Ionic liquids as mobile phase additives for determination of thiocyanate and iodide by liquid chromatography

An analytical method was developed for the simultaneous determination of thiocyanate and iodide by reversed‐phase liquid chromatography with UV detection using imidazolium ionic liquids as mobile phase additives. The chromatographic behaviors of the two anions on a C₁₈ column were studied and compared with four types of reagents including imidazolium ionic liquids, pyridinium ionic liquids, 4‐aminophenol hydrochloride and tetrabutylammonium as mobile phase additives. The effects of the concentrations of imidazolium ionic liquids, organic solvents and detection wavelength on separation and detection of the anions were investigated. The role of ionic liquids, retention rules and mechanisms were discussed. The separation of the anions was performed on the C₁₈ reserved‐phase column using acetonitrile‐0.3 mmol/L 1‐amyl‐3‐methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (10:90, v/v) as mobile phase, with column temperature of 35°C, flow rate of 1 mL/min and detection wavelength of 210 nm. Under these conditions, the two anions can be completely separated within 6 min. The limits of detection were 0.05 mg/L. The method was applied for the determination of thiocyanate and iodide in ionic liquid samples and iodide drugs, and the spiked recoveries ranged from 97 to 101%. The method is simple, accurate and meets the requirements of quantitative analysis for thiocyanate and iodide.     

离子液体作高效液相色谱流动相添加剂分离测定芳香胺

建立了以离子液体作反相高效液相色谱流动相添加剂分离测定邻苯二胺、苯胺和对甲苯胺3种芳香胺的方法。实验以C18反相色谱柱为分离柱,采用紫外检测方法,考察了检测波长、甲醇含量、咪唑离子液体烷基链长度、离子液体溶液浓度等条件对分离和测定的影响,并与其它分离测定芳香胺的方法进行了比较。优化的色谱条件为:以甲醇/1-丁基-3-甲基咪唑四氟硼酸盐水溶液(3.0mmol/L,乙酸调节pH 3.5)=30/70(V/V)为流动相;检测波长254 nm;流速1.0mL/min;柱温30℃。在此条件下,3种芳香胺达到基线分离,在6.5 min之内分离完全;在1～40 mg/L范围内,线性回归方程的相关系数达到0.99以上;检出限为0.07～0.41 mg/L。将本方法应用于废水的测定,加标回收率在92.3%～96.7%之间,相对标准偏差小于3.5%。     

On the use of ionic liquids as mobile phase additives in high-performance liquid chromatography. A review

The popularity of ionic liquids (ILs) has grown during the last decades in several analytical separation techniques. Consequently, the number of reports devoted to the applications of ILs is still increasing. This review is focused on the use of ILs (mainly imidazolium-based associated to chloride and tetrafluoroborate) as mobile phase additives in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). In this approach, ILs just function as salts, but keep several kinds of intermolecular interactions, which are useful for chromatographic separations. Both cation and anion can be adsorbed on the stationary phase, creating a bilayer. This gives rise to hydrophobic, electrostatic and other specific interactions with the stationary phase and solutes, which modify the retention behaviour and peak shape. This review updates the advances in this field, with emphasis on topics not always deeply considered in the literature, such as the mechanisms of retention, the estimation of the suppressing potency of silanols, modelling and optimisation of the chromatographic performance, and the comparison with other additives traditionally used to avoid the silanol problem.     

Ionic liquids as mobile phase additives in high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection: Application to the determination of heterocyclic aromatic amines in meat-based infant foods

The beneficial effects of several ionic liquids (ILs) as mobile phase additives in high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection for the determination of six heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAs) have been evaluated for first-time. The studied ionic liquids were 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIm-BF₄), 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (HMIm-BF₄) and 1-methyl-3-octylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (MOIm-BF₄). Several chromatographic parameters have been evaluated in the presence or absence of ILs, or using ammonium acetate as the most common mobile phase additive, with three different C18 stationary phases. The effect of the acetonitrile content was also addressed. In general, best resolution, lower peak-widths (up to 72.1% lower) and lower retention factors are obtained when using ILs rather than ammonium acetate as mobile phase additives. The main improvement was obtained in the baseline noise, being 360% less noisy for BMIm-BF₄, 310% for HMIm-BF₄, and 227% for MOIm-BF₄, when compared to ammonium acetate at +1000 mV. Different chromatographic methods using the best conditions for each IL were also evaluated and compared. Finally, the best chromatographic conditions using 1 mM of BMIm-BF₄ as mobile phase additive, the Nova-Pak^® C18 column, 19% (v/v) of acetonitrile content in the mobile phase, and +1000 mV in the ECD, have been applied for the chromatographic analysis of six HAs contained in meat-based infant foods. The whole extraction method of meat-based infant foods using focused microwave-assisted extraction and solid-phase extraction has also been optimized. Extraction efficiencies up to 89% and detection limits ranged between 9.30 and 0.165 ng g⁻¹ have been obtained under optimized conditions.     

