The gas-liquid chromatographic stationary phase properties of liquid organic salts: Anomalous selectivity variation when employing the Rohrschneider/McReynolds system

The liquid organic salts studied here have wide stable liquid temperature ranges and act as efficient, highly selective gas-liquid chromatographic stationary phases. The effect of carbon number on the gas liquid chromatographic stationary phase properties of this series of tetra-n-butylammonium n-alkylsulfonate salts was evaluated by the well-known Rohrschneider/McReynolds system. Several problems arose when attempting to characterize these polar liquid organic salts employing this system. The specific retention volumes for the polar selectivity probes were generally not affected by an increase in the carbon number for the series studied here. However, the specific retention volumes for the n-alkane retention index markers increased dramatically as the anion carbon number was increased. The overall effect was a net decrease in the calculated McReynolds constants with increasing carbon number, although the true selectivity of the different stationary phases remained constant. Additionally, the specific retention volumes of the basic test probe, pyridine, showed large erratic variations and, in some cases, was not recovered from the columns. The results suggest the possibility of on-column chemical reactions occurring with some of these salts, and an alternative test probe, 2,6-dimethylpyridine (lutidine) is proposed to eliminate this problem. As McReynolds constants are presently the most commonly used parameters for predicting retention and gas chromatographic stationary phase selection, it is important that workers are aware of the inherent limitations of this scheme.     

Gas chromatographic retention behaviour of dibenzothiophene derivatives on a smectic liquid crystalline polysiloxane stationary phase

The gas chromatographic retention behaviour, on a smectic liquid crystalline polysiloxane stationary phase, of methyldibenzothiophenes and eighteen C₂-dibenzothiophenes (sixteen dimethyldibenzothiophenes and two ethyldibenzothiophenes), out of twenty possible compounds, was investigated. The retention, in addition to vapour pressure and polarity, was greatly influenced by the molecular geometry of the solutes. The major factor affecting this behaviour was the length to breadth ratio (L/B). The elution order of the dimethyldibenzothiophenes was fairly well correlated with L/B values: Roughly, the lower the L/B values, the earlier the dimethyldibenzothiophenes were eluted. However, the solute molecular shape, although of less importance, was also a significant retention-affecting factor, having the contrary effect to L/B values on the elution order. Arc-like molecules (dibenzothiophenes) with groups attached to the outer curved side (i.e., in positions 3 and 4) were retained longer than predicted by L/B values. In contrast, isomers conforming to the arc-like arrangement (i.e., with substituents in positions 1 and 2) were less retained than predicted. The application of these identifications to a crude oil sample is described.     

Characterisation of the chromatographic properties of a silica-polypyrrole composite stationary phase by inverse liquid chromatography

Silica-polypyrrole particles have been used as a composite stationary phase for liquid chromatography. Determination of capacity factors (k') of a wide number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecular probes allows the characterisation of the chromatographic properties of the silica-polypyrrole stationary phase. Capacity factors in the range of 0.10 up to 6.1 were determined, thus demonstrating the high affinity of the PAH probes towards the stationary phase. The selectivity of the composite stationary phase was also evaluated as a function of the planarity of the molecular probes injected. Capacity factors determined for PAHs (two-dimensional molecular probes) are higher than those measured for phenyl-substituted PAHs (phenyl-PAHs, three-dimensional molecular probes). Determination of capacity factors, dependence on the composition of the mobile phase demonstrates the reverse alpha-phase properties of the composite stationary phase. The acid-base properties of the composite silica-polypyrrole stationary phase were investigated using benzene derivative molecular probes (i.e., toluene, phenol, benzoic acid and aniline). Capacity factors in the range of 0.45 to 1.0 were determined. This study clearly demonstrates that this composite stationary phase exhibits selective interactions towards PAHs and phenyl-substituted PAHs and strong acid-base properties depending on the structure, the geometry and the acid-base properties of the molecular probes eluted.     

