title: Photopolymerized sol-gel frits for packed columns in capillary electrochromatography.
abstract: Porous sol-gel frits are fabricated in a capillary column by filling it with a solution of 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate, hydrochloric acid, water, toluene (porogen), and a photoinitiator (Irgacure 1800) and exposing it to UV light at 365 nm for 5 min. The separation column (30 cm x 75 microm I.D.) contains between the inlet and outlet frits a 15-cm packed segment filled with 5-microm silica particles modified with the chiral compound (S)-N-3,5-dinitrobenzoyl-1-naphthylglycine. A detection window (1 mm long) is placed immediately after the outlet frit. To demonstrate the performance of this chiral separation column, mixtures of 16 different amino acids (three of which are not naturally occurring) derivatized with the fluorogenic reagent 4-fluoro-7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole were separated by capillary chromatography. The enantiomeric separation of the column results in a resolution ranging from 1.21 to 8.29, and a plate height ranging from 8.7 to 39 microm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, CA 94305-5080, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Dulay
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Quirino
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Zare
mesh_terms: D020374:Chromatography, Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010777:Photochemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers