The systematic investigation of the retention behaviors of 18 monosubstituted benzenes in reversed-phase liquid chromatography(RPLC) was studied in order to predict the separation possibility of their mixtures and study the contribution of substituent...
The systematic investigation of the retention behaviors of 18 monosubstituted benzenes in reversed-phase liquid chromatography(RPLC) was studied in order to predict the separation possibility of their mixtures and study the contribution of substituent group to the retentions of solutes. The columns and mobile phases employed in this study were $\mu$ -Bondapak $C_{18}$, $\mu$-Bondapak phenyl columns and methanol/water, acetonitrile/water, and THF/water, respectively. The polar substituents such as phenol, aniline, acetophenone and benzonitrile have smaller capacity factor(k') values than benzene, while nonpolar ones such as alkylbenzenes and halobenzenes show larger k' value. The capacity factors of all solutes increased on both C18 bonded and phenyl bonded phases as the organic solvent content of three organic solvent-water mixtures decreased. The absolute differences in capacity factor(${\Delta}k$') between substituent and benzene were graphically shown for the prediction of the separation of the mixture and interpretation of the elution behavior of substituent. In addition, the selectivity of solvent system for the separation of the mixture was investigated in both two columns and three mobile phases.