Reversed-phase optimization

Solvent triangle for optimizing reverse-phase HPLC separations. Binary and ternary mixtures contain equal volumes of each of the aqueous mobile phases making up the vertices of the triangle. 

Another example is the purification of a P-lactam antibiotic, where process-scale reversed-phase separations began to be used around 1983 when suitable, high pressure process-scale equipment became available. A reversed-phase microparticulate (55—105 p.m particle size) C g siUca column, with a mobile phase of aqueous methanol having 0.1 Af ammonium phosphate at pH 5.3, was able to fractionate out impurities not readily removed by hquid—hquid extraction (37). Optimization of the separation resulted in recovery of product at 93% purity and 95% yield. This type of separation differs markedly from protein purification in feed concentration ( i 50 200 g/L for cefonicid vs 1 to 10 g/L for protein), molecular weight of impurities (<5000 compared to 10,000—100,000 for proteins), and throughputs ( i l-2 mg/(g stationary phasemin) compared to 0.01—0.1 mg/(gmin) for proteins). 

K. Grob, Concurrent eluent evapor ation with co-solvent Capping for on-line reversed-phase liquid cliromatography-gas clir omatogr aphy. Optimization of conditions , J. Chromatogr. 477 73-86 (1989). 

Moore and Jorgenson eombined the rapid two-dimensional separation aehieved by LC-CZE with SEC to make the first eomprehensive three-dimensional separation involving an eleetrodriven eomponent in 1995. Size exelusion ehromatography separated the analytes over a period of several hours while the reverse phase HPLC-CZE eombination separated eomponents in only 7 min. A sehematie diagram of the three-dimensional SEC-reverse phase HPLC-CZE instrument is shown in Eigure 9.9 (18). A dilution tee was plaeed between the SEC eolumn and the reverse phase HPLC injeetion loop in order to dilute the eluent from the SEC eolumn, sinee it eon-tained more methanol than was optimal for the reverse phase HPLC eolumn. 

R. J. Senorans, J. Villen, J. Tabera and M. Heiraiz, Simplex optimization of the direct analysis of free sterols in sunflower oil by on-line coupled reversed phase liquid chromatography-gas clnomatography , 7. Agric. Food Chem. 46 1022-1026 (1998). 

When analytes lack the selectivity in the new polar organic mode or reversed-phase mode, typical normal phase (hexane with ethanol or isopropanol) can also be tested. Normally, 20 % ethanol will give a reasonable retention time for most analytes on vancomycin and teicoplanin, while 40 % ethanol is more appropriate for ristocetin A CSP. The hexane/alcohol composition is favored on many occasions (preparative scale, for example) and offers better selectivity for some less polar compounds. Those compounds with a carbonyl group in the a or (3 position to the chiral center have an excellent chance to be resolved in this mode. The simplified method development protocols are illustrated in Fig. 2-6. The optimization will be discussed in detail later in this chapter. 

For the final optimization, a modified factorial design involving three concentration levels of triethylamine and three pH levels was used. From these results, it was clear that the optimum conditions for the analysis of the carboxylic acid were so different from those required for the other compounds studied that it was not sensible to attempt to analyse all fonr together and indeed that carboxylic acids were better analysed by using conventional reversed-phase HPLC than by using ion-pairing. 

Optimized HPLC separation allows most betaxanthins to be separated on a Cl8 reversed phase stationary phase according to their respective polarities. - Considerable progress was achieved by the introduction of a highly polar silica-based column, which allowed major improvement of peak resolution, especially at early... 

Prus and Kowalska [75] dealt with the optimization of separation quality in adsorption TLC with binary mobile phases of alcohol and hydrocarbons. They used the window diagrams to show the relationships between separation selectivity a and the mobile phase eomposition (volume fraction Xj of 2-propanol) that were caleulated on the basis of equations derived using Soezewiriski and Kowalska approaehes for three solute pairs. At the same time, they eompared the efficiency of the three different approaehes for the optimization of separation selectivity in reversed-phase TLC systems, using RP-2 stationary phase and methanol and water as the binary mobile phase. The window diagrams were performed presenting plots of a vs. volume fraetion Xj derived from the retention models of Snyder, Schoen-makers, and Kowalska [76]. 

Pelander et al. [81] developed a computer program for optimization of the mobile phase composition in TLC. They used the desirability function technique combined with the PRISMA model to enhance the quahty of TLC separation. They apphed the statistical models for prediction of retardation and band broadening at different mobile phase compositions they obtained using the PRISMA method the optimum mobile phase mixtures and a good separation for cyanobacterial hepatotoxins on a normal phase TLC plate and for phenolic compound on reversed-phase layers. 

