Enantioseparation of phenothiazines in cyclodextrin-modified capillary zone electrophoresis using sulfated cyclodextrins as chiral selectors

In this study, enantioseparations of five phenothiazines, including promethazine, ethopropazine, trimeprazine, methotrimeprazine, and thioridazine, in CD-modified CZE using dual CD systems consisting of randomly sulfate-substituted CD (MI-S-beta-CD) and a neutral CD as chiral selectors in a citrate buffer (100 mM) at pH 3.0 were investigated. The results indicate that MI-S-beta-CD is an excellent chiral selector for enantioseparation of ethopropazine. The enantiomers of promethazine can also be baseline-resolved with MI-S-beta-CD at concentrations in the range of 0.5-1.0% w/v. On the other hand, thioridazine and trimeprazine interact strongly with neutral CDs. As a result, the enantioselectivity of these two phenothiazines is remarkably and synergistically enhanced with increasing the concentration of neutral CDs in the presence of MI-S-beta-CD and simultaneous enantioseparations of these phenothiazines, except for methotrimeprazine, could favorably be achieved with the use of dual CD systems. Moreover, by varying the concentration of beta-CD or gamma-CD at a fixed concentration of MI-S-beta-CD (0.75% w/v) reversal of the enantiomer migration order of promethazine occurred. This may be attributable to the opposite effects of charged and neutral CDs on the mobility of the enantiomers of promethazine.     

The separation of the enantiomers of diquats by capillary electrophoresis using randomly sulfated cyclodextrins as chiral selectors

Diquats, derivatives of the widely used herbicide diquat, represent a new class of functional organic molecules. A combination of their special electrochemical properties and axial chirality could potentially result in their important applications in supramolecular chemistry, chiral catalysis, and chiral analysis. However, prior to their practical applications, the diquats have to be prepared in enantiomerically pure forms and the enantiomeric purity of their P- and M-isomers has to be checked. Hence, a chiral capillary electrophoresis (CE) method has been developed and applied for separation of P- and M-enantiomers of 11 new diquats. Fast and better than baseline CE separations of enantiomers of all 11 diquats within a short time 5–7 min were achieved using acidic buffer, 22 mM NaOH, 35 mM H₃PO₄, pH 2.5, as a background electrolyte, and 6 mM randomly sulfated α-, β-, and γ-cyclodextrins as chiral selectors. The most successful selector was sulfated γ-cyclodextrin, which baseline separated the enantiomers of all 11 diquats, followed by sulfated β-cyclodextrin and sulfated α-cyclodextrin, which baseline separated enantiomers of 10 and nine diquats, respectively. Using this method, a high enantiopurity degree of the isolated P- and M-enantiomers of three diquats with a defined absolute configuration was confirmed and their migration order was identified.     

Chiral separation and determination of the optical purity of thiamphenicol-related chiral compound by capillary zone electrophoresis with cyclodextrins as chiral selectors

Summary One classical method for quantitation of amino acids in proteins is hydrolysis of the proteins and determination of the free amino acids. Although the drastic experimental conditions necessary for complete hydrolysis always cause degradation of some of the amino acids, if mild hydrolysis conditions are used, a mixture of amino acids and oligopeptides is obtained. If these conditions are adequately tuned, the oligopeptides are almost exclusively dipeptides. For this reason we have initiated a study to find a derivatizing agent suitable for the analysis of amino acids and dipeptides by an absolute method of quantitation already tested for amino acids. FMOC-Cl was found to be a suitable derivatizing agent for this purpose.     

Rapid screening for chiral separations by short-end injection capillary electrophoresis using highly sulfated cyclodextrins as chiral selectors

Two series of amino acid derivatives and phenylamines were used to evaluate the potential of highly sulfated cyclodextrins (HS-CDs) for the screening for chiral separations by capillary electrophoresis (CE). HS-CDs showed to be very versatile and to exhibit very high enantioselectivity. The use of short-end injection allowed to reduce dramatically the analysis time. From the results obtained, a scheme for the rapid screening of enantiomeric molecules was developed and applied to various chiral drugs. Results are very satisfying as almost all compounds (62 out of 67) could be baseline-resolved. Usually, less than three experiments were necessary to obtain very good separation.     

Chiral separation of newly synthesized arylpropionic acids by capillary electrophoresis using cyclodextrins or a glycopeptide antibiotic as chiral selectors

Summary The chiral separation of two newly synthesized arylpropionic acids of pharmaceutical interest, namely 2-[(5′-benzoil-2′-hydroxy)phenyl]-propionic acid (DF-1738y) and 2-[(4′-benzoiloxy-2′-hydroxy)phenyl]-propionic acid (DF-1770y), was performed by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis (CZE) using either cyclodextrins or antibiotics as chiral selectors in coated capillary. In order to optimize the separation, the effect on the migration time and resolution of type and concentration of the chiral selector, the buffer pH and the capillary temperature were studied. Several cyclodextrins, namely the charged 6^A-monomethylamino-β-cyclodextrin (MeNH-β-CD) and the neutral methyl-β-cyclodextrins (M-β-CD) and heptakis-2,3,6-tri-O-methyl-β-cyclodextrin (TM-β-CD), were tested for the enantiomeric separation of aryl propionic acids (APAs) compounds. Of these TM-β-CD provided the highest enantiomeric resolution at pH 5, however only DF-1738y optical isomers were baseline resolved. Using background electrolytes (BGEs) at higher pHs (pH=6–7) supported with the above listed CDs, an enantioresolution increase was recognized only for compound DF-1738y. In contrast DF-1770y exhibited the highest resolution at the lowest pH value studied (pH 4). The macrocyclic antibiotic vancomycin was therefore added to the BGE and tested as chiral selector using the partial filling counter current mode in order to obtain a sensitive analysis, high resolution and reduced antibiotic adsorption on the capillary wall. 5 mM vancomycin dissolved in the BGE at pH 5 and 25°C provided relatively high enantiomeric resolution (R _DF-1738y=3.4,R _DF-1770y=2.22) of both compounds.     

Enantiomeric separation of glycyl dipeptides by capillary electrophoresis with cyclodextrins as chiral selectors

Uncharged cyclodextrins were tested as chiral selectors for the enantiomeric separation of 13 glycyl dipeptides with capillary electrophoresis. Initial experiments were performed on 10 mmol/L of a cyclodextrin in 0.1 mol/L phosphoric acid -0.088 mol/L triethanolamine. Some of the resolved dipeptides were nonaromatic, which is noteworthy since, to our knowledge, no examples of the separation of small, nonaromatic molecules have been published. Mobility difference plots for Gly-DL-Leu and Gly-DL-Phe with heptakis(2,6-di-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin showed relatively flat profiles in a large concentration range, which is an advantage for the development of robust quantitative analytical methods. The use of a background electrolyte (BGE) solution with pH 3.0 gave irreproducible results for two of the dipeptides, the acidic Gly-DL-Asp and Gly-DL-Glu; this pH is not advisable for the development of robust methods for these two peptides. The need for purer chiral selectors was demonstrated by comparing different batches of heptakis(2,6-di-Omethyl)-beta-cyclodextrin from the same supplier. A BGE consisting of malonic acid and triethanolamine was introduced to give better buffer capacity than the original BGE at pH 3.0.     

Enantioselective determination by capillary electrophoresis with cyclodextrins as chiral selectors

This review surveys the separation of enantiomers by capillary electrophoresis using cyclodextrins as chiral selector. Cyclodextrins or their derivatives have been widely employed for the direct chiral resolution of a wide number of enantiomers, mainly of pharmaceutical interest, selected examples are reported in the tables. For method optimisation, several parameters influencing the enantioresolution, e.g., cyclodextrin type and concentration, buffer pH and composition, presence of organic solvents or complexing additives in the buffer were considered and discussed. Finally, selected applications to real samples such as pharmaceutical formulations, biological and medical samples are also discussed.     

