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Clathrate Compounds in Chromatography

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PARTITION and adsorption chromatography can be successfully applied for separation of mixtures of substances which differ in type and number of functional groups, or for separation of members of a homologous series. Less success was attained in separation of isomers. We therefore sought for a process which would be selective as regards the shape and size rather than the chemical properties of molecules.

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KEMULA, W., SYBILSKA, D. Clathrate Compounds in Chromatography. Nature 185, 237–238 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185237b0

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