Yamagami, C. Recent advances in reversed-phase-HPLC techniques to determine lipophilicity. In Pharmacokinetic Optimization in Drug Research. Biological, Physicochemical, and Computational Strategies, Testa, B., Van de Waterbeemd, H., Folkers, G., Guy, R. H. (eds.), VHCA, Zurich, 2001, pp. 383 00. 

De Jong, G. J. Optimization and characterization of silica-based reversed-phase liquid chromatographic systems for the analysis of basic pharmaceuticals./. Chromatogr. A 2000, 897,1-22. 

Reversed-phase HPLC followed by post-column derivatization and subsequent fluorescence detection is the most common technique for quantitative determination of oxime carbamate insecticides in biological and environmental samples. However, for fast, sensitive, and specific analysis of biological and environmental samples, detection by MS and MS/MS is preferred over fluorescence detection. Thus, descriptions and recommendations for establishing and optimizing HPLC fluorescence, HPLC/ MS, and HPLC/MS/MS analyses are discussed first. This is followed by specific rationales for methods and descriptions of the recommended residue methods that are applicable to most oxime carbamates in plant, animal tissue, soil, and water matrices. 

The popularity of reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPC) is easily explained by its unmatched simplicity, versatility and scope [15,22,50,52,71,149,288-290]. Neutral and ionic solutes can be separated simultaneously and the rapid equilibration of the stationary phase with changes in mobile phase composition allows gradient elution techniques to be used routinely. Secondary chemical equilibria, such as ion suppression, ion-pair formation, metal complexatlon, and micelle formation are easily exploited in RPC to optimize separation selectivity and to augment changes availaple from varying the mobile phase solvent composition. Retention in RPC, at least in the accepted ideal sense, occurs by non-specific hydrophobic interactions of the solute with the... 

Solvent optimization in reversed-phase liquid chromatography is commenced by selecting a binary mobile phase of the correct solvent strength to elute the seuaple with an acceptable range of capacity. factor values (1 < k <10 in general or 1 < k < 20 when a larger separation capacity is required). Transfer rules (section 4.6.1) are then used to calculate the composition of other isoeluotropic binary solvents with complementary selectivity. In practice, methanol, acetonitrile and tetrahydrofuran are chosen as the selectivity adjusting solvents blended in different... 

The most widely used approach for the separation of enantiomers by TLC is based on a ligand exchange mechanism using commercially available reversed-phase plates impregnated with a solution of copper acetate and (2S,4R,2 RS)-4-hydroxy-l-(2-hydroxydodecyl)proline in optimized amounts. Figure 7.9 (10,97,98,107-109). Enantiomers are separated based on the differences in the stability of the diastereomeric complexes formed between the sample, copper, and the proline selector. As a consequence, a prime requirement for separation is that the seumple must be able to form complexes with copper. Such compounds include... 

The PRISMA model was developed by Nyiredy for solvent optimization in TLC and HPLC [142,168-171]. The PRISMA model consists of three parts the selection of the chromatographic system, optimization of the selected mobile phases, and the selection of the development method. Since silica is the most widely used stationary phase in TLC, the optimization procedure always starts with this phase, although the method is equally applicable to all chemically bonded phases in the normal or reversed-phase mode. For the selection of suitable solvents the first experiments are carried out on TLC plates in unsaturated... 

Stadalius, M. A., Gold, H. S., and Snyder, L. R., Optimization model for the gradient elution separation of peptide mixtures by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Verification of retention relationships, /. Chromatogr., 296, 31, 1984. 

The isocratic reversed phase solvent system consists of water (polarity, p = 10.2), the most polar solvent in RPLC, as a primary solvent to which water-miscible organic solvents such as methanol (p = 5.1), acetonitrile (p = 5.8), or tetrahydrofuran (p = 4.0) are added. In order to optimize the speed of separation for an analyte pair, the proportions of water to nonpolar solvent are chosen such that the capacity factor of the last-eluting analyte of interest has a value of about 2.13... 

A reversed phase method (Method 3) was used for the optimization of the LANA reaction scheme (scheme 5 Figure 13). With slight modification of the mobile phase composition, it was also used for steps 1 to 3 of the LANA route (Figure 12). 

Glajch, J. L., Kirkland, J. J., Squire, K. M., and Minor, J. M., Optimization of solvent strength and selectivity for reversed-phase liquid chromatography using an interactive mixture-design statistical technique, /. Chromatogr., 199, 57, 1980. 

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