Effect of temperature on the adsorption behavior of tryptophan in reversed-phase liquid chromatography

Mechanistic study of ultrasound-assisted chromatography using plastic and stainless steel columns

Based on the previous ultrasound-assisted chromatography (UAC) studies on plastic and stainless steel (SS) columns, this study explores the UAC mechanism by comparatively analyzing ultrasound effects on plastic and SS columns with C18 stationary phase when separating a mixture of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) under various ultrasound intensities. The results showed a substantial difference in H values between the PEEK and SS columns under the influence of ultrasound agitation. Specifically, for the pyrene peak, as the ultrasonic intensity increased from 0% to 100% of 900 W, the H values of the SS column slightly rose from 8.82 μm to 9.86 μm. Conversely, the corresponding values for the PEEK column exhibited a significant 12-fold increase from 11.5 μm to 134 μm. The findings demonstrated poor penetration of ultrasound energy through the SS column, and the temperature rise of the medium induced by the ultrasound was the primary contributing factor to PAH separation. However, ultrasound easily penetrated through the plastic column, resulting in acoustic cavitation within the C18 polyether ether ketone (PEEK) column. Cavitation induced heat generation and contributed to a decrease in retention time and the magnitude of peak broadening or distortion, depending on the specific ultrasonic energy. Based on the estimated change in inlet temperature of the PEEK column due to an acoustic effect, the comparison with temperature effects under non-sonic conditions consistently demonstrated a stronger acoustic effect in reducing the retention time, by 2-9%, depending on specific peaks and pairs. We revisited the previously described separation mechanism of ultrasound-assisted ion chromatography and conjoined with our findings to infer and establish a thorough explanation for the previously unexplained separation mechanism of chiral separation and size exclusion chromatography by UAC using SS columns.

Improvement of chiral separation efficiency through temperature control during one time high performance liquid chromatography analysis

This study examined how manual temperature control affects the separation of two enantiomers of five racemic mixtures using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in terms of separation factor (α), resolution (Rs), and the number of theoretical plates (N). The results showed that heating/cooling during one time HPLC analysis improved the separation factor and resolution.

Adsorption mechanism of triterpenoid saponins in reversed-phase liquid chromatography and hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography: Mogroside V as test substance

In this paper, adsorption mechanism of triterpenoid saponins in reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) and hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) was proposed based on the study of the retention behavior of mogroside V as test substance. The change of peak shape of mogroside V and its influencing factors was first investigated. As the increase of sample loading, a tailing peak of mogroside V was observed in MeOHH₂O of both two modes. It was the fronting peak in ACNH₂O of HILIC while there was a transition from fronting peak to tailing peak in ACNH₂O of RPLC that was largely affected by column temperature and ACN concentration. The adsorption isotherm of mogroside V in ACNH₂O of RPLC was fitted by Moreau model, where a monolayer adsorption with large inter-molecular interaction was formed on the C18 surface. While in ACNH₂O of HILIC, the adsorption of mogroside V was in accordance with BET model, showing multilayer adsorption behavior. In MeOHH₂O of both HILIC and RPLC, there was always monolayer adsorption, which was fitted by Langmuir model. At last, by choosing the suitable chromatographic mode, controlling the key factors such as the solvent concentration and column temperature, and predicting the broadening trend of peak, three methods were screened out, namely, C18 column with 22% ACN (30 °C), Click XIon column with 90% MeOH or 70% ACN, to get mogroside V of purity greater than 98% from Siraitia grosvenorii extract. Among them, the RPLC method of 22% ACN that showed the highest loading sample per hour (1.92%) and the lowest solvent consumption emerged as the best approach.

Numerical determination of the adsorption isotherms of tryptophan at different temperatures and mobile phase compositions

Single-component adsorption isotherm data were acquired by frontal analysis (FA) for tryptophan on a C(18)-Kromasil packed column, using acetonitrile-water solutions of various compositions (2.5, 5, and 7.5% ACN+1% acetic acid) and at five different temperatures between 25 and 65 degrees C. The adsorption isotherm model accounting best for these data is the bi-Moreau model, showing that two types of adsorption sites coexist on the surface and that strong adsorbate-adsorbate interactions take place. Large concentration band profiles of tryptophan were obtained for the three mobile phase compositions, at five different temperatures and the best values of the adsorption isotherm coefficients were determined by the inverse method (IM) of chromatography. The advantages and drawbacks of using the FA and the IM for determining the coefficients of the adsorption isotherm of tryptophan under the experimental conditions selected are discussed. The results of the FA and IM measurements are in good agreement. Both indicate that the retention time of tryptophan decreases rapidly with increasing acetonitrile concentration in the mobile phase as well as the saturation capacities of the two types of adsorption sites, with the highest values of the two saturation capacities being found for the lowest ACN content and the lowest temperature. The adsorption constant on the low-energy sites decreases with increasing acetonitrile content and temperature. In contrast, the adsorption constant on the high-energy sites increases with increasing ACN content of the mobile phase but decreases with increasing temperature. The solute-solute interaction parameters for the low and the high-energy adsorption sites increase rapidly with increasing ACN concentration in the mobile phase and with increasing temperature.