This is an Application Brief and does not contain a detailed Experimental section.
This application brief demonstrates gradient separation of nucleic acid bases.
Compounds that are used in this study includes:
2. Uracil
3. 5-Fluorocytosine
4. Cytosine
            
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                     Column:  | 
                     ACQUITY UPLC BEH HILIC, 2.1 x 100 mm, 1.7 μm  | 
            
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                     Part Number:  | 
                     186003461  | 
            
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                     Mobile Phase A:  | 
                     20 mM CH3COONH4, 0.05% CH3COOH in 50:40:10 ACN:MeOH:H2O  | 
            
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                     Mobile Phase B:  | 
                     4 mM CH3COONH4, 0.01% CH3COOH in 95:3:2 ACN:MeOH:H2O  | 
            
| 
                     Flow Rate:  | 
                     0.790 mL/min  | 
            
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                     Injection Volume:  | 
                     0.8 μL  | 
            
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                     Sample Concentration:  | 
                     25 μg/mL  | 
            
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                     Sample Diluent:  | 
                     75:25 ACN:MeOH with 0.2% HCOOH  | 
            
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                     Temperature:  | 
                     30 °C  | 
            
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                     Detection:  | 
                     UV @ 254 nm  | 
            
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                     Sampling Rate:  | 
                     20 pts/sec  | 
            
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                     Time Constant:  | 
                     0.1  | 
            
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                     Instrument:  | 
                     Waters ACQUITY UPLC with ACQUITY TUV  | 
            
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                     Time(min)  | 
                     Profile  | 
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|---|---|---|
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                     %A  | 
                     %B  | 
            |
| 
                     0.0  | 
                     0.1  | 
                     99.9  | 
            
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                     0.37  | 
                     0.1  | 
                     99.9  | 
            
| 
                     1.71  | 
                     99.9  | 
                     0.1  | 
            
| 
                     1.74  | 
                     0.1  | 
                     99.9  | 
            
| 
                     1.98  | 
                     0.1  | 
                     99.9  | 
            
            
        WA60138, August 2009