title: General equation for calculating the dissociation constants of polyprotic acids and bases from measured retention factors in high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A general equation relating the observed retention factor to the pH of the mobile phase, the dissociation constants, and the retention factors of the different ionic species has been derived. This equation is applicable to polyprotic weak acid and base dissociation events, that is, the secondary equilibria existing in the HPLC mobile phase. It is written as: [formula: see text] where the kr values are the retention factors of the dissociated species, and Ka(r), the product of the first r-dissociation constants, [formula: see text] is related to the pH of the mobile phase: x = 2.303.pH. The derived equation was used to calculate three dissociation constants of leukotriene E4. Also, a formula is established for calculating the range of pH values where an ionic species is most likely to be predominant in the mobile phase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Physics, Texas Woman's University, Denton 76204-5859, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jano
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hardcastle
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vermillion-Salsbury
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D000468:Alkalies / Q000737:chemistry*; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D017999:Leukotriene E4 / Q000737:chemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011336:Probability
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D000468:Alkalies; D000596:Amino Acids; D017999:Leukotriene E4