General
YMC created in 1988, yet still having fully up-to-date technology, a new bonded phase for the separation of basic pharmaceuticals and similar compounds by bringing together a support containing neutral silanol groups, which have minimal interactions with acidic and basic compounds, and a novel bonded phase consisting of monomerically bonded alkyl chains. The proprietary derivatisation procedure for YMCbasic allows YMC to produce a material with controlled surface coverage, which shows excellent lot-to-lot reproducibility as a result of closely monitoring both the production of the silica support and the bonding process.
The resulting YMCbasic material shows a different hydrophobicity compared with C8 or C18 phases as shown in the diagram. In addition, it also represents an interesting alternative to short chain selectivities.