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Solvent Shifts and Signal Enhancement in Electronic Spectroscopy: The Influence of Hexamethyldisiloxane on the UV-Visible and Fluorescence Spectra of Selected Herbicides

✍ Scribed by J.R. Bowser; P.F. Gavin; N.D. Danielson


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
194 KB
Volume
47
Category
Article
ISSN
0026-265X

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✦ Synopsis


Hexamethyldisiloxane [ (\mathrm{HMDS},\left(\mathrm{Me}{3} \mathrm{Si}{2} \mathrm{O}\right.) ] has been found to be a useful solvent modifier for analytical studies of certain herbicides which contain aromatic rings. This solvent causes large bathochromic shifts in the (\pi \rightarrow \pi^{*}) bands relative to nonpolar solvents such as hexane. In the specific case of trifluralin this leads to a significant signal enhancement at (254 \mathrm{~nm}). Potential value for the analysis of herbicides by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is discussed. 1993 Academic Press. Inc.