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Liu Q, Zhou K, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Chen W, Tang S. Exploring the potential applications of amphiphilic carbon dots based nanocomposite hydrogel in liquid chromatographic separations. Anal Chim Acta 2024; 1299:342445. [PMID: 38499423 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2024.342445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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BACKGROUND Due to their excellent stability, low toxicity, flexible modification and adjustable functionality, carbon dots (CDs) have a promising application prospect in the field of chromatographic stationary phases. Hydrogels are new functional polymer materials with three-dimensional network structure that have excellent hydrophilicity, high porosity and unique mechanical properties, which are also good candidate materials for liquid chromatography. Nevertheless, a review of the literature reveals that CDs based nanocomposite hydrogels have not yet been reported as HPLC stationary phases. RESULTS In this work, amphiphilic CDs with multiple functional groups and polyacrylic acid hydrogel were grafted to the surface of silica gel by an in-situ polymerization method, and a CDs/polyacrylic acid nanocomposite hydrogel stationary phase (CDs/hydrogel@SiO2) was prepared. CDs act as the macroscopic cross-linking agents to form a cross-linked network with polyacrylic acid chains through physical cross-linking by hydrogen bonding and chemical cross-linking by amidation and esterification reactions, which not only improve the swelling property of the hydrogel but also increase its stability. Additionally, the introduction of CDs with multifunctional groups modulates the hydrophilic-hydrophobic balance of the hydrogel that also imparts good hydrophobicity to the composite hydrogel. Through the study of retention mechanism and influencing factors, it is certificate that the CDs/hydrogel@SiO2 has mixed-mode chromatographic performance. Furthermore, the CDs/hydrogel@SiO2 column shows great potential for the determination of organic contaminants in environmental water samples. SIGNIFICANCE This work confirms the potential application of CDs/hydrogel composite for the separation of various samples and provides the possibility of developing CDs based nanocomposite hydrogel in the field of liquid chromatography. Introducing CDs into hydrogel can open up a new way for nanocomposite hydrogels to be used in HPLC, which expands the advance of hydrogel and CDs in separation field.
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- Qiaoling Liu
- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Linyi University, Shuangling Road, Linyi 276000, Shandong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China.
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Helali Y, Delporte C. Updates of the current strategies of labeling for N-glycan analysis. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2024; 1237:124068. [PMID: 38484674 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2024.124068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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This mini review summarizes the current methods used for screening N-glycosylation of glycoproteins, with a specific focus on therapeutic proteins and on techniques involving the release of N-glycans. With the continuous development of biopharmaceuticals, particularly monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), which are N-glycosylated proteins, monitoring has gained importance in recent decades. Glycosylation of therapeutic glycoproteins is considered a critical quality attribute because it can impact the efficacy and safety of these therapeutic drugs. The protocols and instrumentation have evolved with the advancement of technologies. Nowadays, methods are becoming increasingly robust, rapid, and sensitive. For the release of N-glycans, the most commonly used method is enzymatic release using PNGase F. The latter is discussed in light of the advent of rapid release that is now possible. The strategy for separating N-glycans using either liquid chromatography (LC) with hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) chemistry or capillary electrophoresis will be discussed. The selection of the labeling agent is a crucial step in sample preparation for the analysis of released N-glycans. This review also discusses labeling agents that are compatible with and dependent on the separation and detection techniques employed. The emergence of multiplex labeling agents is also summarized. The latter enables the analysis of multiple samples in a single run, but it requires MS analysis.
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- Yosra Helali
- RD3-Pharmacognosis, Bioanalysis and Drug Discovery Unit & Analytical Platform of the Faculty of Pharmacy (APFP), Faculty of Pharmacy, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- RD3-Pharmacognosis, Bioanalysis and Drug Discovery Unit & Analytical Platform of the Faculty of Pharmacy (APFP), Faculty of Pharmacy, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
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McCalley DV. Practical examination of flow rate effects and influence of the stationary phase water layer on peak shape and retention in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2024; 1715:464608. [PMID: 38194863 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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The effect of flow velocity on retention and peak shape of neutral, acidic and basic probe compounds was studied using seven different UHPLC hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) columns. Surprisingly on some columns, the retention factor k was found to vary somewhat with flow velocity, due to the combined effects of pressure and of frictional heating on retention. The selectivity of different HILIC columns was much greater than typically found with RP columns. The volume of the water layer on the HILIC columns was measured using the toluene exclusion procedure. For the neutral solute uridine, a good correlation was found between the volume of the water layer and retention, indicating the likely domination of a partition mechanism. For the ionogenic solutes, the correlation was generally poor, due to the presence of strong additional mechanisms such as ionic retention and repulsion. Reduced Van Deemter plots for uridine showed a negative correlation between the reduced b coefficient and the volume of the water layer, which can be attributed to reduced surface diffusion in this viscous layer. Once again, the behaviour of ionic solutes was complex on some columns making detailed interpretation difficult.
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- David V McCalley
- Centre for Research in Biosciences, University of the West of England, Frenchay, Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland BS16 1QY, UK.
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Redón L, Subirats X, Chapel S, Januarius T, Broeckhoven K, Rosés M, Cabooter D, Desmet G. Comprehensive analysis of the effective and intra-particle diffusion of weakly retained compounds in silica hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography columns. J Chromatogr A 2024; 1713:464529. [PMID: 38029660 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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A detailed analysis of intra-particle volumes and layer thicknesses and their effect on the diffusion of solutes in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) was made. Pycnometric measurements and the retention volume of deuterated mobile phase constituents (water and acetonitrile) were used to estimate the void volume inside the column, including not only the volume of the mobile phase but also part of the enriched water solvent acting as the stationary phase in HILIC. The mobile phase (hold-up) volume accessible to non-retained components was estimated using a homologous series approach. The joint analysis of the different approaches indicated the formation of enriched water layers on the hydrophobic silica mesopore walls with a thickness varying significantly with mobile phase composition. The maximal thickness of the enriched water layers, which corresponded to the minimum void volume accessible to unretained solutes, marked a transition in the retention behavior of the studied analytes. Discrepancies between deuterated solvent measurements and pycnometry were explained by the existence of an irreplaceable water layer adsorbed on the silica surface. Regarding the diffusion behavior in HILIC, peak parking experiments were used to interpret the influence of the acetonitrile content on the effective diffusion coefficient Deff. A systematic decrease in Deff and molecular diffusion Dm was observed with decreasing acetonitrile concentration, primarily attributed to variations in mobile phase viscosity. Notably, Deff/Dm remained nearly unaffected by variations in mobile phase composition. Finally, the effective medium theory was used to make a comprehensive analysis of Dpart/Dm to study the contribution to band broadening when the solute resides in the mesopores. The obtained data unveiled a curvature with a minimum corresponding to conditions of maximum water-layer thickness and retention. For the weakly retained compounds (k' < 0.5) the Dpart/Dm-values were found to be relatively high (order of 0.35-0.5), which directly reflects the high γsDs/Dm-values that were observed (order 0.35-7).