Enantiomeric separation of alanyl and leucyl dipeptides by capillary electrophoresis with cyclodextrins as chiral selectors

Eight neutral cyclodextrins were tested for the enantiomeric separation of alanyl and leucyl dipeptides by capillary electrophoresis at pH 3, and seven out of the eight cyclodextrins proved suitable for the separation of one or more of the dipeptide enantiomer pairs. The best results were obtained with heptakis(2,6-di-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin. The dipeptides that were separated were mainly the aromatic and the more lipophilic aliphatic dipeptides. Mobility difference plots at pH 3.0 with malonic acid-triethanolamine as background electrolyte showed that the aromatic dipeptides had higher affinities for the cyclodextrin than the nonpolar, aliphatic dipeptides. The results suggested that, under the conditions applied, the C-terminal amino acid rather than the N-terminal one is involved in the chiral discrimination.     

Chiral separation of lobeline analogs using high performance capillary electrophoresis and derivatized cyclodextrins as chiral additives

High performance capillary electrophoresis (HPCE) methods are described that will separate the enantiomers of various lobeline analogs synthesized in these laboratories. "Cyclodextrin array analysis" was used for preliminary screening and electrophoresis conditions were optimized for each investigated analog. The lobeline analogs under consideration were investigated as potential nicotinic agonists for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. Native alpha (alpha)-, beta (beta)-, and gamma (gamma)-cyclodextrins, methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (M-beta-CD), heptakis-(2,6-di-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin (DM-beta-CD), and heptakis-(2,3,6-tri-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin (TM-beta-CD), hydroxypropyl-alpha-cyclodextrin (HP-alpha-CD), hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (HP-beta-CD) and hydroxypropl-gamma-cyclodextrin (HP-gamma-CD) were used as run buffer additives and their effect on the enantiomeric resolution of the lobeline analogs was investigated. The effect of pH, buffer concentration, voltage, temperature and organic modifier concentration on the enantiomeric resolution of the lobeline analogs was investigated. The most suitable conditions for each compound were chosen and, with detection at a wavelength of 200 nm, optimized.     

Enantiomer separation of drugs by capillary electrophoresis using proteins as chiral selectors

The separation of drug enantiomers using proteins as the chiral selectors in capillary electrophoresis (CE) is considered in this review. The proteins used include albumins such as bovine serum albumin, human serum albumin and serum albumins from other species, glycoproteins such as alpha1-acid glycoprotein, crude ovomucoid, ovoglycoprotein, avidin and riboflavin binding protein, enzymes such as fungal cellulase, cellobiohydrolase I, pepsin and lysozyme and other proteins such as casein, human serum transferrin and ovotransferrin. Protein-based CE is carried out in two modes: in one proteins are immobilized or adsorbed within the capillary, or protein-immobilized silica gels are packed into the capillary (affinity capillary electrochromatography mode), and in the other proteins are dissolved in the running buffer (affinity CE mode). Furthermore, the advantages and limitations of the two modes and the factors affecting the chiral separations of various drugs by protein-based CE are discussed.     

Strategies for enantioseparations of catecholamines and structurally related compounds by capillary zone electrophoresis using sulfated beta-cyclodextrins as chiral selectors

Strategies for simultaneous enantioseparations of three catecholamines (DL-norepinephrine, DL-epinephrine, and DL-isoproterenol) and three structurally related compounds (DL-octopamine, DL-synephrine, and DL-norephedrine) by CZE using sulfated beta-CDs as chiral selectors were investigated. Four different separation modes were attempted: (I) using randomly sulfate-substituted beta-CD (MI-S-beta-CD) at relatively low concentrations in a high-concentration phosphate buffer at low pH in the normal polarity mode, (II) using MI-S-beta-CD at high concentrations at low pH in the reversed polarity mode, (III) using MI-S-beta-CD at moderately high concentrations in a phosphate buffer at neutral pH in the normal polarity mode, and (IV) using the single isomer heptakis(2,3-dihydroxy-6-O-sulfo)-beta-CD (SI-S-beta-CD) at low to moderately high concentrations in a high-concentration BGE at low pH in the normal polarity mode. Among them, enantioseparation of these cationic solutes was best achieved under the conditions of mode (II). In mode (II) and mode (III), temperature is an important factor affecting the enantioresolution of norepinephrine. In mode (I) and mode (IV), the use of a high-concentration BGE (150-200 mM) is crucial for effective enantioseparation of these cationic solutes with sulfated beta-CDs. Comparative studies of enantioseparations of these cationic solutes with MI-S-beta-CD and SI-S-beta-CD reveal that the sulfate substituents of MI-S-beta-CD located at the C(2)- position interact strongly with the diol moiety of catecholamines.     

