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PREPARATION AND EVALUATION OF FUSED SILICA

CAPILLARY COLUMNS FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY

AND MICELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY

QUANJIWU

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PREPARATION AND EV ALUATION OF FUSED SILICA

CAPILLARY COLUMNS FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY

AND MICELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY

PREPARATION AND EV ALUATION OF FUSED SILICA

CAPILLARY COLUMNS FOR GAS CBROMATOGRAPHY

AND l\fiCELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CBROMATOGRAPHY

PROEFSClll:FT

ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, op gezag van

de Rector Magnificus, Prof,dr. J.H. van Lint, voor

een commissie aangewezen door het College

van Dekanen in het openbaar te verdedigen op

dinsdag 14 april 1992 om 16.00 uur

door

QtrANJI wt1

Geboren te Liuzhou (P.R. China)

Druk: Boek en Offsetdrukkerij Le1ru, Helmond, 04920·37797

Dit proefschrift is goedgekeurd

door de promotoren:

prof.dr.ir. C.A. cramers

en

prof.dr. P.J.F. Sandra

copromotor:

dr.ir. J.A. Rijks

To Rongrong and Fanda

To our parents

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INTROOUCTION

1.1

1.2

1.3

CHAPTER 2 •

Introduction Scope of This Thesis References

DEACTIVATION OF FUSED SILICA CAPILLARY COLUMNS BY POLY-HYOROSILOXANES WITH DIFFERENT

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FUNCTIONAL SUBSTITUENTS • • • . • • • • • • • 10

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.6

CHAPTER 3 •

Introduction Theory Experimental Results and Discussion Conclusions • •

References

A SOLID STATE 29si NMR STUDY OF THE DEACTIVATION OF SILICA SURFACE USING NON-POROUS SILICA

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PARTICLES AS MODEL SUBSTRATE • • • • • • • • • • • 39

3.1 Introduction . . . . . . . 3.2 Theory . . . . 3.3 Experimental . . . . . . . 3.4 Results and Discussion . . . . 3.5 conclusions . . . . 3.6 References . . . .

CHAPTER 4 • PREPARATION OF NON-POLAR AND MEDIUM POLAR FUSED

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SILICA CAPILLARY COLUMNS FOR GC • • • • • • • • • 60

4.l

4.2

4.3

Introduction Experimental Results and Discussion

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4.3.l Evaluation of Deactivated Capillaries 72 4.3.2 Evaluation of Columns coated with

Non-polar Stationary Phases . • • 4.3.3 Evaluation of Columns Coated with

Medium Polar Stationary Phases

4.4 conclusions 4.5 References

CHAPTER 5 • • • • APPLICATIONS IN GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY

5.l 5.2

Introduction Experimental

5.3 Results and Discussions • 5.3.l High Speed Analysis on Narrow-Bore

Capillaries • • • • • • • • • • • • • 5.3.2 High Temperature Columns •••••• 5.3.3 Analysis of Drugs, Pollutants, Amino

Acids, and Underivatized Steroids 5.4

5.5

CHAPTER 6 •

Conclusions • References

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105 110 111

114 MICELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY ---THE INFLUENCE OF COLUMN MODIFICATION ON ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW • • • • • • • • . . • . • . • 114

6.1

6.2 Introduction Theory

6.2.l Electrical Double Layer 6.2.2 t-Potential and Electroosmotic

Flow (EOF) • • • • • • • • 6.2.3 Factors Influencing EOF 6.3 Experimental ••••• 6.4 Results and Discussion 6.4.l Repeatability of EOF Data

and Peak Area • • • 6.4.2 Influence of Column surface

modif ication on EOF • • • •

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114 119

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6.4.3 Discussion on the Influence of surface Treatment and Addition of SOS on EOF

6.4.4 Stability of the Coatings • • •••• 6.5 Conclusions • • ••••••• 6.6 References ••••••••••

CHAPTER 7 •

SEPARATION OF HERBICIDES BY MICELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY

Introduction Theory Exper ilnental

7.1 7.2

7.3 7.4 Results and Discussion 7.4.1 Influence of surfactants 7.4.2 Influence of Methanol . 7.5 7.6

Conclusions • References

SUMMARY •• SAMENVATTING CURRICULUM VITAE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT • PUBLICATIONS

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177 182 184 185

CBAPTER 1

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1.1 INTRODUCTIOR

Capillary columns known for their high efficiency, separation

speed, inertness and thermal stability, nowadays dominate the

field of separation science. Capillary chromatography

(including GC, LC and SFC) and capillary electrophoresis have

been developed into powerful tools for scientists and analysts

specialists werking in widely different areas. Applications

include process control, environmental control, chemical,

medicine and food industry. Also biological and biochemical

research such as the analysis of trace amounts of drugs and

metabolites in various body fluids, the separation of proteins

and synthetic oligonucleotides and DNA sequencing fragment

separation etc. would not advance as fast without open tubular

column technology.

The capillary column is the heart of a capillary

chromatography system. Different materials such as stainless

steel, nickel, teflon, glass and fused silica can be used to

make capillary columns with inner diameters between ca. 10 µm

and 1 mm. Several manipulations are involved in the

preparation of capillary columns, some of them are still not

fully understood due to lack of suitable physical or chemical

techniques for direct characterization of the inner surface

of the capillaries.

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In GC, generally, a glass or fused silica capillary column

needs a preliminary hydrothermal treatment in order to obtain

a controlled density of silanol groups on the column wall (l-

5]. The deactivation of the capillary column completes the

column pretreatment and gives the column its necessary

inertness, thermostability and wettability for stationary

phases of different polarity. After coating of the deactivated

capillaries with the desired stationary phase, the coated

stationary phase layer is usually subjected to immobilization.

The introduction of flexible fused silica columns by Dandeneau

and Zerenner [ 6] in 1979 brought a breakthrough in the

application of capillary columns. The main advantages of fused

silica capillaries are their mechanica! strength and the

increased inertness in comparison with glass columns. The

inner surface of the column can be easily modif ied using a

wide range of different modification methods (7-12] to be

compatible with the desired stationary phases.

Recently, capillary electrochromatography (EC), a separation

method in which the electroosmotic flow (EOF) is the driving

force for the mobile phase grows rapidly. This technique,

which is based on the basic principles of chromatography, uses

similar equipment as electrophoresis and can achieve very high

efficiencies in a relatively short time [13).

In EC, specially in micellar electrokinetic chromatography

(MEKC), a predictable and reproducible EOF through the

capillary column is important. The capillary column is used

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with or without pretreatment in EC techniques. The column

modification, however, can both provide reproducible EOF

values and eliminate the interactions between the solutes and

the column wall. This is particular important for the

separations of proteins and biomolecules. Both dynamic and

statie modification of the capillary inner wall can be

obtained by different methods.

Numerous parameters are involved in the modification and

coating procedures for fused silica capillaries, all of them

control the quality and performance of the final columns. In

general, maxima! interaction of the solutes with the

stationary phase and minimal interaction with the residual

active sites on the column inner wall surface is desired. The

repeatability of the preparation and the stability of the

modification layer and stationary phase are very important

factors to obtain reproducible analytica! results.

1.2 SCOPE OF THIS THESIS

As pointed out in the general introduction fused silica is the

material of choice for capillary separations. For their

application it is essential that the column properties are

determined by the bulk properties of the stationary phases and

not by the residual active sites of the column wall. constant

surface properties are also essential to obtain controllable

and reproducible electroosmotic flow in EC.

Therefore deactivation of the column wall and compatibility

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of the modified surface with the stationary phases is

essential for reproducible analytica! results.

This thesis describes some recent developments in methods of

deactivation and crosslinking of the stationary phases for

fused silica capillary columns. The experimental study of the

deactivation process is supported by solid state 29si NMR

measurements on model substrates like fumed silica.

Columns prepared following optimized procedures are evaluated

by applications both in capillary GC and in EC.

In Chapter 2 the deacti vation of fused silica capillary

columns by polyhydrosiloxanes with different functional

substituents is described. A series of vinyl modified

polyhydrosiloxane deactivation reagents containing different

functional groups is synthesized for this purpose. The

optimization of the deactivation reaction is investigated and

evaluated by GC with a dual column system. Also the

incorporation of different functional groups into the reagents

and their effect on the column performance is investigated.

Due to the small surface area of a capillary column, a model

substrate has to be used to characterize the deactivated

surfaces by solid state NMR. A study of the deactivation

process of silica surface using non-porous silica particles

as the model substrate by 29si NMR is described in Chapter 3.

The effect of the silylation temperatures and reaction times

on the deactivation process of silica surfaces is

investigated. The effect of the functional groups incorporated

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in the reagents on the deactivation process is studied.

In Chapter 4 the preparation of non-polar and medium polar

capillary columns for GC is described, using the optimized

deactivation procedures outlined in the previous chapters.

crosslinking and/or chemical bonding of the stationary phases

by thermal treatment and radical initiation is investigated.

The effect of hydrogen and of vinyl groups, which exist in the

deactivation layer resulting from the deactivation reaction,

in the crosslinking process is studied.

The applicability of the prepared non-polar and medium polar

fused silica capillary columns in GC is illustrated in Chapter

5. Narrow-bore columns are used to demonstrate high speed

separations for selected samples, whereas normal bore columns

are used for the analysis of underi vatized steroids, drugs and

priority pollutants. The performance of the capillaries with

respect to inertness, thermostability and efficiency is

evaluated.

In Chapter 6, a systematic investigation is carried out on the

electroosmotic flow (EOF) in micellar electrokinetic capillary

chromatography (MECC). Fused silica capillaries are treated

with different reagents to investigate their effect on the

magnitude and reproducibility of the EOF. Experiments with and

without sodium dodecylsulphate (SDS) addition to the buffer

are carried out in order to elucidate the effect of this

surfactant on the EOF. A model is evaluated to explain the

mechanism of the influence of column wall modifications on the

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electroosmotic flow.

MECC is applied for the separation of a number of

chlorophenoxy acid herbicides (Chapter 7). Sodium dodecyl

sulphate (SDS), Brij 35, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)

and methanol are added in various concentrations to the

buffering eluents to investigate their effects on the

separation of the herbicides. Besides that, the differences

in the electroosmotic flow (EOF), due to the different

composition of the various eluents, are correlated with the

viscosities of the mobile phases.

1.3 REFERENCES

1. K. Grob, G. Grob and K. Grob, Jr., Chromatographia, 10 (1977) 181.

2. K. Grob, J. High Resolut. chromatogr. & Chromatogr. Commun., 3 (1980) 493.

3. M. L. Lee and B.W. Wright, J. Chromatogr., 184 (1980) 235.

4. M.W. Ogden and H.M. McNair, J. High Resolut. Chromatogr. & Chromatogr. Commun., 8 (1985) 326.

5. B. Xu and N.P.E. Vermeulen, J. Chromatogr., 445 (1988) 1.

6. R.D. Dandeneau and E.H. Zerenner, J. High Resolut. Chromatogr. & Chromatogr. Commun., 2 (1979) 351.

7. K.K. Unger, Porous Silica, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1978. 8. K. Grob, G. Grob and K. Grob, Jr., J. High Resolut.

Chromatogr. & Chromatogr. commun., 2 (1979) 31. 9. K.K. Unger, G. Schier and u. Beisel, Chromatographia, 6

(1973) 456. 10. R.C.M. de Nijs, J.J. Franken, R.P.M. Dooper, J.A. Rijks,

H.J.J.M. de Ruwe and F.L. Schulting, J. Chromatogr., 167 (1978) 231. .

ll. C.L. Woolley, R.C. Kong, B.E. Richter and M.L. Lee, J. High Resolut. Chromatogr. & Chromatogr. Commun., 7 (1984) 329.

12. C.L. Woolley, K.E. Markides and M.L. Lee, J. Chromatogr., 367 (1986) 23.

13. W.D. Preffer and E.S. Yeung, Anal. Chem., 62 (l.990) 2178.

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CHAPTER 2

DEACTIV ATION OF FUSED SILICA CAPILLARY COLUMNS BY POLYHYDROSILOXANES WITH DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL SUBSTITUENTS

A series of vinyl modified polyhydrosiloxane deactivation reagents containing different functional groups is synthesized. The optimization of the deactivation reaction is investigated and evaluated by GC with a dual column system. Due to the high activity of silylhydride groups in the polyhydrosiloxanes, relatively low temperatures and short reaction times can be used for the silylation. The incorporation of different functional groups into the reagents is emphasized. Some vinyl groups are intentionally left to facilitate crosslinking and/or chemical bonding of the stationary phases. The contribution of the functional groups of the deactivation layer to the polarity of the prepared column is discussed.

2.1 INTRODUCTION

It is generally accepted that inertness is one of the most

important parameters of capillary columns in gas

chromatography. This aspects is more significant in high-speed

GC and trace analysis where columns with reduced inner

diameters are used. To prepare highly efficient, inert, heat

and solvent resistant columns, they have to be subjected to

pretreatments before coating [ 1-3] • The inner surf ace of glass

and fused silica is, without adequate treatments, not

satisfactorily wettable, at least not by stationary phases

having high surface tensions. The films coated on such

surfaces are usually irregular and unstable, and tend to form

droplets which results in deteriorated column performance.

The weakly acidic silanol groups on the fused silica column

wall interact with and adsorb compounds with high peripheral

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electron densities. The strained siloxane bridges on the

column surface can act as proton accepters in hydrogen bonding

interaetions, and cause adsorption of proton donating

components.

on a glass surface, in addition to the problems mentioned

above, alkali and alkaline earth metal ions cause even more

severe problems of adsorptive effects and catalytic activity.

The latter problem may also cause the stationary phases to

decompose at higher temperatures resulting in increased

bleeding of the stationary phases.

The main purpose of deactivation is to create a stable layer

which should shield all the active sites of the column

surface, resulting in perfectly neutra! columns. The other

goal of the deactivation is to obtain good wettability for the

stationary phases to be coated. This can be achieved by

applying similar materials as the stationary phases in the

deactivation procedure.

Tremendous amounts of research have been done in the

development of column technology and many methods and

techniques have been proposed and evaluated by different

authors. Aue et al. (4) introduced and ethers successfully

developed [S-9) the method of Carbowax 20M deactivation.

However, some investigators have shown (9, 10) that Carbowax

20M deactivation layers are not stable for extended use above

250°C. Grob and Grob [11] claimed that polar polyethylene

glycol deacti vated surf aces are 11poorly wettable by apolar

phases 11 •

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currently, many deactivation techniques are based on

silylation reactions. Silylation reactions are flexible and

the regents are widely available. lt has been stated in

literature (12-18] that only the free surface hydroxyl groups

are involved in silylation reactions, whereas hydrogen-bonded

hydroxyl groups show virtually no reaction with the silylation

reagent.

..:L 'si-0-H /

>3.1 A ..........

T /Si-0-H

Free •U rfaee hydroxyl 11roup•

....i... 'si-O-H . I \/

2.4-2.8 A 0 " \ I \

T -Si-0-H /

Hydrogen·bonded .urface hydroxyl groupa

Trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS) and hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS)

were frequently used to silylate the column surface at lower

temperature (<250°C) in the early years of column technology

(19-21]. Welsch et al. (22] were the first to attempt high

temperature silylation {HTS) of glass capillary columns and

showed the benefits of high reaction temperatures in the

deactivation process. Their most favourable surface silylation

was obtained with pure HMDS at 300°C for 20 h. Based on

Welsch's work, different HTS methods ware suggested using

various reagents (23-42]. Schomburg et al. (43] described a

deactivation procedure known as the PSD {polysiloxane

degradation) in which a non-extractable layer of polysiloxane

phase is produced on the column surface (44-47]. OH-terminated

polysiloxanes were also applied to deactivate capillaries [4S,

49].

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Quite high temperatures (normally between 370-450°C} and long

reaction times (4-20 hours) are required with above mentioned

methods in order to achieve a neutra! and inert surface prior

to coating. This might damage the polyimide outer coating of

the capillaries resulting in fragile columns.

Recently, methyl-, phenyl- ànd cyanopropyl-polysiloxanes

containing silylhydride groups are applied to deactivate fused

silica capillary columns at moderate temperatures (50-55]. The

deactivation reaction involves dehydrocondensation and yields

neutra! and highly inert capillaries.

It is essential that the coating and im.mobilization of the

stationary phase after deactivation should not deteriorate the

inertness of the deactivated surface. Deterioration is

observed when common free radical initiation techniques with

peroxides and azo compounds are used for the immobilization.

The peroxide residues can be bonded to the polymerie

stationary phase and result in an increased adsorptivity and

decreased thermal stability (56-58]. A second popular

deactivation reagent is azo-tert-butane (ATB). ATB only

slightly contributes to the polarity of the immobilized phases

(33). The performance of ATB, however has been found to

deteriorate with time [59, 60]. Moreover, columns treated with

aged ATB showed high activity levels, solute retention shifts,

high bleed and erratic immobilization efficiencies [59, 60).

Based upon these observations and considerations, an ideal

process consists of low temperature deactivation and

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immobilization of the stationary phases without the use of any

additional reagents. Polyhydrosiloxanes can be an attractive

choice due to their relatively low reaction temperatures and

short deactivation times.

In this chapter, the applicability of polyhydrosiloxane

deactivation reagents is investigated. A series of vinyl

modified polyhydrosiloxane based deactivation reagents

containing different functional groups were synthesized f or

this purpose (61). Vinyl groups were intentionally

incorporated into the polymer chain for facilitating later

immobilization of the stationary phases. The reaction

conditions for the deactivation reaction are optimized. All

GC experiments were performed on a dual column system. Gas

chromatographic retention indices were measured for critical

solutes of different polarity in the test mixture. The peak

shapes of the recorded chromatograms were compared in order

to evaluate the degree of deactivation obtained with these

reagents. The influence of surface modification on the

polarity of the stationary coating is also discussed. The

effect of hydrogen and vinyl groups in the crosslinking

process of the stationary phases will be discussed in Chapters

3 and 4.

2.2 'l'HEORY

Fairly high temperatures are required for deactivation with

octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane and polydimethylsiloxanes, due

to the acidity of the silanols on the fused silica column wall

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[50]. on the contrary, with polyhydrosiloxanes, covalent bonds

are formed from the dehydrocondensation between hydride

silicon bonds and silanols on the column wall [50, 62, 63]:

' 1 1 1 -si-OH + H-Si-Me ----> -si-o-si-Me + H2 t 1 1 1 1

(2 .1)

This reaction is favoured by acidic surface conditions and can

reach 100% conversion under medium temperature conditions.

Basic column surfaces cause deprotonation of silanols thereby

hindering the above mentioned reaction (64].

Hydrolysis of Si-H bonds according to equation (2. 2), is

essential for intra- and intermolecular cross-linking of PMHS.

1 1 Me-si-H + H20 ----> Me-si-OH + H2 t

1 1 (2.2)

The physisorbed water on the column surface induces initial

hydrolysis at the PMHS-water interface. The hydrolysis product

can react further with Si-H as shown in the equation (2.3).

1 1 1 1 Me-Si-OH + H-Si-Me ----> Me-si-o-si-Me + H2 t

1 1 1 1 (2.3}

The covalent bonds between the polymer molecules are formed

by eq 2. 3. The reactions shown in eq 2. 1 and 2. 3 are

irreversible at temperatures above 200°C. Therefore, under the

optimum conditions for deactivation, a thin and densely

crosslinked and unextractable layer was formed on the column

wall.

The hydrolysis products can react also according to:

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1 1 Me-si-OH + HO-Si-Me ----> Me-Si-O-Si-Me + H20

1 1 1 1 (2.4)

This reaction is reversible in the presence of water formed

in the reaction. Therefore, the deactivation process will be

deteriorated by the presence of an excess of water on the

column wall [65].

Substi tut ion of other functional groups instead of methyl

groups will decrease the reactivity of the Si-H bonds because

of both the steric hindrance effect and the electron

withdrawing effect of the other functional groups [51, 52).

Additionally, the irregular distribution of the silanols and

siloxane bridges on the column surface should be noticed. The

increased molar ratio of other substituted functional groups

make it more difficult to obtain a complete deactivation

compared with PMHS.

(2.5)

The critical surface tension of a column deactivated with the

reagents shown above depends on the ratio of m, n, and p in

formula 2.5. In order to minimize the effect of polar sites

in the deactivation layèr on the retention of the solute in

coated columns, an optimized amount of the different

functional groups in the deactivation reagents should be used.

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2.3 EXPERIMENT.AL

2.3.l Materials and Reaqents

1,3,5,7-tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4H), 1,3,5,7-tetra­

vinylmethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4Vi), bis-(cyanopropyl)di­

chlorosilane, diphenyldimethoxysilane, polymethylhydrosiloxane

(PS 122, 85 es, fluid) were all purchased fro:m Petrarch

systems (Bristol, PA, USA). These reagents were used without

further purification.

Fused silica capillary columns with inner diameters of 0.22

mm and 0.32 mm were obtained fro:m Chrompack International BV

(Middelburg, NL), the 50 µ.m columns from Scientific Glass

Engineering PTY LTD. (Ringwood, Australia). All solvents were

PA grade (Merck AG, Oarmstadt, FRG), deionized water was used

throughout this study (Millipore Syste:m, Millipore Corp.,

Bedford, USA).

2.3.2 Synthesis of Polyvinylmethylhydrosiloxane (PVMHS)

D4Vi (2 .1 g) and o4H (13. 2 g) were mixed together (molar

ratio, 10:90) with 3 :ml dichloromethane. A few drops of

concentrated sulfuric acid were added to catalyze the

polymerization. The mixture was stirred at room temperature

for 48 h. Then 5 drops of hexamethyldisilazane were added to

the mixture and stirring was continued for another 16 h to

enhance the endcapping. This endcaps the ter:minated hydroxyl

groups of the linear polymers. The mixture was then dissolved

in 10 ml of CH2cl2 and washed 8 times with an equal volume of

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water. The solvent was removed by distillation. Finally, the

fluid was dried at 60°C under vacuum for 6 hours.

2.3.3 synthesis of Polydiphenylvinylmethylhydrosiloxane (POPMHS)

Diphenyldimethoxysilane (4.88 g) and D4Vi (0.172 g) was mixed

in 2 ml CH2c12 and stirred after addition of 5 drops of

concentrated sulfuric acid at room temperature. Then D4H (1.08

g) dissolved in 2 ml CH2Cl2 was dropped into the mixture

(molar ratio, 50:5:45) during 30 minutes in an Argon

atmosphere. The mixture was stirred for 60 h. For the

endcapping, the same procedure as used for the synthesis of

PVMHS was applied.

2.3.4 synthesis of Polybis-(oyanopropyl)vinylmethyl­hydrosiloxane (PBCPVMHS)

The monomer, bis-(cyanopropyl)dimethoxysilane, was achieved

according to the following conversion reaction:

Cl 1

R-Si-R + 1

OCH3 1

R-Si-R + 1

(2.6)

Cl OCH3

The dichlorosilane was added in drops to the stirred excess

trimethylorthoformate to reach full conversion. Thereafter the

polymerization was performed according to the procedure for

the synthesis of PDPVMHS.

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2.3.5 Pretreatment of the :rused Silica Capillaries

The capillary columns were hydrothermally treated by filling

the column with a 10% (w/w) solution of HCl to 90% of their

volume and then heated to 150°C for 1 h. Next, the column was

rinsed with a 2% HCl solution and with deionized water until

neutral. Finally the columns were washed with 5 ml of methanol

and dried at 250°C for l h under a flow of Helium.

2.3.6 Deactivation and ~esting Procedure

Each column was dynamically coated with a 5% or 10% (v/v)

solution of the deactivation reagents in pentane or

dichloromethane. The speed at which the coating solution was

pumped through the column was kept at about 25 to 30 cm/min.

After flushing the columns with Helium for 30 min and flame

sealing, the columns were heated to different temperatures

during different reaction times. After deactivation the

capillary columns were carefully rinsed with 10 ml of

dichloromethane and dried at 250°C for l h under a flow of

helium. The deactivated fused silica capillaries were tested

by GC with a dual column system consisting of a coated

precolumn and the column to be tested. A test mixture (cf.

Table 2 .1) which contains components with different

adsorptivity was used for evaluation of the deactivated

c.olumns ( 65) •

The test method is essentially as described by Schomburg et

al. [10]. It allows the examination of peak shapes and peak

areas for a quantitative comparison of the column activity for

the components in the test mixture. The column polarity is

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measured by means of Kováts retention indices for the

deactivated column as well as for the coated capillary. Zero­

dead volume connectors (Unimetrics Corp., CA, USA or Gerstel

GmbH, Mülheim a/d Ruhr, FRG) were used to connect the

deactivated column to a high quality coated column, (home

made, PMHS deactivated OV-1 precolumn, L = 10 m, i.d. = 0.25

mm, film thickness df = 0.25 µm). An average linear velocity

of 30-40 cm/sec (Helium) was used.

Tabla 2.1 Composition of the test mixture. Peak No. is the elution order on the precolumn.

