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.
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