Low-Bleed Silica-Based Stationary Phase for Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography

Bleeding of hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatographic (HILIC) phases is a major problem. A hydrophobic silica surface exhibits low bleeding but does not behave as a HILIC phase. A hydrophilic coating, such as that of poly­(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) on a hydrophobic particle should result in a low-bl...

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Veröffentlicht in:Analytical chemistry (Washington) 2018-08, Vol.90 (15), p.8750-8755
Hauptverfasser: Qian, Kun, Yang, Zhanqiang, Zhang, Feifang, Yang, Bingcheng, Dasgupta, Purnendu K
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Zusammenfassung:Bleeding of hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatographic (HILIC) phases is a major problem. A hydrophobic silica surface exhibits low bleeding but does not behave as a HILIC phase. A hydrophilic coating, such as that of poly­(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) on a hydrophobic particle should result in a low-bleed hydrophilic phase. However, a silica particle functionalized in a hydrophobic manner is not wetted by PVA and cannot be coated with it. Coating with PVA becomes possible if one region of the hydrophobic functionality is polar. We describe a low-bleed HILIC stationary phase, PVA-coated benzylthioethyl-silica. The benzyl groups shield the silica from water erosion, while the thiol group provides sufficient local polarity for PVA to wet the material. The new stationary phase demonstrated good chromatographic performance and typical HILIC retention behavior. The measured silica concentration in the effluent was ∼80-fold lower than that from a bare silica column. The new stationary phase exhibited a lower background level, lower background noise, and lower background drift under gradient conditions than benchmark commercial columns.
ISSN:0003-2700
1520-6882
DOI:10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01796