Reversed-phase liquid chromatographic separation of antiretroviral drugs on a monolithic column using ionic liquids as mobile phase additives

The use of 3-methylimidazolium cation-based ionic liquids (ILs) was evaluated as mobile phase additives for separation of antiretroviral drugs on a monolithic column by RP-HPLC. Separation of eight commonly used antiretroviral drugs was achieved on a Chromolith Flash, RP-18e column (25 × 4.6 mm, porous material) using water (pH 4.0 adjusted with acetic acid)/methanol v/v as a mobile phase containing ILs in a gradient elution mode. The effects of concentrations of ILs on retention, resolution and peak shape were studied and a regression equation correlating the interactions between stationary phase and the ILs was established. The retention of all the drugs was decreased notably by using 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, while 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium methylsulfate reduced gradient drift drastically when compared to triethylamine.     

Ionic liquid as hollow fibre membrane carrier for extraction of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in milk coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography quantification

A new hollow fibre liquid phase microextraction technology with an ionic liquid as the carrier was developed to determine the fluoroquinolone antibiotics in milk. In this technology, a porous polypropylene hollow fibre was filled with aqueous ionic liquid and the extraction efficiency of different factors, such as the type of hollow fibre membrane carrier, the pH and ionic strength of the donor solution, the pH of the acceptor solution, the stirring rate and the extraction time, were investigated. The optimised extraction condition was: [OMim][BF₄] impregnated in the pores of the hollow fibre; 0.1?mol?L^?1 of Na₂HPO₄ (pH 11.0) as the acceptor solution was injected into the lumen of the hollow fibre; 0.1?mol?L^?1 H₃PO₄ (pH 5.0) was used as the donor solution; 600?rpm was selected as the stirring rate; 120?min was the optimum extraction time. The proposed method provided very high factors with 130-fold, 156-fold and 116-fold enrichment of ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin, respectively.     

离子液体为流动相的液相色谱法-间接紫外检测吗啉阳离子

建立了以咪唑离子液体为流动相的液相色谱-间接紫外检测分析N-甲基,丙基吗啉阳离子的方法。用反相硅胶整体柱,以咪唑离子液体-离子对试剂水溶液/有机溶剂为流动相测定吗啉阳离子。咪唑离子液体为背景紫外吸收试剂。研究了咪唑离子液体、检测波长、离子对试剂、有机溶剂、柱温、流速对测定吗啉阳离子的影响,探讨了保留规律。以0.5 mmol·L-11-乙基-3-甲基咪唑四氟硼酸盐-0.1 mmol·L-1庚烷磺酸钠水溶液/甲醇(85∶15,v/v)为流动相,检测波长210 nm,柱温30℃,流速1.0 m L·min-1,N-甲基,丙基吗啉阳离子的保留时间为2.397 min,检出限(S/N=3)为0.02 mg·L-1,峰面积的相对标准偏差(n=5)为1.1%,保留时间的相对标准偏差(n=5)为0.03%。将此方法用于分析实验室合成的N-甲基,丙基吗啉离子液体,加标回收率为100.5%。本方法简便、快捷,可满足N-甲基,丙基吗啉离子液体阳离子的定量分析要求。     

Imidazolium ionic liquids as mobile phase additives in reversed phase liquid chromatography for the determination of iodide and iodate

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry - An analytical method for the simultaneous determination of iodide and iodate by reversed phase liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection using...     

