Universal acoustic flame detection for modified supercritial fluid chromatography

A novel detector, based on the frequency of acoustic emissions from an oscillating premixed hydrogen/oxygen flame, has been characterized for use in supercritical-fluid chromatography (SFC). When an organic analyte is introduced, the steady pitch of the acoustic flame detector (AFD) increases proportionally to the carbon content of the molecule. Using standard hydrocarbon analytes, the SFC-AFD system provided a linear response over about 3 orders of magnitude with a detection limit (S/sigma = 3) of 18 ng of carbon per second. The detector sensitivity was uniform for all analytes and did not change when using either pure or methanol modified supercritical-carbon dioxide (SC-CO(2)) as a mobile phase. While a stable baseline could be obtained for a variety of constant conditions, density gradients did cause it to shift due to the changing flow rate encountered when using a passive restrictor. While these changes were small for a pure SC-CO(2) mobile phase, they were larger when using a methanol modifier. Qualitatively, the AFD response compared well to a flame ionization detector (FID). Overall, the results indicate that the AFD may be a useful, inexpensive universal detector for SFC applications that require organic modifiers and are unable to use an FID.     

Comparative Response Characterization of a Universal Acoustic Flame Detector for Chromatography

The relative response towards a wide variety of hydrocarbons was measured simultaneously in both the acoustic flame detector (AFD) and the flame ionization detector (FID). The compounds examined included alkanes, aromatics, unsaturates, aldehydes, ketones, alcohols, carboxylic acids, and a number of hetero-atomic organic analytes. A very close linear correlation was found between AFD and FID response for these analytes with regression providing an r ² coefficient of 0.9103. The observed universal AFD response towards hydrocarbons was attributed to a reduction in flame burning velocity through the capture of key propagating species such as hydrogen radicals. While a few minor exceptions to this correlation were observed, the most notable differences occurred for organometallic compounds, which responded 2–3 orders of magnitude more strongly in the AFD than anticipated by their FID response alone. It was found that the metals present in such analytes are directly responsible for generating the greatly increased AFD response observed, which is attributed to their known radical scavenger properties. Results indicate that overall the AFD provides a uniform response towards most hydrocarbons that is qualitatively very similar to that of an FID. For those analytes containing metals or other moieties that may be capable of significantly altering flame burning velocity, an enhanced AFD response is to be anticipated.     

Metal selective flame ionization detection after supercritical fluid chromatography

This work describes the construction and operation of a flame ionization detector for the selective detection of metal-containing compounds after capillary supercritical fluid chromatography. Using optimal conditions for achieving metal sensitive flame ionization responses which have been established for the detector after capillary gas chromatography, initial evaluation of the detector after SFC proved promising. Like the carbon sensitive FID, it appears that the metal sensitive FID is compatible with SFC when pure carbon dioxide is used as the mobile phase. Response characteristics were found to be similar to those observed when the detector is used in gas chromatography.     

Direct coupling of capillary supercritical fluid chromatography with double-focusing high resolution mass spectrometry

An integral restrictor interface with jet separator for coupling capillary column supercritical fluid extraction – supercritical fluid chromatography with high resolution mass spectrometry (SFE-SFC-MS) has been built and used for the analysis of a fatty acid ester, and of polymer additives with a wide range of masses. The mobile phase used was supercritical carbon dioxide; a flame ionization detector (FID) was used in parallel with the mass spectrometer. Different SFC-MS interface operating conditions, e.g. temperature, restrictor position, flow rate, and sample transfer conditions were optimized to obtain good sensitivity and separation for these applications. In addition, the sensitivity of measurements performed with the direct insertion probe and by SFC-MS interface have been compared.     

Increased flow rate compatibility for universal acoustic flame detection in liquid chromatography

The liquid chromatography (LC) flow rate tolerance of the universal Acoustic Flame Detector (AFD) is characterized and significantly expanded through using larger bore burners. For example, increasing the burner i.d. from 1.00 to 4.00 mm increases the AFD upper flow rate limit from 20 to 100 μL/min. While signal and noise each reduce as the burner i.d. widens, the best current performance is obtained with a 2.30 mm i.d. burner. This approach also allows AFD operation over a broader range of mobile phase temperatures. As a result, the overall increased flow rate compatibility of the detector can facilitate improved chromatography and further development of LC-AFD applications.     

Direct sample injection in supercritical fluid chromatography with packed fused silica column

A direct sample injection technique was developed for supercritical fluid chromatography in a packed capillary column, with carbon dioxide as mobile phase and a flame ionization detector. The method allowed solutions, neat liquids, and even solids to be introduced as samples. Also, extraction with supercritical carbon dioxide was combined with this method to separate polymer additives.     

