Fast HPLC with non-porous packing materials in the pharmaceutical industry

Summary This paper demonstrates the possibilities in transfering HPLC methods from porous to non-porous stationary phases. The procedures are transferred from 125 or 250 mm columns packed with porous stationary phases to 33 mm columns packed with non-porous particles. It is demonstrated that fast HPLC using non-porous columns reduces analysis times by a factor four to eight. Precision is comparable to HPLC with porous stationary phases. The costs for HPLC with porous and with nonporous packing materials are similar. The implementation of these fast HPLC columns is easy because standard equipment can be used.     

A novel silica-based column packing for reversed-phase HPLC of basic compounds

Summary A novel bonded phase for reversed-phase HPLC was synthesized in two steps. Octylamine was first reacted with β-(3,4-epoxycyclohexyl)ethyltrimethoxysilane (β-ECTS) and then the intermediate product was coupled onto porous silica. The prepared packing was characterized by elemental analysis, solid-state¹³C NMR and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR). Chromatographic evaluations were carried out by using a mixture of organic compounds including acidic, basic and neutral analytes and methanol-water as binary mobile phase. The results showed that the stationary phase has excellent chromatographic properties and is resistant to hydrolysis between pH=2≈8. It can be used efficiently for the separation of basic compounds.     

Fast separation of amino acid phenylthiohydantion derivatives by HPLC on a non-porous stationary phase

Summary A new method is described for the separation of phenylthiohydantoin (PTH) derivatives of the 20 common amino acids. The analysis requires approximately 7 minutes and good resolution is obtained by RP-HPLC on columns packed with a non-porous stationary phase (Kovasil-C14; 33×4.6 mm). Gradient elution was chosen with eluents containing either sodium acetate/ acetic acid buffers (moderately acidic conditions) or a heptafluorobutyric acid modifier (strongly acidic eluent). A slightly different elution order of the PTH-amino acids was found in the two systems. Low detection limits (in the femtomol range) were achieved with simple commercial HPLC equipment. Presented at the Balaton Symposium on High Peformance Separtion Methods, Siófok, Hungary, september 1–3, 1999     

HPLC separation of opium alkaloids on porous and non-porous stationary phases

Summary A new reversed-phase (RP) HPLC method has been developed and validated for the separation of the main opium alkaloids morphine, codeine, thebaine, papaverine and noscapine on a non-porous (micropellicular) stationary phase. On this phase quantification of the compounds by internal standardization with brucine was achieved extremely rapidly, in ca 1.5 min, only. Thus, the analysis time for the opium alkaloids was approximately one tenth of that on porous stationary phases. Different opium samples were investigated using non-porous and porous packings. The correlation between the results was excellent. Presented at Balaton Symposium on High-Performance Separation Methods, Siófok, Hungary, September 1–3, 1999     

Effect of pressure on solute capacity factor in HPLC using a non-porous stationary phase

Summary The pressure applied in liquid chromatography (LC) can influence the capacity factor of analytes. Using commercial equipment, column (33×4.6 mm) and 1.5 μm non-porous, tetradecyl (C₁₄) coated silica particles, a moderate but significant change in the capacity factor was observed with increasing pressure. Depending on the experimental conditions the relationship was found to be either linear or non-linear. In the latter case the retention increased at first, but later tended to decrease at still higher pressure. The results direct attention to the role of the pressure (and hence of flow rate and heat of friction) in determining capacity factors. Presented at Balaton Symposium on High Performance Separation Methods, Siófok, Hungary, September 1–3, 1999     

Open tubular columns and non-porous packings in copolymer HPLC analysis

Summary The separation of poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) is presented in open tubular stainless steel columns and columns packed with non-porous glass beads. Furthermore separation on a short silica packed column proved to be better than on a similar longer column. A definition of the term high performance precipitation liquid chromatography is suggested for gradient elution with sample injection into a starting eluent which is a nonsolvent for the copolymer under investigation. The choice of a suitable solvent-nonsolvent combination is of essential importance.     

Effect of pressure on retention factors in HPLC using a non-porous stationary phase

Summary Pressure and temperature have significant influence on retention in HPLC. This study investigates the effect of pressure and temperature on the retention behavior of aromatic hydrocarbons (toluene, ethyl benzene, butyl benzene, pentyl benzene) and polar, acidic and basic samples (phenol, acetophenone, N,N-dimethyl aniline, benzophenone) on a reversed phase column. The effect has been studied on non-porous, tetradecyl (C₁₄) coated silica particles. We found that the adsorption-induced decrease of the partial molar volume of the solutes investigated was between ΔV _m =5–15 cm³ mol⁻¹. The increment of the decrease of the partial molar volume due to the addition of one CH₂ group, for the homologous series of the aromatic hydrocarbons is approximately ΔV _CH2 =2.3 cm³mol⁻¹. Presented at Balaton Symposium '01 on High-Performance Separation Methods, Siófok, Hungary, September 2–4, 2001.     