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- Lídia Redón
- Institute of Biomedicine (IBUB) and Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institute of Biomedicine (IBUB) and Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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- Institute of Biomedicine (IBUB) and Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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Ianni F, Carotti A, Protti M, Favilli A, Gerli S, Furlanetto S, Mercolini L, Sardella R. Chiral high-performance liquid chromatography analysis of mono-, di-, and triacylglycerols with amylose- and cellulose-phenylcarbamate-based stationary phases. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2023; 236:115720. [PMID: 37729743 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2023.115720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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The ever-increasing technological advancement in the (ultra)high-performance liquid chromatography tandem (high-resolution) mass spectrometry platforms have largely contributed to steeply intensify the interest towards lipidomics research. However, mass spectrometers alone are unable to distinguish between enantiomers. This obstacle is especially evident in the case of glycerolipids analysis due the prochiral nature of glycerol. Until a couple of decades ago, the stereoselective analysis of triacylglycerols (TAGs) was performed on the end products generated either from their enzymatic or chemical hydrolysis, namely on mono- or diacyl-sn-glycerols (MAGs and DAGs, respectively). These were then mostly analyzed with Pirkle-type chiral stationary phases (CSPs) after dedicated multi-step derivatization procedures. One of the most significant drawbacks of these traditional methods for enantioselective TAGs analysis (actually of the produced MAGs and DAGs, often investigated as target species per se) was the difficulty to totally abolish the migration of fatty acyls between glycerol positions. This made difficult to control and keep unaltered the stereochemistry of the original molecules. Over the last two decades, it has been widely demonstrated that the enantioselective analysis of intact TAGs as well as of non-derivatized MAGs and DAGs can be efficiently obtained using polysaccharide-based CSPs incorporating either amylose- or cellulose-phenylcarbamate derivatives chiral selectors. In this paper, the enantioselective methods developed with these CSPs for the enantioselective direct LC analysis of MAGs, DAGs and TAGs embedding different types of fatty acid residues are comprehensively reviewed.
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- Federica Ianni
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via Fabretti 48, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via Fabretti 48, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Piazzale Gambuli 1, 06132 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Piazzale Gambuli 1, 06132 Perugia, Italy; Center for Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine, University of Perugia, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, 06132 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "U. Schiff", University of Florence, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via Fabretti 48, 06123 Perugia, Italy; Center for Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine, University of Perugia, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, 06132 Perugia, Italy.
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Steinhoff A, Höltzel A, Tallarek U. The Solvation Shell of Small Solutes in Aqueous-Organic Solvent Mixtures and Its Implications for Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:10052-10066. [PMID: 37943096 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c05492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) operates with water-organic solvent (W-OS) mobile phases where preferential solvation (PS) of solutes is likely. To investigate the relevance of the solute solvation shell in the mobile phase for RPLC retention, we combine data from molecular dynamics simulations of small, neutral solutes (six analytes and two dead time markers) in W-methanol (MeOH) and W-acetonitrile (ACN) mixtures with corresponding retention data obtained on an RPLC column over a wide range of W/OS ratios. Data derived from Kirkwood-Buff integrals show PS by the OS for analytes vs low or negative PS for dead time markers. W-ACN mixtures generate a higher amount of PS than W-MeOH mixtures, which contributes to the higher eluent strength of ACN in RPLC. Difference spatial distribution functions reveal anisotropic solvation shells with OS excess at hydrocarbon elements and W excess at functional groups, predicting that retention by the hydrophobic stationary phase is favored by hydrocarbon elements and limited by functional groups. Analysis of solute-solvent hydrogen bonds pinpoints the hydrogen-bond requirements toward W as the retention-limiting factor. The relation between the solute solvation shell and retention confirms the importance of W-OS and solute-W hydrogen bonding for RPLC retention.
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- Andreas Steinhoff
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, Marburg 35032, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, Marburg 35032, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, Marburg 35032, Germany
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Guo Y, Baran D. Hydrophilic Partitioning or Surface Adsorption? A Quantitative Assessment of Retention Mechanisms for Hydrophilic Interaction Chromatography (HILIC). Molecules 2023; 28:6459. [PMID: 37764235 PMCID: PMC10535837 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28186459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Retention mechanisms in HILIC have been investigated and reported in literature. However, the current understanding of retention mechanisms is qualitative and lacks quantitative details. Previously, mechanism elucidation was based on indirect evidence, and unambiguous assignment of retention mechanisms has not been reported based on direct data. This study aims to quantitatively determine the contributions of two major retention mechanisms in HILIC, hydrophilic partitioning and surface adsorption to the overall retention of neutral compounds. Using the methodologies we developed previously, the phase ratio for adsorbed water layer and distribution coefficients were measured and used to calculate the retention factors contributed by hydrophilic partitioning. The methodology allows the determination of the contribution of surface adsorption simultaneously. The evaluation of five test compounds demonstrates that the retention may be controlled by hydrophilic partitioning, surface adsorption or both depending on compound characteristics. Quantitative assessment of retention mechanisms also makes it possible to better understand the effect of acetonitrile on retention in HILIC.
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- Yong Guo
- School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham Park, NJ 07932, USA
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Otis J, Hofmann J, Schmidt T, Buttersack C, Gläser R. Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography with methanol-water eluent on a zeolite. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1267:341323. [PMID: 37257962 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.341323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) works with organic solvent-water mixtures as eluent and is based on the formation of a water enriched liquid phase on the surface of a hydrophilic stationary phase. Hydrophilic solutes are retained on that stagnant water-rich film depending on the difference of solvation compared to the mobile phase composition. However, the enhancement of selectivity by increasing the fraction of organic cosolvent is coupled with a limitation the analyte solubility, and the improvement of the HILIC principle by new hydrophilic stationary phases is the remaining option. RESULTS Y-zeolite (faujasite, FAU type) in the Na+-form with an average particle diameter of 5 μm was used as packing material in a 125 mm long HPLC column. The chromatographic response of the column was tested in methanol-water mixtures as eluent after injection of several aliphatic alcohols, polyols and monosaccharides with eluent conditions where no separation occurs on diol functionalized silica. On the zeolite the retention time increases according to ethylene glycol < glycerol < erythritol < sorbitol < inositol. The separation principle is explained to be superposed by two effects: firstly, a partition equilibrium between the water-rich phase in the zeolite micropores exists, and secondly, selective interactions with the inner crystalline pore surface and fixed-position Na+ ions, both serving to enhance the selectivity. Furthermore, arabinose and fructose monosaccharides could be separated into their tautomeric forms. Only upon increasing the temperature from 20 to 60 °C the tautomeric pattern merges into a single peak. SIGNIFICANCE AND NOVELTY Instead of the stagnant water rich surface layer, zeolite micropores now take over that function. As a result, the selectivity among polyols and between α/β-arabinopyranose and β-fructopyranose/β-fructofuranose tautomers is extraordinary superior towards conventional hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC).