A simultaneous packed column supercritical fluid chromatographic method for ibuprofen, chlorzoxazone and acetaminophen in bulk and dosage forms

A reproducible and efficient method for the separation and estimation of ibuprofen, chlorzoxazone and acetaminophen has been developed using packed column supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC). The separations were performed on an ODS-RP JASCO column employing methanol modified supercritical fluid CO(2) as the mobile phase. The densities and polarities of the mobile phase were optimised from the effects of pressure, temperature and modifier concentration on retention times. In addition a flow programming of the mobile phase helped to obtain better resolution and a faster elution for acetaminophen. The analytes were detected using a uv detector at 254 nm. The study includes a successful attempt at quantitation of the 3 drugs. Chromatographic figures of merit, linear dynamic range, limit of quantitation (LOQ), precision and accuracy etc. were determined to assess the viability of the method. The method has been extended to commercial dosage forms containing all 3 drugs.     

以亚临界水为流动相的高效液相色谱方法的进展

由于纯水在高温高压下形成亚临界液体水时氢键网络发生改变,导致其极性、粘度等物理性质产生较大的变化。以亚临界水为流动相的高效液相色谱方法(SubWC)是近年来发展起来的一种新型分离技术。SubWC的仪器系统可以采用通过改装的一般的气相色谱(GC)或液相色谱(LC)装置;分离色谱柱既可以采用液相色谱填充柱,也可以采用类似于GC的毛细管柱;选择性既可以通过调节柱系统的温度和压力,也可以通过在流动相中添加有机调节剂或盐类进行调节;检测既可用氢火焰离子化检测器检测,也可用紫外检测器检测,极大地拓宽了色谱分离和最佳条件选择的范围。SubWC无论在仪器系统、流动相的洗脱还是固定相的选择等方面均有一定的特征。这种新的分离模式目前尚处于研究与开发阶段,且多用于极性、中等极性样品的快速分离。     

On-Line coupling of supercritical fluid extraction with high performance liquid chromatography

Supercritical fluid extraction was coupled directly with high performance liquid chromatograph. The system was evaluated for direct injection of supercritical CO₂ and modified supercritical CO₂ at high pressure and temperature onto a HPLC system with varying mobile phase compositions and flow rates. Injection of 9 μL supercritical CO₂ onto the HPLC using methanol/water mobile phases from 100% methanol to 80% with a flow of 1.0 mL/min did not adversely affect the baseline of UV detector. However at higher percentages of water, CO₂ solubility in the mobile phase decreased and caused baseline interferences on the UV detector. At higher HPLC mobile phase flow rates, supercritical CO₂ was injected to higher percentages of water without any effect on the UV baseline. Also, increasing the extraction pressure or modifier concentration did not change the results. Separations of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and linear alkenebenzene sulfonate test mixtures were obtained using on-line SFE/HPLC interfaced system.     

Packed column supercritical fluid chromatography with light-scattering detection. I. Optimization of parameters with a carbon dioxide/methanol mobile phase

Summary Evaporative light scattering detectors have, in recent years, gained acceptance in chromatography with dense mobile phases i.e. liquid and supercritical fluid chromatography. In the present work an instrument of this type has been used in packed column supercritical fluid chromatography with carbon dioxide/methanol mixtures. Detector response and signal-to-noise ratios have been determined using squalane as test compound. Nebulizer gas flow, evaporator temperature, photomultiplier sensitivity, and mobile phase composition were found to have an influence on instrument performance. With this type of detector the field of packed column SFC applications can be extended to include non-UV-absorbing substances even when mixed mobile phases or composition gradients are necessary for the separation.     

Evaluation of an ion mobility detector for supercritical fluid chromatography with solvent-modified carbon dioxide mobile phases

Summary An ion mobility detector (IMD) was evaluated for open tubular column supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) when organic solvent-modified supercritical CO₂ was used as mobile phase. It was found that the SFC/IMD interface design in which the SFC capillaray restrictor was directly inserted into the ionization region of the IMD was not acceptable because of low sensitivity that resulted from the effect of the modifier on detector temperature and mechanism of detection. A new interface utilizing a heated nebulizer gas to provide heat to the restrictor and to minimize the formation of ion clusters, and a bent nozzle for enhancing the ionization efficiency of the solute in the IMD ion source are described. Using 5% acetonitrile in CO₂, the minimum detectable quantity (S/N=3) for pyrene was improved from 25.2 ng to 2.1 ng with the new detector design. This compares to a minimum detectable quantity of 0.1 ng when using neat CO₂ as mobile phase. The use of molecular connectivity calculations to predict the drift times of selected analytes is also successfully demonstrated.     

