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Separation of metal chelates and organometallic compounds by SFC and SFE/GC
1Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2343, USA. cwai@uidao.edu
Abstract:
Supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) combines the high diffusion coefficients of gas chromatography (GC) and the solubility properties of liquid chromatography (LC). SFC generally requires lower temperatures for chromatographic separations and thus is more suitable for analyzing thermally labile compounds including a number of metal chelates and organometallic compounds. SFC also allows interfacing between supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) and chromatographic analysis of metal-containing compounds. A large number of metal chelates and organometallic compounds can be separated by SFC. This article summarizes SFC separation of various chelates of transition metals, heavy metals, lanthanides and actinides as well as organometallic compounds of lead, mercury, and tin reported in the recent literature. This article also discusses SFC detection systems and the determination of solubility of organometallic compounds by SFC.
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