CASE STUDY
Smart Column Coupling: Overcoming a Three-Way Separation
Challenge
The goal was to separate a starting material and two product isomers, but no single HPLC column could resolve all three.
Approach
- Kinetex resolved the isomers but not the SM
- X-Select resolved the SM but not the isomers
- Solution: Serially connected both columns
Outcome
- Full resolution achieved in one injection
- Reduced time, complexity, and purification steps
- Pure collection of the two desired isomers
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