Chromatography Forum

Does anyone know of a column that will seperate all of the impurities in butadiene? I am using an aluminum oxide but methyl acetyle and pentane sometimes coelute and sometimes are swamped out by 1,3-butadiene which is the main peak.

I would suggest that a BMEA SCOT capillary column of 15m or 30m combined with a methyl silicone would solve your problem.

To separate monoolefin isomers from the diene isomers requires a very polar column. In using a polar column certain non-polar hydrocarbons may coelute (pentanes and hexanes, especially). These are not usually present in 1,3-BD.

A multidimensional application is usually dictated for 1,3-BD analysis.
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Hi
you can use Alumina oxide/Na sulfate or manganate capillary ( 0.32 mm) or wide bore (0.53 mm) column.and helium as carrier.
with good temperature programing and constant flow you can analyse down to 1 ppm of impurities in 1,3 Butadiene.

we do this.