Rapid, high-resolution high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of antibiotics

A HPLC column devised for high separation speed combined with highly practical operating features has been found useful for separating antibiotics. Important characteristics involve compromises in packing particle size, column configuration and support-stationary phase combinations. We determined that these columns are useful for rapid, high-resolution separations with unmodified state-of-the-art HPLC equipment without the extra-column band-broadening effects typical of so-called “fast” HPLC columns. The proposed columns feature efficient sterically-protected monofunctional silane stationary phases that provide good separation reproducibility and high column stability. The combination of these unique bonded silanes and a highly purified, less-acidic silica support give superior peak shapes for antibiotic compounds. The proposed column configuration can halve separation times and double peak heights without loss in resolution, compared to widely used analytical columns. Increased mobile phase flow-rates permit even faster separations of antibiotics with only modest loss in resolution and peak heights for trace analyses in biological systems.     

Comparison of chaotropic salt and ionic liquid as mobile phase additives in reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography of biogenic amines

Highly hydrophilic compounds belonging to biogenic amines were analysed in the reversed-phase system, modified with the addition of ionic liquids: 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium hexafluorophosphate (EMIM PF(6)) and chaotropic salt NaPF(6) on Discovery HS C18 column at acidic conditions. The effect of the additives concentration and the presence of organic solvent on the analytes' chromatographic parameters such as retention factor, tailing factor and theoretical plates number were all determined. On the basis of k versus ionic liquid concentration in aqueous-organic mobile phase with constant amount of phosphate buffer, retention mechanism was studied. It was established that the presence of organic solvent with low dielectric constant and ionic liquid with both chaotropic ions allows achieving typical Langmuir shape of this relationship. Investigated mobile phase additives are comparable according to efficiency and selectivity towards biogenic amines analysis. However, the sensitivity was found to be better for the eluent system modified with chaotropic salt.     

Use of Ionic liquids as additives in ion exchange chromatography for the analysis of cations

The behavior of acids (citric acid, nitric acid, oxalic acid, tartaric acid) as a mobile phase and imidazolium ionic liquids (the bromides, tetrafluoroborates and hexafluorophosphates of 1‐ethyl, 1‐butyl, and 1‐hexyl‐3‐methylimidazolium) as additives in ion exchange chromatography for cations (Na⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺) separation were studied. The results showed that nitric acid and 1‐hexyl‐3‐methyl‐imidazolium hexafluorophosphate offered the most interesting features in the separation of cations, such as lower retention time and better resolution. The selected optimal conditions were achieved by adding 0.10 mM 1‐hexyl‐3‐methyl‐imidazolium hexafluorophosphate in 4.0 mM HNO₃ mobile phase for the separation of four cations with the flow rate of 0.9 mL/min at room temperature (25°C). The linear regression equations of Na⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺ were S  = 4.4763c  + 0.0209, S  = 3.8903c  – 0.0087, S  = 6.3974c  – 0.0173, and S  = 7.601c  – 0.0339 and the limits of detection of Na⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺ were 0.296, 4.98, 0.0970, and 1.22 μg/L, respectively. In this work, four cations in samples were successfully detected.     

Fluoroquinolone antibiotic determination in bovine,ovine and caprine milk using solid-phase extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection with ionic liquids as mobile phase additives

This paper describes the use of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (EMIm-BF₄) as mobile phase additive for the analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection of a group of seven basic fluoroquinolone antibiotics (i.e. fleroxacin, ciprofloxacin, lomefloxacin, danofloxacin, enrofloxacin, sarafloxacin and difloxacin) in different milk samples. EMIm-BF₄ was found superior to 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate for the separation of the analytes from chromatographic interferences of the sample matrix. The optimized method was applied to the analysis of ovine, caprine and bovine milk, in the last case in either skimmed, semi-skimmed and full-cream milk after suitable acidic deproteination followed by a solid-phase extraction procedure. Recovery values between 73% and 113% were obtained for the three types of bovine milk samples, as well as for ovine and caprine milk (RSDs below 16% in all cases), which clearly demonstrates the applicability of the method to the three types of milk irrespective of the fat content of the samples. Limits of detection were in the range of 0.5–8.1 μg/L (approximately 0.5–25.9 μg/kg), well below the maximum residue limits established for these compounds by the current European legislation. A screening study of 24 different milk samples was also developed. In none of the samples, residues of the selected antibiotics were found.     

Ultra-rapid high-performance liquid chromatographic screening for phenothiazines in human samples

A high-performance liquid chromatographic method is presented for the simultaneous identification and quantification of six commonly prescribed phenothiazines. Single-step extraction was achieved from alkaline samples with heptane - isoamyl alcohol (98.5 + 1.5), using prochlorperazine as an internal standard. A Spherisorb CN column was used, with a mobile phase of acetonitrile - acetate buffer (95 + 5). Detection was carried out at 254 nm.     