Analysis of various classes of drugs by capillary supercritical fluid chromatography

Three classes of drugs were screened for analysis feasibility by capillary column supercritical fluid chromatography. These included steroids, therapeutic antibiotic drugs, and drugs of abuse, such as cannabinoids. Supercritical fluid carbon dioxide was used as the mobile phase in conjunction with a methylpolysiloxane stationary phase capillary column and a flame ionization detector. All compounds considered were analyzed either as single component solutions, simple mixtures, or in actual complex mixtures.     

Reversed phase liquid chromatography with UV absorbance and flame ionization detection using a water mobile phase and a cyano propyl stationary phase Analysis of alcohols and chlorinated hydrocarbons

The development of liquid chromatography with a commercially available cyano propyl stationary phase and a 100% water mobile phase is reported. Separations were performed at ambient temperature, simplifying instrumental requirements. Excellent separation efficiency using a water mobile phase was achieved, for example N=18 800, or 75 200 m(-1), was obtained for resorcinol, at a retention factor of k'=4.88 (retention time of 9.55 min at 1 ml min(-1) for a 25 cmx4.6 mm i.d. column, packed with 5 mum diameter particles with the cyano propyl stationary phase). A separation via reversed phase liquid chromatography (RP-LC) with a 100% water mobile phase of six phenols and related compounds was compared to a separation of the same compounds by traditional RP-LC, using octadecylsilane (ODS), i.e. C18, bound to silica and an aqueous mobile phase modified with acetonitrile. Nearly identical analysis time was achieved for the separation of six phenols and related compounds using the cyano propyl stationary phase with a 100% water mobile phase, as compared to traditional RP-LC requiring a relatively large fraction of organic solvent modifier in the mobile phase (25% acetonitrile:75% water). Additional understanding of the retention mechanism with the 100% water mobile phase was obtained by relating measured retention factors of aliphatic alcohols, phenols and related compounds, and chlorinated hydrocarbons to their octanol:water partition coefficients. The retention mechanism is found to be consistent with a RP-LC mechanism coupled with an additional retention effect due to residual hydroxyl groups on the cyano propyl stationary phase. Advantages due to a 100% water mobile phase for the chemical analysis of alcohol mixtures and chlorinated hydrocarbons are reported. By placing an absorbance detector in-series and preceding a novel drop interface to a flame ionization detector (FID), selective detection of a separated mixture of phenols and related compounds and aliphatic alcohols is achieved. The compound class of aliphatic alcohols is selectively and sensitively detected by the drop interface/FID, and the phenols and related compounds are selectively and sensitively detected by absorbance detection at 200 nm. The separation and detection of chlorinated hydrocarbons in a water sample matrix further illustrated the advantages of this methodology. The sensitivity and selectivity of the FID signal for the chlorinated hydrocarbons are significantly better than absorbance detection, even at 200 nm. This methodology is well suited to continuous and automated monitoring of water samples. The applicability of samples initially in an organic solvent matrix is explored, since an organic sample matrix may effect retention and efficiency. Separations in acetonitrile and isopropyl alcohol sample matrices compared well to separations with a water sample matrix.     

Evaluation of a thermionic detector for capillary supercritical fluid chromatography of nitrated polycyclic aromatic compounds

A thermionic detector was evaluated for capillary supercritical fluid chromatography of polar nitro-containing polycyclic aromatic compounds (nitro-PAC). Three modes of detector operation were studied. The best performance was obtained using a nitro-selective mode of detection. Although linearity was confined to a narrow range for a given source current, the sensitivity was excellent; 20 pg injected for p-nitrophenol gave a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. Conventional thermionic detection also produced good sensitivity; however, serious baseline drift was observed at high operating temperatures using density programming. A third mode, flame thermionic detection, was not acceptable because of low sensitivity. A number of nitro-PAC were successfully chromatographed using density programming at 101°C. Hydroxynitropyrenes, nitropyrene quinones, and 9-hydroxy-2-nitrofluorene, which could not be eluted in capillary gas chromatography, were successfully chromatographed here. Retention of these compounds increased sequentially on 50% n-octyl-, 5% phenyl-, and 25% biphenyl polysiloxane stationary phases, respectively. Stationary phase interactions appeared to be more a function of the polar functional groups on the aromatic rings than of the hydrocarbon character of the compounds. Solute solubility in the mobile phase and volatility were additional factors contributing to the elution of these molecules. Finally, these results were used to identify a number of nitro-PAC in a polar subfraction of a diesel particulate extract.     

