Liquid chromatographic separation and thermodynamic investigation of stereoisomers of darunavir on Chiralpak AD‐Hcolumn

Liquid chromatographic separation of stereoisomers of darunavir on Chiralpak AD‐H, a column containing the stationary phase coated with amylose tris(3,5‐dimethylphenylcarbamate) as a chiral selector, was studied under normal‐phase conditions at different temperatures between 20 and 50°C. The effect of quality and quantity of different polar organic modifiers viz: methanol, ethanol, 1‐propanol, and 2‐propanol in the mobile phase as well as column temperature on retention, separation, and resolution was investigated and optimized. The optimum separation was accomplished using a mobile phase composed of n‐hexane/ethanol/diethyl amine (80:20:0.1 v/v/v) at 40°C. Apparent thermodynamic parameters ΔH⁰ and ΔS* were derived from the Van't Hoff plots (lnk′ versus 1/T) and used to explain the strength of interactions between the stereoisomers and amylose tris(3,5‐dimethylphenylcarbamate) coated chiral stationary phase.     

Chiral separation of helical chromenes with chloromethyl phenylcarbamate polysaccharide‐based stationary phases

Two chloromethyl phenylcarbamate‐based chiral stationary phases, one containing an amylose‐type chiral selector (Lux Amylose 2, from Phenomenex) and the other a cellulose‐type one (Lux Cellulose‐4, from Phenomenex), were successfully used for the chiral resolution of three helical chromenes featuring a helicene‐like structure. The compound bearing a phenyl substituent on the helicene‐like structure was enantioresolved at 25°C with Lux Cellulose‐4 and a n‐hexane/1‐propanol 99:1 v/v eluent. With a n‐hexane/2‐propanol 99.8:0.2 v/v mobile phase, the same column (operated at 35°C) provided the separation of the four isomers of the compound having a hexyl residue on the helicene‐like motif and an additional asymmetric carbon. Lux Amylose‐2 was necessary for the enantioseparation of the compound having the sole hexyl residue on the helical scaffold. For the last compound a n‐hexane/2‐propanol 99.8:0.2 v/v eluent was used, and the column temperature was fixed at 5°C. The enantiomer elution order was appraised by using electronic circular dichroism and theoretical calculations. Notably, different thermodynamics of retention and enantioseparation were observed for molecules with pronounced structural similarity, that is, the enantiomer pairs of the compound containing the additional asymmetric carbon atom. Indeed, both entropically and enthalpically controlled adsorption and separation processes were observed.     

Enantioseparation and thermodynamic study of naphthalene derivatives,new melatoninergic agonists,on coated amylose [tris(S)‐1‐phenylethylcarbamate] stationary phase. Transposition to preparative scale

This work reports a high‐performance liquid chromatography normal‐phase methodology to elucidate enantiomers of naphthalene derivatives, evaluated as melatoninergic agonists. For this purpose four different polysaccharide based chiral stationary phases were evaluated, namely Chiralcel OD‐H (cellulose tris‐3,5‐dimethylphenylcarbamate), Chiralcel OJ (cellulose tris‐methylbenzoate), Chiralpak AD (amylose tris‐3,5‐dimethylphenylcarbamate) and Chiralpak AS (amylose tris‐(S)‐1‐phenylethylcarbamate) with different alcoholic modifiers on different amounts in n‐heptane. A temperature study was carried out, between 20 and 40 °C and the apparent thermodynamic parameters were calculated thanks to the Van't Hoff linearization. For all compounds (except 3), ΔΔH° and ΔΔS° exhibited positive values ranging from 791.2 to 9999.3 J/mol and from 3.9 to 37.8 J/K/mol respectively, indicating entropically driven separations. Optimized conditions led to goof resolution of 2.37 for compound 1 on Chiralpak AS, with heptane–2‐propanol 90:10 (v/v), at a temperature of 30 °C. Then they were transposed to the preparative scale for compound 1, generating 22 mg of each enantiomer with an 80% yield. The limits of detection and of quantification were determined to allow the calculation of the enantiomeric excess. They were found with very low values, equal to 0.32 and 1.05 µ m and 0.33 and 1.11 µ m, respectively, for peaks 1 and 2 of compound 1. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Comparative studies of immobilized chiral stationary phases based on polysaccharide derivatives for enantiomeric separation of 15 azole compounds