Chromatographic behaviour of flavonoid compounds in reversed-phase HPLC systems

Summary Reversed-phase HPLC retention behaviour of different flavonoid compounds in different columns and with a range of methanol-buffer eluents was examined. Repeatibility and reproducibility of logk′ and Δlogk′ values were analyzed. Sharp group contributions, expressed as Δlogk′, were observed. These did not depend significantly on acid modifier type, column packing characteristics (C8 and C18) and dimensions (5,7 and 10μm) or the percentage of methanol in the mobile phase. A list of twelve group contributions is presented which is in agreement with literature data.     

The use of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to study retention in non-aqueous reversed-phase HPLC

Summary Elution strengths of 11 common HPLC solvents on a polymeric C₁₈ phase were compared using a marker set of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Naphthalene, pyrene, benzo[ghi]perylene, and three larger naphthologues of 8, 10, and 12 rings (constituting a naphthalene zigzag series) were chosen because they span the solvent strength range up to and including the strongest solvents, tetrahydrofuran (THF) and chlorobenzene. Four pairs of similarly shaped isomers were used to probe solvent selectivity. With the exception of THF, HPLC solvent strength correlated with observed red shifts of fluorescence band maxima in each solvent. For THF, the pure solvent and blended mixtures behaved quite differently.     

无孔单分散亲水性中强阳离子交换树脂的制备及其在蛋白质快速分离中的应用研究

以3.0μm无孔单分散亲水性交联聚甲基丙烯酸环氧丙酯树脂为基质,将其表面经新的化学方法改性后制备了一种新型的无孔中强阳离子交换色谱填料。详细考察了该无孔填料对标准蛋白分离性能,有机溶剂、pH、流动相盐种类和流速等对蛋白质保留的影响。实验结果表明,在流速为4 mL/min时,线性梯度时间在2.0 min内可快速分离4种标准蛋白,蛋白质的保留符合阳离子交换色谱规律。将其应用于快速纯化鸡蛋清中的溶菌酶,取得较好效果。     

Optimizing separations in reversed-phase liquid chromatography by varying pH and solvent composition

Summary An interpretive optimization procedure in which pH can be one of the variables is presented with the emphasis on optimizing separations. When varying the pH in reversed-phase liquid chromatography the retention of ionogenic solutes will change. Thus, the selectivity between ionogenic and neutral solutes or between ionogenic solutes mutually can be optimized. However, pH also greatly affects the efficiency (plate count) and peak shape (asymmetry). Optimum selectivity (i.e. large differences in retention times) may be observed under conditions where peaks are broad and asymmetrical. Thus, it is essential to simultaneously consider retention, peak width and peak shape and their effects on separation (effective resolution) in pH-optimization studies. A procedure in which this is done is presented and applied to optimizing the separation of a synthetic mixture of selected pharmaceuticals. After initial experiments to establish the parameter space (boundaries for pH and binary methanol — water composition), twelve experiments are performed according to a 3×4 experimental design. At each loaction the retention, peak height, peak area and peak symmetry are recorded for each solute. These data are then used to build models for each of the four characteristics and for each solute. From this set of models the response surface, describing the quality of separation as a function of pH and composition, can be calculated. A variety of optimization criteria (quantifying quality of separation) can be used. The optimum corresponds to the highest point on the response surface.     

High-performance liquid chromatography using a color-forming agent as a mobile phase component. Separation of alkaline-earth-metal cations with arsenazo III and a non-porous gel column

Summary A liquid chromatographic procedure for separating alkaline-earth-metal cations with a non-porous gel column has been developed. Arsenazo III, which is one of the sensitive and commercially available color-forming agents, was used as a component of the mobile phase. Magnesium and calcium could be separated on the nonporous gel column within 55 seconds. The procedure was suitable for the separation of alkaline-earth-metal cations in relatively pure solutions with high sensitivity. Because of its rapidity the described procedure is also potentially applicable for any aqueous sample.     

Preparative scale reversed-phase HPLC method for simultaneous separation of carotenoids and carotenoid esters

Summary A method is described for the preparative HPLC of carotenoids and carotenoid esters using a self-packing axially-compressed column. The reversed-phase system used employs an RP-18 stationary phase and a mobile phase consisting of a mixture of petroleum spirit, acetonitrile, methanol and tetrahydrofuran. The method is demonstrated for paprika fruit, rose hips and marigold flowers.     

