Ion-Pair Reversed-Phase Thin-Layer Chromatography and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography of Benzoic Acids

The separation of benzoic acids by ion-pair reversed-phase thin-layer chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography was studied. In the optimization of separation conditions, the effect of the nature and concentration of the organic solvent, acidity of the mobile phase, concentration of salts of quaternary ammonium bases, and the length of their hydrocarbon radical on the retention of benzoic acids was studied. Conditions of the separation of a mixture of benzoic, hydroxybenzoic, aminobenzoic, and nitrobenzoic acids on Silufol plates impregnated with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide were selected; the mobile phase was isopropanol–ammonium acetate buffer solution with pH 5–dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide.