A new thermally immobilized fluorinated stationary phase for RP‐HPLC

A new fluorinated stationary phase was prepared through thermal immobilization of poly(methyl‐3,3,3‐trifluoropropylsiloxane) onto 5 μm Kromasil silica particles. The best conditions of immobilization time and temperature were determined through a central composite design and response surface methodologies. Physical–chemical characterization using solid‐state ²⁹Si NMR measurements, infrared spectroscopy and elemental analysis showed that the immobilization process was effective to promote a coating of the support that corresponds to a monolayer of polymer. The stationary phase presents selectivity for positional isomers and good peak shape for basic compounds.     

Polyethyleneimine Immobilized on Silica Endcapped with Octadecyl Groups as a Stationary Phase for RP-LC

A new reversed stationary phase was prepared, based on thermal immobilization of trimethoxysilylpropyl modified polyethyleneimine onto silica particles endcapped with octadecyl molecules. The physicochemical and morphological properties of the stationary phase were characterized by solid state cross-polarization and magic angle spinning ²⁹Si nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared spectroscopy, porosimetry, and elemental analysis. For the studies on reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) retention, separation of the established Tanaka and Engelhardt test mixtures was performed. The stationary phase showed a typical partition mechanism for the reversed phase; however, the low hydrophobicity required a low organic content solvent in the mobile phase for chromatographic separation of more hydrophobic compounds. The stationary phase also showed low residual silanol activity for the elution of basic compounds due to the protection offered by octadecyl endcapped molecules and the competition provided by the imine groups of the polymeric layer. The proposed stationary phase possesses interesting selectivity and is convenient for applications requiring the separation of more retentive compounds in conventional HPLC columns using more aqueous mobile phases.     

Preparation of a permethylated β‐cyclodextrin chiral stationary phase by one‐pot hydrosilylation and immobilization at the C2 position for chiral high‐performance liquid chromatography

A novel cyclodextrin intermediate, mono‐2^A‐allylcarbamido‐2^A‐deoxy‐permethylated β‐cyclodextrin, was synthesized by reacting allylamine and newly prepared mono‐2^A‐azido‐2^A‐deoxy‐permethylated β‐cyclodextrin by the Staudinger reaction and anchored onto porous silica beads by a one‐pot hydrosilylation and immobilization procedure to afford a novel chiral stationary phase. This stationary phase acts as a new member of the previous chiral stationary phase series immobilized on the cyclodextrin C2 position. This stationary phase depicted enantiomeric separation abilities toward a series of bicyclic and tricyclic racemates under reversed‐phase conditions. The resolutions for hesperetin and naringenin achieved on the current phase reached 3.91 and 1.11, respectively, much higher than the previous permethylated β‐cyclodextrin with the linkage at the C6 position.     

Development and Evaluation of a New Fluorinated Double-Wall Carbon Nanotube HPLC Stationary Phase

A novel column based on silica-containing immobilized fluorinated double-wall carbon nanotubes (F-DWCNTs) was developed. This F-DWCNT stationary phase was synthesized to combine the analytical performance of carbon nanotubes and the fluorine-based unique selectivity for polar compounds. First, the chromatographic support was coated with DWCNTs in a noncovalent way to preserve the sp² internal nanotube structure. Second, the DWCNT silica particles were functionalized with fluorine atoms via a solution of Br₂ and BrF₃ at room temperature. This F-DWCNT stationary phase was applied for a variety of separations. The solute retention behaviour was particularly studied under isocratic conditions with a high fraction of ACN in the ACN/water (v/v) mobile phase. The retention factors of the solute molecule do not depend linearly on the ACN fraction, but follow a quadratic relationship. This fluorinated stationary phase separated compounds based upon a combination of hydrophobic and polar selective stationary phase interactions. This F-DWCNT appeared to work best when fluorinated or halogenated compounds were encountered. They have longer retention time, better selectivity and work well with high fraction of organic modifiers. This novel stationary phase could thus be a good choice for LC–MS experiments.     

