Elution thin layer chromatography

Inorganic polymers, such as metal hydroxo-polymers, sometimes exhibit strong adsorption onto gel materials or decomposition during elution. Thin-layer chromatography is a powerful method in such a case, because a whole chromatographic zone of a sample compound can be readily visualized and the comparison of various compounds is permitted on the same plate under identical conditions. 

A large number of variously 2-, 4-, and 5-substituted thiazoles with alkyl, aryl, hydroxy, methylthio, mercapto, halo, and nitro groups have been analyzed by thin-layer chromatography on silica and alumina by the Stahl s technique (167, 170, 172). Among the many systems recommended for the elution of these compounds are the following ... 

Methylnorbornene-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride (5-methylnorborn-5-ene-2-endo-3-endo-di-carboxylic anhydride) [25134-21-8] M 178.2, m 88.5-89 . Purified by thin layer chromatography on AI2O3 (previously boiled in EtOAc) and eluted with hexane- C6Hg (1 2) then recrystd from CgH -hexane. The free acid has m 118.5-119.5 . [Miranov et al. Tetrahedron 19 1939 1963.]... 

A mixture of 4.98 g of acetoacetic acid N-benzyl-N-methylaminoethyl ester, 2.3 g of aminocrotonic acid methyl ester, and 3 g of m-nitrobenzaldehyde was stirred for 6 hours at 100°C in an oil bath. The reaction mixture was subjected to a silica gel column chromatography (diameter 4 cm and height 25 cm) and then eluted with a 20 1 mixture of chloroform and acetone. The effluent containing the subject product was concentrated and checked by thin layer chromatography. The powdery product thus obtained was dissolved in acetone and after adjusting the solution with an ethanol solution saturated with hydrogen chloride to pH 1 -2, the solution was concentrated to provide 2 g of 2,6-dimethyl-4-(3 -nitrophenyl)-1,4-dihydropyridlne-3,5-dicarboxylic acid 3-methylester-5- -(N-benzyl-N-methylamino)ethyl ester hydrochloride. The product thus obtained was then crystallized from an acetone mixture, melting point 136°Cto 140°C (decomposed). 

The moist cells were suspended in 750 parts of volume of ethanol and extracted by warming at 60°C for 1 hour. A total of 3 extractions were carried out in a similar manner and the extracts were pooled, diluted with water and further extracted three times with 1,000 parts of volume portions of n-hexane. The n-hexane layer was concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure to recover 4.12 parts of a yellow oil. This oily residue was dissolved in 6 parts by volume of benzene and passed through a column (500 parts by volume capacity) packed with Floridil (100 to 200 meshes). Elution was carried out using benzene and the eluate was collected in 10 parts by volume fractions. Each fraction was analyzed by thin-layer chromatography and color reaction and the fractions rich in ubiquinone-10 were pooled and concentrated under reduced pressure. By this procedure was obtained 0.562 part of a yellow oil. This product was dissolved in 5 parts by volume of chloroform, coated onto a thin layer plate of silica gel GF254 (silica gel with calcium sulfate) and developed with benzene. The fractions corresponding to ubiquinone-10 were extracted, whereby 0.054 part of a yellow oil was obtained. This oil was dissolved in 10 parts by volume of ethanol and allowed to cool, whereupon 0.029 part of yellow crystals of ubiquinone-10 were obtained, its melting point 4B°to 50°C. 

THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY — THE RECOVERY OF SEPARATED SURSTANCES RY ELUTION TECHNIQUES 8.9... 

The purpose of the experiment is to illustrate the elution technique for the recovery of pure substances after their separation by thin-layer chromatography. The experiment can be readily extended to include the quantitative determination of the recovered substances. 

W E Court, Quantitative thin-layer chromatography using elution techniques. In Quantitative Paper and Thin-Layer Chromatography E J Shellard (Ed) Academic Press, New York, 1968, p 29... 

Removal of solvent from the extracts leaves a residue that is purified by dry-column chromatography.2 The residue is dissolved in 40 ml. of acetone in a 300-ml., round-bottomed flask, 30 g. of silica gel (Note 8) is added, and the acetone is removed with a rotary evaporator. The resulting solid mixture is placed on top of 360 g. of dry silica gel (Note 8) packed in flexible nylon tubing (Note 9), and the column is developed with 420 ml. of 10 1 (vjv) benzene-acetone. Approximately 150 ml. of solvent drips from the bottom of the column toward the end of development, and this eluent is collected in 25-ml. fractions and checked for product by thin layer chromatography (Note 10). The column itself is then cut into 2-cm. sections, the silica gel in each section is eluted with three 25-ml. portions of ethyl acetate, and the eluent from each section is analyzed by thin-layer chromatography (Note 10). Combination of all the product-containing fractions yields 1.2-1.5g. (40-47%) of the benzylated compound as an oil, n 1.6083 (Notes 11 and 12). 

Analysis by thin layer chromatography (TLC) indicates product formation and a small amount of starting material. TLC was performed on Merck Silica gel 60 F-254 coated on aluminum sheets. Product 3 has Rf = 0.44 (elution with 70 30 petroleum ether-ethyl acetate visualization with iodine vapor). 

Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is used both for characterization of alcohol sulfates and alcohol ether sulfates and for their analysis in mixtures. This technique, combined with the use of scanning densitometers, is a quantitative analytical method. TLC is preferred to HPLC in this case as anionic surfactants do not contain strong chromophores and the refractive index detector is of low sensitivity and not suitable for gradient elution. A recent development in HPLC detector technology, the evaporative light-scattering detector, will probably overcome these sensitivity problems. 

TLC plates are of particular interest as substrates for spectroscopy (i) as a storage device for offline spectroscopic analysis (ii) for efficient in situ detection and identification and (iii) for exploitation of spectroscopic techniques that cannot be used in HPLC. Thin-layer chromatography combined with HR MAS (NMR) can be used for compound identification without the need for elution from the stationary phase [413]. Recently also TLC-XRF was found suitable for in situ TLC imaging of elements [414]. The combination... 

Fusari et al. [66] described a qualitative thin-layer chromatography (TLQ elution technique, for the assay of primaquine and other pharmaceuticals. 

Analytical thin layer chromatography (TLC) was conducted on 10 x 2.5-cm precoated glass plates (silica gel GF, 0.25-mm thickness, Analtech), eluted with 10% ethyl acetate in hexane, and visualized with both UV (254 nm) and aqueous 50% sulfuric add spray/heating. The carbene complex moves as an orange spot on TLC the reaction is complete when this spot is no longer visible. 

The difference between this technique and GC or HPLC is that the separation process occurs on a flat essentially two-dimensional surface. The separated components are not usually eluted from the surface but are examined in situ. Alternatively, they can be removed mechanically for further analysis. In thin-layer chromatography (TLC), the stationary phase is usually a polar solid such as silica gel or alumina which is coated onto a sheet of glass, plastic, or aluminium. Although some moisture is retained by the stationary phase, the separation process is predominantly one of surface adsorption. Thin layers are sometimes made from ion-exchange or gelpermeation materials. In these cases the sorption process would be ion-exchange or exclusion. 

It was preferred to first separate the impurities from bromocriptine by thin layer chromatography and then to isolate the substance by elution from the silica gel of the plate with methanol. The intact active ingredient is measured in 0.01 M methanolic methanesulphonic acid (26). 

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