Glass capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry at high temperatures. direct analysis of free base porphyrins and metal porphyrin complexes extracted from the serpiano oil shale

This contribution describes GC/MS analysis of natural petroporphyrin extracts containing alkylporphyrins either as vanadyl complexes or as demetalated free bases. The combination of high temperature glass capillary gas chromatography with mass spectrometry allows, for the first time, direct determination of electron impact mass spectra of separated alkylporphyrins, making additional purification and derivatization unnecessary. The separation is carried out on glass capillary columns coated with the high temperature-stable medium polar, OH-terminated, polysiloxane phases PS 086 and OV-225-OH. The paper gives detailed working directions for the preparation of the high temperature GC/MS-interface, and of the high temperature stable OV-225-OH columns (max. working temperature 390°C).     

Gas chromatographic determination of the configuration of isovaline in antiamoebin,samarosporin (emerimicin IV), stilbellin,suzukacillins and trichotoxins

Summary The D-(resp. R) configuration of isovaline (=2-ethylalanine) was proved for the peptide antibiotics antiamoebin, Tü 165 (CBS 382.62), stilbellin, samarosporin (=emerimicin IV), suzukacillin B (A), trichotoxin A-40 and A-50. This contradicts the previously reported L-configuration for isovaline in antiamoebin and emerimicin IV. The configuration was determined by GC of the N-trifluoroacetyl-isovaline n-propyl ester on glass capillary columns coated with the chiral stationary phase N-propionyl-L-valine tert.-butylamide polysiloxane (Chirasil Val). The D-configuration of the isovaline from trichotoxin A-40 was also established independently using GC of N-pentafluoro-propionyl-isovaline (+)-3-methyl-2-butyl esters on glass capillary columns coated with OV 17.     

A novel ionic liquids grafted polysiloxane for capillary gas chromatography

A new ionic liquids grafted polysiloxane used as stationary phase for capillary gas chromatography(CGC) is described.The stationary phase of 1-vinyl-3-hexylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate anchored to polysiloxane(PMHS-[VHIm][PF_6]) was synthesized, characterized and coated onto capillary columns by static coating.The results show that the present stationary phase exhibits a very good chromatographic resolution and selectivity for Grob test mixture and alcohols with baseline resolution and symmetry peaks....     

Effect of viscosity on stationary phase stability in capillary column gas chromatography

With recent advances in column technology it is now possible to prepare highly efficient, very inert, and thermally stable capillary columns coated with nonpolar polysiloxane stationary phases. Unfortunately, the same degree of success has not been achieved for some of the more polar polysiloxane phases. A parameter that has been studied little in the past in relation to stationary phase film stability is the viscosity of the stationary phase. In this paper the efficiency and stability of coated columns are correlated to the viscosity of the phase. Due to their structure, the viscosity of the phenyl-containing polysiloxanes change rapidly with temperature and hence, thin-film coatings are not stable at elevated temperatures. By using high viscosity phenyl-containing methylphenylpolysiloxanes which were recently synthesized, efficient and stable columns have been prepared.     

Preparation of wall-coated open tubular columns after surface roughening by means of amorphous silica

A new method for the preparation of wall-coated glass capillary columns after surface roughening by means of amorphous silica is described. After the glass capillary has been leached, a small quantity of amorphous silica is deposited evenly on the inner surface. This is done by passing a plug of dilute water glass through the capillary, followed by a flow of gaseous hydrochloric acid. The roughened surface is stabilized, deactivated and finally coated. This paper furnishes details of the technique and information about the performance of a number of columns prepared by the method.     

Azo compounds for free radical crosslinking of polysiloxane stationary phases

There has been much effort spent in recent years developing the technology for free radical crosslinking of polysiloxane polymers to prepare capillary columns coated with thermally stable and nonextractable stationary phases. Organic peroxides have been used extensively as the free radical initiators for the in situ polymerization of the stationary phases. However, these peroxides adversely affect the phase polarity and column activity. Seven azo compounds were studied for crosslinking efficiency. Azo compounds can be used as free radical initiators to prepare nonextractable stationary phases without the adverse effects caused by peroxides.     

Glass open-tubular capillary columns with chemically bonded methyl-phenyl siloxane stationary phases of tailor made polarity

Summary The previously described method yielding apolar, chemically bonded methyl polysiloxane glass capillary columns was extended to the production of capillary systems of controlled polarity. The approach involved prior synthesis of a reactive methyl-phenyl polysiloxane polymer by copolymerisation of a mixture of dimethyl and diphenyl chlorosilanes. The polymer was then chemically bonded to the capillary glass surface to yield remarkably stable, high resolution analytical systems which were shown to be particularly well suited to the separation of biochemical mixtures at the subnanogram level. The principle of copolymerisation of differently substituted silanes confers to the method a considerable flexibility which could be used to devise polar capillary systems tailor made for a given analytical problem.     

