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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-1
pubmed:abstractText
This study describes the thermal pretreatment of a silica gel between 150 and 800 degrees C before derivatization with dimethyloctadecylchlorosilane as a means of reducing residual silanol activity in HPLC bonded stationary phases. A time study was done from 12 to 48 h to find the optimum time needed for dehydroxylation. With increasing pretreatment temperatures, the number of reactive silanols is reduced from 8 micromol/m2 to essentially zero at 1000 degrees C (where sintering occurs). The effects of the thermal pretreatments were observed with diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) and solid state cross polarization magic angle spinning (CP-MAS) 29Si NMR. Following derivatization, residual silanol activity and pH stability were tested by packing columns with the derivatized silica and carrying out a series of reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) experiments. Residual silanol activity was greatly reduced when the silica was pretreated at 800 degrees C, leading to less peak tailing for basic solutes. In a strongly basic mobile phase (pH 11.5) the pretreated silica was surprisingly stable, although bond cleavage of C18 groups from the surface was observed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9673
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
1011
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
23-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-1-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Reducing residual silanol interactions in reversed-phase liquid chromatography. Thermal treatment of silica before derivatization.
pubmed:affiliation
The Florida State University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4390, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article