The use of a micellar mobile phase in the high-performance liquid chromatographic separation of hydroxybenzene derivatives

When aquenous micellar solutions are used as mobile phases in liquid chromatography, retention of solutes depends on the concentration of the micellar surfactant, and relevant information about the partition coefficient and related association constants between solutes and micelles can be calculated from the chromatographic results. The chromatographic parameters of a series of phenols and hydroxyphenols (1,2- and 1,4-diols) eluted with sodium dodecyl sulfate micelles were measured. The association constants evaluated were in good agreement with those obtained by other techniques.     

High-performance liquid chromatography utilization of ionic liquids as mobile phase additives for separation and determination of the isomers of amino benzoic acids

For the isomers of amino benzoic acid, including o-, m-, p-amino benzoic acid, the beneficial effects of using the ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([BMIm][BF₄]), as mobile phase additives on retention behavior and separation were investigated. Chromatographic separation of the o-, m-, p-amino benzoic acid was performed on a reversed-phase C18 column by ultraviolet detection at 245 nm. The effects of several chromatographic parameters, concentrations and pH values of [BMIm][BF₄] solutions, methanol concentration and length of alkyl chain on different ionic liquids, on the separation and determination of the isomers were evaluated. The optimized chromatographic conditions were established using an aqueous 0.5 μmol/L [BMIm][BF₄] solution (pH 3.0)/methanol (40:60, v/v) as mobile phase without need of gradient elution, with separation of three amino benzoic acids achieved within four min. The calibration curve showed good linearity over the tested range of 2 mg/L to 120 mg/L for the three isomers with a correlation coefficients of 0.9999. The recoveries of the three amino benzoic acids of spiked components were between 99.8% and 100%. The method has been successfully applied to the determination of p-amino benzoic acid in the pharmaceutical, Bromine Mitag Procaine Injection.     

Automated on-line multi-dimensional high-performance liquid chromatographic techniques for the clean-up and analysis of water-soluble samples

The application of an automated on-line multi-dimensional liquid-liquid chromatographic technique for the clean-up and analysis of water-soluble samples was investigated. The use of microparticulate aqueous-compatible steric exclusion columns as the primary separation step coupled to either reversed-phase, normal-phase or ion-exchange columns as the secondary step allowed the direct injection of complex samples without prior clean-up. The entire operation was automatically controlled by a microprocessor-based liquid chromatograph with time-programmable events which allowed precise switching of high-pressure pneumatically operated valves. Both heart-cutting and on-column concentration methods were used. The heart-cutting technique had the advantage of selectivity but lacked sensitivity; more successful was the on-column concentration technique, which, by the concentration of the solute from a larger volume of exclusion column effluent on to the secondary column, gave better sensitivity. The technique was applied to the analysis of theophylline and caffeine in biological fluids, catecholamines in urine, vitamins in a protein food supplement and sugars in molasses and candy bars.     

Liquid chromatographic separation of enantiomers using chiral additives in the mobile phase

Addition of an optically active compound to the mobile phase is an attractive method for resolving enantiomers in liquid chromatography. The technique is practical, easy to use and allows rapid screening for new chiral complexing agents as well as for optimal separation conditions.     

Concentration of chlorophenols in water with sodium dodecylsulfate-gamma-alumina admicelles for high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis

Chlorophenols in water were sorbed onto sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS)-alumina (gamma-form) admicelles. The extent of sorption increased with increasing amount of SDS and decreasing solution pH. Conditions for good recovery were obtained when 100 mg SDS and 1.5 g alumina was used at pH 2. However, the yield decreased with a further increase in the SDS concentration due to the formation of normal SDS micelles. The extent of sorption also increased with increasing hydrophobicity of the chlorophenol, indicating that hydrophobic interactions predominate for the collection of analytes. When a cartridge column filled with admicelles was used, >90% of tetrachlorophenol and pentachlorophenol in 200 ml of water samples were rapidly recovered. The sorbed analytes were eluted with 1 ml acetonitrile. The accuracy and precision of the present method were demonstrated for the HPLC analysis with ultraviolet (290 nm) detection of microg l(-1) levels of tetrachlorophenol and pentachlorophenol in river water samples.