A rapid and practical prediction method for the Arizona solvent system family used in high speed countercurrent chromatography

Selecting the appropriate solvent system is the key to the successful separation of samples by using countercurrent chromatography. Although high-speed countercurrent chromatography has been widely used in the separation and preparation of natural products, the selection of a solvent system has always been a stumbling block to the application of high-speed countercurrent chromatography. In order to explore a rapid and practical prediction method to select countercurrent chromatography solvent system, five linear prediction models of the Arizona solvent system family (HEMW) was established by using fourteen compounds with different structures and five HPLC columns of different brands. And two different solvent system selection methods (The partition coefficient K of the target compound in the solvent system was in the range of 0.25 < K < 2.5) were proposed for targeted separation of compounds and multi-component separation in a complex sample respectively. The appropriate HSCCC solvent system of five known compounds was determined by a HPLC analysis and a shake flask test and the appropriate HSCCC solvent system of two Chinese herbal extracts was determined by a HPLC analysis to verify the prediction method. In this study, solid-liquid partition chromatography (HPLC) and liquid-liquid partition chromatography (HSCCC) were linked by polarity to simplify the screening process of solvent system. This method reduced the difficulty and workload of solvent system selection, which provided methods and ideas for more solvent system prediction models.