HPLC capacity factor

Generally it was found that resolution R is practically the same for isoeluotropic mixtures methanol and acetonitrile with water. The dependencies were obtained between capacity factors for derivatives of 3-chloro-l,4-naphtoquinone at their retention with methanol and acetonitrile. Previous prediction of RP-HPLC behaviour of the compounds was made by ChromDream softwai e. Some complications ai e observed at weak acetonitrile eluent with 40 % w content when for some substances the existence of peak bifurcation. 

A general approach to the problem of identification, should more definitive detectors not be available, is to change the chromatographic system , which in the case of HPLC is usually the mobile phase, and redetermine the retention parameter. The change obtained is often more characteristic of a single analyte than is the capacity factor with either of the mobile phases. 

Table 2.1 HPLC capacity factors for secbuto-barbitone and vinbarbitone with an octadecyl silyl stationary phase and mobile phases of methanoiyO.l M sodium dihydrogen phosphate (40 60) at (a) pH 3.5, and (b) pH 8.5. From Moffat, A.C. (Ed.), Clarke s Isolation and Identification of Drugs, 2nd Edn, The Pharmaceutical Press, London, 1986. Reproduced by permission of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society...

Capacity factor The parameter used in HPLC to measure the retention of an analyte. 

Temperature has an influence on the retention and consequently on the capacity factors of carotenoids in HPLC columns. Usually, as the column temperature increases, the retention decreases however, in a polymeric C30 column, after an initial decrease of the t values of cis isomers of carotenoids, the retention of cis isomers actually increases at temperatures above 35°C. This different behavior can be explained by the increased order and rigidity of the C30 stationary phase at lower temperatures that in turn induce preferential retention of long, narrow solutes as the trans isomer and partial exclusion of bent and bulky cis isomers. The greater chain mobihty and less rigid conformation of the C30 at higher temperatures may increase the contact area available for interaction with the cis isomers and also may lower... 

Standards and blanks are the usual controls used in analytical HPLC. Standards are usually interspersed with samples to demonstrate system performance over the course of a batch run. The successful run of standards before beginning analysis demonstrates that the system is suitable to use. In this way, no samples are run until the system is working well. Typically, standards are used to calculate column plate heights, capacity factors, and relative response factors. If day-to-day variability has been established by validation, the chromatographic system can be demonstrated to be within established control limits. One characteristic of good science is that samples... 

Kunugi, A. and Tabei, K., HPLC of ketone semicarbazones relation of the capacity factors of ketone semicarbazones to carbon numbers, /. HRC CC, 11, 600, 1988. 

RP-HPLC-capacity factor correlation, Sherblom Eganhouse 1988)... 

Hamisch, M., Mockel, H.J., Schulze, G. (1983) Relationship between log Pow shake-flask values and capacity factors derived from reversed-phase HPLC for n-alkylbenzenes and some OECD reference substances. J. Chromatogr. 282, 315-332. 

Opperhuizen, A. (1987) Relationships between octan-l-ol/water partition coefficients, aqueous activity coefficients and reversed phase HPLC capacity factors of alkylbenzenes, chlorobenzenes, chloronaphthalenes and chlorobiphenyls. Toxicol. Environ. Chem. 15, 349-364. 

The separation of substituted benzene derivatives on a reversed-phase C-18 column has been examined [78]. The correlations between the logarithm of the capacity factor and several descriptors for the molecular size and shape and the physical properties of a solute were determined. The results indicated that hydrophobicity is the dominant factor to control the retention of substituted benzenes. Their retention in reversed-phase HPLC can be predicted with the help of the equations derived by multicombination of the parameters. 

Finally, a parameter known as the capacity factor may be determined. The capacity factor, symbolized k (k-prime) is the adjusted retention time divided by the retention time of an unretained substance, tM, such as air in GC or the sample solvent in HPLC. 

The series of regioisomeric amines 48-50, methamphetamine (29) and phentermine (31), can be identified in forensic screening analyses by RP-HPLC-UVD (254/280 nm dual accessory) using a Cis stationary phase and a mobile phase buffered at pH 3.0. The capacity factors and retention times increase in the order 48 < 49 < 29 < 31 < 50. Other methods for identifying these compounds failed for example, the base peak in MS is m/z = 58 for all five compounds, corresponding to a loss of a benzyl group from the molecular peak also their IR and UVV spectra are too similar to be useful for this... 

For example, if an HPLC system does not pass system suitability because of a capacity factor (k ) that is too low, the results of robustness testing could tell the analyst that the amount of organic can be changed by 10% without affecting the result. If evaluated at the time of validation, the analyst can make the adjustment with no additional validation. If this particular study has not been performed, the analyst has no other choice but to verify the validity of the method at the new condition. 

Other than selecting the column and mobile phase for the correct mode of separation, optimizing different HPLC parameters (injection volume, run time, wavelength, and detector) is equally important for achieving acceptable capacity factor (k ), resolution ( R), and tailing factor (T). 

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