Increase In Column Temperature Research Articles

Enantioseparation of chiral mandelic acid derivatives by supercritical fluid chromatography

Mandelic acid and its derivatives are important chiral analogs which are widely used in the pharmaceutical synthetic industry. The present study investigated the enantiomeric separation of six mandelic acids (mandelic acid, 2-chloromandelic acid, 3-chloromandelic acid, 4-chloromandelic acid, 4-bromomandelic acid, 4-methoxymandelic acid) on the Chiralpak AD-3 column by supercritical fluid chromatography. The influences of volume fraction of trifluoroacetic acid, type and percentage of modifier, column temperature, and backpressure on the separation efficiency were investigated. And the enantiomer elution order was determined. The results show that, for a given modifier, the retention factor, the separation factor, and the separation resolution decreased gradually with increasing the volume ratio of the modifier. At the same volume ratio of modifier, the retention factor of the mandelic acid and its derivatives increased in the order of methanol, ethanol, and isopropanol, except 3-chloromandelic acid. The separation factor and the separation resolution decreased with the increase of column temperature (below the temperature limit). The backpressure affected the enantioseparation process: As the backpressure increased, a corresponding decrease in retention factor was observed. Under the same chiral column conditions, the SFC method exhibited faster and more efficient separation with better enantioselectivity than the HPLC method.

Revising Reverse-Phase Chromatographic Behavior for Efficient Differentiation of Both Positional and Geometrical Isomers of Dicaffeoylquinic Acids.

Dicaffeoylquinic acids (diCQAs) are plant metabolites and undergo trans-cis-isomerization when exposed to UV irradiation. As such, diCQAs exist in both trans- and cis-configurations and amplify the already complex plant metabolome. However, analytical differentiation of these geometrical isomers using mass spectrometry (MS) approaches has proven to be extremely challenging. Exploring the chromatographic space to develop possible conditions that would aid in differentially separating and determining the elution order of these isomers is therefore imperative. In this study, simple chromatographic parameters, such as column chemistry (phenyl versus alkyl), mobile phase composition (methanol or acetonitrile), and column temperature, were investigated to aid in the separation of diCQA geometrical isomers. The high-performance liquid chromatography photodiode array (HPLC-PDA) chromatograms revealed four isomers post UV irradiation of diCQA authentic standards. The elution profile/order was seen to vary on different reverse-phase column chemistries (phenyl versus alkyl) using different mobile phase composition. Here, the elution profile/order on the phenyl-derived column matrices (with methanol as the mobile phase composition) was observed to be relatively reproducible as compared to the alkyl (C18) columns. Chromatographic resolution of diCQA geometrical isomers can be enhanced with an increase in column temperature. Lastly, the study highlights that chromatographic elution order/profile cannot be relied upon to fathom the complexity of isomeric plant metabolites.

Retention Behavior of Some Compounds Containing Polar Functional Groups on Perfluorophenyl Silica-Based Stationary Phase

A retention study on perfluorophenyl silica-based stationary phase was undertaken for some organic compounds containing different polar functionalities. The dependence of the retention factor on the content of organic modifier (acetonitrile, or methanol) in mobile phase was fitted by polynomial equations. The only exception was observed for adenine, which showed a sigmoidal dependence for the retention factor versus organic modifier content. The extrapolated values of retention factor for water as mobile phase (log kw) from these dependences were well correlated with octanol–water partition constants (log Kow), excepting the values for hexachlorocyclohexane isomers and adenine. Temperature dependences of the retention factor obeyed the van’t Hoff equation with thermodynamic parameters similar to those obtained in reversed phase on C8 or C18 stationary phases, excepting two statines whose dependences of ln k on the reciprocal value of absolute column temperature were nonlinear. Again, adenine had an atypical behavior with decrease in the retention factor with the increase in column temperature, due to possible tautomeric equilibria of this compound in presence of water, in accordance with theoretical models reported by literature. Charge modeling with MarvinSketch package program revealed charged centers from analyte molecule that could interact differently with charge centers from stationary phase.

COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF ENANTIOSEPARATION OF SOME AMINO ACIDS AND N-PROTECTED AMINO ACIDS IN NORMAL PHASE HPLC AND ANALYSIS OF UNUSUAL PEAK SHAPE

Comparative studies of enantioseparation of some amino acids and N-protected amino acids were performed using a Chiralpak IA column in normal phases HPLC. Better resolution results were obtained for N-protected amino acids compared with the studied amino acids at the same conditions. The effects of type and concentration of alcohol modifier in mobile phase, concentration of acidic additive trifluoroacetic acid, and column temperature on enantioseparation were also investigated. The experimental results showed that the separation factor and resolution factor were both high when ethanol was used as alcohol modifier in mobile phase. When the mobile phase contained 35% (v/v) ethanol, the separation factor of all the enantiomers was the highest. A trace amount of trifluoroacetic acid promotes enantioseparation regardless of the nature of the chiral solutes. The retention time of investigated enantiomers decreased with the increase of column temperature. The chromatographic peak shape of enantiomers separation was almost symmetrical except for the resolution of phenylalanine and 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)alanine, in which chromatographic peak of the first eluted enantiomer was unusual lower and wider than that of the second eluted enantiomer. The mechanism of the unusual peak shape from enantioseparation of phenylalanine and 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)alanine was analyzed.

Analysis of piperidinium ionic liquid cations by ion chromatography with direct conductivity detection

A method of ion chromatography with direct conductivity detection was established to determine three piperidinium ionic liquid cations, i. e. N-methyl, ethyl piperidinium cation ([MEPi]+), N-methyl, propyl piperidinium cation ([MPPi]+) and N-methyl, butyl piperidinium cation ([MBPi]+). The effects of eluent types, eluent concentration and column temperature on the retention of the cations were investigated with sulfonic acid base cation exchange column using ethylenediamine-citric acid-acetonitrile as eluent. The results indicated that, with the increase of column temperature, the retention times of piperidinium cations were reduced, so the retention process of piperidinium cations was exothermic. The retentions of piperidinium cation homologue accorded with carbon number rule. The successful separation of the three piperidinium cations within 7 min was achieved using the optimized eluent of 0.2 mmol/L ethylenediamine-0.3 mmol/L citric acid-3% acetonitrile (pH 4.4) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min and the column temperature of 30 degrees C. Under these conditions, the detection limits at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3 for [MEPi]+, [MPPi] and [MBPi]+ were 0.14, 0.20 and 0.56 mg/L, respec-tively. The relative standard deviations (n = 5) for peak areas were less than 1.2%. The method has been applied to the determination of piperidinium ionic liquids synthesized in chemical laboratory with the spiked recoveries of 97.6% to 105.1%. The method is accurate, reliable, rapid, and has better practicability.

Preparation and Enantioseparation of a New Click Derived β-Cyclodextrin Chiral Stationary Phase

A new cyclodextrin-derived chiral stationary phase (denoted as CDA-CSP) was synthesized by immobilizing mono(6(A)-azido-6(A)-deoxy)-per(p-chlorophenyl carbamoylated) β-cyclodextrin derivative to alkynyl modified silica via click chemistry. This newly prepared CSP shows good enantioseparation performance for six chiral compounds (1-6), such as 4-phenyl-oxazolidine-2-thione, two kinds of aryl alcohols, substituted flavonoids and benzoin, in which baseline separation of Analytes 1-4 was achieved under the experimental conditions. The effects of column temperature, mobile phase pH and content of methanol on the enantioseparation characteristics of CDA-CSP were investigated in detail. Retention factor and resolution for Compound 3 gradually reduced with an increase of column temperature, and a good linear relationship was shown between napierian logarithm of selectivity factor and reciprocal of column temperature. In the pH range from 3.56 to 5.50, a change in pH hardly affected the resolution of Analyte 2. In addition, increasing methanol in the mobile phase resulted in rapid eluting of the analytes from the column in reversed-phase mode. The retention factors for Analytes 1 and 3 significantly decreased and their resolution showed different trends.

