Solvent effects on the retention of oligosaccharides in porous graphitic carbon liquid chromatography |
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Authors: | Michael Melmer Thomas Stangler Andreas Premstaller Wolfgang Lindner |
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Institution: | 1. Sandoz GmbH, Biochemiestrasse 10, 6250 Kundl, Austria;2. University of Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 38, 1090 Vienna, Austria |
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Abstract: | Porous graphitic carbon (PGC) is known as well suited adsorbent for liquid chromatography of carbohydrates. In this work we report on systematic investigations of solvent effects on the retention mechanism of fluorescence labeled malto-oligosaccharides on PGC. The adsorption mechanism was found to depend on the type of organic modifier used in the mobile phase. Positive adsorption enthalpies and entropies, which have already been reported in the literature, were solely produced using acetonitrile. Both alternative solvents (tetrahydrofuran, 2-propanol) yielded in contrast negative enthalpies. As plausible retention mechanism for oligosaccharides on PGC applying acetonitrile as mobile phase component we propose the formation of a dense and highly ordered solvation layer of the PGC surface with the linear acetonitrile molecules. Adsorption of analyte molecules requires a displacement of numerous acetonitrile molecules, which explains the positive enthalpy and entropy values measured. The interplay of enthalpic and entropic contributions to the overall adsorption phenomena results in strongly temperature dependent chromatographic selectivity values. |
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Keywords: | Porous graphitic carbon Temperature Organic modifier Malto-oligosaccharides van&rsquo t-Hoff Plots |
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