Preparation of thermostable,phenyl silicone coated,glass capillary columns for separation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons

Summary A procedure for the preparation of glass capillary columns coated with non-extractable phenyl polysiloxanes has been developed, the phenyl silicone being synthesised in situ in the column. The non-extractability can be explained in terms of a certain degree of crosslinking in the polymer and possibly also by some chemical bonding to the capillary glass wall. Rearrangement of the film at higher temperatures is counteracted by crosslinking in the phase. Column bleeding is thus decreased, and column efficiency is maintained even at higher temperatures. Such capillary columns showed suitable selectivities for separation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons, and the high temperatures necessary for these analyses could be attained.     

Flexible soft glass capillary columns vs. flexible fused silica capillary columns for gas chromatography-a critique

The gas chromatographic use of flexible thin walled soft glass capillary columns coated with non-polar stationary phases is compared to similar columns made of fused silica glass. With non-polar soft glass columns, the use of surface roughening viagaseous HCI followed by a Carbowax 20 M pretreatment gave adsorptive phenomena, and thermal instability. With very polar soft glass columns where a variety of cyanopropyl silicone phases were coated directly onto the NaCI crystal matrix, adsorptive effects were again prominent and frequent break-down in film stability with time, was also observed. These undesirable effects were due to the presence of metal oxides in the soft glass. Attempts to remove these materials from the thin walled soft glass surface by means of acid leaching produced significant brittleness. This deleterious result was further increased by attempts at high temperature silylation or polysiloxane deactivation. In sharp contrast, the fused silica surface was essentially free of metal oxides and the surface silanol groups are easily neutralized by silylation or polysiloxane deactivation techniques. No brittleness was observed following these procedures. An increasing series of high molecular weight, viscous, polymeric vinyl containing non-polar and highly polar stationary phases have been produced which readily wet the surface of the fused silica and are easily crosslinked in the presence of free radical generators. These columns are essentially free of all the problems noted with flexible thin walled soft glass. When all of the parameters involved in the fabrication of a glass capillary column are assessed, it appears at this time, that the flexible fused silica glass column with cross linked phases approaches the “ideal” capillary column.     

Preparation and evaluation of polar stabilized phase open tubular (SPOT) columns

Summary A method is described for the routine preparation of high resolution stabilized phase open tubular (SPOT) columns. A finely dispersed siliceous material (Cab-O-Sil) is treated with benzyltriphenylphosphoniumchloride and dynamically coated onto the inside wall of glass capillary columns. Additional dynamics coating with a polar stationary phase yields thermostable columns of high efficiency. The columns show favourable adsorption properties and good long term stability. The mechanical stability of the stationary phase film is explained in terms of the rheological behaviour of concentrated disperisons. The designation PLOT columns appers inapplicable, and these columns will be referred to as SPOT columns. A theoretical model, describing band spreading in SPOT columns, is proposed and compared with the experimental results. Some applications in routine use and in ultra trace analysis are presented.     

烷基化和硅烷化β-环糊精手性固定相的研究

合成了2,6－O－二戊基－3－O－三甲基硅烷基－β－环糊精,采用超动态法,成功地将其涂渍到弹性石英毛细管柱,经测试,柱性能稳定、寿命长、置于空气中一年半仍具有较高的柱效和手性拆分能力,利用该柱,分离了醇、酮、烯烃等一些对映体,考察了不同稀释剂配比所得固定相的立体选择性。     

The preparation of thick-film glass capillary columns

A detailed method for the routine preparation of glass capillary columns is presented. The method consists of coating a glass tube with quartz powder prior to pulling the tube into a capillary. The inner surface of the capillary consists of an even distribution of quartz particles fused to the walls. This surface has been found readily deactivated by standard procedures and ideal for the preparation of thick-film glass capillary columns. The method has been thoroughly tested in two independent laboratories to ensure that the procedures described are reproducible.     

High temperature silylation of glass capillary columns

This paper describes the results of a study on the deactivation of the surface of glass capillary columns by high temperature silylation (HTS). The different steps, leaching, washing, dehydration and HTS were optimized. A practical procedure yielding a high percentage of very good columns is given. The influence of leaching and HTS on the temperature stability and coating efficiency of capillary columns coated with OV-1 was studied. The inertness of the glass surface after HTS is demonstrated by several examples.     

以衍生化聚硅氧烷为固定相的开管毛细管电色谱柱的研制

建立了一种简单可行的制备衍生化聚硅氧烷开管毛细管电色谱柱的方法,石英毛细管无需浸蚀,直接键合上大分子的聚硅氧烷,用异丁烯酸丁酯和乙烯基磺酸衍生化时对苯的同系物有很好的分离能力,对甲苯柱效可达1.52×10⁵N/m(N为理论塔板数),柱效稳定;当用烯丙基全甲基β-环糊精和乙烯基磺酸衍生化时,石英毛细管先经溶胶-凝胶处理后,所制得的柱子对萘普生对映体的分离度可达0.81.     