Low Thermal Mass Liquid Chromatography

A novel technique, low thermal mass liquid chromatography (LTMLC), is introduced in this study. The use of an LTM assembly that utilizes the principle of resistive wire heating and a temperature sensor to accurately deliver unprecedented heating (up to 1800 degrees C/min) or cooling (100 to approximately 200 degrees C/min) rates is reported. With the use of packed microcolumns (<0.5 mm i.d.), essentially instantaneous heat transfer from the assembly to the mobile phase was obtained. A systematic investigation was conducted to study the performance of the LTMLC technique. Both isocratic and gradient mobile phase conditions were used. For temperature control, isothermal, temperature-increasing, and temperature-decreasing gradients were applied. Three model mixtures, two of which containing neutral and acidic analytes and the other containing neutral, acidic, and basic analytes, were used to study the effect of temperature on elution time, resolution, column efficiency, and selectivity. It was found that the LTMLC experimental setup delivered reliable temperature control, as evidenced by linear van't Hoff plots for neutral and acidic compounds. The effect of temperature on the elution of basic analytes yielded nonlinear van't Hoff plots, explaining the dramatic selectivity changes observed for bases with changes in column temperature. Column efficiency generally increased with the increase in column temperature in the range of 25 to approximately 75 degrees C and decreased in the range of 75 to approximately 150 degrees C at a fixed column flow rate (3 microL/min), when extra column band broadening was taken into account. The increase in efficiency upon the increase in column temperature in the low temperature range was mainly due to the decreased mass transfer term resulting from increased analyte diffusivity. However, under even higher temperatures, the longitudinal diffusion dominated band broadening, explaining the decrease in column efficiency upon a further increase in column temperature. Resolution and selectivity decreased at elevated temperature for neutral and acidic compounds. For mixtures that contain bases, improved resolution was obtained by simultaneously tuning temperature and solvent programming. In addition to heating ability, LTMLC also demonstrated reliable cooling capability, allowing performance of oscillated or cycled temperature programming for fine-tuning the separation of critical band pairs for the first time. Finally, ultrafast reproducible LTMLC was also demonstrated, showing the potential of utilization of this technology for fast and ultrafast separations.

Determining organic impurities in mother liquors from oxidative terephthalic acid synthesis by microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography

In this study, a microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography (MEEKC) method was developed to analyze and detect several aromatic acids (benzoic acid (BA), isophthalic acid (IPA), terephthalic acid (TPA), p-toluic acid ( p-TA), 4-carboxylbenzaldehyde (4-CBA), trimesic acid (TSA), trimellitic acid (TMA), o-phthalic acid (OPA), and hemimellitic acid (HMA)), which are common organic impurities produced by liquid-phase catalytic oxidation of p-xylene to TPA. The effects of microemulsion composition, column temperature, column length and applied voltage were examined in order to optimize the aromatic acid separations. This work demonstrated that variation in the concentration of surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)) and oil phase (octane) had a pronounced effect on separation of the nine aromatic acids. It was also found that a decrease in column length had the greatest effect on shortening separation time and improving separation resolution for these aromatic acids when compared to that of an increase in column temperature or applied voltage. However, the nature and concentration of cosurfactants and organic modifiers were found to play only minor roles in the separation mechanism. Thus, a separation with baseline resolution was achieved within 14 min by using a microemulsion solution of pH 2.0 containing 3.7% SDS, 0.975% octane, and 5.0% cyclohexanol; and a 50-cm capillary column (effective length of 40-cm) at 26 °C. As a result, the developed MEEKC method successfully determined eight impurities of aromatic acids in the mother liquors produced from the oxidation synthesis of TPA.

