Calibration of ultrafiltration membranes against size exclusion chromatography columns

Using the extension of the concept of universal calibration parameter, yielding a relation between the hydrodynamic volume of molecules and the elution volume in size exclusion chromatography (SEC), to retention coefficients in ultrafiltration (UF), we propose a direct calibration of UF membranes against chromatography columns. Plotting the retention coefficient by one given UF membrane of a series of probe molecules versus their elution volume in SEC chromatography provides a calibration curve for this membrane. For a wide range of retentions, such calibration can be directly used to predict the retention of any molecule: one only needs to measure its exclusion volume by the SEC column, and read the retention by the calibrated membrane on the calibration curves.     

Second order retention effects in reversed-phase liquid chromatography. 1. Influence of solute size

Summary Retention times or volumes in reversed-phase liquid chromatography are substantially influenced by partial steric exclusion of solutes from the pore space of the usual octadecyl silica column packings. Contrary to the common view that exclusion effects become appreciable only with large molecules, they are clearly observable even with solutes of a size similar to or even smaller than eluent molecules. The extent of exclusion was directly determined from elution volume versus carbon number plots of n-alkanes with n-pentane eluent. Using high precision (relative standard deviation <0,1%) retention data with methanol eluent, it was found that the effective dead volume depends on solute chain length. If such data is corrected for partial exclusion, corresponding log (capacity factors) as functions of carbon number are absolutely linear which is equivalent to perfectly constant methylene selectivity, , within the n-alkane series. Since this observation was made on various columns with thousands of data, it may be regarded as a case of experimental proof of Martin's postulate of additivity of retention increments of molecular constituents.Presented at the 19th ISC, Aix-en-Provence, France, September 13–18, 1992.     

A data base for polymer chromatography: dependence of interaction parameters on mobile phase composition

In chromatography of polymers, retention is determined by the characteristic volumes of the column (pore volume and interstitial volume), the pore diameter, and the interaction parameter. While the influence of the pore diameter is predominant in size exclusion chromatography, the key parameters in liquid adsorption chromatography are the interaction parameter and the pore surface of the column. It is shown, that the retention behaviour of polymers in liquid adsorption chromatography (LAC) can be predicted very well using the accessible volume and pore surface of the column, which can be determined very easily, and the interaction parameters from a data base.     

Direct zonal liquid chromatographic method for the kinetic study of actinomycin-DNA binding

The binding of an anticancer drug (actinomycin D or ACTD) to double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) was studied by means of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). ACTD is an antitumor antibiotic containing one chromophore group and two pentapeptidic lactone cycles that binds dsDNA. Incubations of ACTD with DNA were performed at physiological pH. The complexed and free ligand concentrations of the mixture were quantified at 440 nm from their separation on a size-exclusion chromatographic (SEC) column using the same buffer for the elution and the sample incubation. The DNA and the ACTD-DNA complexes were eluted at the column exclusion volume while the ligand was retained on the support. An apparent binding curve was obtained by plotting the amount emerging at the exclusion column volume against that eluted at free ACTD retention volume. A dissociating effect was evidenced and the binding parameters were significantly different from those obtained at equilibrium by visible absorbance titration. The equilibrium binding parameters determined by absorption spectroscopy were used as starting data in the numerical simulations of the chromatographic process. The results showed a strong dependency of the apparent binding parameters on the reaction kinetics. Finally the comparison of the apparent binding curve obtained from the HPLC experiments and from the numerical simulations permitted an evaluation of the dissociation rate constant (kd = 0.004 s(-1)).     

对氨基苯胂酸及其氧化物的色谱研究

 用紫外分光光度计分析了对氨基苯胂酸（PABAA）及其氧化物的光谱特征后,在十八烷基键合相硅胶柱上,以甲醇-缓冲液作流动相,研究了二者的容量因子随流动相离子强度、柱温、甲醇含量变化的规律。用季铵盐作离子对试剂,反相离子对色谱法分离PABAA时,分离机理符合高子对机理,在适当条件下,所试验的化合物都可有所保留。对保留值作出贡献的有固定相排阻作用、分配作用以及居次要地位的PABAA与固定相表面剩余硅醇基的相互作用。排阻作用及分配作用的相对重要性与流动相中甲醇和离子对试剂的浓度有关。     

对氨基苯胂酸及其氧化物的色谱研究

用紫外分光光度计分析了对氨基苯胂酸（PABAA）及其氧化物的光谱特征后,在十八烷基键合相硅胶柱上,以甲醇-缓冲液作流动相,研究了二者的容量因子随流动相离子强度、柱温、甲醇含量变化的规律。用季铵盐作离子对试剂,反相离子对色谱法分离PABAA时,分离机理符合高子对机理,在适当条件下,所试验的化合物都可有所保留。对保留值作出贡献的有固定相排阻作用、分配作用以及居次要地位的PABAA与固定相表面剩余硅醇基的相互作用。排阻作用及分配作用的相对重要性与流动相中甲醇和离子对试剂的浓度有关。     

Quantitative aspects of gradient HPLC of copolymers from styrene and ethyl methacrylate

