A method for preparation of molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) derivatized onto the surface of a monolithicsilica capillary column was successfully developed. Thevinyl gr
oups were first introduced onto the silica monolithby immobilization of
-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane. Then the MIP coating was copolymerized andanchored onto the surface of the silica monolith. Acetonitrile was selected as porogen (solvent). The otherpreparation conditions, such as monomer concentration,temperature, and time of polymerization, were systematically studied. The obtained MIP-derivatized silica monolith using
L-tetrahydropalmatine (
L-THP) and (5
S,11
S)-(-)-Tr&
ouml;ger's base (
S-TB) as the imprinted template,respectively, was characterized in terms of the retentionbehavior of thi
ourea and toluene. Under the optimizedCEC conditions, baseline enantioseparations of THP andTB were achieved in 4 min th
ough the effective length ofthe columns was 8.5 cm. The result indicates that en
oughrecognition sites were on the surface of silica monolith,resulting in strong recognition ability. Compared with aMIP organic monolith, the MIP-derivatized silica monolithexhibits better column efficiency and stability in CEC.Additionally, the comparison of these two kinds of monolithic columns was performed by capillary liquid chromatography. The separation on MIP-derivatized silica monolith was superior to that on the organic monolith.