Deactivation of fused silica capillary columns with cyanopropylhydrosiloxanes

A method is described for surface deactivation and modification of fused silica capillary columns with a cyanopropyl-containing reagent. The deactivation procedure involved a dehydrocondensation reaction between a bis(cyanopropyl)methylhydropolysiloxane reagent and surface silanol groups at an optimum temperature of only 250°C. Actual critical surface tension measurements were made using the capillary rise method. Excellent deactivation for acidic and basic compounds at the low ng level, and wettability for nonpolar and polar polysiloxane stationary phases were obtained. A procedure was developed to remove acidic impurities that are present in polar stationary phases.     

The preparation of glass SCOT columns by the organic glue method

A technique for adhesion of fine particles (ca. 5 μ) of the 405 white diatomaceous support on the inner wall of glass tube with organic glue [poly (diethylaminoethyl methacrylate) acetate] is described. The coated tube was drawn to capillary column by using a machine designed according to Desty's. The capillary column was then coated with stationary phase (such as squaiane, QF-1, Dexsil 300, PEG 20 M, OV-1, SE 30 and etc.) by the conventional dynamic or static method. This preparation method has proved easy to duplicate and is simple. The coating efficiency (UTE %) is within 60–90. The theoretical plate number per meter of an SE 30 column is about 4000, and per meter of a PEG 20 M column is about 2500. The columns thus prepared have been successfully used to analyze petroleum hydrocarbons, essential oils, petrochemicals, pheromone, steroid metabolites and others.     

Preparation of High Performance Alumina PLOT Columns and Analysis of Light Hydrocarbons

With the introduction of new capillary column coating technique.It has been realized to prepare gas chromatograph of very high resolution. There has been continued interest in extending the use of GSC adsorbent to capillary chromatography. Currently the film built up on the inner surface of the capillary column can be quite homogeneous and the separation efficiency of the column is increased as well. There have been numerous papers that describe the preparation of PLOT columns in detail. However, Owing to the complexity of the preparation of porous layer for capillary GSC. It is still urgently need to extensively study the preparation process in order to get desired capillary columns of high quality and good reproducibility. This paper describe a new coating method of high performance PLOT columns with alumina by means of liquid phase deposition other than dynamic or static coating techniques. The selectivity, reproducibility and separation power of the column in analysis of light hydrocarbons were examined.     

The preparation of immobilized stationary phase fused silica capillary columns with OV-1701-vinyl deactivation

A new simplified method was developed for the preparation of immobilized stationary phase fused silica capillary columns coated with OV-1-vinyl, SE-54, and OV-1701-vinyl. This methodology includes the application of the moderately polar stationary phase OV-1701-vinyl as a surface deactivation agent that may also participate in the dicumyl peroxide initiated free radical immobilization process. Practical details of the procedure are presented and applications of the laboratory-produced columns are illustrated with capillary gas chromatographic separations of standard mixtures. Possible contributions of the OV-1701-vinyl deactivation layer to both crosslinking and surface bonding in the immobilization process are discussed.     

The preparation of non-extractable methylphenylpolysiloxane stationary phases for capillary column gas chromatography

Summary The synthesis of methylphenylpolysiloxane polymers and their use in the preparation of crosslinked, non-extractable stationary phases for fused-silica capillary columns are described. By preparing more viscous phenyl-containing polymers than are commercially available, stationary phase films of these polymers could be efficiently coated on fused-silica capillary columns and stabilized by a free radical crosslinking mechanism using peroxides. Four methylphenylpolysiloxane polymers containing different phenyl concentrations were prepared. These included three polymers containing 50% phenyl and one polymer containing 70% phenyl. Two of the 50% phenyl polymers had one phenyl and one methyl group attached to each silicon atom. One of these also had 1% vinyl incorporated. The third 50% phenyl polymer was synthesized in such a way that one half of the silicon atoms had two phenyl groups attached while the rest contained dimethyl groups. The 70% phenyl polymer also had 4% vinyl incorporated. Due to the intrinsic thermal stability of these phenyl phases and the enhanced film stability achieved by crosslinking, the 70% phenyl phase could be utilized up to 400 °C. Using the methods described in this paper, highly efficient and thermally stable fused silica capillary columns coated with crosslinked methylphenylpolysiloxane stationary phases can be successfully prepared.     

Dynamic leaching of sodium-glass capillary columns

It is well known that removal of metal ions from the glass surface greatly improves both the thermal stability and the adsorption characteristics of glass capillary columns. Usually metal ions are removed from a glass surface by acid leaching; in particular, the static leaching procedure with hydrochloric acid is used very often for the preparation of glass capillary columns. This paper discusses the results of an investigation into dynamic leaching. Special attention is paid to those factors which affect the adsorption properties of the leached surface. The importance of the non-specific adsorptivity of the capillary surface due to changes of surface properties induced by the leaching process is pointed out.