title: Thermodynamic and structural characterization of cis-trans isomerization of 12-(S)-hydroxy-(5Z, 8E, 10E)-heptadecatrienoic acid by high-performance liquid chromatography and gaschromatography-mass spectrometry.
abstract: It is shown that 12-(S)-hydroxy-(5Z, 8E, 10E)-heptadecatrienoic acid (5-cis-HHT)--a physiological metabolite of arachidonic acid--is acid-catalyzed converted into a less polar substance with its maximum UV-absorption at (1)max=232 nm and a molar absorptivity of about epsilon=26600 +/- 200 M(-1)cm(-1). Using a reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method this equilibrium reaction (K(c) = 1.78 +/- 0.05 at pH 1.10 and 298 K) could be thermodynamicly characterized as a pH dependent, exergonic and exothermic reaction according to kinetics of a first order reaction (at pH 1.10 and 298 K: delta(R)G(o) = -1.42 +/- 0.07 kJ mol(-1), delta(R)H(o) = -3.50 +/- 0.9 kJ mol(-1), delta(R)S(o) = 7.0 +/- 3.0 J mol(-1)*K, delta(R)H*f = 100.0 +/- 4.0 kJ mol(-1)). Kinetic data for several pH-values and temperatures are presented. These data and structural characterization by gaschromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) lead to the conclusion that 5-cis-HHT is isomerized to 12-(S)-hydroxy-(5E, 8E, 10E)-heptadecatrienoic acid (5-trans-HHT).
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany/
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schlegel
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; C008033:12-hydroxy-5,8,10-heptadecatrienoic acid