Polymer-based monolithic microcolumns for hydrophobic interaction chromatography of proteins

J Sep Sci. 2006 Jan;29(1):25-32. doi: 10.1002/jssc.200500239.

Abstract

Monolithic capillary columns for hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) have been prepared by thermally initiated, single-step in situ polymerization of mixtures of monovinyl monomers including butyl methacrylate and/or 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, with a divinyl crosslinker glycerol dimethacrylate or 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate using two different porogen systems. Two porogenic solvent mixtures were used; one "hydrophilic", consisting of water, butanediol, and propanol, and one "hydrophobic," comprising dodecanol and cyclohexanol. The porous structures of the monoliths were characterized and their performance was demonstrated with a separation of a mixture of myoglobin, ribonuclease A, and lysozyme under conditions typical of HIC.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 1-Propanol / chemistry
  • Butylene Glycols / chemistry
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods*
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange / methods
  • Cyclohexanols / chemistry
  • Dodecanol / chemistry
  • Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
  • Methacrylates / chemistry*
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Butylene Glycols
  • Cyclohexanols
  • Methacrylates
  • Proteins
  • Water
  • Dodecanol
  • 1-Propanol