Peak Components conc. Representation for No. (mg/l)

1 decane 119.0 ---2 1-octanol 112.4 silanol, hydrogen bond

3 2,6-dimethylphenol 118.3 basic sites

4 undecane 116.6 ---5 2,6-dimethylaniline 114.7 acid sites, silanol

6 dodecane 114.4 ---7 decylamine 116.4 acid sites, silanol,

exposed siloxane bridge

8 tridecane 107.8 ---9 nicotine 121.0 acid sites, silanol

10 tetradecane 128.4 ---The amount of each component injected onto the column system

is about 1 ng. The measurements are performed on a Packard 430

gas chromatograph (Packard, Delft, NL) equipped with a split

injector and an FID. All experiments were carried out

isothermally at ioo 0 c.

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2.4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

2.4.l Deactivation with Pol1Jllethylhydrosiloxane (PMRS)

The deactivation conditions used for the deactivation of the

fused silica capillaries with PMHS are given in Table 2.2.

Table 2.2 survey of the deactivation conditions of fused silica capillaries.

Column Reaction conditions No.

ID (µm) L (m) T (OC) Time (h} Reagent

1 220 5 --- --- untreated

2 220 10 240 4 PMHS

3 220 10 280 4 PMHS

4 220 10 300 4 PMHS

5 1) 220 10 --- --- ---6 2) 220 10 280 4 PMHS

7 320 4 240 4 PVMHS

8 320 4 280 4 PVMHS

9 320 4 300 4 PVMHS

10 320 4 320 2 PVMHS

11 320 4 350 0.5 PVMHS

12 3) 320 4 --- --- ---l) After reconditioning of column No. 3 at 300°C for 30 h

with Helium flushing. 2) Flushed with water saturated Helium for l hour prior to

deactivation. 3) After rinsing and reconditioning column No. 10 at 300°C

for 30 h with Helium flushing.

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l

4

2

6

7

0 2 4 6 B

4

5

6

8

9

0 2 4 6 8

Fiqure 2.1

a 1

4

3 6

s

10

10 min

1

c

!~ s

10

0 2

6

7

4

8

8 9

6

b

d

10

B 10 min

Representative chromatograms of the test mixture. (a) precolum.n; (b) precolumn plus untreated column No. 1; (c) precolumn plus PMHS deactivated column No. 2; (d) precolumn plus PMHS deactivated column No. 3. For test conditions see text and peak identification, see Table 2.1.

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The normalized peak areas (NA), corrected for the weight

difference in the test mixture but not for FID response

factors and the corresponding Kováts retention indices

measured at 100 °c for both the precolumn and the evaluated

capillaries are given in Table 2.3.

Table 2.3 Normalized peak areas (NA) and Kováts retention indices (RI) at 100°c of the test components of the PMHS deactivated columns.

Col. Test components No.

1-octanol 12, 6·-DMA Decylamine Nicotine 2,6-DMP

NA RI NA RI NA RI NA RI NA RI

O* 86 1051.3 96 1081. 0 101 1136.5 86 1233.3 92 1309.1

1 11 1087.3 70 1093.8 61 1159. 0 0 -- 0 --2 73 1052.5 94 1093.7 99 1138.l 11 1251. 5 53 1313.8

3 86 1052.5 95 1081. 4 103 1136.l 81 1234.4 90 1310.8

4 85 1052.4 94 1081. 6 98 1137.0 75 1235.5 85 1311.1

5 86 1052.6 95 1081. 7 102 1136.8 80 1235.1 89 1311. 4

6 47 1053.0 80 1082.2 87 1137.9 21 1244.3 64 1312.6

* The precolumn.

Considering the representative chromatograms for the precolumn

and the differently deactivated columns given in Fig. 2.1 and

the data presented in Table 2.3, it is obvious that excellent

deactivation is obtained after heating the column to 280°c for

4 hours (#3) or at a higher temperature during a shorter time

{#4). The deactivated column #3 was heated at 300°C for 30 h

and rinsed with pentane and dichloromethane respectively. No

significant changes in the normalized peak areas and the

retention indices of the components were observed. This high

thermal stability and resistance to solvent rinsing was

explained by Woolley et al [55]. They assume that a very thin

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(several monolayers) but densely crosslinked film was formed

by dehydrocondensation (eqns. 2.1-2.3) and that the surface

is covered by anchored Si-Me groups with methyl protruding

upwards from the surface. This is in agreement with the

observation that the Koväts retention indices of a well

deacti vated column are in acceptable agreement to those of the

precolumn.

As shown in equation (2.2), physically adsorbed water on the

surface plays an important role in the formation of a densely

cross-linked network. An excess of water, however, will

deteriorate the deactivation layer due to the presence of

unreacted Si-OH groups (cf. eq 2.4). This is illustrated by

the strong adsorption of 1-octanol and aminodecane on column

No. 6 (cf. Table 2.2 and 2.3).

2.4.2 Deactivation with Polyvinylmethylhydrosiloxane (PVMHS)

The deactivation conditions (e.g. temperatures and times) for

a number of short fused silica columns (L = 4 m) with PVMHS

are summarized in Table 2.2.

Representative chromatograms of the PVMHS deactivated columns

(at 320°C during 2 hours) before and after solvent rinsing are

gi ven in Fig. 2. 2. The corresponding normalized peak areas and

retention indices with this copolymer are presented in Table

2.4.

For reasons of comparison, the deactivated capillaries were

tested before and after solvent rinsing. Comparing the columns

#3 (Table 2. 3) and #9 (Table 2. 4) , it can be seen that a

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slightly higher temperature is needed for complete

deactivation with PVMHS as compared to the PMHS deactivation.

This can be explained by steric effects so that a higher

deactivation temperature is required to form a densely cross­

linked layer and to cover the residual active sites in this

case.

:5 5

6 a 6 b

8

7 8 7

9 9

10 1C

' ...... -.... __ _,..,, _____ --- L -·-~ .... .__ ... ..,, __ ~ ----0 2 4 6 8 min 0 2 4 6 8 min

Fiqure 2.2 Representative chromatograms of the test mixture on the precolumn plus PVMHS deactivated column No. 10 (a} before solvent rinsing; (b} after solvent rinsing. For test conditions see text and peak identification, see Table 2.1.

Comparing the Kováts indices given in Table 2.4 for one of the

most optimal columns (e.g. #9) and the precolumn an increase

of the retention indices can be observed. This indicates that

the incorporation of vinyl groups into the cross-linked

deactivation layer can be considered successful. Further

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studies with solid state 29si NMR on model substrates, like

cab-O-Sil [66] were required to confirm these results and will

be described in Chapter 3.

'l'able 2.4 Normalized peak areas (NA) and Kováts retention indices (RI) at 100°c of the test components of the PVMHS deactivated columns.

Col. Test components No.

1-octanol 2,6-DMP 2,6-DMA Oecylamine Nicotine

NA RI NA RI NA RI NA RI !NA RI

0 86 1051.3 96 1081. 0 101 1136.5 86 1233.3 92 1309.1

Before rinsing wi:th solvent

7 80 1054.6 - - - - - ~~ •• ""0 ---8 85 1054.6 92

~1319.7 1086.5 99 1142.4 27 1241.8 1314.5

9 86 1054.8 93 ~1238,4 88 1315.5

10 87 1055.8 94 1238.8 88 1316.5

11 86 1055.7 95 1238.0 90 1316.4

After rinsing with solvent

7 80 1054.6 90 1086.l 99 1142.l 0 1--- 36 1319.0

8 86 1054.2 90 1086.6 100 1141. 5 30 1241.1 87 1313.6

9 86 1055.2 91 1085.6 100 1142.6 75 1238.l 89 1314.7

10 86 1055.7 93 1087.1 100 1143.5 78 1238.1 89 1315.5

11 85 1055.1 92 1087.4 100 1145.0 83 1238.8 90 1316.7

12 85 1053.0 96 1090.1 100 1147.2 80 1240.5 87 1318.5

2.4.3 Deactivation with PDPVMHS

The deactivation conditions (e.g. reaction times and tempera­

tures) for the deactivation with PDPVMHS are summarized in

Table 2.5.

A survey of the corresponding normalized peak areas and Kováts

retention indices with POPVMHS before and after solvent

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rinsing is given in Table 2.6. Corresponding representative

chromatograms of the test mixture (cf. Table 2.1) are shown

in Fig. 2.3.

Table 2.s Survey of the silylation conditions of fused silica capillaries, all columns are 0.32 mm i.d. * 4 m.

Column No. Reaction conditions

T (OC) Time (h) Reagent

13 260 4 PDPVMHS

14 280 4 PDPVMHS

15 300 4 PDPVMHS

16 320 2 PDPVMHS

17 350 2 PDPVMHS

18 1) --- --- ---19 260 4 PBCPVMHS

20 280 4 PBCPVMHS

21 300 2 PBCPVMHS

22 320 1 PBCPVMHS

23 350 0.5 PBCPVMHS

24 2) --- --- ---1) After rinsing and reconditioning column No. 17 at 350°C

for 40 h with Helium flushing. 2) After rinsing and reconditioning column No. 23 at 280°C

for 1 h with Helium flushing.

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1 4

1

4

a b

2

1!3 '"'3

5 6 5

6

a a

7 9 10 10

[_ 9 l LJ. l

_...._ - ';

0 2 4 6 a min 0 2 4 6 a min

14

1,..3

5 d c

6 3

56

7 a

7 a

9 10

9 10

l~ ..._ -- ...............

0 2 4 6 a min 0 2 4 6 a min

Figure 2.3 Representati ve chromatograms of the test mixture on the precolumn plus PDPVMHS deactivated column No. 14 (a) before solvent rinsing; (b) after solvent rinsing; and precolumn plus PDPVMHS deactivated column No. 17 (c) before solvent rinsing; (d) after solvent rinsing. For test conditions see text and peak identification, see Table 2.1.

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Table 2.6 Normalized peak areas (NA) and Kováts retention indices (RI) at 100°c of the test components of the pDPVMHS deactivated columns.

Col. Test components No.

1-0ctanol 2,6-DMP 2,6-DMA Decylamine Nicotine

NA RI NA RI NA RI NA RI 1

I

0 86 1051.3 96 1081. 0 101 1136.5 86 1233.3 92 1309.l

Before ~insing ~ith solvent

13 82 1056.7 88 1088.6 100 1147~ 1252.1 71 1344.5

14 83 1056.2 89 1092.4 99 1151 1243.5 81 1328.5

15 83 1058.6 93 1099.0 100 1157.5 53 1243.3 85 1337.6

16 85 1065.6 91 1113.7 100 1178.6 59 1254.0 86 1350.2

17 84 1067.3 91 1118.2 99 1183.8 77 1245.9 88 1351. 5

~ After dn1ing with solvent

1057. 2 87 1090. 3 100 1146. 2 33 1249.5 76 1335.6

1055.8 901089.6~ 1147.444 1241.7 70 1317.5

~055. 7 ~1091.8 99 1150.5158 1240.6 86 1325.l

057.0 921090.81001150.761 1242.7 86 1322. 5

17 84 1058.1 91 1093.7 100 1152.2 82 1240.5 90 1323.7

18 84 1057.9 92 1092.8 100 1152.0 59 1239.4 87 1322.7

Similar steric eff ects and shifts of Kováts retention indices

were observed with PDPVMHS as with PVMHS deactivation.

Obviously, a deactivation layer which incorporates polar

functional groups will show a shift of Kováts indices to a

higher value. It can be seen that there are larger retention

index shifts of the test components in the mixture for the

freshly deactivated columns compared to the rinsed columns

(#16 and #17). From that it can be concluded that some

unreacted or decomposed short chain materials are physically

attached or just left on the surface before solvent rinsing.

The residual contribution to the retention behaviour of the

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test components after solvent rinsing, even if the

deactivation layer is very thin, indicates the incorporation

of the characteristic functional groups in the deactivation

layer.

After heating the column. No. 17 at 350°C for 40 hours, no

significant changes in the column activity were noted, which

indicates the good thermal stability of this deactivation

layer. In previous studies [23-25, 66], the loss of the phenyl

groups from the silica surface at temperature above 250°C was

observed when 1,3-diphenyltetramethyldisilazane {DPTMDS) was

used as the deactivation reagent [43, 67]. The two phenyl

groups are attached to different silicon atoms, bath together

with two methyl groups. Blum and Eglinton [68] pointed out

that asymmetrical substitution leads to a dipole moment at the

respective silicon atoms, which makes it more susceptible for

nucleophilic attacks by silanol groups or traces of water.

Improved thermal stability of the polymer will be obtained by

symmetrical substitution. This is in agreement with the

re sul ts shown above. Moreover, the deacti vation layer is

solvent resistant, neither the normalized peak areas nor the

retention indices were changed by rinsing the column with

10 ml each of n-pentane, acetone and dichloromethane.

2.4.4 Deactivation with PBCPVMHS

Deactivation conditions {e.g. reaction temperatures and times)

for this reagent are presented in Table 2.5.

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A survey of the corresponding normalized peak areas and Kováts

retention indices is presented in Table 2. 7. Corresponding

representative chromatograms of the test mixture are shown in

Fig. 2. 4.

1 4

2

~5 6

8

9

7

a

10

12 4

5 6 3

b

8

9 10

L" t L _,_,_.........,.__1u1 __ _J _

0 J

2 4 6 8 min 0 2 4 6 8 min

Figure 2.4 Representati ve chromatograms of the test :mixture on the precolwnn plus PBCPVMHS deactivated column No. 21 {a) before solvent rinsing; (b) after solvent rinsing. For test conditions see text and peak identification, see Table 2.1.

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Table 2.7 Normalized peak areas (NA) and Kováts retention indices (RI) at 100°c of the test components of the PBCPVMHS deactivated columns.

Col. Test components No.

1-0ctanol 2,6-DMP 2,6-DMA Decylamine !Nicotine

NA RI NA RI NA RI INA RI INA RI

0 86 1051.3 96 1081. 0 101 1136.5 86 1233.3 92 1309.1

Before rinsing with solvent

19 78 1060.5 89 1118. 6 99 1164.9 19 1236.5 93 1344.5

20 83 1063.1 90 1130.2 99 1173.2 25 1236.8 92 1328.5

21 83 1064.9 89 1139.6 100 1181.1 34 1237.5 96 1337.6

22 85 1065.9 91 1143.2 100 1182.9 45 1237.5 95 1350.2

23 83 1066.5 93 1143.4 100 1183.2 66 1237.8 97 1351. 5

After rinsing with solvent

19 81 1058.5 90 1107.0 99 1156.2 0 --- 87 1335.6

20 83 1061.9 90 1126.1 98 1169.5 0 --- 89 1317.5

21 84 1062.0 90 1125.5 99 1169.8 0 --- 92 1325.1

22 85 1063.3 93 1134.0 98 1174.5 0 --- 90 1322.5

23 84 1063.9 91 1134.5 100 1174.5 0 --- 91 1323.7

24 83 1065.6 91 1138.3 99 1178.4 21 1238.6 92 1322.7

As is shown in Table 2.7 the normalized peak areas and the

retention indices of the polar components in the mixture for

PBCPVMHS deactivated columns increase with silylation

temperature. Most probably this again can be explained from

the steric hindrance effect. In the case of higher

temperatures, the steric effect is decreased and a densely

cross-linked network is formed at the column wall.

From Fig. 2.4, it can be seen that the decylamine peak totally

vanished after solvent rinsing. This demonstrates that some

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residual silanols still existed on the column surface after

the physically attached polymer layer was washed away.

Consequently this caused the adsorption of aminodecane, one

of the most critical components in the test mixture, After

shortly reconditioning the column (No. 23, cf. Table 2.5 and

2. 7) by heating, the decylamine peak elutes again, however not

quantitatively. Reheating the rinsed column resulted in a

further reaction between the silylhydride and the residual

silanols on the column wall. Apparently, higher temperatures

and/or longer reaction times are required to complete the

deactivation of fused silica capillaries with PBCPVMHS.

The wettability of the capillary columns by polar stationary

phases depends on the critical surface tension (CST) of the

column wall. The (CST) can be improved by increasing the

content of polar functional groups in the deactivation layer.

On the other hand, the polarity of the deactivation layer

should not be increased too much. A high content of polar

functional groups in the deactivation layer, which enhances

the wettability by the stationary phases, may result in an

increase of the overall column polarity expressed in the

Kováts retention indices. This effect is illustrated in a

chromatogram of the Grob test mixture given in Fig. 2.5 for

a column which has been deactivated with a 50% cyanopropyl

molar ratio of PBCPVMHS. The column was coated with OV-1701

(df • 0.3 µm), which contains only 7% cyanopropyl groups in

the polymer. The inverted elution order of 2,3-butanediol and

n-decane compared to the chromatograms in ref. [69)

illustrates that the deactivation layer significantly

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contr ibutes to polarity of the column. Matching of the

polarities of the deactivated column wall and the stationary

phases should be carefully optimized in order to achieve not

only a high column efficiency but also a defined column

polarity.

4

3 s

6 7 s 9

LJ11ll •• ______ • ._ .......... ._~.____......_ __ _

0 10 20 min

Figure 2.s Representative chromatogram of Grob mixture #2 on a column (320 µm I.C. * 4 m) coated with OV-1701, df= 0.3 µm (see text for the details). GC condition: He, 25 cm/sec., oven temperature from 40°C to 200°c at 4°C/min; peak identification: 1 = decane, 2 = butanediol, 3 = octanol + dodecane, 4 = 2,6-dimethylphenol, 5 = 2,6-dimethylaniline, 6, s, 9 =methyl caprate, undecanoate and laurate respectively, 7 = dicyclohexylamine.

2.5 CORCLUSZOHS

The synthesized vinyl modified polymethylhydrosiloxanes with

different functional groups incorporated in the polymer chain

are very useful for silylation of silanol groups on the column

wall of fused silica capillaries. Excellent deactivation of

the fused silica surface was obtained with PMHS and PVMHS.

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Relatively high temperature and/or long reaction times are

needed for diphenyl and bis-(cyanopropyl) substituted reagents

compared to the methyl substituted deactivation reagent. This

is due to steric hindrance effects and an electron withdrawing

effect of the functional groups in the polymer chain. Complete

silylation of the silanol groups on the column wall appears

most difficult for the bis-{cyanopropyl) substituted polymers.

Physisorbed water on the inner surface plays an important role

to achieve a thin and densely crosslinked layer on the column

wall. Too high a water content, however, will deteriorate the

deactivation layer due to the presence of unreacted Si-OH

groups caused by the hydrolysis of Si-H groups (see eq. 2.2).

Compared to methyl deactivated columns an increase of the

Kováts retention indices of polar test compounds indicates a

successful incorporation of functional groups in the

deactivation layer. If different functional groups are present

in the deactivation layer, the individual contribution of each

of these groups to the solute retention cannot be

distinguished. A careful optimization of the content of

functional groups in the deactivation layer and the stationary

phase is required in order to achieve efficient columns with

a reproducible polarity.

Confirmation of these conclusion with solid state 29si NMR on

a model substrate, Cab-0-Sil, and a more detailed

interpretation of the deactivation process will be presented

in Chapter 3.

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CHAP'l'ER 3

A SOLID STATE 29s1 NMR STUDY OF THE DEACTIV ATION OF SILICASURFACESUSING NON-POROUSSILICAPARTICLES AS THE MODEL SUBSTRATE

The effect of the silylation temperatures and reaction times on the deactivation process of silica sur.taces is investigated with solid state 29si NMR spectroscopy. These model experiments using fumed silica as a model substrate for fused silica can reveal the structure and the chemical properties of the deactivation layer on the surface of the particles. Interpretation of the results yields valuable information on the chemical details of the deactivation reaction. The advantages and disadvantages of solid state 29si NMR as a characterization method f or the surf ace properties are discussed.

3.1 INTRODUCTION

Tremendous improvements in the deactivation of capillary

surfaces have been achieved by high temperature silylation

and, more recently, by low temperature dehydrocondensation [ 1-

6]. The development of column technology clearly benefited

from the increasing understanding of the reaction mechanisms

involved in the deactivation process.

The characterization of deactivated surfaces has proved useful

for the description of the modif ied surface and is performed

mostly by chromatography. Other techniques such as cross­

polarization magie angle spinning {CP-MAS) NMR and lH NMR

spectroscopy, normal and total reflectance IR spectroscopy,

GC-MS, scanning electron microscopy, secondary-ion mass

spectrometry, electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis and

capillary rise measurements have also been used to fulfil this

purpose. The surface area of the inner column wall, however,

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is far too small to fit the requirement of most of these

characterization techniques. The combination of solid state

29si NMR spectroscopy and experiments with a fumed silica

material like Cab-o-sil as a model for the column wall may

give the researchers · some representative pictures of what

occurred inside the column during the deactivation process.

In fact, it has been proved to be a powerful tool for the

characterization of such species [7-14].

In the framework of a long term systematic study on column

technology, Chapter 2 presented the results of a study on the

deactivation of fused silica capillary columns with polyvinyl­

methylhydrosiloxane (PVMHS) and polydiphenyl vinylmethylhydro­

siloxane (PDPVMHS). Excellent deactivations were obtained at

a temperature of 300°C for PVMHS and 350°C for PDPVMHS,

respectively. According to Lee and coworkers [3-6] this type

of reagents serves two purposes in the process of

deactivation. The first one is to get rid of the active sites

of the column wal! by the reaction between the silylhydride

and surface silanols present at the column wall. The second

important characteristic of the deactivation layer is that it

increases the critical surface tension of the column inner

surface. Due to this increase in the surface tension of the

column wall wettability is obtained for phenyl containing

stationary phases without loss of the deactivation of the

column wall.

It has been stated in literature that with PMHS deactivation,

all silylhydride groups react with silanol groups to form a

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layer of a densely crosslinked polymer with its methyl groups

protruding upwards from the surface [6]. It was found,

however, by 29si NMR studies [ 14] that the reaction of

silylhydride groups with the surface silanols is not complete

due to the intrinsically low reactivity of the silylhydride

groups and steric hindrance.

In previous studies [11, 15-19], the loss of phenyl groups

from the silica surface was observed at temperatures above

250°C when 1,3-diphenyltetramethyldisilazane (DPTMDS) was used

as the deacti vat ion reagent [ 11, 18, 19] • The two phenyl

groups are attached to different silicon atoms, both together

with two methyl groups. Blum and Eglinton [20) pointed out

that asymmetrical substi tution leads to a dipole moment at the

respective silicon atoms, which makes it easier accessible for

nucleophilic attacks by silanol groups or traces of water. An

improved stability of the polymer can be obtained with the

symmetrically substituted reagent. This was the third reason

to select PDPVMHS as the deactivation reagent in this study.

In this chapter, a parallel investigation of the deactivation

with PVMHS and PDPVMHS was carried out by solid state 29si NMR

spectroscopy. A fumed vitreous silica, Cab-o-Sil MS, was used

as the model substrate for detailed studies on the nature and

the chemical structure of the deactivation layer and for

confirmation of the intended chemical reactions at the column

wall. Estimation of the relative amounts of the functional

groups as determined by 29si cross-polarization magie angle

spinning (CP-MAS) NMR combined with elemental analysis can

elucidate the reaction mechanisms of the deactivation

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reactions.

The effect of the vinyl groups, which were incorporated in the

synthesized copolymer on the deactivation process are

described. The advantages and disadvantages of 29si NMR as a

characterization method of the surface properties are also

discussed.

3.2 THBORY

The deactivationprocess which occurs on the surface of silica

particles can be studied by 29si CP-MAS NMR. The specific

chemical structure of the functional groups are determined by

NMR signals of deactivated silica samples. This gives

information on the properties and relative amounts of the

siliceous groups incorporated in the deactivation layer.

Typical capillary columns with inner diameters between 50-

530 µm have surface areas far too small to allow the

application of most spectroscopie analysis techniques for

surface characterization. Therefore, model materials such as

glass sheets (21, 22], silica gels (7-10] or fumed silica (11-

14, 18] have to be used for model studies on surface

deactivation and modification utilizing these techniques for

surface characterization.

A non-poreus fumed silica, Cab-O-Sil MS, was chosen because

of its compatibility with 29si CP-MAS NMR (high surface area

of about 200 m2 /g) and its close similarity to the fused

silica column wall (no pores, hence the reaction is not

limited by diffusion processes).

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Below a brief overview of the principles of 29si CP-MAS NMR

is given.

If a nucleus is placed in an external magnetic field it will

interact with this external field. Moreover, it will interact

with the magnetic field generated by spinning neighbouring

nuclei. The spin states are determined by the spin quantum

number. The corresponding energy levels are governed by

Planck's law:

where E: the energy level, h: the Planck constant, vo: Larmor frequency.

( 3 .1)

v0 is related to Bo (magnetic strength of the external field)

according to:

\10

where

y *Bo 2 * 'lt

(3. 2)

-y: the gyromagnetic ratio, a physical property of the nucleus.

The sensitivity of NMR measurements is determined by the

natural abundance of a nucleus and its 'Y value. The shielding

of the nuclei by surrounding electrons causes the resonance

frequency to shift. The extend, to which the resonance

frequency shifts depends on the chemica! structure of the

molecules and provides qualitative information on the

structure.

