ChemijaPub Date : 2024-04-03DOI: 10.6001/chemija.2024.35.1.3
V. Vickackaite, Vasarė Viselgaitė, Vilius Poškus
{"title":"Switchable hydrophilicity solvent-based hollow fibre liquid-liquid microextraction – headspace gas chromatography for determination of benzene and its derivatives in water samples","authors":"V. Vickackaite, Vasarė Viselgaitė, Vilius Poškus","doi":"10.6001/chemija.2024.35.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6001/chemija.2024.35.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000A novel, cost-effective, simple and environmentally friendly method was developed for separating, preconcentrating and quantifying volatile analytes. That approach utilised switchable hydrophilicity solvent-based hollow fiber liquid-liquid microextraction in combination with headspace gas chromatography. The extraction was carried out from 1 l of water solution. 100 μl of nonanoic acid, immobilised within a polypropylene capillary, was selected as an extraction solvent. After the extraction, the capillary with the extract was transferred to a headspace vial, and headspace gas chromatographic analysis was performed. To facilitate the transition of volatile analytes to the headspace for subsequent analysis, nonanoic acid was converted to hydrophilic nonanoate by adding a sodium hydroxide solution. \u0000The effectiveness of the suggested strategy was demonstrated in the determination of benzene and its derivatives in water samples. Various parameters affecting the extraction and headspace gas chromatographic determination were investigated and optimised. Under the optimal conditions, the analytical characteristics of the proposed technique were determined. \u0000Using this approach, the limits of quantification for all analytes were found to be below the maximum acceptable concentration. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":9720,"journal":{"name":"Chemija","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140748708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemijaPub Date : 2024-04-03DOI: 10.6001/chemija.2024.35.1.1
J. Daukšienė, Kristina Burdulienė, Gediminas Daukšys, Lauryna Paulauskaitė, Deividas Burdulis
{"title":"The influence of raw material preparation on the yield of bioactive substances in lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) fruits","authors":"J. Daukšienė, Kristina Burdulienė, Gediminas Daukšys, Lauryna Paulauskaitė, Deividas Burdulis","doi":"10.6001/chemija.2024.35.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6001/chemija.2024.35.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000Phenolic compounds are well-known phytochemicals found in many types of plants. Phenolic compounds and flavonoids are potential substitutes for bioactive agents in pharmaceutical and medicinal sections to promote human health and prevent and cure different diseases. Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) belongs to the Ericaceae family. It is widely spread in the northern hemisphere in such countries as Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Iceland, Scandinavian countries, etc. Lingonberry fruits are beneficial due to their anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antioxidative activities and effect on the cardiovascular system. Although a number of studies are done on phenolic compound extraction methods, there is a high need of evidence on the most efficient way of raw material preparation. In this research, various lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) fruit raw material preparation methods will be compared. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":9720,"journal":{"name":"Chemija","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140747051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemijaPub Date : 2024-04-03DOI: 10.6001/chemija.2024.35.1.2
Vytautas Kavaliauskas, A. Padarauskas
{"title":"Aqueous two-phase system based on hexafluoroisopropanol and acetonitrile for homogeneous liquid-liquid microextraction of cationic dyes","authors":"Vytautas Kavaliauskas, A. Padarauskas","doi":"10.6001/chemija.2024.35.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6001/chemija.2024.35.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000This work demonstrates that an aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) is formed when a small amount of acetonitrile (ACN) is added to the aqueous hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) solution. The effect of ACN amount on the volume of the formed HFIP/ACN phase was investigated. It was also shown that relatively hydrophilic methylene blue was completely extracted into the HFIP/ACN phase whereas its extractability with conventional solvents (hexane, CH2Cl2 and CHCl3) was significantly lower. The obtained results suggest that the HFIP/ACN phase exhibits a relatively high polarity and should be a good choice for the extraction of moderately or even highly polar compounds from aqueous samples. Finally, the developed ATPS was applied for the homogeneous liquidliquid microextraction of four cationic dyes from river water samples prior to HPLC analysis. Under optimised extraction conditions, the enrichment factors were around 150. Calibration curves were linear (R2 ≥ 0.9959) for the concentration level between 0.2–0.5 and 50.0 μg/L and the detection limits were in the range 0.05–0.18 μg/L. The recoveries of the dyes for the spiked water samples were 88.6–98.5%, with the relative standard deviation values less than 9.6%. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":9720,"journal":{"name":"Chemija","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140748321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemijaPub Date : 2023-12-07DOI: 10.6001/chemija.2023.34.4.3
