Theoretical study of the separation mechanism of ionizable compounds in capillary electrochromatography

The migration mechanism of ionizable compounds in capillary electrochromatography (CEC) is more complicated than in high perfomance liquid chromatography (HPLC) due to the involvement of electrophoresis and the second chemical equilibrium. The separation mcchanism of ionizable compounds in CEC has been studied theoretically. The electrochromatographic capacity factors of ions (k’) in CEC and in the pressurized CEC are derived by phenomenologicul approach. The influence of pH, voltage, pressure onk’ is discussed. In addition, thek’ of weak acid and weak base are derivcd base on acid-base equilibrium and the influence of pH onk’ is studied theoretically. Project suppoted by the Excellent Young Scientist Award from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Natural Science Foundation of Lioanning Province.     

毛细管电色谱和加压毛细管电色谱的进展与应用

毛细管电色谱(CEC)以内含色谱固定相的毛细管为分离柱,以电渗流为驱动力,既可以分离带电物质也可以分离中性物质。它结合了毛细管电泳和高效液相色谱两者的优点,兼具高柱效、高分辨率、高选择性和高峰容量的特点,同时具有色谱和电泳的双重分离机理。然而,“纯粹”的电色谱在实际应用中有着天然的弱点,即: 在电流通过毛细管柱中的流动相时容易产生气泡(焦耳热作用),从而使电流中断和电渗流停止,毛细管柱必须被重新用流动相润湿后方能再次使用。加压毛细管电色谱(pCEC)将液相色谱中的压力流引入CEC系统中,不仅解决了气泡、干柱等问题,而且实现了定量阀进样和二元梯度洗脱。CEC和pCEC作为微分离领域的两种前沿技术,满足了当前复杂样品分析和分析仪器微型化的需求,近年来获得了广泛的关注。本文综述了这两种技术近来的发展,包括仪器、色谱固定相的发展,总结了其在生命科学、药物分析、食品安全以及环保样品分析等方面的应用进展,评述了各方法的特点,并展望了CEC和pCEC今后的发展和应用前景。     

加压毛细管电色谱法高效分离分析葛根多糖中的单糖

葛根多糖具有抗氧化、抗肿瘤等众多生物活性,对葛根多糖进行单糖组成分析对其活性研究具有重要意义。该研究利用响应面分析法考察了超声辅助提取法中液料比、超声温度、超声时间和超声功率对葛根多糖提取率的交互影响,并拟合数据得到多元二次回归方程。同时建立了柱前衍生加压毛细管电色谱检测糖类的方法,对分离8种中性单糖的色谱条件进行了探索与优化,并将此方法应用于两种葛根实际样品的单糖组成测定。响应面分析结果表明,4个试验因素中,超声温度对两种葛根多糖提取率的影响程度最大,其次为液料比,超声时间和超声功率影响程度较小。结合软件预测分析得到的最佳条件及设备实际情况,确定葛根多糖的最佳提取工艺条件为：超声温度90℃,粉葛多糖液料比20 mL/g,柴葛多糖液料比40 mL/g,超声时间30 min,超声功率180 W。优化后的色谱分离条件为：采用Halo-2.7 μm核壳型C18填料毛细管色谱柱,以乙腈-50 mmol/L pH 4.1的醋酸铵水溶液（18：82,v/v）为流动相,在250 nm波长下检测,施加电压-20 kV。在此条件下可以实现24 min内对葡萄糖等8种中性单糖衍生物的快速分离,相比传统液相色谱方法大大提升了分离检测速度和分离柱效。方法学考察表明此方法具有较好的线性关系和良好的重复性。对实际样品分离鉴定表明,粉葛多糖主要由葡萄糖、甘露糖、鼠李糖和岩藻糖组成,4种单糖物质的量之比为1.00：0.16：0.14：0.07;柴葛多糖主要由葡萄糖和甘露糖组成,2种单糖物质的量之比为1.00：0.70。该研究为单糖化合物快速高效分离检测提供了新方法,并为葛根多糖单糖组成分析提供了参考。     

加压毛细管电色谱-紫外检测法分析糖皮质激素及其在头发检测中的应用

采用反相加压毛细管电色谱与紫外检测联用技术,建立了一种高效、简便的糖皮质激素分析方法,适用于头发中糖皮质激素的检测。使用C18反相色谱柱,流动相为pH 8.0, 1.5 mmol/L的Tris-乙腈(65:35, v/v),检测波长为245 nm、分离电压为~10 kV、反压为10.5 MPa、泵流速为0.05 mL/min,进行等度洗脱,倍他米松、地塞米松、泼尼松、泼尼松龙、醋酸泼尼松龙、醋酸氢化可的松、醋酸可的松、皮质脂酮等8种激素在20 min内实现快速分离。各组分的质量浓度线性范围达到3个数量级,检出限(S/N=3)在μg/g水平,迁移时间和峰面积的相对标准偏差(RSD)分别小于4.8%和7.4%。将所建立方法应用于头发样品分析,检测前采用蛋白酶水解提取和净化处理样品,不同浓度糖皮质激素的回收率为71%～85%。该研究为糖皮质激素药物暴露监测以及压力检测提供了新手段,有望用于滥用药物的控制和临床诊断。     

超分子化合物毛细管电色谱固定相的研究进展

超分子化学是一门研究分子间特定识别能力的新兴学科,超分子化合物所具有的主-客体识别能力为高选择性的色谱分离提供了广阔的发展前景。毛细管电色谱是近年来发展起来的一种高效、高选择性的微分离技术,电色谱固定相是该技术的核心部分,一直是研究的热点。本文综述了1998年以来环糊精、杯芳烃、冠醚以及大环多胺等4种超分子化合物用作毛细管电色谱固定相的研究进展情况。     

新型亚微米亲水作用色谱的制备及其在加压毛细管电色谱中的应用

采用改良Stöber法合成580 nm亚微米单分散的二氧化硅微球，并以此为基质，通过"巯基-烯"点击化学反应将半胱氨酸成功键合到修饰有乙烯基团的二氧化硅微球表面，合成了一种新型亚微米亲水作用固定相（Cys-VTMS-SiO₂）。采用高压匀浆法制备了新型亚微米亲水色谱填充柱，通过不同乙腈比例、缓冲盐浓度和pH条件下对甲苯、丙烯酰胺和硫脲的分离分析揭示其亲水机理。依托加压毛细管电色谱平台，成功实现了对核苷、酚类、胺类及多肽等亲水性物质的快速有效分离，其有望应用于其他强极性和亲水性化合物的分离分析。     

分子印迹聚合物在毛细管电色谱拆分手性药物中的研究进展

手性药物通过与生物体内生物大分子之间的手性匹配与分子识别来发挥药理作用。两个对映体与体内手性环境相互作用的不同导致每个对映体表现出不同的药理活性、代谢过程、代谢速率及毒性等药代动力学特征。因此发展手性药物的拆分方法,对于手性药物的开发和生产过程的质量监控具有重要意义。分子印迹聚合物(MIPs)是以目标分子作为模板而制备的高分子聚合物,它具有特定的空间分子结构和官能团,对目标分子具有高度的特异性识别能力。基于该特点,MIPs非常适合于手性药物的拆分和纯化。毛细管电色谱(CEC)可同时基于毛细管电泳和液相色谱的分离机理对目标物进行分离,因此具有高分离效率和高选择性的特点。将MIPs材料作为CEC的固定相,可将这两种技术的优势结合,从而实现对手性药物的高效拆分。MIPs材料在1994年首次应用于CEC手性拆分,此后该研究领域开始获得关注和发展。MIPs材料主要通过4种模式在CEC中实现手性拆分,分别是作为开管柱、填充柱和整体柱的固定相以及分离介质中的准固定相。该综述以这4种模式作为分类基准,根据MIPs制备所需的材料和分离对象对其在CEC手性拆分中的应用进行了总结,揭示了MIPs在CEC手性...     

C18衍生的微米金颗粒的制备及其作为毛细管液相色谱和加压电色谱固定相的评价

制备了用于色谱的微米纯金颗粒并键合上十八烷基(C18)官能团;对其进行了扫描电镜、红外光谱、元素分析、氮气吸附分析等表征。测得衍生的金颗粒的粒径、孔径以及比表面积分别为3.5 μm、5.0 nm、49.0 m2/g;红外光谱表明C18官能团已键合在金颗粒表面上;衍生后的金颗粒的含碳量为0.56%。通过电填充法得到长度为36 cm(固定相填充长度为19 cm)、内径为100 μm的毛细管色谱柱。利用极端pH的流动相(80%甲醇,pH 1.0以及pH 12.0)冲洗该色谱柱140 h,比较冲洗前后分析物的保留因子,以考察色谱柱的耐酸耐碱性能。结果表明,冲洗前后分析物的保留因子没有明显的变化,说明该色谱柱有良好的耐酸耐碱性。在毛细管液相色谱模式下,用该柱分离尿嘧啶、苯、萘、2-甲基萘、苊以评价色谱柱的一般性能;在碱性条件下分离咖啡因、茶碱、洛贝林以测定色谱柱分离碱性物质的能力。其分离结果表明,该色谱柱的柱效超过了50000理论塔板/m,且色谱峰形较好。在毛细管加压电色谱模式下,施加+5 kV和~5 kV的电压均可以使苯甲酸和苯胺分离,但电场方向不同时,二者的出峰顺序不同。     

