Artigo Revisado por pares

Determination of ionisation constants of organic bases in aqueous methanol solutions using capillary electrophoresis

2003; Elsevier BV; Volume: 1026; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.chroma.2003.11.007

ISSN

1873-3778

Autores

Stephan Buckenmaier, David V. McCalley, Melvin R. Euerby,

Tópico(s)

Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications

Resumo

The pKa of eight organic bases was determined in aqueous and aqueous methanol solutions of 0-70% (v/v) methanol using capillary electrophoresis. The bases investigated include compounds commonly used to test the activity of RP columns in HPLC. The variation of pKa with temperature in aqueous methanol solutions was also investigated and found to closely resemble temperature coefficients reported for bases in purely aqueous solutions. pKa values determined by CE were compared to those reported using NMR spectroscopy. The good agreement of the results is evidence that either technique is suitable to perform pKa measurements.

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