Effects of Perchloric Acid on High Temperature Liquid Chromatography

The effects of the chaotropic agent perchloric acid on high temperature liquid chromatography (HTLC) with water as mobile phase have been investigated over a temperature range from 130°C to 200°C. Aniline, N-methylaniline, 3-ethylaniline and N,N-dimethylaniline were used as analytes. Similar to the effects of increasing the organic content of the mobile phase in regular reverse phase HPLC, the increase of column temperature in HTLC results in the decrease of capacity factors for all the aniline test compounds. By adding low concentrations of perchloric acid in the mobile phase, the capacity factors of the anilines also decrease which is equivalent to the increase of column temperature. Comparisons of HClO4 gradient and temperature program for the separation of the four anilines in HTLC are presented.

Investigation of Retention Behavior for Herbicides in Micro‐HPLC with Temperature Changes

The purpose of this study is to improve the detection limit for trace herbicides, and to separate all samples within a short time with the combination of temperature and flow programming with micro‐reversed‐phase liquid chromatography (RPLC). The optimum condition for separation was ACN:0.05 M NaH2PO4 (46:54) (v/v), pH = 4.3, 40°C. The mass sensitivity is in the range between 0.086 × 10−13 g and 3.34 × 10−13 g in micro‐HPLC (HPLC). Micro‐HPLC exhibits higher mass sensitivity and better heat transfer than conventional HPLC. Thus, in the case of micro‐HPLC, the retention behavior of herbicides is easily determined according to the change of temperature. Especially, retention of triazines is decreased to a lesser extent with the increase of column temperature than that of other herbicides. This tendency has been accounted for the thermodynamic parameters ΔH° and ΔS°. The ΔS° for triazines is less negative than that for phenoxy acids, esters, and others. The chromatograms of herbicides were obtained within a short time with using both temperature and flow gradient, than with isocratic, isothermal, and isorheic conditions. When the mobile phase flow rate and the column temperature were changed simultaneously during the separation run, the analysis time was shortened up to 50%, while the separation efficiency was preserved.

Enantiomeric separation using temperature-responsive chiral polymers composed of l-valine diamide derivatives in aqueous liquid chromatography

This paper describes enantiomer separation by aqueous liquid chromatography using chiral stationary phases (CSPs) in which temperature-responsive polymers derived from acryloyl- l-valine N-methylamide ( 1) and its N, N-dimethylamide analogue ( 2) were bound on silica gel supports. The linear polymers composed of monomer 1 and monomer 2 are temperature-responsive in solution and their aggregation and extension states related to water solubility are reversible at particular critical temperatures. During chromatography, enantioselectivity and retentivity for solute enantiomers were controlled by column temperature, which changes the aggregation and extension states of the chiral polymers depending upon their interior hydrophobic nature. Two different types of CSPs were made: a temperature-responsive linear polymer derived from 3-mercaptopropyl silica gel, and another polymer cross-linked with ethylene dimethacrylate from 3-methacryloyloxypropyl silica gel. The former CSP could separate racemic N-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl(DNB))amino acid isopropyl esters. Retention of the amino acid derivatives was prolonged with an increase in column temperature. Enantioselectivity was also enhanced with temperature increase until the particular critical temperature. The latter, cross-linked CSP could not provide enantioselectivity for the amino acid derivatives in aqueous media, although the chiral valine diamide moieties were effective for enantiomer separation in non-aqueous media. The degree of hydrophobicity and volume of the bonded phase formed by the polymers on the support surface was determined by measuring the fluorescence of pyrene.

Retention behavior of hydrophobic organic chemicals as a function of temperature in soil leaching column chromatography.

