Journal
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1569, Issue -, Pages 128-138Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2018.07.054
Keywords
Comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography; LC x LC-HRMS; Castor oil ethoxylates; Biobased polyols; EO/PO random copolymers; Blended formulations
Funding
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) [14624]
- NWO-VENI grant IPA [722.015.009]
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Polyether polyols are often used in formulated systems, but their complete characterization is challenging, because of simultaneous heterogeneities in chemical composition, molecular weight and functionality. One-dimensional liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry is commonly used to characterize polyether polyols. However, the separation power of this technique is not sufficient to resolve the complexity of such samples entirely. In this study, comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography hyphenated with high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC x LC-HRMS) was used for the characterization of (i) castor oil ethoxylates (COEs) reacted with different mole equivalents of ethylene oxide and (ii) a blended formulation consisting of glycerol ethoxylate, glycerol propoxylate and glycerol ethoxylate-random-propoxylate copolymers. Retention in the first (hydrophilic-interaction-chromatography) dimension was mainly governed by degree of ethoxylation, while the second reversed-phase dimension resolved the samples based on degree of propoxylation (blended formulation) or alkyl chain length (COEs). For different COE samples, we observed the separation of isomer distributions of various di-, tri- and tetra-esters, and such positional isomers were studied by tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). This revealed characteristic fragmentation patterns, which allowed discrimination of the isomers based on terminal or internal positioning of the fatty-acid moieties and provided insight in the LC x LC retention behavior of such species. (C) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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