Palladium(II) chelate of tetradentate Schiff base as mixed stationary phase for gas chromatography

Bis(acetylacetone)ethylenediiminepalladium(II) (PdAA2en) was examined as a mixed stationary phase with OV-1 on Chromosorb G/NAW 60-80 mesh size for the GC separation of aromatic hydrocarbons, heteroaromatics, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, esters, and nitro compounds. Forty-two compounds were examined and the GC results were compared with those obtained with 3% OV-1 on Chromosorb G/NAW 60-80 mesh size under similar operating conditions. Improved resolution, peak asymmetry, theoretical plate numbers, and Kovats indices were obtained on the mixed stationary phase of 3% OV-1 + 5% PdAA2en compared to 3% OV-1 column. The stability constant (Km), enthalpies (deltaH), entropies (deltaS), and Gibbs free energies (deltaG) of the GC elution on the column (2 m x 3 mm id) packed with 3% OV-1 + 5% PdAA2en on Chromosorb G/NAW 60-80 mesh size have been calculated. Donor-acceptor complexation in the gas phase is indicated by negative values of enthalpy (-deltaH) within 5.81 to 10.89 kcal/mol and Gibbs free energy (-deltaG) from 1.34 to 4.08 kcal/mol. The retention time transformations on both the phases were calculated and the ratios obtained from the stationary phases 3% OV-1 and 3% OV-1 + 5% PdAA2en were plotted on the x-axis and the y-axis, respectively, and the coefficients of determination for alkanes, aromatic and heteroaromatics, ketones, and alcohols were observed to lie within 0.5253 to 0.9742, indicative of some different kinds of interaction of the two stationary phases with the solutes.