Enantioseparation of novel psychoactive chiral amines and their mixture by capillary electrophoresis using cyclodextrins as chiral selectors

The prevalence of new psychoactive substances (NPS) has been increasing during the last decade as well as their constant growth of availability across the whole world. Regardless of the potential health hazard, NPS (often racemic compounds) are frequently sought after and abused for their psychoactive effects that may differ for individual enantiomers. In this work, capillary electrophoresis was used for the chiral separation of a mixture of eleven psychoactive chiral amines using β-cyclodextrin and carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin as chiral selectors at various concentrations. Chiral separation was successful for all the analytes studied. A mixture of these analytes was subsequently analyzed under optimal conditions, i.e., when using 20 mmol/L carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin in 50 mmol/L sodium phosphate buffer, pH 2.5. In this case, chiral separation occurred in nine out of eleven analytes. To our best knowledge, we achieved enantioseparations of seven analyzed compounds by CE for the first time.     

Enantiomeric and isomeric separation of herbicides using cyclodextrin-modified capillary zone electrophoresis

Cyclodextrin-modified capillary zone electrophoresis (CD-CZE) was applied successfully to the enantiomeric and isomeric separation of three herbicides (imazaquin, diclofop and imazamethabenz). Commercially available cyclodextrins were evaluated for separation of the enantiomers and isomers of the three herbicides having varied molecular structures. The enantiomers of imazaquin and diclofop, and the isomers of imazamethabenz could be resolved with a resolution of ≥1.5. The resolution was found to depend on pH of the run buffer, cyclodextrin type and cyclodextrin concentration. By employing mixed cyclodextrins in the running buffer, the three herbicides were simultaneously separated in a single run. In addition, rapid (less than 3 min) enantiomeric separation is demonstrated using imazaquin as a model herbicide. The reported capillary electrophoresis (CE) methods are simple, rapid, efficient and reproducible and our results demonstrate that CE provides a powerful analytical tool for enantiomeric and isomeric separation of herbicides.     

A comparison of phosphated and sulfated beta-cyclodextrins as chiral selectors for capillary electrophoresis

The enantioseparation capabilities of three different functionalized beta-cyclodextrins, two sulfated beta-cyclodextrins with 4 and 15 nominal degrees of substitution and a phosphated beta-cyclodextrin with 8 degrees of substitution, were compared. While anodic detection was used with both sulfated cyclodextrins, the phosphated cyclodextrin required cathodic detection suggesting either lower ionization of the phosphated cyclodextrin or generally lower affinity of the analytes for the phosphated cyclodextrin. The effects of several experimental parameters were evaluated with respect to enantioseparation. The degrees of substitution of the cyclodextrin, pH of the background electrolyte as well as the concentration of the functionalized beta-cyclodextrin, each had a significant influence on the successful enantiomeric separation of the chiral drugs investigated.     

Enantioseparation of chiral thiobarbiturates using cyclodextrin-modified capillary electrophoresis

