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Published on: June 20, 2019
Facile synthesis of high-density poly(octadecyl acrylate)-grafted silica for reversed-phase high-performance liquid
Abul K Mallik1, M Mizanur Rahman, Miklos Czaun
1Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.
Abstract:
To introduce high-density polymeric organic phase onto silica, initiator-modified silica was prepared and then surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) ("grafting-from" method) was carried out with octadecyl acrylate. The resultant polymer-grafted silica was characterized by diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform, suspension-state (1)H NMR, solid-state (13)C cross-polarization magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (CP-MAS-NMR), solid-state (29)Si-CP-MAS-NMR spectroscopies, elemental analysis and differential scanning calorimetry measurements. ATRP-based poly(octadecyl acrylate)-grafted silica (Sil-ODA(n)-1), was used as a stationary phase in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and the chromatographic behavior was evaluated by the retention studies of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and aromatic positional isomers. Compared with previous poly(octadecyl acrylate)-grafted silica (Sil-ODA(n)), which was prepared by the "grafting-to" method, we have observed longer retention and greater selectivity for Sil-ODA(n)-1 towards PAHs event at higher temperature.
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