New insights into the microemulsion-based chromatographic NMR resolution mechanism and its application to fragrance/flavor molecules

Roy E. Hoffman*, Abraham Aserin, Nissim Garti

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Abstract

The NMR chromatography method is applied to a class of molecules with similar physical properties. We correlate the separation ability of microemulsions to the physical properties of the analyzed molecules. Flavor and aroma compounds are very widespread. Compositional analysis is in many cases tedious. Any new method of analysis is always useful and challenging. Here we show a new application to a class of fragrance molecules, with only a moderate variation in their chemical and physical characteristics. Up to 11 selected compounds in one mixture are resolved in one spectrum by NMR chromatography, despite the similarity of the compounds. The differences between O/W and W/O microemulsions and their resolution mechanism as applied to fragrance molecules are explained in terms of hydrophilicity and lipophilicity and effective critical packing parameters of the microemulsions. The observed diffusion rates are shown to correlate with solvation parameters. These results can be used to estimate the diffusion rates of molecules to be separated, allowing selection of the microemulsion or NMR chromatography solvent appropriate for each specific application.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)18-25
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Magnetic Resonance
Volume220
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2012

Keywords

  • DOSY
  • Flavor
  • Fragrance
  • Microemulsion
  • NMR chromatography

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