Silica liquid chromatography

Ramos, L., L.M. Hernandez, and M.-J. Gonzalez. 1999. Simultaneous separation of coplanar and chiral polychlorinated biphenyls by off-line pyrenyl-silica liquid chromatography and gas chromatography. Enantiomeric ratios of chiral congeners. Anal. Chem. 71 70-77. 

VaUano, P.T. Mazenko, R.S. Woolf, E.J. Matuszewski, B.K. Monolithic silica liquid chromatography columns for the determination of cyclooxygenase II inhibitors in human plasma, J.Chromatogr.B, 2002, 779, 249 257. [LOQ 0.5 ng/mL plasma post-column photochemical derivatization fluorescence detection SPE]... 

Table 5-1. The relationship between matrix pore size and surface area as determined by single point nitrogen adsorption for a range of organic, polystyrene, and inorganic, silica, liquid chromatography adsorbents.

In liquid-liquid chromatography the stationary phase is a liquid film coated on a packing material consisting of 3-10 pm porous silica particles. The stationary phase may be partially soluble in the mobile phase, causing it to bleed from the column... 

For most samples liquid-solid chromatography does not offer any special advantages over liquid-liquid chromatography (LLC). One exception is for the analysis of isomers, where LLC excels. Figure 12.32 shows a typical LSC separation of two amphetamines on a silica column using an 80 20 mixture of methylene chloride and methanol containing 1% NH4OH as a mobile phase. Nonpolar stationary phases, such as charcoal-based absorbents, also may be used. 

Mass-action model of surfactant micelle formation was used for development of the conceptual retention model in micellar liquid chromatography. The retention model is based upon the analysis of changing of the sorbat microenvironment in going from mobile phase (micellar surfactant solution, containing organic solvent-modifier) to stationary phase (the surfactant covered surface of the alkyl bonded silica gel) according to equation ... 

In 1972, Kirkland at E. I. du Pont de Nemours patented porous silica microspheres (PSM) specifically for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) applications (3). Prior to this development, silica particles used for chromatographic applications were simply adapted from some other use. In the 1970s, Kirkland showed that porous silica particles could be used for size-... 

SynChropak GPC supports were introduced in 1978 as the first commercial columns for high-performance liquid chromatography of proteins. SynChropak GPC columns were based on research developed by Fred Regnier and coworkers in 1976 (1,2). The first columns were only available in 10-yu,m particles with a 100-A pore diameter, but as silica technology advanced, the range of available pore diameters increased and 5-yu,m particle diameters became available. SynChropak GPC and CATSEC occasionally were prepared on larger particles on a custom basis, but generally these products have been intended for analytical applications. 

Figure 12.8 Mia ocolumn size exclusion chromatogram of a styrene-aaylonitrile copolymer sample fractions ti ansfeired to the pyrolysis system are indicated 1-6. Conditions fused-silica column (50 cm X 250 p.m i.d.) packed with Zorbax PSM-1000 (7p.m 4f) eluent, THF flow rate, 2.0 p.L/min detector, Jasco Uvidec V at 220 nm injection size, 20 nL. Reprinted from Analytical Chemistry, 61, H. J. Cortes et al, Multidimensional chromatography using on-line microcolumn liquid chromatography and pyrolysis gas chromatography for polymer characterization , pp. 961 -965, copyright 1989, with peimission from the American Chemical Society.

Figure 12.22 SFC-GC analysis of aromatic fraction of a gasoline fuel, (a) SFC trace (b) GC ttace of the aromatic cut. SFC conditions four columns (4.6 mm i.d.) in series (silica, silver-loaded silica, cation-exchange silica, amino-silica) 50 °C 2850 psi CO2 mobile phase at 2.5 niL/min FID detection. GC conditions methyl silicone column (50 m X 0.2 mm i.d.) injector split ratio, 80 1 injector temperature, 250 °C earner gas helium temperature programmed, — 50 °C (8 min) to 320 °C at a rate of 5 °C/min FID detection. Reprinted from Journal of Liquid Chromatography, 5, P. A. Peaden and M. L. Lee, Supercritical fluid chromatography methods and principles , pp. 179-221, 1987, by courtesy of Marcel Dekker Inc.