Fluorinated covalent-organic polymers as stationary phase for analysis of organic fluorides by open-tubular capillary electrochromatography

Fluorinated porous materials, which can provide specific fluorine-fluorine interaction, hold great promise for fluoride analysis. Here, a novel fluorinated covalent-organic polymer was prepared by using 2,4,6-tris(4-aminophenyl)-1,3,5-triazine and 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorotelephtal aldehyde as the precursors and introduced as stationary phase for open-tubular capillary electrochromatography. The as-synthesized fluorinated covalent-organic polymer and the modified capillary column were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry. Based on strong hydrophobic interaction and fluorine–fluorine interaction provided by fluorinated covalent-organic polymer coating layer, the modified column showed powerful separation selectivity toward hydrophobic compounds, organic fluorides, and fluorinated pesticides. Additionally, the fluorinated covalent-organic polymer with good porosity and regular shape was uniformly and tightly coated on the capillary inner wall. The obtained highest column efficiency could reach up to 1.2 × 10⁵ plates⋅m⁻¹ for fluorophenol. The loading capacity of the modified column can reach 141 pmol for trifluorotoluene. Besides, the relative standard deviations of retention times for intraday run (n = 5), interday run (n = 3), and between columns (n = 3) were all less than 2.55%. Significantly, this novel fluorinated material-based stationary phase shows great application potential in fluorides analysis.     

Analysis of the Association Process Between a Series of Phenol Derivatives with Two Novel Fluorinated Stationary Phase Using the Cl− Anion as Retention Marker

Summary Lithium chloride (LiCl) effect on the retention process of a phenol derivative series was investigated on two types of fluorinated stationary phase (i.e. a silica grafted with fluorinated linear alkyl chain (L-FSP) and a silica grafted with fluorinated aromatic ring stationary phase (A-FSP)). The results showed that the solute retention is enhanced when the A-FSP was used instead of the L-FSP due to additional – interactions. For the two fluorinated stationary phases (FSPs), the phenol-FSP association process can be divided into two LiCl concentration domains demonstrated that it was important to take into account the adsorbtion of Cl^– anion on the FSPs. As well, enthalpy-entropy compensation revealed that the solute retention mechanism was independent of the solute molecular structure and confirmed a change on the solute retention mechanism at a critical LiCl concentration value around 0.02M.     

Some new selective stationary phases for RP-HPLC

At the present time, more complex analyses of apolar compounds with similar chemical structures or of polar compounds, especially basic ones, having diverse properties require more selective stationary phases having better stabilities. This paper describes several new stationary phases with directed selectivities that were prepared by immobilizing two different phenyl group-containing siloxanes and a trifluoropropyl-containing siloxane onto chromatographic silica and, in the case of the fluorinated siloxane, onto zirconized silica, using thermal treatment or microware radiation. The chromatographic properties and stabilities of these new phases were determined and several applications were evaluated. The phenyl-containing phases showed excellent characteristics related to the separation of several different types of aromatic compounds while the fluorinated phases, which present a more polar character, revealed selectivity for the separation of positional isomers as well as for a mixture of basic pharmaceuticals. Stability tests indicate that immobilization of the polysiloxanes increases column lifetimes by making the stationary phases less susceptible to dissolution, while the phases immobilized with microwave radiation were somewhat more stable than those immobilized by thermal treatments.     

Click regulation of cyclodextrin primary face for the preparation of novel chiral stationary phases

In this study, a series of novel CD chiral stationary phases were fabricated by immobilization of mono‐6^A‐deoxy‐N₃‐cyclodextrin onto silica surfaces followed by click regulation of CD primary face with 4‐pentynoic acid (acidic moiety), 2‐propynylamine (alkaline moiety) and L‐propargylglycine (chiral amino acid moiety), respectively. Enantioseparations of various kinds of racemates including dansyl‐amino acids, chiral lactides and diketones were conducted in reversed phase modes on these chiral stationary phases, where nearly forty diketones and chiral lactides were firstly separated on cyclodextrin stationary phases. 4‐Pentynoic acid moiety can make the retention ability decline while amine moiety significantly enhanced the retention ability of the stationary phases. For most of the studied analytes, the chiral amino acid moiety had the most positive effects on both the retention time and the resolution. The inclusion complexation between chiral analytes and cyclodextrins were also investigated by fluorescence method.     

3,5-Dinitrobenzoyl-9-amino-9-deoxy-9-epiquinine as Pirkle-Anion Exchange Hybrid-Type Chiral Selector in High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

A new chiral stationary phase was designed by introducing 9-amino-9-deoxy-9-epiquinine, one of the most versatile organocatalysts in asymmetric synthesis, as chiral scaffold. The derivatization of its amino group with the 3,5-dinitrobenzoyl (DNB) fragment provided hydrogen bonding and π–π donor/acceptor systems in addition to the quinoline and quinuclidine moieties having two nitrogen atoms with different basicities. The selector offers multiple interaction sites in both typical of the Pirkle-type phases and classical of weak-anion-exchanger phases. The immobilization step took place through thiol-ene addition onto 3-mercaptopropyl-silica gel and gave a grafting density of 180 µmol of chiral selector per gram of silica. A silica with reduced particle size (Daisogel silica, pore size 120 Å, particle size 2.5 µm, and specific surface area 343 m² g^?1) has been employed to improve the efficiency and the speed of separations. The chiral stationary phase was packed in a small format column (50 × 4.6 mm) that allowed, by van Deemter analysis, 180,000 plates/m and approximately 5.1 µm of plate height. The ability of chiral discrimination was then studied with more than 30 test compounds using both polar-organic and normal phase conditions. In polar-organic mode, N-protected amino acids, α-aryloxy carboxylic acids, as well the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory profens were analyzed. Interesting results were obtained in normal phase elution, where the chiral selector behaves like a Pirkle-type stationary phase. Aryl amides, esterified DNB-amino acids, benzodiazepines, and binaphthol were well resolved with a very good peak symmetry and in short analysis time (mainly in less than 5 min).     

Development of a polymer-coated stationary phase with improved chemical stability in alkaline mobile phases

An endcapped stationary phase is prepared by thermal immobilization of poly(methyltetradecylsiloxane) (PMTDS) onto a doubly zirconized silica support followed by endcapping using a mixture of hexamethyldisilazane and trimethylchlorosilane. The preparation of the Si-Zr(PMTDS)ec phase shows good repeatability with RSD <3.0% for carbon loadings and column efficiency. This new stationary phase has a lower density of residual hydroxyl groups, according to spectroscopic methods while basic compounds from the Tanaka and Engelhardt test mixtures are eluted with essentially symmetric peaks. Furthermore, the stability of the Si-Zr(PMTDS)ec stationary phase, measured using an accelerated aging test, is twice as great as the stability of a similar nonendcapped phase. The new phase shows promise for the separation of basic pharmaceuticals.     

Chromatographic and Spectroscopic Studies on β-Cyclodextrin Functionalized Ionic Liquid as Chiral Stationary Phase: Enantioseparation of Flavonoids

In this study, β-cyclodextrin functionalized ionic liquid was prepared by adding 1-benzylimidazole onto 6-monotosyl-6-deoxy-β-cyclodextrin (β-CDOTs) to obtain β-CD-BIMOTs. β-CD-BIMOTs were then bonded onto the modified silica to produce chiral stationary phases (β-CD-BIMOTs-CSP). The performance of β-CD-BIMOTs-CSP was evaluated by observing the enantioseparation of flavonoids. The performance of β-CD-BIMOTs stationary phase was also compared with native β-CD stationary phase. For the selected flavonoids, flavanone and hesperetin obtained a high resolution factor in reverse phase mode. Meanwhile, naringenin and eriodictyol attained partial enantioseparation in polar organic mode. In order to understand the mechanism of separation, the interaction of selected flavonoids and β-CD-BIMOTs was studied using spectroscopic methods (¹H NMR, NOESY and UV–Vis spectrophotometry). The enantioseparated flavanone and hesperetin were found to form an inclusion complex with β-CD-BIMOTs. However, naringenin and eriodictyol were not enantioseparated due to the formation of hydrogen bonding at exterior torus of β-CD-BIMOTs.