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- James Otis
- University of Toronto, Department of Biochemistry, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ONM5G 0A4, Canada
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- Institut für Nichtklassische Chemie e.V, Permoser Str. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- VDS Optilab Chromatographie Technik GmbH, Wiesenweg 11a, 10365, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemical Technology, Leipzig University, Linnéstr. 3, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
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- Institute of Chemical Technology, Leipzig University, Linnéstr. 3, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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Wang F, Yang F, Liu J, Bai Q. Studies on the retention mechanism of solutes in hydrophilic interaction chromatography using stoichiometric displacement theory II. HILIC/RPLC dual-retention mechanism of solutes in hydrophilic interaction chromatography over the entire range of water concentration in mobile phase. Talanta 2023; 265:124858. [PMID: 37385194 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2023] [Revised: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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This paper is a continuation of research into the retention behavior and mechanism of solutes in hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) using stoichiometric displacement theory (SDT). A HILIC/reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) dual-retention mechanism was studied in detail using a β-CD HILIC column. The retention behaviors of three groups of solutes with varying polarities were studied over the entire range of water concentrations in the mobile phase on the β-CD column, resulting in the formation of "U-shape" curves when lgk' was plotted against lg[H2O]. Additionally, the effect of hydrophobic distribution coefficient lgPO/W on the retention behaviors of solutes in HILIC and RPLC modes was also examined. A four-parameter equation derived from the SDT-R was found to accurately describe the "U-shaped" curves of solutes with RPLC/HILIC dual-retention mechanisms on β-CD column. The theoretical lgk' values of solutes calculated using the equation were found to be in agreement with their experimental values, with correlation coefficients greater than 0.99. This indicates that the four-parameter equation derived from SDT-R can effectively describe the retention behaviors of solutes over the entire range of water concentrations in the mobile phase in HILIC. As such, SDT can be used as a theoretical guide for the development of HILIC, including the exploration of new dual-function stationary phases to enhance separation efficiency.
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- Fei Wang
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Institute of Modern Separation Science, Key Lab of Modern Separation Science in Shaanxi Province, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China; Institute for Hygiene of Ordnance Industry, Xi' an, 710065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Institute of Modern Separation Science, Key Lab of Modern Separation Science in Shaanxi Province, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Institute of Modern Separation Science, Key Lab of Modern Separation Science in Shaanxi Province, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Institute of Modern Separation Science, Key Lab of Modern Separation Science in Shaanxi Province, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
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Retention and mass transfer properties of the series of unbonded, amide-bonded, and alkylsulfobetaine-bonded ethylene bridged hybrid hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography columns. J Chromatogr A 2023; 1692:463828. [PMID: 36804802 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.463828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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This work investigates the link between the retentivity and the stationary phase to mobile phase mass transfer resistance of hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) columns packed with the same base ethylene-bridged hybrid particles (BEH). The retention volumes, the plate heights, and the volume of the adsorbed water layer were measured for the ACQUITYTM UPLCTM BEHTM 130 Å HILIC Column (unbonded BEH), ACQUITY UPLC BEH 130 Å Amide Column (amide group attached), and AtlantisTM Premier BEH 95 Å Z-HILIC (zwitterionic group attached) Column. The method of Guo (toluene retention volumes in pure acetonitrile and in the HILIC eluent) was validated from the UNIFAC group-contribution method and applied to measure accurately the water layer volumes in these columns. A strong correlation was found between the retention volumes of most neutral polar analytes and the volume of the water layer adsorbed in the HILIC column. The fraction of the pore volume occupied by the water layer increases significantly from the BEH HILIC Column to the BEH Amide Column, and to the BEH Z-HILIC Column. This is explained by the water solvation of the attached ligands in the pore volume of the BEH Particles and to the smaller average mesopore size of the BEH Z-HILIC Particles. A second and strong correlation is also observed between the water content in the HILIC particle and the stationary phase to mobile phase mass transfer resistance of the HILIC columns at high mobile phase linear velocities. The measured intra-particle diffusivity normalized to the bulk diffusion coefficient decreased from 0.33 (BEH HILIC Column) to 0.10 (BEH Amide Column) and to only 0.03 (BEH Z-HILIC Column) for comparable retention of cytosine. These results are fully consistent with the higher viscosity of the internal eluent (higher water content) and higher internal obstruction for diffusion (smaller mesopores and internal porosity) in the BEH Z-HILIC Particles. Still, in gradient elution mode, the peak capacity was found to be 18% higher for the BEH Z-HILIC Column than that on the BEH Amide Column because the retention factors at elution were smaller when maintaining the same analysis time and starting eluent composition.
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Evaluation of Hold-Up Volume Determination Methods and Markers in Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28031372. [PMID: 36771038 PMCID: PMC9920175 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Common methods for hold-up time and volume determination in Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography (RPLC) have been tested for Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography (HILIC). A zwitterionic ZIC-HILIC column has been used for the testing. The pycnometric determination method, based on differences in column weight when filled with water or organic solvent, provides the overall volume of solvent inside the column. This includes the volume of eluent semi-sorbed on the packing of the column, which acts as the main stationary phase. The homologous series approach, based on the retention behavior of homologues in relation to their molecular volume, allows the determination of accurate hold-up volumes. However, the application of this method is time-consuming. In some cases, large neutral markers with poor dipolarity/polarizability and hydrogen bonding interactions can be used as hold-up volume markers. This is the case of dodecylbenzene and nonadecane-2-one in clearly HILIC behaving chromatographic systems, the use of decanophenone as a marker can be even extended to the boundary between HILIC and RPLC. The elution volume of the marker remains nearly unaffected by the concentration of ammonium acetate in the mobile phase up to 20 mM. The injection of pure solvents to produce minor base-line disturbance as hold-up markers is strongly discouraged, since solvent peaks are complex to interpret and depend on the ionic strength of the eluent.
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Toussaint B, Immame Hassane Beck T, Surget E, Boudy V, Jaccoulet E. Exploration of the effects of chloride ions on the analysis of polar compounds at low concentrations by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled to a charged aerosol detector: Application to tromethamine. J Sep Sci 2023; 46:e2200766. [PMID: 36621867 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202200766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Revised: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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In this study, we discuss the origin of the slightly increased response of the charged aerosol detector when low-concentration polar drugs formulated with sodium chloride are analyzed by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled to the charged aerosol detector. In the case of tromethamine mixed with saline solutions, we investigated several levels including the mobile phase, sample matrix, and detection. We show that the analysis of the rich-salted sample results in both interactions with the mobile phase modifiers and the stationary phase during the run time. With 150 mM NaCl as a compounding solution, a slight increase in the tromethamine peak area was observed (<5.5%). Our study suggests that chloride ions in excess sequentially interact firstly with the counterions from the organic modifiers and secondly with the analyte via the stationary phase and the contribution of hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography retention mechanisms. Because of these effects, the hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-charged aerosol detector analysis of drugs in saline solutions requires particular attention, and a correction factor for quantitative purposes that accounts for formulation ions remains appropriate.