NMR line in NMR spectra of stationary, solid samples are

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broadened by a number of factors. Two of the more important

interactions are chemical shift anisotropy (C.S.A.) and

dipolar interactions between nuclei.

C.S.A. arises because the shielding of nuclei in a sample by

the bonding electrons depend on the direction of the sample

{e.g. the main axes of a crystal) with respect to the external

magnetic field. In fact, the shielding should be described by

a tensor, 3 . In liquids, rapid molecular tumbling reduces

this to the trace of the tensor: ae = (axx + ayy + Uzz)/3. The

line broadening, resulting from C.S.A. can be described a

Hamiltonian of the general form:

Hc.s.A. = Y * h * Ï * ä * B where .... I spin quantum number, = a shielding tensor, .... B external magnetic field.

(3.3)

In a sample consisting of small crystallites (powder) this can

be written as:

(3. 4) where c1 : a constant, r: the distance between the nuclei, 8: the angle between the magnetic field direction and the

internuclear axis.

When the sample is spun around an angle with the magnetic

field for which (3 * cos28 - 1) = 0 1 the C.S.A. broadening is

greatly reduced. This technique is called Magie Angle Spinning

(MAS) and 8 = 54°44' is called the magie angle. Moreover,

antifacts ("spinning side bands") remain in the spectrum of

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the sample. They disappear gradually when the spinning speed

is enhanced.

Dipolar interactions between nuclei arise by coupling through

space. The appropriate Hamiltonian for these interactions is:

2 2 - '::t -HD = y * h * I * D * I (3.5)

where ::$

D : the dipolar coupling tensor.

In contrast with C.S.A., the dipolar interactions in Hertz

does not depend on the external field strength. Equation 3.5

can be simplified to:

where C2: a constant.

3 * cos26 - 1 r3

(3. 6)

The broadening effect of dipolar interactions will only

disappear when the MAS spinning frequency is larger than the

dipolar interaction in frequency units. In practice, this

means that small interactions (like e.g. in 29si-o-1H over

larger distances can be removed by MAS. In 13c solid state

NMR, however, one bas to cope with very large dipolar

interactions between 13c and lH nuclei (40 kHz for stationary,

solid samples). These interactions are removed by dipolar

decoupling (irradiation of the protons, while exciting and

observing e.g. 13c NMR signals).

Unfortunately, however, the sensitivity of 29si MAS-NMR is

quite low because of the low natural abundance of 29si (4.7%).

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As the sensitivity is proportional to the square root of the

measuring time, a significant gain in sensitivity can only be

obtained at the expense of very long measuring time. On the

other hand, measuring time also depends on the relaxation time

T1 , the time necessary for a nuclear spin to return from

energy level E2 to E1 to restore equilibrium. Only when

equilibrium is restored can excitation occur again.

cross-Polarization (CP) techniques can shorten the relaxation

time. In this technique a large magnetization of e.g. protons

polarize the 29si nuclei and this is possible only between

closely spaced atoms. By adjusting the frequencies of the

proton and the 29si to meet the Hartmann-Hahn condition, a

link between the proton and the 29si magnetization is formed

(24). This results effectively in a reduction in the

relaxation time of 29si nuclei.

Only 29si nuclei near a spatially fixed proton which are

obviously present solely at the surf ace of the silica

particles contribute to the NMR signal in 29si CP-MAS NMR.

This makes 29si CP-MAS NMR a surface analysis technique suited

for silica materials.

3 • 3 EXPERJ:MEHTAL

3.3.1 Materials

1,3,5,7-tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4H), 1,3,5,7-tetra­

vinylmethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4Vi),diphenyldimethoxysilane

and polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS, 85 es, fluid) were all

purchased from Petrarch Systems (Bristol, PA, USA). These

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reagents were used without further purification.

PVMHS was synthesized from o4H and o4vi (molar ratio= 90:10)

according to the procedure developed in our laboratory [25,

26). Similarly, PDPVMHS was synthesized from diphenyldi­

methoxysilane, o4vi and D4H in a molar ratio of 50:7:43.

The Cab-O-Sil M5 (Cabot Corp., Tuscola, Ill., USA) was a gift

from Heybroek & Co. Handelmij. NV (Amsterdam, NL). The

specific area of the sample is 202 m:i /g determined by the saET

method after the heat and rehydration treatment. This value

will be used in this chapter. All solvents used were P.A.

grade from E. Merck (Darmstadt, FRG). The deionized water was

obtained from a Milli-Q System (Millipore, Bedford, MA, USA).

3.3.2 Silylation of Cab-O-Sil and Solid state 29si NMR Measurements

The Cab-o-sil was heated to 720-750°C for 48 h to remove

"water inclusions" [ 27). After cooling, the Cab-O-Sil was

rehydrated by refluxing it with pure water for 5 hours, then

the water was removed by a rotary evaporator. Afterwards, the

rehydrated sample was dried in a vacuum oven at 110°c

overnight and stored over P205 in a vacuum desiccator for

several weeks.

This dried Cab-O-Sil was coated with the deactivation

reagents. Approximately l g of Cab-O-Sil was added to

solutions of 10% of PVMHS and PDPVMHS in n-pentane

respectively and mixed by sonification. Aftar slowly

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evaporating the solvent at room temperature with a rotary

evaporator, a polymer film with a film thickness of

approximately 5 nm was deposited on the silica surface.

The coated Cab-O-Sil samples were then dried in an oven at

100°C at reduced pressure for 1 h. A quartz ampoule which was

filled with about O. 3 g of coated Cab-O-Sil sample then

evacuated was repeatedly filled with Helium up to atmospheric

pressure. After sealing the tube to a volume of about 8 ml,

the ampoule was wrapped in an aluminum foil and heated to the

desired silylation temperature for 16 hours. After silylation

the ampoule was opened and the content was rinsed twice with

dichloromethane and subsequently dried overnight at 110°C

under reduced pressure.

Solid. state 29si NMR spectra of the samples listed in Table

3.1, were obtained with a Bruker CXP300 spectrometer at 59.63

MHz, in a similar way as discussed extensively by Hetero et al.

[ 14].

The carbon contents of the silylated Cab-O-Sil samples were

determined with a Perkin Elmer 240 Element Analyzer (Perkin

Elmer, Norwalk, CT, USA). The IR spectra of the synthesized

copolymers were measured with a Perkin Elmer 237 Grating

Infrared Spectrophotometer.

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Tabla 3.1 Survey of the silylated Cab-O-Sil samples.

sample No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

(A}

-30 -32

Silylation conditions

Temperature ( oc) Reagents

240

280

320

360

280

300

320

360

-34 -36 -38 ppm

-32

PVMHS

PVMHS

PVMHS

PVMHS

PDPVMHS

s

PDPVMHS

PDPVMHS

(B)

-36 -40 -44 ppm

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:riqure 3.1 High resolution liquid 29si NMR spectra of the synthesized reagents, pulse interval time 10 s, acquisition time 0.1 s. (a) PVMHS, molar ratio= 90:10 (Si-H:Si-Vi), NS (numbers of free induced decays) = 666; (b) POPVMHS: molar ratio = 50:7:43 (Ph:H:Vi), NS= 5300.

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3.4 RESULTS ABD DISCUSSION

3.4.1 Characterization of the Synthesized Reagents.

A representative high resolution liquid 29si NMR spectrum of

the synthesized PVMHS and PDPVMHS deactivation agents is given

in Figure 3.1. The relative amounts of the functional groups

determined by the intensity ratios of the 29si NMR signals are

comparable with the molar ratios as given in the experimental

section.

The structure and functionality notation codes of the most

relevant chemical shifts for the liquid reagent as well as the

silylated Cab-O-Sil samples are presented in Figure 3. 2.

Obviously all the required functional groups are present in

the synthesized deactivation reagents.

code: T, a,

CH, CH, 0 CH•CH,H H OH CH, OH O-

-o-l-cH-CH -l-~o-~-o-l1-o-~-o-L-o-~-o-L-o-:-~-È:

rl • ·ri ~I r' r' r' r' r' r.' r.1

t 0- 0- 0 CH CH CH CH 0 - 0- 0-

·20 -20 -46 -~ .3: .3: .5; -66 -101 ·110 ppm:

Figure 3.2 Structures and functionality notation codes of the most relevant siliceous surf ace moieties and their corresponding chemical shifts.

The IR spectra showed in Figure 3. 3 also confirmed the

presence of all the functional groups in the reagents.

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100

1.1111 3000

Si-H 2000 1600

WÁVENUHBER ( ctf I )

î C•C

Si-C113 f 1000

Si-0-Si

\00

·-~ITT· , ! !J 1 ·1 ~ • " ,

0 /iOOO

, 1· _,.1, I' 1, ' ·1 • • . "

. : -~~ l· ·' .. • • .

t ". j

·il ~ J i i

Si-Ph ~ ~- ;, ; Si-H . ·jl·L · • ! ; .•• 1 • ; d1 11. " . ; 1.ILE~: l tl.

3000 2000 1609 WAVENlJMBER cci-r )

Fiqure 3.3

tiooo Si-0-Si

Infrared spectra of the synthesized copolymers. Upper: PVMHS, lower: PDPVMHS.

3.4.2 Evaluation of PVMKS Silylated Cab-o-sil Samples with Solid State 29si NKR. Spectroscopy

Solid state 29si CP-MAS NMR spectra of the PVMHS silylated

Cab-O-Sil samples (Table 3.1: #1-4) are given in Fig. 3.4. The

corresponding relative ratios of the 29si CP-MAS NMR signals

of bonded siliceous moieties of these samples are presented

in Table 3.2.

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Table 3.2 Relative ratios of the 29si NMR signals of bonded siliceous moieties of the PVMHS silylated Cab-O-Sil samples.

Sample Relative ratio of the 29si NMR siqnals No.

D2ED2 D2H D'2H D2Vi T2 T3

1 4 61 29 2 -- 4

2 4 49 41 -- -- 6

3 5 39 45 -- -- 11

4 7 31 43 -- 2 17

Figure 3.4 clearly illustrates that different results were

obtained with different reaction conditions. rt is evident

that excellent deactivation was achieved by this reagent (note

the disappearance of the geminal and vicinal silanols which

usually give signals at -90 and -101 ppm respectively). The

main silylation products, having chemical shifts in the -35

ppm region show that methylhydrosiloxanes remained after the

silylation. A flexible polymer chain is formed on the surface

as is indicated by the appearance of narrow peaks at chemical

shifts around -35 ppm and -36 ppm in the spectra (Figure 3.4).

The presence of intra and intermolecular crosslinking in the

surf ace polymer layer of the Cab-O-Sil samples is indicated

by the signal of methyltrisiloxysilane (T3) (see eq. 2.1 in

Chapter 2). The intensity of the signal increased with

increasing temperatures. The T3 groups were formed mainly by

the reaction between silylhydrides and surface silanols. The

number of T3 groups increases at higher temperature due to the

degradation of the polymer chains.

The 29si NMR signal of D2ED2 , which is a non-desirable

crosslinking product of the silylation, indicates the reaction

of silicon hydride and vinyl groups incorporated in the

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polymer. The presence of vinyl qroups is not evident after the

silylation reaction. This is due to the relatively low amount

of vinyl groups in the polymer (even lower after the

silylation reaction) and the lack of sensitivity of the 29si

NMR technique.

4-'

3

2

----"'"\,.__

-20 -40 -60 -80 -100 -120 ppm

Figure 3.4 Solid state 29si NMR spectra of PVMHS silylated Cab-O-Sil samples (Table 3.1: #1-4). Q4 is the signal from the silica surf ace.

The amount of vinyl groups in the copolymer prior to the

deactivation is 5% on a molar basis. Because of the higher

density of silanol qroups on the cab-O-Sil particles as

compared to fused silica capillary columns, the silylation

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reaction may not be exactly the same as that on the capillary

column surface. Higher surface concentration of silanol groups

may cause more pronounced crosslinking and chemical bonding

of the deactivation agent, which can also result in a higher

conversion of the vinyl groups. It can be seen from Table 3.2

that the amount of D2ED2 increases with increasing

temperature, this is in agreement with the above explanation.

The carbon content of the PVMHS silylated Cab-O-Sil samples

is 10.8%. This matches very well with the expected carbon

content of the samples and shows a complete crosslinking and

chemical bonding of the polymer layer to the particle surf ace.

3.4.3 Evaluation of PDPVMRS Silylated Cab-o-sil samples with Solid state 29si mm. Spectroscopy

Figure 3.5 presents the solid state 29si CP-MAS NMR spectra

of the PDPVMHS silylated Cab-O-Sil samples (Table 3.1: #5-8).

The corresponding relative ratios of the 29si NMR signals of

the bonded siliceous moieties of these samples are given in

Table 3.3.

Ta:ble 3.3 Relativa ratios of the 29si NMR signals of bonded siliceous moieties of the PDPVMHS silylated Cab-O-Sil sam les.

Sample No.

5

6

7

8

D ED

7

6

7

11

D H + D' H

26

17

18

14

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D T

40 10 17

39 9 18

39 36

39 36

-20 ~60 ppm

-100

Figure 3.5 Solid state 29si CP-MAS NMR spectra of PDPVMHS silylated Cab­o-sil samples. (Table 3.1: #5-8).

Analogous to the situation in the PVMHS experiments the intra

and intermolecular crosslinking in th.e surface polymer layer

of the Cab-O-Sil samples is observed. The amount of T3 groups

increases with increasing temperature again indicating the

formation of a more rigid and densely crosslinked layer at the

Cab-O-Sil surface.

Again, o2Eo2 (-20 ppm) was produced by the reaction of silicon

hydride and vinyl qroups incorporated in the polymer as a non-

desirable crosslinking product. Referring to a recently

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published study on silylation reactions with PMHS reagent

(14], it can be estimated from the 29si CP-MAS NMR spectra of

the silylated Cab-O-Sil samples, that a relatively thin layer

was formed (l-2 nm) instead of 5 nm calculated from the amount

of the reaqent. It should be emphasized, however, that the

measurements with CP excitation are semiquantitative.

Experimentally, an averaqe carbon content of 17. 6% was

obtained by element analysis of the rinsed silylated Cab-O-Sil

samples. Compared to the expected carbon content (about 30%)

in the coated Cab-O-Sil, a considerable amount of the

deactivation reaqent is washed away by solvent flushing of the

deactivated Cab-0-Sil samples after silylation. Most probably,

further crosslinking of the polymer is obstructed by the large

ster ic hindrance effect of diphenyl groups. The thermal

degradation of the polymers should also be taken account in

this respect (26). Although, a significant part of the reagent

is lost by solvent rinsing, owing to inferior crosslinking,

the final result is a rigid, thin and stable network

consisting of short polymer chains bonded to the silica

surf ace. This is indicated by the appearance of broadened

peaks in the spectra (Figure 3.5).

Onder the silylation conditions applied in this study, the

29si CP-MAS NMR resonances showing thermal decomposition of

diphenyldisiloxysilane groups were not observed. Bath phenyl

groups remained chemically bonded to the siloxysilane

copolymer at silylation temperatures up to at least 360°C.

Loss of phenyl groups would have been accompanied by

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transforxnation into other moieties, which have not been

observed in the spectra. With 1,3-diphenyltetramethyl­

disilazane, which has been aften used as a silylation reagent,

phenyl losses were observed already at temperatures above

250°C [11]. This leads to a decreased wettability of the

capillaries for phenyl containing stationary phases.

3.S CONCLUSIONS

PVMHS and PDPVMHS are efficient deactivation reagents for

fused silica capillary columns. The main reaction between

silylhydride groups and the surface silanols produces a

densely crosslinked and chemically bonded layer which covers

the particle surface and blocks the interaction with active

sites on the surface.

29si NMR provides valuable information on the structures and

properties of organo-siliceous groups at a non-porous silica

surface after silylation. The reaction between Si-H and si-Vi

groups by thermal treatment is confirxned by solid state 29si

NMR experiments. The quantity of the reaction product, D2ED2

increases with increasing temperature. The existence of vinyl

groups on the silylated Cab-O-Sil samples, however, is not

evident, due to the low amount of vinyl groups in the

copolymer and the lack of sensitivity of the 29si NMR

technique.

Semi-quantitative results of the thickness of the polymer

layer can be obtained from the 29si NMR spectra and elemental

analysis. Thick layers (> 3 nm) give narrow and sharp peaks

while thin films (< 2.5 nm) show broadened signals. From this

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point of view, the thickness of the modification layer of

PDPVMHS silylated Cab-O-Sil samples can be estimated to be

about 1-2 nm.

The spectra obtained show that the deacti vation layer is

stable up to at least 360°C. No loss of phenyl groups from the

modification layer was observed. The thermal stability of the

silylation layer is enhanced using the reagent with two phenyl

groups connected to one silicon atom. This is expected because

of the electron donating properties of the geminal phenyl

groups and their chemical stability.

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CHAPTER 4

PREPARATION OF NON-POLAR AND :MEDIUM POLAR FUSED SILICA CAPILLARY COLUMNS FOR GC

Non-polar and medium polar capillary columns are prepared based on the deactivation desaribed in previous ahapters. Crosslinking and/or chemical bonding of the stationary phases by thermal treatment and the azo-tert-butane (ATB) initiation is investigated. The effect of hydrogen and of vinyl groups, whiah exist in the deactivation layer resulting :trom the deactivation reaation, on the crosslinking process are discussed. Evaluation of the prepared columns is carried out on the aspects o:t efficiency, inertness, thermal stability and resistance to commonly used solvents. Narrow bore capillary columns down to 23 µm i.d. with a non-polar stationary phase were successfully prepared by a similar procedure.

4.1 INTRODUCTION

Although efficient sample introduction systems, sensitive

detectors and other auxiliary devices are essential components

in modern high resolution gas chromatographic systems, the

column remains the haart of the analytical instrument. The

rapid growth in the application of capillary columns in

chromatography promotes the development of column technology

[1-3].

Tremendous eff orts have been invested in the pretreatment of

the inner surface of glass and fused silica capillaries in

order to improve the quality of the resulting columns. The aim

of the pretreatments is to eliminate and/or to shield the

active sites on the inner wall of the columns, while

simultaneously improving the wettability of the column wall

by the stationary phases. This has been extensively discussed

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in Chapters 2 and 3.

For obtaining high separation efficiencies in any type of

capillary column it is essential that the stationary phase is

deposited as a smooth, thin homogeneous film. This film must

also maintain its integrity without forming droplets when the

column temperature is varied. The wettability of the column

is related both to the nature of the stationary phase and the

column surface to be coated. A number of studies (4-13] on the

wettability of column surfaces has been reported. capillary

rise method (1, 11) was used to determine the critica! surface

tension (CST, 70 ). From the Zisman plots [14, 15], in which

the eosine of the advanced contact angle (9) is plotted

against the surface tension of the test liquid (11) 1 can be

obtained (see Fig. 4.1 and 4.2). These graphs can be used to

characterize the column surface.

Fiqure 4.1. Diagram f or the contact angle

At equilibrium, the relation of three interfacial tensions can

be described by Young's equation:

COS 8 = Y sg - Y sl

Y1g ( 4 .1)

where îsg• îsl and îlg are the surface tension between solid

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and gas (vapour of the wetting liquid) , solid and liquid,

liquid and its vapour respectively.

The significance of the critical surface tension ('Yc) is that,

in general, liquids with n :S 'Yc will completely wet the

surface while liquids with 'Yl > îc tend to form droplets.

0.80

o.so

0.40

0.20

0.00 ,__ _ ___._ __ _,__ _ ___,..__ _ _._ _ ____.

10 20 30 40 50 60 v1 (N/m)

Fiqure 4.2. Zisman plot of a silylated fused silica capillary column, data from ref. ( 11].

Wettability of the column can be enhanced by roughening the

surface and by chemica! modification of the surface.

Unfortunately, the first method is not applicable to fuse

silica columns as has been shown by Lee et al. (1, 16].

Replacement of surface silanols with silyl ether groups

(silylation} or other inert reagents containing functional

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groups similar to those in the stationary phase is the most

successful way for both deactivation and enhancement of the

wettability of the surface (see Chapter 2).

Coating of the capillaries can be accomplished by either

dynamic or statie methods. The dynamic method described by

Dijkstra and De Goey [17] is a simple coating technique but

often results in non-uniform films [l-3, 18]. Many solutions

have been proposed to improve this method, such as controlling

the coating speed and temperature [19-22], controlling the

solvent evaporation rate (23] and the volatility o.f the

solvent [18], concentration of the coating solution [24J, and

using the "mercury plug" method [25, 26]. Different approaches

were suggested to calculate the film thickness {df) in dynami­

cally coated capillaries (19, 23, 27-35). The following

equation was found to be the most useful (33], except for low

viscosity solutions.

where r: the column radius (m), u: the coating velocity (m/sec), c: the concentration of the solution (% V/V), ~= the viscosity of the solution (kgm-lsec-1), ~= the surface tension of the solution (N/m).

(4.2)

In contrast to dynamic coating, in statie coating the column

is filled with a solution of the stationary phase in a

volatile solvent. After sealing one end of the column the

solvent is evaporated and the stationary phase deposited as

a film on the column wall. This technique comm.only provides

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more efficient columns [36-55]. The film thickness of the

stationary phase can be easily calculated from the equation:

(4.3)

where P is the phase ratio e.g. ~ = Vm/V6 , Vm and V6 are the

volumes of the mobile and stationary phase respectively. 1/~

is equal to the concentration (% V/V) of the coating solution.

An important advantage of statie method is that the p is

known, therefore, the df can be accurately determined. The

density of the stationary phase must be known for this

calculation. For a number of frequently used stationary phases

density values are tabulated in ref. [40]. In practica, it is

important that the coating solution is dust free and degassed

to eliminate bumping during the solvent evaporation step.

Furthermore it is important that no air or vapour bubbles

exist in the column, especially at the sealed end [36, 40, 43-

55].

The main drawback of the statie method is its time consuming

nature. Higher coating temperatures [56] and more volatile

solvents [57 / 58] were applied to accelerate the coating

procedure [59, 60). A high temperature-high pressure coating

method {61) and the free-release statie coating procedure (62-

65] were also proposed to speed up the coating procedure.

These methods are especially suitable f or coating narrow bore

capillary columns as the typical statie technique with

dichloromethane or n-pentane as the solvent is extremely time

consuming for this type of columns.

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A precipitation coating method was introduced by Dluzneski and

Jorgenson ( 66 J to coat s µ;m. and 10 µ.m columns for open-tubular

LC. This method involves filling of a heated capillary column

with a hot stationary phase solution and then cooling the

column rapidly so that the stationary phase precipitates from

the solution onto the column wall.

Immobilization of the stationary phase by in situ crosslinking

and/or chemical bondinq on the column surface after coating

is one of the significant advances in column technology. The

physical and chemical stability of the stationary phase and

its ability to resist the strain caused by mechanica!

vibration, high temperatures and the injection of large volume

of polar solvents is enhanced (16, 67-69].

Early efforts on im:mobilization of the stationary phases

involved ionic reaction mechanism in the crosslinking process,

which results in Si-o-si linkages [70-81). High column

activities and low column efficiencies were obtained by these

approaches due to the large number of residual silanols and

alkoxy qroups. In addition, sample molecules generally become

less soluble in the stationary phase as a result of the high

degree of cros slinking. A more recent development ( 83] is

crosslinking by using OH- or methoxy terminated silicones with

different functional groups [84-98]. Excellent therm.al

stability was obtained by this method owing to the stability

of the Si-O-Si bonds formed by the condensation between the

surface silanols and the terminal silanol groups in the

stationary phase (16, 99].

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currently, free radical initiation, first introduced by Grob

[100] is the most frequently used method to immobilize

stationary phases. Peroxides [67, 100-116] such as dicumyl

peroxide (DCP), and azo compounds (e.g. azo-tert-butane, ATB)

[16, 59, 103, 115-124] are normally applied for this purpose.

Radiation by high energy sources [108, 125-131] has also been

used as the means of initiation of stationary phase

immobilization. However, the necessity to have special

facilities severely hinders the application of this technique.

Also ozone has been used for the crosslinking of various

stationary phases [70., 106, 109, 132], even at room

temperature [70]. It has been found, however, that the

presence of tolyl groups in the stationary phases is a

prerequisite for this method. In the absence of tolyl groups

the immobilization of the stationary phases was not possible.

An excellent review on the immobilization of stationary phases

has recently been published [133].

The main drawback of immobilization initiated by peroxides is

that peroxide residues and by-products can be incorporated

into the phases (133-135]. This may result in an increased

adsorptive activity, decreased thermal stability and solute

retention indices shifts (133]. The oxidation of tolyl groups

in the stationary phases has also been observed when high

percentages of peroxide were used to cure the column [115,

116].

