Catalytically-Promoted Analyte Derivatization Inside a Gas Chromatographic Inlet

Autor: William K. Fowler, Amber R. Wright, Kelly J. Gamble
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Journal of Chromatographic Science. 48:466-472
ISSN: 1945-239X
0021-9665
DOI: 10.1093/chromsci/48.6.466
Popis: Reported here is a preliminary assessment of the feasibility of catalyzing on-line derivatization reactions inside the inlet (i.e., the injection port) of a gas chromatograph (GC) with solid heterogeneous catalysts. The experiments described here entail the installation of candidate catalysts inside the GC inlet liner and the subsequent injection of analyte/reagent mixtures onto the catalyst beds. Two catalysts are identified, each of which clearly catalyzes one of the chosen model derivatization reactions in the inlet of a GC. This result supports our hypothesis that on-line derivatizations can, in principle, be reproducibly catalyzed inside the GC inlet by solid heterogeneous catalysts and that the presence of such catalysts in the inlet do not necessarily cause a serious loss of instrument performance or chromatographic efficiency.
Databáze: OpenAIRE