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- Balthazar Toussaint
- Département recherche et développement pharmaceutique, Etablissement pharmaceutique, Agence générale des équipements et produits de santé, AP-HP, Paris, France.,Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INSERM, UTCBS, Unité de Technologies Chimiques et Biologiques pour la santé, Faculté de Pharmacie, F-75006, Paris, France
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- Département recherche et développement pharmaceutique, Etablissement pharmaceutique, Agence générale des équipements et produits de santé, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Département recherche et développement pharmaceutique, Etablissement pharmaceutique, Agence générale des équipements et produits de santé, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Département recherche et développement pharmaceutique, Etablissement pharmaceutique, Agence générale des équipements et produits de santé, AP-HP, Paris, France.,Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INSERM, UTCBS, Unité de Technologies Chimiques et Biologiques pour la santé, Faculté de Pharmacie, F-75006, Paris, France
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- Département recherche et développement pharmaceutique, Etablissement pharmaceutique, Agence générale des équipements et produits de santé, AP-HP, Paris, France
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Prediction of surface excess adsorption and retention factors in reversed-phase liquid chromatography from molecular dynamics simulations. J Chromatogr A 2022; 1685:463627. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.463627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Wu C, Shi S, Hou C, Luo Y, Byers S, Ma J. Design and Preparation of Novel Nitro-Oxide-Grafted Nanospheres with Enhanced Hydrogen Bonding Interaction for O-GlcNAc Analysis. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:47482-47490. [PMID: 36240223 PMCID: PMC9938961 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c15039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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As an essential modification, O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) modulates the functions of many proteins. However, site-specific characterization of O-GlcNAcylated proteins remains challenging. Herein, an innovative material grafted with nitro-oxide (N→O) groups was designed for high affinity enrichment for O-GlcNAc peptides from native proteins. By testing with synthetic O-GlcNAc peptides and standard proteins, the synthesized material exhibited high affinity and selectivity. Based on the material prepared, we developed a workflow for site-specific analysis of O-GlcNAcylated proteins in complex samples. We performed O-GlcNAc proteomics with the PANC-1 cell line, a representative model for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. In total 364 O-GlcNAc peptides from 267 proteins were identified from PANC-1 cells. Among them, 183 proteins were newly found to be O-GlcNAcylated in humans (with 197 O-GlcNAc sites newly reported). The materials and methods can be facilely applied for site-specific O-GlcNAc proteomics in other complex samples.
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- Ci Wu
- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC 20007, USA
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- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA 19716, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC 20007, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC 20007, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC 20007, USA
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Kellouai W, Judeinstein P, Plazanet M, Baudoin S, Drobek M, Julbe A, Coasne B. Gas Adsorption in Zeolite and Thin Zeolite Layers: Molecular Simulation, Experiment, and Adsorption Potential Theory. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:5428-5438. [PMID: 35486814 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Molecular simulations and experiments are used to investigate methane adsorption in bulk and thin layers of MFI zeolite (silicalite-1). After comparing the theoretical adsorption data obtained using Grand Canonical Monte Carlo simulations for bulk MFI at various temperatures against experiments, zeolite layers with different crystalline orientations and levels of surface flexibility are considered. The data obtained for such prototypical systems allow us to rationalize both the qualitative and quantitative impact of external surface in nanoporous solids. In particular, due to strong confinement in zeolite pores, methane is found to adsorb at low pressures in the core of the zeolite while external surface adsorption occurs at pressures where the internal porosity of zeolite is saturated. Using Polanyi's adsorption potential theory, which is derived here from Hill's general scheme for adsorption, we provide a simple thermodynamic formalism to predict consistently adsorption both in the internal porosity and at the external surface of nanoporous solids. While this seminal theory has been already applied for gases in nanoporous solids, its extension to describe both surface and volume adsorption is important to provide a general rational framework for fluid adsorption in finely divided materials. We also discuss the applicability of this formalism for gas adsorption data under supercritical conditions.
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- Wanda Kellouai
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institut Laue Langevin, 71 Av. des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institut Européen des Membranes, CNRS, ENSCM, Univ Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Institut Européen des Membranes, CNRS, ENSCM, Univ Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Gilar M, Berthelette K, Walter TH. Contribution of ionic interactions to stationary phase selectivity in hydrophilic interaction chromatography. J Sep Sci 2022; 45:3264-3275. [PMID: 35347885 PMCID: PMC9545918 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202200165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We compared the separation selectivities of 19 different hydrophilic interaction chromatography columns. The stationary phases included underivatized silica and hybrid particles, cyano‐bonded silica, materials with neutral ligands such as amide, diol, pentahydroxy, and urea, zwitterionic sorbents, and mixed‐mode materials with amine functionalities. A set of 77 small molecules was used to evaluate the columns. We visualized the retention behavior of the different columns using retention time correlation plots. The analytes were classified as cations, anions, or neutral based on their estimated charge under the separation conditions. This involved adjusting the dissociation constants of the analytes for the acetonitrile content of the mobile phase and experimentally determining the pH of the mobile phase containing 70% acetonitrile. The retention correlation plots show that the selectivity differences strongly depended on ionic interactions. Comparisons of the neutral stationary phases (e.g., diol vs. amide) showed more similar selectivity than did comparisons of neutral columns versus columns with cation or anion exchange activity (bare silica or amine columns, respectively). The zwitterionic columns did not behave as perfectly neutral. The correlation plots indicated that they exhibited either cation or anion exchange activity, although to a lesser degree than the silica and amine‐containing stationary phases.
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- Martin Gilar
- Waters Corporation 34 Maple St. Milford MA 01757 USA
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Kraus H, Hansen N. An atomistic view on the uptake of aromatic compounds by cyclodextrin immobilized on mesoporous silica. ADSORPTION 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10450-022-00356-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AbstractThe effect of immobilized $$\upbeta$$
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-cyclodextrin (bCD) molecules inside a mesoporous silica support on the uptake of benzene and p-nitrophenol from aqueous solution was investigated using all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The calculated adsorption isotherms are discussed with respect to the free energies of binding for a 1:1 complex of bCD and the aromatic guest molecule. The adsorption capacity of the bCD-containing material significantly exceeds the amount corresponding to a 1:1 binding scenario, in agreement with experimental observations. Beside the formation of 1:2 and, to a lesser extent, 1:3 host:guest complexes, also host–host interactions on the surface as well as more unspecific host–guest interactions govern the adsorption process. The demonstrated feasibility of classical all-atom MD simulations to calculate liquid phase adsorption isotherms paves the way to a molecular interpretation of experimental data that are too complex to be described by empirical models.