''

Immobilization of silanol-terminated stationary phases may

require fairly high temperatures or the addition of tri- or

tetra- functional crosslinking agents to improve the

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immobilization yield. It has been stated that additional

silanol groups must be present throughout the polymer chain

in order to immobilize the stationary phases via thermally

induced condensation [136). In some case, a compromise had to

be made between the degree of immobilization and maximum

selectivity of hydroxyl terminated cyanopropylsilicones (137].

Azo-tert-butane (ATB) introduced by Wright et al. (103)

contributes only slightly to the polarity of the immobilized

stationary phases because its by-product is an alkane.

Unfortunately, however, a small portion of the radical

generator is inevitably incorporated in the phase matrix

[ 133 J. Additionally, the performance of ATB has. been found to

deteriorate with time (138, 139]. The columns treated with

aged ATB showed high activity levels, high bleed rates,

erratic immobilization eff iciencies and solute retention

shifts. The regeneration or clean-up of ATB is required to

maintain or increase its activity for the immobilization

process [133, 139].

Another type of immobilization was developed by Schomburg and

coworkers (70, 140, 141). In the crosslinking reactions,

stationary phases containing 1-alkene groups were

hydrosilylated by polymethylhydrosiloxane in the presence of

a chloroplatinic .acid catalyst, as shown in the following

equation:

j H2PtCl6 j 1

-ri-H + H2C=CH-ri- ---------> -ri-CH2-CH2-ri- (4.4)

In this chapter, the preparation of non-polar and medium po lar

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capillary columns was investigated for columns deactivated

with the deactivation reagents described in Chapter 2. Vinyl

modified deactivation reagents were synthesized in order to

facilitate the inunobilization of the stationary phases. In

contrast to the platinum catalyzed method, the immobilization

was performed by thermal treatment to simplify the preparation

procedure and to avoid possible undesired products originating

from the catalyst. The radical ini tiation method was also used

to compare the performance of vinyl and non-vinyl containing

stationary phases and to elucidate the effect of hydrogen and

vinyl groups in the crosslinking process. Polysiloxanes with

varying methyl and phenyl contents were coated on the

deactivated fused silica capillary columns. The performance

of the prepared columns was evaluated with respect to

inertness, efficiency, thermal stability and crosslinking

efficiency.

4.2 EXPERIMENTAL

4.2.1 Materials and Apparatus

The materials, solvents and columns are described in the

experimental section of Chapter 2.

A Packard Becker GC (Model 430, Packard Becker, Delft, NL) and

a Varian GC (Model 3400, Varian Instruments, Walnut Creek, CA,

USA) were used to evaluate the deactivated and coated

capillaries. Evaluation of the narrow bore capillaries was

carried out on a carlo-Erba GC (Model 2900, Carlo-Erba

Instruments, Milan, Italy). All GC experiments were performed

with hot split injection and flame ionization detector (FID).

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4.2.2 synthesis of the Deactivation Rea9ents

The synthesis of PVMHS and PDPVMHS is described in Chapter 2.

In order to obtain deactivation layer with different phenyl

9rOUp contents, a fixed volume of PDPVMHS copolymer was mixed

with various volumes of PMHS [142, 143] (see Table 4.1).

'l'a:ble 4 .1 Survey of the deactivation reagents and the stationary phases used in this study.

Stationary phases* Deactivation reagents Ratio of Ph:Vi:H silane

OV-73 (5.5% diPh) 6:1:93

OV-7 (20% Ph-Me) 21:3:76

OV-61 (33% diPh) 35:5:60

ov-11 (35% Ph-Me) 135:5:60

OV-17 (50% Ph-Me) 50:7:43

* The remaining substituant of the polymer chain is dimethyl.

4.2.3. Column Preparation

Fused silica capillary columns were pretreated and deactivated

under different deactivation conditions as described in

Chapter 2. The deactivated columns were statically coated with

an appropriate concentration of the stationary phase solution.

Then, i:mmobilization of the stationary phases was achieved

either by thermal treatment or radical initiation with ATB.

The following procedure was used for the thermal method: the

coated column was heated from 40°C to 250°C overnight (> 16 h)

under a slow flow of helium (5-10 cm/sec). The column was then

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rinsed with 10 ml dichloromethane and conditioned by

progranuning the temperature from 40°C to 280°C at 4°C/min

under a normal flow of helium (25-30 cm/sec) and kept at 280°C

for 10 hours. For ATB cured columns, a procedure similar to

that described in ref. [103] was used for the immobilization

of the stationary phases. The regeneration of ATB was carried

out according to the procedure described in ref. [133]. Aged

ATB was used for the immobilization of one column to show its

effect on the quality of the crosslinked column.

4.2.4 Evaluation of the Prepared capillaries

The inertness of the columns was tested both aftar

deactivation and aftar coating using the test mixture listed

in Table 2.1. The split ratio was adjusted so that

approximately 1 ng of each component was injected onto the

column.

For the deactivated capillaries, a dual column system as

described by Schomburg et al. [144] was used, which consists

of a high quality home made PMHS deactivated ov-1 precolumn

(10 m * 250 µm i.d., film thickness df = 0.25 µm) coupled in

series to the column to be tested. Isothermal chromatograms

of the test mixture were recorded for the precolumn alone and

the precolumn connected to the deactivated column. The test

chromatograms were evaluated with respect to the peak shape,

peak retention ( expressed as kováts retention indices) and the

normalized peak area of the critical components. Additionally

for the coated capillaries, Grob 1 s test mixture [122, 145] was

used for the sake of comparison.

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Column efficiency is characterized by calculating the coating

efficiency (C.E.). C.E. is defined as the ratio of the

theoretica! plate height to the experimental plate height,

Hexpi under optimal conditions [16, 36, 142):

C.E. = ( · Htbeor ) H•xr; min

(4. 5)

The minimum theoretica! plate height, Htheor1 is represented

by the simplified Golay-Giddings plate height [ 146, 14 7]

equation:

H =( r )*(ll tbeor {J3'(l+k)}

1

* k 2 + 6 * k + 1)2 (4.6)

where r is the column radius and k the capacity factor.

This simplification can only be used for thin film columns

under conditions of low pressure drop.

The Kováts retention index [148, 149] of a solute is

calculated by using the following equation:

( ( log t

1 log t

1 ) l I(x) = 100 * Z + 100 * / z,x - r,;

( log tr,(z+l) - log tr,x )

(4.7}

where I (x) is the retention index of component x,

t'r,z1 t'r,z+l are the adjusted retention times of component

x and of the alkanes just before and after the peak of

component x, respectively.

Thermostability of the deactivated and coated columns was

determined by platting the baseline drift against temperature.

The crosslinking efficiency, CLE, was obtained by determining

the capacity factor of tetradecane before and after rinsing

the crosslinked columns with dichloromethane. The crosslinking

efficiency is given by:

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(4.8}

where ki and k2 are the capacity factors before and after

rinsing the column with the solvent respectively.

4.3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

4.3.1 Evaluation of the Deactivated capillaries

Representative chromatograms of the precolumn and the

precolumn connected to one of the deactivated columns are

shown in Fig. 4.3 (for more detailed discussion see Chapter

2). These chromatograms show no significant differences in

peak shape, which indicates the excellent deactivation

obtained by the reagents and the method used in this study.

1 34 ·z:

s b

' a

4

23 ~

1 5 7

1 6

8 7

9 8 10

9 1

i j ( l \ '--0 5 10 b 16 min

Figure 4.3 Representative. chromatograms of the test mixture. (a) precolumn; (b) precolumn plus a deactivated column; temperature 100°C isothermal, peak identification: l=decane, 2=octanol, 3=DMP, 4=undecane, S=DMA, 6=dodecane, 7=decylamine, S=tridecane, 9=nicotine, lO=tetradecane.

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The thermostabili ty of these deacti vation layers is

illustrated in Fiq. 4.4. It can be seen that the deactivated

columns have a qood thermal stability due to the thin and

densely crosslinked polymer layer formed on the column wall.

In addition, the inertness of the deactivated columns was

tested before and after the bleeding test. In these

experiments no significant changes in peak shape, normalized

peak areas and retention indices were observed (see Chapter

2) •

10

8

< .s. El s 1 I! "" c '6 " 4 " ii5

2

2

0 100 200 300 400 500

Temperature (°C)

Fiqure 4.4 Bleeding test of the deactivated columns, 1-PMHS, 2-PVMHS, 3-PDPVMHS.

4.3.2 Evaluation of the Columns coate4 with Non-polar Stationary Phases

A number of columns with different non-polar stationary phases

has been prepared as described in the experimental section.

A survey of the experimental conditions and the characteristic

properties of these columns are outlined in Table 4.2.

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Table 4.2 survey of the characteristics.

experimental

Col. Stat. Reagent I.D. df No. Phase (µm) (µm)

1 OV-1 c PMHS 50 0.23

2 OV-1 PMHS 250 0.25

3 OV-1 PMHS

4 OV-1 c PMHS • 25

5 ov-1 c PMHS 220 0.58

6 OV-101 PMHS 250 0.25

7 SE-54 PMHS 250 0.25

8 SE-54 PMHS 250 0.25

9 ov-1 c PVMHS 250 0.25

10 ov-1 PVMHS 250 0.25

11 ov-1 PVMHS 250 0.25

12 SE-30 PVMHS 250 0.25

13 SE-54 PVMHS 250 0.25

14 OV-101 PVMHS 250 0.25

15 OV-73 PVMHS 250 0.14

16 OV-73 PVMHS 250 0.14

17 OV-1 c PVMHS 23 0.12

conditions and column

curing C.E. CLE Method

a b

therm. 93 93 97

therm. 89 47 10

ATB 89 89 27

therm • 83 82 95

ATB d 95 91 96

therm. 88 70 15

therm. 90 90 94

ATB 86 86 95

therm. 93 93 96

therm. 86 71 21

ATB 85 89 83

94 78 24

99 99 95

85 85 85

88 87 17

88 88

therm. 89 89 95

C.E. = coating efficiency, CLE = crosslinking efficiency. a) coating efficiency before crosslinking treatment. b} coating efficiency aftar crosslinking treatment. c} vinyl modified. d) aged ATB reagent.

Some typical representative chromatograms of the coated

columns are shown in Figure 4.5. It can be seen from the data

in Tabla 4.2 and Figure 4.5 that highly efficient and very

inert columns can be prepared by the method described in this

study. In addition, high crosslinking efficiencies were

obtained for the columns coated with vinyl modified stationary

phases and crosslinked by thermal treatment without the

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addition of a catalyst. The column efficiency and the column

activity were not significantly affected by this crosslinking

procedure. This indicates that the reaction shown in equation

( 4. 4) reaches a high conversion without the addi tion of a

catalyst.

p b 5

234

.5 a

6 7 8

7 9 JO

L 1 .__

a.~ .1-LLL ~ r l

0 10 20 min o !O min

Fiqure 4.5 Representative chromatograllls of the test mixture on the coated columns, (a) column No. 4, FID, f.s.d. 2•10-12 A; (b) column No. 7, FID, f.s.d. 16•10-12 A (cf. Table 4.2); temperature 100°c isothermal, peak identification see Fiqure 4.3.

In the case of PMHS deactivated columns, the hydrogen groups

left on the surface after deactivation play an important rele

in chemically binding the stationary phase to the column wall.

This role however, fainted for non-vinyl containing stationary

phases. Even if ATB was used as a radical initiator these

columns show very poer crosslinking efficiencies (cf. column

No. 2, 3 and 6 in Table 4.2). For PVMHS deactivated columns,

both hydrogen and vinyl groups play a role in the crosslinking

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and chemica! bonding process. Thermal treatment of the non­

vinyl containing phases did not yield a sufficiently high

crosslinking efficiency (cf. column No. 10, 12 and 15). By

using ATB or dicwnyl peroxide as the initiator, the cross­

linking efficiency was improved. In this case the main

function of the vinyl groups in the deactivation layer is to

facilitate crosslinking and chemical bonding of the stationary

phases.

The advantage of immobilization of the stationary phases by

thermal treatment is that the introduction of any kind of

reagents needed to initiate the process is avoided. The

introduction of additional reagents is a potential source of

additional activity and thermal instability of the resulting

columns. This is illustrated in the chromatograms shown in

Figure 4.6, in which the column No. 5 was evaluated with the

test mixture before crosslinking and after crosslinking with

aged ATB. The activity of the column is increased, resulting

in the disappearance of the aminodecane peak. Moreover, the

bleeding of the column is also increased at elevated

temperatures.

Also narrow-bore capillary columns which are suitable for fast

GC analysis and for SFC, can be prepared using the procedures

described earlier in this chapter (cf. Figure 4. Sa). Inertness

of the low inner diameter columns is very important because

of the limited sample capacity of the column.

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a b

1 J

4

23 5

5

6

7 8 8 9

1 • ..,._,_._.I ......___.__. __ ___,[__[_ 1 1 L ~::::::::::::;:::=:::::::::==::;=:::::'.::=--

0 20 40 60 0 20 40 60 min

l!'igure 4.6 Representative chromatograms of the test mixture on column No. 5, (a) before crosslinking, and (b) after crosslinking with aged ATB (cf. Table 4.2); temperature 100°c isothermal, peak identification see Figure 4.3.

Another example is presented in Figure 4.7. This figure shows

the separation of the test mixture on a 23 µm i.d. column. The

injected amount was approximately 7 picogram per component.

As can be seen in the figure, the column has a very high

degree of inertness illustrating the potential of the methods

described here for the preparation of narrow-bore columns.

The thermostability of the coated columns is shown in Figure

4. S. From this figure it can be concluded that thermally

stable columns can be obtainedwith low bleeding levels in the

temperature ranges of interest.

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0

Fiqure 4.7

4

3 5 6 2 7

5 min

Representative chromatogram of the test mixture on a narrow bore capillary column (23µm i.d. * 1 m), column.temperature 100°C isothermal, about 7 pg of each component onto the column, FID, f.s.d. l*lo-12 A, peak identification see Figure 4.3.

9

8

7

< 6

,!?,

" 5 ! "' c:

4 'ti " " iii

3

2

Figure 4.8

0 - 100 200 300

Temperature (°C)

1 2

3

400 500

Bleeding test for the coated columns, 1 = SE-54, 2 = ov-1, 3 = OV-17, 4 m OV-61.

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4.3.3 Evaluation of the Columns coated with Medium Polar stationary Phases

A number of medium polar columns with different phenyl

contente (Table 4.1) in the stationary phases was prepared.

Corresponding experimental conditions and the performances of

these columns are outlined in Table 4.3.

'l'able 4.3 Survey of the experimental conditions and column character.

1

1

Col. Stat. Reagent df Curing C.E. CLE No. Phase (µ.m) Method

a b

18 OV-73 PDPVMHS 0.11 therm. 86 76 16

19 OV-73 PDPVMHS 0.11 ATB 85 85 87

20 OV-73 PDPVMHS c 0.11 ATB 86 85 86

21 OV-7 PDPVMHS 0.18 therm. 78 61 13

22 OV-7 PDPVMHS 0.18 ATB 77 79 83

23 OV-61 PDPVMHS 0.11 therm. 77 70 9

24 OV-61 PDPVMHS 0.11 ATB 77 80 79

25 OV-11 PDPVMHS 0.19 therm. 81 68 9

26 OV-11 PDPVMHS 0.19 ATB 80 80 78

27 OV-17 PDPVMHS 0.26 therm. 83 48 9

28 OV-17 PDPVMHS 0.26 ATB 83 82 70

C.E. = coating efficiency, CLE = crosslinking efficiency. a} coating efficiency before crosslinking treatment. b) coating efficiency after crosslinking treatment. c} with Ph:Vi:H ratio= 21:3:76.

Representati ve chromatograms of some of these columns are

presented in Figures 4.9-4.11. In agreement with the results

reported in Chapter 2, it fellows from Fig. 4.9, that the

effect of the retention behaviour of the deactivation layer

on the overall performance of the final column cannot be

neglected. The relativa positions of 2,6-dimethylaniline (OMA)

and n-dodecane and nicotine compared to n-tridecane have

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initiator, such as ATB or OCP, is needed to obtain a

reasonable crosslinking efficiency.It can be seen that the

crosslinking efficiency decreased with an increasing phenyl

content in the stationary phases. This is most likely due to

the ster ie effect of the phenyl groups which tend to hinder

the crosslinking process [103, 151].

14

Fiqure 4.10 Representative chromatograms of different test mixtures on column No. 26, (a) the test mixture of Table 2.1, and (b) the Grob test mixture (cf. reL [145]), C10 = decane, C11 = undecane, 01 = octanol, al = nonanal, EH = 2-ethylhexanoic acid, P = 2,6-0MP, A = 2,6-0MA, E10' E11' E12 = methyl esters of decanoic acid, undecanoic acid, and dodecanoic acid respectively.

Oue to the electron donating properties of the geminal phenyl

groups and its chemical stability the diphenyl substituted

polysiloxanes showed an increased thermal stability as was

expected. This is illustrated in Chapter 5.

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L o

Figure 4.11

1 4 6 2

3

8

10

5

9

L 6 12 min

Representative chromatogram of the test mixture on column No. 28, temperature 90°C isothermal, peak identification see Figure 4.3.

4.4 CONCLUSIONS

Using the methods described in this chapter highly efficient

and inert fused silica capillary columns with non-polar and

medium polar stationary phases were obtained. C.E. > 80% are

routinely obtained during this study. In addition these

columns have a high thermal stability and solvent resistance.

The highest thermostability was achieved by crosslinking

diphenyl substituted polysiloxane phases.

For vinyl modified non-polar stationary phases, immobilization

can be achieved by thermal treatment. This gi ves minimal

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effects on column characteristics, such as the activity and

the retention behaviour. For non-vinyl containing stationary

phases, the immobilization of the PMHS deactivated columns is

less satisfactory both for thermal treatment and ATB

initiation. For these stationary phases, immobilization of the

PVMHS and POPVMHS deactivated columns is obtainable by the ATB

initiation method.

The crosslinking efficiency of the phenyl containing phases

decreases with an increasing phenyl content of the stationary

phase. This is caused by the steric hindrance effect of the

phenyl groups in the stationary phase.

Non-polar narrow bore capillary columns can be prepared using

the same method. Again highly inert and efficient columns were

obtained.

Aged ATB was observed to yield deteriorated performance of the

im:mobilized columns. Careful regeneration of the ATB can avo id

this problem.

Optimization of the deactivation procedure is required to

obtain proper wettability of column surface by the stationary

phases. The contribution of the deacti vation layer to the

retention mechanism of the coated column should be minimal to

avo id the dual solute retention mechanism. Otherwise the

selectivity of the stationary phase may be altered.

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CBAP'l'ER S

APPLICATIONS IN GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY

The applicability of the prepared non-polar and medium polar fused silica capillary columns was illustrated by different examples. High speed GC separations were performed on narrow­bore capillary columns with inner diameters down to 23 µm. Columns with a high thermal stability were prepared for the analysis of less volatile and high molecular weight compounds. The separation of some underivatized steroids, drugs, priority pollutants and methyl esters of amino acids is also shown. The performance of the capillaries with respect to inertness, thermostability and efficiency in these applications is evaluated.

S.1 INTRODUC'l'IO:N

The knowledge of column technology has grown dramatically [1,

2). Nowadays, high resolution GC is one of the most widely

employed separation techniques in analytica! organic

chemistry.

capillary columns allow the complete separation and specific

analysis of many complex samples which were difficult to

analyze using packed columns. capillary GC has been applied

to a wide variety of analytica! problems because of its

repeatability, reliability in quantitative and qualitative

information, and shortened analysis time for a given plate

number.

The main application areas of high resolution gas

chromatography include chemical, petrochemical (3-5] t

pharmaceutical industries, life science (6-10), food (11) and

consumer products, and environmental analysis [12-15). The

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demands of'these applications with regard to analysis time,

trace analysis and the ability to separate less volatile

compounds promoted column technology. Narrow bore capillary

columns for high speed analysis, high temperature columns for

high boiling point components and very well deactivated

columns for trace analysis were the results of these demands.

Theory [16-20] shows that the reduction of the inner diameter

of the capillary column is one of the most practical and

convenient ways to reduce the analysis time. High plate

numbers per unit of length ( inversely proportional to the

column diameter, see equation 5.1, [17, 18]), or per unit of

time (inversely proportional to the column diameter squared,

see equation 5. 3, [ 20 J) were obtained wi th small diameter

columns. For thin film columns the contribution of the

stationary phase for the plate height can be neglected and

follows:

where

2

F(k) = ( 1 + 6 * k + 11 * k 2 )

112

3 * { 1 + k 2 )

(5 .1)

(5.2)

and d0 is the column inner diameter, k is the capacity factor

of the component.

( dN) 48 * Dif dt U,O.Pt = --d-~--- *

( 1 + k )2 (5.3)

where DG 0 is the diffusion coefficient of the solute in the

mobile phase at the column outlet pressure.

In case of large values of P, P being the inlet to outlet

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column pressure ratio, usually encountered in narrow-bore

columns, (dN/dt)u,opt is no longer proportional to 1/d20 but

to 1/dc (19].

Apart from high pressure drops other problems, such as sample

capacity and speed of sample introduction and detector

compatibility may be encountered in the use of narrow bore

capillary columns. Promising results, however, were obtained

by different authors [16-29].

The advantage of high temperature columns is that less

volatile or high bolling compounds can be analyzed on this

type of columns. High molecular weight samples such as the

oligomeric series of polyethylene glycol, polywax and triton

X-100 and simulated distillation products which up to now are

normally analyzed by supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC)

are now also amenable to high temperature GC (30-32]. Compared

with the results obtained by SFC, high temperature GC offers

superior speed of analysis, increased column efficiency and

improved resolution of the component bands. (30-44].

On the basis of the knowledge of column technology described

in the previous Chapters, different fused silica capillary

columns were prepared. Their applicability to the selected

samples is illustrated in this Chapter. Examples of high speed

GC separations, high temperature GC analysis and the

separation of methyl esters of amino acids are given. The

performance of the capillaries with respect to inertness,

thermostability and efficiency is evaluated.

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5. 2 EXPERJ:HENTAL

s.2.1 Apparatus

The high temperature separations were carried out on a Varian

3400 gas chromatography (Varian, Walnut creek, CA, USA), or

on a Fractovap 4160 gas chromatography (Carlo Erba, Milan,

Italy) equipped with a split injector and a flame ionization

detector (FID). The hot split injection technique was applied

throughout the experiments. The chromatograms were recorded

with an SP 4000 integration system (Spectra Physics, Santa

Clara, CA, USA), or with a strip chart recorder (Kipp & Zonen,

Delft, The Netherlands).

The experiments with narrow bore capillary columns were

carried out on a Fractovap 2900 GC (Carlo Erba, Milan, Italy),

equipped with a hot split injector and a FID. According to the

specifications provided by the manufacturer, the time constant

of the electrometer amplifier was 50 ms for the 1 V integrator

output and about 150 ms for the 10 mV recorder output. A

Tescom high pressure regulator (Model 44-1100, Tescom Ine.,

Minnesota, USA) proceeded by a dust filter was used to control

the helium flow rate. The split injector was modified to allow

a high split ratio for delivery of a small amount of sample

onto the column.

The other experiments were performed on a Packard 430 gas

chromatograph (Packard, Delft, The Netherlands) or on the

Varian 3400 GC equipped with a split injector and a FID.

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s.2.2 Materials and Chemicals

All the reagents used for the deactivation of the fused silica

capillary columns were detailed in Chapter 2. The empty

columns used in this study were purchased from Siemens

(Siemens, Germany) and can be used isothermally at 400°C. The

procedures for the preparation of different inner diameter

capillaries were summarized in Chapter 4 of this thesis.

All the solvents were PA grade and purchased from E. Merck AG

(Darmstadt, Germany).

Below follows a short description of the samples used.

The chemica! structures of the polymer additives, a gift from

DSM (Geleen, The Netherlands), are given in Table 5.1.

Pólyvinylmethylhydrosiloxane (PVMHS) was dissolved in pentane

(10%, v/v).

The fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) mixture (No. 4-7080) and

the volatile organic compounds mixture (VOC mix #3, No. 4-

8779) were obtained from Supelco (Bellefonte, PA, USA).

The standards of the sedative hypnotic barbiturates were a

gift from Professor Zlatkis (Houston, Texas, USA).

The methyl or ethyl esters of some amino acids and fatty acids

were obtained by derivatization from the corresponding acids

according to the procedure described in ref. [45].

The polyethylene glycol sample (PEG 400) was purchased from

E. Merck AG (Darmstadt, Germany).

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Ta:ble 5.1 Chemical structures of the polymer additives

Trade name Chemica! name or •tr11ct11re MW

Oleamlde )·< 0 271 H, (CHt7( OK NH1

Cyasorb 531 Ó!-Ooc,H"

326

Tlnuvln 770 H ·0.c-(C!l,.1-o H () v 0 Q 480

C(CH,)1

lrgafH 168 P·(OO·C(CH,>~. 647

ID•

lrganox 1076 .,,.,.,,olc•,.c•Q-o• 531 . .. ,~ .

Tlnuvln 144 ...