加压毛细管电色谱在建立中药黄柏指纹图谱中的方法学研究

以加压毛细管电色谱（pCEC）为技术平台,对其在建立中药黄柏指纹图谱中的方法学进行了研究．通过对提取溶剂、流动相中有机相种类、盐溶液等条件的优化,发现1％盐酸的甲醇溶液为提取溶液,20mmol／LNH4C1溶液．乙腈为流动相梯度洗脱,紫外检测波长为230nm时对其分离效果最好．并通过在色谱柱上施加不同的电压,详细地阐明了pCEC的双重分离机制对分离选择性的影响,发现黄柏中的主要成分药根碱、巴马汀和小檗碱在pCEC模式中随电压的不同,有不同的出峰顺序．当电压为0—4kV时出峰顺序为药根碱、巴马汀和小檗碱,当电压为8—14kV时出峰顺序为药根碱、小檗碱和巴马汀．对此原因进行了详细讨论,同时与微径液相色谱模式进行了比较,说明pCEC可以为复杂样品的分离提供更多更好的分离途径．     

Separation of rhubarb anthraquinones by capillary electrochromatography

Summary A rapid, simple method for packing capillary electrochromatography (CEC) columns with HPLC stationary phases is described. The basis of the method is the use of a vacuum to suck a slurry of stationary phase into the fused-silica tubing, a procedure which takes approximately ten seconds only, then compression of the stationary phase by means of an HPLC pump. These packed CEC columns have been investigated for the separation of five anthraquinones from rhubarb. Separation of the anthraquinones inRheum palmatum L. under optimized conditions is presented.     

Strategy for the chiral separation of non-acidic pharmaceuticals using capillary electrochromatography

In completion of an earlier defined generic chiral screening approach, a generic separation strategy for basic, bifunctional, and neutral compounds was proposed and evaluated. This strategy adds to a previously defined strategy for acidic compounds. The screening experiment of the actual strategy used a mobile phase of 5 mM phosphate buffer pH 11.5/ACN (30/70 v/v), a temperature of 25 degrees C, and a voltage of 15 kV. The selected chiral stationary phases were Chiralpak AD-RH, Chiralcel OD-RH, Chiralcel OJ-RH, and Chiralpak AS-RH, all based on polysaccharide selectors. It was seen that 31 out of 48 test compounds were partially or baseline-resolved under screening conditions. After execution of the optimization steps of the strategy, this number increased to 41, with a total of 21 baseline-separated compounds. Combined with the results obtained from the acidic test set examined in the earlier defined strategy, of all tested compounds 82.5% showed enantioselectivity and 49.2% could be baseline-separated.     

3种金属有机骨架材料用于开管毛细管电色谱手性固定相分离外消旋体

金属有机骨架（MOFs）材料因具有丰富的拓扑结构、高比表面积、良好的稳定性、持久的孔结构以及可修饰的孔道表面等特点,在对映选择性催化和手性分离方面备受关注。该文通过水热法合成了3种具有手性的MOFs晶体,分别为Co₂（D-cam）₂（TMDPy）（简称为MOF 1）、[Cd（D-cam）（tmdpy）]·2H₂O（简称为MOF 2）和[Co_0.5Zn_0.5（L-Tyr）]_n（L-tyrCo/Zn）（简称为MOF 3）,并把它们用作固定相分别制成MOFs手性柱进行开管毛细管电色谱（OT-CEC）研究。在磷酸二氢钠-乙腈的流动相体系下,考察了3根MOFs手性柱对手性化合物的拆分性能。实验结果表明,这3种MOFs手性毛细管柱对部分外消旋体具有较好的拆分效果。目前将手性MOFs作为毛细管电色谱手性分离的研究正处在起步阶段并且具有良好的应用前景。     

Investigation of enantiomer recognition of molecularly imprinted polymeric monoliths in pressurized capillary electrochromatography screening the amino acids and their derivatives

