What are the limitations of RP-HPLC in chemical analysis?

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Reverse Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (RP-HPLC) is limited to analyzing compounds that are soluble in the mobile phase. Additionally, it cannot effectively analyze compounds that react with either the mobile phase or the stationary phase. These limitations restrict the range of compounds and mixtures that can be accurately assessed using this technique.

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As HPLC is such a common method in chemical analysis, I was just wondering what are the limitations to such a technique? What compounds/mixtures is it limited to analyzing?
 
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Well it certainly is limited to the analysis of compounds which are soluble in the mobile phase. It is limited to the analysis of compounds which are not reactive with the mobile phase or stationary phase as well.
 

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