K' considerations

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When I reviewed method for 4-aminophenol I found Eu Ph method had the k'<0.

I noticed many other methods also had K'<1 since 4-aminophenol is challenging to be retained under pure RP. However, a ion pair or ion exchange mode is able to achieve k'>1.

Can you help to clarify the general principle about K'? Such as, as long as I can validate I am fine. Thanks.
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"k' > 2" is a suggestion in the system suitability section of the FDA "Reviewer Guidance" from 1994 ( ! ) : https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/Gui ... 134409.pdf . It is only a suggestion, so that a validated method with k' < 2 *should* be OK -- assuming you can get a reviewer to overcome his/her bias (see this post for a take on the subject: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=48623#p233084 ).

That said, k' > 2 is a very good suggestion most of the time:
- a low k' hurts resolution from nearby peaks [Rs is roughly proportional to k'/(1+k') ]
- anything that is unretained elutes at k' = 0, so low-k' methods risk being non-specific
- the equilibrium of the chromatographic system is disturbed by injecting a sample and it can take a finite time for the system to decay back to equilibrium; trying to quantitate on a dis-equilibrated system is error-prone

There are a number of "gotchas" in those arguments. Most important is the fact that while k' is well defined k' = (tr/t0)-1, the dead time (t0 = elution time of an unretained compound) is not! In the extreme case of size exclusion (GPC or GFC), all of the peaks have k' < 0 ! Even measuring t0 is can of worms, as attested to by this old thread from the Forum archives: http://www.lcresources.com/discus/messa ... 20041222pm
-- Tom Jupille
LC Resources / Separation Science Associates
tjupille@lcresources.com
+ 1 (925) 297-5374
Thanks a lot , Tom
for taking time to explain !
Jim
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Only... Tom,

The 2nd hyperlink is about buffer preparation. Was this what you intended ?
Excel
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