Retention factor separation

Compounds, R Retention factors Separation factor a Resolution Rs... 

Tests of the reproducibility of retention times, retention factors, separation selec-tivities, and column efficiencies for our methacrylate monolithic capillary columns are summarized in Table 6.2. This table shows averaged data obtained for 9 different analytes injected 14 times repeatedly every other day over a period of 6 days, as well as for 7 different capillary columns prepared from the same polymerization mixture. As expected, both injection-to-injection and day-to-day reproducibilities measured for the same column are very good. Slightly larger RSD values were observed for col-umn-to-column reproducibility. While the selectivity effectively did not change, larger differences were found for the efficiencies of the columns. 

Retention factor Separation factor Nreq Retention factor Separation factor Nreq... 

The stationary phase is selected to provide the maximum selectivity. Where possible, the retention factor is adjusted (by varying the mobile phase composition, temperature, or pressure) to an optimum value that generally falls between 2 and 10. Resolution is adversely affected when k 2, while product dilution and separation time... 

Mobile phases with some solvating potential, such as CO2 or ammonia, are necessary in SGC. Even though this technique is performed with ambient outlet pressure, solutes can be separated at lower temperatures than in GC because the average pressure on the column is high enough that solvation occurs. Obviously, solute retention is not constant in the column, and the local values of retention factors increase for all solutes as they near the column outlet. 

According to Equation 3, the resolution of two peaks in column separation is controlled by three major variables retention defined in terms of the retention factor k column efficiency expressed as the number of theoretical plates N and selectivity characterized by the selectivity factor a [48] ... 

In order to illustrate the critical process parameters of SMB process validation, we will consider the separation of the racemic drug as described in Process design. The study represents the effect of the influence of feed concentration, number of plates and retention factor on the second eluting enantiomer. The simulation of the process for different values of feed concentration is performed and the variations of the extract and raffinate purities are shown in Fig. 10.10. 

In the simplest scheme of 2D HPLC, effluent of the first dimension (lst-D) was directly loaded into an injector loop (500 pL) of the 2nd-D HPLC for 28 s, and 2 s were allowed for injection. This operation was accompanied by the loss of lst-D effluent for 2 s out of 30 s in each cycle. The flow rate of 10 mL/min allowed the elution of solutes having retention factors (k values) up to 8 for the 2nd-D within the 30-s separation window, with f0 of 3.5 s. Figure 7.7 a and b shows the chromatograms for the 1 st-D and the 2nd-D, respectively, obtained for a mixture of hydrocarbons and benzene derivatives. The lst-D chromatogram showed many overlapping peaks. PAHs were eluted as mixtures from the FR column, and some are separated in the 2nd-D. 

Enantiomers of the 8,9-dichloro-2,3,4,4 ,5,6-hexahydro-177-pyrazino[l,2-tf]quinoxalin-5-one (structure 249 Rz = R3 = Cl R1 = R4 = H) could be separated by normal-phase, chiral high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with increased retention and separation factors if ethoxynonafluorobutane was used as solvent, instead of -hexane <2001JCH(918)293>. 

In addition to the above strategies, the use of higher column temperatures is another approach that may decrease analysis time and improve sample throughput. The relationship between the chromatographic retention factor, k, and separation temperature is shown in Equation 13.1 ... 

In order to determine the applicability of retention indices, based on the alkyl arylketone scale, as the basis of a reproducible method of reporting retentions, the separation of 10 barbiturates and a set of column test compounds were examined on an octadecylsilyl bonded silica (ODS-Hypersil) column with methanol-buffer of pH 8.5 as eluent [100]. The effects on the capacity factors and retention indices, on changing the eluent composition, pH, ionic strengthened temperature, showed that the retention indices of the barbiturates were much less susceptible to minor changes in the eluent than the capacity factors. 

Figure 7.2 Diagram of a TLC plate. The plate is suspended vertically in the solvent containing the compounds to be separated (the solvent level or origin), and over time the compounds and solvent migrate up the plate to different heights and are separated. The retention factor (Rf) for compound 1 is calculated as AB/ AD, and for compound 2 AC/AD.

The Rf value (Retention Factor) various separated solutes is determined accurately. The Rf value represents the differences in rate of movement of the components duly caused by their various partition coefficients i.e., their different solubility in the mobile and stationary phases. In order words, the Rf value (relate to front) is- the ratio between the distance starting point-centre of spot and distance starting point-solvent front , thus it may be expressed as ... 

The resolution can be improved by increasing the column plate number, N, and/ or the separation factor, a (a = the ratio of the retention factors of the two compounds). N is the physical parameter and a is the chemical parameter for the separation. Higher N and a values give a better separation. 

The maximum retention factor (kQ) is related to the log P value and k and k are the retention factors of the cationic and anionic forms, respectively. The pKa values are known, and the retention factor in a given eluent can therefore be predicted in reversed-phase liquid chromatography using an alkyl-bonded silica gel or polystyrene gel column. The separation conditions can be adjusted according to their logP and pKa values by the selection of a suitable organic modifier concentration and the pH of the eluent.3,4... 

FIGURE 1.5 pH -effect on retention factors k and separation factors a. CSP 0-9- tert-butylcarbamoyl)quinine bonded to sihca column dimension, 150 x 4 mm ID eluent, methanol-ammonium acetate buffer (80 20, v/v) (adjusted with acetic acid) temperature, 25°C 1 mL min sample, N-benzoyl-leucine (Bz-Leu). (Reproduced from M. Lammerhofer et al., American Laboratory, 30 71 (1998). With permission.)... 

It is, however, also to be noted that deviations from linearity of the aforementioned plots may be readily observed, which may indicate smooth changes in the separation mechanism. If the k vs. percentage of modifier dependency is investigated over the entire or at least a wider range, [/-shaped curves may be obtained, in particular with acetonitrile as modifier. While the drop of retention factors with increase of modifier percentage at low modifier contents may follow the described RP-behavior, the trend... 

Retention theory from the work of Lanin and Nikitin [55] (Equation 1.6) was adapted to describe the dependency of retention factors k) as a function of the mobile phase composition [53]. The concentration of the polar modifier is, besides the type, the primary variable for the optimization of the separation and can be described by competitive adsorption reactions of solute (i.e., sorbate) and polar modifier for which the following relationship can be applied (Equation 1.6)... 

FIGURE 1.8 Effect of the mole fraction of polar modifier (ethyl acetate) in n-hexane on the reciprocal of the retention factor for the separation of 3-chloro-l-phenylpropanol enantiomers on a 0-9-(terf-butylcarbamoyl)quinidine CSP. Temperature, 22°C. (Reproduced from L. Asnin, and G. Guiochon, J. Chromatogr. A, 1091 11 (2005). With permission.)... 

It is evident that the chromatographic term is the only source for enantioselecti vity because the retention factors may differ for the distinct enantiomers, while electrophoretic mobilities are identical for enantiomeric species. In other words, electrophoretic mobilities, like Veo, are nonselective contributions in view of generating chiral separations, but may positively contribute to the selectivity between distinct compounds (such as, for example, chemical impurities) but also of diastereomeric species. 

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