Gas-chromatographic separation of aromatic amines, nitriles and hydrocarbons-I

A mixture of mono- and di-substituted nitriles was separated on six different liquid phases, but a mixture of mono- and di-substituted anilines was separated on only two liquid phases. The forces influencing the separation and elution order of these solutes are discussed. The absence of selective interactions between aromatic hydrocarbons and the various liquid phases was proved thermodynamically. An ortho methyl substituent increases the log of the specific retention volumes of the nitrile solutes by an approximately constant amount.