Immobilized polysaccharide‐based columns showed excellent enantioselectivity in normal phase separation mode. In this work, enantioseparation abilities of four immobilized polysaccharide‐derived chiral stationary phases (Chiralpak IA, Chiralpak IB, Chiralpak IC, and Chiralpak ID) toward 15 azole compounds were evaluated. Separation was carried out using n‐hexane as mobile phase with ethanol, 1‐propanol, 1‐butanol, and 2‐propanol as modifiers. And twelve compounds have achieved baseline separation with the resolutions ranging between 2.05 and 21.73. The enantioseparation on the four polysaccharide‐based chiral columns using different alcohol modifiers was compared. In general, the best separation performance was identified as Chiralpak IC, which was able to resolve 11 compounds to baseline and two partially under the screening conditions. Separation on Chiralpak IB was not satisfactory, because only four compounds were baseline separated.     

Temperature effects on a doubly tethered diproline chiral stationary phase: Hold‐up volume,enantioselectivity and robustness

Effect of temperature on hold‐up volume, enantioselectivity and robustness of a novel doubly tethered diproline chiral stationary phase (CSP1) was studied. In‐column end‐capping of residual silanol was utilized as a tool to exhibit in situ change of CSP1. The hold‐up volume marker, 1,3,5‐tri‐tert‐butylbenzene, was observed to be weakly retained (<1 s ) on a 5 cm×4.6 mm chiral column, and its retention time was changed with the carrier solvent and column temperature. The apparent thermodynamic parameters of 1,3,5‐tri‐tert‐butylbenzene indicated an enthalpy‐driven retention process with the hexane/isopropanol mobile phase, while an entropy‐driven process with the hexane/methyl tert‐butyl ether mobile phase. The ΔΔH and ΔΔS values of chiral separation for the four probes including 1,1′‐bi‐2‐naphthol and warfarin were negative on CSP1. Nonlinear van't Hoff plots were observed for some analytes before and after the end‐capping treatment. Depending on compound, end‐capping strengthened or weakened the enantioseparation. Moreover, the enantioselectivity of CSP1 was shown to be robust by testing with heating–cooling cycles and step‐temperature programs.     

Enantiomeric analysis of simendan on polysaccharide‐based stationary phases by polar organic solvent chromatography

Herein, the enantiomeric separation of simendan by high‐performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection using polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phases in polar organic mode is described. Three chiral columns (Chiralpak AD‐H, Chiralcel OD‐H, and Chiralpak AS) were screened using pure methanol and acetonitrile without additives under isocratic conditions. A reversed elution order was observed on the Chiralpak AD‐H column when the methanol content in the mobile phase (methanol–acetonitrile mixtures) was above 10%, whereby levosimendan eluted prior to dextrosimendan. Further, it was found that increasing temperature effectively improved the enantioresolution on the Chiralpak AD‐H column. Van't Hoff analysis was performed to evaluate the contribution of enthalpy and entropy to the chiral discrimination process. The best enantioseparation (α = 3.00, Rs = 12.85) was obtained on the Chiralpak AD‐H column with methanol as the mobile phase at 40°C. Thus, a quantitative method for the resolution of dextrosimendan was established and validated, which could be used as a reference for the determination of dextrosimendan in levosimendan products.     

Enantioseparation tuned by solvent polarity on a β‐cyclodextrin clicked chiral stationary phase

The efficient enantioseparation of 26 racemates has been achieved with the perphenylcarbamoylated cyclodextrin clicked chiral stationary phase by screening the optimum composition of mobile phase in high‐performance liquid chromatography. The chromatographic results indicate that both the retention and chiral resolution of racemates are closely related to the polarity of the mobile phases and the structures of analytes. The addition of alcohols can significantly tune the enantioseparation in normal‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatography. The addition of methanol and the ratio of ethanol/methanol or isopropanol/methanol played a key role on the resolution of flavonoids in ternary eluent systems. The chiral separation of flavonoids with pure organic solvent as mobile phase indicates the preferential order for chiral resolution is methanol>ethanol>isopropanol>n‐propanol>acetonitrile.     

