Abstract: | The potential of an interface for the on-line coupling of microcolumn liquid chromatography (LC)and a flame photometric detector (FPD) has been further investigated. With the micro-LC/FPD system, relatively high-molecular-weight polar compounds such as cyclic adenosine monophosphate, guanosine monophos- phate, glucose monophosphate, fructose monophosphate, and phytic acid were separated and selectively detected. In order to increase the sensitivity, on-line preconcentration with a microprecolumn inserted in the rotorof a Valcovalve has been applied. Preliminary results have shown that an injection volume of at least 500 1-11 water containing organophosphorus acids at a 5–50 ng/rnl concentration level is possible. |