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Separation of Tocopheryl Acetate Isomers on Porous Graphitic Carbon

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Vitamin E is a collective term for tocopherols and tocotrienols that includes isomers differing in the number and position of methyl substituents. An LC impurity method was required to determine the purity of RRR-α-tocopheryl acetate, especially with regard to the amounts of the β- and γ-isomers which have one fewer methyl substituents. Using the Hypercarb porous graphitic carbon column, a normal phase LC method was developed that separates α-, β-, γ-, and δ-tocopheryl acetates using a mobile phase of 25:85 (v/v) THF:hexane. The area response with detection at 205 nm is linear for column loadings of 0.006–10 μg of α-tocopheryl acetate. It was also noted that SRR-α-tocopheryl acetate is partially resolved from RRR-α-tocopheryl acetate under these conditions.

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Paisley, S.D. Separation of Tocopheryl Acetate Isomers on Porous Graphitic Carbon. Chroma 72, 317–319 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1365/s10337-010-1650-6

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