Two-phase solvent systems Ratio(v/v) The final retention of stationary phase   K  
A B C D E
Chloroform-methanol-water 4:03:02 - 22.2 132.89 25.45 35.1 37.2
Chloroform-n-butanol-methanol-water 4:0.2:3:2 - 136.4 27.5 14.2 33.1 35.9
n-hexane-ethyl acetate-methanol-water 1:1:1:1 - - - - - -
Ethyl acetate-n-butanol-water 4:01:05 - 0.16 0.02 0.08 0.32 0.41
Ethyl acetate-n-butanol-methanol-water 4:1:0.5:6 - 0.21 0.04 0.14 0.41 0.53
Ethyl acetate-n-butanol-methanol-water 8:0.5:2:4 28% 0.28 0.1 0.19 0.55 0.72
Ethyl acetate-n-butanol-methanol-water 7:0.5:2:4 30% 0.32 0.14 0.24 0.84 1.03
Ethyl acetate-n-butanol-methanol-water 6:0.5:2:4 32% 0.4 0.21 0.54 1.03 1.52
Ethyl acetate-n-butanol-methanol-water 4:1:2:4 42% 0.49 0.98 1.23 1.58 1.97
Ethyl acetate-n-butanol-methanol-water 4:2:2:4 45% 0.53 1.15 1.74 1.98 2.35
Table 2: Comparison of CCC and preparative RP-HPLC.