Assessment of the in-vivo stereochemical integrity of aprepitant based on the analysis of human plasma samples via high-performance liquid chromatography with mass spectrometric detection

Achiral and chiral liquid chromatographic methods utilizing mass spectrometric detection were developed to investigate the possibility of inversion of configuration at any or all of the chiral centers of the neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor antagonist, aprepitant (5-[[2(R)-[1(R)-(3,5-bistrifluoromethyl phenyl)ethoxy]-3(S)-(4-fluorophenyl)morpholin-4-yl]methyl]-2,4-dihydro-[1,2,4]triazol-3-one), in-vivo, following administration of the compound to man. A structure such as aprepitant, that contains three chiral centers, may exist in eight stereochemical forms or, more specifically, as four diastereoisomeric pairs of enantiomers. The four diastereoisomers were separated from each other using a ProntoSil C18 AQ HPLC column (4.6 x 100 mm, 3 microm particles) with a mobile phase composed of acetonitrile--water (47:53, v/v%). Detection was via a single quadrupole mass spectrometer that was connected to the HPLC system via an APCI interface. Analysis of post-dose plasma samples under these conditions indicated that only aprepitant and or its enantiomer were present following oral administration of the drug. Aprepitant and its enantiomer were separated using a Chiralcel OD-H HPLC column with a mobile phase composed of hexane-isopropanol (80:20, v/v%); tandem mass spectrometric detection using an APCI interface was employed. Post-dose plasma samples analyzed using the Chiracel column were found to contain only aprepitant. The results of these experiments confirm that the products of inversion of configuration at any or all of the three chiral centers of aprepitant are not detectable in human plasma samples obtained following the administration of the drug.     

纤维素-三（3,5-二甲苯基氨基甲酸酯）手性固定相拆分氨鲁米特对映体

以纤维素-三（3,5-二甲苯基氨基甲酸酯）为手性固定相（Chiralcel OD-H）在高效液相色谱上拆分了氨鲁米特对映体。通过测定氨鲁米特在正己烷/乙醇和正己烷/异丙醇中的溶解度,优选了对样品溶解度大的流动相体系,并考察了流动相添加剂乙醇胺对拆分效果的影响。在此基础上进一步研究了流动相中乙醇含量、柱温和进样量对分离因子、分离度、不对称因子和理论板数的影响,从而确定了最佳的拆分条件：固定相为Chiralcel OD-H,流动相为正己烷/乙醇/乙醇胺（体积比为30：70：0.1）,柱温25℃。本文所得结果可为工业放大提供基础数据。     

A validated chiral HPLC method for the determination of mebeverine HCl enantiomers in pharmaceutical dosage forms and spiked rat plasma

A new, precise, simple and accurate HPLC method was developed for the first time to separate and determine mebeverine enantiomers. Enantiomeric resolution was achieved on a cellulose Tris (3,5-dimethylphenyl carbamate) column known as Chiralcel OD, with UV detection at 263 nm. The mobile phase consisted of n-hexane, isopropyl alcohol and triethylamine (90:9.9:0.1 v/v/v). Sample run time was 18 min. On using the chromatographic conditions described, mebeverine enantiomers were well resolved with mean retention times of about 11 and 14 min. A linear response (r>0.999) was observed over the concentration range 0.5-20 microg/mL racemic mebeverine. Precision, accuracy and stability were studied according to ICH guidelines. The limit of detection was found to be 0.05 microg/mL for each enantiomer of mebeverine. The proposed method was applied for analysis of mebeverine in commercially available tablets dosage formulations. Examples of application to biological samples are also given. Reanalysis of samples several weeks after the initial analysis showed no degradation of mebeverine.     

直链淀粉手性固定相高效液相色谱法拆分比索洛尔对映体

采用直链淀粉手性固定相高效液相色谱法在正相条件下直接拆分了比索洛尔对映异构体。分别以异丙醇、乙醇为有机改性剂,考察了流动相的组成与配比、流速及柱温等因素对比索洛尔对映体分离的影响。确定了比索洛尔对映体的最佳拆分条件:流动相正己烷-乙醇-二乙胺(体积比为88∶12∶0.1),流速0.6 mL/min,检测波长270 nm,柱温20 ℃。该方法可快捷、简便地拆分比索洛尔对映体。     

Direct high-performance liquid chromatography enantioseparation of terazosin on an immobilised polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phase under polar organic and reversed-phase conditions

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) enantioseparation of terazosin (TER) was accomplished on the immobilised-type Chiralpak IC chiral stationary phase (CSP) under both polar organic and reversed-phase modes. A simple analytical method was validated using a mixture of methanol–water–DEA 95:5:0.1 (v/v/v) as a mobile phase. Under reversed-phase conditions good linearities were obtained over the concentration range 8.76–26.28 μg mL⁻¹ for both enantiomers. The limits of detection and quantification were 10 and 30 ng mL⁻¹, respectively. The intra- and inter-day assay precision was less than 1.66% (RSD%). The optimised conditions also allowed to resolve chiral and achiral impurities from the enantiomers of TER. The proposed HPLC method supports pharmacological studies on the biological effects of the both forms of TER and analytical investigations of potential drug formulations based on a single enantiomer. At the semipreparative scale, 5.3 mg of racemic sample were resolved with elution times less than 12 min using a mobile phase consisting of methanol–DEA 100:0.1 (v/v) and both enantiomers were isolated with a purity of ≥99% enantiomeric excess (ee). The absolute configuration of TER enantiomers was assigned by comparison of the measured specific rotations with those reported in the literature.     

