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Published on: July 13, 2013
Rapid estimation of octanol-water partition coefficients using synthesized vesicles in electrokinetic chromatography
W L Klotz1, M R Schure, J P Foley
1Department of Chemistry, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA. wklotz@rohmhaas.com
Abstract:
Vesicle electrokinetic chromatography (VEKC) using vesicles synthesized from the oppositely charged surfactants cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium octyl sulfate (SOS) and from the double-chained anionic surfactant bis(2-ethylhexyl)sodium sulfosuccinate (AOT) was applied to the indirect measurement of octanol-water partition coefficients (log Po/w). A variety of small organic molecules with varying functional groups, pesticides, and organic acids were evaluated by correlating log Po/w and the logarithm of the retention factor (log k') and comparing the calibrations. A linear solvation energy relationship (LSER) analysis was conducted to describe the retention behavior of the vesicle systems and compared to that of octanol-water partitioning. The solute hydrogen bond donating behavior is slightly different with the vesicle interactions using CTAB-SOS vesicles as compared to the octanol-water partitioning model. The AOT vesicle and octanol-water partitioning systems showed similar partitioning characteristics. VEKC provides rapid separations for determinations of log Po/w in the range of 0.5 to 5 using CTAB-SOS vesicles and 0 to 5.5 using AOT vesicles.
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