title: System constants of synthesized poly(methyl-3,3,3-trifluoropropyl) siloxanes.
abstract: The method of solvation model has been applied to five poly (methyl-trifluoropropyl) siloxanes (TFPSXX) prepared in our laboratories, at five trifluoropropyl (TFP) group contents, XX = 0, 11.5, 26.3, 35.5 and 50.0%, at 80, 100, 120 and 140 degrees C. Previously, specific retention volumes of 60-odd solutes of varied polarities were measured upon each of these stationary phases within the above temperature range. Constant s prevails over all other constants, TFPSXX stationary phases showing strong dipole/induced dipole forces with the solutes, moderate acidity and no basicity at all. Constant e is zero in the stationary phase without TFP groups, but has negative low-medium values for the other fluorine contents, XX from 11.5 to 50.0%, hinting at repulsive forces, as expected. Normal values for constant l, decreasing from the less cohesive TFPS00 to the more cohesive TFPS50, were found. For each TFP content constants s, a and l show a negative temperature dependence, while constant e increases as temperature increases. Constant c also decreases with increasing temperature. At each temperature, constants s and a increase with increasing %TFP (or increasing stationary phase polarity), whereas constants e and l show the opposite trend, diminishing with increasing polarity of the stationary phase. Principal component analysis shows that the five stationary phases presented in this work conform a group with other earlier synthesized trifluoropropyl siloxanes and other fluorinated stationary phases taken from literature: VB-210, QF-1, DB-200, DB-210 and PFS6, showing the same selectivity which only the fluorine atom confers. A dendrogram of 38 stationary phases supports these results.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano, Department of Molecular Structure and Dynamics, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lebrón-Aguilar
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Quintanilla-López
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Tello
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pérez-Parajón
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Santiuste
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; C049525:polymethyl-3,3,3-trifluoropropylsiloxane