685 C,H, COO.Q·CH,).

0 0

OSTOP Il Il 683 H,,C.j>-CClt,ctl,SC~,11,,,

lrganox 1010 M·l. 1178

5.3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

5.3.1 High Speed Analysis on Narrow Bore Capillaries

For narrow bore capillary columns (de< 100 µm), high inlet

pressures are normally needed for obtaining the optimum

velocity of the carrier gas. Special injection techniques

(such as cold trap injection) are required for very fast

analysis [19, 28, 29) to avoid an excessive contribution of

the injection to the overall band width. Under optima!

conditions, hot split injection can be used for narrow bore

capillary columns with inner diameters around 10 µm. High

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column efficiencies were obtained using the hot split

injection technique (cf. Chapter 4).

0

Figure s.1

"' ...

2 4 min

Representative GC chromatogram of volatile organic compounds (VOC mix #3, Supelco) on a narrow bare column, 2 m * 23 µm, df = 0.12 µm OV-1, T0 from 60°C to 200°C at 20°C/min, inlet pressure, Pi = 15 Bar; peaks in elution order: 1,1-dicploro­propylene, 1,2-dichloroethane, trichloroethylene, 1,2-di­chloropropane, cis-1,3-dichloropropylene, trans-1,3-dichloro­propylene, 1,1,2-trichloro-ethane, 1,3-dichloropropane, 1,2-dibromoethane, 1,1,1,2-tetra-chloroethane, 1,1,2,2-tetra­chloroethane, 1,2,3-trichloropropane, 1,2-dibromo-3-chloro­propane, hexachlorobutadiene.

Figure 5.1 presente the chromatogram of a mixture of volatile

organic compounds which was separated on a 23 µm column. On

this column 14 components can be separated within 3.5 min,

while it takes 35 min on a 60 m * 0.75 mm i.d. column.

Moreover, the GC oven could not reach the desired temperature

programming rate of 20°C/min. Otherwise, the analysis time

would have been even shorter than 3 min.

A representative chromatogram of the separation of a fatty

acids methyl ester mixture on the same column is depicted in

Figure 5.2. The total analysis time is less than 7 min. The

same mixture with compounds ranging from 2-hydroxydecanoic

acid to eicosanoic acid and having a wide bolling point range

required a separation time of more than 30 min on a 30 m * 0.25 mm i.d. column.

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4

3

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... n

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... ...

5

.. " ... M

0 7 min Fiqure 5.2 Typical GC chromatogram of FAME mixture on the same column as in Figure 5.1, T0 at 200°C isothermal, peaks identification: 1-methyl dodecanoate, 2-methyl tetradecanoate, 3-methyl 3-hydroxytetradecanoate, 4-methyl cis-9-hexadecanoate, 5-methyl trans-9-octadecanoate, 6-methyl nonadecanoate, 7-methyl eicosanoate. For ether conditions see Fig. 5.1.

Il 3 13

19

4 10 22 9

1.

'l 24

2 l l 0 10 min

Fiqure 5.3 Representative GC chromatogram of methyl esters mixture of 24 benzoic and related acids, column, 3 m * 50 µm, df = 0.25 µm ov-1, Tç from 100°c to 290°C at 20°C/min, Pi = s Bar, peaks identification: 1) benzoic acid, 2) p-OMe benzoic acid, 3) cinnamic acid, 4), 9), 10) o-, m-, p-OH phenyl acetic acid, respectively, 5), 7), 8) o-, m-, p-OH benzoic acid respectively, 6)mandelic acid, 11) 3-0Me-4-0H-phenyl acetic acid, 12) 3-0Me-4-0H-benzoic acid, 13) m-OH-cinnamic acid, 17) 2, 5-diOH-phenyl acetic acid, 19) 3-0Me-4-0H-cinnamic acid, 22) sinapic acid, 24) 3,4-diOH-mandelic acid.

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Figure 5. 3 represents another example of the high speed

separation of a methyl ester mixture containing 24 benzoic and

related acids. Except the isomers of m- and p-hydroxy-benzoic

acids, all other isomers were baseline separated within 8 min.

The problem again was the heating rate of the oven, which

delayed the elution of the later eluting components.

Typical chromatograms of the separation of a super gasoline

and a natural gas condensate are shown in the Figures 5.4 and

5. 5, respecti vely. It can be seen that these narrow bore

capillary columns are quite suitable for this kind of volatile

and complex hydrocarbon samples due to their relatively small

phase ratio {J.

0 7 min

Fiqure 5.4 Typical GC chromatogram of super gasoline on the same column as in Figure 5 .1, Pi = 15 Bar, Te from 40°C to 220°c at 20°C/min, no peak identification was performed.

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O 5 JO 15 min P'igure s.s Typical GC chromatogram of a natural gas condensate. Column, 8 m * 50 µm, df = 0.25 µm OV-1, T0 from 40°C to 100°C at 8°C/min, then to 220°c at 15°C/min, no peak identification was performed.

s.3.2 Hiqh ~emperature columns

Fdr the elution of less volatile or high boiling compounds,

the GC oven has to be programmed to very high temperatures.

This dose not cause problems when glass capillary columns are

used. The outside coating of fused silica capillary columns,

however, can be damaged at temperatures above 370°C.

Generally, the capillary column becomes brittle after

prolonged use at high temperatures. Specially manufactured

polyimide coatings [39], or aluminum clad capillary columns

po, 31] have to be used in high temperature applications.

Polymer additives (antioxidants, uv stabilizers), which are

used in food packing materials or in pipes for water

distribution systems can represent a source of contamination

through the migration of these substances into the food or

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water. Some of them are known to be toxic agents (46, 47].

Normally these additives are analyzed by SFC or HPLC [48, 49].

Figure 5.6 shows a chromatogram of a polymer additives mixture

on an OV-61 column. The last peak, Irganox 1010, having a

molecular weight of 1178 daltons (cf. Table 5.1), eluted from

the column at 420°C. Similar separations were achieved by Blum

and Damasceno [34] using an OH-terminated diphenyl phase.

Representative chromatograms of the separation of a mixture

of phenyl substituted cyclosiloxanes and of a triglyceride

sample on the same column as used above are shown in Figures

5.7 and 5.8, respectively. In the first example, octa- and

decaphenyl substituted cyclosiloxane (with a molecular weight

of 792 and 990 daltons, respectively) was easily separated and

quantitative results could be obtained. Similarly, quanti­

tative analysis of triglyceride samples can be performed on

a routine basis with this type of columns.

2 3 4 s

'

j 0 10

Fiqure 5.6

7 1 Oleamide 2 cyasorb 3 Tinuvin 770 4 Irqafos 168 S Irqanox 1076 6 Tinuvin 144 7 DSTDP S Irqanox 1010

8

20 m.l.n

Representative GC chromatogram of polymer additives, column, 5 m * 0.25 mm i.d., df = 0.07 µm OV-61, Te from 150°C to 300°C at 20°C/min, then to 420°C at 10°C/min, (cf. Table 5.1).

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2

Fig. 5.7 Fig. 5.8

:So

O 5 J 0 min 0 10 20 min i'igure 5.7 Representati ve GC chromatogram of a phenyl cyclosiloxane mixture on the same column as in Figure 5.6, Te from 180°C to 420°C at 15°C/min, peaks identification: 1 = octaphenylcyclo­tetrasiloxane, 2 = decaphenylcyclotetrasiloxane.

Figure S.B Representative GC chromatogram of a triglycerides sample on the same column as in Figure 5.6, Te from 40°C to 240°C at 20°C/min, then to 380°C at 10°C/min. Tso represents a triglyceride with a total carbon number of 50.

Figure 5. 9 presents the GC chromatogram of a polyethylene

glycol sample (PEG 400) with an average molecular weight of

400 daltons on the same column as used above. PEG samples can

also be analyzed by SFC, but the solubility of glycols in pure

carbon dioxide is limited. The addition of polar modifiers

such as methanol to the mobile phase is needed in order to

improve the separation of PEG samples.

Some other exa:mples are shown in Figures 5. 10 and 5 .11,

respecti vely. Figure 5. 10 is the chromatogram of a plant

extract containing hydrocarbons up to c50 • The separation of

the same sample with SFC takes about 40 min (19).

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S 6 Fig 5.9 Fig. 5.10 i

7 4

c,_2 c " I 46

8

0 1 0 20 minO 10 20 min

Figure 5.9 Representative GC chromatogram of the polyethylene glycol (PEG 400) sample on the same column as in Figure 5.6, Te from 100°c to 370°C at 15°C/min, the numbers above the peak indicate the repeat unit in the polymer chain.

Fiqure s.10 Representative Ge chromatogram of a plant extraction product on the same column as in Figure 5.6, Te from 150°C to 350°C at 20°C/min, hot split injection.

0 40 min

Fiqure s.11 Representative GC chromatogram of a paraffin sample on a 15 m * 0.25 mm i.d. column, df = 0.18 µm ov-1, Te from so 0 c to 380°C at 8°C/min, hot split injection.

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Another example of the high separation power that can be

obtained in GC is shown in Figure s.11. This figure shows the

separation of a paraffin sample on a 15 m * 0.25 mm i.d.

column.

Capillary GC can also be applied to analyze the deactivation

reagents used for the preparation of GC columns. Both the

cyclic and the linear polysiloxane molecules show a high

degree of dispersion with oligomers starting from the tetramer

up to some 27 siloxane units. Figure 5.12 shows the separation

of Polyvinylmethylhydrosiloxane (PVMHS) copolymer on an ov-1

column.

Solid state 29si NMR spectroscopy studies of the deactivation

process with this reagent using fumed silica particles as the

model substrate are described in Chapter 3. Figure 5. 13

represents a chromatogram of the extraction product of the

PVMHS silylated Cab-O-Sil samples. Comparing Figures 5.12 and

5.13 it can be concluded that the short chain siloxanes can

be extracted from the surface of Cab-O-Sil particles after

silylation. The crosslinked and longer chains are covalently

bonded to the surf ace and can not be extracted by

dichloromethane. The solid state 29si NMR results of this

silylated Cab-O-Sil sample indicated that a crosslinked thin

layer is formed on the surface of the Cab-O-Sil particles.

(cf. Chapter 3).

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0 10 20 30 min

Fiqure s.12 Representative GC chromatogram of polyvinylmethylhydrosiloxane on the same colwnn as in Figure 5.11, Te from 80°C to 380°C at 10°C/min, hot split injection.

0 12 24 min

Figure 5.13 Representative GC chromatogram of the extraction product of the silylated Cab-O-Sil sample on the same column as in Figure 5.11, Te from 40°C to 200°C at 20°C/min, then to 340°C at 10°C/min, hot split injection.

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S.3.3 Analysis of Drugs, Pollutants, Amino Aci4s, an4 On4erivatized steroids.

High resolution GC plays an essential role in the analysis of

pharmaceutical products and drugs. It is used in quality

control, analysis of new products and in monitoring

metabolites in biological fluids [50].

An example of the analysis of sedative hypnotic barbiturates

mixture is shown in Figure 5.14. With a short, narrow bore

column, this mixture could be analyzed in our laboratory

within 40 sec [29]. The symmetrical shape of all components

indicates that the column was very well deactivated and

quantitative analysis can be achieved.

34567 8 9 10

2

0 8 16 min

Figure S.14 Representative GC chromatogram of sedative hypnotic barbiturates mixture. GC conditions: column, 20 m * o.25 mm i.d., df = 0.25 µm ov-1, Te from 120°C to 300°C at 8°C/min; peaks in elution order: barbital, aprobarbital, amobarbital, pentobarbital, secobarbital, hexobarital, mephobarbital, phenobarbital, butabarbital, butabital.

Phenols are widely regarded as important priority pollutants

and are known to be difficult to analyze. They exhibit high

affinities to the activa sites on the column surface. It is

even more difficult to analyze halogen and nitro-substituted

phenols. Total or partial loss of the components and badly

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tailing peaks can often be observed. Figure 5.15 presents the

GC chromatogram of a chlorophenols mixture analyzed on a 40 m

* 0.25 mm i.d. ov-1 column. The 40 m column consisted of two

20 m columns connected by a glass press-fit connector

(Unimetrics Corp., CA, USA). Apparently the separation

efficiencies and peak shapes were not affected by the

connection.

0 10 20 30 min

Figure s.1s Representative chromatogram of a chlorophenols mixture, GC conditions: 40 m * 0.25 mm i.d. column, ov-1, df = 0.25 µm, Te from 80°C to 200°C at 4°C/min, peaks in elution order: 1-chloro-, dichloro-, trichloro-, tetrachloro-, pentachloro­substituted phenols.

The separation of a chlorobenzene mixture is given in Figure

5.16. Again it shows perfect inertness to these components and

almost baseline resolution for all critica! pairs.

The high separation power of the capillary columns makes them

suitable for the analysis of ester mixtures of fatty acids and

amino acids. Figure 5.17 shows a chromatogram of the c7-c9

fatty acids derivatized with 2-chloroethyl chloroformate, the

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derivatization reaction is not complete therefore the sample

still contains free fatty acids. !t is surprising to see that

even the free fatty acids elute from the column with quite

good shapes. Normally, leading peaks were observed for free

fatty acids on non-polar columns.

1 2 -Fig. 5. 1 6 Fig. 5. 1

4 3 -- 6

5 M 4 ,..

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Fiqure s.u Representative chromatogram of chlorobenzene mixture, column, 20 m * 0.25 mm i.d., df = 0.25 µm ov-1, Te from so 0 c to 200°c at 4°C/min, peaks in elution order: l=chloro-, 2=dichloro-, 3=trichloro-, 4=tetrachloro-, 5=pentachloro-, 6=hexachloro­substituted benzene.

Fiqure 5.17 Representative chromatogram of chloroethylation reaction product of c7-c9 free fatty acids, column, 19 m * 0.25 mm i.d., df = 0.25 µm ov-1, Te from 70°C to 200°C at 10°C/min, peaks identification: 1-3 and 4-6, c7-c9 free fatty acids and corresponding chlqroethyl esters respectively.

\

The chromatogram of another methyl ester mixture of fatty

acids on an OV-17 column is presented in Figure 5. 18. The

isomers containing more than two double honds are separated

from the saturated and one double bond isomers.

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Fiqure 5.18

2 3

6

4 5 7 9 12 1011 1314

8 16 min

Representative chromatogram of the methyl esters of fatty acids, column, 20 m * 0.32 mm i.d., df = 0.26 µm OV-17, Te from l00°C to 2so 0 c at 10°C/min, peaks in elution order: C12:01 C14:01 C15:01 C16:0 + C16:l• C11:01 C1s:o + C1s:11 C1s:21 C1s:J1 C19:01 C20:01 C21:01 C22:0• C23:Q1 C24:0·

Fig. 5.19

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Figure 5.19 Representative chromatogram of the separation of the ethyl esters of 10 amino acids, column: 4 m * 0.32 mm i.d., df = 0.26 µm OV-17, Te from 80°C to 270°C at 20°C/min, peaks in order: alanine, leucine, serine, proline, cysteine, hydroxyproline, aspartic acid, hysine, arginine.

Figure 5.20 Representative chromatogram of the separation of underivatized steroids, column, 20 m * 0.25 mm i.d., df = 0.25 µm ov-1, Te at 260°C isothermal, peaks in elution order: C2~· C241 ethylestrenol, c26 , androsterone, methandriol, dianabol, pregnanediol, c28 , estriol, C30·

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The ethyl esters of 10 amino acids were chromatographed on an

OV-17 column (see Figure 5.19).

Steroids are often derivatized prior to analysis in order to

increase their volatility. Figure 5.20 shows, however, the

separation of an underivatized steroids mixture. This

separation was performed isothermally at 260°C. It can be seen

from Figure 5.20 that the column has a high efficiency and

inertness.

The same column also shows little interaction with oxygen

containing compounds at low temperatures (see Figure 5.21).

l 2

3

0

Figure s.21

4 7

6 5 8

9

10 14

12

11 13

10 min

Typical GC chromatogram of a test mixture on the same column as in Figure 5.20, Te from 40°C to 160°C at 4°C/min, peaks in elution order: 1-butanol, toluene, c8 , chlorobenzene, 3-heptanone, c9 , p-chlorotoluene, 1-heptanol, trimethylbenzene, o-dichlorobenzene, 2-nonanone, c11, 1-nonanol, benzylaceton.

The chromatograms shown in Figure 5. 22 are from hexane

extracts of oranges and of opium poppy straw respectively. No

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attempt was made to identify the components present in these

two samples. The components in the poppy straw extract are

most likely steroids and alkaloids.

1 i

1 a

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b

i 1

1 1

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1 t •. l.

0 10 20 min 0 5 min

Fiqure s.22 Typical GC chromatograms of the hexane extraction products of (a) oranges, column, 20 m * 0.25 mm i.d., df = 0.58 µm OV-1, Te from 40°C to 250°C at 10°C/min, splitless injection, 1µ1; (b) poppy straw, column, 5 m * 0.25 mm i.d., df = 0.14 µm ov-73, Te from l80°C to 300°C at l0°C/min, split injection.

5.4 CONCLUSIONS

The narrow-bore capillary columns prepared according to the

methods described in Chapter 4 are very well suited for high

speed analysis of different samples. Besides the inertness,

a high separation efficiency was obtained with the small bore

columns and the time required to obtain a given separation was

reduced compared with the analysis time required using normal

bore columns.

The normal bore columns prepared in this study have a high

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thermal stability and inertness. Less volatile and high

boiling compounds, such as polymer additives, glycerides and

polyethylene glycol 400 can be analyzed using these columns.

Compared with the results obtained by SFC, shorter analysis

time, higher column efficiencies for the separation of this

type of compounds can be obtained by high temperature columns.

The successful separation of a number of selected samples,

such as sedative hypnotic barbiturates, underivatized steroids

and chlorophenols demonstrates the inertness of the columns

prepared here. They are also suitable for the analysis of

ester mixtures of free fatty acids, amine acids and different

extracts.

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CBAP'l'ER 6

l\fiCELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CAPILLARY CHROMATO­GRAPHY - THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT COLUMN MODIFICATIONS ON THE ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW

A systematic investigation was carried out to study the electroosmotic flow (EOF) in micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MECC). Fused silica capillaries were treated with different reagents to investigate the parameters which influence . the magnitude and reproducibility of the EOF. The resul ts from untreated and treated columns were compared under the same experimental conditions. Furthermore, experiments with and without sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) addition to the buffer were carried out in order to elucidate the effect of this surfactant on the EOF. Finally, the mechanism behind the effects of these modifiaations on the EOF and the stability of the coatings on the column wall are discussed.

6.1 IN'l'RODUC'l'ION

The term 11 electrochromatography11 {EC) was first used by Berraz

in 1943 (l) referring to a primitive form of paper electro-

phoresis. The whole process was described even earlier by

stain [2], though, he did not use this nomenclature in his

research.

At present, i t can be considered as a group of separation

methods in which the flow of the mobile phase is driven

through the column by electroosmosis {or electroendosmosis).

Generally, an EC-separation is accomplished by the combination

of electro-phoretic and chromatographic selectivity

mechanisms. Adopting the classification suggested by Knox and

Grant [3], electrochromato-graphy can be divided into four

major groups: micel lar electro-kinetic capillary

chromatography (MECC) [ 4-11] , capillary electroosmotic

chromatography (CEC) [12-14], capillary gel electrophoresis

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(CGE) [15-21), and càpillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) (13,

22-26].

After the pioneer's works [22, 23] of using narrow bore tubes

in zone electrophoresis, CZE became a powerful tool in the

separation of ionized solutes [23). Very high efficiencies,

usually exceeding several hundred thousands theoretical plates

can be obtained. Two major contributions to that may be

distinguished (3, 23]. First, due to the plug like flow

profile in the column the peak broadening process of the

solute zones is in principal only determined by axial

diffusion of the solutes in the buffer. This condition is met

if no solute-wall interactions occur. Second, the currently

applied small diameter columns dissipate very efficiently the

generated joule heat in the column, so preventing the

disturbance of solute bands.

Complementary to CZE , which can separate only charged and

water soluble solutes, MECC can be used for the separation of

uncharged compounds, even when they are hardly soluble in

water [27). MECC, introduced in its present form by Terabe et

al. [4, 5), develops rapidly and a lot of attention is paid

to its application.

It must be mentioned, however, that the potentials of micellar

agents in separation technology were earlier recognized in

liquid chromatography as micellar or soap chromatography [28-

30).

As mentioned above,

compounds which are

in contrast to CZE, also uncharged

almost insoluble in water, can be

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separated by MECC. In fact the separation in MECC is achieved

by the partitioning of the compounds over two phases, the

electroosmotically driven hydro (organic) mobile phase and the

micellar phase. It is a true chromatographic method since the

separation of the solutes depends on the different partition

of the solutes between two phases which move at different

velocities [5]. MECC can be performed in similar apparatus as

usually applied in CZE.

In electrically driven liquid chromatography (CEC), packed and

open capillary columns can be used. The buffer is driven

through the column by electroosmosis rather than by pressure.

Partitioning of solutes between the mobile and stationary

phases occurs in the usual way and promising results have been

reported recently (3, 13, 31, 32].

A predictable and reproducible electroosmotic flow (EOF)

through the capillary column is essential for MECC and CEC

techniques. Therefore it is important to control the magnitude

and the reproducibility of the EOF in order to obtain reliable

resul ts. The EOF is the movement of a conducting liquid

relative to a stationary surf ace of an isolator, which results

when an electrical field is applied along this liquid/solid

system.. At the interface between the solid and the liquid

phase an electrical double layer exists (Figure 6.1). In the

double layer a specific zeta-potential can be distinguished

as one of the factors determining the EOF. The expression for

the potential distribution in the electrical double layer has

been described (33-37} and lts relation to the EOF was derived

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by von Smoluchowski [38).

Factors influencing the EOF include, the physical and chemical

properties of the column wall, the composition and

concentration of the buffer, the pH value and percentage of

organic modifiers in the mobile phase and the eventual in-situ

coating effects of the column wall by additives to the buffer.

î 111.: Stern layer dlffuae layer

1 1 1 1 r 1 1 LE-- plane ofrshear 1 1 1

i 1 1 1 I+ 1 1 i 1 1 1 IE 1 1 A - + 1 li 1 1

."':.. 1 + 1 --- + r 1 + 1 1

1 1 1 1 - + 1 + 1 + 1

~-- -----i-1

1 1 1 - + 1 1 1 +

1 + l 1

- + 1 1 1 aolld 1 1 1 bulk

1 + 1 1 aolutlon - + 1 1 1

11ë;;;-; ------T--------1 l - + l 1

lmmoblle 1 moblle reg Ion reg Ion

---+ dlstance x

Fiqure 6.1 Schematic diagram of the electrical double layer at a solid/liquid interface.

A number of reports bas been published about the factors which

may influence the EOF. Organic solvents such as methanol, 2-

propanol and acetonitrile were investigated ~s additives to

the buffer solution to affect the EOF [39-48]. Both decreased

EOF [ll, 45, 48) and increased EOF (41] have been observed

after the addition of acetonitrile. Also silanization by

trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS) of the column surface was used

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to reduce the EOF (10, 23]. Polymers and a number of other

coatings were applied by different authors [ 49-55] and a

decreased EOF was generally observed.

Terabe et al. [ 56) investigated the effects on the EOF of

hydrophobic and hydrophilic coatings. The EOF was increased

in MECC by coating with polymethylsiloxane. This was explained

in terms of the adsorption of sodium dodecylsulfate (SOS) to

this coating at the column wall. A decreased EOF was obtained

in a carbowax 20M modified column which could not be explained

by the adsorption of SOS. Lux et al. [57] also studied the

influence of the same types of coatings. Similar results were

achieved as described by Terabe [56], it was also found that

the effect of the coating on the EOF increased with increasing

film thickness until the film thickness is larger than 40 nm

and a constant EOF value is reached. The observed changes of

the electroosmotic flow by the column coatings were attributed

to the changes of the f-potential in the electrical double

layer at the column wall, without further explanation.

In some cases confusing results of the observed EOF values

were reported and explained mainly in terms of the changes of

the f-potential in the electrical double layer at the column

wall (Fig. 6.1). The question, however, why the f-potential

changed in a specific situation by the different modifications

of the columns surface remains unanswered in most cases.

The aim of this chapter is to study these essential questions

by a systematic investigation of the influence of different

coatings on the EOF and to correlate that to the

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physical/chemical properties of the column wall. FUsed silica

capillaries were treated with a variety of reagents to

investigate their effects on the magnitude and reproducibility

of the EOF. The results of untreated and treated columns were

compared under the same experimental conditions. Furthermore,

experiments with and without SDS addition to the buffer were

carried out in order to elucidate the effect of this

surfactant on the EOF. Finally interaction mechanisms at the

liquid/solid interface of the column wall are discussed to

explain the influence of the different modifications.

