Retention modeling and resolution optimization for a group of N-phenylpyrazole derivatives in micellar electrokinetic chromatography using empirical and physicochemical models

The optimization of the separation resolution for a group of N-phenylpyrazole derivatives in micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) as a function of the separation buffer composition (surfactant and organic modifier concentration) has been performed. In order to achieve our purpose, the first step has been the prediction of the migration times of the electroosmotic flow (t(0)) and micelles (t(m)), and the retention factors of solutes (k), as a function of surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfate) and alcohol (n-propanol or n-butanol) concentrations, by means of empirical equations. Also, some physicochemical models have been applied to relate the retention factors to the surfactant and the organic modifier concentrations in order to optimize the separation resolution and to increase our knowledge of the separation process. Finally, a comparison of the resolution optimization through the use of the physicochemical and empirical models selected has been made in order to obtain the optimum separation buffer composition for the separation of a group of 17 N-phenylpyrazole derivatives as test solutes.     

Control of separation selectivity in micellar electrokinetic chromatography by modification of the micellar phase with solubilized organic compounds

On the basis of the data on the distribution of various neutral solutes between sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelles and water, the control of separation selectivity in micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) by modification of the micellar phase with organic additives has been proposed and applied to the separation of simple model compounds. It was found that the distribution constants between the micelles and water (K_d,mc), which were determined by means of MEKC, of the solutes possessing hydrophilic functional groups are much larger than those between heptane and water (K_d,hep), whereas the K_d,mc values of the solutes possessing no hydropholic groups are comparable to their K_d,hep values. This indicates that the former solutes are preferentially solubilized in the Stern layer of the micelles and that the latter are located in the hydrocarbon core. In MEKC separations of aromatic compounds and metal acetylacetonates, considerable changes in separation selectivity were caused by the addition of compounds possessing both hydrophilic functional groups such as alcohols, phenol and ketones to the SDS micellar solution. The variations of the retention factors of the analytes could be explained in terms of saturation of the solubilization sites in the Stern layer with the modifiers, specific interaction of the modifiers with the analytes via hydrogen bonding in the micelles, and expansion of the core volume with the hydrocarbon parts of the modifiers. Such effects of the micellar modification could improve the resolution as well as the selectivity of MEKC separations.     

Separation and selectivity of benzophenones in micellar electrokinetic chromatography using sodium dodecyl sulfate micelles or sodium cholate modified mixed micelles

The separation and selectivity of nine benzophenones in micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelles or sodium cholate (SC) modified mixed micelles were investigated in the pH range 6.5-8.0. The results indicate that the combined effects of buffer pH and SC concentration can greatly affect the separation and selectivity of benzophenones, particularly for benzophenones possessing a hydroxyl substituent at the 4-position of the aromatic ring with respect to the carbonyl moiety when using SDS-SC mixed micelles. Better separability can be obtained with SDS-SC mixed micelles than with SDS micelles. Complete separation of nine benzophenones in MEKC can be achieved with an appropriate choice of buffer pH and the concentration of SDS micelles or SC modified mixed micelles. The dependence of the migration order of those benzophenones based on their structures and solute-micelle interactions is discussed.     

Effect of molecular structure on the solute-micelle and solute-stationary phase binding constants in micellar liquid chromatography

The effects of molecular structure on the solute-micelle and solute-stationary phase binding constants in micellar liquid chromatography (MLC) have been investigated. The following points have been observed. (1) There is quite a good linear relationship between the solute-micelle and solute-stationary phase binding constants in MLC with the cationic (CTAB) and anionic surfactants as the additives, which means that the contribution of physico-chemical properties of solutes on the solute-micelle and solute-stationary phase binding constants acts in a parallel way. (2) Good quantitative relationships between the solute-micelle and solute-stationary phase binding constants and the solvatochromic parameters have been obtained, which indicates that the distribution mechanism of the neutral solutes in MLC is determined via their molecular interactions. Both the cavity process and the hydrogen bond interaction play a very important role in the retention of neutral solutes in MLC. The contribution of the hydrogen bond interaction, especially the hydrogen donor ability of the solutes on those binding constants in anionic and cationic surfactant MLC, is determined in a different way. (3) Linear regression analysis of the solute-micelle and solute-stationary phase binding constants between the cationic and anionic surfactant MLC has been carried out. The obtained results suggest that the transfer of the non-polar solutes from the aqueous phase to the anionic and cationic surfactant micelles acts in a parallel way, but that of the polar solutes in a different way. A model of micelles with three different sites of solubilization, i.e., (1) the core of the micelle, (2) the surface of the micelle and (3) the palisade layer of the micelle, has been used to successfully explain the observed results. Finally, the retention behavior of solutes in MLC is compared with that in reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RP-LC). It has been observed that there is no difference in separation selectivity for the non-polar solutes between MLC and RP-LC; however, for the polar solutes, MLC provides a different separation selectivity compared to that in RP-LC.     