The racemates of several chiral thiobarbiturates were separated by using different cyclodextrins in capillary electrophoresis (CE). Six neutral and negatively charged cyclodextrins 1 (CDs) were employed as chiral separators whereof five led to successful separation of enantiomeric thiobarbiturate pairs. The CDs used were the native alpha-CD, beta-CD, gamma-CD, and heptakis-(2,6-di-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin (HDM) as well as heptakis-(2,3-di-O-methyl-6-sulfato)-beta-cyclodextrin (HDMS) and heptakis-(2,3-di-O-acetyl-6-sulfato)-beta-CD (HDAS). Five of the six chiral thiobarbiturates studied could be resolved at a basic pH value of 9.4 and a phosphate buffer concentration of 100 mM in a fused-silica capillary. Structurally related substances showed a similar behavior in separation: 1 and 2 bearing the center of chirality in the side chain at C5 can be best separated using gamma-CD, the N-alkyl-substituted compounds 3 and 4 as well as the N/S-dialkyl-substituted compound 5 could be resolved with HDM. Using the neutral CDs, the migration times were relatively small (< 11 min). 3 and 4 could be also resolved by means of the negatively charged HDMS. In the latter case, the migration time is twice as long as with HDM.     

Comparing cyclodextrin derivatives as chiral selectors for enantiomeric separation in capillary electrophoresis

A total of 26 different cyclodextrin (CD) derivatives with different functional groups and degrees of substitution were tested against 35 basic pharmaceutical compounds in an effort to investigate their effectiveness as chiral selectors for enantiomeric separation in capillary electrophoresis (CE). Testing was performed under the same conditions using a low pH buffer (25 mM phosphate buffer at pH approximately 2.5). Five CD derivatives, namely, highly sulfated-beta-CD, highly sulfated-beta-CD, hydroxypropyl-beta-CD (degree of substitution approximately 1), heptakis-(2,6-O-dimethyl)-beta-CD, and heptakis(2,3,6-O-trimethyl)-beta-CD were identified to be most effective for enantiomeric separations and have a wide range of enantiomeric selectivity towards the model compounds. Over 90% of the model compounds were enantiomerically resolved with the five identified CD derivatives, at a minimum resolution of 0.5. An additional 20 compounds were also tested to demonstrate the validity of the identified CD derivatives. The five CD derivatives were recommended as the starting chiral selectors in developing enantiomeric separation methods by CE.     

Chiral separation of cathinone derivatives used as recreational drugs by cyclodextrin-modified capillary electrophoresis

In recent years, cathinone derivatives have entered the global drug market and caused serious social problems in many European countries. Modification of the basic structure of cathinone leads to a multitude of derivatives, including the most popular representative mephedrone. All those substances contain a stereogenic center and therefore two isoforms exist. As it is the case with many chiral active pharmaceutical ingredients, even the pharmacological effect of the enantiomers of those psychoactive compounds may differ. During this research, an easy-to-prepare chiral capillary zone electrophoresis method for the enantioseparation of a set of 19 cathinone derivatives was developed. Testing different types of cyclodextrin (CD), including native-β-CD, carboxymethyl-β-CD, 2-hydroxypropyl-β-CD, sulfated-β-CD, and native γ-CD, best results were obtained with the negatively charged sulfated-β-CD. The effect of the CD concentration, the temperature, and the addition of ACN to the BGE on the enantioseparation is shown by three model compounds. Under optimal conditions, using 20 mg/mL sulfated-β-CD in 50 mM ammonium acetate buffer pH?= 4.5 containing 10% v/v ACN at a cassette temperature of 40°C and with an applied voltage of 20 kV, all derivatives except methedrone were resolved in their enantiomers within 20 min.     

New derivatives of cyclodextrins as chiral selectors for the capillary electrophoretic separation of dichlorprop enantiomers

-, β- and γ-cyclodextrins (CDs), as well as some of their chemical derivatives, have been tested as chiral resolving agents for the capillary zone electrophoretic resolution of the racemic herbicide dichlorprop, (±)-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propionic acid, of which only the (+)-isomer is herbicidally active. The complexation constants of the herbicide enantiomers with the cyclodextrin host molecules have been calculated from the electrophoretic migration time data at variable cyclodextrin concentration. The experimental results showed that several of the investigated CDs allowed dichlorprop enantiomer resolution. In particular, a newly synthesised ethylcarbonate derivative of β-CD showed the best enantiomer resolution properties among the tested compounds, while the remaining ones showed inferior or no performances at all. The calculated inclusion constants allowed identification of the best conditions for enantioresolution, and an explanation of the different complexation properties of the investigated compounds has been proposed on the basis of molecular modeling.