title: Formation of electron-capturing derivatives of alprenolol by transboronation: application to the determination of alprenolol in plasma.
abstract: The reaction between 2,4-dichlorobenzeneboronic acid, 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzeneboronic acid or the 1,3-propanediamine derivatives of the boronic acids and the 3-isopropylaminopropan-2-ol side chain of the beta-blocking drugs occurs essentially as an on-column thermal reaction in the gas phase. Derivatization of the side chain of the beta-blocking drugs by transboronation is shown to be the method of choice for general application as it affects the detector background signal very little compared to the use of the boronic acid itself. The transboronation reaction can be used for the determination of alprenolol in plasma extracts with a detection limit of 2.5 ng ml-1 using the electron-capture detector. The ultimate sensitivity of the method is limited by the detector background signal resulting from some column decomposition of the transboronation reagent.
mesh_terms: D000526:Alprenolol / Q000097:blood*; D001897:Boronic Acids; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D001897:Boronic Acids; D000526:Alprenolol