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preferred compounds of the invention are dcnbs sodium salt and dmnbs sodium salt . however , other salt forms are contemplated , and which retain the essential features of the invention . dcnbs and dmnbs may be formulated and used in the same manner as dbnbs . dcnbs and dmnbs , and their respective salts , may be isotopically labelled using the isotope 2 h or 15 n . the synthesis and utility of dcnbs and dmnbs are described below . for example , a compound of the invention may be used in assaying any suitable sample for the presence of sulphite radical anion , nitric oxide , alkyl free radicals or superoxide . a compound of the invention may also be used in an assay for an oxidant from the dialysate of a uremic patient . see also british patent application no . 0024938 . 3 . in an assay of the invention , radicals may be detected by esr spectroscopy . in a particular embodiment of the invention , dmnbs may be used instead of hhtio in the elisa - esr assay described above . based on the same principles , the dmnbs - so 3 − adduct can be formed from a reaction mixture of sulphite , hydrogen peroxide and dmnbs by the action of hrp ( fig2 ). many hrp - labelled antibodies are widely available . preliminary results suggest that the dmnbs assay is superior to the hhtio assay , indicating that a compound of the invention may be used as a detector molecule for the presence of antibody - peroxidase complexes in elisas with esr detection . the following examples illustrate the preparation of compounds of the invention . the subsequent tests illustrate their utility . dcnbs was synthesised in two steps from 2 , 6 - dichloroaniline ( aldrich chemical co .) as described below . for reference , dbnbs was synthesised from 3 , 5 - dibromosulphanilic acid , sodium salt ( aldrich chemical co .) by the method of kaur et al , supra . horseradish peroxidase ( type vi ), phosphate buffered saline tablets , hydrogen peroxide and dipotassium sulphite were all purchased from sigma chemical company , poole , dorset , u . k . 2 , 6 - dichloroaniline ( 22 . 0 g ; 0 . 136 mol ) was added cautiously to concentrated sulphuric acid ( 50 ml ) under nitrogen , with cooling and stirring . when addition was complete the reaction mixture was heated under nitrogen at 170 ° c . for 5 hr , then allowed to cool to 50 ° c . before pouring into cold water ( 4 ° c .). the precipitate was filtered and then heated with decolourising charcoal ( 2 g ) in boiling water ( 500 ml ) for 15 min . after filtration the solvent was removed and the crude product was recrystallised from water to give a crystalline solid , which was dried over silica gel overnight , to give 3 , 5 - dichlorosulphanilic acid as a white powder . yield 13 . 7 g ( 42 %). 3 , 5 - dichlorosulphanilic acid ( 2 . 0 g ; 8 . 26 mmol ) and 30 % hydrogen peroxide ( 5 . 9 ml ; 0 . 058 mol ) were added to a solution of sodium acetate ( 0 . 68 g ; 8 . 26 mmol ) in glacial acetic acid ( 14 ml ) and stirred until the solid was completely dissolved . the resulting solution was left to stand at room temperature for 14 days , after which time a portion of the solvent was removed on the rotary evaporator ( water bath temperature 40 - 50 ° c .) until a solid product was just observed . the reaction mixture was then left to stand overnight at 4 ° c . the product was filtered and washed with glacial acetic acid ( 5 ml ), absolute ethanol ( 10 ml ), dioxane / diethyl ether ( 1 : 1 ) ( 10 ml ) and absolute ethanol ( 10 ml ). the product was dried over silica gel overnight , to give 3 , 5 - dichloro - 4 - nitrosobenzenesulphonate , sodium salt as a cream powder . yield 0 . 92 g ( 40 %). peaks observed at 254 , 256 , 258 a . m . u . ( 14 %, 10 %, 4 %) which is consistent with m + - na for dcnbs . freshly distilled 2 , 6 - dimethylaniline ( 25 ml ; 0 . 