The development of bonded phases (Section 8.2) for liquid-liquid chromatography on silica-gel columns is of major importance. For example, the widely used C-18 type permits the separation of moderately polar mixtures and is used for the analysis of pharmaceuticals, drugs and pesticides. 

The reaction mixture is cooled, diluted with 100 mL of sat. aq NaCI and extracted with four 50-mL portions of Ei,0. The combined ethereal extracts are washed with 50 ml. of sat. aq NaCI, dried, filtered and concentrated to a volume of a few milliliters. 20 ntL of petroleum ether arc added to precipitate the soluble salts. The mixture is filtered through a silica gel column (petroleum ether)and purified by medium-pressure liquid chromatography yield 360 mg (65%). 

The diastereomeric /1-hydroxysulfoximines derived from prostereogenic ketones are generally separable by medium-pressure liquid chromatography (WLC) on silica gel. Subsequent desulfurization of the separated adducts affords both enantiomers of the tertiary alcohols with high optical purity58,59. 

Chiral sulfoxides with at least one sulfur-bonded aryl group have been separated by liquid chromatography into the enantiomers26. Some of the columns employed, which are commercially available, used 3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)phenylglycine bonded to silica... 

The purity of 1 and 2 is assessed by analytical gas-liquid chromatography (GC) on a Hewlett-Packard 5890 gas chromatograph equipped with a flame-ionization detector and fitted with a 50 m x 0.2 mm HP-5 fused silica glass capillary column using linear temperature programming from an initial temperature of 150°C for 5 min to a final temperature of 200°C for 10 min at a rate of 5°C/min. 

Olefins, sultones, alkanes, and alkenesulfonates may be separated by liquid chromatography on silica gel using hexane, trichloromethane-hexane, ethanol-dime thy lcarbonate, and ethanol-ammonium hydroxide as the eluents. Pueschel and Prescher [110] achieved the separation of alkene-1,4-sultone and alkene-1,3-sultone from each other and from other sulfonic acid esters in AOS by thin-layer chromatography on silica gel G with 4 1 diethylcarbonate-ligroine as the... 

A further thirty years were to pass before Kuhn and his co-workers (3) successfully repeated Tswetf s original work and separated lutein and xanthine from a plant extract. Nevertheless, despite the success of Kuhn et al and the validation of Tswett s experiments, the new technique attracted little interest and progress continued to be slow and desultory. In 1941 Martin and Synge (4) introduced liquid-liquid chromatography by supporting the stationary phase, in this case water, on silica in the form of a packed bed and used it to separate some acetyl amino acids. 

The vast majority of modem liquid chromatography systems involve the use of silica gel or a derivative of silica gel, such as a bonded phase, as a stationary phase. Thus, it would appear that most LC separations are carried out by liquid-solid chromatography. Owing to the adsorption of solvent on the surface of both silica and bonded phases, however, the physical chemical characteristics of the separation are more akin to a liquid-liquid distribution system than that of a liquid-solid system. As a consequence, although most modern stationary phases are in fact solids, solute distribution is usually treated theoretically as a liquid-liquid system. 

As a result of its unique chemical and physical properties, silica gel is probably the most important single substance involved in liquid chromatography today. Without silica gel, it is doubtful whether HPLC could have evolved at all. Silica gel is an amorphous, highly porous, partially hydrated form of silica which is a substance made from the two most abundant elements in the earth s crust, silicon and oxygen. Silica, from which silica gel is manufactured, occurs naturally, either in conjunction with metal oxides in the form of silicates, such as clay or shale, or as free silica in the form of quartz, cristobalite or tridymite crystals. Quartz is sometimes found clear and colorless, but more often in an opaque form, frequently colored... 

Although silica gel was the catalyst that partly initiated the renaissance of liquid chromatography, it was quickly found that separations based solely on polarity had severe limitations. Furthermore, the labile nature of silica gel in aqueous environments coupled with its instability to extremes of pH provoked active research to develop... 

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