Chromatographic column packing having a bonded organosiloxane coating

摘要

Improved packings for columns useful in gas chromatography are made by a multistep process whereby polysiloxane molecules having various organic substituents are chemically bonded to the surface of a siliceous support. The process comprises one or more cycles of successive reactions with an activated support surface of silicon tetrachloride, an organic dichlorosilane, silicon tetrachloride a second time, a polysiloxane polyol, with intermediate hydrolyses where appropriate to provide reactive terminal silanol groups and a final capping reaction with an organic monochlorosilane. The packing as so prepared is further improved by coating with a conventional stationary phase.