     

New Stationary Phase Prepared by Immobilization of a Copper-Amine Complex on Silica and Its Use for High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Chromatographic silica (10 μm) was chemically modified with the silylating agent: [3-(2-aminoethyl)aminopropyl]trimethoxysilane (AEAPTS). The reaction product was characterized by elemental analysis and infrared and ¹³C and ²⁹Si NMR spectra. The chemically modified silica was treated with Cu(II) in methanol medium. This cation was strongly adsorbed through complexation by the pendant ethylenediamine groups attached to the silica surface. The complex formed on the silica surface was shown to be stable in both aqueous and non-aqueous media. The aim of Cu(II) immobilization is to use this new material as a stationary phase in High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Separations of synthetic mixtures of aromatic amines and of polyaromatic hydrocarbons were undertaken using 150×3.9 mm HPLC columns packed with the modified silica, with and without copper ions, to follow the influence of the cation on the chromatographic separation and to verify the efficiency of the new stationary phase for HPLC.     

Preparation, characterization and application of a stationary chromatographic phase from a new (+)-tartaric acid derivative

The preparation, characterization and application of a new stationary phase derived from 1,4-cyclohexanedione and diethyl (+)-tartrate are described. A suitable TADDOL for immobilization has been synthesized and grafted to a γ-mercaptopropylsilylated silica gel. The resulting modified stationary phase has been characterized and its ability to separate enantiomers has been studied. While the free TADDOL in solution was able to resolve a range of enantiomers, the resolving properties were lost on immobilization. Solid state ¹³C CPMAS NMR of the new stationary phase was used to explain the lack of stereoselective recognition.     

Stability of high-performance liquid chromatography columns packed with poly(methyloctylsiloxane) sorbed and radiation-immobilized onto porous silica and zirconized silica

Reversed-phase packing materials were prepared from HPLC silica and from zirconized HPLC silica support particles having sorbed poly(methyloctylsiloxane) (PMOS) as the stationary phase. Portions of zirconized material were subjected to 80 kGy of ionizing radiation. Columns prepared from these packing materials were subjected to 5000 column volumes each of neutral and alkaline (pH 10) mobile phases, with periodic tests to evaluate chromatographic performance. It was shown that the PMOS stationary phase sorbed onto zirconized silica requires an immobilization treatment (such as gamma irradiation) for long term stability while prior surface zirconization of the silica support surface greatly improves the chromatographic stability of the stationary phase when using alkaline mobile phases.     

Hydrophobic solid phase extraction using n-alkanoic acid-immobilized anion-exchange membranes as adsorbents

In this study, n-alkanoic acids (C7-COOH, C11-COOH, and C17-COOH) were immobilized onto strong basic anion-exchange membranes to form a stationary phase for hydrophobic solid phase extraction (SPE) application. The effects of feed surfactant amount, membrane counter ions, and surfactant chain length were investigated. Immobilized surfactant capacity increased with increasing feed surfactant amount, decreasing chain length, and the existence of OH⁻ counter ions. Moreover, according to TGA analysis, a surfactant bi-layer was formed on the membrane surface. Following successful surfactant immobilization, batch adsorption experiments for doxepin (feed concentration of 0.2 mg/mL) were conducted. The adsorbed doxepin amount increased with the use of longer-chain surfactants, indicating that doxepin adsorption was dominated by hydrophobic interaction with the immobilized surfactant. An optimal desorption performance was achieved using 1 M NaCl in 50% ethanol for both C7-COOH and C11-COOH-immobilized membranes. In the SPE process with one C11-COOH-immobilized membrane, a concentration factor of 2 and complete doxepin recovery was achieved from 10 mL of a 0.1 ppm load.     

Highly efficient immobilization of Cinchona alkaloid derivatives to silica gel via click chemistry

Click chemistry was adapted to the immobilization of various Cinchona alkaloid derivatives bearing alkyne functionality onto azide-modified silica gel surfaces. The developed protocol employs very mild reaction conditions, with catalytic amounts of copper(I) iodide (1-5 mol %) in acetonitrile at room temperature, ensuring complete chemical integrity of the multi-functional ligands. The utility of this approach is demonstrated by the attachment of didehydroquinine tert-butylcarbamate to azido-grafted silica gel to produce an effective chiral stationary phase for HPLC enantiomer separation. A comparison of the chromatographic behavior of this click-immobilized phase with that of a commercially available thioether-linked chiral stationary phase revealed very similar performance characteristics for various model analytes. This observation suggests that the click-immobilization may offer an appealing alternative to the established silica gel-grafting technologies, allowing for the specific benefits of high and readily controllable loading levels under noninvasive conditions.     

