Relation between Electrophoretic Behavior and Molecular Shapes of Aromatic Anions

• Published in: Analytical Sciences Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 657 - 662
• Main Authors: YOKOYAMA, Takashi, TSUJI, Hirokazu, AKAMATSU, Takaomi, ZENKI, Michio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry 2004; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• ISSN: 0910-6340; 1348-2246
• DOI: 10.2116/analsci.20.657

The capillary electrophoretic behavior of 44 aromatic organic ions was investigated. The observed ionic radii (robs0) for the aromatic organic ions were obtained from the electrophoretic mobilities of sodium tetraborate (pH 9.2), potassium tetraborate (pH 9.2), ammonium borate (pH 9.2), and trisodium phosphate (pH 11.7) buffers with zero ionic strength. The linear relationships between the robs0 values and the ionic radii (rcalc), calculated by either the AM1 or PM3 method, were determined for benzyltrialkylammonium and aromatic sulfonate ions. However, the robs0 values were constant for the aromatic carboxylate ions in buffers, in spite of the different rcalc values. This indicates that aromatic carboxylate ions, such as benzenecarboxylate, pyridinecarboxylate, naphthalenecarboxylate, and anthracenecarboxylate ions, migrate as planar ions in buffers, whereas aromatic sulfonate ions could migrate as approximately spherical ions.