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1
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What is chromatography used for in pharmaceutics

A

To analyse, identify and purify samples

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2
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Why is solid phase extraction SPE used for sample preparation?

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To remove interferences from sample
More reliable results
Concentrating analyses to improve sensitivity

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3
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Advantages of SPEnover LLE (liq-liq extraction)?

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Quick 
Less labour 
Less solvent 
More selective 
Easier to automate
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4
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How does SPE work

A

Sample filtered through absorbent particles
Analytes captured from liq matrix
Concentrated analytes eluted with solvent
Eluted sample collected

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5
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Different interactions with stationary phase

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  • Non polar —> van der waals
  • Polar —> dipole dipole / h bond
  • Electrostatic —> ionic
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6
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Examples of non polar

A

Reverse phase silica

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7
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Examples of polar

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Normal chromatography

Normal phase silica

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8
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Examples of electrostatic

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Ion exchange chromatography

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9
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Types of absorbent used for reversed phase

A

C18

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10
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Different types of chromatography?

A 
Column chromatography 
Thin layer chromatography 
Gel filtration 
Ion exchange 
Hugh pressure liquid chromatography 
Gas chromatography
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11
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Do all chromatography techniques have a stationary phase and a mobile phase?

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YES

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12
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what is a stationary phase?

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Solid

Liquid supported on a solid

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13
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What is a mobile phase?

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Liquid
Gas
Flows through the stationary phase and carries components with it

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14
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Do all components travel at same rates?

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NO- different rates dependent on their attraction to the mobile phase and the stationary phase

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15
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What happens in column chromatography?

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Column loaded dry and filled with mobile phase- which is then flushed through the column OR column loaded with a slurry of stationary and mobile phase together (avoid bubbles)

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16
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What is column chromatography used for?

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Used to separate mixtures

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17
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What are the stationary phases used in CC?

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Silica gel - most common

Alumina- less common

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18
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Do molecules travel at different rates?

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YES- depending on their polarities

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19
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What travels up .?

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The parts dissolved in the solvent

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20
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What decides whether a molecule remains absorbed in solid or travels with solvent

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Whether the molecule prefers to be with solid phase or partition into liquid

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21
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In TLC where are the polar and non polar molecules?

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Most polar—> bottom

Non polar—> top

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22
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Where are polar and non polar molecules in CC ?

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Polar—> top

Non polar—> bottom

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23
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Column chromatography process?

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1- load stationary phase material to column
2- equilibrate column stationary phase with mobile phase
3- load sample in as small sample as possible
4- add more mobile phase to column
5- collect sample fractions from column

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24
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Which molecules take longer to travel through?

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Molecules with high affinity for stationary phase

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25
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What is the most polar solvent

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Water

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26
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Why is the polar to least polar solvents list designed?

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As different drugs have different polarities

To find rf value

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27
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TLC means?

A

Thin Layer Chromatography

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28
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What does column chromatography consist of?

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Stationary phase- solid E.g. silica
Mobile phase- liquid
Compounds

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29
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What does stationary phase in CC do?

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Adsorbs and separates the compound passing through it

30
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What is the eluant?

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Mobile phase- liquid

31
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What is the eluate?

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Solute- solid

32
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The most common stationary phase in CC?

A

Silica gel- high surface area

33
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Why does non polar come out first in CC?

A

Doesn’t have much interaction with the matrix- has more interaction with solvent

34
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What is flash column chromatography used for?

A

To purify mixtures

35
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What’s is used to speed up the FCC process?

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Pressure with a pump or N gas

36
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Is the particle size smaller in FCC?

37
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In TCC as polarity increases, molecules move more…?

38
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Can TCC pack a lot of silica?

39
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In Thin Layer Chromatography, is silica in a column?

A

NO- use TLC plate- plastic/glass container with silica TLC sheet in it

40
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Is TLC driven by gravity?

A

NO- capillary action takes the solvent up

41
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Which stationary phase is usually used in TLC?

42
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How does polarity affect TLC?

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The more polar the compound- the smaller distance it will travel ( adheres to adsorbent) - lower rf value

43
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Separation in TLC depends on?

A

polarity of solute and stationary phase

44
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Can silica fluoresce?

45
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Is every component carried at the same rate with the mobile phase in TLC?

A

NO- different rates

46
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Once solvent reaches the top of the plate in TLC, what is done?

A

Solvent removed from beaker and solvent on plate is allowed to evaporate

47
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What colour does the plate turn under UV light?

48
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Does the sample turn green as well as the plate in TLC under a UV?

A

NO- sample turns dark

49
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Why does the sample in TLC not turn green?

A

The double bonds/ aromatics in sample take up the UV- don’t let it fluoresce

50
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Different substances used to develop spots in TLC?

A
  • UV - dark spots
  • Iodine water- brown spots
  • potassium permanganate- detects sugars
  • ninhdydrin- purple/ print spots for amines
  • Alkaline tetrazolium- blue with corticosteroids
51
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How to calculate rf value?

A

Distance spot travels / distance solvent travels

use centre of the spot

52
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Uses of TLC?

A
  • quality control and purity evaluation
  • basic ID check
  • used on BP as qualitative ID test on pure substances
53
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What does gel filtration chromatography include?

A

Matrix with beads

Separates large molecules from small

54
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Can the beads have variable pore sizes in GFC?

55
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Smaller beads come out before of after larger on GFC?

A

AFTER- trapped in beads

56
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Most common stationery phase in GFC?

A

Dextran and agarose

57
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Do the large molecules fit in the beads in GFC?

A

No- eluted in space between beads

58
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What is the upper limit (exclusion limit) of gel in GFC??

A

The size above which proteins will elute space between beads

59
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Vo (void volume) is?

A

Volume outside gel matrix

60
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Ve (elation volume) is?

A

Volume of buffer required to elute any given substance

61
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Use of GFC?

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Desalt proteins- proteins larger than salt- salt retained in beads

62
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What is Ion exchange chromatography?

A

Separates based on charge

The stationary phase (solid) binds to oppositely charged ions in sample

63
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Is IEC done in water?

64
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What charge does stationary phase have in IEC?

A

+ve or -ve

65
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Anion exchange in IEC?

A

Negatively charged molecules attracted to positively charged solid

66
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Cation exchange in IEC?

A

Positively charged molecules attracted to negatively charged solid

67
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Which ions elute from the column first in IEC?

A

Molecules with the weakest ionic interactions

68
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Examples of anion exchangers and their strength?

A

Quaternary ammonium- strong
Tertiary ammonium- intermediate
Diethyaminoethyl- weak

69
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Cation exchangers and their strength?

A

Sulphonate- strong
Carboxylate- intermediate
Carboxymethyl- weak

70
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3 Factors affecting elution in IEC?

A

1- size of charge - 2+ show more affinity than 1+
2- intensity of the charge- small 1+ (H+) greater affinity than larger 1+ (K+)
3- conc of ions- high conc of low affinity ions can displace low conc of high affinity

71
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Uses of IEC?

A
  • water purification

- isolation of metabolites from biological fluids

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