Separation of some platinum group metal chelates with 8-hydroxyquinoline by various high-performance liquid chromatographic methods

Different HPLC methodologies are employed to evaluate the separation and determination of some platinum metals (Pt, Pd, Ir and Rh) after the formation of 8-hydroxyquinolate chelates. With the aim of reducing the number of steps in treating the samples, the method developed did not include the elimination of excess chelating reagent before the analysis of metal chelates. Reversed-phase (RP), non-aqueous reversed-phase (NARP) and normal-phase (NP) HPLC are compared. The RP-HPLC method only permits the quantitative separation of Rh and Pd from the excess reagent. A silica column can be used to separate Ir and Rh by NP-HPLC. The NARP-HPLC method allows for the effective separation of the four elements tested, but the high detection limit (90 ng) for platinum and the peak width do not favour its application for quantitative measurement. Platinum group metals can be quantitatively separated and determined by NP-HPLC using a cyano column in less than 15 min. The broad linear range of all the elements (between 1 and 500 ng) is superior to that which has been previously reported and the detection limits (1.0 ng for Pt, 0.3 ng for Pd, 1.0 ng for Ir and 0.3 ng for Rh) are slightly lower.     

HPTLC separation of platinum metal 8-hydroxyquinolinates

High performance thin layer chromatography has been used to separate all the platinum metal 8-hydroxyquinolinates on polar stationary phases. The dependence of R_f values on the composition of mobile phases prepared from chloroform – tetrahydrofuran or chloroform – alcohol mixtures has been investigated. Retention was found to be partially dependent on alcohol chain length in chloroform – alcohol systems. The results obtained from TLC are dependent on the method of sample preparation used for the analyte.     

Separation of normal and abnormal hemoglobin chains by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

A review is presented of the elution patterns on reversed-phase columns of the normal and abnormal globin chains of different hemoglobin types, including 16 beta-chain variants, 7 alpha-chain variants, 9 gamma-chain variants, and 4 variants with fusion or hybrid chains. Separations appear to be based primarily on differences in hydrophobicity. The method is ideally suited for the detection of abnormal globin chains, their quantitation and their isolation. Semi-quantitative data based on the calculation of the delta/non-alpha ratios allow the detection of beta-thalassemic conditions in situations where the quantitation of hemoglobin A2 by other procedures is impossible or complicated.     

Separation and quantification of angiotensins and some related peptides by high-performance liquid chromatography

A high-performance chromatographic technique for the separation of angiotensins and some related peptides is described. Complete separation of angiotensin I, angiotensin II, tetradecapeptide and the tetrapeptide Leu-Val-Tyr-Ser is achieved in a single step, using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The application of this technique for the detection of renin activity in crude biological samples, employing the artificial renin substrate tetradecapeptide, is demonstrated.     

Separation of styrene-methacrylate copolymers by composition using normal and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

The separation of styrene-methacrylate copolymers by chemical composition was studied using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). With the combination of acrylonitrile (polar) gel and nonpolar eluent or of styrene (nonpolar) gel and polar eluent, poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate) was separated by the adsorption mechanism. The former is designated as normal and the latter as reversed phase. With other combinations, the copolymer was separated mainly by fractional dissolution mechanism. The sample eluted slightly earlier as molecular weight decreased. The molecular weight effect on the reversed-phase HPLC was smaller than that on the normal phase. A gel with an exclusion limit of 3 × 10³ exhibited greater molecular weight dependence and worse resolution than a gel with an exclusion limit of 50 × 10⁴. Poly(styrene-co-n-butyl methacrylate) also was separated on the basis of chemical composition by normal and reverse-phase HPLC. However, poly(styrene-co-t-butyl methacrylate) was separated only by reverse-phase HPLC. When octadecyl methacrylate gel was used instead of styrene gel in reverse-phase HPLC, a good separation was not obtained. This indicates a specific interaction between the phenyl group of the styrene gel and the sample.     

