title: Potentiometric detection of exogenic beta-adrenergic substances in liquid chromatography.
abstract: Potentiometric detection with poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) based liquid membrane electrode coatings is presented for a series of 18 exogenic beta-adrenergic substances in cation-exchange-HPLC and RP-HPLC systems. In both types of HPLC modes employing hybrid polymer-silica packings we observed that use of tetrakis(p-chlorophenyl)borate (TCPB) containing electrodes yielded limits of detection (DL) down to 10(-7)-10(-8) M (injected concentrations). The use of eluents with high concentrations of acetonitrile (up to 55%) yielded detection limits down to 10(-9) M (injected concentrations). A quantitative structure-potentiometric response activity relationship (QSAR) was developed for the set of beta-adrenergic substances and for a set of PVC-based electrodes using TCPB alone or in admixture with trioctylated alpha-cyclodextrin, dibenzo-18-crown-6, or calix[6]arene hexaethylester. A multiple linear regression model based on a computationally derived set of 14 molecular descriptors allowed prediction of the detection limits of beta-adrenergic substances and other amine substances from their molecular structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp (RUCA), Belgium.
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bazylak
authors.forename: Luc J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Nagels
mesh_terms: D018663:Adrenergic Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange / Q000379:methods; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011199:Potentiometry / Q000379:methods*; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D018663:Adrenergic Agents