Evaluation of distribution coefficients in micellar liquid chromatography

The possibilities of micellar liquid chromatography for evaluating distribution coefficients are discussed. Determination of solute-micelle association constants and distribution coefficients of solutes between stationary-aqueous, stationary-micellar and aqueous-micellar phases is described. Application of the calculation of distribution coefficients to the study of the retention mechanism of solutes in the chromatographic system and prediction of separation selectivity is also presented.     

Monomeric and polymeric anionic gemini surfactants and mixed surfactant systems in micellar electrokinetic chromatography. Part I: characterization and application as novel pseudostationary phases

Sodium di(undecenyl) tartarate monomer (SDUT), a vesicle-forming amphiphilic compound possessing two hydrophilic carboxylate head groups and two hydrophobic undecenyl chains gemini surfactant, was prepared and polymerized to form a polymeric gemini surfactant (i.e., poly-SDUT). These anionic surfactant systems with carboxylate (SDUT and poly-SDUT) and sulfate (sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS) head groups as well as mixed surfactant systems (SDS/SDUT, SDS/poly-SDUT, and SDUT/poly-SDUT) were then applied as novel pseudostationary phases in micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC). The SDUT and poly-SDUT were characterized using various analytical techniques. Retention factors of 36 benzene derivatives were calculated in 20 mM phosphate buffer of each surfactant system. The retention factor values of the test solutes show that there are distinctive selectivity differences between the surfactant systems. Solute-pseudostationary phase interactions in MEKC were also examined by determining the free energy of transfer of the substituted functional groups from the aqueous buffer phase into the pseudostationary phase.     

聚(苯乙烯-co-甲基丙烯酸)自组装胶束假固定相电动色谱的特性

研究了两亲性无规共聚物聚(苯乙烯-co-甲基丙烯酸)(P(St-co-MAA))(单体摩尔比分别为6:4和7:3)自组装胶束的物理化学性质,及其作为假固定相(PSP)的胶束电动色谱性能。测定了聚合物胶束的临界胶束浓度(CMC),对胶束内核微环境的极性、表面电荷密度和流体力学直径等微结构参数进行了表征,对时间窗口、亚甲基选择性等电动色谱参数进行了测定,并与聚(甲基丙烯酸甲酯-co-甲基丙烯酸)(P(MMA-co-MAA))胶束、十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)胶束体系进行了比较;利用线性溶剂化能关系(LSER)研究了聚合物PSP的选择性差异。结果表明:P(St-co-MAA)体系具有最小的CMC、最宽的时间窗口和最好的亚甲基选择性;LSER表明,疏水作用是决定聚合物PSP选择性的最主要因素,氢键酸度其次,特别是P(St-co-MAA)(单体摩尔比7:3)体系具有最高的作用参数,显示了该PSP具有较高的分离选择性。     

Analysis of lignans using micellar electrokinetic chromatography

Micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) was used to separate twelve lignan compounds originating from Phyllanthus plants. To increase the reliability of peak identification, two micellar systems, the sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and sodium deoxycholate (SDC) systems, were investigated. Because of the high lipophilicity of the lignan analytes, tetrahydrofuran was added to the SDS micellar system to increase its separating ability. In contrast to SDS system, no organic solvent was needed with SDC micelles. Both micellar systems gave a satisfactory separation within a reasonable analysis time. On considering accuracy for quantitation, the SDS method was validated and then used to determine the content of the lignans in two Phyllanthus plants. The selectivity (elution order of the lignans) was significantly different between the SDS and SDC micellar systems. Retention in SDC-MEKC seemed to be dominated by the hydrophobicity of the lignan solutes, while in SDS-MEKC, retention was greatly influenced by hydrogen bonding interactions.     

Optimization of the separation of flavonoids by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography: Effect of organic solvents

Summary A group of flavonoids of special interest to wine quality were separated by micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) with diode array detection. Their separation was optimized as a function of the buffer concentration and pH, the concentration of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and the applied voltage. Selectivity and resolution of the solutes were increased by adding organic solvents to the separation buffer, the best results being obtained at lower concentrations. An optimized buffer with 5% methanol provided optimum separation with regard to efficiency, resolution and migration time. The optimized method was applied to the determination of these compounds in wine samples.     