6.2 THEORY

6.2.1 Electrical double layer

An electrical double layer occurs at the interface between a

solid and a liquid phase which is a feature of all surfaces

i:m:mersed in a liquid [37). The surface of silica, glass and

Teflon tubes carry negative charges. In the case of silica,

the hydrated surf ace consists of a. o. silanol groups which can

be ionized and are balanced by positive charges (hydrated

cations) from the buffer solution. Some of these positive

charges firmly held on the surface by electrostatic force form

a "compact layer" or Stern layer [33). Part of the remaining

counterions diffuse away from the compact layer because of the

thermal motion and form a loosely held layer indicated as the

"diffuse layer" [34). The concentration of the diffuse layer

approaches finally the bulk value, as the distance from the

wall goes to infinity [34, 37). The potential drops linearly

in the Stern layer and exponentially within the diffuse layer

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as depicted in Figure 6.1.

An expression for the potential distribution in the diffuse

layer in the solution was given by Gouy [35] and Chapman [36]

for a binary electrolyte system with the valency z+ = z-:

and

where

X = ( 2 * e2 * no * z2)~ t 0 * tr * k * T

ir: the electrical potential, x: the distance from the column wall, x: the Debye-Hilckel parameter, k: the Boltzmann constant, T: the absolute temperature, e: the electronic charge,

( 6 .1)

(6.2)

n°: the electrolyte concentration in the bulk solution, eo: the permittivity of vacuum, er: the dielectrical constant of the buffer, z: the valency of the electrolyte.

A similar result is obtained by the Debye-Hilckel theory, in

which, l/x is called the "thickness of the electrical double

layern, ó: 1

x (6.3)

ó is inversely proportional to the square root of the ionic

strength of the electrolyte solution (see eq 6.2).

6.2.2 t-Potential and Electroosmotic Flow (EOF)

When an external electrical field is applied across a

capillary column filled with the electrolyte solution, the

excess counterions within the diffuse layer will move towards

the appropriately charged electrode, dragging the solvating

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liquid along with them. This movement of solution is known as

electro(end)osmosis and its direction and magnitude depends

both on the properties of the capillary wall and the nature

and concentration of the buffer (14, 58). Buffer ions, which

are tightly adsorbed in the Stern layer will not move under

the influence of an electrical field.

A boundary between the Stern layer and the diffuse layer is

assUllled to exist if the bulk solution f lows tangentially to

the surf ace and is indicated as the "plane of shear". The

corresponding potential at this shear is called the

electrokinetic potential or zeta-potential, denoted by f. The

question of localizing the shear plane remains open because

of the absence of independent methods of determining the r­potential which can be determined only by experiments on the

basis of various electrokinetic measurements (59).

The Smoluchowski equation (eq 6.4) can be used to describe the

relation between the electroosmotic Velocity, Veoi and the f­

potential (38]. This equation, however, is restricted to

capillary systems with inner diameters considerably higher

than the double layer thickness.

where E: the applied electrical field strength, ~= the viscosity of the buffer, µe0 : the coefficient of the electroosmotic flow.

The assumption is made here that Er and ~ have the same value

in the double layer as in the bulk solution.

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It is clear that a charged sheath around a core of uncharged

liquid is formed within the electrical double layer. Opposite

to the parabolic flow profile in pressure driven separation

systems, the flow profile in electrically driven systems

within the core is flat by the applied electrical field.

Because there is no charge unbalance within the core.

Furthermore, since the sheath itself is so thin that the flow

profile within the column as a whole is a near perfect plug

flow (see Figure 6.2). This plug like flow profile reduces the

band broadening process that occurs as a solute travels along

the tube, so resulting in very high efficiencies.

-u

© 1 J-u 0

Fiqure 6.2 Schematic diagram of the flow profile in open tubes under pressure driven (upper) and electroosmotic driven (lower).

several methods have been applied to measure the EOF. A simple

way is measuring the migration time of an electrically neutral

marker substance to calculate the EOF [ 4, 5, 14] • This

substance is transported only by the liquid flow and should

not show any electrophoretic mobility or any adsorption

effect. A similar problem is encountered with this method as

in liquid chromatography to find a good zero retention time

(to) marker.

The magnitude of the streaming potential, generated by

applying a pressure gradient across the length of the

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capillary, can also be used to estimate the EOF [37, 60, 61].

The following equation correlates the streaming potential,

Estr to the r-potential of the column surface and thus to the

EOF:

(6.5)

where áp: the pressure drop across the tube, X: the specific conductivity of the electrolyte solution.

This method is limited to situation where the surface

conductance is negligible compared to the specific conductance

of the electrolyte solution and a laminar flow profile is

built up within the capillary.

Altria and Simpson [58, 62) introduced a weighing method by

using a microbalance to measure the electroosmotic volumetrie

flow of the electrolyte solution. This technique may approach

most closely the real experimental conditions because of the

direct determination of the flow. However, only time-averaged

results can be obtained by this method [61).

Another method based on the recording of the current during

CZE operation was proposed by Huang et al. [ 63) . In this

method different concentrations of the same electrolyte

solution were used while monitoring the changes in the

electrical current during this CZE operation. The displacement

of one solution by another solution in the tube can be

established and from that the EOF can be calculated. The

difference between the two concentrations of the solutions may

not be too large, otherwise, the j"-potential is changed during

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the operation. Current disturbances may result in inaccurate

EOF measurements using this technique.

Also, colloidal particles, of similar materials as used for

the manufacturing of the capillary, were applied to determine

the EOF [52]. However, in general it is not recommended to

compare or to predict the EOF behaviour in an open tubular

capillary with EOF value obtained from colloidal particles

because of the dif f erence between this method and the real

experimental conditions.

6.2.3 Factors Influencinq the Electroosmotic Velocity

Glass, fused silica and Teflon capillary columns, which are

predominantly used in chromatography and electrophoresis, have

negative charges on the inner surface when they are filled

with an aqueous solution [37]. When an electrical field is

applied to the tube, the counterions in the diffuse layer move

to the negative electrode dragging the liquid with them and

so accomplishing the electroosmotic flow (EOF). The charge

density of the surface can be influenced in different ways and

also the sign of the charge at the column wall can be

reversed.

The control of the EOF in electrochromatography can be

subdivided in two major groups:

I. dynamic modification of the column wall by addition of

specific reagents to the mobile phase, resulting in

general in a reversible coating of it.

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II. chemical treatment of the column wall, resulting

principally in the irreversible modification of it.

I. As mentioned earlier, organic solvents such as methanol,

ethanol, 2-propanol and acetonitrile can be added to the

buffer solution to influence the EOF [10, 11, 39-48, 64, 65].

Contradictory results were observed with the addition of

acetonitrile [41, 45, 48). More generally, the mechanism of

the effects on the EOF caused by addition of organic solvents

is still not quite clear.

The addition of surfactants to the mobile phase is also used

to influence or to reverse the electroosmotic flow. Decreased

EOF values were obtained by addition of mono- or.diamines [25,

66-69] to the electrolyte solutions. Simultaneously the

adsorption of proteins to the column wall was suppressed.

Divalent amines were found to be more effective than

monoamines in this particular case {69). Polyethylene glycol

(70), Triton-x (71), and Brij 35 [72) were also used to

decrease or eliminate the EOF by increasing the viscosity of

the buffers.

By applying cationic surfactants, such as dodecyltrimethyl­

ammonium chloride (DTAC), tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide

(TTAB), cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC) and cetyltri­

methylammonium bromide (CTAB), not only the magnitude of the

EOF was changed, also the direction of the EOF was reversed

[8-10, 25, 62, 73-76]. This is caused by the adsorption of the

cationic molecules to the column wall, which consequently

changes the polarity of the f-potential in the electrical

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double layer. Electroosmosis can be completely eliminated by

the addition of s-benzylthiouronium chloride to the buffer

according to Altria and Simpson (58].

II. By chemical modification methods, generally a thin layer

of a coating is formed on the inner column surface. Two

different aims may be pursued here. One is, e.g. in the case

of the application of fused silica columns, to cover or shield

the surface silanols to control the polarity and the magnitude

of the EOF. Second also a specific modification can be applied

to suppress or eliminate the interaction between the solute

molecules and the column surface. This is special important

for the separation of biopolymers such as proteins and other

biomolecules.

Jorgenson and Lukacs treated columns with trimethylchloro­

silane (TMCS} and observed a decreased EOF (23]. Similar

results (10] were obtained with acrylamide (77], polyacryl­

amide [49, 51], octadecylsilane [40], and aminopropyltri­

ethoxysilane [78] coated columns. Due to the different

hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties of the coatings, mutual

differences in the observed EOF values may be expected. An

increased EOF was obtained in MECC applying a column coated

with polydimethylsiloxane [56, 57]. Here, this was explained

by the adsorption of the surfactant to the column wall (56].

Moreover, also the EOF was found to depend on the film

thickness of the coating and to reach a constant value after

the film thickness is larger than 40 nm (57]. The hydrophilic

coatings resulted in decreased EOF values and in some cases

in the reversal of the EOF direction. Glycol [50), glycerol

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[55], polyethylene glycol (PEG) [52, 79] and Carbowax 20M [56,

57] coated columns showed suppression effects on the EOF. On

polyethyleneimine coated capillaries [80], the EOF is reversed

because of the positive charge of the coating when it is in

contact with aqueous buffers.

Recently, a method was suggested to control the electroosmotic

flow during an EC separation [64]. Here the external applied

potential is vectorially coupled with the potential inside the

capillary. In this way, the r-potential can be controlled and

changed by a definite positive, or negative value. Therefore,

the r-potential can be changed at any time during the analysis

to achieve improved separation results. However the problem

is that the instrumentation f or this technique is complicated

and not yet commercially available.

The concentration [81] and the pH value of the buffer solution

in EC separations are the most important werking parameters

to influence the EOF [58, 82, 83]. This is especially true for

fused silica and/or glass capillary columns because the

dissociation of the surface silanols strongly depend on the

pH of the buffer solution (see Figure 6.3).

6.3 EXPERIMENTAL

6.3.1 Equipment and reagents:

A home-built instrument system consisted of a Perspex box with

a pressure system for rinsing the capillary; an UV detector

(Unicam Analytica! Systems, Cambridge, UK) for on-column

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detection; an HCN 35-35000 High voltage power supply (FuG,

Elektronik GmbH, FRG). A Tulip AT compact 3 computer connected

to a home made interface Multilab-TS allowed control of

electromigrative sample introduction and adjustment of the

separation voltage as well. Acquisition and calculation of the

data were performed with the software program Caesar (B-Wise

Software, Geleen, The Netherlands).

14 c

12

10

I î 8

l ... • :l

1

2

0 .__~ _ _,__....__,___,'----'---'--"'-----'

2 3 4 6 fl 7 8 9 10

pH

Fiqure 6.3 Schematic diagram for the effect of pH on electroosmotic flow. Data for line 1 and line 2 are from ref. ( 82] and ( 58) respectively.

The separations were performed in fused silica capillaries

(350 µm o.d., 50 µm i.d., Siemens, FRG) of 67 cm total length,

with an optical window at 50 cm from the injection side for

on-column detection. Samples were introduced into the column

by the electromigration technique applying 5 kV for 2 sec. The

separations were carried out at 20 kV using methanol as the

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dead time marker and benzyl alcohol for the measurement of

peak area.

Polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) and polymethyloctadecylsiloxane

(PMODS) were purchased from Petrarch systems (Bristol, PA,

USA). Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Carbowax 20M were

obtained from Chrompack (Middelburg, NL). These reagents were

used without any further purification.

6.3.2 Procedures:

The capillary column was pretreated according to the procedure

developed in our laboratory. [84]. For PMHS deactivation, the

column was dynamically coated with 15% (v/v) PMHS solution in

pentane (according to Bartle (85), generating a film thickness

of 40 nm). After flushing the column with He for 30 min, it

was sealed by a micro torch and heated in a GC oven from 40°C

to 300°C at 8°C/min and kept at 300°C for 2 h. Then, the

column was rinsed with l ml dichloromethane and l ml methanol

respectively.

For ether modifications, the capillaries were dynamically

coated with 15% (v/v) PMODS and statically coated with 0.8%

(v/v) PDMS and 0.5% (v/v) carbowax 20M solution respectively.

0.5-3% (w/w to the stationary phases) dicumyl peroxide (DCP)

was added to the coating solution f or immobilization of the

coatings. curing was carried out by heating the sealed column

from 40°C to 1ao 0 c at 8°C/min and then 180°C for 80 min.

Afterwards, the modified capillaries were rinsed with l ml

dichloromethane and l ml methanol respectively.

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Before use in the MECC experiments all the capillaries ware

washed with water (30 min) and subsequently with the same

buffer solutions to be used in the experiments (20 min) , prior

to the separations.

The buffer solutions used in this study consisted of:

(1) 0.02 M sodium phosphate aqueous solution, pH 7.

(2) as (1) with addition of SOS (0.05 M), pH= 7.

(3) as (1) adjusted to pH 1 with concentrated HCl

solution.

(4) as (1) adjusted to pH 9 with concentrated NaOH

solution.

6.4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

6.4.1 Reproducibilities of the EOF data and peak areas

The reproducibility of the EOF expressed in migration times

and peak areas measured for some coated and untreated columns

are presented in Tabla 6.1. A rinsing step which included

washing the column with water for 10 min was involved between

soma of the analyses in order to investigate the influence of

rinsing on the reproducibility.

From the data in Tabla 6.1, it can be concluded that improved

reproducibility of the EOF and peak areas was obtained by

rinsing the capillary column with water between each analysis.

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Table 6.1 Reproducibility of migration times and peak areas, buffer (1), UV detection at 210 nm.

Col. 1 migration time (min) peak areas (V*S) No.

(a) (b) (a) {b)

s a a/s s a a/s s a a/s s a o/s

1 3.20 .04 1.2 3.35 .os 2.3 5.75 .29 5.0 6.16 .48 7.8

3 4.02 .11 2.7 4.32 .26 6.0 9.58 .44 4.5 10.7 .86 8.0

4 4.92 .11 2.1 5.37 .27 5.0 14.5 .42 2.9 15.6 .92 5.9

Column No.: 1 = PDMS coated column; 3 = untreated column; 4 = PMODS coated column; s = average value, a = standard deviation, a/s = relative deviation, %; number of experiments n = 3; (a) with rinsing step; (b) without rinsing step.

6.4.2 J:nfluence on the EOF of the surface Modification of the Columns

1. Without addition of SDS to the buffer:

The EOF data together with the standard deviations for

untreated and modified capillary columns without addition of

sos to the buffer are summarized in Figure 6.4 and Table 6.2.

Table 6.2 Comparison of EOF data with and without addition of SDS to the buffer solution, UV detection at 210 nm.

col. EOF (mm/sec) No.

buffer treatment

(1) buffer (2)

s a a/s s a a/s 1 2.60 0.03 1.15 2.78 0.04 1.44 PDMS

2 2.25 0.07 3.11 2.39 0.06 2.51 PMHS

3 2.07 0.06 2.90 1.82 0.06 3.30 untreated

4 1.69 0.04 2.37 1.54 0.05 3.25 PMODS

5 1.04 0.03 2.88 0.93 0.03 3.23 Carbowax 20M

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From the data in Table 6.2 it may be clear that compared to

the untreated column:

{l) The EOF is increased by the surface modification of PMHS

and PDMS coatings, which is in agreement to the

observation in (56, 57].

(2) A decreased EOF is observed for the PMODS and Carbowax

20M coatings.

3 "' without SOS 1

û I " Cl

~ "' s 2 6

Cl u.

wit! SOS

"' 0 Cl w

0

o~~~~~""-~~~~-'-~~~~-'-~~~~-'

1 2

Figure 6.4

3 column No.

4 5

EOF values in untreated and differently modified capillary columns, column No. see Table 6.2.

2. With addition of SDS to the buffer:

The EOF data together with the standard deviations for

untreated and modified capillary columns with SOS in the

buffer solution are included in Tabla 6.2.

Several conclusions can be drawn from the data in Table 6.2:

(1) In contrast to the situation without SOS in the buffer,

the EOF in the untreated column is decreased.

(2) The EOF is increased for PMHS and PDMS treated columns

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compared with the results without SOS in the buffer.

(3) A significantly decreased EOF is observed for PMODS and

Carbowax 20M modified columns after SOS was added to the

buffer.

These conclusions will be discussed in paragraph 6.4.3.

Theoretically, an increased EOF will shorten the analysis time

with the sacrifice of resolution. On the other hand, the

resolution can be enhanced by decreasing the EOF,

simul taneously, the analysis time is prolonged. This was

confirmed by ref. [57] and our experiments. A detailed

discussion on the relation of analysis time and resolution is

given in Chapter 7.

6.4.3 Disoussion on the Znfluenoe of the surfaoe Treatment and Addition of SDS on the EOP

When an untreated fused silica capillary column is filled with

the buffering electrolyte, the dissociation of the surface

silanols is the main generation source of the ,S-potential. The

rate of dissociation of surface silanols depends strongly on

the pH value of the buffer solution. In the case the colUEn

is coated with hydrophobic and/or hydrophilic coatings,

different effects on the EOF, compared to a bare unmodified

column, can be expected.

In general, a coating at the wall of a capillary column is

supposed to eliminate and/or shield the active sites

(silanols) at the column surface. The accessibility of the

silanols on the column wall in contact with the water

molecules of the electrolyte solution depends a.o. on the

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efficiency of the coverage. Both the dissociation of the

residual silanols and the specific properties of the coating

may contribute to the r-potential in the electrical double

layer.

To explain the effect of the silica substrate of the column

in controlling the EOF, the hypothesis of Tanabe et al. [86-

88] can be applied. This model was developed to describe the

surface acidity which was caused by the charge distribution

in binary metal oxides. When an inorganic oxide like silica

is contaminated with metal impurities it can be considered as

a mixture of oxides on molecular scale. These impurities may

cause charge imbalances leading to different contribution of

the positive or negative charges across the silica surface of

the column wall. In turn this may influence the EOF in

untreated silica columns at least. Depending on the purity of

the silica substrate and the efficiency of an eventual

modification of the column wall, this effect will become

manifest.

In addition to this effect also the charge distribution that

is the polarity of the column coating plays an important role.

For PMHS, PDMS and PMODS modified columns, the column wal! is

covered with a layer of a polysiloxane backbone, of which the

Si-o-si bridge is a major component (Fig. 6.5). Considering

the electronegativity of the elements involved in the chemica!

structure of the column surface given in Table 6.3, it can be

assumed that the two positive charges of the upper Si atom are

distributed to four bands, ie, +(2/4) ö of a valence unit per

bond. While the two negati ve charges of the o atom are

distributed to two bonds, i.e. one negative charge per bónd.

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The total charge imbalance is (+2/4-2/2) ó * 2 = -1 ó. This

may increase the local negative charge of the column wall.

When in contact with aqueous buffer solutions this results in

an influence on the EOF.

Me 1 (+2/4 - 2/2) ll R "H, Me, C1s

R-Si-0-

1 charge difference 0 (2/4·2/2) 5 • 2 = -1 ll _____ t __________________ _

-O-Si-0- column wall 1

0

1 Figure 6.5 Schematic representation of the model structure of polysiloxane modif ied surface.

A more general explanation for the influence of the wall

coating on the EOF lies in the structure shown in Figure 6.5.

By the partial ionic character of the Si-o bond [89, 90] and

the electron donating properties of the alkyl groups, each

repeating unit in the backbone will gain an excess of electron

density. This makes them behave as a negatively charged centre

(spot) in contact with the electrolyte solution. Therefore the

EOF is strongly influenced in this way.

Besides the electronegativity, also the steric effects have

to be taken into account to explain the differences between

these three coatings. The PMHS modification shows an increased

EOF compared with the bare silica column, but smaller than the

corresponding value in the PDMS modified column. This may be

attributed to the weakening effect of the H atom in the PMHS

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coating to the charge distribution of the siloxane bridge.

Moreover, the film thickness of the PMHS coating is smaller

(40 nm) than that of the PDMS coating (100 nm), which also may

influence the EOF.

Table 6.3 Electronegativity of the related elements

atom H c 0 Si

electronegativity 2.2 2.55 3.44 1.90

For the PMODS coated column, the electron donating properties

of the methyl and c18 groups are about the same. The steric

effect of the c1s ligands, however, may be dominant in

shielding the charged centres at the column wall resulting in

a decreased EOF.

In general the siloxane backbone will show a ó+ / ó- charge

distribution due to the difference in the electronegativity

between the involved elements. In addition this charge

distribution will be influenced by electron donating or

withdrawing groups.

(CH2CH20t H 1 n

0 --------~----------------------

Ji'iqure 6.6

- 0-Si- 0- column wall 1

0 1

Schematic representation of the model structure of Carbowax 20M modified silica surface.

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The Carbowax 20M coating by which the column is covered with

a layer of polyethylene glycol (see Fig. 6.6) shows a

different effect on the EOF. The surface silanol groups are

supposed to be shielded from interaction with the electrolyte.

Here the electronegativity difference between carbon and

oxygen atoms is less than that between silicon and oxygen

atoms (see Table 6.3). Therefore, the &+/0-charge distribution

is less pronounced. In addi tion, the c-oH groups are more

difficult dissociated than silanol groups, in other words, the

acidity of silanol groups is higher than that of carbinol

groups [91]. Therefore, a reduced EOF is observed using

carbowax 20M coatings.

In general, when the column coating is very thin (df < 40 nm),

the shielding of the silanols may be not complete which will

contribute to the electroosmotic flow [57].

The adsorption of SOS to the column surface will influence the

f-potential and normally an increased EOF can be expected. For

untreated columns, however, this adsorption may be hindered

by the electrical repulsion of the surface silanols. In the

case of the untreated column, a decreased EOF was observed

after the addition of SOS to the buffer. This may be

attributed to the increased viscosity of the electrolyte

solution in the presence of sos. Eof is inversely proportional

to the viscosity of the electrolyte solution ( eq 6.4). An

increase in viscosity by the addition of 0.05 M SDS to the

buffer was estimated to be about 10% using the Einstein

equation [92, 93]. This is in agreement with the decrease of

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the EOF by about 10% of column 3 in Table 6.2.

Taking into account a 10% decrease in the EOF due to the

increase of the viscosity of the buffer, the data in Table 6.2

show that SOS may adsorb to the PMHS and POMS coated surface.

This will be due to the hydrophobic interactions between these

coatings and the SOS. The enhancement of the EOF by the

adsorption overrules the decreasing effect of the viscosity,

so a net increased EOF was observed. For the PMOOS coating no

net EOF increase or decrease was observed, indicating that

very little or no SOS was adsorbed. In contrast to the PMHS

and POMS coatings here probably the occurrence of a Oonnan

exclusion effect prevented SOS adsorption at the column

coating.

The adsorption of SOS to the Carbowax 20M modified column wall

may be negligible since this material is a hydrophilic

coating, showing less or no hydrophobic interaction with SOS.

6.4.4 stability of the coatings

The PDMS and Carbowax 20M coated columns were selected to

study the stability of the coatings towards the applied

electrolytes. Also the effects of these possible instability

of the coating on the EOF were measured. A sequential

procedure was set up to test the coating stability and

consisted of:

(1) EOF is measured with buffer (1)

experimental section), respectively,

columns at the start of the procedure;

and (2) (see

in each of the

(2) next the columns were rinsed with buffer (3) for 1 day;

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(3) followed by a rinsing step with buffer (4) for 1 day;

(4) finally, the columns were rinsed with water and again

the EOF was measured as in step (1) under the same

conditions.

This procedure was repeated during 2 weeks. Also, the column

activity and the film thickness were determined by GC

measurements before and aftar this rinsing procedure.

The results of these measurements are summarized in Fig. 6.7.

It can be seen that the EOF was decreased by 15% of the

starting value with PDMS coated columns after a 2 weeks

rinsing procedure. The EOF of the carbowax 20M modified column

is decreased by 5% of the starting value after this rinsing

test. This latter coating shows a higher st~bility than the

PDMS coating under the applied experimental conditions.

3.00

2.10 1.20

wlth SOS

! 0

A

î ·"·r·o• A 4

D o

t wlth SOS

POMS modlfied

0 A D

A D A

Carbowax 20M modlfied

0 D 0

D

A

D

0.70 .__ _ __. __ ......_ __ ...._ __ ..._ __ .__ _ __,_ __ _,

0 2 4 a 8 10 12 14

days

:riqure 6.7 Stability test of PDMS modified. column and Carbowax 20M modified column, experimental conditions as in Fig. 6.4.

It also turned out that the film thickness of both coatings

was decreased. For the PDMS modified column the EOF value is

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approaching the value of an untreated capillary column. GC

measurements by comparing the capacity factors of tetradecane,

under the same conditions, before and after this rinsing test

show that the film thickness of PDMS and Carbowax 20M coated

columns is decreased by 15% and 7% respectively. The activity

of both columns to the polar components in the test mixture

[84] is significantly increased.

6.5 CONCLUSIONS

From the collected data it is clear that rinsing of the fused

silica capillary column between analyses is important to

obtain reproducible results.

Taking precaution with the experimental conditions a

repeatable EOF value with a relative standard deviation of

about 3% can be obtained throughout the experiments with the

home built instrument.

