title: [Study on reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography separation condition and determination method of organic acids].
abstract: The pH values of the mobile phase which affect the chromatographic behavior of organic acids in RP-HPLC have been studied. It was considered that the problem of organic acids on an RP-HPLC column was dissociation. The equation for finding the optimum pH of mobile phase was pHlimit of colunm < or = pH < or = pKa -2. In addition the effects of contents of methanol and acetonitrile in mobile phase were studied. By using the formula the mobile phases used for the analysis of organic monobasic acids--formic, acetic, propionic and butyric acid and of organic dibasic acids--propane diacid, butane diacid, pentane diacid and hexane diacid were proposed. For the analysis of the monobasic acids, the wavelength of UV-detector was set at 210 nm and the mobile phase was a mixture of phosphate buffer solution(15 mmol/L, pH 2.1)-methanol(85:15, V/V) and at a rate of 1.5 mL/min and the column was Diamond C18, 150 mm x 4.6 mm i.d.. The average coefficient of correlation was 0.9997 and RSD was less than 0.90%. The mobile phase for organic dibasic acids was a mixture of phosphate buffer solution (20 mmol/L, pH 2.1)-methanol(75:25, V/V). The other conditions were the same as for organic monobasic acids. The average coefficient of correlation was 0.9998 and RSD was less than 0.70%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D019342:Acetic Acid / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D005561:Formates / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D011422:Propionates / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D005561:Formates; D011422:Propionates; C030544:formic acid; C029658:propionic acid; D019342:Acetic Acid