of the developing solvent and the injection amount of the sample in the detection of aldehyde and/or ketone by TLC.

(66) It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the invention. Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. Thus, the substantial scope of the present invention will be defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.