Chromatographic evaluation of the lipophilicity of<i>N</i>-phenyltrichloroacetamide derivatives using micellar TLC and OPLC

Abstract

Micellar liquid chromatography (MLC) has been used to study the lipophilicity of eight newly synthesized N-phenyltrichloroacetamide derivatives. Because the lipophilicity of a substance determines its retention and its interactions with micelles, chromatographic data calculated from experimental results — km (log km) — were compared with partition coefficients log P calculated from the molecular structures of the solutes. Micellar mobile phases containing Brij 35 and tetrahydrofuran, alkyl-bonded stationary phases, and two planar chromatography techniques — thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and over-pressured-layer chromatography (OPLC) — were used in the experiments. According to results obtained from the OPLC studies, especially, log km values are excellent descriptors of the lipophilicity of the compounds. Very good linear relationships between log km and log P were obtained by use of this technique (R in the range 0.917–0.987).