键合型纤维素类手性固定相高效液相色谱法拆分对映异构体

制备了一种键合型纤维素-三苯基氨基甲酸酯手性固定相。在正相色谱条件下，拆分了九种结构不同的外消旋对映体，实验发现，在流动相中添加四氢呋喃有利于手性化合物拆分，而衍生化官能团可参与手性识别过程，在反相色谱条件下，此固定相同样具有手性拆分能力。研究结果表明，随着流动相中乙腈浓度的增加，对映体的保留值明显减小，但对映异构体的选择性却变化不大。在流动相中使用低pH值，能有效抑制酸性化合物的解离，从而显著增强其手性识别能力；对于中性化合物，流动相中pH对手性分离影响不大。     

Separation of porphyrin isomers by high-performance liquid chromatography

A high-speed reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method using an octadecylsilyl 3 cm long (3 microns particle size) column to separate the free acids of uroporphyrins I and III and coproporphyrins I and III from each other, and from the type I isomers of several other porphyrin carboxylic acids, is described. Separation of the porphyrins was achieved in less than 8 min, and injections were possible every 12 min. The detection limits of uroporphyrin, coproporphyrin, and mesoporphyrin were 75, 45, and 35 fmol (at a signal-to-noise ratio of 2), respectively. Application of the method to the determination of urinary and liver porphyrin patterns is shown.     

Separation and identification of some common isomeric plant triterpenoids by thin-layer chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography

Chromatographic separation of 10 triterpenoids (α-amyrin, β-amyrin, δ-amyrin, lupeol, lupenon, lupeol acetate, cycloartenol, cycloartenol acetate, ursolic acid, oleanolic acid) and 2 sterols (stigmasterol and β-sitosterol) was studied. The chromatographic techniques included silica gel and reversed-phase (C₁₈ RP) thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and C₁₈ RP high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using UV and mass spectrometric (MS) detection with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI). The TLC separation of the isomeric triterpenols lupeol, α-amyrin, β-amyrin and cycloartenol was achieved for the first time using C₁₈ RP-HPTLC plates. Cycloartenol could be separated from related compounds only on C₁₈ RP-TLC but not on the C₁₈ RP-HPLC. δ-Amyrin isolated from the tomato fruit surface extract could be separated from other amyrins only by HPLC. Tandem mass spectrometry allowed discrimination between the isomers lupeol, α-amyrin, β-amyrin, δ-amyrin, cycloartenol and between lupeol acetate and cycloartenol acetate. The combination of 3 TLC methods and 2 HPLC methods enables qualitative determination of all 12 compounds and proves to be useful for the analysis of plant extracts. It is recommended that TLC screening on silica gel and C₁₈ RP be performed before HPLC analysis.     

Separation of cytochromes c by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

Six kinds of cytochrome c of different origin, i.e., bovine, chicken, dog, horse, rabbit and tuna, were subjected to separation by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography on three commercial packing materials; octadecyl-, octyl- and cyanoalkyl-silicas. The effects of reversed-phase material, mobile phase and temperature on the separation of cytochromes c were examined. The parameters of the mobile phase were the organic modifier, the pH, the salt concentration and additives. Under optimal conditions, five of the six cytochromes c were resolved in 10 min. The relative retention values cannot be explained in terms of the relative lipophilicities of the side-chains of the amino acid residues.     

Separation of pyrimidine derivatives by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

Chromatographic behavior and separation conditions of pyrimidine derivatives were studied by high-performance liquid chromatography using a reversed-phase column and a multiwave UV detector.     

Separation of polypeptide antibiotics by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

Summary The influence of different reversed-phase packings and the addition of acidic modifiers to the mobile phase was observed on the separation of basic and neutral polypeptide antibiotics by gradient elution. A dependence of pore size, coverage, reaction type and endcapping of the packings was not observed. Nevertheless, not all reversed-phase packings were suitable for the separation of polypeptides, especially of basic molecules. The addition of phosphoric or perchloric acid to the mobile phase prevented adsorption of the basic polypeptide antibiotics on the stationary phase.     

Separation of pyrethroid enantiomers by chiral high-performance liquid chromatography

The separation of enantiomers of pyrethroid insecticides has been systematically studied using a commercially available Pirkle type 1-A chiral-phase high-performance liquid chromatography column. Useful resolution was obtained for compounds with a variety of acid and alcohol moieties, and containing one to four chiral centres. The chromatographic behaviour of the diastereomers of some of these insecticides on a cyano-bonded column was also examined.     