Towards a general approach for the impurity profiling of drugs by micellar electrokinetic chromatography

A general micellar electrokinetic chromatographic (MEKC) strategy for the impurity profiling of drugs was developed involving a sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) MEKC system. With this combination, in principle, each sample component passes the detector in at least one of the two MEKC systems provided that separation buffers of the same pH are used in both systems. In order to select the proper MEKC systems, the electroosmotic flow (EOF) and micelle migration time (t(mc)) were determined for separation buffers of several pH values, containing various amounts of surfactant and organic modifier. The selectivity of the MEKC systems was studied using a mixture of compounds with a wide range of physico-chemical properties. The final selection of two adequate MEKC systems for this approach was based on the requirements that the t(mc) (i.e., analysis time) of both systems was below 20 min and that the t(mc)/t(eof) ratio was above 3 or 2 for the SDS and CTAB system, respectively. Furthermore, the systems should provide high efficiency, exhibit differences in selectivity and use moderate concentrations of modifier and surfactant, so that, if needed, further optimization is possible. The selected MEKC systems contained 60 mM SDS or 10 mM CTAB, respectively, in a phosphate buffer (pH 7.5) with 10% acetonitrile. Some test compounds with extreme mobilities were used to demonstrate the suitability of the MEKC approach to detect each component of a sample. The potential of the proposed MEKC combination for impurity profiling was demonstrated by the analysis of fluvoxamine with several impurities at the 0.1% level.     

Explorations of alkyl polyols as "class I" organic modifiers to adjust selectivity in micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography.

In this study, we investigated a novel series of micelle modifiers useful to alter selectivity in micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MEKC). These modifiers were alkyl polyalcohols, including 1-octanol, 1,2-octanediol, 1,2,3-octanetriol, 1,2-hexanediol, and 1,2-butanediol, which act as class I organic modifiers in that their effects are on the sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelle rather than the surrounding aqueous phase. This characteristic allows the alkyl polyols to effect resolution when applied at concentrations as low as 20 mM (0.25% v/v) by altering the selectivity observed with SDS without a modifier. The effects of the alkyl polyols on the critical micelle concentration of SDS, electroosmotic flow, and electrophoretic mobility of the SDS micelle are presented. These modifiers had little impact on the migration time window at the concentrations explored. Changes in selectivity induced by the alkyl polyols for a large set of model compounds are presented. Trends indicate that solutes capable of forming hydrogen bonds tend to decrease their interactions with the micellar phase while nonhydrogen bonding solutes increase their interactions upon addition of the modifiers. The solvation parameter model was used to characterize the induced changes in selectivity. This model suggests that even though the modifiers are structurally similar, each produced a unique set of system constants. It was also demonstrated that the addition of alkyl polyols improved the correlation between the partition coefficients of SDS and water to 1-octanol and water. The usefulness of the alkyl polyols was demonstrated by examining their effects on the separation of 11 priority phenols.     

Assessing the separation of neutral plant secondary metabolites by micellar electrokinetic chromatography

In this work, partition coefficients (Pwm) and solute-micelle association constants per monomer (Km/N) were measured using micellar electrokinetic chromatography in tetraborate-sodium dodecylsulfate electrolytes for 18 important plant secondary metabolites (coumarin, verbenone, camphor, eucalyptol, carvone, alpha-terpineol, linalool, jasmone, bergapten, rose oxide, geraniol, t-anethole, citronellal, citronellol, p-cymene, limonene, caryophyllene and nerol) of wide occurrence in herbal extracts and essential oils. Caryophyllene presented a retention time longer than anthracene (micelle marker) and its set of constants could not be determined accurately. Pwm and Km/N were generated by the non-linear data fitting of both partition and solute-micelle association models for the 17 solutes under consideration (caryophyllene excluded). Pwm varied from 147 (coumarin) to 13175 (limonene) while Km/N varied from 37 (coumarin) to 3721 (limonene). Under optimal conditions, the separation of the selected compounds was attempted successfully in commercialized samples of rose, anise and geranium essential oils.     

Separation of Six Pyridoncarboylxic Acid Derivatives by Micellar and Microemulsion Electrokinetic Chromatography

Micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) and microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography (MEEKC) are two kinds of electrokinetic capillary chromatography (EKC), which are characterized of high solubilization capacity and separation efficiency. In our previous work, some polar organic compounds and hydrophobic neutral compounds were separated successfully by EKC1-3. In this paper, these methods were used for separating six pyridoncarboylxic acid derivatives with similar structures. T…     

胶束溶液体系对毛细管电动色谱酸性化合物分离的影响

以阴离子表面活性剂十二烷基硫酸钠（SDS）、非离子表面活性剂吐温20（ Tween 20）及两者组成的混合胶束体系作为毛细管胶束电动色谱（MECC）的分离介 质，进行4种结构相似的酸性化合物的MECC分离研究，考察了胶束的类型、表面活 性剂的浓度、缓冲溶液的pH值及有机改性剂乙醇对分离的影响。结果表明各因素对 酸性药物的MECC分离有不同的影响规律。SDS胶束体系对溶质的保留值最大， Tween 20体系的保留值最小，二者的分离选择性正好相反，混合胶束体系的分离行 为则介于两者之间；在SDS和Tween 20体系中，表面活性剂浓度增加，溶质的保留 时间均随之递增，混合胶束体系中，总浓度一定，随Tween 20配比的增加，溶质的 保留时间先减少后增加；缓冲溶液的pH值增大，使溶质的分离效果均能变差；有机 改性剂乙醇的加入对容量因子的影响主要与溶质的疏水性有关，并对分离作用机理 进行了探讨。在SDS和Tween 20 MECC体系下，分别进行了实样测定，取得了满意的 结果。     