To study the transport mechanism of hydrophobic organic chemicals (HOCs) and the energy change in soil/solvent system, a soil leaching column chromatographic (SLCC) experiment at an environmental temperature range of 20-40 degrees C was carried out, which utilized a reference soil (SP 14696) packed column and a methanol-water (1:4 by volume ratio) eluent. The transport process quickens with the increase of column temperature. The ratio of retention factors at 30 and 40 degrees C (k'30/k'40) ranged from 1.08 to 1.36. The lower enthalpy change of the solute transfer in SLCC (from eluent to soil) than in conventional reversed-phase liquid chromatography (e.g., from eluent to C18) is consistent with the hypothesis that HOCs were dominantly and physically partitioned between solvent and soil. The results were also verified by the linear solvation energy relationships analysis. The chief factor controlling the retention was found to be the solute solvophobic partition, and the second important factor was the solute hydrogen-bond basicity, while the least important factors were the solute polarizability-dipolarity and hydrogen-bond acidity. With the increase of temperature, the contributions of the solute solvophobic partition and hydrogen-bond basicity gradually decrease, and the latter decreases faster than the former.

Separation of selected basic pharmaceuticals by reversed-phase and ion-exchange chromatography using thermally tuned tandem columns.

The separation of basic pharmaceuticals is usually performed on C8 or C18 bonded silica supports. Silanolphilic interactions between basic analytes and surface silanol groups often lead to tailed peaks, poor efficiency, and irreproducible retention times. To solve these problems, many new types of silica-, zirconia-, and polymer-based columns, which provide unique selectivities, improved stability at high pH, or both, have been developed for the analysis of basic compounds. The essence of method development for the chromatographic analysis of basic compounds is to choose a system in which the band spacing can be varied dramatically, quickly, and conveniently while minimizing the tailing due to silanolphilic interactions. The thermally tuned tandem column (T3C) approach has been shown to provide an effective way to adjust stationary-phase selectivity for nonionic compounds. In this study, a tandem combination of an octadecylsilane (ODS) and a polybutadiene-coated zirconia (PBD-ZrO2) phase was used to separate nine antihistamines. Selectivity is tuned by independently adjusting the isothermal temperatures of the two columns. We found dramatic differences in the retention factors, elution sequences, and band spacing for the above set of basic drugs on the two types of columns. The T3C model has been used successfully to locate the optimal temperatures based on only four exploratory runs. The nine antihistamines were baseline separated on the tandem column combination even though they could not be separated on the individual phases. The effect of the buffer concentration on retention of the basic antihistamines was also studied. We conclude that cation-exchange interactions predominate on the PBD-ZrO2 phase, while reversed-phase interactions are more important on the ODS phase. Interestingly, an increase in column temperature causes a significant increase in the retention on the ODS column and a decrease of retention on the PBD-ZrO2 column. This can be explained by the change in the analyte's degree of ionization with temperature. The T3C combination of silica- and zirconia-based RPLC columns is demonstrated to be a powerful approach for the separation of this mixture of basic analytes.

Temperature-responsive liquid chromatography. 2. Effects of hydrophobic groups in N-isopropylacrylamide copolymer-modified silica.

