Carboxylated microcrystalline cellulose

Then, the examples from Reference 23, that focus on retention of the selected binary mixtures of the test analytes (one comprising carboxylic acid and ketone and the other made of alcohol and ketone), chromatographed under the deliberately mild working conditions (microcrystalline cellulose was used as adsorbent and either decalin or n-octane as the monocomponent mobile phase) will be discussed. One of the test solutes in each binary mixture (either acid or alcohol) can be viewed as... 

Native and microcrystalline cellulose precoated plates are used in the life sciences for the separation of polar compounds (e.g. carbohydrates, carboxylic acids, amino acids, nucleic acid derivatives, phosphates, etc) [85]. These layers are unsuitable for the separation of compounds of low water solubility unless first modified, for example, by acetylation. Several chemically bonded layers have been described for the separation of enantiomers (section 10.5.3). Polyamide and polymeric ion-exchange resins are available in a low performance grade only for the preparation of laboratory-made layers [82]. Polyamide layers are useful for the reversed-phase separation and qualitative analysis of phenols, amino acid derivatives, heterocyclic nitrogen compounds, and carboxylic and sulfonic acids. Ion-exchange layers prepared from poly(ethyleneimine), functionalized poly(styrene-divinylbenzene) and diethylaminoethyl cellulose resins and powders and are used primarily for the separation of inorganic ions and biopolymers. 

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