Investigating Reaction Schemes for Improving Silica-Based Monomeric Bonded Stationary Phases for Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography

Investigating Reaction Schemes for Improving Silica-Based Monomeric Bonded Stationary Phases for Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography
Author: Michael David Bair
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2011
Genre: Chemistry
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ABSTRACT: Central to the advancement of reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RPLC) is to develop new synthetic strategies for manufacturing stationary phase materials. Methods to improve the efficiency, retention properties, and chemical stability of stationary phases are always being investigated. The work presented focuses on two new synthesis schemes aimed at improving monomeric silica-based stationary phases in these respects. The first study involves "pre-capping" Type-B silica. Previous work showed that monomeric stationary phases made by pre-treating the silica surface with small amounts of trimethylsilane (TMS) reagents prior to C18 silanization showed vast improvements in the chromatographic efficiency, phase loading, and retention with a maximum at approx. 5% pre-capping. It was concluded that this pre-capping step improved efficiency by selectively neutralizing the most reactive highly-acidic silanol sites, so-called silanol "hot spots," producing a more energetically-homogenous surface prior to exhaustive C18 derivatization that subsequently yielded a more evenly-distributed alkyl bonding arrangement. These previous studies were performed on Type-A silica, an older variety of silica gel material containing higher levels of metal impurities than the Type-B silica used today. It has since been argued that metallic impurities are the primary cause of silanol hot-spots, and that pre-capping Type-B silica would have little or no effect, however the experimental evidence has yet to be produced, and there exists the potential for heterogeneous silanol reactivity inherent in the amorphous silica gel regardless of purity. The purpose of the work presented here is to determine the effects of TMS pre-capping on Type-B silica as compared to the previous Type-A results, with the goal of establishing pre-capping protocol for Type-B silica and to form a better understanding of its chemistry. The current work performed on three Type-B silica substrates of various physical and chemical properties demonstrated optimal TMS pre-capping at approximately 2.5%. The results at this level show only a slight improvement in efficiency for non-polar compounds ( 25%) was observed for some drug compounds and bases under buffered conditions, with the magnitude of the improved efficiencies correlating with metal impurity content and physical parameters of the silica substrate. Pre-capping also resulted in a slight decrease in retention and hydrolytic stability due to a decrease in bonded phase density. The results lend supporting evidence that metal impurities are the primary source of highly acidic silanols, but they also suggest a means to improve efficiency of basic analytes on certain Type-B silica substrates. It was concluded that TMS pre-capping Type-B silica is best done at low levels (

The Synthesis and Characterization of Reversed Phase Stationary Phases for High Performance Liquid Chromatography

The Synthesis and Characterization of Reversed Phase Stationary Phases for High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Author: Karen Wink Barnes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1986
Genre: High performance liquid chromatography
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Reversed phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) is a widely used separation technique today. The stationary phase, composed of hydrocarbon moieties chemically bound to a silica support, is commonly prepared by refluxing the silica with a reactive silane in an appropriate solvent. Siloxane bonds, Si-O-Si, are formed. There are limitations to RPLC in that nonhomogeneous surface coverages, detrimental to efficient separations, result from the bonding process, and because the reaction is never complete due to steric restrictions. Also, silica is soluble at high pH values, and the Si-C bond binding the hydrocarbon to the silica is labile at low pH ranges. Thus, the usable pH range for silica stationary phases is 2.5 to 7.5, and often this range is too narrow to allow the separation of a mixture. The use of ultrasonic cavitation to catalyze silane bonding was investigated to dtermine whether the vigorous ultrasonic process would drive reagents into the surface pores and better distribute the hydrocar bonaceous reagent, thereby producing a more efficient stationary phase. Tandem reactions proved that ultrasonic bonding procedures are as effective as the refluxed, and that the chromatographic efficiency of the ultrasonic phases was comparable, if not superior, to the refluxed. Chromatographic tests also indicated the ultrasonic phases were comparable to commercially available phases. The reproducibility of the reactions and the effect of acoustic power and heat were also investigated. A second set of experiments investigated substitution of alumina for silica because the alumina crystalline structure remains intact over a pH range of 2 to 12. A trifunctional modification scheme generating a thick cross-linked hydrocarbon matte was used because the Al-0 bond is susceptible to hydrolysis, which strips the bound hydrocarbons, by polar RP solvents. Five aluminas were bonded and tested for chromatographic utility. Reaction conditions were optimized, and ultrasonic bonding was investigated. It was found that alumina with a sufficiently active surface is modifiable, and that the modified surface is remarkably stable for use with acidic and basic buffers and in neutral, polar solvent mixtures. The chromatographic utility of alumina phases was demonstrated and compared with the silica results.

Preparation and Characterization of Multifunctional Stationary Phases for Multimode Separations

