Abstract
3-Bromoacetyl-7-methoxycoumarin (I) was synthesized as a highly reactive fluorescent derivatization reagent for use in high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis. Compound I readily reacted with carboxylic acids in acetone at room temperature for 30min in the presence of potassium bicarbonate and 18-crown-6(Method A), or an anion-exchange resin (Method B) as catalysts to give the corresponding fluorescent carboxylic acid coumarinacyl esters(IIa-o). When lauric acid as a test sample was derivatized with I by use of Methods A and B, the detection limits were 0.4 and 0.5pmol per injection (S/N=3), respectively. These methods were applicable to the measurements of free fatty acids in human plasma (10-100μl). Method B used a weakly basic anion-exchange resin instead of catalysts so in Method A, so it would be useful for the simplification of derivatization.
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