We, 12.11.2025 | Original article from: Phenomenex
Discover how hybrid HPLC materials extend pH stability up to 12, improving retention and peak shape for basic compounds. Learn how Gemini™ and Kinetex™ EVO columns enhance LC-MS/MS performance.Basic Analytes and the Use of High pH Stable Stationary Phases
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The development of hybrid materials has greatly extended the high pH stability of HPLC sorbents. This new development allowed users to use high pH to deprotonate basic compounds, increasing their hydrophobicity (and hence retention) while also removing the possibility of ion exchange.
This approach is particularly useful when considering polar basic compounds as the combination of good peak shape with enhanced retention is useful, especially in LC-MS/MS where elution under higher organic mobile phase conditions has been shown to be beneficial for peak response. Columns such as Gemini™ and Kinetex™ EVO can be used in the pH range 1-12.
Phenomenex: Lidocaine (peak 3) run at pH 12 on a Twin technology, high pH stable material.
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