20 mol ) was added cautiously to concentrated sulphuric acid ( 37 . 5 ml ) with cooling and stirring . when addition was complete , the reaction mixture was heated at 170 ° c . for 5 hr , then allowed to cool to 70 ° c . before pouring into cold water ( 4 ° c .). the precipitate was filtered after standing for 15 min . it was then dissolved in 2m sodium hydroxide ( 600 ml ) and heated with decolourising charcoal for 15 min . the mixture was filtered and allowed to cool . it was then acidified to ph 3 ( with caution ) using 2m hydrochloric acid . upon cooling to 4 ° c ., the product crystallised as a white solid . this was filtered and dried over silica gel under vacuum . yield 18 . 4 g ( 45 %). aqueous sodium hydroxide ( 2m ) was added dropwise to a suspension of 3 , 5 - dimethylsulphanilic acid ( 8 . 3 g ; mmol ) in water ( 50 ml ) until all the acid had dissolved and the solution was just basic ( ph 11 ). the solution was refluxed for 1 hr , the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give a white solid which was dried over p 2 o 5 under vacuum . yield 8 . 0 g ( 87 %). i . r . 1167 cm − 1 ( s ) ( so 3 − ). literature states 1200 - 1145 cm − 1 ( so 3 − ). anhydrous sodium acetate ( 3 . 09 g ; 37 . 7 mmol ) was dissolved in glacial acetic acid ( 84 . 6 ml ) with stirring . to this solution was added 3 , 5 - dimethylsulphanilic acid , sodium salt ( 8 . 39 g ; 37 . 7 mmol ) and hydrogen peroxide ( 30 % w / v , 30 . 2 ml ; 0 . 294 mol ). the reaction mixture was heated at 60 ° c . for 1 hr and then stirred at room temperature for 2 hr . the reaction mixture was left to stand at room temperature overnight to give a crystalline product . the product was filtered and washed with glacial acetic acid ( 40 ml ), ethanol ( 40 ml ), dioxane / diethyl ether ( 1 : 1 ) ( 40 ml ) and ethanol ( 40 ml ) to give a pale yellow solid . fab - ms ( negative ion mode , using 3 - nba as the matrix ). peak observed at 214 ( m + - na , 24 %). 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , d 2 o ) 2 . 42 ( 6h , s , 2 ×— c h 3 ) and 7 . 68 ( 2h , s , 2 - h and 6 - h ). 13 c nmr ( 400 mhz , d 2 o ) 18 . 2 ( 2 ×— ch 3 ), 126 . 8 ( c - 2 and c - 6 ), 134 . 6 ( c3 and c - 5 ), 142 . 0 and 145 . 5 ( c - 1 and c - 4 ). esr spectra were obtained using a prototype spectrometer ( jeol ( u . k ) ltd ., welwyn garden city , england ) equipped with a te 011 cylindrical cavity . samples were analysed at room temperature in a wg - lc - 11 quartz flat cell ( wilmad - glass , buena , n . j .). in general the instrument parameters were : microwave frequency 9 . 2 ghz , microwave power 4 mw , centre field ( cf ) 336 . 7 mt , sweep width ( sw ) ± 5 mt , number of data points 4095 , modulation frequency 100 khz . for the spin traps reacted with horseradish peroxidase / h 2 o 2 / sulphite : sweep time 200 s , time constraint 0 . 1 s , modulation width 0 . 05 . for the spin traps reacted with the oxidant and no ; sweep time 150 s , time constraint 0 . 3 s , modulation width 0 . 2 mt . a jeol es - dm1 digital manganese oxide marker ( 0 . 03 mm of the glass tube inserted per unit on the dial setting ) with a dial setting of 500 was used to ensure the reproducibility between samples and to identify the position of the signals in the microwave field . reaction of so 3 − ( horseradish peroxidase / h 2 o 2 / sulphite ) solutions of the spin traps dbnbs , dcnbs and dmnbs ( 40 mm ) ( 25 , 50 , 91 , 75 , 110 . 75 , 125 and 156 . 25 μl for final concentrations of 4 , 8 , 14 . 68 , 17 . 72 , 20 and 25 mm in pbs ) were added to 8 μl horseradish peroxidase ( 91 μm in pbs ), 8 μl k 2 so 3 ( 100 mm in water ) and 12 . 5 μl h 2 o 2 ( 5 mm in pbs ). the difference in the volume comprised pbs ( ph 7 . 