Molecularly imprinted monolithic columns were prepared for chiral separation of tyrosine and its amino acid derivatives by in situ therm-initiated copolymerization of methacrylic acid, 4-vinylpyridine and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate. The enantiomers were rapidly separated on monolithic columns in less than 10 min by pressurized capillary electrochromatography (pCEC). The influences of several parameters such as the content of cross-linking monomer on the composition of the pre-polymerization mixture were systematically investigated. The influence of the pCEC conditions including the composition of the mobile phase was also optimized to obtain the good enantioseparation. It was found that in addition to molecularly imprinted recognition, chromatographic retention and electrophoretic migration play important roles in the retention and chiral recognition of molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) columns. The cross-selectivity for similar amino acids and its derivatives were systematical investigated for understanding the recognition mechanism on the MIP monolithic columns. The results indicated that molecularly imprinted polymer recognizes the template molecule by its molecular shape defined binding cavity.     

Ionic liquids monolithic columns for protein separation in capillary electrochromatography

A series of ionic liquids (ILs) monolithic capillary columns based on 1-vinyl-3-octylimidazolium (ViOcIm⁺) were prepared by two approaches (“one-pot” approach and “anion-exchange” approach). The effects of different anions (bromide, Br⁻; tetrafluoroborate, BF₄⁻; hexafluorophosphate, PF₆⁻; and bis-trifluoromethanesulfonylimide, NTf₂⁻) on chromatography performance of all the resulting columns were investigated systematically under capillary electrochromatography (CEC) mode. The results indicated that all these columns could generate a stable reversed electroosmotic flow (EOF) over a wide pH range from 2.0 to 12.0. For the columns prepared by “one-pot” approach, the EOF decreased in the order of ViOcIm⁺Br⁻ > ViOcIm⁺BF₄⁻ > ViOcIm⁺PF₆⁻ > ViOcIm⁺NTf₂⁻ under the same CEC conditions; the ViOcIm⁺Br⁻ based column exhibited highest column efficiencies for the test small molecules; the ViOcIm⁺NTf₂⁻ based column possessed the strongest retention for aromatic hydrocarbons; and baseline separation of four standard proteins was achieved on ViOcIm⁺NTf₂⁻ based column corresponding to the highest column efficiency of 479 000 N m⁻¹ for cytochrome c (Cyt c). These results indicated that the property of ILs based columns could be tuned successfully by changing anions, which gave these columns potential to separate both small molecules and macro biomolecules.     

Fingerprint analysis of Rhizoma chuanxiong by pressurized capillary electrochromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography

Pressurized capillary electrochromatography (pCEC) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were used simultaneously to establish fingerprints of Rhizoma chuanxiong. Ten batches of Rhizoma chuanxiong collected from different regions in China were used to obtain the characteristic pCEC and HPLC fingerprints using a standardized procedure of sample preparation and analysis. A total of 22 common peaks were isolated within 60 min by pCEC and 16 common peaks by HPLC within 65 min. The fingerprints of Rhizoma chuanxiong were then used to identify the raw herbs from different sources in China. The two proposed methods demonstrated good stability and reproducibility with RSD less than 5% for retention time in pCEC and in HPLC, respectively. Finally, the data from the analyses of 10 batches of Rhizoma chuanxiong by pCEC and HPLC were all processed with similarity analysis with two mathematical methods, correlation coefficient and the included angle cosine. The fingerprints of Rhizoma chuanxiong established with pCEC and HPLC are suitable to identify samples from different sources and can be used to control the quality of raw herbs.     

亲水作用毛细管整体柱的制备及其用于奶制品中三聚氰胺的加压毛细管电色谱分析

以甲基丙烯酸丁酯(BMA)和3-［N,N-二甲基-［2-(2-甲基丙-2-烯酰氧基)乙基］铵］丙烷-1-磺酸内盐(SPE)为单体,制备了新型的亲水作用毛细管整体柱,并通过三聚氰胺在此柱上的保留行为证明其具有亲水性。以加压毛细管电色谱(pCEC)技术为平台,优化了整体柱基于亲水作用分离分析奶制品中三聚氰胺的色谱条件。当流动相中乙腈与10 mmol/L磷酸盐缓冲液的体积比为80:20, pH为3.0,电压为3 kV,检测波长为215 nm时,三聚氰胺能获得很好的分离。方法学考察结果表明,合成的亲水整体柱具有良好的重现性和渗透性,建立的pCEC分析方法的检出限为0.05 mg/L。该方法简单方便,回收率较高,而且流动相中无需添加离子对试剂,适合于奶制品中三聚氰胺的定量测定。     

