2. HPLC
• HPLC instrument
• Mobile phases
• HPLC columns
• Stationary phase
• Sample introduction
• Detectors for HPLC
• Quantitative applications
High Performance Liquid
Chromatography (HPLC)
3. HPLC
HPLC
• The mobile phase is usually a liquid and the
stationary phase is a solid or a liquid film
coated on a solid surface.
– Adsorption chromatography
• Solutes separate based on their ability to adsorb to a
solid stationary phase.
– Partition chromatography
• A thin liquid film coating a solid support serves as the
stationary phase.
• Separation is based on a difference in the equilibrium
partitioning of solutes between the liquid stationary
phase and the mobile phase.
4. HPLC
HPLC
– Ion exchange chromatography:
• Stationary phases consisting of a solid support with
covalently attached anionic (e.g., SO3
–) or cationic
(e.g., –N(CH3)3
+) functional groups. Ionic solutes are
attracted to the stationary phase by electrostatic
forces.
– Size-exclusion chromatography:
• Porous gels are used as stationary phases. Separation
is due to differences in the size of the solutes
5. HPLC
Normal Phase and Reverse Phase
• Normal Phase
– Polar Stationary Phase eg. Silica
– Non-polar Mobile Phase, eg. Hexane, pentane
– Neutral compounds elute first; Polar compounds elute
last
• Reverse Phase
– Non-Polar Stationary Phase, eg C18, C8
– Polar Mobile Phase, eg, H20, MeOH, CH3CH2CN
– Polar Compounds elute first; Neutral Compounds elute
last.
6. HPLC
NP and RP
• Reverse Phase is method of choice
– Very broad scope, allows separation of wide
variety of compounds with differing polarity
– Inexpensive mobile phase (H20, methanol,
acetonitrile)
– Can be applied to ionic and ionisable compounds
(ion pairing)
– Generally experimentally easier with rapid
equilibration, faster and more robust
separations
– Organic solvents can be more dangerous to use
• Limitations
– Columns are generally stable within the pH
range of 3-8
11. HPLC
HPLC Pumps
• Isocratic
– Pump delivers constant composition of mobile
phase
• Gradient
– Pump delivers variable mobile phase composition
or flow rate
– Gradients are used for complex samples
13. HPLC
Isocratic Elution
• Performed with a single solvent
• In a reverse phase separation, eluent
strength decreases as the solvent becomes
more polar.
19. HPLC
HPLC stationary phases
– In liquid–liquid chromatography the stationary
phase is a liquid film coated on a packing
material consisting of 3–10 m porous silica
particles.
– Bonded stationary phases are attached by
reacting the silica particles with an
organochlorosilane of the general form
Si(CH3)2RCl, where R is an alkyl or substituted
alkyl group
20. HPLC
HPLC stationary phases
– To prevent unwanted interactions between the
solutes and any unreacted –SiOH groups, the
silica frequently is “capped” by reacting it with
Si(CH3)3Cl (end-capped columns)
27. HPLC
HPLC Columns
Silica Normal phase, gel permeation
Alumina Normal phase
Graphite Reversed phase
Poly(styrene-divinyl benzene) Reversed phase
Alkyl silane Reversed phase
Phenyl Reversed phase
Cyano Reversed phase
Amino Normal phase, ion exchange
Alkylated amino ion exchange
Sulfonate ion exchange, ion exclusion
Alkyl sulfonate ion exchange
Diol Normal Phase
Poly(methylmethacrylate) Ger permeation
28. HPLC
Particle Size
• Larger Particles
– Lower backpressure
– More economical
– Higher Capacity
• Smaller Particles
– Higher efficiencies
– Better sensitivity
– Reduced run time
30. HPLC
Sample Introduction
– The sample is introduced using a loop injector
Sampling loops are interchangeable, and
available with different volumes.
43. HPLC
Quantitative Calculations
– Quantitative analyses are often easier to
conduct with HPLC than GC because injections
are made with a fixed-volume injection loop
instead of a syringe
– Quantitative measurements can be made using
external standards
44. HPLC
Quantitative Analyses - Example
– A 2.013-g sample of dried soil is extracted
with 20.00 mL of methylene chloride. After
filtering to remove the soil, a 1-mL portion of
the extract is removed and diluted to 10 mL
with acetonitrile. Injecting 5 mL of the diluted
extract into an HPLC gives a signal of 0.217
for the PAH fluoranthene. When 5 mL of a
20.0-ppm fluoranthene standard is analyzed
using the same conditions, a signal of 0.258 is
measured. Report the parts per million of
fluoranthene in the soil.
ppm1671
013.2
1000
201010
258.0
217.020 3