Summary Prerequisite of quantitative evaluation in chromatography is equivalence of sample composition and detector signal. This includes complete retention and proper elution of all sample constituents. In polymer HPLC, complete retention requires a poor starting eluent, a sufficiently active column, and a low ratio of injection volume to column volume. On small pore columns, insufficient retention caused the polymer to elute either in the interstitial volume (sample exclusion), together with the sample solvent, or immediately after the solvent plug.Stat-copoly(styrene/ethyl methacrylate) samples are more difficultly retained thanstat-copoly(styrene/acrylonitrile) specimes. With the former copolymer it could be shown that incomplete retention did not cause sample demixing. In order to gain complete retention, non-exclusion HPLC of polymers should be performed with columns whose solvent volume is at least 50 times as large as the injection volume. This consequence is of practical importance in chromatographic cross-fractionation where rather large volumes of SEC eluate are injected into the apparatus for gradient HPLC.     

Determination of Tryptophan-Human Serum Albumin Binding from Retention data and Separation of Tryptophan Enantiomer by High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Abstract

The retention volume of a ligand, injected onto a size exclusion chromatographic column and eluted by a macromolecular complexing solution, is theoretically analysed for evaluating the binding between the solute and the macromolecule. The binding of D- and L- tryptophan to human serum albumin is given as an example, and the separation of these enantiomers is then achieved     

A Method of Correcting for Flow-Rate Fluctuations in Size Exclusion Chromatography Calculations: Applications to Methylene Chloride/Hexafluoroisopropanol Solvent System

Abstract

The mixture of methylene chloride/hexafluoroisopropanol (70/30, v/v) is an excellent polyester solvent, but its low boiling point causes unstable flow when it is used for size exclusion chromatography (SEC). In high-performance SEC experiments, retention time is normally used to measure elution volume; however, unstable flow makes it difficult to calibrate an SEC column set or calculate molecular weight parameters from a chromatogram. We have devised a simple and inexpensive method to compensate for the effect of unstable flow in SEC calculations. A calibration marker injected along with each sample is used to indicate flow-rate variations. The ratio of the sample retention time to the marker retention time is invariant to flow-rate changes and is used in place of retention time as a measure of elution volume in the universal calibration technique. Calibrating a column set and analyzing chromatograms by this method result in a large improvement in the accuracy and precision of calculated molecular weight parameters.     

全二维气相色谱第二维死时间的测定

建立了两种恒压模式下全二维气相色谱第二维死时间的测定方法。一种方法是利用不同压力下的相对保留时间差规律,计算非同步调制的全二维气相色谱第二维的保留时间,再利用正构烷烃同系物的保留规律线性拟合计算第二维的死时间;测定的第二维的死时间与温度的线性相关系数大于0.997。另一种方法是在已知化合物保留因子和温度关系的条件下,在一次程序升温中测定此化合物的3个以上不同流出温度条件下的表观保留时间,再根据该表观保留时间计算出死时间与温度的关系。实验结果表明,两种方法对死时间测定的偏差小于0.05 s。这两种方法适合于各种类型的全二维气相色谱,无论其调制方式是同步还是非同步。     

关于气相色谱比保留体积概念问题的商榷

提出气相色谱中所谓校正到273．15K的“比保留体积”的定义是不科学的,也是没有必要的。分析了问题产生的原因和可能带来的影响。     

Anion chromatography using on-line recycled eluents

Non-suppressed anion chromatography, using on-line recycled eluents, was investigated. Cations and anions from samples were excluded from the eluents using a mixture of strongly acidic cation-exchange resins and strongly basic anion exchange resins in the eluent reservoir. This exclusion was performed after determination of the anions in the non-suppressed anion chromatography, and the eluents were then recycled on-line. The performance of consecutive determinations was evaluated from the relative standard deviation (RSD) of peak heights and retention times of chloride, bromide, nitrite, nitrate, and sulfate ions, with a concentration of 3 microg ml(-1) each, compared to that of normal anion chromatography. Over 50 consecutive determinations could be achieved with an eluent volume of only 200 ml for a 100 microl sample volume. Almost all the RSD values for retention time, and peak heights of these anions, were smaller than 3%. Over fifty consecutive determinations of chloride, nitrate, and sulfate ions in a river water sample could be achieved with an eluent volume of only 100 ml. All the RSD values for retention time and peak heights of these anions were smaller than 3%. The eluent volume could be decreased to one tenth of that used in normal anion chromatography. The performance of the anion chromatography, using on-line recycled eluents, was the same as that for normal anion chromatography under the same conditions.     

Polymer-Gel Interactions in GPC with Organic Eluents

Abstract

The displacement of hydrodynamic volume universal calibration curves to high retention volumes for some polymer-solvent systems is explained in terms of a network-limited separation consisting of a steric exclusion mechanism and a second mechanism resulting from polymer-gel interactions. This treatment is consistent with a thermodynamic interpretation of GPC separations in which the distribution coefficient (≥ 1.0) for polymer-gel interactions is determined by an enthalpy change for polymer partition or polymer adsorption in the porous packing. Examples of the application of the network-limited treatment to experimental data obtained with crosslinked polystyrene gels and inorganic packings are presented. Network-limited separations in which the distribution coefficient for polymergel interactions is less than unity correspond to partial exclusion by polymer incompatibility with the gel. Experimental data for the early elution of poly(vinyl acetate) are consistent with an incompatibility mechanism, giving a dependence of the distribution coefficient for polymer-gel interactions on the molecular weight of poly(vinyl acetate).     

