Introducing ACQUITY UPC2 Trefoil and Torus
Technology Columns
BASEL, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2014--
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today introduced new analytical columns
for chiral and achiral separations designed to optimize convergence
chromatography. To address the challenges of chiral separations, Waters
ACQUITY UPC2® Trefoil™ Columns are 2.5 micron particle
columns that increase speed and selectivity while reducing method
development time. Waters
ACQUITY UPC2 Torus™ Columns for achiral separations
feature 1.7 micron particle technology and deliver a new level of
performance for achiral SFC separations in terms of resolution, speed,
selectivity and robustness. The columns were introduced at SFC
2014 and are now available for shipment worldwide.
Waters introduces ACQUITY UPC2 Trefoil columns for chiral separations and ACQUITY Torus UPC2 columns for achiral separations. (Photo: Business Wire)
The new columns are designed for use with the Waters
ACQUITY UPC2 System, a chromatographic system that takes
advantage of the power non-toxic and inexpensive compressed carbon
dioxide as the primary mobile phase (carrier liquid) component. It is
also a “greener” alternative to expensive organic solvents. The
low-dispersion design of the ACQUITY UPC2 System combined
with the new columns offer chromatography laboratories a powerful,
robust and reliable analytical platform for increasing the speed with
which they can develop analytical methods, improve selectivity and
shorten run times while at the same time reducing their carbon footprint
by transitioning to a greener technology. Since its introduction in
2012, scientists using this system have
authored more than 70 articles in scientific journals.
“Waters continues to lead the way when it comes to making convergence
chromatography a powerful platform for robust separations," said Michael
Yelle, Vice President, Consumables Business Unit, Waters Division. “The
new Trefoil and Torus columns represent a new paradigm in phases for
carbon dioxide based separations. Designed and optimized for Waters
ACQUITY UPC2 system these columns deliver a new standard of
performance in terms of the robustness and reliability that scientists
have come to expect from analytical HPLC."
Waters ACQUITY UPC2 Trefoil Columns for
Chiral Separations
The first such columns from Waters, ACQUITY UPC2 Trefoil
Columns are for fast and robust chiral separations. Based on modified
polysaccharide-based stationary phases for broad-spectrum chiral
selectivity, ACQUITY UPC2 Trefoil 2.5 micron Columns come in
three new chemistries: ACQUITY UPC2 Trefoil AMY1, CEL1 and
CEL2. Each offers different retention characteristics for separating
chiral compounds such as enantiomers, stereoisomers, metabolites,
degradants, and impurities with greater resolution and speed. ACQUITY UPC2
Trefoil Columns, combined with the ACQUITY UPC2 System and
its ability to perform gradient chromatography using mass
spectrometry-compatible organic modifiers, allow scientists to couple to
single quadrupole, tandem quadrupole and time-of-flight mass
spectrometers and to get more information out of every analysis.
Waters ACQUITY UPC2 Torus Columns for
Achiral Separations
Many scientists employing traditional reversed-phase chromatography are
often stumped by their ability to baseline resolve chemically-similar
molecules. That’s where Waters four new ACQUITY UPC2 Torus
Columns can help. These columns exploit the capabilities of Waters
ACQUITY UPC2 System to give scientists the resolving power
they need to speed method development. Based on a new and proprietary
bonding chemistry, these phases cover a range of selectivity while being
stable and reproducible ensuring day-to-day and batch-to-batch
consistency. ACQUITY UPC2 Torus 1.7 micron Columns are
available in four chemistries: 2-Picolylamine (PIC), Diethylamine (DEA),
High density diol (DIOL) and 1-Aminoanthracene (1-AA) and vary in size
from internal dimensions of 2.1 mm to 3 mm and in length from 50 mm to
150 mm.
About Convergence Chromatography
In 2012, the launch of Waters ACQUITY UPC2 System also
introduced to science something new - UltraPerformance Convergence
Chromatography™. Convergence chromatography, as it is referred to, is a
category of separations science that provides an exceptional increase in
selectivity for the chromatography laboratory. Scientists now have the
freedom to exercise their creativity by using carbon dioxide-based
solvents with both polar and non-polar stationary phases to influence
their chromatography. They do this by modulating solvent gradients with
a much wider panel of columns, including chiral columns, using the same
mass spectrometry-compatible co-solvents to separate and quantify
structural analogs, isomers, and enantiomeric and diasteriomeric
mixtures. Convergence chromatography combines the ease-of-use of
reversed-phase LC with the power of normal-phase LC for greater
selectivity.
For More Information
Torus
and Trefoil Product Information
Torus
and Trefoil Product Brochure
Waters
UltraPerformance Convergence Chromatography Primer
About Waters Corporation (www.waters.com)
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practical and sustainable innovation to enable significant advancements
in such areas as healthcare delivery, environmental management, food
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Pioneering a connected portfolio of separations science, laboratory
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discovery and operational excellence for customers worldwide.
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are registered trademarks of Waters Corporation. UltraPerformance
Convergence Chromatography, Trefoil, and Torus are trademarks of Waters
Corporation.
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