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Abstract
The concept of enthalpy-entropy compensation in “non-polar” reverse-phase (ODS) column liquid chromatography is examined in terms of the column temperature (10[ddot]-35[ddot]C) as well as mobile-phase composition (acidified water/tetrahydrofuran) for the solutes: phenol, p-nitrophenol, 2,4-dinitrophenol, o-chlorophenol, o-nitrophenol, 2,4-dimethylphenol, 2,4- dinitro-o-cresol, 4-chloro-m-cresol, and 2,4-dichlorophenol. Plots of log (solute capacity factor, k') against reciprocal column temperature, T−1 exhibit approximate linearity only over the volume-fraction based mobile phase compositional range ⊘THF = 0 to 0.2. Substantial deviations occur beyond ⊘THF = 0.3. Plots of In k' against -ΔH[ddot] (compensation plots) yield a random distribution of data, indicating that what enthalpy-entropy compensation may exist for the systems studied is masked both in terms of temperature and mobile-phase composition. It is concluded that interaction(s) of the solutes with the stationary sorbent are more complex than has heretofore been supposed.