HPLC Chapter 25

High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Harris Chapter 25
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Chem 253 - Chapter 25
HPLC
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Separation of nonvolatile or thermally unstable compounds. If the analyte/sample can be found to be sufficiently soluble in a solvent system, then that system can usually to used as the m.p. in an HPLC separation. Common method used for analysis of
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Biological compounds Pharmaceuticals Low- or Non-volatile environmental cpds. e.g. PCB, DDT
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LC Origins.
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Michael Tswett (1906) separation of plant pigments by organic solvent mobile phase & chalk stationary phase. Martin and Synge (1941) liquid-liquid partition chromatography, 1952 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Other variants Paper chromatography Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) Preparative column chromatography Medium pressure chromatography Ion-exchange chromatography* Size-exclusion chromatography*
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HPLC components:
Liquid Mobile => Pump => Injection => Separation => Detector Phase Valve Column
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Also an integrator usually records the detector response. We will discuss each component, but lets first discuss the band broadening aspects of LC. This discussion tells us why high pressures are required for analytical separations.
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Band Broadening in LC
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Back to the van Deemter Equation, H = A + B/u + Cu Which of the three components is the largest contribution to H? Consider the following: B/u effects Diffusion is usually 100x less in liquids than in the gas phase. Cu effects By process of elimination we will assume that mass transport effects are the largest contribution to H in LC.
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Cu Mass Transfer (MT) Effects.

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This is the effect of the kinetics of mass transfer to/from the mobile phase to/from the stationary phase.
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Review of MT effects
MT in the m.p.
Cm
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Where dp is the diameter of the packing particle in LC,
Mobile Phase Flow
Stationary phase
Packing particle (silica)
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Smaller dp increases the surface area/volume ratio and thus increases M.T. in the m.p. Chem 253 - Chapter 25
Smaller dp increases the surface area/volume ratio and thus increases M.T. in the m.p.
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Volume = 4/3 r3 Surface area/volume = 1/3r
Surface Area = 4 r2
The effect is dramatic in figures 25-2 & 25-3 The cost of small packing particles is that the pressure required to force liquid through the column follows as: P 1/dp3
The typical particle sizes in HPLC is 3-10 m. In order to achieve flow rates of 0.5 to 5 mL/min, for a 10-30 cm column, pressures of 70 to 400 atm (1000 to 6000 psi) are required.
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Figure 25-3
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Figure 25-2
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HPLC pumps
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Requirements for HPLC

pressures to 6000 psi pulse free, prevents remixing of solutes control flow rate from 0.1 to 10 mL/min
Types of HPLC pumps

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Reciprocating pumps most commercial systems are based on this design. Syringe pumps
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Reciprocating pumps
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Disadvantages pulses from single piston. See dual piston design in figure 25-14 of your text.
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Syringe Pumps
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Pulse-free output, limited mobile phase capacity.
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Pulse Dampers.
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Stainless Steel Jacket
Gel
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3 to 20 meters in length:
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Injection (Sampling) Valves

Introduces sample to the column. Mobile => Pump => Injection => Column Phase Valve Valve consists of a rotor and stator (stationary back-plane). See schematics below and figure 25-15 of your text.
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Flash Animation of Injection Valve

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Syringes unbeveled tips
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Precolumn filters
- 2 types porous stainless frit 0.5 to 2 m or a little piece of sacrificial column. Injection => Precolumn => Column => Detector Valve Prevents the contamination of the expensive analytical columns with fine particles that can eventually clog the mobile phase flow.
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Analytical Columns
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Common configuration to the right. Generally stainless steel and teflon components. The stationary phase packings are microporous silica 2-10 m in diameter. Unmodified silica is very polar.
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OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
SiO2
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Fig 25-5 silica particles
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Where R can vary, typically. C18, C8, -CH2-C6H5 -{CH2}3-NH2,

R Me Me Me Cl OH OH OH OH O R Me
-{CH2}5-CN
SiO2
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Fig 25-8 protection from hydrolysis
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Reversed & Normal Phase Separations.

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Normal Phase Polar s.p. & Nonpolar m.p.

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Early HPLC work was conducted on unmodified silica (highly polar) this required the use of nonpolar mobile phases in order to get adequate separations.
Reversed Phase Nonpolar s.p. & Polar m.p.

