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Post Column Derivatization Using Reaction Flow High Performance Liquid Chromatography Columns
Published on: April 26, 2016
UV-VIS detection of amino acids in liquid chromatography: online post-column solid-state derivatization with Cu(II)
Anna Kubíčková1, Vojtĕch Kubíček, Pavel Coufal
1Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic.
Abstract:
In this work, we describe the introduction of a post-column solid-state reactor in the HPLC system used for the analyses of amino acids. The reactor used was filled with copper(II) oxide. Passage of the analytes through the reactor leads to the formation of Cu(II) complexes. Unlike free amino acids, the Cu-complexes show significant absorbance in the UV region and accordingly sensitivity of UV-VIS detection is increased by two to three orders of magnitude. As a result of this improvement in sensitivity, we have obtained LOD values in micromolar range and good linearity over the studied concentration range (5.0×10(-5) to 2.0×10(-3) mol/L). The method exhibits advantages typical of solid-state reactors, such as negligible loss of efficiency due to the derivatization, simplicity of realization and a long-term durability. The presented system brings an easy and versatile solution for UV-VIS detection of coordinating compounds, which do not normally absorb well in the UV-VIS region.
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