新型苯基桥键色谱固定相的热力学性质

将制备的球形苯基桥键型杂化介孔色谱固定相与商品化的C18和苯基键合硅胶固定相对比,研究其热力学性质。以稠环芳烃为例,探讨了溶质在固定相和流动相之间的迁移焓变、迁移熵变等热力学参数的变化。结果表明,与两种商品化的固定相不同,实验制备的苯基桥键固定相不存在明显的焓-熵补偿效应,证实新型桥键固定相分离机理是疏水作用、π-π作用、包结作用等协同作用的结果。     

Gas chromatographic retention of alkyl phosphates on ionic liquid stationary phases

Retention behaviors of alkyl phosophates were studied on a series of ionic liquid gas chromatography columns. The selectivity of the IL columns for alkyl phosphates were compared with a 5% phenyl column as a route to evaluating the potential use of IL columns in the analysis of alkyl phosphates in petroleum samples in both one- and multi-dimensional GC. Most interestingly, we demonstrate for the first time the dependence of elution order on separation temperature for members of a homologous series of compounds. At low temperatures it was found that trihexyl phosphate eluted before trioctyl phosphate, while at higher temperatures this pattern was reversed.     

漆酚酯键合硅胶液相色谱固定相的制备与应用

以甲基丙烯酸漆酚酯为色谱配体,制备了一种新型色谱固定相。首先以漆酚和甲基丙烯酰氯为原料制备得到甲基丙烯酸漆酚酯,并通过物理吸附涂覆到由3-（甲基丙烯酰氧）丙基三甲氧基硅烷化学修饰的硅胶上,再通过自由基引发与硅烷化硅胶的双键聚合制得漆酚酯键合硅胶固定相（USP）。对固定相进行傅里叶红外光谱（FT-IR）、热重分析（TGA）、扫描电子显微镜（SEM）和元素分析（EA）表征,结果表明通过共聚反应成功地将漆酚酯固定在硅烷化硅胶上,且制备出的固定相具有良好的单分散性。采用匀浆法装柱,以乙腈-0.05%磷酸溶液（3：97,v/v）为流动相,流速为0.4 mL/min,检测波长为220 nm,考察固定相对天麻浸膏的分离性能。以乙腈-水（50：50,v/v）为流动相,流速为0.5 mL/min,检测波长为290 nm,考察固定相对吴茱萸浸膏的分离性能。结果表明该固定相对天麻浸膏和吴茱萸浸膏均具有良好的分离性能,从天麻浸膏中分离出5个色谱峰,从吴茱萸浸膏中分离出2个色谱峰。与商品化C₁₈ 柱相比,USP柱可以从天麻浸膏中分离出更多的有效组分并实现基线分离,分离吴茱萸浸膏的色谱条件更为环保和安全。采用低流速对天麻浸膏和吴茱萸浸膏进行分离,减少了流动相的使用量,分离结果令人满意。以天然产物漆酚制备色谱固定相,既为分离纯化天麻素和吴茱萸碱提供了一种新的方法,又为液相色谱固定相制备提供了新的思路,还拓展了生漆在色谱分离材料方面的应用。     

Fast hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatographic separations on bonded zwitterionic stationary phase

Separation science is an art of obtaining adequate resolution of the desired compounds in minimum time, and with minimum effort in terms of sample preparation and data evaluation. In LC, where selectivity is a main driving force for separation, the availability of different separation modes capable of operating at high flow rates is a way to make combined optimal use of selectivity, efficiency, and speed. The separation of polar and hydrophilic compounds is problematic in RP LC due to the poor retention. Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) is a more straightforward separation mode to address this problem. Herein, it is shown that separations in HILIC mode are equally efficient as for RP, providing a potential for very fast separations on short columns. This is not only facilitated by the low viscosity of the mobile phase compositions used, compared to typical RP eluents, but also due to higher column permeability. To exemplify this, baseline separations of uracil and cytosine are shown in less than 4 s and of Tamiflu and its main metabolite in less than 40 s, both under isocratic conditions. HILIC must therefore be considered having potential for high throughput purposes, and being an attractive candidate as the second separation dimension in 2-D HPLC.     

Mobile phase effects on retention on a new butylimidazolium-based high-performance liquid chromatographic stationary phase

A new HPLC stationary phase based on n-butylimidazolium bromide has been characterized by a linear solvation energy relationship (LSER) approach in the binary acetonitrile/water mobile phases. The retention properties of the stationary phase were systematically evaluated in terms of intermolecular interactions between 28 test solutes and the stationary phase. The results and further comparisons with conventional reversed phase system confirm that retention properties are similar to phenyl phases in acetonitrile/water mixtures. The results obtained with acetonitrile/water mixtures are also compared with results obtained using methanol/water mixtures.     