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Wernert V, Nguyen KL, Levitz P, Coasne B, Denoyel R. Impact of surface diffusion on transport through porous materials. J Chromatogr A 2022; 1665:462823. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.462823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Dembek M, Bocian S, Buszewski B. Solvent Influence on Zeta Potential of Stationary Phase-Mobile Phase Interface. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27030968. [PMID: 35164234 PMCID: PMC8839144 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27030968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Zeta potential is a surface characteristic formed on the solid surface and liquid interface. It is an interesting way to describe the surface properties of materials; thus, a series of four homemade polar embedded stationary phases that contain phosphate groups incorporated into hydrophobic ligands were investigated according to surface zeta potential. Measurements were carried out using Zetasizer Nano ZS for the stationary phases suspensions prepared in various solvent and solvent binary mixtures. The negative zeta potential values were obtained for most cases due to negatively charged residual silanols and phosphate groups. However, in some solvents: tetrahydrofuran, isopropanol, and toluene zeta potential are positive. Additionally, it was observed that the zeta potential seems to be independent of the type of silica gel used for the stationary phase synthesis.
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- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-56-611-4308; Fax: +48-56-611-4837
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Guo Y. A Survey of Polar Stationary Phases for Hydrophilic Interaction Chromatography and Recent Progress in Understanding Retention and Selectivity. Biomed Chromatogr 2022; 36:e5332. [PMID: 35001408 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.5332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Various polar stationary phases have become available for hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) and help drive continuous applications in biomedical, environmental and pharmaceutical areas in the past decade. Although the stationary phases for HILIC have been reviewed previously, it is an appropriate time to take another look at the progresses during the past five years. The current review provides an overview of the polar stationary phases commercially available for HILIC applications in an effort to assist scientists in selecting suitable columns. New types of stationary phase that were published in literature in the past five years are summarized and discussed. The trend in stationary phase research and development is also highlighted. Of particular interest is the experimental evidence for direct interactions of polar analytes with the ligands of the stationary phases under HILIC conditions. In addition, two different approaches have been developed to delineate the relative significance of the partitioning and adsorption mechanisms in HILIC, representing an important advancement in our understanding of the retention mechanisms in HILIC.
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- Yong Guo
- School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey, USA
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Bo C, Li Y, Liu B, Jia Z, Dai X, Gong B. Grafting copolymer brushes on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes silsesquioxane-decorated silica stationary phase for hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2021; 1659:462627. [PMID: 34700183 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A strategy is proposed to develop a stationary phase for hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) using the synergistic effect of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) and copolymer brushes. Octahedral octa-aminopropylsisesquioxane (8NH2-POSS) was first bound to silica gel, followed by bromination to form a cubic initiator. Then, using acrylamide (AM) and dihydroxypropyl methacrylate (DPMA) as mixed monomers, surface initiated-atom transfer radical polymerization was conducted to prepare a stationary phase comprising cubic copolymer brushes with amide and diol groups. The characterization of the stationary phase confirmed the successful synthesis of Sil-NH2-POSS/Poly(AM-co-DPMA). The chromatographic properties were investigated using nucleosides, organic acids and β-agonists to find that our designed column has superior hydrophilic property, better separation performance compared with classical HILIC columns consisting of diol- or amino-modified silica. The systematic investigation of the retention mechanism and separation selectivity using various types of polar compounds revealed that Sil-NH2-POSS/Poly(AM-co-DPMA) follows a mixed-mode retention composed of HILIC and electrostatic interactions. Besides, it exhibits good column efficiency and stability. The role of 8NH2-POSS in the separation was evaluated by comparing the performance of Sil-NH2-POSS/Poly(AM-co-DPMA) and poly(AM-co-DPMA)-modified silica without 8NH2-POSS. In conclusion, our designed based on POSS and hydrophilic copolymer brushes can contribute to the development of HILIC separation materials with enhanced performance.
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- Chunmiao Bo
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, North Minzu University, No. 204 Wenchang North Street, Xixia District, Yinchuan 750021, China; Ningxia Key Laboratory of Solar Chemical Conversion Technology, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, 750021,China; Key Laboratory for Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, North Minzu University, No. 204 Wenchang North Street, Xixia District, Yinchuan 750021, China; Ningxia Key Laboratory of Solar Chemical Conversion Technology, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, 750021,China; Key Laboratory for Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, North Minzu University, No. 204 Wenchang North Street, Xixia District, Yinchuan 750021, China; Ningxia Key Laboratory of Solar Chemical Conversion Technology, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, 750021,China; Key Laboratory for Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, North Minzu University, No. 204 Wenchang North Street, Xixia District, Yinchuan 750021, China; Ningxia Key Laboratory of Solar Chemical Conversion Technology, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, 750021,China; Key Laboratory for Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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Volume and composition of semi-adsorbed stationary phases in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography. Comparison of water adsorption in common stationary phases and eluents. J Chromatogr A 2021; 1656:462543. [PMID: 34571282 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Pycnometric and homologous series retention methods are used to determine the volume and mean composition of the water-rich layers partially adsorbed on the surface of several hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) column fillings with acetonitrile-water and methanol-water as eluents. The findings obtained in this work confirm earlier studies using direct methods for measuring the stationary phase water content performed by Jandera's and Irgum's research groups. Water is preferentially adsorbed on the surface of the HILIC bonded phase in hydroorganic eluents containing more than 40% acetonitrile or 70% methanol, and a gradient of several water-rich transition layers between the polar bonded phase and the poorly polar bulk mobile phase is formed. These layers of reduced mobility act as HILIC stationary phases, retaining polar solutes. The volume of these layers and concentration of adsorbed water is much larger for acetonitrile-water than for methanol-water mobile phases. In hydroorganic eluents with less than 20-30% acetonitrile or 40% methanol the amount of preferentially adsorbed water is very small, and the observed retention behavior is close to the one in reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC). In eluents with intermediate acetonitrile-water or methanol-water compositions a mixed HILIC-RPLC behavior is presented. Comparison of several HILIC columns shows that the highest water enrichment in the HILIC retention region for acetonitrile-water mobile phases is observed for zwitterionic and aminopropyl bonded phases, followed in minor grade for diol and polyvinyl alcohol functionalizations. Pentafluorophenyl bonded phase, usually considered a HILIC column, does not show significant water adsorption, nor HILIC retention.
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Trebel N, Höltzel A, Lutz JK, Tallarek U. Consequences of Cylindrical Pore Geometry for Interfacial Phenomena in Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:11320-11336. [PMID: 34610741 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c06732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The interfacial phenomena behind analyte separation in a reversed-phase liquid chromatography column take place nearly exclusively inside the silica mesopores. Their cylindrical geometry can be expected to shape the properties of the chromatographic interface with consequences for the analyte density distribution and diffusivity. To investigate this topic through molecular dynamics simulations, we introduce a cylindrical pore inside a slit pore configuration, where the inner curved and outer planar silica surface bear the same bonded phase. The present model replicates an average-sized (9 nm) mesopore in an endcapped C18 column equilibrated with a mobile phase of 70/30 (v/v) water/acetonitrile. Simulations performed for ethylbenzene and acetophenone show that the surface curvature shifts the bonded phase and analyte density toward the pore center, decreases the solvent density in the bonded-phase region, increases the acetonitrile excess in the interfacial region, and considerably enhances the surface diffusivity of both analytes. Overall, the cylindrical pore provides a more hydrophobic environment than the slit pore. Ethylbenzene density is decidedly increased in the cylindrical pore, whereas acetophenone density is nearly equally distributed between the cylindrical and slit pore. The cylindrical pore geometry thus sharpens the discrimination between the apolar and moderately polar analytes while enhancing the mass transport of both.
