High-performance liquid chromatographic elution behaviour of alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, organic acids and carbohydrates on a strong cation-exchange stationary phase

The high-performance liquid chromatographic separation of alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and carbohydrates on a polystyrene-based strong cation-exchange resin is described. The column temperature was found to be a very important parameter for optimizing separations of these substances. The effect of different functional groups on the elution behaviour is discussed.