Different effects of the several coatings on the electro­

osmotic flow were observed and explained with respect to their

specific influences on the f-potential. Enhanced EOF were

obtained by PMHS and PDMS surface modification of the columns

compared to untreated columns. This is due to the increased

charge distribution across the polysiloxane backbone of the

coatings, which increases the f-potential in the electrical

double layer and hence the EOF.

The PMODS coated column suppresses the EOF because of the

steric effect of the c18 ligands which may be dominant in the

shielding of the charged centres at the column wall.

A lower electroosmotic flow was observed for Carbowax 20M

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coated columns. This might be due to the less negative charge

distribution of the oxygen atom from the c-o bond in the

polyethylene glycol coating. In addition, the C-OH groups are

more difficult dissociated than the surface silanol groups.

The adsorption of SDS to the wall of a bare silica column is

hindered by the electrical repulsion of the ionized silanols.

The observed decrease of the EOF in this case can be

attributed to the increase of the viscosity of the electrolyte

solution by the addition of SDS. The enhancement of the EOF

in PMHS and PDMS modified columns indicate the adsorption of

SDS to the wall. For the PMODS coated columns we assume that

by a Donnan exclusion effect the SOS is prevented to adsorb

at the coating. consequently no significant change in the EOF

by the addition of SDS was observed. Since the Carbowax 20M

coating shows little or no hydrophobic properties SOS will not

be adsorbed. Therefore, again no significant change in the EOF

could be observed.

Finally, the stability of the Carbowax 20M modification is

superior to that of the PDMS coating under the applied

experimental conditions.

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CHAPTER 7

THE SEPARATION OF HERBICIDES BY MICELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY

A method was developed tor the separation by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MECC) of a number ot herbicides consisting ot chlorophenoxy acids. Sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), Brij 35, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and methanol were applied in the buffering buffer to 1nvestigate their eftects on the separation of the herbicides. SDS combined with Brij 35 as micellar agents were tound to provide the best overall separation of these components. Besides that, the di:fterences in the electroosmotic flow (EOF), due to the different compositions of the various buffers, were correlated with the viscosities thereot. The theoretical calculations and the experimental results of the viscosity measurements were in good agreement with the observed shifts in EOF.

7.1 INTRODUCTIOH

The widespread use of chlorinated phenoxy acid herbicides in

agriculture has led to an increased pollution of soil, water

and food by their residues and their phenolic metabolites.

Their high toxicity to human and aquatic orqanisms [l], makes

the development of sensitive methods for the analysis of this

class of compounds essential.

A number of methods, such as spectrophotometr ic [ 2, 3) ,

differential pulse polarographic [4) and gas chromatographic

methods [5-18), have been reported for the analysis of

herbicides. A streng disadvantage of GC methods is that

derivatization of the target compounds is necessary. This is

time consuming and may introduce errors in the analytical

procedure.

High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and HPLC

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combined with mass spectrometry (LC-MS) have been used also

to determine these compounds (19-28]. In this case no

derivatization is needed prior to LC separation. The coupling

of LC with MS can provide both the speed of analysis and the

specificity for non-volatile compounds such as chlorophenoxy

acids herbicides.

Enrichment and clean-up procedures are nearly always necessary

for the HPLC analysis of the chlorophenoxy acids in surf ace

water, urine, soil or sediment. Liquid-liquid extraction [9,

29, 30], solid-phase extraction (11, 22, 25, 31-34) and the

enrichment on a precolumn (33, 25, 35-37) or a supported

liquid membrane (38-40] can be applied in the sample

pretreatment procedure. Recently, a sample pretreatment

technique using isotachophoresis as the sample clean-up and

enrichment step prior to the LC analysis was developed [41].

Promising results were obtained by this method.

Capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) and micel lar

electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MECC) may be also

attractive techniques for the analysis of the chlorophenoxy

acids. Cue to their outstanding separation efficiency, high

speed and potential for automation, CZE and MECC have already

been used to separate a large variety of compounds.

Applications include amino acids [42, 43], peptides [44-46),

proteins (47, 48), priority pollutants (49], vitamins [50-52]

and drugs (53-55].

In this study, a method for the separation of a number of

chlorophenoxy acid herbicides by MECC was developed. The

effects of some surfactants and methanol, in various

concentrations added to the buffer were investigated. The

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herbicides were detected by a multi-wavelength UV detector.

Processing of the detector signals allowed three-dimensional

plots of the data, peak confirmation and peak purity

evaluation via comparison of spectra. Finally also, the

correlation between the variations of electroosmotic flow

(EOF) and viscosity changes due to the different buffer

compositions will be discussed.

7.2 THEORY

CZE is a one phase process where the separation is based on

the differences in electrophoretic mobilities of the solutes

[56, 57). In MECC [58 1 59] 1 however, two phases are

distinguished, a hydro (organic) and a micellar phase or

pseudo-stationary phase. These two phases are prepared and or

formed in the buffer solution containing surfactants, which

are added above their critical micellar concentration (CMC).

In Figure 7. 1 a schematic presentation of a micelle and a

solute partitioning over the mobile and the pseudo-phase is

given. Micelles are dynamic structures and are characterized

a.o. by their aggregation number. Both neutra! and charged

compounds can be separated by MECC according to their

dif f erences in hydrophobicities and electrophoretic

mobilities.

The electroosmotic veloci ty, 1.1eo, which was discussed in

detail in Chapter 6, in a capillary column is essential for

MECC. It can be described by [60):

(7 .1)

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where

eo: the permittivity of vacuum,

Er: the dielectric constant of the buffer,

~= the viscosity of the buffer,

r1: the zeta potential at the column wall,

E: the external applied electrical field strength.

The negative sign means that when t is negative, the liquid

flow is towards the cathode [60). Typical ueo values are in

the range of 1-3 mm/sec. The migration time of an unretained

solute, t 0, is given by:

(7.2)

where 1 is the column length from the injection point to the

detector cell.

Figure 7.1 Schematic illustration of micelles and the partition of the solutes

Besides the EOF in a specif ic MECC separation system also a

distinct electrophoretic mobility of, at least charged

micelles, can be distinguished, resulting in the migration of

the micelles. The electrophoretic velocity, Vep, of a charged

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micelle then is given by:

\) = ep 2 3

where f 2 is the zeta potential at the micelle.

(7. 3)

Here, it is asswned that € and ~ have the same values in the

electrical double layer and in the bulk solution. The overall

migration velocity of a micelle, Vmci under fixed experimental

conditions then follows from:

(7 .4)

Substitution of eq 7.1 and eq 7.3 into eq 7.4 gives a more

detailed insight in the parameters which determine. the

velocity of a micelle.

(7. 5)

In order to obtain satisfying separation, the velocity vectors

of Veo and liep are preferably opposite and differing in their

absolute values. The migration time, tmc1 of a neutral

compound completely retained in the micelle phase follows

from: 1 t = (7. 6) l1IC

"-When a specific neutral compound is solubilized by the

micellar phase an expression for the capacity factor, k, can

be described: k=

(7. 7)

where

tR: the migration time of the compound.

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From this a general expression for the solute velocity in MECC

can be given:

\) = __ k_ * 1.l + __ 1_ * 1.leo 8 1 + k me 1+ k

(7. 8)

where

v8 : the velocity of the compound, k: capacity factor of an electrically neutral compounds.

It should be noted here that superimposed on the above

mentioned migration processes, charged compounds also move

electrophoretically along the capillary tube. The

corresponding velocity of such charged species equals:

where

v8 (i): the velocity of the charged solute, Vep(i): the electrophoretic velocity of the charged solute in

the aqueous phase, k1: capacity factor of the charged solute.

Non-ionic solutes partition between the two phases and elute

in between the range of the migration time of t 0 and tmc· The

migration time of a neutral solute is described by [59]:

l+k tR = ----/.,----*-k..- * to

1 + (to tmc) (7.10)

As usual in elution chromatography the following resolution

equation for a pair of neutral solutes can be derived:

a - 1 * .....,...._k_a_ a ka + 1

(7 .11)

where

ki and k2: the capacity factors of two neighbouring peaks, N: the number of theoretical plates,

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a: the separation factor (equal to k2/ki)·

If two peaks are migrating close together, i.e. k1 ~ k2 ~ k,

eq 7.11 can be approximated by:

m IX - 1 * k * 1 - tol tmc R "' i::. * --- ---s 4 a k + 1 1 + (t01tmc) * k

(7.12)

The product of the last two terms in eq 7.12 is defined as

f(k) and bas a strong effect on the resolution.

f(k} = _k_ * 1 - t 0 /tmc 1 + k 1 + ( t 01 t.mc) * k

(7.13)

Figure 7.2 shows the relationship between f(k) and k for some

different values of t 0 /tmc· In practical situations to/tmc

ranges usually between 0.15 and 0.5.

By assuming that N and a are independent of k [61), the

dependence of the resolution on kis restricted to f(k). The

maximmn resolution can be derived from eq 7 .12 by setting

d{f(k)}/dk = O and yields the optimum value of k:

kopc(Rs,max) = ( tt: r/2 (7 .14)

As can be seen in Figure 7.2, maximum resolution in practical

situations is usually obtained for capacity factors between

2 and 5.

This relation indicates that the best resolution of neutral

solutes can be achieved by adjusting the working parameters

to give an average capacity factor of Ctmc/t0 )l/2,

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1.00

0.80

0.60

0.40

0.20

0.00 '--~~~......_~~_._._ ......... ,__~~-=Cl:lll

0.1 10 100

capacity factor. k

Figure 7.2 Dependance of f(k) on the capacity factor, k. The numbers on the plot are the t 0/tmc values.

By substituting the kopt(Rs,max> from eq 7.14 into eq 7.10,

the analysis time at maximum resolution can be obtained:

(7 .15)

Finally, the result for Rs,max under the condition of

operating at the optimum capacity factor kopt is:

R = ./N * ~ * tmc - to s,max 4 (X { ti/2 + t~P )2 (7.16)

In conventional chromatography, Rs,max is obtained when k-ooo:

R = :/J!. s,max 4 «. - 1 *---

IX (7. 17)

Comparing eq 7.16 with eq 7.17, it can be seen that Rs,max in

MECC is 0.17 to 0.74 times value of Rs1max in conventional

chromatography (assuming t 0/tmc is between 0.15 and 0.5). This

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difference however can be compensated by the superior

efficiency of MECC which also contributes to resolution. In

the case of a normal standard 15 cm LC column, N is 10,000 and

'V"N is 100. For a MECC system, 100, 000-200, 000 theoretica!

plates are easily obtained, 'V"N is between 316 and 447. Taking

account the contribution of efficiency, Rs,max in MECC is 0.5

to 3 times that in conventional chromatography.

Under conditions optimized for efficiency, f(k) is the most

important parameter for resolution optimization. Two

possibilities can be considered, that is the optimization of

capacity factor and the optimization of the elution range

(window). Again, these two possibilities are reflected by eq

7.14 and eq 7.16 respectively.

When tmc/to is infinite, Rs,max is given by eq 7.17. However,

at the same time, tR...co also (see eq 7 .15). In practical

situations, tmc/to lies between 3 and 6, then for the maximum

resolution, tR is between 1.73 t 0 and 2.45 to.

7 • 3 EXPERI:MBN'l'AL

7.3.1 Chemicals

2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-propionic acid (2,4-DP), 4-(2,4-di­

chlorophenoxy) butyric acid (2,4-DB), 4-chloro-2-methyl­

phenoxy-acetic acid (MCPA), 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)

propionic acid (MCPP), 4-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) butyric

acid (MCPB), 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4,5-TPA),

2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)-propionic acid (2,4,5-TPP), 3,6-

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dichloro-2-methoxy benzoic acid (dicatnba), 2,3,6-trichloro­

benzoic acid (2, 3, 6-TB) and 3-isopropyl-2, l, 3-benz:othiadiazin-

4-on-2, 2-dioxide (bentazon) were purchased from Schmidt

(Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

SodiUlll dodecylsulphate (SOS) and cetyltrimethylammonium

bromide (CTAB) were obtained from Aldrich Chemica! Co.

(Milwaukee, WI USA). All the other reagents and solvents were

purchased from Merck (Merck AG, Darmstadt, FRG) • HPLC grade

water prepared by filtering deionized water through a Milli-Q

Water purification system (Millipore Corp., Bedford, USA) was

used for the preparation of the buffer solutions and samples.

The buffer solutions and a standard mixture of the herbicides

were prepared by dissolving relevant amounts of the reagents

in the deionized water. Buffers and samples as well were

filtered over 0.45 µm Millex-GS filters (Millipore) prior to

use.

7.3.2 Equipment and Procedures

The experiments were carried out on a Spectra Physics iooo™

capillary electrophoresis system equipped with a multi­

wavelength scanning UV detector (Spectra-physics Ine., San

Jose, CA, USA).

Automated capillary rinsing, sample introduction and execution

of the electrophoretic runs were controlled by an IBM personal

system/2 computer (Model 70 386) with software version 1.3.

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Multi-wavelength spectral data were collected, stored and

processed on the same computer. The high speed polychrome mode

by scanning from 200 nm to 300 nm at 5 nm intervals was

employed in these experiments. This permitted three

dimensional platting of the electrochromatograms, peak

confirmation and peak purity evaluation via the comparison of

absorption spectra. sample introduction on this equipment

could be performed either by the electromigration or the

vacuum technique. Here vacuum injection was applied throughout

the experiments to avoid sample discrimination. This was

performed by applying the preset vacuum at the cathode side

during 1 sec (typically about 2 nl fora 50 µm i.d. column).

Fused silica capillary columns with 50 µm i.d., total length

44 cm, effective separation length 37 cm (Siemens, Germany)

were used for all the experiments. Prior to use new capillary

columns were rinsed with 0.1 N sodium hydroxide solution for

20 min and subsequently by water and the buffer solutions, to

be used in the experiments, for 60 min and 20 min,

respectively. Thereafter, conditioning for each experiment was

effected by rinsing the capillary with water for 5 min and

with the buffers for 10 min.

In all the experiments a constant voltage of 15 kV was applied

and the temperature of the separation system was kept at 25°C.

The EOF value was determined by the migration time of

methanol, which can be seen from the disturbance of the

baseline. The viscosity of some of the buffers were measured

on a Rheometrics Fluids Spectrometer (model RFS II,

Rheometrics Ine., NJ, USA) at 25°C.

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7.4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

7.4.1 The Effect of surfactants on the Separations

From the chemical structures of the herbicides under study

shown in Table 7.1 and some preliminary experiments it was

concluded that three pairs of components in the mixture

difficult to be separated. They are assigned as:

pair a, consisting of compound 8 and 10;

pair b, consisting of compound 1 and 2;

pair c, consisting Of compound 6 and 7.

Table 7.1 Chemical structures of the investigated herbicides.

1. R1

•H, R3

•CH3

, R2

•Cl: 2,4·DP

2. R1

•H, 112

•R3

•CH3

: MCPP

3. R1

•R2

•Il, R3

•Cll 3 : MCPA

4. R1

•R2

•Cl, R3

•H: 2,4,S·TPA

5. R1 •R2 •Cl, R 3

•CH3

: 2,4,$·TPP

Cl·o~ ·O·CH ·CH ·CH -c"'0

_ 2 2 2 'oH

R 8. Il • Cl: 2,4·08

7. R • CH3 : MCP8

/Cl

c•-o~ .c"'0

- 'oH 'R

8. R - OCH 3 : dlcamba

9. R • Cl : 2,3,6-TB

10. bentazon

were

At the selected pH value of the buffers used in this study,

all compounds are partially or totally dissociated. Therefore,

they carry a negative charge and their migration is governed

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by the electroosmotic flow, the electrophoretic mobility and

eventually by their interaction with the micellar phase in

case MECC is applied. Very high efficiencies {average plate

numbers about 120,000 for each compound) were obtained

throughout the experiments. In spite of that it was hardly

possible to achieve satisfactory separations by using

phosphate buffer solutions only. This due to the very similar

chemical structures of the target compounds. Therefore, a

separation based on MECC was developed.

0

'i>igure 7.3

0.05 concentration of SOS {M)

0.1

Plot of resolution versus concentration of SDS. The experiments were conducted with a voltage of 15 kV across 44 cm * 50 µm i.d. column, effective length 37 cm, buffer: 0.02 M phosphate solution. T = 25°C. (a) bentazon and dicamba; {b) MCPP and 2,4-DP; (c) MCPB and 2,4-DB.

The solubilization of the compounds by specific micelles will

contribute to the migration behaviour and thus to a selective

separation. · The results obtained at different SDS

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concentrations for the three pairs of the components are

presented in Figure 7.3. The resolution of the three pairs

increases with the concentration of SOS. This is due to the

increased hydrophobicity of the components 8, 1 and 6 in the

pairs of a, band c respectively (Table 7.1). So an increased

interaction of these compounds corresponding to the

concentrations of micelles could be expected. A typical three­

dimensional electrochromatogram of the 10 herbicides under

study is presented in Figure 7.4.

AU

O.OOEIO

0.0060

0.00S9

0 .0019

-0.0001 ' tS. 150

Figure 7.4

4

"'1"~1

l.O 7'" •• 90 e"''70

Migration time (min)

6

-> "'eso

wavelength (nm)

200 21.0

240

:öl?O :::eo

300

Three dimensional electrochromatograms of a standard mixture of ten chlorophenoxy acids. The experiments were conducted with a voltage of 15 kV across 44 cm * 50 µm i.d. column, effective length 37 cm, buffer: 0.1 M SOS and 0.02 M phosphate solution. T = 25°C. Peak numbers see Table 7.1.

At a concentration of 0.1 M SOS, the resolution of 2,4-DB and

MCPB approaches unity. However, the two peaks are asymmetrie.

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A further increase in SDS concentration will increase the

electrical current to intolerable values. This will cause

additional peak broadening due to the temperature gradients

inside of the column.

It has been shown that the addition of Brij 35 (non-ionic

surfactant) to an anionic surfactant system may improve the

resolution in MECC [62). A distinct advantage of using Brij

35 is that a high concentration of Brij 35 can be used without

influencing the current in the electrophoretic system. Brij

35 was employed in this investigation in combination with SDS

to study its effect on the separation of the chlorinated

phenoxy acids. The results obtained with various concentration

of Brij 35 is shown in Figure 7.5. A slightly increased

resolution for pairs a and b was observed at · increasing

concentrations of Brij 35. This indicates that the interaction

between these solutes and Brij 35 is less effective. The

resolution of pair c, however, was almost proportionally

increased with the concentration of Brij 35. compared with the

other compounds, 2,4-DB and MCPB have relatively longer

molecular chains and Brij 35 is a linear molecule. This may

result in strenger interaction between these two solutes and

Brij 35,

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3.00

2.50

2.00 c c:

.Q ;; ö " f

1.50

a

t 1.00

b

0.50 0 2 3 4 5

conc. of Brij 35 {mM)

Figure 7.5 Plot of resolution versus concentration of Brij 35. The experiments were conducted with a voltage of 15 kV across 44 cm * 50 µm i.d. column, effective length 37 cm, buffer: 0.1 M SOS in 0.02 M phosphate solution. T = 25°C. (a) bentazon and dicamba; (b) MCPP and 2,4-DP; (c) MCPB and 2,4-DB.

Further improvement in the resolution of the three pairs of

the solutes can be obtained by increasing the concentration

of Brij 35. However, the migration times change as well

resulting in the overlapping of compounds 3 and 5 and

deteriorate the overall separation performance.

CetyltrimethylaI!lll\onium (CTAB) was demonstrated to be effective

for the separation of a number of negatively charged compounds

[63]. It was also applied in this work to evaluate its effect

on the separation of the chlorophenoxy acids. An example of

the potential of CTAB to separate acids and related compounds

is presented in Figure 7.6.

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AU 3

1 2

1 1

l 1 1 1

1 1

~ 1 t

L~ i i 1 1 1

J 1

~ 0 2 3 4 5

· Migration time (mii:l.)

Figure 7.6 Electrokinetic chromatogram of a three components mixture .. The experiments were.conducted with a voltage of -15 kV across 44 cm * 50 µm i.d. column, effective length 37 cm, buffer: o. 01 M CTAB in o. 02 M aqueous phosphate solution. T == 25°C. Peak identification: l==isonicotinic acid; 2=nicotinic acid; 3=nicotinamide.

The application of CTAB did not result in a sufficient

separation for the chlorophenoxy acids. The target compounds

are very alike and interact probably in a similar way with

CTAB.

Optimization of the resolution by the capacity factor was

discussed already in the theoretica! section. It treats the

separation conditions concerning one pair of closely migrating

compounds. It is more complicated to separate three pairs of

difficultly to be resolved solutes because of their similar

dependence on the experimental parameters. To achieve a

satisfactory separation of the target compounds a compromise

has to be made in the composition of the buffer. The best

overall separation of the herbicides under study was achieved

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by the application of 0.02 M phosphate buffer solution

containing 0.1 M.SDS and 3*10-3 M Brij 35 (Figure 7.7).

21 4 7 6

wavelength

0. O:l.00 "'~ ( 310

0.001!10

0.0060

0.0039

0. 00:!.9

7.':i.o 7 .'.:>o e .'7o Migration time {min)

i /

.,. .'tso

2:20 230

240

1 :öltlO

1 260 270

::eo 390

300

Fiqure 7.7 Three dimensional electrochromatograms of a standard mixture of ten chlorophenoxy acids. All experiments were carried out with a voltage of 15 kV across 44 cm * 50 µm i.d. column, effective length 37 cm, buffer: 0.1 M SDS and 3*10-3 M Brij 35 in 0.02 M phosphate solution. T = 25°C. Peak numbers see Table 7.1.

7.4.2 The influence of Methanol on the Separation

It has been show that a small percentage of organic modifiers

can also improve the separation efficiency in MECC [64, 65].

The resolution of the three pairs of compounds with addition

of various portions of methanol to the buffer are depicted in

Figure 7.S.

An improvement in resolution for the pairs a and b was

observed with increasing amounts of methanol. A remarkable

enhancement in the resolution of the pair c was achieved by

increasing the methanol percentages.

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The improvement in the resolution can be explained by tl:Î.e

increase in the elution range (window) as a result of the

addition of the modifiers [64). In fact, a smaller value of

to/tmc is obtained by the addition of methanol. From eq. 7.13,

and Figure 7.2, it is evident that f(k) increases with

decreasing values of to/tmc· consequently, increased

resolutions can be expected in the case of decreasing values

of to/tmc (cf. eq 7.12).

3.00 c

( A)

2.50

i:: 0 .....

2.00 .... ::!

..-1 0 tl)

a.I 1.50 ...

1.00

o.so 0 5 10 15 20 0 s 10 15

percentage of methanol

Figure 7.8 Plot of resolution versus methanol percentage. (A) O. 02 M phosphate buffer with 0.1 M SDS; (B} 0.02 M phosphate buffer with 0.1 M SOS and 3*10-3 M Brij 35. All experiments were conducted with a voltage of 15 kV across 44 cm * 50 µm i.d. column, effective length 37 cm. T = 25°C. (a) bentazon and dicamba; (b) MCPP and 2,4-DP; (c) MCPB and 2,4-DB.

The migration times of the ether four components (peaks 3 1 4,

5, and 9) in Table 7.1 are also influenced by the addition of

methanol to the buffer solution. As in the case of the

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addition of Brij 35 an increase in migration time is observed

for these compounds. This has a negative effect on the overall

separation of the sample, e.g. compound 3 starts to overlap

compound 5 {Figure 7.9).

AU

Figure 7.9

wavelength (run)

200

Three dimensional electrochromatograms of a standard mixture of ten chlorophenoxy acids. The experiments were carried out with a voltage of 15 kV across 44 cm * 50 µm i.d. column, effective length 37 cm, buffer: 0.1 M SOS and 3*10-3 M Brij 35 and 10% methanol in 0.02 M phosphate solution. T = 25"C. Peak numbers see Table 7.1.

With respect to the qualitative and quantitative analysis,

multi-wavelength detection allowed three-dimensional plotting

of the electrochromatograms (Figure 7.4 and 7.7) showing the

relationships of absorbance vs. migration times vs.

wavelength.

The absorption spectrum of each component can be extracted

from the collected data points indicated as time slices

(Figure 7 .10). This provides additional possibilities for the

identification of a compound.

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AU

aJ,o wavalength (nm)

AU

wavelength ( lllll)

Figure 7.10 Absorption spectra obtained as a time slice from the data in Figure 7.7. (A) Pairs a and b; (B) pairs band c.

Figure 7.10 shows that in contradiction to compounds s and 10

(pair a), the spectra of compounds 1 and 2 (pair b) and

compounds 6 and 7 (pair c) are quite similar. This indicates

that the sufficient separation of these chlorophenoxy acids

is mandatory to achieve reliable quantitative and qualitative

analytica! results.

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As an example the results of migration times and peak areas

for 6 compounds (the three pairs} are presented in Table 7.2.

Table 7.2 Repeatability of migration times and peak areas.