Aurimas Plaga, Birutė Sapijanskaitė-Banevič, R. Vaickelionienė
{"title":"Synthesis and investigation of antibacterial activity of 1-(4-substituted phenyl)-5-oxopyrrolidine-3-carbohydrazide derivatives","authors":"Aurimas Plaga, Birutė Sapijanskaitė-Banevič, R. Vaickelionienė","doi":"10.6001/chemija.2023.34.4.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6001/chemija.2023.34.4.3","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000Hydrazides are very important precursors for the synthesis of a wide variety of derivatives, including heterocyclic compounds of biological interest in drug design and discovery. Acid hydrazides with a pyrrole, thiophene, furan, quinoline, isoquinoline, isoxazole and benzimidazole core in the structure were found to be used in medicine, pharmacy, agriculture and many other fields. \u0000In the search for compounds with antibacterial properties, mono- and dihydrazides were used in this study to prepare 1-(4-substituted phenyl)-5-oxopyr-rolidine-3-carbohydrazide derivatives bearing the corresponding hydrazone and azole substituents. \u0000The formation of the target compounds was performed via condensation reactions with the chosen aromatic aldehydes and isatin, which led to the construction of the appropriate hydrazone-type structures as well as with diketones which afforded compounds with pyrazole and pyrrole nuclei. \u0000In addition, a preliminary antibacterial evaluation of the synthesised compounds was performed using the gram-positive Bacillus subtilis and the gramnegative Escherichia coli bacterial strains. As it was expected, the evaluation revealed potential antibacterial candidates that can help address the global challenges of antibiotic resistance and infectious disease outbreaks. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":9720,"journal":{"name":"Chemija","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138983580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemijaPub Date : 2023-12-07DOI: 10.6001/chemija.2023.34.4.2
Paulina Kaziukonytė, Tomas Venslauskas, Kamilė Venskūnaitė, Ieva Žutautė, A. Brukštus
{"title":"Synthesis of novel 4-alkyl-6-(5-aryl-1,2,3-thiadiazol-4-yl) benzene-1,3-diols as potential Hsp90 inhibitors","authors":"Paulina Kaziukonytė, Tomas Venslauskas, Kamilė Venskūnaitė, Ieva Žutautė, A. Brukštus","doi":"10.6001/chemija.2023.34.4.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6001/chemija.2023.34.4.2","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000The efficient synthesis of 4-alkyl-6-(5-aryl-1,2,3-thiadiazol-4-yl)benzene-1,3-diols as potential isoform-specific Hsp90 inhibitors was developed. The synthetic pathway starts from the commercially available 1,3-benzenediol and employs well-known reactions. The Friedel–Crafts acylation and carbonyl group reduction to the methylene group gave 1-(5-alkyl-2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-arylethan-1-ones. The subsequently carried out condensation with ethyl carbazate and Hurd–Mori cyclisation gave title compounds. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":9720,"journal":{"name":"Chemija","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139011697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemijaPub Date : 2023-12-07DOI: 10.6001/chemija.2023.34.4.1
Huma Amber, Karina Vjūnova, Z. Sukackienė, D. Šimkūnaitė, J. Vaičiūnienė, L. Tamašauskaitė-Tamašiūnaitė, E. Norkus
{"title":"Hydrogen production on CoFe, CoFeMn and CoFeMo coatings deposited on Ni foam via electroless metal plating","authors":"Huma Amber, Karina Vjūnova, Z. Sukackienė, D. Šimkūnaitė, J. Vaičiūnienė, L. Tamašauskaitė-Tamašiūnaitė, E. Norkus","doi":"10.6001/chemija.2023.34.4.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6001/chemija.2023.34.4.1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000In this study, the catalytic hydrogen generation was evaluated on the cobalt–iron (CoFe), cobalt–iron–manganese (CoFeMn) and cobalt–ironmolybdenum (CoFeMo) coatings deposited on the Ni foam substrate using the electroless metal plating method and morpholine borane as the reducing agent. The characterisation of the surface morphology, structure and composition of resulted coatings was done using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). The catalytic activity of the prepared CoFe/Ni, CoFeMn/Ni and CoFeMo/Ni catalysts was investigated for hydrogen generation from an alkaline sodium borohydride (NaBH4) solution at different temperatures. It was found that the hydrogen generation rate of ca. 5.2, 7.8 and 11.7 L min–1 g–1 was achieved by using the CoFe/ Ni, CoFeMo/Ni and CoFeMn/Ni coatings, respectively, at 343 K. Among the investigated catalysts, CoFeMn/Ni exhibits the lowest activation energy of 62.4 kJ mol–1 and the highest HGR of 11.7 L min–1 g–1 at 343 K. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":9720,"journal":{"name":"Chemija","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139011656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemijaPub Date : 2023-09-17DOI: 10.6001/chemija.2023.34.3.1
Edita Daublytė, Marija Kalnaitytė, Aliona Klimovich, Audrius Drabavičius, Tatjana Charkova
{"title":"Synthesis of silver nanoparticles with polyols under reflux and microwave irradiation conditions","authors":"Edita Daublytė, Marija Kalnaitytė, Aliona Klimovich, Audrius Drabavičius, Tatjana Charkova","doi":"10.6001/chemija.2023.34.3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6001/chemija.2023.34.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"Four polyols were used as stabilisers to synthesise silver nanospheres under reflux and microwave irradiation conditions. The nanoparticles were covered with a protective up to 10 nm silicon dioxide shell. The shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS) technique was used to analyse the self-assembled monolayer of 4-mercaptobenzoic acid (4-MBA) by applying the produced silver core-silica shell nanoparticles. The article provides a detailed description of the synthesis, analysis and application of the nanoparticles based on UV/Vis, HR-TEM and SHINERS data.","PeriodicalId":9720,"journal":{"name":"Chemija","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135259099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemijaPub Date : 2023-09-17DOI: 10.6001/chemija.2023.34.3.2