新型亲水整体柱的制备及其在毛细管液相色谱和加压电色谱中的应用

以N,N-二甲基-N-甲基丙烯酰胺基丙基-N,N-二甲基-N-丙烷磺酸内盐(SPP)为单体,季戊四醇三丙烯酸酯(PETA)为交联剂,偶氮二异丁腈(AIBN)为引发剂及两类不同的致孔剂(乙醇/乙二醇和甲醇/1,4-丁二醇)制备了两种新型亲水性整体柱。为了获得理想的柱效、电渗流速度和渗透性,对制备整体柱的各反应物配比进行了研究和优化。比较了两种整体柱在渗透性和分离样品方面的性能,结果表明,以乙醇/乙二醇为致孔剂制备的整体柱在柱效、分离度方面优于以甲醇/1,4-丁二醇为致孔剂制备的整体柱,但在渗透性方面不及后者。探讨了流动相中盐浓度对核苷类样品保留的影响,发现当甲酸铵浓度从10 mmol/L增加到70 mmol/L时,核苷样品的保留因子呈现先增加后减小的状态。将制备的整体柱用于毛细管液相色谱和加压电色谱分别分离胺类、酚类和核苷类样品,获得了理想的分离效果。在分离酚类和核苷类混合样品时,发现加压毛细管电色谱在分离度和分离速度上均优于毛细管液相色谱。     

Splitless on-line coupling of capillary high-performance liquid chromatography,capillary electrochromatography and pressurized capillary electrochromatography with nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

A mixture of unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters was separated with a new splitless capillary set-up. With the employed apparatus configuration different capillary separation techniques such as capillary high-performance liquid chromatography (cHPLC), capillary electrochromatography (CEC) and pressurized capillary electrochromatography (pCEC) could be applied. The detection and identification of the sample compounds were accomplished by hyphenating these capillary separation techniques with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy using a novel configuration of the detection capillary set-up. Using modified electrokinetically driven separation techniques, the electric field was applied solely across the separation column. With this improved interface for capillary liquid chromatography-NMR on-line coupling, the stereochemical assignment of the cis and trans configuration of unsaturated fatty acids could be easily accomplished. Finally, the results of cHPLC-NMR, CEC-NMR and pCEC-NMR coupling experiments were compared.Dedicated to Professor Günter Häfelinger on the occasion of his 65th birthday     

Chiral separation of basic compounds on a cellulose 3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate-coated zirconia monolithin basic eluents by capillary electrochromatography

Porous zirconia monolith (ZM) modified with cellulose 3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate (CDMPC) was used as chiral stationary phase to separate basic chiral compounds in capillary electrochromatography. The electroosmotic flow behavior of bare and CDMPC-modified zirconia monolithic (CDMPC-ZM) column was studied in ACN/phosphate buffer eluents of pH ranging from 2 to 12. The CDMPC-ZM column was evaluated by investigating the influences of pH, the type and composition of organic modifier of the eluent on enantioseparation. CEC separations at pH 9 provided the best resolutions for the analytes studied, which are better than those observed on CDMPC-modified silica monolithic columns under similar chromatographic conditions. No appreciable decline in retention and resolution factors after over 200 injections, and run-to-run and day-to-day repeatabilities of the column of less than 3% indicate the stability of the zirconia monolithic column in basic media.     

Enantiomers separation by capillary electrochromatography using polysaccharide‐based stationary phases

The separation of chiral compounds is an interesting and important topic of research because these compounds are involved in some biological processes, fundamentally in human health. Among the various application fields where enantiomers are remarkable, drug analysis has to be considered. Most of the drugs contain enantiomers and very often one of the two isomers could be pharmacologically more active or even dangerous. Therefore, the separation of these compounds is very important. Among the different analytical techniques usually employed, capillary electrochromatography has demonstrated great capability in enantiomers resolution. The great potential of this electromigration technique stands mainly in its high efficiency due to the use of an electrosmotic flow (flat flow profile) and on the high selectivity because of the use of a stationary phase. Chiral separation can be obtained utilizing several chiral stationary phases including a polysaccharide derivative. The aim of this review paper is to summarize the main features of capillary electrochromatography and polysaccharide derivatives of chiral stationary phase. It also report examples of practical applications utilizing this approach.