Issue 1, 2011
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Analytical Methods

Acetonitrile shortage: Use of isopropanol as an alternative elution system for ultra/high performance liquid chromatography†

Ankur M. Desai,a   Mark Andreae,a   Douglas G. Mullen,ab   Mark M. Banaszak Hollac  and  James R. Baker, Jr*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan, 9220 MSRB III, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
E-mail: jbakerjr@umich.edu
Fax: +1 734 936 2990
Tel: +1 734 647 2777

b Program in Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

c Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Abstract

Acetonitrile is a choice of solvent for almost all chromatographic separations. In recent years, researchers around the globe faced acetonitrile shortage that affected routine analytical operations. Researchers tried to counter this shortage by applying many innovative solutions, including using ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) columns that are shorter and smaller in diameter than traditional high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) columns, thus significantly decreasing the volume of eluent required. Although utilizing UPLC in place of HPLC can alleviate the solvent demand to some extent, acetonitrile is generally thought of as the solvent of choice due to its versatility. In the following communication, we describe an alternative eluent system that uses isopropanol in place of acetonitrile as an organic modifier for routine chromatographic separations. We report here the development of an isopropanol based UPLC protocol for G5 PAMAM dendrimer based conjugates that was transferred to semi-preparative scale to purify functionalized forms of the dendrimer (50 mg).

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0AY00493F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Aug 2010
Accepted
19 Oct 2010
First published
04 Nov 2010

Anal. Methods, 2011,3, 56-58

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Acetonitrile shortage: Use of isopropanol as an alternative elution system for ultra/high performance liquid chromatography

A. M. Desai, M. Andreae, D. G. Mullen, M. M. Banaszak Holl and J. R. Baker, Jr, Anal. Methods, 2011, 3, 56 DOI: 10.1039/C0AY00493F

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