Determination of organic acids in rice wine by ion-exclusion chromatography

An ion-exclusion chromatographic method for the simultaneous determination of organic acids in rice wine was developed. An IC-Pak Ion Exclusion column (300 mmx7. 8 mm, 7 mu m) was used at 50 degrees C. The mobile phases were H2SO4 (phase A) and acetonitrile (phase B) (98:2, v/v) at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min. The gradient elution program was as follows : 0-40 min, 0. 01 mol/L H2SO4 to 0. 02 mol/L H2SO4; 40-50 min, 0. 01 mol/L H2SO4. The injection volume was 10 mu L. The detection wavelength was set at 210 nm. The results showed that oxalic acid, maleic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, ascorbic acid, succinic acid, lactic, fumaric acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, isobutyric acid and butyric acid were completely separated and determined in 30 min. The linear correlation coefficients were above 0. 999 7 in the range of 0. 001-1.000 g/L. Under the optimized conditions, the recoveries of organic acids in rice wine were in the range of 93. 4%-103. 8% with the relative standard deviations (RSDs, n= 5) of 0. 1%-1.5%. This method is feasible, convenient, fast, accurate and applicable for the quantitative analysis of the organic acids in rice wine.