Determination of triazine compounds in ground water samples by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography

In this work, a capillary electrophoresis (CE) method for the determination of a group of eleven triazine compounds by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MEKC) with diode array detection was developed. The eleven herbicides studied were: desethylatrazin-2-hydroxy (DEA), simazine, prometon, atrazine, simetryn, ametryn, propazine, prometryn, trietazine, terbutylazine, and terbutryn The separation of these compounds was optimised as a function of buffer concentration and pH, concentration of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) and voltage applied. To increase the selectivity of the separation and the resolution of the solutes, different organic solvents were tested as buffer additives, obtaining the best results when 1-propanol was used. The optimised buffer (24 mM of sodium borate, 18 mM of disodium hydrogen phosphate, 25 mM of SDS, pH 9.5, and 5% of 1-propanol) provides the best separation in terms of resolution and migration time. This method allowed the determination of these compounds at concentrations of 0.05 μg l⁻¹ in ground water samples pretreated using solid-phase extraction (SPE).     

Separation of Biphenyl Nitrile Compounds by Microemulsion Electrokinetic Chromatography with Mixed Surfactants

A mixture of nine biphenyl nitrile compounds with high hydrophobicity and similar structures was successfully separated by microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography (MEEKC) within 30 rain. The buffer system contained 100 mmol/L sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), 80 mlnol/L sodium cholate (SC), 0.81% heptane, 7.5% n-butanol, 10% acetonitrile and 10 mmol/L borate. The addition of SC, organic modifiers, sample preparation and temperature all showedremarkable effect on the separation. Meanwhile, the MEEKC method was briefly compared with micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) method.     

Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography of Cephalosporin Antibiotics

A simple micellar electrokinetic chromatographic (MEKC) method is described for the simultaneous separation of twelve cephalosporin antibiotics. The separation was performed in a phosphate buffer (0.1 M, pH 6.6) with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) (0.1 M) as an anionic surfactant. The complete separation of twelve cephalosporins was attained in 36 min. Application of the method to the quantitative analysis of cefuroxime, cephalexin, cephapirin and cephradine in pharmaceutical preparations was demonstrated.     

Critical compilation of solute-micelle binding constants and related parameters from micellar liquid chromatographic measurements

Over 150 solute-micelle association (binding) constants and free solute retention factors are reported for a variety of neutral compounds and PTH-amino acids. The solute-micelle parameters were calculated from critically evaluated micellar liquid chromatographic data. The potential utility of these parameters for the optimization of micellar liquid chromatography and micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography, including selection of the surfactant and/or stationary phase and the optimization of surfactant concentration, is briefly discussed.     

Macromolecular surfactant as a pseudo-stationary phase in micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography

We examined polymers of sodium 11-acrylamidoundecanoate [poly(Na 11-AAU)] with a very high molecular mass (>10(6)) for their potential use as a pseudo-stationary phase in micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MEKC). Size-exclusion chromatography and capillary electrophoresis studies reveal that the polymers are highly charged, and have a densely packed chain structure. For aromatic compounds, the polymeric surfactant showed significantly different selectivity than sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). It was suggested that one molecule of poly(Na 11-AAU) forms one micelle. The structural stability of this pseudo-stationary phase permitted its use with relatively high percentages of organic modifiers in the buffer medium, allowing the separation of highly hydrophobic compounds which are difficult to analyze by conventional MEKC with SDS.     

A comparative study of micellar and microemulsion EKC for the analysis of benzoylurea insecticides and their analogs

An investigation of the basic factors which govern the microemulsion EKC (MEEKC) and MEKC for the separation of four benzoylurea (BU) insecticides and their four analogs was carried out. In MEEKC, the separation of eight BU compounds was optimized by changing the microemulsion composition, such as concentration of SDS, octane, n-butanol, and isopropanol percentages, as well as capillary temperature. Separation optimization was also carried out for MEKC, showing that ACN and a high level of another additive gamma-CD were needed to achieve effective separation of these analytes. Although separation with baseline resolution was achieved by either MEEKC or MEKC methods, the separation selectivity resulting from the proposed MEEKC method was completely different from that of MEKC. In addition, analytical time in MEEKC was longer than that in MEKC, but in view of theoretical plate numbers, detection limits, and reproducibility, both methods were effective for the analysis of BU insecticides and their analogs.