Peak Migration times Peak areas No. s u /s (%) s u/s(%} (1 a

10 5.67 0.05 0.9 3613 44 1.2

8 5. 72 0.05 0.9 8232 199 2.4

2 5.81 0.05 0.9 13470 193 1.4

l 5.87 0.06 1.0 14217 311 2.2

7 8.11 0.09 1.1 14772 209 1.4

6 8.32 0.11 1.4 14148 247 l. 7

conditions: 0.02 M phosphate containing 0.1 M SDS and 3*10-3 M Brij 35 buffer solution. Sa111.ple concentration about o. 2 mg/ml for each compound, constant voltage 15 kV, column: 44 cm * 50 µm i.d. column and effective length 37 cm. T = 25°C. Peak numbers see Table 7. 1. s-average value, a-standard deviation, a/s (%)-relative standard deviation, number of experiments n = 3,

It was observed that the electroosmotic flow altered with the

various buffer solutions used in the experiments. This was

examined with respect to the contribution of the viscosity

changes of the buffer solutions to the EOF.

The viscosity of a dilute suspension of rigid particles in a

continuous medium can be approximated by the Einstein equation

(66, 67). The result, restricted to the case of small volume

fractions of spherical particles, is given by:

11 = 11 0 * ( 1 + 2. 5 * cf> )

where ~: the viscosity of the suspension, ~0 : the viscosity of the medium, ~: the volume fraction occupied by the particles.

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(7. 18)

This equation can also be applied for s'olutions containing

micelles which are relative large compared to the solvent

molecules [68]. Therefore it can be applied here to estimate

the viscosities of the micellar buffer solutions.

The ratio of ~/~o indicates the relative change in viscosity

of the solutions with and without micelles and can be

determined if t;/> is known. several methods can be used to

calculate the volume fraction, t;f>. One of the methods in based

on the following equation:

(7. 19)

where c is the concentration of the micelles in the buffer

solution and Vi is the average mole volume of the micelles.

The viscosity change of a 0.02 M phosphate buffer solution by

addition of 0.05 M SDS can be estimated as following. The

average radius of an SDS micelle is 2. 5 nm and the aggregation

number in this case is 62. The average mole volume of the SDS

then, is O. 64 lf:mol and from this t;/> can be calculated as

0.032. Therefore, ~/~o = 1 + 2.5 * t;/> = l.OS, or a 8% increase

in the viscosity of the SDS buffer solution compared to the

original phosphate buffer solution.

The corresponding experimental results

measurements of 0.02 M phosphate and

of the

0.02 M

viscosity

phosphate

containing O. 05 M SOS buffer solution show viscosi ties of

0.995 and 1.096 e.p. (25°C}, respectively. The ratio of these

two values (l.10) is in reasonable agreement with the value

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calculated from the Einstein equation.

Assum.ing that with the exception of " all the variables in eq

7.1 are constant, under defined experimental conditions, then

Cveo)ph/(ueo)sos = "sos/"ph· Where (veo>ph and (ueo)sos are

the electroosmotic velocities in phosphate and SOS buffers,

"SOS and ?jph are the viscosity of the corresponding buffers

respectively. The experimentally observed (1.1eo>ph/(11e0 )sos

value is about 1.09, which is in fair agreement to the value

of the measured ?!sos/77ph value.

7.5 CONCLUSIONS

The selectivity of the MECC technique is demonstrated in this

study for compounds which have similar chemica! structures.

Tuned selectivity in the separation was obtained by optimizing

parameters such as the concentration of SOS and Brij 35 and

the percentage of methanol in the buffers.

SDS combined with Brij· 35 as the micellar agents provided

satisfactory separations and relatively short analysis time.

Also, high efficiencies (more than 100,000 theoretica! plates

were obtained for the separation of these chlorinated phenoxy

acids herbicides under MECC conditions.

Relative standard deviations for migration times are about 1%

and the repeatabilities for peak areas are approximately 2%

for all the investigated compounds.

The multi-wavelength detection provided useful additional

information. The characterization of the sample zones by their

migration times and adsorption spectra proved to be a powerful

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tool for solute identification.

Experimentally measured viscosity data were in good agreement

with the calculated results from the Einstein equation. The

differences in the viscosities match well with the observed

changes in the EOF.

MECC offers great selectivity and flexibility. Therefore the

possibilities of this technique in other application areas

should be further investigated.

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SUMMARY

Chromatography is of extraordinary practical importance in

both analytica! applications and preparative separations. No

ether method of instrumental analysis can match its

efficiency, speed, reproducibility, and versatility.

Chromatographic methods are often the only way to analyze

target compounds in different matrices. Biochemistry is

another important area that benef its from the application of

chromatography and the complementary technique of capillary

electrophoresis.

In gas chromatography and electrophoresis the best performance

is obtained on capillary columns.

It is widely accepted that fused silica is the material of

choice for capillary separations. For their application in

chromatography it is essential that the column properties are

determined by the bulk properties of the stationary phase and

not by contributions of residual active sites on the column

wall. Deactivation of the column wall and compatibility of the

modified surface. with the stationary phase to be coated is

essential for obtaining reproducible analytica! results.

Constant surf ace properties are also essential in obtaining

a controllable and reproducible electroosmotic flow in

electrochromatography (EC).

This thesis describes some recent developments in the

preparation of capillary columns for gas chromatography (GC)

and EC. The emphasis is on deactivation of the column wall and

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crosslinking of the stationary phase. The experimental study

of the deactivation process is supported by solid state 29si

NMR measurements on fumed silica (Cab-O-Sil) as model

substrate.

Columns prepared according to the optimized procedures are

evaluated both in capillary GC and in EC.

chapter 2 describes the synthesis of a series of vinyl

modified polymethylhydrosiloxane deactivation reagents

containing different functional groups. After deactivation

some vinyl groups are left to facilitate crosslinking and/or

chemical bonding of the stationary phase.

The optimization of the deactivation reaction is investigated

and evaluated by GC with a dual column system. Excellent

deactivation of the fused silica surface is obtained with the

reagents studied. Relatively high temperatures and/or long

reaction times are needed for diphenyl and bis-(cyanopropyl)

substituted reagents compared to methyl substituted

deactivation reagents.

Physisorbed water on the inner surface plays an important role

in achieving a thin and densely crosslinked layer on the

column wall.

compared to methyl deacti vated columns an increase of the

Kováts retention indices of polar test compounds is observed.

This indicates a successful incorporation of polar functional

groups in the deactivation layer.

The effect of the silylation temperature and the reaction time

on the deactivation of silica surfaces is investigated using

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solid state 29si NMR spectroscopy (Chapter 3). The reaction

between Si-H and Si-vinyl groups by thermal treatment is

confirmed by NMR experiments using fumed silica as model

substrate. The existence of vinyl groups on the silylated cab­

o-sil samples, however, is not evident, due to the low amount

of vinyl groups in the copolymer and the lack of sensitivity

of the 29si NMR technique. The spectra obtained show that the

deactivation layer is stable up to at least 360°C.

The preparation of non-polar and medium polar capillary

columns based on deactivation reactions described in previous

chapters is presented in Chapter 4. The crosslinking and/or

chemica! bonding of various stationary phases by thermal

treatment or azo-tert-butane (ATB) initiation is investigated.

The immobilization of vinyl modified non-polar stationary

phases can be achieved by thermal treatment. This results in

very inert columns and has minimal ef f ects on the retention

behaviour. To obtain a sufficiently high degree of

immobilization of non-vinyl containing stationary phases, a

combination of ATB initiation and a vinyl modified

deactivation layer is required.

Non-polar narrow bore capillary columns down to approximately

20 µm i.d. could be prepared using the procedure described in

this chapter. Highly inert and efficient columns were

obtained.

In chapter 5, the applicability of the prepared non-polar and

medium polar fused silica capillary columns is illustrated by

different examples. High speed GC separations are performed

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on 'narrow-bore capillary columns with inner diameters of

20 µ:m. Columns with high thermal stability were successfully

prepared for the analysis of less volatile compounds, such as

poly:mer additives, glycerides and polyethylene glycol 400. The

successful separation of some underivatized steroids, drugs,

priority pollutants and derivatized amino acids de:monstrates

the high degree of inertness of the columns prepared according

to the methods described here.

In chapter 6, a systematic investigation is carried out to

study the electroosmotic flow (EOF) in micellar electrokinetic

capillary chro:matography (MECC). The chemical nature of the

modification layer is shown to have a strong influence on the

:magnitude of the EOF. This can be explained by studying in

detail the specific influence of the modification layer on the

r-potential. The results from untreated and treated columns

were co:mpared under the sa:me experimental conditions.

Further:more, experiments with and without sodiu:m

dodecylsulfate (SDS) addition to the buffer were carried out

in order to elucidate the effect of this surfactant on the

EOF.

Under the proper experimental conditions reproducible EOF

values with a relativa standard deviation of about 3% can be

obtained using a home-built instrument.

In chapter 7, the selectivity of MECC for the separation of

herbicides consisting of chlorophenoxy acids is de:monstrated.

Tuned selectivity was obtained by optimizing parameters such

as the concentration of SDS and Brij 35 and the percentage of

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methanol in the buffer. SOS combined with Brij 35 as micellar

agents were found to provide the best overall separation of

these components.

The analysis of the herbicides was carried out using multi­

wavelength detection. The characterization of the sample zones

by their absorption spectra and migration times proved to be

a powerful tool for solute identification. In this particular

MECC separation system, high efficiencies (more than 100,000

theoretical plates) were obtained. Relative standard

deviations for migration times of the components were about

1% and for peak areas approximately 2%.

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SAMENVATTING

Chromatografie is van uitzonderlijk belang in het analytisch

laboratorium, met name in combinatie met spectroscopische

identificatietechnieken, in het bijzonder massaspectrometrie.

Preparatieve chromatografie wordt meer en meer toegepast voor

de scheiding van produkten met hoge toegevoegde waarde in de

farmaceutische en biotechnologische industrie.

Geen enkele andere analysetechniek benadert het scheidend

vermogen, snelheid van analyse en de nauwkeurigheid van

kwantitatieve resultaten. De verscheidenheid aan toepassings­

mogelijkheden is ongeëvenaard.

Vaak zijn chromatografische methoden de enige mogelijkheid om

"doelcomponententt te bepalen in ingewikkelde matrices, b.v.

urine, bloed, water en bodemmonsters.

Milieuresearch en monitoring is meestal alleen mogelijk door

chromatografische spor·enanalyse uitgevoerd met zeer hoge

gevoeligheid en scheidend vermogen. Biochemie en biotech­

nologie zijn twee andere belangrijke gebieden waarvan de

vooruitgang mede afhangt van de toepassing van chromatogra­

fische en de verwante.en aanvullende techniek, elektroforese.

Zowel voor gaschromatografie als elektroforese geldt dat met

capillaire kolommen de beste resultaten worden verkregen.

Sinds 1979 worden voornamelijk de door Dandeneau

geïntroduceerde 'fused silica' kolommen gebruikt.

Het is van wezenlijk belang dat de chromatografische

eigenschappen van een kolom worden bepaald door de toegepaste

stationaire fase en niet door aktieve plaatsen op de

kolomwand. Daartoe wordt voor het opbrengen van de stationaire

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fase de kolomwand gedeactiveerd. Voor de spreiding van de

stationaire fase op het gedeaktiveerde kolomoppervlak is het

van groot belang dat de polariteit van de wand is aangepast

aan die van de op te brengen laag.

Ook bij de toepassing van 'fused silica' kolommen in de

electrochrOlllatografie (EC) zijn konstante oppervlakte-

eigenschappen essentieel, zij bepalen namelijk de grootte en

richting van de elektro-osmotische stroming.

Dit proefschrift beschrijft nieuwe methoden voor de bereiding

van 'fused silica' capillaire kolommen voor zowel gaschromato­

grafie als micellaire elektrokinetische capillaire

chromatografie (MECC).

In Hoofdstuk 2 van dit proefschrift wordt de synthese van een

aantal vinylgemodif iceerde polymethylhydrosiloxaan deacti­

veringsreagentia besproken. De bij deactivering met dit

reagens in de deactiveringslaag ingebouwde vinyl-groepen

vereenvoudigen de crosslinking en het chemisch verankeren van

de stationaire fase. De kinetiek van de deactiveringsreacties

wordt bestudeerd en geoptimaliseerd met twee-dimensionale

capillaire GC. Het blijkt dat deactivering met diphenyl en

bis-{cyanopropyl) gesubstitueerde reagentia hogere deacti­

veringstemperaturen en/of langere reactietijden vereist dan

reacties met methyl gesubstitueerde reagentia. Verder blijkt

gephysisorbeerd water op het kolomoppervlak een essentiële rol

te spelen in het deactiveringsproces. Met de bestudeerde

reagentia kan een hoge mate van inertheid van het fused silica

oppervlak bereikt worden.

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In Hoofdstuk 3 worden vaste stof 29si NMR technieken toegepast

voor de bestudering van de invloed van de silylerings­

temperatuur en de reactietijd op de deactivering van fused

silica oppervlakken. Met NMR experimenten aan het model

substraat 11 fumed" silica (Cab-O-Sil) kan de reactie tussen

si-H en Si-vinylgroepen bij verhoogde temperaturen gevolgd

worden. De aanwezigheid van vinylgroepen op de gesilyleerde

Cab-O-Sil monsters kan met NMR door het percentage

vinylgroepen in het uitgangsmateriaal en de relatief lage

gevoeligheid de 29si NMR, niet onomstotelijk bewezen worden.

Wel kan worden aangetoond dat de verkregen deactiveringslaag

stabiel is tot een temperatuur van tenminste 360°C.

Het onderwerp van Hoofdstuk 4 is de bereiding van niet-polaire

en zwak-polaire capillaire kolommen gebruikmakend van de

deactiveringsreagentia bestudeerd in de voorgaande hoofd­

stukken. Een belangrijk onderwerp beschreven in dit hoofdstuk

is de vergelijking van thermisch geïnitieerde en azo-tert­

butane geïnitieerde crosslinking en chemische verankering van

diverse stationaire fasen. Thermisch geïnitieerde crosslinking

van vinyl-gemodificeerde stationaire fasen geeft zeer stabiele

en inerte kolommen en heeft een verwaarloosbare invloed op de

retentiegeigenschappen van de stationaire fase. Voor het

verkrijgen van een vergelijkbare deactivering op een vinyl

vrije stationaire fase is een combinatie van ATB initiatie met

een vinyl gemodificeerde deactiveringslaag vereist. De in dit

hoofdstuk beschreven procedures bleken bij uitstek geschikt

voor de bereiding van narrow-bore capillaire kolommen met

diameters tot ongeveer 20 µm.

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In Hoofdstuk 5 wordt de toepasbaarheid van de kolommen, bereid

via de procedures beschreven in de voorafgaande hoofdstukken,

aan de hand van een aantal applicaties geïllustreerd. In dit

hoofdstuk worden enkele zeer snelle scheidingen uitgevoerd met

20 µm kolommen. Verder worden de bereide kolommen succesvol

toegepast voor de hoge temperatuurscheiding van zeer hoog­

kokende componenten zoals polymeer additieven, glyceriden en

polyethyleen glycol 400. De goede resultaten verkregen bij de

scheiding van ongederivatiseerde steroïden, alkaloïden en de

zogenaamde 'priority pollutants' is een bewijs voor de hoge

mate van inertheid van de kolommen.

In hoofdstuk 6 is het onderzoek beschreven naar de effecten

van verschillende coatings van capillaire kolommen op het

elektroosmotisch debiet in micellaire elecktrokinetische

capillaire chromatografie (MECC).

Gebleken is dat het physisch-chemisch karakter van de

kolomwand een sterke invloed heeft op de grootte van de

electroosmotische snelheid (EOF) in de kolom. Een verklaring

hiervoor kan worden gegeven door de polariteit van de

verschillende niet-gecoate en gecoate kolommen in beschouwing

te nemen. Daarnaast is ook het effect bestudeerd van de

toevoeging van het surfactant natriumdodecylsulfaat (SOS) aan

de buffer op de EOF.

In dit deel van het onderzoek werd aangetoond dat onder de

toegepaste experimentele kondities reproduceerbare EOF-waarden

met een relatieve standaardafwijking van 3% te realiseren

zijn.

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In hoofdstuk 7 wordt, aan de hand van de scheiding van

herbiciden, de toepassing van verschillende surfactanten in

de buffer en de invloed hiervan op de selektiviteit in MECC

behandeld. Daarnaast is ook de rol van de toevoeging van

methanol aan de buffer op de selektiviteit onderzocht.

De effecten van verschillende concentraties van de

surfactanten SDS en Brij-35 en de organische modifier methanol

in de buffer werden bestudeerd.

Gebleken is dat combinaties van de verschillende typen en

concentraties van deze additieven aan de buffer de selec­

tiviteit in MECC sterk kunnen verbeteren.

Met betrekking tot de kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve analyse

bleken de relatieve standaardafwijkingen van migratietijden

en piekoppervlakken bij de scheiding van deze herbiciden,

respectievelijk 1 en 2%.

samenvattend, blijkt MECC een potentieel krachtige scheidings­

methode door de mogelijkheden tot beïnvloeding van de

selektiviteit in combinatie met de hoge efficiency, die met

deze techniek te realiseren is.

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ACDOWLEDGEMENT

At the moment of releasing of this thesis, I feel obliged to

acknowledge all of thosepeople, without whose contributions,

direct or indirect, I would have been unable to finish this

work.

First I would like to express my gratitude to Prof.Or. Carel

cramers, who gave me the opportuni ty to carry out my doctorate

research at the Eindhoven University of Technology. It is his

liberal way of guidance and his encouragement throughout the

investigations that led to the completion of this thesis.

Special thanks are going to Jacques Rijks sr. and Henk

Claessens for their permanent support. I additionally thank

Jacques Rijks sr. for his help in introducing me to the "world

of chromatography" • His help in personal matters is kindly

appreciated.

I thank Hans-Gerd Janssen, Martin He tem, Robert Houben, Gerard

Rutten, Jacek Staniewski, Andrew van Es, Dana Conron, Hans

Mol, Andrea Houben, Pieter Hendriks, Marion van straten, Janet

Eleveld, Hans Verhoeven, Pavel Coufal, Pim Muijslaar, Marc

Bergman, Door Platje, and Gerlie Heemels for the many

stimulating discussions on separation sciences. Jacques Rijks,

Hans-Gerd Janssen, Henk Claessens, Jan de Haan are further

acknowledged for their help in revising the first concept of

this thesis and the published papers.

I am obliged to Denise Tjallema, Hans van Rijsewijk, Jack

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Rijks jr., Henri snijders, Anja Huygen, Anton Bombeeck, Piet

Leclercq, Harry Maathuis and Dick Kroonenberg for their

kindness and help. Special thanks to Huub van Leuken for the

construction of the electrophoresis system.

I cordially thank Rongrong, my wife, and Fanda, my daughter

for their patience and their unreserved support for my work.

Finally, I acknowledge all members and students of the

Laboratory of Instrumental Analysis of Eindhoven University

of Technology, who in one way or another contributed to my

work and my stay in The Netherlands.

Quanji Wu

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~ 1 CURRICULUM VJ:Tll

3 $"

The author was born in Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, China, on

December 2, 1956. He finished his middle school education in

1973 and entered the Guangxi University in 1978, after 4 years

study, he obtained his Bachelor degree. He continued his study

in 1978 at the Lanzhou Institute of Chemica! Physics,

belonging to the Chinese Academy Science. There he obtained

his Master degree in ~ In 1987 he came to the Eindhoven

University of Technology in The Netherlands, where he started

his Ph.D. research work which led to this thesis.

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PtJBLICATIOHS

1. Q.J. wu and W.L. Yu, Analytical Instruments (Chinese), 1987, (1) 35 (Ch.). "Characterization of Hall Electrolytic conductivity detector for GC 11 •

2. Quanji Wu, Q.Y. Ou and W.L. Yu, Fenxi Huaxue (Chinese), 1987, 15(5) 390 (Ch.). "The selectivity and the response factor of Hall electrolytic conductivity detector for GC11 •

3. M. Hetem, Q. Wu, J. Rijks, L. van de Ven, G. Rutten, J. de Haan and C. Cramers, Proc. of 17th International Symposium on Chromatography, Vienna, Austria, september 1988, I, P32. "Deactivation of silica surface with polyhydrosiloxanes: a quantitative evaluation by chromatography and 29si NMR".

4. Q. wu, C.A. Cramers and J .A. Rijks, Proc. ·of lOth International Symposium on capillary Chromatography, Riva del Garda, Italy, May 1989, P. 188. "Preparation of capillary columns with vinyl modified polyhydrosiloxane deactivation reagents-characterization and optimization of the deactivationtt,

5. Q. Wu, M. Hetem, C.A. Cramers and J.A. Rijks, J. High Resolut. Chromatogr., 13 (1990) 811. 11 Preparation of thermally stable phenylpolysiloxane fused silica capillary columns-optimization and evaluation of the deactivation by capillary GC and solid state 29si NMR".

6. Q. Wu, C.A. Cramers and J.A. Rijks, Proc. of 13th International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography, Riva del Garda, Italy, May 1991, P. 176. "Some aspects of crosslinking and chemical bonding of stationary phases in the preparation of non-polar and medium polar GC capillary columns".

7. G.A.F. Rutten, Q. Wu, J.A. Rijks and C.A. Cramers, Proc. of 13th International symposium on Capillary Chromatography, Riva del Garda, Italy, May 1991, P. 143. "Deactivation of fused silica capillaries with polydi­phenylvinylmethyl-hydrosiloxane copolymer. Optimization of reaction conditions using a new modification of intermediate test".

8. Q. Wu, H.A. Claessens and C.A. cramers, "The influence of surface treatment on electroosmotic flow in micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography". Chromatographia, in press.

9. Q. Wu, H.A. Claessens, C.A. cramers, "The separation of Herbicides by micellar.electrokinetic chromatography". Submitted for publication.

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STELLINGEN

1. The contribution of the deactivation layer to the retention behaviour of solutes cannot be neqlected.

-This thesis, chapter 2.

2. The ratio of the mobility and the diffusion coefficient of a solute in the equation for plate num.ber N = µE / 2D is not an intrinsic property of the solute, independent of buffer properties.

-J.W. Jorqenson and R.D. Lukacs, Anal. chem., 53 (1981) 1298. -H.'1'. Rasmussen and H.M. McNair, J. chromatoqr., 516 (1990) 223. -H.J. Issaq, I.Z. Atamna, G. M. Muschik and G.M. Janini, chromatographia, 32 (1991) 155.

3. The statement that there are no exposed Si-H bonds on the column surface after deactivatinq fused silica capillary columns with polymethylhydrosiloxane is incorrect.

-C.L. woolley, R.E. Markides and M.L. Lee, J. Chromatoqr., 367 (1986) 23. -M. He tem, G. Rutten, B, Vermeer, J. Rijks, L. van de Ven, J. de Haan and c. cramers, J. chromatoqr., 477 (1989) 3.

4. The conclusion that in micel lar electrokinetic chromatography the effect of a temperature gradient on plate height is negligible is based on a series of incorrectly derived equations.

-s. Teral:>e, R. otsuka and T. Ando, Anal. Chem., 61 (1989) 251. -s. Teral:>e, K. Otsuka and T. Ando, Anal. Chem., 57 (1985) 834.

5. Capillary columns coated with polydimethylsiloxane, a non-polar stationary phase, result in an increased electroosmotic flow in micel lar electrokinetic chromatography. This is not expected because silanol

groups on the column surface are covered by the non­polar coating.

-This thesis, chapter 6.

6. Hanai's observation that the migration rate of fructose increases with the concentration of sodium chloride is in contradiction with theory.

-T. Hanai, H. Hatano, N. Nimura and T. Kinoshita, J. High Resolut. Chromatoqr., 14 (1991) 481.

7. Quantitative 29si CP-MAS NMR measurements of derivatized silica surfaces require more precautions than published by Köhler c.s. 1). In fact, the cross-polarization (CP) characteristics should be measured and accounted for explicitly.

-J. Köhler, D.B. Chase, R.D. Furlee, A.J. Vega and J.J. Rirkland, J. Chromatoqr., 352 (1986) 275. -B. Pfleiderer, K. Albert, E. Bayer, L. van de Ven, J. de Haan and c. cra.mers, J. Phys. Chem., 94 (1990) 4189.

8. The contribution of the term describing resistance to mass transfer in the liquid phase cannot be neglected in vacuwn outlet capillary gas chromatography.

-N. Bel.lier and G. Guiochon, J. Chromatoqr. sci., 8 (1970) 147.

9. A linear behaviour of the logarithm of the capacity ratio of a solute vs. the percentage modifier is not observed in supercritical chromatography even if the action of modifiers is solely due to interactions between the modifier and the stationary phase.

-L.J. Mul.cahey and L.T. Taylor, J. Hiqh Résolut. Chromatoqr., 13 (1990) 393.

10. Modification is an important factor in science and technology but also in society. This is clearly reflected by the food served in most Chinese restaurants in The Netherlands, which is quite different frorn the original.