MICELLAR CHROMATOGRAPHIC STUDY OF AMINES

Aqueous solutions of the cationic surfactant, hexadecyl-trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB), and the anionic surfactant, sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) were used as mobile phase in HPLC to study the micellar chromatographic retention mechanism of seven amines and weak organic acids with various distribution coefficients and to study the influence of different pH values mobile phase on the solute retention. An exponential model equation for micellar chromatographic retention mechanism was put forward, which gives a reasonable explanation of the effects of electrostatic interaction and hydrophobic interaction between the solute and the three phases (micelle phase, surfatant modified stationary phase and bulk water phase). This equation can be used to estimate the micellar chromatographic retention pattern of the solute.