Preparation and Characterization of Multifunctional Stationary Phases for Multimode Separations
Author: Asanka Wijekoon
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Total Pages: 274
Release: 2010
Genre: High performance liquid chromatography
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High performance liquid chromatography is a powerful analytical technique employed to separate analyte mixtures. Since biomedical sample mixtures contain a very diverse range of compounds; one chromatographic mode is usually unable to separate all components of the mixture. Therefore, there is an increasing need for faster and efficient separations with a broad range of selectivity. To attain better selectivity and efficient separation, and to improve the versatility of the chromatographic column, a new way of preparation of multifunctional stationary phases, suitable for use in multiple chromatographic separation modes, is described. The preparation of multifunctional stationary phases takes advantage of Schiff base chemistry in two different synthetic routes. The first route involves reductive coupling of amino bonded silica with aldehyde containing ligands. The coupling of aldehyde bonded silica with amine containing ligands is the other reaction route. Aldehyde terminated silica is a versatile reactive platform that enables the synthesis of a wide range of stationary phases by attaching amine containing ligands that have diverse functionality. Here the preparation of aldehyde terminated silica was achieved by bonding aldehyde silane to the silica surface. Preparation of aldehyde silane is a novel approach and a successful synthetic scheme of making acetalated aromatic aldehyde silane (AAS- Aldehyde group in the silane has been protected by acetalation) and aromatic aldehyde silane (AS) is invented. The studies confirmed that the synthesized multifunctional chromatographic stationary phases were capable of operating in ion exchange mode, reversed phase mode and hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatographic mode. The studies further concluded that those surfaces have good selectivity for the separation of small polar and charge molecules. The application of the well established Schiff base reaction allowed the incorporation 2H to the bonded phases and is utilized to study the motional dynamics of the bonded ligands in the surface at different temperatures in the presence of a broad range of solvent systems by using 2H wide line NMR spectroscopy. The investigation provides information about the motional dynamic heterogeneity of the bonded ligands, which reflects the existence of surface heterogeneity of the surface.

Advances in Chromatography, Volume 46

Advances in Chromatography, Volume 46
Author: Eli Grushka
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2007-11-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1420060260

Written by leading international experts in academia and industry, Advances in Chromatography, Volume 46 presents all new chapters with thorough reviews on the latest developments in the field. Volume 46 includes new advances in two-dimensional gas chromatography, reversed phase liquid chromatography/shape selectivity, and supercri

HPLC Columns

HPLC Columns
Author: Uwe D. Neue
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1997-07-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780471190370

An in-depth guide to HPLC column technology High-performance liquid chromatography and its derivative techniques have become the dominant analytical separation tools in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industries; environmental laboratories; and therapeutic drug monitoring. Although the column is the heart of the HPLC instrument and essential to its success, until now, no book has focused on the theory and practice of column technology. HPLC Columns provides thorough, state-of-the-art coverage of HPLC column technology for the practicing technician and academician alike. Along with a comprehensive discussion of the chemical and physical processes of the HPLC column, it includes fundamental principles, separation mechanisms and available technologies, column selection criteria, and special techniques. Special features include: * Comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art HPLC column technology * Explanation of the underlying principles of HPLC columns * Methods for selecting columns * Practical advice on using and applying columns, including examples * Section by M. Zoubair El Fallah on methods development * Special techniques, including preparative chromatography, continuous chromatography, and the simulated moving bed * Troubleshooting section HPLC Columns helps laboratory practitioners make better choices in column selection, methods development, and troubleshooting: it is also an excellent textbook for graduate-level courses and HPLC short courses.

Synthesis and Evaluation of Silica Hydride-based Fluorinated Stationary Phases

Synthesis and Evaluation of Silica Hydride-based Fluorinated Stationary Phases
Author: Kavita Vipool Prajapati
Publisher:
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2010
Genre: Amino acids
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Silica-based fluorinated bonded stationary phases have shown enhanced selectivity with altered elution orders for molecules differing in hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity in comparison with C8 and C18 reversed phase columns. Hence, two novel silica hydride-based fluorinated bonded phases have been synthesized using a hydrosilation procedure to exploit fluorine-based unique selectivity for polar basic metabolites. Bonded moieties have been characterized by elemental and spectral analyses. Silica hydride-based aqueous normal phase (ANP) chromatography has retention behavior similar to normal phase chromatography, except for the use of water as a part of the binary solvent (>60 % acetonitrile : water). In ANP, a higher percentile of nonpolar mobile phase shows increased retention for acids and bases, and nonpolar solutes can also be retained as in reversed phase chromatography (RPC). The synergistic effects of fluorinated phases' altered selectivity and aqueous normal phase retentivity have been explored for small polar metabolites using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with several detectors. Hydride-based fluorinated stationary phases showed good stability and remarkable reproducibility in retention time with %RSD

Evaluation of a Silica Hydride Based Diol Stationary Phase for High Pressue Liquid Chromatogrphy

Evaluation of a Silica Hydride Based Diol Stationary Phase for High Pressue Liquid Chromatogrphy
Author: Kathleen Talbott
Publisher:
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2016
Genre: High performance liquid chromatography
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The impact of chromatography across many scientific fields and applications is limitless. It is a vital everyday separation, characterization, and purification tool for many scientists worldwide. Innovations in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) stationary phases have led to more diverse separations essential to many fields including the pharmaceutical industry and research. Silica hydride based stationary phases have been shown to display both reverse phase (RP) and aqueous normal phase (ANP) chromatographic behavior. This is a result of both the silica hydride surface and the bonded phase. The goal of this work was to characterize silica hydride based diol stationary phases for HPLC. A wide range of compounds with varying polarities were analyzed. Retention was observed under ANP and RP conditions. Two representative silica hydride based diol stationary phases were compared to demonstrate the effect that the length of the bonded phase has on the separation capabilities of the column. The diol bonded phase with a longer carbon chain retained analytes with more hydrophobic (or non-polar) characteristics longer than analytes with more hydrophilic properties. As part of a larger study the effect of buffer concentration on the ANP retention of model compounds was investigated. Retention dramatically decreased when the concentration of some buffers was increased. This trend is opposite of what has been observed in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILLIC), indicating a clear distinction in the retention mecahism for HILLIC and ANP.