Turlybek N. Nurakhmetov, Temirulan T. Alibay, Doszhan A. Tolekov, Raushan K. Shamiyeva, Sapargali Pazylbek, Dovydas Karoblis, Rimantas Raudonis, Aleksej Zarkov, Jonas Kiuberis, Aivaras Kareiva
{"title":"Intrinsic emissions and formation of electron-hole trapping centres in excited Li2SO4","authors":"Turlybek N. Nurakhmetov, Temirulan T. Alibay, Doszhan A. Tolekov, Raushan K. Shamiyeva, Sapargali Pazylbek, Dovydas Karoblis, Rimantas Raudonis, Aleksej Zarkov, Jonas Kiuberis, Aivaras Kareiva","doi":"10.6001/chemija.2023.34.3.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6001/chemija.2023.34.3.2","url":null,"abstract":"Vacuum ultraviolet and thermal activation spectroscopies were used to study the nature of intrinsic emission and the mechanisms of the formation of electron and hole trapping centres in irradiated Li2SO4 powders and crystals. The obtained results along with excitation spectra showed that recombination emission at 3.8–4.2 eV and 4.5–5.5 eV occurs when an electron passes from the second and third sub-bands of the valence band formed from the 2p state of oxygen to the conduction band. It has been determined that Li2SO4 electron and hole trapping centres are created when electrons are trapped in the SO42– anionic sites. The holes are localised in the form of SO4 – radicals. The spectral position and intensity of individual emission bands are dependent on the crystallographic arrangement of localised holes.","PeriodicalId":9720,"journal":{"name":"Chemija","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135259100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemijaPub Date : 2023-09-17DOI: 10.6001/chemija.2023.34.3.3
Asta Vasiliauskaitė
{"title":"Assessment of the deterioration process of copper alloys: a case study of Central Lithuanian crossbow brooches with a triangular foot","authors":"Asta Vasiliauskaitė","doi":"10.6001/chemija.2023.34.3.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6001/chemija.2023.34.3.3","url":null,"abstract":"The deterioration and degree of preservation of copper alloy archaeological artefacts depends on several interacting factors that began when the artefacts were buried and continue in museum storage. Ageing and deterioration processes that have begun can be slowed, but not completely stopped. The influence of the type of copper alloy and museum environment storage conditions on deterioration processes was investigated. Crossbow brooches with a triangular foot were examined using non-destructive techniques such as portable XRF and radiography, as well as the data from excavation reports. The collected data on museum storage environment was analysed using the software program Eclimatenotebook. Based on the results of this analysis, the future preservation level was calculated using the risk assessment method. Most of the brooches examined were made of brass and were in a fairly good condition. The foot and pin were the most damaged parts. Future storage conditions with a high relative humidity (up to 80%) pose a great risk to the treated and untreated brooches.","PeriodicalId":9720,"journal":{"name":"Chemija","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135259101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemijaPub Date : 2023-09-17DOI: 10.6001/chemija.2023.34.3.4
Mindaugas Dailidė, Sigitas Tumkevičius
{"title":"Synthesis and dihydrofolate reductase inhibitory activity of 2-amino-6-(arylaminomethyl) thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones","authors":"Mindaugas Dailidė, Sigitas Tumkevičius","doi":"10.6001/chemija.2023.34.3.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.6001/chemija.2023.34.3.4","url":null,"abstract":"The present work deals with synthesis and biological evaluation of novel compounds as potential inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) from opportunistic microorganisms – Pneumocystis carinii (pc), Toxoplasma gondii (tg) and Mycobacterium avium (ma). A set of 6 lipophilic and 1 classical antifolates of thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine series were designed and synthesised with key pharmacophoric features of DHFR inhibitors and aminomethylene bridge joining the aromatic part and 2-amino-4-oxothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine nucleus. Investigation of the DHFR inhibitory activity of the synthesised compounds revealed that 2-amino-6-[(4-methoxyphenylamino)-, 6--[(4-chlorophenylamino)- and 6-[(2,5 ichlorophenylamino)methyl]thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)- ones had a moderate activity (IC50 56.5, 49.9 and 23 μM, respectively) against pcDHFR. Activity of those compounds against tgDHFR (IC50 6.0, 2.8 and 2.3 μM, respectively) was comparable to that of trimethoprim (IC50 2.7 μM). No synthesised lipophilic antifolates showed activity towards maDHFR. The classical antifolate 2-{4-[(2-amino-4-oxo-3,4- dihydrothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-6-yl)methylamino]benzamido}-L-glutamic acid inhibited DHFRs from all microorganisms (IC50 6.6 μM for pcDHFR, 1.06 μM for tgDHFR and 16.9 μM for maDHFR).","PeriodicalId":9720,"journal":{"name":"Chemija","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135259096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}