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Hydrolytically stable chemically bonded silica supports with metal complexating ligands: Synthesis, characterization and use in high-performance ligand-exchange chromatography (HPLEC)

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A silica of 14 nm pore size was reacted according to two procedures with the following silanes: γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (1), N-aminoethyl-N′-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (2), N-aminoethyl-N′-aminoethyl-N″-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (3), N-(3-triethoxysilanepropyl)-N, N-diacetic dimethylester (4), N-(3-trisodiumsilanolatepropyl)-N, N-diacetic acid disodium salt (5) and N-(3-trisodiumsilanolatepropyl)-ethylenediamine-N, N′, N′-triacetic acid trisodium salt (6). The reaction of silanes 1–4 with the silica was carried out under anhydrous conditions (procedure A). Silanes 1–6 were subjected to surface modification under essentially hydrous conditions applying a two-step procedure (procedure B). Procedure B is much simpler to perform and allows binding of high and definite amounts of silane onto the surface. Complexation of all bonded phases with Cu2+ was examined by measuring the sorption isotherms at constant pH. The pH-dependence of Cu2+ uptake at constant Cu2+ concentration was evaluated. Tests on the chemical and chromatographic stability of the packings showed that only the silicas with bonded iminodiacetate and ethylenediaminetriacetate groups remain hydrolytically stable. Retention of aliphatic and α-amino acids on these two packings was found to be mainly controlled by the pH and the ionic strength of the eluent.