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- Nicole Trebel
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Gritti F. Perspective on the Future Approaches to Predict Retention in Liquid Chromatography. Anal Chem 2021; 93:5653-5664. [PMID: 33797872 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c05078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The demand for rapid column screening, computer-assisted method development and method transfer, and unambiguous compound identification by LC/MS analyses has pushed analysts to adopt experimental protocols and software for the accurate prediction of the retention time in liquid chromatography (LC). This Perspective discusses the classical approaches used to predict retention times in LC over the last three decades and proposes future requirements to increase their accuracy. First, inverse methods for retention prediction are essentially applied during screening and gradient method optimization: a minimum number of experiments or design of experiments (DoE) is run to train and calibrate a model (either purely statistical or based on the principles and fundamentals of liquid chromatography) by a mere fitting process. They do not require the accurate knowledge of the true column hold-up volume V0, system dwell volume Vdwell (in gradient elution), and the retention behavior (k versus the content of strong solvent φ, temperature T, pH, and ionic strength I) of the analytes. Their relative accuracy is often excellent below a few percent. Statistical methods are expected to be the most attractive to handle very complex retention behavior such as in mixed-mode chromatography (MMC). Fundamentally correct retention models accounting for the simultaneous impact of φ, I, pH, and T in MMC are needed for method development based on chromatography principles. Second, direct methods for retention prediction are ideally suited for accurate method transfer from one column/system configuration to another: these quality by design (QbD) methods are based on the fundamentals and principles of solid-liquid adsorption and gradient chromatography. No model calibration is necessary; however, they require universal conventions for the accurate determination of true retention factors (for 1 < k < 30) as a function of the experimental variables (φ, T, pH, and I) and of the true column/system parameters (V0, Vdwell, dispersion volume, σ, and relaxation volume, τ, of the programmed gradient profile at the column inlet and gradient distortion at the column outlet). Finally, when the molecular structure of the analytes is either known or assumed, retention prediction has essentially been made on the basis of statistical approaches such as the linear solvation energy relationships (LSERs) and the quantitative structure retention relationships (QSRRs): their ability to accurately predict the retention remains limited within 10-30%. They have been combined with molecular similarity approaches (where the retention model is calibrated with compounds having structures similar to that of the targeted analytes) and artificial intelligence algorithms to further improve their accuracy below 10%. In this Perspective, it is proposed to adopt a more rigorous and fundamental approach by considering the very details of the solid-liquid adsorption process: Monte Carlo (MC) or molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are promising tools to explain and interpret retention data that are too complex to be described by either empirical or statistical retention models.
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- Fabrice Gritti
- Waters Corporation, 34 Maple Street, Milford, Massachusetts 01757, United States
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Kraus H, Rybka J, Höltzel A, Trebel N, Tallarek U, Hansen N. PoreMS: a software tool for generating silica pore models with user-defined surface functionalisation and pore dimensions. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2020.1871478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Hamzeh Kraus
- Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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Trebel N, Höltzel A, Steinhoff A, Tallarek U. Insights from molecular simulations about dead time markers in reversed-phase liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2021; 1640:461958. [PMID: 33582514 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.461958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Among the most popular compounds to estimate the hold-up time in reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) are acetone and uracil, which are considered as too small and too polar, respectively, for retention by the hydrophobic stationary phase, although their observed elution behavior does not fully support this assumption. We investigate how acetone and uracil as solutes interact with the chromatographic interface through molecular dynamics simulations in an RPLC mesopore model of a silica-supported, endcapped, C18 phase equilibrated with a water (W)‒acetonitrile (ACN) mobile phase. The simulation results provide a molecular-level explanation for the observed elution behavior of acetone and uracil, but also question whether true dead time markers for RPLC exist. Both solutes have a density maximum in the interfacial region in addition to a low presence in the bonded-phase region, but these density peaks clearly differ from the adsorption and partitioning peaks of true analytes. Acetone partially behaves like a co-solvent of ACN and partially like the analyte acetophenone. Like ACN, acetone can be found in the first and second layer of solvent molecules at the silica surface; like acetophenone, acetone adsorbs to the bonded-phase chains by orienting its polar group to the bulk region to sustain hydrogen bonds with W molecules. Uracil behavior is governed by a need for extensive hydrogen-bond coordination by W molecules. Uracil adsorbs to the very edge of the bonded-phase chains, on the bulk-region side of the ACN density maximum in the interfacial region. Further penetration into the chains is prevented by the absence of W molecules, which are not found deeper in the bonded phase, except at the silica surface. Contrary to true analytes, accumulation of uracil and acetone in the interfacial region ceases at an equimolar presence of W and ACN in the mobile phase (at 70‒80% ACN volume fraction). Uracil achieves a closer approximation of the stationary-phase limit than acetone, but carries the risk of HILIC retention at high ACN fraction in the mobile phase.
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- Nicole Trebel
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany.
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Evaluation of a linear free energy relationship for the determination of the column void volume in hydrophilic interaction chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2021; 1638:461849. [PMID: 33472106 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.461849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The application of a linear free energy relationship (LFER) to a variety of hydrophilic interaction chromatography columns with different bonded ligands and pore sizes was studied in order to determine their void volume Vm. The method was based on the determination of the elution volume of a series of alkylbenzene standards from C1 (toluene) to C17 (heptadecylbenzene). Results were compared with those obtained by injection of toluene alone, which has traditionally been used as a simple Vm marker. Vm was smaller when derived from the LFER plot than when measured with toluene with differences between the two methods ranging from 2.7 to 12.7 % for the columns studied. This result could be due to the small but appreciable retention of toluene due to its solubility in the water rich layer, which partially constitutes the stationary phase in HILIC. Larger pore size columns showed less difference in Vm between LFER and toluene procedures. This result may be due to size sieving effects of non-excluded solutes in the pores of the stationary phase, or to differences in phase ratio between columns of different pore size.
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Si T, Lu X, Zhang H, Liang X, Wang S, Guo Y. A new strategy for the preparation of core-shell MOF/Polymer composite material as the mixed-mode stationary phase for hydrophilic interaction/ reversed-phase chromatography. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1143:181-188. [PMID: 33384116 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.11.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 11/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A facile method for efficient synthesis of core-shell composite material was proposed. In this method, the silica microspheres were co-modified with metal organic framework (MOF-235) and polyethylene glycol polymer (PEG) and used as mixed-mode stationary phase (MOF-235@PEG@silica) for high-performance liquid chromatography. Elemental analysis, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller etc. methods were used to investigate the properties of the core-shell composite material. The MOF-235@PEG@silica stationary phase showed flexible selectivity for the separation of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic compounds especially for the separation of nine alkaloids, which showed superior hydrophilic separation performance than previous MOF-based composite stationary phases. Some factors including the pH of buffer salt, the ratio of organic phase and water phase in the mobile phase have been investigated, suggesting that the chromatographic retention mechanism of the column was a mixed mode of hydrophilic and reversed phase. The composite material also showed excellent chromatographic repeatability with the RSDs of the retention time found to be 0.2%-0.6% (n = 10) and the standard addition test in the actual sample proved that it can be used for practical sample analysis. In short, it provided a general way for preparing MOFs-based composites as mixed-mode chromatographic stationary phases, and changed the current status of MOF-based composite materials as single mode chromatographic stationary phases.