原子转移自由基聚合技术用于以单分散树脂为基质的温敏色谱固定相的制备及性能评价

以α-溴异丁酰溴为引发剂,CuCl/CuCl2/2,2′-联二吡啶(Bpy)为催化体系,在室温条件下通过原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)使N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIPAM)键合在单分散交联聚甲基丙烯酸环氧丙酯树脂（PGMA/EDMA 树脂）表面,制备了具有温敏性的聚合物色谱填料,并用元素分析、红外光谱等对其进行了表征;详细考察了该填料对芳香烃化合物的分离性能、温敏性能、稳定性和重现性。元素分析得出NIPAM单体的接枝率为10.4%;通过改变温度,可以有效地分离对羟基苯甲醛、邻甲酚和4-丁基苯胺3种混合物。结果表明,所合成的固定相具有很好的色谱性能和温敏性能,稳定性和重现性良好。     

聚合离子液体毛细管气相色谱固定相的性能评价

离子液体作为毛细管气相色谱固定相的选择性和热稳定性是近年人们关注的课题。本文合成了1-烯基-3-苄基咪唑-二(三氟甲基磺酰)亚胺盐(VBIm-NTf2)离子液体并经毛细管柱内聚合制得了聚合离子液体PVBIm-NTf2色谱柱。与VBIm-NTf2色谱柱相比,PVBIm-NTf2色谱柱具有良好的色谱选择性和热稳定性。PVBIm-NTf2色谱柱对Grob试剂、醇混合物、酯混合物和苯系物等都表现了很好的分离能力,并且色谱峰峰形窄且对称。该聚合色谱柱在250 ℃下老化6 h后仍具有良好的分离能力和选择性。本文还测定了PVBIm-NTf2的Abraham溶剂化参数,解析了该固定相与溶质间的相互作用,相关研究国内尚未见报道。研究表明,对常规离子液体进行柱内聚合是改善常规离子液体气相色谱固定相的热稳定性和选择性的有效途径。     

Preparation of chiral stationary phase via activated carbamate intermediate for liquid chromatographic optical resolution

Summary Chiral stationary phases (CSPs) for liquid chromatography were prepared by the way of an activated carbamate intermediate. The amino group of aminopropylsilyl silica gel was first activated by carbamylation with disuccinimido carbonate (DSC). The obtained activated carbamate silica gel (ACsil) proved useful as an intermediate for the preparation of urea-type CSPs. The reaction of ACsil with (S)- of (R)-1-(α-naphthyl)-ethylamine gave naphthylethylurea type CSPs. These CSPs were also obtained directly from aminopropylsilyl silica gel by its reaction with optically active (S)- or (R)-succinimido 1-(α-naphthyl)ethyl carbamate (SINEC). Several phenylthiohydantoin amino acid enantiomers and p-bromophenylcarbamyl amino acid enantiomers were resolved on the CSPs by elution with aqueous mobile phase.     

Band broadening inside the chromatographic column: the interest of a liquid stationary phase

Band broadening inside chromatographic columns was studied by Giddings 40 years ago. This theory is revisited pointing out that the band width depends only on the band position, x, inside the column and the height equivalent to a theoretical plate, H, and not on the solute affinity for the stationary phase. The band standard deviation, sigma, inside the column is simply sigma = square root [xH]. This property can be used in countercurrent chromatography (CCC), a chromatographic technique that works with a liquid stationary phase. Two possibilities are presented: 1-extrusion of the liquid stationary phase called elution-extrusion method, and 2-slow motion of the stationary phase in the same direction as the mobile phase, called cocurrent CCC method. A mixture of five steroids, prednisone, prednisolone acetate, testosterone, estrone and cholesterol, with partition coefficient varying from 0.1 to 40, is used with a 53 mL CCC column to show the method capabilities. The elution-extrusion method is discontinuous; however, it allows saving dramatic amounts of solvent and time. Cholesterol could be fully resolved in 2h and 120 mL instead of 7 h and 1.2 L using the classical elution way. The cocurrent CCC method is continuous and was able to resolve cholesterol at baseline in 40 min using 110 mL. Detection is difficult due to the fact that two immiscible liquid phases enter the detector.     

The chromatographic properties of a mixed-bed stationary phase combining reversed-phase and strong anion exchange properties

Summary The feasibility of using columns prepared by mixing together ion exchange and reversed-phase packing materials, for the simultaneous separation of ionised and unionised molecules, has been examined using a range of test solutes. Columns prepared in this way showed chromatographic properties which were intermediate between those of the individual phases. The dual nature of the retention mechanism allowed the retention of ionisable molecules to be adjusted using pH whilst that of uncharged compounds was unaffected. The simultaneous chromatography of model compounds and their glucuronide, sulphate and glycine conjugates, under a variety of conditions, was demonstrated.     