Chiral determination of a novel acaricide cyflumetofen enantiomers in cucumber,tomato, and apple by HPLC

A simple chiral analytical method was developed for the enantiomeric determination of cyflumetofen in cucumber, tomato, and apple by normal‐phase HPLC. The effects of mobile phase composition and column temperature on the enantioseparation were evaluated. Excellent separation was achieved at 25°C on a Chiralpak AD‐H column, with a mixture of n‐hexane and 2‐propanol (95:5, v/v) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min detecting at 234 nm. The resolution of cyflumetofen enantiomers was up to 5.5. The elution order of the enantiomers was determined by an online OR‐2090 detector, which was performed under the same chromatographic conditions. The first eluted enantiomer was (–)‐cyflumetofen and the second eluted one was (+)‐cyflumetofen. The method was validated for linearity, repeatability, accuracy, LOD, and LOQ. LOD ranged from 0.1 to 0.15 mg/kg, with the LOD varying from 0.33 to 0.5 mg/kg for each enantiomer, respectively. The average recoveries of the pesticide ranged from 71.4 to 102.0% at all fortification levels. The precision values associated with the analytical method, expressed as RSD values, were below 14.8% in all matrices. The method was then successfully applied to detect cyflumetofen enantiomers in real samples.     

High‐performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of fluorinated cyclic β3‐amino acid derivatives on polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phases. Comparison with nonfluorinated counterparts

The stereoisomers of five fluorinated cyclic β³‐amino acid derivatives and their nonfluorinated counterparts were separated on chiral stationary phases containing as chiral selectors cellulose tris‐(3,5‐dimethylphenyl carbamate), cellulose tris‐(3‐chloro‐4‐methylphenyl carbamate), cellulose tris‐(4‐methylbenzoate), cellulose tris‐(4‐chloro‐3‐methylphenyl carbamate), amylose tris‐(3,5‐dimethylphenyl carbamate) or amylose tris‐(5‐chloro‐2‐methylphenyl carbamate). The enantioseparations were carried out in normal‐phase mode with n‐hexane/alcohol/alkylamine mobile phases in the temperature range 5–40 °C. The effects of the mobile phase composition, the nature and concentration of the alcohol and alkylamine additives, the structures of the analytes and temperature on the separations were investigated. Thermodynamic parameters were calculated from plots of ln α vs. 1/T. The Δ(ΔH°) values ranged between ?5.0 and +1.6 kJ/mol, while Δ(ΔS°) varied between ?12.6 and +5.7 J/mol/K. The enantioseparation was enthalpically controlled, the retention factor and the separation factor decreasing with increasing temperature, but entropically controlled separation was also observed. The elution sequence was determined for all of the investigated analytes. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Study of Separation and Thermodynamics of Adsorption of the Enantiomers of Ethofumasate on a Modified Cellulose

Abstract

Cellulose and cellulose derivatives are biopolymers that are often used as stationary phases for the separation of enantiomers. Describing the mechanism of such separations is a difficult task due to the complexity of these phases. In the present study, direct enantiomeric resolution of ethofumesate has been achieved, using hexane as the mobile phase with various alcoholic modifiers on cellulose tri(3,5‐dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phase (CDMPC CSP). The influence of the mobile phase composition and the column temperature on the chiral separation was studied. It was found that at a constant temperature and within a certain range of alcohol modifier concentration, the conformation of the polymeric phase, and the selective adsorption sites were not affected by alcohol modifier concentration. The type and the concentration of the alcoholic modifiers influenced the retention factor and the separation factor. Ethofumesate gained the best enantioseparation using sec‐butanol as alcoholic modifier at 25°C with α‐value 1.70. And the separation factor decreased with the increase of the column temperature. The van't Hoff plots were linear (R ²>0.96) for ethofumesate from 25°C to 50°C. That showed the enantioselective interactions do not change over the temperature range studied. Furthermore the values of ΔH° and ΔS° were both negative, which indicated an enthalpy‐driven separation. And the possible chiral recognition mechanism of the analyte and CDMPC was discussed. It was found that hydrogen bonding plays an important role on enantioseparation of CDMPC CSP. The inclusion and fitness of solute shape in the chiral cavity significantly contributed to the enantioseparation of solute.     