Synthesis of photocrosslinkable fluorinated polydimethylsiloxanes: Direct introduction of acrylic pendant groups via hydrosilylation

The synthesis of photocrosslinkable fluorinated polydimethylsiloxanes was achieved through direct hydrosilylation with copoly(dimethyl)(methyl‐hydrogen) siloxane. First, the hydrosilylation of a fluorinated olefin allowed the introduction of a fluorinated group onto the polysiloxane. Then, a second hydrosilylation of allyl methyl methacrylate led to the polysiloxane bearing both fluorinated and photocrosslinkable groups. This method, compared with a previous method of copolycondensation, is shown to be easier and more efficient. All the new products synthesized were characterized by IR, ¹H NMR, ¹⁹F NMR, and ²⁹Si NMR. A formulation containing the fluorosilicone was crosslinked after being coated on a mesoporous membrane and was evaluated as a vapor permeation membrane. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 38: 3722–3728, 2000     

High-performance liquid chromatographic stationary phases based on polysiloxanes with different chain lengths thermally immobilized on silica supports

Reversed phases for high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) were obtained by thermal immobilization of polysiloxanes having different length chains (C1, C8 and C14) onto HPLC silica particles. The importance both of percent loading of the stationary phase promoted by each immobilization procedure and of the length of the lateral chain of the polymer on the chromatographic performances of the phases obtained is compared and discussed.     

Novel cyclodextrin chiral stationary phases for high performance liquid chromatography enantioseparation: Effect of cyclodextrin type

Three novel chiral stationary phases (CSPs) were prepared by regioselective chemical immobilization of mono(6^A-N-allylamino-6^A-deoxy)perphenylcarbamoylated (PICD) α-, β-, and γ-cyclodextrins (CDs) onto silica support via hydrosilylation. Their enantioseparation properties in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were evaluated with a large spectrum of racemates including flavanone compounds, β-adrenergic blockers, amines and non-protolytic compounds. The effect of CD's cavity size on enantioseparation abilities was studied and discussed. The results indicated that CD's surface loading at silica support played an important role in the enantioseparation on these CSPs under normal-phase conditions while inclusion phenomena contributed the major driving force under reverse-phase conditions. As expected, α-PICD demonstrated the best resolutions towards flavonone and most aromatic alcohols under normal-phase conditions with the highest surface loading; while Fujimura's competitive inclusion model can be applied to explain the better enantioseparations towards β-adrenergic blockers, amines and non-protolytic compounds with α- and β-PICD CSPs. γ-PICD CSP showed superior enantioseparation ability for sterically encumbered analytes like flavanone compounds under both normal-phase and reversed phase conditions.     

Characterization of a mixed-mode reversed-phase/cation-exchange stationary phase prepared by thermal immobilization of poly(dimethylsiloxane) onto the surface of silica

A novel stationary phase prepared by the thermal immobilization of poly(dimethylsiloxane) onto the surface of silica (PDMS–SiO₂) has been described, evaluated and compared with 229 commercially available RP-LC stationary phases using the Tanaka column classification protocol. The phase exhibited many unique chromatographic properties and, based on the phases in the database, was most similar to the fluoroalkylated phases (aside from the obvious lack of fluoro selectivity imposed by the C–F dipole). The phase exhibited classic reversed-phase behaviour in acid mobile phase conditions and mixed-mode reversed-phase/cation-exchange retention behaviour in neutral mobile phase conditions. The phase exhibited acceptable stability at both low and intermediate pH, conditions which should impart optimum chromatographic selectivity to the phase. Retention of basic analytes was shown to occur by a “three site model” as proposed by Neue. This new PDMS–SiO₂ stationary phase is extremely interesting in that the dominancy of its hydrophobic and ion-exchange interactions can be controlled by the influence of mobile phase pH, buffer type and concentration. The PDMS–SiO₂ stationary phase may provide a complementary tool to reversed-phase and HILIC stationary phases. The present results highlight the fact that the type of buffer, its concentration and pH can not only affect peak shape but also retention, selectivity and hence chromatographic resolution. Therefore, in method development and optimization strategies it is suggested that more emphasis should be given to the evaluation of these mobile phase operating parameters especially when basic solutes are involved.