Room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([bmim][PF 6 ]) was employed as the stationary liquid in capillary column chromatography with supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO 2 ) as the mobile phase. Open tubular capillary columns were used to measure the retention factors of anisole, azulene, benzil, R-ionone, naphthalene, pyrene, and veratrole within 313-353 K and 8.1-23.2 MPa. The retention factors were converted to infinite-dilution solute partition coefficients in the [bmim][PF 6 ]-scCO 2 system. Analysis of the relative retention data by regular solution theory resulted in approximate values of the solubility parameter of CO 2 -expanded [bmim] [PF 6 ]. Open tubular supercritical fluid chromatography appears to provide a viable method for rapid acquisition of partitioning data on low-volatility solutes in biphasic RTIL-scCO 2 systems.