Enantiomeric separation of indoxacarb on an amylose‐based chiral stationary phase and its application in study of indoxacarb degradation in water

Direct semipreparative enantioseparation of indoxacarb was performed on a semipreparative Chiralpak IA column using normal‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with n‐hexane–isopropanol–ethyl acetate (70:20:10) mixture as mobile phase. Degradation of indoxacarb (2.33S + 1R) and its two enantiopure isoforms in three aqueous buffer solutions and four water samples collected from natural water sources was then elucidated by HPLC analysis on Chiralpak IA column. Degradation of all three indoxacarbs complied with first‐order kinetics and demonstrated linearity with regression coefficients R² > 0.88. Indoxacarb (2.33S + 1R) underwent enantioselective degradation in river water, rain water, and buffer solution of pH 7.0. Enantiopure S‐(+)‐indoxacarb and R‐(?)‐indoxacarb were both found to be configurationally stable in water. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Chiral separation of brompheniramine enantiomers by recycling high‐speed countercurrent chromatography using carboxymethyl‐β‐cyclodextrin as a chiral selector

A recycling high‐speed countercurrent chromatography protocol was proposed for the enantioseparation of brompheniramine by employing β‐cyclodextrin derivatives as a chiral selector. The two‐phase solvent system of n‐hexane/isobutyl acetate/0.10 mol/L phosphate buffer solution with a volume ratio of 2:4:6 was selected by a series of extraction experiments. Factors that affected the distribution of the enantiomers over the two‐phase system (e.g., the type and concentration of β‐cyclodextrin derivatives = pH value of the aqueous solution, and the separation temperature) were also investigated. In addition, the theory of thermodynamics is applied to verify the feasibility of the enantioseparation process and the corresponding results demonstrate that this separation process is feasible. The optimized conditions include carboxymethyl‐β‐cyclodextrin concentration of 0.010 mol/L, pH of 7.5, and temperature of 5°C. Under the optimal conditions, the purities of both monomer molecules were over 99%, and the recovery yields were 88% for (+)‐brompheniramine and 85% for (–)‐brompheniramine, respectively.     

Enantioseparation of five racemic N-alkyl drugs by reverse phase HPLC using sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin as a chiral mobile phase additive

Analytical enantioseparations of five N-alkyl drugs, fluoxetine hydrochloride, labetalol, venlafaxine hydrochloride, trans-paroxol, and atropine sulfate, were investigated by reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography with sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin as chiral mobile phase additive. Effects of various factors such as composition of mobile phase, concentration of cyclodextrins, and column temperature on retention and enantioselectivity were studied. Apparent formation constant between methanol, acetonitrile, and sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin were determined to be 2.90 × 10⁻³ and 1.00 × 10⁻⁴ L mmol⁻¹ under 25°C using UV-spectrophotometry. Van't Hoff plots were used to investigate thermodynamic parameters for enantiomers–stationary phase interaction and formation of inclusion complex. Two retention models were employed individually for evaluation of inclusion complexation between five racemates and sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin. The second model with complex adsorption was more accord with the retention behavior of fluoxetine hydrochloride, labetalol, and venlafaxine hydrochloride enantiomers, while the first model was more consistent with the retention behaviors of trans-paroxol and atropine sulfate. In the selected mobile phase, stoichiometric ratio for both of inclusion complex was found to be 1:1.     

High‐performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of isoxazoline‐fused 2‐aminocyclopentanecarboxylic acids on a chiral ligand‐exchange stationary phase

The application of a chiral ligand‐exchange column for the direct high‐performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of unusual β‐amino acids with a sodium N‐((R)‐2‐hydroxy‐1‐phenylethyl)‐N‐undecylaminoacetate‐Cu(II) complex as chiral selector is reported. The investigated amino acids were isoxazoline‐fused 2‐aminocyclopentanecarboxylic acid analogs. The chromatographic conditions were varied to achieve optimal separation. The effects of temperature were studied at constant mobile phase compositions in the temperature range 5–45°C, and thermodynamic parameters were calculated from plots of lnk or lnα versus 1/T. Δ(ΔH°) ranged from –2.3 to 2.2 kJ/mol, Δ(ΔS°) from –3.0 to 7.8 J mol^?1 K^?1 and –Δ(ΔG°) from 0.1 to 1.7 kJ/mol, and both enthalpy‐ and entropy‐controlled enantioseparations were observed. The latter was advantageous with regard to the shorter retention and greater selectivity at high temperature. Some mechanistic aspects of the chiral recognition process are discussed with respect to the structures of the analytes. The sequence of elution of the enantiomers was determined in all cases.     