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- Tiantian Si
- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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Redón L, Subirats X, Rosés M. HILIC characterization: Estimation of phase volumes and composition for a zwitterionic column. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1130:39-48. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Shamshir A, Dinh NP, Jonsson T, Sparrman T, Irgum K. Probing the retention mechanism of small hydrophilic molecules in hydrophilic interaction chromatography using saturation transfer difference nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. J Chromatogr A 2020; 1623:461130. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.461130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Gritti F, Hochstrasser J, Svidrytski A, Hlushkou D, Tallarek U. Morphology-transport relationships in liquid chromatography: Application to method development in size exclusion chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2020; 1620:460991. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.460991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Wang YP, Ren K, Liu S. The joint effect of surface polarity and concentration on the structure and dynamics of acetonitrile solution: a molecular dynamics simulation study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:10322-10334. [PMID: 32363373 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00819b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The interfacial properties of the acetonitrile (ACN)-water-silica interface have great implications in both liquid chromatography and heterogeneous catalysis. We have performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of ACN and water binary solutions to give a comprehensive study of the collective effect of silica surface polarity and ACN concentration on interfacial structures and dynamics by tuning both surface charges and ACN concentration. MD simulation results indicate that many properties in the liquid-solid interface region undergo a monotonic change as the silica surface is tuned from polar to apolar due to the weakening of hydrogen bonding, while their dependence on ACN concentration is presumably governed by the preferential adsorption of water at the silica surface over ACN. However, at apolar surfaces, the interfacial structures of both water and ACN behave like the liquid-vapor interface, and this resemblance leads to an enrichment of ACN at the interface as well as accelerated dynamics, which is very different from that in the bulk solution. The organization of ACN molecules at both polar and apolar surfaces can be attributed to the amphiphilic nature of ACN, by which the micro-heterogeneity domain formed can persist both in the bulk and at the liquid-solid interface. Moreover, extending diffusion analysis to the second layer of the interface shows that the interfacial transport pathways at polar surfaces are likely very different from that of apolar surfaces. These simulation results give a full spectrum description of the ACN/water liquid-solid interface at the microscopic level and will be helpful for explaining related spectroscopic experiments and understanding the microscopic mechanisms of separation protocols in current chromatography applications.
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- Yong-Peng Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite & Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite & Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite & Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China.
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Sardella R, Ianni F, Cossignani L, Aldini G, Carotti A. Binding modes identification through molecular dynamic simulations: A case study with carnosine enantiomers and the Teicoplanin A2-2-based chiral stationary phase. J Sep Sci 2020; 43:1728-1736. [PMID: 32112671 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202000092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In the present study, an in silico methodology able to define the binding modes adopted by carnosine enantiomers in the setting of the chiral recognition process is described. The inter- and intramolecular forces involved in the enantioseparation process with the Teicoplanin A2-2 chiral selector and carnosine as model compound are successfully identified. This approach fully rationalizes, at a molecular level, the (S) < (R) enantiomeric elution order obtained under reversed-phase conditions. Consistent explanations were achieved by managing molecular dynamics results with advanced techniques of data analysis. As a result, the time-dependent identification of all the interactions simultaneously occurring in the chiral selector-enantiomeric analyte binding process was obtained. Accordingly, it was found that only (R)-carnosine is able to engage a stabilizing charge-charge interaction through its ionized imidazole ring with the carboxylate counter-part on the chiral selector. Instead, (S)-carnosine establishes intramolecular contacts between its ionized functional groups, that limit its conformational freedom and impair the association with the chiral selector unit.
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- Roccaldo Sardella
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via Fabretti 48, Perugia, 06123, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via Fabretti 48, Perugia, 06123, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via Fabretti 48, Perugia, 06123, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Milan, Via Mangiagalli 25, Milano, 20133, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via Fabretti 48, Perugia, 06123, Italy
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Shamshir A, Sparrman T, Westlund PO. Analysis of the behaviour of confined molecules using 2H T1 nuclear magnetic relaxation dispersion. Mol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2019.1645367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Adel Shamshir
- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Qing G, Yan J, He X, Li X, Liang X. Recent advances in hydrophilic interaction liquid interaction chromatography materials for glycopeptide enrichment and glycan separation. Trends Analyt Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2019.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Yang Y, Zhang H, Chen J, Li Z, Zhao L, Qiu H. A phenylenediamine-based carbon dot-modified silica stationary phase for hydrophilic interaction chromatography. Analyst 2020; 145:1056-1061. [DOI: 10.1039/c9an02246e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Red emitting carbon dots derived from p-phenylenediamine were successfully grafted onto the surface of porous silica spheres which served as a new stationary phase for hydrophilic interaction chromatography with enhanced selectivity.
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- Yali Yang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province
- Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province
- Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province
- Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province
- Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province
- Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province
- Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lanzhou 730000
- China
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Ziegler F, Teske J, Elser I, Dyballa M, Frey W, Kraus H, Hansen N, Rybka J, Tallarek U, Buchmeiser MR. Olefin Metathesis in Confined Geometries: A Biomimetic Approach toward Selective Macrocyclization. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:19014-19022. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b08776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 9, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 9, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University of Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University of Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
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Saha S, Walia S, Sharma K, Banerjee K. Suitability of stationary phase for LC analysis of biomolecules. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2019; 60:2856-2873. [PMID: 31621391 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2019.1665494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Biologically active compounds such as carotenoids/isoprenoids, vitamins, steroids, saponins, sugars, long chain fatty acids, and amino acids play a very important role in coordinating functions in living organisms. Determination of those substances is indispensable in advanced biological sciences. Engineered stationary phase in LC for the analysis of biomolecules has become easier with the development of chromatographic science. In general, C18 column is being used for routine analysis but specific columns are being used for specific molecule. Monolithic columns are found to have higher efficiency than normal column. Among recent introduction, triacontyl stationary phases, designed for the separation of carotenoid isomers, are widely used for the estimation of carotenoids. In comparison to conventional C18 phases, C30 phases exhibited superior shape selectivity for the separation of isomers of carotenoids. It is also found useful for better elution and analysis of tocopherols, vitamin K, sterols, and fatty acids. Vitamin K, E, and their isomers are also successfully resoluted and analyzed by using C30 column. Amino bonded phase column is specifically used for better elution of sugars, whereas phenyl columns are suitable for the separation and analysis of curcuminoids and taxol. Like triacontyl stationary phase, pentafluorophenyl columns are also used for the separation and analysis of carotenoids. Similarly, HILIC column are best suited for sugar analysis. All the stationary phases are made possible to resolute and analyze the target biomolecules better, which are the future of liquid chromatography. The present article focuses on the differential interaction between stationary phase and target biomolecules. The applicability of these stationary phases are reported in different matrices.