Separation of tubulin subunits by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

When properly solubilized with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), alpha- and beta-tubulin subunits from a variety of sources may be resolved at high yield by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), using a Waters muBondapak C18 column and simple linear aqueous acetonitrile gradients containing TFA. The tubulin subunits are typically the most non-polar proteins present, with the beta-tubulin subunit eluting before the alpha. Column temperature above ambient improve both the resolution and the yield; less polar solvent systems do not. Tubulins not freely soluble in aqueous TFA may be solubilized in 6 M guanidine-hydrochloric acid with no change in retention time. Other columns with shorter carbon chain lengths and larger pore size produce a single, unresolved tubulin peak. Reversed-phase HPLC analysis provides an independent comparative evaluation of organelle-specific tubulins, with characteristic retention time differences observed between homologous ciliary and flagellar outer doublet tubulin subunits and also between them and their cytoplasmic counterparts.     

Separation of potential flavoring compounds by high-performance liquid chromatography

High-performance liquid chromatography separated successively and quantitatively the food flavoring agents pyrimidines, purines and nucleosides, followed by nucleotides, then by polyphenols and finally by pyrazines with a reversed-phase octadecylsilica (μBondapak C₁₈) column and various proportions of methanol, water, acetic acid and tetrabutylammonium phosphate (PIC A). The polar solvent (solvent A) was water—acetic acid—PIC A (97.5:1.5:1.0) and the relatively non-polar solvent (solvent B) was methanol—acetic acid—PIC A (97.5:1.5:1.0). Purines, pyrimidines, and nucleosides were eluted with solvent A. Nucleotides were eluted with a mixture of solvents A and B (9:1). Polyphenols were separated with a gradient starting at 10% solvent B and finishing at 25% solvent B, and finally the pyrazines were removed successively from the column with a gradient starting at 25% solvent B and finishing at 45% solvent B. The resolution and reproducibility were excellent for more than 50 compounds. By this method beverages could be analyzed directly, without solvent extraction, for flavoring compounds.     

Study on the retention behaviour of platinum metal complexes in reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

The separation and determination of Os(IV), Ir(IV), Pt(II), Ru(III), Co(II) and Ni(II) complexes with 2-(6-methyl-2-benzo-thiazolylazo)-5-diethylaminophenol (MBTAE) was studied on RP-HPLC. The effects of methanol concentration, pH-value of the mobile phase, column temperature (T), total flow rate and foreign ions on the retention behaviour have been investigated in detail. It has been shown that the logarithm of the capacity factor (ln k) is in linear relation to the methanol concentration of the mobile phase and the reciprocal of the column temperature (T). The six complexes can be separated within 30 min in a methanol-buffer system.     

Separation of carotenol fatty acid esters by high-performance liquid chromatography

Employing isocratic and gradient-elution high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) a number of straight-chain fatty acid esters (decanoate, laurate, myristate, palmitate) of violaxanthin, auroxanthin, lutein, zeaxanthin, isozeaxanthin, and beta-cryptoxanthin, prepared by partial synthesis, have been separated on a C18 reversed-phase column. Several chromatographic conditions were developed that separated a mixture of di-fatty acid esters (dimyristate, myristate palmitate mixed ester, dipalmitate) of violaxanthin, auroxanthin, lutein, and zeaxanthin in a single chromatographic run. Hydroxycarotenoids such as lutein, zeaxanthin, and isozeaxanthin that are not easily separated by HPLC on C18 reversed-phase columns, can be readily separated after derivatization with fatty acids and chromatography of their esters. Chromatographic conditions for optimum separation of carotenoids from various classes are discussed.     

Separation of bromo- and iodosubstituted thyronines by high-performance liquid chromatography

Summary A reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic method on C-18 bonded silica is described for the separation of trisubstituted iodo/bromothyronines, which exert thyroid hormone activity. The composition of the mobile phase has been systematically optimized resulting in a ternary mixture of methanol/acetonitrile/water acidified with trifluoroacetic acid. The applicability of ultraviolet absorption detection, amperometric detection and off-line radioimmunoassay was investigated. The latter method allows detection of the different iodo/bromothyronines down to 40–120 ng/l mobile phase; this sensitivity is high enough for application to thyroid hydrolysates in order to clarify the question as to whether bromine can substitute iodine in the biosynthesis of thyroid hormones.