Optimization of peptide separations in reversed-phase HPLC: Isocratic versus gradient elution

Summary We have determined the interaction behaviour of peptides with hydrophobic stationary phases on analytical columns using isnocratic or shallow gradient elution for the purpose of developing procedures for rapid optimization of conditions for preparative reversed-phase chromatography of peptides. From our investigation of the separation of two closely related decapeptides (differing by one methyl group), in a 1:1 molar ratio on an analytical C8 column, we have found that shallow gradients of 0.1% acetonitrile/min appeared to be the best compromise between resolution and a practical run time for preparative peptide separations. Up to 20mg of the two-peptide mixture was efficiently resolved on the analytical column, with >97% recovery of homogeneous peptides.     

Effect of the structure of organic phosphonate compounds on chiral separations on derivatized cellulose chiral stationary phase

Summary The enantiomers of eightO,O-dialkyl-2-benzyloxycarbonylaminoarylmethyl phosphonates have been directly separated on a tris(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) cellulose column. The results are very different from those obtained by separation on anN-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)leucine (DNBleu) column. The effect of mobile phase composition and column temperature on retention and enantioselectivity were investigated. The effect on chiral separation of the length of, and steric hindrance by, alkoxyl groups of the phosphonate ester and of the nature of the substitutentsp-Cl andp-H on the benzene ring attached to the chiral carbon atom are also discussed.     

Analysis of nucleotides,nucleosides, nucleobases in cells by ion-pair reversed-phase HPLC

Summary HPLC methods for the separation of nucleotides, nucleosides and nucleobases by ion-pair reversed-phase are reviewed. The advantages of these are discussed versus anion-exchange and reversed phase separations. Extraction procedures for nucleotide determinations from cells and tissues are pointed out in detail. Extracts from red blood cells, Ehrlich ascites tumour cells, hepatocytes, intestine are used for determination of nucleotide concentrations by the methods described.     

Olefin group selectivity in non-aqueous reversed-phase LC

Summary The effects of mobile phase composition upon olefin group selectivity (the ratio of the retention factor of a n-alkane to 1-olefin of equal carbon number) has been examined for non-aqueous reversed-phase liquid chromatorphy. Under time-normalized conditions, large variations in olefin group selectivities were noted as the mobile phase constitutents were changes. However, methylene group selectivities were found to be insensitive to the nature of the mobile phase under these conditions. Mobile phases containing alcohols demonstrated low olefin group selectivities compared to those containing acetonitrile as weak solvent. The results of this study explain variations previously observed in the LC separation of olive oil triglycerides that differ in the number of methylene groups and double bonds.     

Packings and stationary phases for biopolymer separations by HPLC

Summary Packings and stationary phases applied to high resolution separations of proteins, enzymes, and nucleic acids must satisfy a series of distinct criteria that are different from those usually required by HPLC of low molecular weight non-biologically active analytes. These requirements have been met through substantial improvements in classical gel media together with novel developments in silica supports, and have led to a family of products with tailor-made and reproducible properties. Supports consisting of cross-linked organic gels, and inorganic materials (mostly silicas) are now available with graduated particle sizes, pore sizes, porosities and surface areas as well as non-porous beads. A whole range of stationary phases, such as reversed phase, hydrophobic interaction, ion exchanger and affinity packings, were designed for application as chemical sensors for biopolymer recognition in adsorptive chromatography. The phase systems are operated in the gradient mode, giving high resolution and high peak capacities. In addition, aqueous liquid-liquid partitioning systems have been developed for the fractionation of proteins and nucleic acids. Size exclusion media complete the set of HPLC variants enabling a discrimination of proteins according to their size and shape in an isocratic elution mode. Basically, protein purification and isolation is a multistage process where-by the HPLC variants are combined in a logistic sequence, utilizing the different selectivities of the phase systems and thus maximising resolution, speed and throughput.     

Direct separation of the enantiomers of cetirizine and related compounds by reversed-phase chiral HPLC

Summary Direct separations of the enantiomers of cetirizine and related compounds have been achieved by reversed-phase HPLC on the Chiralcel OD-R, a polysaccharide-derived chiral stationary phase; the mobile phase was usually perchlorate solution supplemented with acetonitrile. Resolution of the enantiomers of cetirizine and related compounds was good. The effect of the acetonitrile content of the mobile phase was investigated, and the effect of the structure of the chiral compounds on their behavior on the Chiralcel OD-R column is discussed.     

Optimization of enantiomeric separations with chiral bonded phases

Summary The preparation and properties of chiral bonded phases with amino acid groups are described. These phases were used in non-polar eluents and in aqueous systems in the presence of Cu²⁺ ions in the ligand-exchange mode. The optimization of chiral resolution is demonstrated for both cases. With non-polar eluents similarity between bonded groups and solutes is required. The elution could be accelerated by non-protonic moderators. Ligand-exchange separation is influenced by the copper content of the eluent and the stationary phase, the organic moderator concentration, the pH and ionic strength of the buffer and by the temperature. Structural requirements of both the bonded groups and of the solutes for chiral separation are discussed.