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Retention of functional polymers in liquid adsorption chromatography: Effect of the end groups in PEGs and their methyl ethers in different mobile phases
Author(s) -
Cuong Nguyen V.,
Trathnigg Bernd
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of separation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.72
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1615-9314
pISSN - 1615-9306
DOI - 10.1002/jssc.200900685
Subject(s) - chemistry , acetonitrile , chromatography , polymer , adsorption , methanol , high performance liquid chromatography , acetone , analytical chemistry (journal) , group (periodic table) , organic chemistry
It is shown that the end group parameter, which describes the influence of the end group on retention, can be determined in RP chromatography from two chromatograms of a nonfunctional and a monofunctional sample, if a sufficient number of peaks with the same number of repeat units in each sample can be reasonably resolved and identified. The same procedure can also be applied for pairs of di‐ and monofunctional polymers. End group parameters have been determined in three different mobile phases: acetonitrile–water, acetone–water and methanol–water of different compositions. The temperature dependence of the interaction parameter of the repeat unit and the end group parameter has been found to be different, which allows a fine‐tuning of retention.