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Later HPLC research led to silica C18 modified surfaces which required the use of polar mobile phases.
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Partition vs. Adsorption Chromatography

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Adsorption Chromatography Based on the unmodified silica surface, which is very polar. Solute analyte species is adsorbed to this surface. Partition Chromatography Based on modified silica surfaces. The C-18 bonded phases dissolve rather than adsorb the analyte solute species, thus partitioning of the solute between two essentially liquid phases.
Am
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When should we use Partition (nonpolar s.p.) vs. Adsorption (polar s.p.) phases in chormatographic separations?
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HPLC solvents.
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Operator experience plays a large role in the design and selection of an HPLC solvent system. Generally we want a significant difference between the polarities of the s.p. and the m.p., the reason being is that separation is based on solubility differences between the m.p. and s.p. (partitioning) K = Cs/Cm
Almost all reversed phase separations (polar m.p. & nonpolar s.p.) can be carried out with combination of acetonitrile (CH3CN), and/or methanol, and water as a m.p.
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Water is the most polar of all possible solvents
Increasing Polarity
UV cutoff is important to keep in mind when we get to detectors
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Practical notes
Separation of most organic compounds can be handled by C-18 stationary phases. Most mobile compositions can be handled by either
CH3CN/H2O or CH3OH/H2O
Solvents must be miscible e.g. water/ethanol. An immiscible solvent system such as water/toluene would create a mess in the column!
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Mobile Phase Compositions

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Isocratic Elutions Constant solvent composition, mobile phase polarity stays constant throughout elution process. This is equivalent to isothermal separations in GC. Gradient Elutions Mobile phase composition (and thus polarity) varies throughout elution. This is equivalent to temperature programming in GC. Consider the series of isocratic elutions on the next page. We can see that an efficient separation is never achieved. A = H2O B = CH3CN
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The pump system for gradient elution is more expensive than for isocratic systems. The metering valves require electronic control:
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Solute elution times under gradient programs are not as reproducible as isocratic elutions.
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Column Heaters in HPLC

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Heating the column in HPLC will improves mass transport, decreases the Cu term in the van Deemter equation. Consider the following example: Notice that the tr for each solute changes with temperature, this is because of the solubility changes we should expect with T.
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Detectors in HPLC
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Characteristics
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volume, prevents remixing & band broadening response to flowing system

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Refractive Index (RI) detector

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Nearly universal but poor detection limit Passes visible light through 2 compartments, sample & reference. When the solvent composition are the same the light passed through the compartments the light beam that passes through is recorded as zero. When a solute is in the sample compartment, refractive index changes will shift the light beam from the detector. Limit of detection (LOD) 10 ng of solute
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UV-vis absorbance detector

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Based on electronic transitions within molecules. (Chapter 19)

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- Most common type of detector for LC - Fixed wavelength, Hg lamp 254 nm ( => *) - Tunable wavelength, selectable for specific wavelengths, monochromators or filters. Still limited to single wavelegths.
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- 1 pg LOD Solvent limitations with UV-vis abs. Detectors
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Diode array detector

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See lecture notes on the diode array spectrometer, Chapter 21.
Allows for the recording of the entire spectrum of each solute as it passed through the diode array detector
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Typical Diode Array Signal Output
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Fluorescence Detectors
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- based on emission of excited state molecules. 900 from excitation axis.
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10 fg
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From Chapter 18 - Emission Instrumentation

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Note that the signal is measured at 900 relative to the light source axis. Why?
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IR Detectors
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allows for spectrum records of flowing systems analgous to the diode array system. can be major interferences to solute detection 100 ng
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Evaporative Light Scattering Detector

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Responds to any analyte that is significantly less volatile than the mobile phase. Eluate is mixed with N2(g) and forms a fine mist. Solvent (m.p.) evaporates leaving fine particles of analyte. The particles themselves are detected by light scattering. Response is proportional to analyte mass.
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Electrochemical Detectors
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on amperometric response of analyte to electrode usually held at constant potential. the analyte is electroactive, can be highly sensitive since response is based on a surface phenomenon rather than a solution bulk property (e.g. UV-vis absorbance)
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LC-MS
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Selected ion-monitoring focuses the mass spec onto one particular m/e ratio. S/N enhancement occurs when scanning mode is off.
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Summary of LC Detectors
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Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Cu Mass Transfer (MT) Effects.

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Where dp is the diameter of the packing particle in LC,

Mobile Phase Flow

Packing particle (silica)

Volume = 4/3 r3 Surface area/volume = 1/3r

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Requirements for HPLC

Types of HPLC pumps

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Pulse-free output, limited mobile phase capacity.

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Injection (Sampling) Valves

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Flash Animation of Injection Valve

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Syringes unbeveled tips

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Fig 25-5 silica particles

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Where R can vary, typically. C18, C8, -CH2-C6H5 -{CH2}3-NH2,

Fig 25-8 protection from hydrolysis

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Reversed & Normal Phase Separations.

Normal Phase Polar s.p. & Nonpolar m.p.

Reversed Phase Nonpolar s.p. & Polar m.p.

Partition vs. Adsorption Chromatography

C-18 functional groups

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Water is the most polar of all possible solvents

UV cutoff is important to keep in mind when we get to detectors

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Mobile Phase Compositions

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Column Heaters in HPLC

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

volume, prevents remixing & band broadening response to flowing system

Refractive Index (RI) detector

Chem 253 - Chapter 25

Chem 253 - Chapter 25