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Can the selectivity of phosphonium based ionic liquids be exploited as stationary phase for routine gas chromatography? A case study: the use of trihexyl(tetradecyl) phosphonium chloride in the flavor, fragrance and natural product fields
Journal of Chromatography A
  • Cecilia Cagliero, Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco
  • Maria Mazzucotelli, Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco
  • Patrizia Rubiolo, Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco
  • Arianna Marengo, Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco
  • Stefano Galli, MEGA S.r.l.
  • Jared L. Anderson, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Barbara Sgorbini, Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco
  • Carlo Bicchi, Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
2-13-2020
DOI
10.1016/j.chroma.2020.460969
Abstract

Room temperature ionic liquids (ILs) are well established stationary phases (SPs) for gas chromatography (GC) in several fields of applications because of their unique and tunable selectivity, low vapor pressure and volatility, high thermal stability (over 300°C), and good chromatographic properties. This study is focused on an IL based on a phosphonium derivative (trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium chloride, [P66614+] [Cl−]), previously shown to be suitable as a gas chromatographic SP because of its unique selectivity. In particular, it aims to establish the operative conditions to apply [P66614+][Cl−] to routine analysis of samples containing medium to high volatility analytes with different polarity, organic functional groups and chemical structure. In the first part, the study critically evaluates long term [P66614+][Cl−] column stability and maximum allowable operating temperatures (MAOT). The relatively low MAOT (210°C) requires the adoption of a dedicated approach for analytes eluting above this temperature based on a suitable combination of efficiency and selectivity, and column characteristics (length, inner diameter and film thickness) and operative conditions. The performance of [P66614+][Cl−] as a GC SP have been validated through the Grob test, a model mixture of 41 compounds of different polarity, structure, and with different organic functional groups in the flavor and fragrance field, a standard mixture of 37 fatty acid methyl esters, some essential oils containing pairs or groups of compounds of different volatility critical to separate in particular peppermint, thyme, oregano, sandalwood and frankincense. The above approach has produced highly satisfactory separations with all of the samples investigated.

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This is a manuscript of an article published as Cagliero, Cecilia, Maria Mazzucotelli, Patrizia Rubiolo, Arianna Marengo, Stefano Galli, Jared L. Anderson, Barbara Sgorbini, and Carlo Bicchi. "Can the selectivity of phosphonium based ionic liquids be exploited as stationary phase for routine gas chromatography? A case study: the use of trihexyl (tetradecyl) phosphonium chloride in the flavor, fragrance and natural product fields." Journal of Chromatography A (2020): 460969. DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.460969. Posted with permission.

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Cecilia Cagliero, Maria Mazzucotelli, Patrizia Rubiolo, Arianna Marengo, et al.. "Can the selectivity of phosphonium based ionic liquids be exploited as stationary phase for routine gas chromatography? A case study: the use of trihexyl(tetradecyl) phosphonium chloride in the flavor, fragrance and natural product fields" Journal of Chromatography A (2020) p. 460969
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