We recently reported the new concept of temperature-responsive liquid chromatography using temperature-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-modified surfaces as high-performance liquid chromatography media with aqueous mobile phases. Incorporation of hydrophobic sites is an important factor to improve the efficacy (selectivity and retention) of temperature-responsive chromatography. Toward this goal, we have synthesized semitelechelic copolymers of N-isopropylacrylamide (IPAAm) and butyl methacrylate (BMA) having reactive terminal functional groups using telomerization. The lower critical solution temperatures of the copolymers shift to lower temperatures with increasing hydrophobic BMA content in the poly(IPAAm-co-BMA) relative to that of the IPAAm homopolymer. This temperature-responsive semitelechelic copolymer was grafted to the surface of (aminopropyl)silica through the reaction of activated ester-amine coupling. The polymer-modified silica was used as a column packing material. Separation of a mixture of five steroids having various hydrophobicities was investigated. Retention of steroids on poly(IPAAm-co-BMA)-modified columns is increased with an increase in column temperature. The capacity factors for steroids on the copolymer-modified silica beads was much larger than that on homopolymer PIPAAm-modified columns. The capacity factor for testosterone at 50 degrees C was 33.8 for poly(IPAAm-co-BMA) containing 5 mol% BMA, while that for the PIPAAm homopolymer was 15.0 at the same temperature. The influence of column temperature on steroid retention behavior on copolymer-modified stationary phases was significant compared with the case of homopolymer-modified columns. Furthermore, retention times for steroids increased remarkably with increasing BMA composition. The temperature-responsive elution behavior for the steroids was strongly affected by the hydrophobicity of the grafted polymer chains on silica surfaces. Possible protein separation in temperature-responsive liquid chromatography was explored using insulin chains A and B, and beta-endorphin fragment 1-27. On IBc-3.2-modified silica column, these three peptides were successfully separated at 30 degrees C with 0.5 M NaCl aqueous solution (pH 2.1) as mobile phase. The retention times of these peptides were related to the number of hydrophobic amino acid residues in the peptides. In the proposed chromatography system, elution of target substances is controlled only by a small change in column temperature without any further modification of the aqueous mobile phase.

Temperature dependence of the anion-exchange chromatographic behaviour of cyclic phosphate oligomers and their anion-exchange separation

The temperature dependence of the chromatographic behaviour of a series of cyclic condensed phosphates with degree of polymerization from 3 to 8 on an anion-exchange column was investigated. The efficiency of Jandera's equation in predicting the elution behaviour was confirmed and the elution conditions for separating cyclic phosphates were established with the aid of computer simulations. An increase in column temperature resulted in a significant increase in the number of theoretical plates. Conditions for separating the six phosphates were not found at 30°C; however, the computer simulations suggested that suitable conditions for their separation existed at 70°C and this was confirmed experimentally. The enthalpy changes of the ion-exchange reaction of all phosphates were deterimed from the temperature dependences of their retention times and varied in proportion to their anionic charges.The ion-exchange reaction of these cyclic phosphates was governed by the dehydration of the anions and partial dissociation of ion pairs between cyclic phosphate anions and K + ions in the eluent.

Combined effect of organic modifier concentration and column temperature on retention in reversed-phase ion-pair liquid chromatography

The retention behavior of phenylamine and naphthylamine sulphonic acid was evaluated in reversed-phase ion-pair liquid chromatography as a function of organic modifier concentration and column temperature. It has been observed that the logarithm of capacity factors decrease linearly with organic modifier concentration, and there is a good linear relationship between the intercept and slope for this relationship. Phenylamine and naphthylamine sulphonic acid retention decreases with increase in column temperature. A linear dependence of lnk ip ′ on the reciprocal of the absolute temperature, the Van't Hoff plot, was observed over the column temperature range studied, and the standard enhalpic change (ΔHo) for these sulphonic acid transfers from the mobile phaser to the stationary phase was determined. ΔHo was dependent on the solute structure and in the range from 2.5 Kcal/mol to 5.5 Kcal/mol, which is close to that observed in RP-HPLC. The enthalpy/entropy compensation effect was evaluated by plotting lnk ip(T) ′ vs. −ΔHo, and the apparent differences in retention mechanisms between the analytes were observed, which may arise from the significant differences in their configuration, hydrophobicity and the charges of the solutes as well as the complex retention processes of RP-IPC.

