title: Boronate affinity adsorption of cis-diol-containing biomolecules in nonaqueous solvent.
abstract: Boronate affinity has attracted much attention in recent years. It has been broadly used for selective isolation and enrichment of cis-diol-containing molecules. Conventionally, the cis-diols are adsorbed in mild alkaline aqueous solutions. In this work, for the first time, we found that boronate affinity adsorption could also be performed in nonaqueous solvent at nonbasic pH. Cis-diol-containing compounds present in herbal medicines were used for the adsorption test. The results indicated that all compounds obtained higher recoveries in the organic solvents (methanol, acetonitrile, ethyl acetate) compared with alkaline buffer. The adsorption of vicinal cis-diol-containing molecules in organic solvents could be accomplished rapidly, with high selectivity and high recoveries (>80%). These results shed light on the possibility of boronate affinity adsorption in nonaqueous solvents. The results are very important for the isolation and enrichment of cis-diols, which have poor solubility in water, especially for those in herbal medicines.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chaozhan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yinmao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001897:Boronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002109:Caffeic Acids / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity / Q000379:methods; D047311:Luteolin / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011794:Quercetin / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012431:Rutin / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001897:Boronic Acids; D002109:Caffeic Acids; D012997:Solvents; D012431:Rutin; D011794:Quercetin; D047311:Luteolin; C040048:caffeic acid
keywords: adsorption; boronate affinity; cis-diols; enrichment; nonaqueous solvent