Kromasil CelluCoat

Negligible memory effects

Additives, like TFA or DEA, are commonly used in chiral chromatography for enhancing the separation of acidic and basic racemates. These additives can strongly interact with the stationary phase in such a way that so-called memory effects occurs. Tedious washing and equilibration may be needed to restore the performance of the phase. In figure 2 is shown a sequence of separations on Kromasil CelluCoat using TFA and DEA as respective additive. The equilibration time in between is relatively short and the performance is retrieved without hassle.

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Fig. 2 - Negligible memory effect of additives on Kromasil CelluCoat.
Conditions:
Stationary phase: Kromasil CelluCoat, 3 μm
Mobile phase 1:
Heptane/2-Propanol/TFA (90/10/0.1)
Mobile phase 2:
Heptane/2-Propanol/DEA (90/10/0.1)
Column size: 4.6 x 150 mm
Flow rate: 1 ml/min
Temperature: 25 °C

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