Dynamic control of split flow in packed column supercritical fluid chromatography using dual resistively heated restrictors

Remote control of the vent/detector split flow ratio in packed column supercritical fluid chromatography (pSFC) with flame ionization detector (FID) is demonstrated using a dual heated restrictor method. Restrictors stemming from a Tee at the separation column outlet were, respectively, fixed into an FID and a vent port, and their individual temperatures were controlled using resistively heated wires. Subsequently, both system pressure and split flow could be manipulated. For example, for applied restrictor temperatures examined up to 600°C, corresponding vent/FID split flow ratios between 2 and 7 were observed depending on the port heated. As well, column pressures around 16–23 MPa were also achievable over the same range. Conversely, isobaric altering of the split flow ratio was possible when opposing positive and negative temperature gradients were applied at the two restrictors. Under these conditions, the system pressure varied less than 1% RSD over a 10 min period. As an application, the method was used to establish stable detector operation in the analysis of n‐alkanes under pSFC‐FID conditions that initiated flame instability. Results indicate that this technique could be a relatively simple and inexpensive means of controlling system pressure and detector split flow ratios in pSFC‐FID.     

Enantioseparation of 1-phenyl-1-propanol on Chiralcel OD by supercritical fluid chromatography. I. Linear isotherm

The supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) separation of the enantiomers of 1-phenyl-1-propanol on the chiral stationary phase Chiralcel OD under linear conditions is studied. Supercritical CO2 modified with methanol is used as a mobile phase. The effect of modifier concentration, pressure and temperature is studied. An empirical isotherm to account for the effect of density of the mobile phase and modifier concentration has been used to model the experimental results. It was observed that the selectivity and resolution were higher at 30 degrees C as compared to those at 40 degrees C.     

Development of an automated dual‐mode supercritical fluid chromatography and reversed‐phase liquid chromatography mass‐directed purification system for small‐molecule drug discovery

We report the development of a dual‐mode mass‐directed supercritical fluid chromatography and reversed‐phase liquid chromatography purification system. The addition of a third pump allows for flexible mobile phase control between the two techniques, and enables operation of either chromatography mode within minutes by activation of a set of switching valves on a single system. Software control, fluidic pathways, interface to the mass spectrometer, and fraction collection have been modified for compatibility between both separation methods. The conditioning solvent and tuning parameters for the mass spectrometer were adjusted to achieve an ideal signal trace in either mode with good linearity (r² > 0.970) over a range of concentrations and minimal noise for accurate peak detection and isolation. The registration success rate is 90% and overall sample recovery for either technique is 80?90%. Combining two orthogonal separation and purification modes in one single system has improved the purification throughput of complex mixtures and has been a valuable, cost‐saving tool in our laboratory.     

顶空固相微萃取-气相色谱表面发射火焰光度检测法测定底泥中的丁基锡化合物

固相微萃取可用于多种样品基体中挥发、半挥发性有机化合物的测定。将固相微萃取技术应用于底泥样品中丁基锡化合物的富集和萃取,以气相色谱分离结合表面发射火焰光度检测器检测,方法灵敏、快速,一丁、二丁、三丁基锡的检测限可达16.9、1.58和0.17ng/g。     

Some practical experiences in the use of a solventless injection system for packed column supercritical fluid chromatography

The operating characteristics of a solventless injector for packed column supercritical fluid chromatography are described. Successful operation depends on the difference between the volatilities of the analytes and the solvent or matrix being sufficient for their separation by gas purging in a thermostatted precolumn, and also on the existence of an effective re-focusing mechanism at the head of the analytical column for the sample dissolved in liquid or supercritical fluid carbon dioxide. The latter is easily achieved in density programmed operation by stationary phase trapping at low fluid densities or phase ratio trapping by changing the temperature at low to moderate fluid densities. The solventless injector can easily accommodate sample volumes from 1–100 μl and is easily adapted for in-line derivatization using reagents which can, after reaction, be eliminated by gas purging. For general purposes the solventless injector can be used to overcome most of the problems encountered when rotary valve loop injectors are used with small bore packed columns, and will probably replace this type of injector as the injector of choice for supercritical fluid chromatography with mobile phases of low polarity.     

茶叶中咖啡因的超临界流体分析

 用超临界流体法 (SFC)测定茶叶中的咖啡因 ,在二氧化碳流动相中加入体积分数为 5 %的甲醇后 ,得到了良好的分离效果。该方法具有样品前处理简单 ,共存组分不干扰测定 ,分析速度快等优点 ,可以用于茶叶中咖啡因的快速分析。