A study on retention "projection" as a supplementary means for compound identification by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry capable of predicting retention with different gradients, flow rates, and instruments

Using current data analysis techniques, even the most advanced LC-MS instrumentation can identify only a small fraction of compounds found in typical biological extracts. Augmenting MS information with HPLC retention information allows many more to be identified. In fact, our calculations indicate that a quadrupole MS is able to identify more compounds than an FTICR-MS when the quadrupole spectrum is augmented with retention information. Unfortunately, retention information is extremely difficult to harness for compound identification. Here, we demonstrate the first use of isocratic data measured on one LC-MS to "project" gradient retention on to different LC-MS systems. Using 35 chemically diverse solutes chosen to encompass the full range of reversed-phase alkylsilica interactions, and using experimental conditions typical of metabolomics experiments, gradient retention was projected from one instrument to another with only 1.2-2.6% error-enough accuracy to considerably improve compound identification. Besides accounting for nonlinear relationships of retention versus solvent composition as well as dead time versus solvent composition, accounting for the precise shape of the gradient profile (not just the dwell volume) improved projection accuracy on one instrument by up to 4 fold whereas flow rate non-idealities likely caused considerable error on the other instrument. Thus, these two factors must be taken into account to accurately project retention on diverse instrumentation.     

Size exclusion chromatography on porous fractals

Summary Some porous packings used in chromatography have been claimed to be fractals with a scale of sizes a<l<L, where a is a molecular size and L is the size of the largest pores. For a fractal porous packing, the excluded volume for molecules in solution in the vicinity of the packing surface is directly related to D_f, the fractal dimension of the pore surface (2<D_f<3). Since retention in size exclusion chromatography is itself directly related to this excluded volume, the fractal nature of the packing provides a model of retention in this technique. According to this model there is a linear relationship between log R_s and log(1-K_d), where R_s is the hydrodynamic radius of the solute macromolecules and K_d the distribution coefficient. The fractal dimension is derived from the slope of this plot. Size exclusion chromatographic retention data have been analyzed according to the model. It is found that some HPLC packings are fractals with fractal dimensions ranging from about 2.15 to 2.6, depending on the material. Such a large range of D_f values indicates large variations in the selectivities and domains of applications of the different packings. For some classical gel filtration chromatographic gels, the fractal retention model does not seem to apply.Presented at the 17th International Symposium on Chromatography, September 25–30, 1988, Vienna, Austria.     

Measurement of the Dead Volume between Concurrent Detectors in Gel Permeation Chromatography

Abstract

Multiple detection of gel permeation chromatography effluent is going to become a routine way of polymer characterization in most laboratories. It is then necessary to give attention to the dead volume connecting the cells of concurrent detectors. If neglected, considerable errors may occur in data handling.

We report, in this paper, a method of dead volume measurement. It firstly concerns the coupling of a high pressure gel permeation chromatograph and the “Ouano”-type continuous viscometer, but its general utility is demonstrated. The main conclusion is that the geometric estimate of the dead volume is not suitable, even when an accurate calculation is possible. The method we describe here leads to an experimental dead volume. It is greater than the geometric one (as theoretically proved recently) but it gives the best results.     

Origin and correction of the deviations in retention times at increasing flow rate with Chromolith columns

Chromoliths can be used at flow rates beyond those feasible for conventional microparticulate packed columns. Ideally, the plots of the retention time versus the inverse of delivered flow rate should exhibit y-intercept of zero. However, significant positive deviations correlating with the solute polarity were observed for several compounds chromatographed with a Chromolith column, owing to the increased system pressure. Consequently, the dead time marker exhibits a smaller deviation, making the retention factors depend on the flow rate. Chromoliths are made of a silica-based monolith encapsulated within a PEEK tube, and should suffer larger stress with pressure than stainless steel columns, tending to inflate them and increase their volume. This decreases the linear velocity inside the column, and increases the retention at relatively low pressure (<200 bar). In contrast, frictional heating, which is an issue for microparticulate columns, seems to be less significant for the highly permeable Chromoliths. The usefulness of the retention time versus the inverse of the delivered flow rate plots to measure the deviations, whatever their origin, is shown. This allows the correction of the retention times to the ideal behaviour, where the retention factors are independent of the flow rate.     

一种新的标定体积排除色谱（SEC）的方法

基于体积排除色谱中测得的淋出体积和动态激光光散射中测得的平动扩散系数都直接依赖于高分子的流体力学体积这一事实，本文在理论上提出了一种把淋出体积分布和平动扩散系数分布二者结合起来标定体积排除色谱的新方法，并且在实验上通过对宽分布的聚苯乙烯标准样品的测试证实了该方法的可行性．