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- Supradip Saha
- Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Agricultural Chemicals, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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Retention characteristics of some antibiotic and anti-retroviral compounds in hydrophilic interaction chromatography using isocratic elution, and gradient elution with repeatable partial equilibration. Anal Chim Acta 2019; 1045:141-151. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.08.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Revised: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Kasagić-Vujanović I, Jančić-Stojanović B, Ivanović D. Investigation of the retention mechanisms of amlodipine besylate, bisoprolol fumarate, and their impurities on three different HILIC columns. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/10826076.2018.1476380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Irena Kasagić-Vujanović
- Department of Drug Analysis, University of Banja Luka – Medical Faculty, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Drug Analysis, University or Belgrade – Faculty of Pharmacy, Belgrade, Serbia
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Skoczylas M, Bocian S, Buszewski B. Influence of silica functionalization by amino acids and peptides on the stationary phases zeta potential. J Chromatogr A 2018; 1573:98-106. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2018.08.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Qiao L, Lv W, Chang M, Shi X, Xu G. Surface-bonded amide-functionalized imidazolium ionic liquid as stationary phase for hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2018; 1559:141-148. [PMID: 28734605 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Revised: 07/08/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The amide group modified silica materials are popular stationary phases for hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC). Meanwhile, surface-confined imidazolium ionic liquids (ILs) have been proved to be useful HILIC stationary phases and possess many unique properties. In this study, the synthesis of an amide-functionalized imidazolium IL was conducted which was then bonded onto silica surface to obtain a novel imidazolium-embedded amide stationary phase for HILIC. The combination of the amide group and imidazolium IL moiety might bring some advantages in selectivity or retention and therefore extended its applications. After characterizing the prepared IL and the resulting modified silica materials, the chromatographic performance and separation selectivity of the packed column were evaluated and compared with a commercial amide column. Then, the retention behavior was investigated through observing the retention factors at different chromatographic conditions using a wide range of compounds. Exceptionally, the prepared amide IL column exhibited superior separation performance towards complex samples such as flavonoids mixture, soybean flavonoids and human urine. All the results indicated that the novel amide IL column possessed an anion-exchange/HILIC mixed-mode retention mechanism and could be useful in the sample analysis as a promising candidate for HILIC stationary phase.
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- Lizhen Qiao
- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China; School of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin, 124221, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China.
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McCalley DV. Understanding and manipulating the separation in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1523:49-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Revised: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/11/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Markthaler D, Gebhardt J, Jakobtorweihen S, Hansen N. Molecular Simulations of Thermodynamic Properties for the System α
-Cyclodextrin/Alcohol in Aqueous Solution. CHEM-ING-TECH 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.201700057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Daniel Markthaler
- University of Stuttgart; Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering; Pfaffenwaldring 9 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- University of Stuttgart; Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering; Pfaffenwaldring 9 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- Hamburg University of Technology; Institute of Thermal Separation Processes; Eißendorfer Straße 38 21073 Hamburg Germany
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- University of Stuttgart; Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering; Pfaffenwaldring 9 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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Bo C, Wang X, Wang C, Wei Y. Preparation of hydrophilic interaction/ion-exchange mixed-mode chromatographic stationary phase with adjustable selectivity by controlling different ratios of the co-monomers. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1487:201-210. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.01.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Revised: 01/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Gritti F, Sehajpal J, Fairchild J. Using the fundamentals of adsorption to understand peak distortion due to strong solvent effect in hydrophilic interaction chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1489:95-106. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Effect of mobile phase additives on solute retention at low aqueous pH in hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1483:71-79. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Revised: 12/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Preparation and characterization of carbon dot-decorated silica stationary phase in deep eutectic solvents for hydrophilic interaction chromatography. Anal Bioanal Chem 2017; 409:2401-2410. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0187-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Revised: 12/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bocian S. Solvation processes in liquid chromatography: The importance and measurements. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/10826076.2016.1242494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Szymon Bocian
- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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Berne BJ, Fourkas JT, Walker RA, Weeks JD. Nitriles at Silica Interfaces Resemble Supported Lipid Bilayers. Acc Chem Res 2016; 49:1605-13. [PMID: 27525616 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nitriles are important solvents not just for bulk reactions but also for interfacial processes such as separations, heterogeneous catalysis, and electrochemistry. Although nitriles have a polar end and a lipophilic end, the cyano group is not hydrophilic enough for these substances to be thought of as prototypical amphiphiles. This picture is now changing, as research is revealing that at a silica surface nitriles can organize into structures that, in many ways, resemble lipid bilayers. This unexpected organization may be a key component of unique interfacial behavior of nitriles that make them the solvents of choice for so many applications. The first hints of this lipid-bilayer-like (LBL) organization of nitriles at silica interfaces came from optical Kerr effect (OKE) experiments on liquid acetonitrile confined in the pores of sol-gel glasses. The orientational dynamics revealed by OKE spectroscopy suggested that the confined liquid is composed of a relatively immobile sublayer of molecules that accept hydrogen bonds from the surface silanol groups and an interdigitated, antiparallel layer that is capable of exchanging into the centers of the pores. This picture of acetonitrile has been borne out by molecular dynamics simulations and vibrational sum-frequency generation (VSFG) experiments. Remarkably, these simulations further indicate that the LBL organization is repeated with increasing disorder at least 20 Å into the liquid from a flat silica surface. Simulations and VSFG and OKE experiments indicate that extending the alkyl chain to an ethyl group leads to the formation of even more tightly packed LBL organization featuring entangled alkyl tails. When the alkyl portion of the molecule is a bulky t-butyl group, packing constraints prevent well-ordered LBL organization of the liquid. In each case, the surface-induced organization of the liquid is reflected in its interfacial dynamics. Acetonitrile/water mixtures are favored solvent systems for separations technologies such as hydrophilic interaction chromatography. Simulations had suggested that although a monolayer of water partitions to the silica surface in such mixtures, acetonitrile tends to associate with this monolayer. VSFG experiments reveal that, even at high water mole fractions, patches of well-ordered acetonitrile bilayers remain at the silica surface. Due to its ability to donate and accept hydrogen bonds, methanol also partitions to a silica surface in acetonitrile/methanol mixtures and can serve to take the place of acetonitrile in the sublayer closest to the surface. These studies reveal that liquid nitriles can exhibit an unexpected wealth of new organizational and dynamic behaviors at silica surfaces, and presumably at the surfaces of other chemically important materials as well. This behavior cannot be predicted from the bulk organization of these liquids. Our new understanding of the interfacial behavior of these liquids will have important implications for optimizing a wide range of chemical processes in nitrile solvents.
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- Bruce J. Berne
- Department
of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, P.O. Box 173400, Bozeman, Montana 59717, United States
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