Hamilton PRP-1 5 µm 100 Å 21.2 x 75 mm HPLC Column - 79154

The Stable Alternative to C8 or C18 Columns
Hamilton PRP-1 (Polymeric Reversed Phase) HPLC columns combine the best characteristics of silica-based and polymeric columns to arrive at a column that is highly inert and long-lasting. Quality assurance as well as research and development laboratories find that PRP-1 columns last significantly longer than silica-based C8 or C18 columns. This is particularly true for difficult analyses like: high pH samples (pH 8-13); labile or reactive samples (irreversible adsorption); high aqueous purifications (80-100% water); and separations with ion pairing
reagents.

PRP-1 Columns are beneficial in a number of ways:

Wide pH Stability
Stability from pH 1 to 13 allows for the analysis of samples at high pH (8-13) without the possibility of column degradation or loss of efficiency. An expanded pH range also allows samples to be chromatographed while ionized. This greatly enhances the detectability of some samples. The chromatogram below illustrates the separation of 3 barbitals on a C18 column at pH 4.5 with detection at 210 nm compared to the separation of barbitals on a PRP-1 column at pH 10.0 with detection at 254 nm. As these applications illustrate, at pH 4.5 the
barbitals are not ionized so their detection must be performed at low UV (190-210 nm) wavelengths. When the separation is done on PRP-1at pH 10.0 the barbitals become ionized and detection at 254 nm is greatly enhanced.  

Good Sample Recovery

Sample Recovery is vital to sample purification efforts. Problems arise when labile sample become irreversibly attached to the silanol groups present on C8 and C18 columns. Since PRP-1 is made entirely of poly(styrene-divinylbenzene), there are no silanol groups to cause sample loss. Thus, the recovery and quantitation of labile and reactive samples is enhanced. The purification of protected oligonucleotides demonstrates the enhanced recovery possible with PRP-1columns. While C18 columns typically recover only 50-80% of oligonucleotides, PRP-1 columns provide recoveries greater than 95%. Application #26illustrates the purification of a crude 5'-DMT 36mer with excellent recovery.

Consistent Reproducibility

Easy Sample Scale-up

PRP-1 is available in 5, 7, 10, and 12-20 µm particle sizes. Columns are available prepacked and tested in a variety of sizes, varying from analytical to semi-prep and preparative scale. Consistent packing material allows linear method scale-up. Simply increase the sample size and flow rate. The capacity of a 21.5 mm ID preparative column is 27 times that of an analytical column with a 4.1 mm ID.

Long Life (Excellent Durability)

Applications

The following list of example application chromatograms illustrate a few of the applications (from alcohols to vitamins) that are possible with PRP-1 reversed phase columns. The polymeric PRP-1 support allows the separation of compounds that normally coelute. Application #18 illustrates the separation of chloramphenicol base from the 1 and 3 succinate. These compounds coelute on other columns. The pH stability of the PRP-1columns allows samples to be analyzed at basic pH (8.13). Some samples show a dramatic increase in their absorbance characteristics at basic pH. Application #14 illustrates a 10 fold increase in the detection of antiepileptics at pH 8.23 versus pH 4.4 (Application #13). Altering the pH of the separation may hot only increase a sample's detectability, but it can also radically alter a compound's retention and the elution order of a sample (see Application #38 and #39). Changes in elution order can be used to determine sample purity and identity.

Polymeric columns for general separations

- Excellent durability (stable to any concentration of water or organic solvent)
- Polymeric columns for general separations
- pH Stable from 1 to 13 Better sample recovery than silica based columns

- Four particle sizes: 5, 7, 10 and 12-20 µm.
- Ten column internal diameters: 1.0 to 101.6 mm.
- Two column materials: 316 stainless steel and PEEK.
- Analytical and semiprep/preparative guard columns