Optimization of the LC enantioseparation of chiral pharmaceuticals using cellulose tris(4‐chloro‐3‐methylphenylcarbamate) as chiral selector and polar non‐aqueous mobile phases

The resolving power of a new commercial polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phase, Sepapak‐4, with cellulose tris(4‐chloro‐3‐methylphenylcarbamate) coated on silica microparticles as chiral selector, was evaluated toward the enantioseparation of ten basic drugs with widely different structures and hydrophobic properties, using ACN as the main component of the mobile phase. A multivariate approach (experimental design) was used to screen the factors (temperature, n‐hexane content, acidic and basic additives) likely to influence enantioresolution. Then, the optimization was performed using a face‐centered central composite design. Complete enantioseparation could be obtained for almost all tested chiral compounds, demonstrating the high chiral discrimination ability of this chiral stationary phase using polar organic mobile phases made up of ACN and containing an acidic additive (TFA or formic acid), 0.1% diethylamine and n‐hexane. These results clearly illustrate the key role of the nature of the acidic additive in the mobile phase.     

Chiral Separation of Tenatoprazole and Several Related Benzimidazoles by Normal Phase LC Using Amylose-Based Stationary Phase

Simple and efficient analytical LC methods using amylose-based stationary phase Chiralpak AS-H were developed for direct enantioseparation of tenatoprazole and several related benzimidazoles. The chromatographic experiments were performed in the normal phase mode with n-hexane–ethanol–triethylamine (TEA) as mobile phase. The effects of the mobile phase additive, concentration of organic modifiers and column temperature were studied for the enantioseparation. The thermodynamic parameters were also calculated from the van’t Hoff plots. It was found that the enantioseparations were all enthalpy driven. The enantiomers of all compounds were resolved (R _s  > 3.3) within 14 min using n-hexane–ethanol–TEA (20:80:0.1%, v/v/v) as mobile phase with a flow rate of 0.4 mL min^?1 at 40 °C. The optimized method was validated for determination of the enantiomers of tenatoprazole in terms of linearity, precision and accuracy according to ICH guidelines and applied to the assay of tenantoprazole bulk drugs. The proposed method was shown to be accurate and suitable for the quantitative determination of tenatoprazole enantiomers.     

Enantioselective separation of the carfentrazone‐ethyl enantiomers in soil,water and wheat by HPLC

A simple enantioselective HPLC method was developed for measuring carfentrazone‐ethyl enantiomers. The separation and determination was accomplished on an amylose tris[(S)‐α‐methylbenzylcarbamate] (Chiralpak AS) column using n‐hexane/ethanol (98:2, v/v) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min with UV detection at 248 nm. The effects of mobile‐phase composition and column temperature on the enantioseparation were discussed. The accuracy, precision, linearity, LODs, and LOQ of the method were also investigated. LOD was 0.001 mg/kg in water, 0.015 mg/kg in soil and wheat, with an LOQ of 0.0025 mg/kg in water and 0.05 mg/kg in soil and wheat for each enantiomer of carfentrazone‐ethyl. SPE was used for the enrichment and cleanup of soil, water, and wheat samples. Recoveries for two enantiomers were 88.4–106.7% with RSD_r of 4.2–9.8% at 0.1, 0.5, and 1 mg/kg levels from soil, 85.8–99.5% with the RSD_r of 4.4?9.6% at 0.005, 0.025, and 0.05 mg/kg levels from water, and from wheat the recoveries were 86.3?91.3% with RSD_r below 5.0% at 0.2, 0.5, and 1 mg/kg levels. This method could be used to identify and quantify the carfentrazone‐ethyl enantiomers in food and environment.     