4 ). the final volume of the reaction mixture was 250 μl . the reaction mixture was mixed thoroughly and analysed by esr spectroscopy after 25 min incubation at room temperature . controls were run using individual reactants as well as the reaction mixture above in the absence of the spin traps . the extent of formation of radicals by dbnbs and dcnbs was tested in the so 3 − system . when dbnbs was reacted with horseradish peroxidase / h 2 o 2 / sulphite , a triplet of doublets was observed under the esr conditions specified above . the triplet was due to the nitrogen hyperfine splitting at position 4 of the benzene ring in the dbnbs molecule and the doublet was due to the hydrogen hyperfine splitting at the 2 and 6 positions of the benzene ring . when dbnbs is replaced by dcnbs , the large bromine atoms are replaced by the smaller chlorine atoms , which causes a reduction in the line width of the signal from 0 . 087 to 0 . 085 mt . in this so 3 − system , dbnbs reached an optimal concentration at 17 . 72 mm and dcnbs at 20 - 25 mm . therefore the sensitivities of the spin traps were compared at these concentrations . the respective signal / marker ratios were 3 . 33 and 10 . 62 , indicating that dcnbs has 3 times greater sensitivity than dbnbs . when the water - soluble spin traps dmnbs , dcnbs , dbnbs , dbnbs - d 2 , dbnbs - 15 n and dbnbs - d 2 - 15 n were compared as traps for the sulphite radical anion ( so 3 − ) ( generated from hrp , h 2 o 2 , so 3 2 − ), dmnbs was found to give the largest esr signal . the signal height was found to be more than twenty times that obtained for dbnbs . it was also found to be more than three times that obtained for the isotopically labelled dbnbs analogue dbnbs - d 2 - 15 n . thus dmnbs is a particularly useful spin trap for the sulphite radical anion . the apparatus shown in fig1 was flushed with nitrogen for 15 min . the vacutainer containing deionised water ( 4 ml ) was then connected to the system and flushed with nitrogen for a further 15 min , to remove any oxygen present in the system , and therefore to prevent the formation of nitrogen dioxide . the no gas was bubbled through the deionised water via the system for 45 min . the small amount of nitrogen dioxide present in the pressurised no container was removed by bubbling through two bottles of 5m naoh . the gas was then bubbled through a scrubbing bottle containing deionised water to remove any alkaline aerosol contamination . any excess of no after the deionised water step was bubbled through a scrubbing bottle containing 1m potassium permanganate / 1m naoh to prevent excess no escaping from the fume hood . the concentration of no in the resulting no - saturated water was taken to be 2 . 0 mm . samples of dbnbs , dcnbs and dmnbs were weighed into vacutainers and evacuated . tris - hcl buffer , 0 . 01m , ph 7 . 4 , was deoxygenated by bubbling with nitrogen gas for 15 min . the deoxygenated buffer was added to the spin traps by a gas tight syringe to give a final spin trap concentration of 0 . 30m . the spin trap solution was briefly flushed with nitrogen and was then ready for use . no - saturated water ( 1 ml ) was added to 1 ml of each of the spin trap solutions ( dbnbs , dcnbs and dmnbs ). the final concentrations of the spin traps were 0 . 15m and no 1 mm . parallel blanks were carried out by adding 1 ml of deoxygenated water to the spin trap solutions . at each time point samples were taken from test solutions and blanks for esr spectroscopic analysis and the blank was substracted from the spectra . the time course experiment showed that dbnbs ( 0 . 15m ) reacted with no ( 1 . 0 mm ) very slowly under the conditions used . the reaction of dbnbs with no was found to reach a maximum at approximately 50 hr . the reaction of dmnbs with no was found to reach a maximum at 24 - 28 hr . the reaction of dcnbs with no was found to proceed fastest , with a maximum being reached between 20 - 24 hr . the spin trap solutions were prepared as above to give final concentrations of 0 . 