Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography (HIC) Media

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Introduction


HIC is a versatile technique and can show high selectivity to individual molecules according to their exposed hydrophobic zones. It is particularly useful for intermediate and final-stage purifications.

Butyl SepFast™, Phenyl SepFast™, and Octyl SepFast™ are hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) adsorbents with carbon chains of C4, C6 (benzene ring), and C8, respectively. They are specially designed for the purification of biological molecules based on their hydrophobicity profiles.

HIC media requires much milder purification conditions than reversed phase chromatography (RPC) media. Hence biological activity can be maintained in HIC separations unlike RPC operations.

HIC media normally binds at moderate to high salt concentrations. It is therefore logical to place a HIC step after an IEX step where molecules are usually eluted at high salt conditions.

SepFast™ HIC media offers a broad range of choices from C4 to C8. Generally speaking, the longer the carbon chain, the higher the surface hydrophobicity. 

Biotoolomics HIC media gives you:

  • High sample loading capacity
  • High separation power
  • Available at all pack sizes from analytical up to full manufacturing scale.
  • Chemically stable Agarose base matrix.
  • Can be produced in high and low ligand densities, alternate crosslinking levels and different bead sizes to optimise the media to the separation.
  • All versions can be scaled up and produced for GMP use
  • More choices than other suppliers.

The feature and selection guide is listed as follows:

4HF serial
(50µm - 150µm)		 6HF serial
(50µm - 150µm)		 Large Beads
(150µm - 350µm)		 HighRes
(25µm - 50µm)
The above HIC media is designed to purify most medium to large proteins The above HIC media is designed to purify peptides or smaller proteins The above HIC media is designed to purify proteins from crude or viscous samples The above HIC media is designed to purify proteins
that require high resolution

Characteristics of SepFast HIC Media

 
Ligand Butyl Phenyl Octyl
Matrix Highly cross-linked agarose; 4% agarose for SepFast 4HF, 6% agarose for SepFast 6HF
Functional
group		 -(CH2)3CH3 -C6H6 -(CH2)7CH3
Ligand
density		 Around 40 µmol/ml Around 25 µmol/ml;
Around 40 µmol/ml (high sub)		 Around 4 µmol/ml
Binding
capacity		 >20 mg lyzosyme / ml >20 mg BSA / ml >20 mg BSA / ml
Particle
size		 25 - 50 µm (HighRes), 50 - 150 µm (4HF and 6HF), 150 - 350 µm (Large Beads)
Pressure
-flow
property*		 >100 cm/h for HighRes; >300 cm/h for 4HF serials; >500 cm/h for 6HF serials; >1500 cm/h for Large Beads
Operational
pressure		 Up to 3 bar
pH
stability		 2-14 (short term) and 3-12 (long term)
Working
temperature		 4oC – 30oC
Chemical
stability		 All commonly used buffers; 1 M acetic acid, 1 M NaOH, 6M guanidine hydrochloride, 8 M urea, 30% acetonitrile, 30% isopropanol, 70% ethanol, 2 M (NH4)2SO4
Storage 20% ethanol

*Measured in a 32 mm ID column at a bed height of 15 cm.

Ordering information

 
HIC Selection Kit
Description Quantity Code no. Price GBP
HIC SepFast Selection Kit 7 x 1 ml column packed with Butyl 4HF, Butyl 6HF, Phenyl 4HF, Phenyl 6HF, Phenyl 6HF high sub, Octyl 4HF and Octyl 6HF, respectively 480000-7x1ML £183.75
SepFast Phenyl Products SepFast Octyl Products
Butyl Products
Description Quantity Code no. Price GBP
Butyl SepFast 4HF 25 ml 480101-25ML £99.67
  100 ml 480101-100ML £262.51
  1 Litre 480101-1L POR
Butyl SepFast 4HF prepacked column 5 x 1 ml 480101-5x1ML £135.45
  5 x 5 ml 480101-5x5ML £281.40
Butyl SepFast 6HF 25 ml 480301-25ML £99.67
  100 ml 480301-100ML £262.51
  1 Litre 480301-1L POR
Butyl SepFast 6HF prepacked column 5 x 1 ml 480301-5x1ML £135.45
  5 x 5 ml 480301-5x5ML £281.40
Butyl SepFast Large Beads 25 ml 480201-25ML £99.67
  100 ml 480201-100ML £262.51
  1 Litre 480201-1L POR
SepFast Butyl Products SepFast Octyl Products
Phenyl Products
Description Quantity Code no. Price GBP
Phenyl SepFast 4HF 25 ml 481001-25ML £99.67
  100 ml 481001-100ML £262.51
  1 Litre 481001-1L POR
Phenyl SepFast 4HF prepacked column 5 x 1 ml 481001-5x1ML £135.45
  5 x 5 ml 481001-5x5ML £281.40
Phenyl SepFast 6HF 25 ml 481201-25ML £99.67
  100 ml 481201-100ML £262.51
  1 Litre 481201-1L POR
Phenyl SepFast 6HF prepacked column 5 x 1 ml 481201-5x1ML £135.45
  5 x 5 ml 481201-5x5ML £281.40
Phenyl SepFast 6HF High sub 25 ml 481202-25ML £99.67
  100 ml 481202-100ML £262.51
  1 Litre 481202-1L POR
Phenyl SepFast 6HF High sub prepacked column 5 x 1 ml 481202-5x1ML £135.45
  5 x 5 ml 481202-5x5ML £281.40
Phenyl SepFast HighRes 25 ml 481101-25ML £120.75
  100 ml 481101-100ML £315.00
  1 Litre 481101-1L POR
Phenyl SepFast HighRes prepacked column 5 x 1 ml 481101-5x1ML £161.70
  5 x 5 ml 481101-5x5ML £308.70
Phenyl SepFast Large Beads 25 ml 481301-25ML £99.67
  100 ml 481301-100ML £262.51
  1 Litre 481301-1L POR
SepFast Butyl Products SepFast Phenyl Products
Octyl Products
Description Quantity Code no. Price GBP
Octyl SepFast 4HF 25 ml 481601-25ML £99.67
  100 ml 481601-100ML £262.51
  1 Litre 481601-1L POR
Octyl SepFast 4HF prepacked column 5 x 1 ml 481601-5x1ML £135.45
  5 x 5 ml 481601-5x5ML £281.40
Octyl SepFast 6HF 25 ml 481801-25ML £99.67
  100 ml 481801-100ML £262.51
  1 Litre 481801-1L POR
Octyl SepFast 6HF prepacked column 5 x 1 ml 481801-5x1ML £135.45
  5 x 5 ml 481801-5x5ML £281.40
Octyl SepFast Large Beads 25 ml 481701-25ML £99.67
  100 ml 481701-100ML £262.51
  1 Litre 481701-1L POR


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Note: HIC media with lower or higher ligand density can be custom-made to increase recovery or binding capacity. Please contact us for more information.

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