Thin-Layer Chromatography

Eike Reich Reich is Head of CAMAG Laboratory, Basel, Switzerland, dedicated to the development of thin-layer chromatography and its practical applications for solving a wide range of analytical tasks. He studied chemistry and obtained his PhD in natural product chemistry from Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. He then became Associate Professor of Chemistry at Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, USA. For eight years he taught organic and analytical chemistry with emphasis on chromatographic methods. Dr. Reich is a founding board member of the International Association for the Advancement of High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography, editor of Journal of Planar Chromatography and author or co-author of numerous articles and book chapters on thin layer chromatography. Tiên Do is working at CAMAG Laboratory as Scientific Customer Support. She studied chemistry at the University of Bordeaux, France and University of Bristol, UK. She obtained her Master and PhD degrees at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France.

Introduction

THE THEORY: IT DOES NOT WORK WITHOUT IT -
BUT WHAT DO I REALLY HAVE TO KNOW?
What's behind the Technical Terms?

IN PRACTICE: MANY ROADS LEAD TO ROME -
WHICH ONE SHOULD YOU TAKE?
Tools and Equipment
TLC or HPTLC?
Identification or Quantification?
Thinking Creatively or Just Following Procedures?
Standardization

REALITY CHECK -
HOW DO YOU FIND A SOLUTION?
How can Scientific Papers Help?
Adopting a Method or Developing One from Scratch?
How Much Validation is Necessary?

EXAMPLES -
GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFIC GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS
Typical tasks
Analytes