Treatment of aldosterone with 35% HCl in EtOH or in MeOH followed by the picolinyl derivatization gave the picolinyl derivative of aldosterone-ethyl ether, 8, or methyl ether, 9, as a single and well-shaped liquid chromatographic peak. Picolinyl derivatization of aldosterone produced 21-picolinyl derivative of 18,20-anhydro-hemiacetal derivatives, 6, with poor chromatographic peak with wide half-width. Further conversion of 6 to 8 required long reaction time (>4 h). Structure of each picolinyl or alkyl ether-picolinyl derivative, was carefully elucidated by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, electron ionization mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS). Enhancement of sensitivity (approximately 10-fold) in positive-LC-ESI-MS/MS of aldosterone was confirmed by the use of the alkyl ether-picolinyl derivatization when compared to the underivatized molecule.
用 35% HCl 在 EtOH 或 MeOH 中处理
醛固酮,然后进行
吡啶基衍生化,可得到
醛固酮-
乙醚的
吡啶基衍
生物 8 或
甲醚的
吡啶基衍
生物 9,其
液相色谱峰单一且形状良好。
醛固酮的
吡啶基衍生化产生了 18,20-anhydro-hemiacetal 衍
生物的 21-
吡啶基衍
生物 6,其色谱峰较差,半宽较宽。将 6 进一步转化为 8 需要较长的反应时间(>4 小时)。通过核磁共振光谱法、电子电离质谱法和
液相色谱-电喷雾串联质谱法(LC-ESI-MS/MS),仔细阐明了每种皮啶或烷基醚-皮啶衍
生物的结构。与未充分活化的分子相比,通过使用烷基醚-匹考林基衍生化,
醛固酮的正
液相色谱-电喷雾离子化-质谱/质谱灵敏度得到了提高(约 10 倍)。