Liquid Chromatographic Analysis of Styrene-Methacrylate and Styrene-Acrylate Copolymers

Abstract Copolymers of styrene-methacrylate (methyl-, ethyl-, and n-butyl-) and styrene-acrylate (methyl-, ethyl-, and n-butyl-) were prepared by solution polymerization at a low degree of conversion. These copolymers were separated according to composition by liquid adsorption chromatography. Silica gel was the stationary phase and a mixture of chloroform and ethanol was the mobile phase. Ethanol content in the mobile phase affected the elution of the copolymers and methacrylate or acrylate rich copolymers required much ethanol to elute from a column. The retention of the copolymers was controlled by column temperature and the copolymers tended to retain in a column at higher column temperature. A linear gradient elution method way to increase ethanol in the mobile chase was effective to separate the copolymers in the order of increasing the methacrylate or acrylate content. Styrene rich copolymers eluted first from a column. Resolution between two adjacent peaks was improved with the increase in column temperature. In a mixture of copolymers of styrene-methacrylate or styrene-acrylate (methyl, ethyl, and n-butyl) having the same styrene content, the elution was in the order of n-butyl, ethyl, and methyl methacrylate or acrylate copolymers with styrene. In copolymrs having the same styrene content, a mixture of copolymrs having diffrent ester groups was separated and a mixtue of copolymrs having the same estr group (e.g., styrene-methyl mth-acrylate and styrene-methyl acrylate copolymers) was not separated.

Liquid adsorption chromatography of styrene copolymers of methacrylats and acrylates

Styrene copolymers with methyl, ethyl and n-butyl methacrylate and acrylate were prepared by solution polymerization at a low degree of conversion. These copolymers were separated according to composition by gradient elution using silica gel as the stationary phase and chloroform—ethanol as the mobile phase. The initial mobile phase was chloroform—ethanol (99:1, v/v/) and the final one (93:7, v/v), the composition chaning linearly. Acrylate- or methacrylate-rich copolymers were eluted later and required a higher ethanol content in the mobile phase. The retention volume of the copolymers was influenced by column temperature in such a way that the copolymers tended to be retained in the column longer at high temperatures. The resolution between two adjacent peaks was improved with increase in column temperature. For copolymers having the same styrene content, those having smaller alkyl ester groups tended to be retained in the column longr than those having longer alkyl ester groups at the same column temperature.

Effect of temperature and organic modifier on the isocratic retention characteristics of nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on a reversed-phase octadecylsilane column

Nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (nitro-PAH) retention behavior was evaluated on a reversed-phase polymeric octadecylsilane column under isocratic conditions as a function of organic modifier and temperature. Several conclusions can be drawn from the retention and organic modifier study ( viz., methanol and acetonitrile—water). First, the logarithm of the capacity factor (log k′) was linearly dependent on organic—water volume fraction (ϕ). Second, nitro-PAH k′ values increased with decrease in organic modifier concentration. Third, the slopes of log k′ vs. ϕ plots were solvent-dependent. Larger slope values were found for nitro-PAHs in methanol—water than in acetonitrile—water mixtures for a particular compound. Fourth, slope values were dependent on the molecular structure of individual nitro-PAHs. Nitro-PAH retention times decreased with increase in column temperature. A linear dependence of log k′ on the reciprocal of the absolute column temperature, the Van `t Hoff plott, was observed for both organic modifiers over the temperature range studied. The standard enthalpic range (Δ H 0) for nitro-PAH transfer from the mobile to the stationary pahse was determined. Δ H 0 was dependent on organic modifier tupe and composition as well as solute structure. The enthalpy—entropy compensation effect was evaluated by plotting log k′ vs. — Δ H 0 and used to interpret nitro-PAH retention mechanisms. A compensation effect was found for some mononitrated PAHs for both organic modifiers. The compensation temperatures were within the accepted range described for reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography systems.

High-speed assay of amino acids using reversed-phase liquid chromatography

A procedure is described by which 20 commonly occurring amino acids may be separated by reversed-phase liquid chromatography at room temperature in a total time, including derivatisation with o-phthalaldehyde/2-mercaptoethanol reagent, of approximately 15 minutes. Further, an increase in column temperature enables increased resolution of certain amino acids to be obtained with small but acceptable losses in fluorescence intensity. The only major drawback to the method is that the derivatisation reagent does not react with proline or hydroxyproline.