Preparative layer chromatography plates

Other variations have been described by Szepesi and Nyiredy (1996) and Nyiredy (1996). Incremental multiple development (IMD) (Szabady et al., 1995 and 1997) involves rechromatography with the same composition mobile phase for distances that increase, usually by the same amount (linearly). If development occurs in the same direction with the same distance but different mobile phases having distinctive strength and selectivity, the method is termed gradient multiple development (GMD) this method most significantly increases the separation capacity of the system. In bivariate multiple development, the development distance and mobile phase composition are varied simultaneously for successive runs this method, which is effective for samples of differing polarity, has been used especially for preparative layer chromatography plates. 

Chromatographic development chambers for analytical pirrposes are commercially available in several different sizes. The most commonly used ones are rectangiflar glass tanks with inner dimensions of 21 X21 X9 cm, and they can be used to develop two plates simultaneously in the preparative scale. Even bigger tanks are available for much larger plates, for preparative layer chromatography. The width of the chamber should be varied depending on the size and the number of plates to be developed. 

TLC of larger quantities of materials (10 to 1000 mg) on thick layers (1-5mm), for the purpose of isolating separated substances for further analysis or use, is called preparative layer chromatography (PLC). Most preparative applications are carried out on 20 x 20 silica gel or alumina plates with a layer containing a fluorescent indicator to facilitate nondestructive detection. 

In our laboratory crude preparations of aphantoxins and anatoxin-a(s) are extracted similarly except at the final stages of purification (Fig. 2). A Bio-gel P-2 column (2.2 x 80 cm) is used for aphantoxins gel filtration and a Sephadex G-15 (2.6 x 42 cm) column for ana-toxin-(s). Both toxins are eluted with 0.1 M acetic acid at 1.5 ml/ min. Fractions of aphantoxins from Bio-gel P-2 run are spotted on thin-layer chromatography plates (Silica gel-60, EM reagents) and developed according to Buckley et al. (1976) (31). The Rf values for the aphantoxins, saxitoxin and neosaxitoxin standards (Table 1) indicates that two of the aphantoxins (i.e. I and II) are similar to saxitoxin and neosaxitoxin. 

Silica-gel thin-layer chromatography plates—We purchase these from Fisher (catalog 05-713-317). The plates are prepared (activated) by heating in a 100°C oven for 5 to 10 min to remove any moisture from the matrix. Remove from the oven and store desiccated at room temperature until they are ready to be used. Approximately 2 5 plates will be required (1 plate/2 groups). 

Apply the mixture of compounds as a dichloromethane solution to a preparative thin-layer chromatography plate using a syringe. Allow the plate to air-dry, and then elute it with ethyl acetate. 

The slower running material from the preparative thin layer chromatography plate (flf = 0.4) corresponds to the 2 2 cyclic adduct, that is, the desired 18-crown-6 derivative, 1,T,4,4 -tetra-0-benzyl-2,2 3,3 -oxydi-ethylenedi-L-threitol ll-1. Removal and isolation of this material from the silica (remember, caution, mask necessary when using silica) as in steps 14 and 15 for the smaller crown, affords a colourless oil ll-1 (274 mg, 11%), [a]D +5.8° (c = 3.5, chloroform). 

Powdered neutral imprinted polystyrene obtained at [H2O] = 2.78 M and [AOT] =0.2M, and having a surface area of 19.4m /g, was used for the preparation of a thin-layer chromatography plate and the separation of nitrobenzene, phenol, anUine, benzoic acid, and nitrophenol positional isomers. The plate showed fairly different Rf values for all these compounds, while the selectivity of a commercial sihca plate was found to be much worse [365]. 

Novel analytical techniques such as forced-flow planar chromatography (FFPC) and optimum pressure laminar chromatography (OPLC) are other additions to ever-refined tools for separation on a preparative scale, wherein small amounts of complex mixtures may be separated more efficiently on thin-layer chromatography plates operating at fast medium-pressure development with continuous collection of mobile phase at the end of chromatographic plates (Nyredy, 20(X), 2003). 

The TLC Sample Streaker from Analtech (Fig. 4) is a manual device used to apply large volumes of solution to preparative-layer chromatography (PLC) plates. For PLC, large-volume initial zones are applied in the form of a continuous band across the layer, and this is accomplished with the sample streaker by the mechanical action of... 

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Preparative-layer chromatography (PLC) can be used for the fractionation and/or isolation of compounds in amounts up to 1000 mg. According to the elution mode, it can be classified into classical PLC (i.e., conventional capillary-flow) and forced-flow PLC (e.g., OPLC and RPC). The main differences between analytical TLC/ HPTLC plates and preparative PLC plates are the layer thickness, mean particle size, and particle size distribution. In TLC and HPTLC, layer thickness is typically 0.2 or 0.25 mm. Mean particle size is about 12 jam in TLC and 5 jam in HPTLC, and the particle size distribution is up to 20 jam for TLC and about 10 jam for HPTLC. Consequently, HPTLC offers better resolution and lower limit of detections (LODs) than conventional TLC [17]. 

Numerous works have been published on the experimental technique of TLC which will not be discussed further except in so far as is relevant to its application to additive identification. Dohmann [1] provides an excellent short review of techniques available. He discusses TLC in the normal sense of the word, i.e., with plate layers up to 250 pm thick and 20 cm x 20 cm or 20 cm x 8 cm in area and also discusses preparative layer chromatography which, with some loss in resolution, can separate considerably larger quantities of compounds on plate layers up to 2 mm thick and 100 cm x 20 cm in area. 

Halpaap [2] discusses in some detail the experimental techniqne of preparative layer chromatography with sample quantities between 0.1 and 100 mg, nsing plates up to 100 cm X 20 cm in area and adsorbent layers up to 2 mm thick. 

Preparative layer chromatography (PLC). Minor constituents were isolated by PLC on a glass backed plate developed twice in hexane-isopropanoi (9 1, v/v). Bands were detected under UV at k254 nm and the compounds were eluted from scraped sections of the silica gel with CHCl3-MeOH (19 1). 

High-resolution magic-angle-spinning (HR MAS) solid state NMR was shown to provide compound identification of separated TLC zones without elution (Wilson et al., 1997). Zones were removed by scraping from Cij-bonded plates, slurried with D2O, and placed in a sealed 4-mm zirconia MAS rotor of a Brucker DRX-600 NMR spectrometer for H NMR observation. Spectra were illustrated for 10 J.g of salicylic acid and phenolphthalein glucuronide, which quantity can be obtained from spots on an analytical plate without the need for preparative layer chromatography. 

RPC involves the use of centrifugal force to accelerate the flow of solvent from the feed-point at the center to the periphery of a rotating plate. Up to 72 samples can be separated and quantified in situ by analytical RPC. One sample is applied as a circle for micropreparative and preparative RPC, for which separations can be carried out off-line or on-line with elution from the layer and recovery in a fraction collector (48). A variety of N- and S-type chambers with the prefix designations N (normal), M (micro), U (ultramicro), and C (column) are used for RPC, differing mostly in the size of the vapor space (153). Nyiredy (45) has described commercial instruments (Chromatotron and Rotachrom) and the various modes of RPC and covers preparative layer chromatography, including RPC, in Chapter 11 of this Handbook. 

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