title: Adsorption behavior and prediction of the band profiles of the enantiomers of 3-chloro-1-phenyl-1-propanol. Influence of the mass transfer kinetics.
abstract: The single-component and competitive adsorption isotherms of the enantiomers of 3-chloro-1-phenyl-1-propanol were measured by frontal analysis. The stationary phase was a cellulose tribenzoate coated on silica, the mobile phase an n-hexane-ethyl acetate (95:5) solution. The adsorption data measured fitted well to the Langmuir isotherm model. The band profiles of single components and of their mixtures were calculated using the equilibrium-dispersive model. These profiles were found to match quite satisfactorily the experimental band profiles. However, the agreement between calculated and experimental band profiles was significantly improved when a more complex model taking into account the mass transfer kinetics was used. The mass transfer rate coefficients, k(f), for both single components were determined by using the transport-dispersive model of chromatography. The coefficients obtained were used to predict the band profiles of mixtures of the two enantiomers to good agreement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-1600, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Cherra
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khattabi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guiochon
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D007700:Kinetics; D020005:Propanols / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D020005:Propanols