Cyano bonded phases

Zheng, J. et al. Study of the elution mechanism of sodium aryl sulfonates on bare silica and a cyano-bonded phase with methanol-modified carbon dioxide containing an ionic additive/. Chromatogr. A. 1090,2005, 155-164. 

Reversed-phase methods are summarized in the table. Most use THF/water or acetonitrile/ water at low pH on a cyano-bonded phase column. Elution of cationics is in order of increasing total alkyl character. In the case of cationics which have a polyethoxy substituent, it is difficult to choose reversed-phase conditions which do not simultaneously separate the compound according to decreasing ethoxy chain length (183). 

The separation was carried out on a bonded phase LC-PCN column carrying cyanopropylmethyl moieties on the surface. Thus, in contrast to the extraction process, which appears to be based on ionic interactions with the weak ion exchange material, the LC separation appears to be based on a mixture of interactions. There will be dispersive interactions of the drugs with the hydrocarbon chains of the bonded moiety and also weakly polar interactions with the cyano group. It is seen that the extraction procedures are very efficient and all the tricyclic antidepressant drugs are eluted discretely. 

Silica has often been modified with silver for argentation chromatography because of the additional selectivity conferred by the interactions between silver and Jt-bonds of unsaturated hydrocarbons. In a recent example, methyl linoleate was separated from methyl linolenate on silver-modified silica in a dioxane-hexane mixture.23 Bonded phases using amino or cyano groups have proved to be of great utility. In a recent application on a 250 x 1-mm Deltabond (Keystone Scientific Belief onte, PA) Cyano cyanopropyl column, carbon dioxide was dissolved under pressure into the hexane mobile phase, serving to reduce the viscosity from 6.2 to 1 MPa and improve efficiency and peak symmetry.24 It was proposed that the carbon dioxide served to suppress the effect of residual surface silanols on retention. 

Variations in retention and selectivity have been studied in cyano, phenyl, and octyl reversed bonded phase HPLC columns. The retention of toluene, phenol, aniline, and nitrobenzene in these columns has been measured using binary mixtures of water and methanol, acetonitrile, or tetrahydrofuran mobile phases in order to determine the relative contributions of proton donor-proton acceptor and dipole-dipole interactions in the retention process. Retention and selectivity in these columns were correlated with polar group selectivities of mobile-phase organic modifiers and the polarity of the bonded stationary phases. In spite of the prominent role of bonded phase volume and residual silanols in the retention process, each column exhibited some unique selectivities when used with different organic modifiers [84],... 

The most popular and versatile bonded phase is octadecylsilane (ODS), n-C18H37, a grouping that is non-polar and used for reverse phase separations. Octylsilane, with its shorter chain length, permits faster diffusion of solutes and this results in improved peak symmetry. Other groups are attached to provide polar phases and hence perform normal phase separations. These include cyano, ether, amine and diol groups, which offer a wide range of polarities. When bonded stationary phases are used, the clear distinction between adsorption and partition chromatography is lost and the principles of separation are far more complex. 

Additional modes of HPTC include normal phase, where the stationary phase is relatively polar and the mobile phase is relatively nonpolar. Silica, diol, cyano, or amino bonded phases are typically used as the stationary phase and hexane (weak solvent) in combination with ethyl acetate, propanol, or butanol (strong solvent) as the mobile phase. The retention and separation of solutes are achieved through adsorp-tion/desorption. Normal phase systems usually show better selectivity for positional isomers and can provide orthogonal selectivity compared with classical RPLC. Hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC), first reported by Alpert in 1990, is potentially another viable approach for developing separations that are orthogonal to RPLC. In the HILIC mode, an aqueous-organic mobile phase is used with a polar stationary phase to provide normal phase retention behavior. Typical stationary phases include silica, diol, or amino phases. Diluted acid or a buffer usually is needed in the mobile phase to control the pH and ensure the reproducibility of retention times. The use of HILIC is currently limited to the separation of very polar small molecules. Examples of applications... 

Riggin and Howard (1979, 1982), Matsui et al. (1983), Fabre et al. (1984), and Ahuja et al. (1988) reported that High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with UV or electrochemical detection is capable of analyzing 1,2-diphenylhydrazine. Reversed phase chromatographic columns have been used most often (Ahuja et al. 1988 Fabre et al. 1984 Riggin and Howard 1979, 1982). Cyano-amino polar bonded phase columns also have been used (Matsui et al. 1983). Using a reversed phase and UV detection, the minimum amount detected (on column amounts) is approximately 6-7 ng and the minimum amount quantifiable is less than 1 pg (Ahuja et al. 1988 ... 

Among bonded phases of intermediate polarity the so-called cyano phases eqjoy the greatest popularity. Some sflanizing agents which can be used for the preparation of cyano phases are listed in Table VI. Cy-... 

The nomenclature of the RP is not consequent. The RP most often used contains octyl (RP C8) or octadecyl (RP C18) groups. There is no differentiation even when two methyl groups are introduced additionally with the silane (as with monofunctional silanes) or only one (difunctional) or none (trifunctional silane). Some manufacturer use silanes with bulky side groups (e.g., isopropyl groups) to improve the hydrolytic stability of the bonded phases, but here also, only the longest alkyl group is used in nomenclature. RP C8 and RP C18 are the work horses in HPLC. Shorter chains (RP4) are used in protein separations, and special selectivity can be obtained with bonded phenyl, cyano, amino or fluoro groups. 

If solutes dissolve only in nonpolar or weakly polar solvents, the decision tree suggests that we try reversed-phase chromatography. Our choices include bonded phases containing octadecyl (CJg), octyl, butyl, ethyl, methyl, phenyl, and cyano groups. 

Remove the guard column before washing the analytical column, so that impurities from the guard column are not washed into the analytical column. Bare silica and cyano- and diol-bonded phases are washed (in order) with heptane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, acetone, ethanol, and water. Then the order is reversed, using dried solvents, to reactivate the column. Use 10 empty column volumes of each solvent. Amino-bonded phases are washed in the same manner as silica, but a 0.5 M ammonia wash is used after water. C18 and other nonpolar phases are washed with water, acetonitrile, and chloroform, and then the order is reversed. If this is insufficient, wash with 0.5 M sulfuric acid, and then water. 

Acidic solutes can localize on cyano groups of the bonded phase. The cyano phase is very versatile and has been proposed as the unique stationary phase in an expert system (22). In re-versed-phase mode, CN-bonded silica exhibits better selectivities than alkyl-bonded silica toward proteins and peptides. 

In general, there is a wide variety of chromatographic modes (types) that can be employed for the HPLC determination of food components, but only a few have been used for the determination of NOC. These include partition/adsorption on silica gel, liquid-liquid partition on polar-bonded phase (e.g., cyano, amino) or nonpolar hydrophobic-bonded phase (e.g., reversed-phase), and anion-exchange chromatography. Macrae (61) discussed the theories behind the various modes of chromatography. 

The first step in using SPE is to condition the sorbent with an appropriate solvent. This prewetting increases the capacity of the bonded surfaces by opening up the hydrocarbon chain of the bonded-phase sorbents [31]. For nonploar sorbents, such as C,8) and for the ion exchangers, one column volume of methanol followed by one column volume of distilled water is required. Excessive washing with water will reduce analyte recovery [32]. Polar sorbents such as diol, cyano, amino, and silica should be rinsed with one column volume of a nonpolar solvent such as methylene chloride. Aternate cleanup methods may have to be developed if the analyte is sensi-... 

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