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ANALYTICAL SCIENCES
Volume 28, Issue 8, Pages 807-811Publisher
JAPAN SOC ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.2116/analsci.28.807
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By exposure to appropriate UV intensities, rapid and quantitative oxidation/reduction of inorganic selenite, selenate and several organoselenium compounds representative of those of biochemical/metabolic interest, including selenomethionine, selenobetaine, L-selenocystine, selenomethylselenocysteine, gamma-glutamyl-seleno-methylselenocysteine and selenocystamine, is achieved. In the presence of acetic acid, quantitative conversion to volatile SeH2 and SeCO occurs using a flow-through system comprising a highly efficient 40 W UV lamp for oxidation in tandem with a lower power 8 W UV photocatalytic reactor utilizing a thin-film coating of titania. The volatile reduced species are detected by atomic absorption spectrometry using a heated quartz tube atomizer. Direct photochemical conversion of selenite, selenomethionine, L-selenocystine, gamma-glutamyl-Se-methylselenocysteine and selenocystamine occurs in the presence of 5% acetic acid, following exposure to an 8 W UV field, to yield volatile detectable species, whereas selenobetaine and selenate are unresponsive unless the latter is first subjected to oxidation by exposure to a highly efficient 40 W UV lamp and the selenate reduced in the presence of titania.
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