Optimization of the HPLC enantioseparation of 3,3′‐dibromo‐5,5′‐disubstituted‐4,4′‐bipyridines using immobilized polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phases

The HPLC enantioseparation of nine atropisomeric 3,3′,5,5′‐tetrasubstituted‐4,4′‐bipyridines was performed in normal and polar organic (PO) phase modes using two immobilized polysaccharide‐based chiral columns, namely, Chiralpak IA and Chiralpak IC. The separation of all racemic analytes, the effect of the chiral selector, and mobile phase (MP) composition on enantioseparation and the enantiomer elution order (EEO) were studied. The beneficial effect of nonstandard solvents, such as tetrahydrofuran (THF), dichloromethane (DCM), and methyl t‐butyl ether on enantioseparation was investigated. All selected 4,4′‐bipyridines were successfully enantioseparated on Chiralpak IA under normal or PO MPs with separation factors from 1.14 to 1.70 and resolutions from 1.3 to 6.5. Two bipyridines were enantioseparated at the multimilligram level on Chiralpak IA. Differently, Chiralpak IC was less versatile toward the considered class of compounds and only five bipyridines out of nine could be efficiently separated. In particular, on these columns, the ternary mixture n‐heptane/THF/DCM (90:5:5) as MP had a positive effect on enantioseparation. An interesting phenomenon of reversal of the EEO depending on the composition of the MP for the 3,3′‐dibromo‐5,5′‐bis‐(E)‐phenylethenyl‐4,4′‐bipyridine along with an exceptional enantioseparation for the 3,3′‐dibromo‐5,5′‐bis‐ferrocenylethynyl‐4,4′‐bipyridine (α = 8.33, R_s = 30.6) were observed on Chiralpak IC.     

Enantioselective separation of biologically active basic compounds in ultra-performance supercritical fluid chromatography

The enantioseparation of basic compounds represent a challenging task in modern SFC. Therefore this work is focused on development and optimization of fast SFC methods suitable for enantioseparation of 27 biologically active basic compounds of various structures. The influences of the co-solvent type as well as different mobile phase additives on retention, enantioselectivity and enantioresolution were investigated. Obtained results confirmed that the mobile phase additives, especially bases (or the mixture of base and acid), improve peak shape and enhance enantioresolution. The best results were achieved with isopropylamine or the mixture of isopropylamine and trifluoroacetic acid as additives. In addition, the effect of temperature and back pressure were evaluated to optimize the enantioseparation process. The immobilized amylose-based chiral stationary phase, i.e. tris(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) derivative of amylose proved to be useful tool for the enantioseparation of a broad spectrum of chiral bases. The chromatographic conditions that yielded baseline enantioseparations of all tested compounds were discovered. The presented work can serve as a guide for simplifying the method development for enantioseparation of basic racemates in SFC.     

Enantioselective separation and determination of the dinotefuran enantiomers in rice,tomato and apple by HPLC

An effective chiral analytical method was developed for the resolution and determination of dinotefuran enantiomers in rice, tomato and apple samples. Dinotefuran enantiomers were baseline‐separated and determined on a novel chiral column, ChromegaChiral CCA, with n‐hexane–ethanol–methanol (85:5:10, v/v/v) as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min with UV detection at 270 nm. The resolution of dinotefuran enantiomers was about 1.8. The first eluted enantiomer was (+)‐dinotefuran and the second eluted one was (?)‐dinotefuran. The effects of mobile‐phase composition and column temperature on the enantioseparation were evaluated. The method was validated for linearity, repeatability, accuracy, LOD and LOQ. LOD was 0.15 mg/kg in rice and tomato, 0.05 mg/kg in apple, with an LOQ of 0.5 mg/kg in rice and tomato, 0.2 mg/kg in apple. The average recoveries of the pesticide from all matrices ranged from 75.8 to 92.9% for all fortification levels The precision values associated with the analytical method, expressed as RSD values, were <16.5% for the pesticide in all matrices. The methodology was successfully applied for the enantioselective analysis of dinotefuran enantiomers in real samples, indicating its efficiency in investigating the environmental stereochemistry of dinotefuran in food matrix.