05 , 0 . 1 , 0 . 15 , 0 . 2 and 0 . 25m in the reaction mixtures and the parallel blanks . the saturated no solution ( 0 . 5 ml , final concentration 1 mm ) was added to the test solutions and the deoxygenated water ( 0 . 5 ml ) was added to the blanks . the reaction mixtures with dbnbs were incubated for 26 hr . while those with dcnbs were incubated for 22 hr . before analysis by esr spectroscopy . the blanks were subtracted from their parallel test spectra respectively . the maximum signal intensity for dbnbs reacting with no was obtained at a concentration of 0 . 15m dbnbs . for dcnbs reacting with no , a plateau is observed from 0 . 05 - 0 . 40m dcnbs . thus the concentration at which to assess the sensitivity of dbnbs and dcnbs reacting with no was chosen as 0 . 15m . the concentration of no in no saturated water is taken to be 2 . 0 mm . this no solution was diluted with deoxygenated water to give final concentrations in the reaction mixture of 0 , 0 . 25 , 0 . 5 , 1 , 2 . 5 , 5 , 10 , 50 and 100 μm . the no solution was added to dbnbs and to dcnbs to give a final spin trap concentration of 0 . 15m . the blank ( or zero point ) was ran by adding 0 . 5 ml of deoxygenated deionised water to the spin trap solutions . the reaction mixture containing dbnbs was incubated for 50 hr , and that containing dcnbs was incubated for 20 hr . the signal to noise ratio was calculated from each spectrum . all withdrawals and additions of solutions were carried out using a gas - tight syringe . the limit of detection ( s / n ratio equals 3 ) and limit of quantitation ( s / n ratio equals 10 ) were calculated from the linear part of the curve from 0 to 10 μm . the limit of detection and limit of quantitation for dcnbs were found to be 4 . 06 μm and 17 . 30 μm respectively . the limit of detection for dbnbs was found to be 0 . 23 μm and the limit of quantitation was 0 . 92 μm . hence dbnbs was found to be a more sensitive spin trap than dcnbs for nitric oxide while dcnbs was found to react more quickly with no than dbnbs . dialysate from a patient with renal failure on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis ( capd ) was used for this study . the dialysate was collected when the dialysate bag was changed . solutions of 10 mm dbnbs and dcnbs ( 5 , 8 , 12 , 25 and 30 μl for final concentrations of 0 . 5 , 0 . 8 , 1 . 2 , 2 . 5 and 3 . 0 mm ) were added to 60 μl of the dialysate . the difference in volume comprised pbs . the reaction mixture was mixed thoroughly and analysed by esr spectroscopy after 25 min incubation at room temperature . when dbnbs and dcnbs were reacted with the oxidant , a typical three - line esr signal was obtained . a reduction in peak width from 0 . 495 to 0 . 306 mt was observed when dbnbs was replaced by dcnbs . a reduction in peak width in esr spectroscopy is generally regarded as beneficial , as it may lead to increased sensitivity . to compare the sensitivity of dbnbs and dcnbs , the spin trap should be used in excess . dose - response experiments showed that in the oxidant system dbnbs reached an excess at a final nominal concentration of ca . 1 . 2 mm , while dcnbs reached an excess at a final nominal concentration of 2 . 5 mm . therefore the sensitivities of dbnbs and dcnbs were compared at 1 . 2 mm and 2 . 5 mm respectively . they were found to give almost identical results , viz respective signal / marker ratios of 0 . 516 and 0 . 521 . dcnbs has the advantage that it is more soluble than dbnbs and consequently no turbidity problems have been encountered with dcnbs . thus dcnbs is the preferred spin trap for analysis of the oxidant from the dialysate of uremic patients .

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