溴化1-乙烯基-3-十二烷基咪唑硅胶键合固定相制备及其色谱性能

膜脂作为细胞质膜的主要组成部分,在生命活动中扮演着重要的作用,其涉及多种重要疾病的发生和发展过程。发展适用于膜脂分离分析的新型色谱材料对于其后续结构和生物学功能研究具有重要的意义。该文选用具有潜在生物相容性的离子液体溴化1-乙烯基-3-十二烷基咪唑(1-vinyl-3-dodecylimidazole bromide, VDI)为功能单体,通过一步法点击反应将其接枝到巯基功能化硅球表面,制备得到了新型溴化1-乙烯基-3-十二烷基咪唑硅胶键合固定相(Sil-VDI)。利用傅里叶变换红外光谱仪和热重分析仪对Sil-VDI固定相材料的结构进行表征,结果证明Sil-VDI色谱固定相已被成功制备。保留机制研究显示填充Sil-VDI色谱柱具有典型的反相/离子交换混合模式保留特性。基于此,采用不同疏水性物质烷基苯、多环芳烃、苯胺、苯衍生物和无机阴离子BrO^-₃、NO^-₃和IO^-₃为测试物,对所制备固定相的色谱性能进行了研究。结果表明,该固定相对4类疏水性物质和无机阴离子...     

Reversed-phase liquid chromatographic method for the determination of selected room-temperature ionic liquid cations

The separation of selected 1-alkyl- and 1-aryl-3-methylimidazolium-based room temperature ionic liquid cations has been performed using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization mass detection. The RP-HPLC method development started with the selection of a column taking into account especially the resolution of low molecular congeners of the selected group. Mobile phase composition was optimized for peak resolution, sensitivity and high reproducibility of retention values. The results of the method development were applied to the determination of exemplary ionic liquid species present in the medium used in cytotoxicity studies.     

Gas chromatographic characteristics and application studies of the stationary phase of CH-B-15-C-5

In this paper, separations of organic compounds, such as, n-alkanes, alcohols, ethyl asters of C(1)-C(8) carboxylic acid, halogen derivatives, position-isomers of the replacement aromatic hydrocarbon, optical isomers of ethyl lactate and isoamyl alcohol, etc. were studied using 4'-cholestenoxycarbonyl-benzo-15-crown-5 liquid crystal crown ether (CH-B-15-C-5) as stationary phase in gas-solid chromatography (GSC), general gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) and crown ether liquid crystal gas-liquid chromatography (CL-GLC). Also, the chromatographic characteristics, such as the chemical stability, thermal stability, selectivity, polarity and operating temperature range, of the CH-B-15-C-5 as stationary phase for GSC, GLC and CL-GLC systems were studied. The results showed that the polarity of this chromatographic column is mean-weak; the chemical and thermal stabilities and the selectivity are good and the operating temperature range is wide. The results of separations of organic compounds are satisfactory.     

Molecular-dynamics simulation for the characterization of liquid chromatographic stationary phase: effect of temperature.

The influence of temperature on the surface structure of the octadecylsilica (ODS) bonded phase was investigated with a molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. The MD simulation was applied to a molecular model consisting of three parts: amorphous silica base, dimethyloctadecylsilyl ligands and n-hexane as a mobile phase solvent. More detailed information on the effect of temperature was obtained at the low temperature region than that reported in our previous study. The motion of ODS ligands could be estimated by the mean square displacement (MSD) of the terminal carbon atoms of ODS ligands. The gauche fraction in the ODS ligand conformation can also be estimated to obtain the ligand conformation for each simulation condition in detail. It can be seen that an elevated temperature induced the more bent ligand conformation. The trend has a good agreement to that of the results experimentally observed by using various spectroscopic techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and Raman spectroscopy.     

Use of chemically-bonded cyclodextrin stationary phase for high performance liquid chromatographic determination of feldene capsules

A novel high performance liquid chromatographic method (HPLC) is presented for the quantitative determination of piroxicam in capsule formulation (Feldene capsule). Samples are separated on a chemically bonded beta-cyclodextrin column (Cyclobond I) with a mobile phase of 75% 0.05M phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) and 25% methanol. The effluent is monitored by a spectrophotometric detector with a 254-nm filter. The method is rapid, accurate, and precise.