Enantioselective determination of acylamino acid fungicides in vegetables and fruits by chiral liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry

An efficient and sensitive enantioselective method for simultaneous determination of three acylamino acid fungicides in vegetables and fruits was presented by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. The three fungicides (benalaxyl, furalaxyl, and metalaxyl) residues in samples were extracted with acetonitrile containing 1% acetic acid and an aliquot was cleaned up with Si-(CH(2) )(3) -NH-(CH(2) )(2) -NH(2) and C(18) sorbent. Complete enantioseparation of three acylamino acid fungicides enantiomers was obtained under reversed-phase conditions on a cellulose tris (4-chloro-3-methylphenylcarbamate) column at 25°C using acetonitrile-0.1% formic acid solution (45:55, v/v) as a mobile phase. The elution orders of the eluted enantiomers were determined by a circular dichroism (CD) detector. The linearity, matrix effect, recovery, and precision were evaluated. Good linearity was obtained over the concentration range of 0.5-250 μg/L for each enantiomer in the standard solution and sample matrix calibration curves. There was no significant matrix effect for three fungicides determination based on the method. The inter-day mean recoveries, intra-day repeatability, and inter-day reproducibility varied from 81.3 to 95.7%, 2.2 to 9.4%, and 2.3 to 9.6%, respectively. The method provided high selectivity and sensitivity, and limits of quantification for enantiomers of three fungicides in vegetables and fruits were both 1 μg/kg.     

Enantiomer separations by capillary electrochromatography using chiral stationary phases

The applicability of capillary electrochromatography (CEC) using packed capillary column to enantiomer separations was investigated. As chiral stationary phases, OD type packing materials of 5 and 3 microm particle diameters, originally designed for conventional high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were employed. The chiral packing materials were packed by a pressurized method into a 100 microm I.D. fused-silica capillary. Several racemic enantiomers, such as acidic, neutral and basic drug components, were successfully resolved, typically by using acidic or basic solutions containing acetonitrile as mobile phases. The separation efficiencies for some enantiomers in the chiral CEC system using the 5 microm OD type packing were superior to those obtained in HPLC using chiral packings. The plate heights obtained for several enantiomers were 8-13 microm or the reduced plate height of 1.6-2.6, which indicates the high efficiency of this chiral CEC system.     

万古霉素键合手性固定相高效液相色谱法直接分离泰妥拉唑对映体

利用反相高效液相色谱法在大环抗生素类手性固定相万古霉素键合手性固定相(Chirobiotic V)上直接分离了泰妥拉唑对映体。考察了缓冲溶液的种类、浓度和pH值,有机改性剂的种类和浓度,柱长和柱温等对手性分离的影响。优化后的色谱条件为:Chirobiotic V色谱柱(150 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm),流动相为0.02 mol/L 醋酸铵缓冲液(pH 6.0)-四氢呋喃(体积比为93∶7),流速为0.5 mL/min,柱温为20 ℃,检测波长为306 nm。在此条件下泰妥拉唑对映体达到了基线分离,分离度达1.68;对映体保留时间的相对标准偏差分别为0.48%和0.49%(n=6),峰面积的相对标准偏差分别为0.45%和0.55%(n=6)。所建立的手性分离方法具有简便快速及重复性好等优点。     

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.     

Determination, purity assessment and chiral separation of levodopa methyl ester in bulk and formulation pharmaceuticals

A sensitive, reliable and reproducible HPLC method with electrochemical detection (HPLC-ECD) has been developed for the separation and quantification of levodopa methyl ester (LDME) and its impurities such as levodopa (l-DOPA), 3-methoxytyrosine (MTS) and l-tyrosine (TS) in bulk drug and pharmaceutical dosage form. The separation was performed on an LC18 column by isocratic elution with methanol-acetonitrile-50 mm potassium dihydrogen phosphate (8:2:90, v/v/v) containing 5 mm sodium 1-hexanesulfonate, 5 mm EDTA and 5 mm sodium chloride, adjusted with phosphoric acid to a pH of 3.2 as mobile phase. The correlation coefficients of linear regression for LDME, L-DOPA, MTS and TS were more than 0.999. The detection limits for L-DOPA, MTS and TS were 3.15, 2.04 and 2.88 ng/mL, respectively. The precision was checked in terms of F-test variance ratio using potentiometric titration as reference. The separation of dopa methyl ester enantiomers by chiral chromatography is also described. This method is capable of separating the two enantiomers with a selection of 1.4 and a resolution of 8.4. Both methods were found to be stable and useful in the quality control of the bulk material and formulations.     

衍生化β-环糊精手性固定相高效液相色谱法拆分米那普仑对映体及其分离机制

建立了新型抗抑郁药米那普仑在环糊精手性固定相上的高效液相色谱拆分方法。在反相色谱条件下采用未衍生化β-环糊精(Cyclobond I 2000)、乙酰基-β-环糊精(AC-β-CD)、2,3-二甲基-β-环糊精(DM-β-CD)、3,5-二甲基苯基氨基甲酸酯-β-环糊精(DMP-β-CD)4种手性柱分离米那普仑对映体。考察了固定相、流动相比例、pH、流速和柱温对拆分的影响。利用分子对接和结合能计算方法,研究米那普仑分子与AC-β-CD的对接过程,探讨其可能的分离机制。优化后的拆分条件如下:固定相为乙酰基-β-环糊精手性柱Astec CYCLOBONDTMI 2000 AC(25 cm×4.6 mm,5μm),流动相为乙腈-0.1%(体积分数)pH 5.0醋酸三乙胺溶液(TEAA)(5∶95,v/v),流速为0.4mL/min,柱温为25℃,检测波长为220 nm。在此条件下,米那普仑对映体获得快速拆分,分离度(Rs)为1.74,理论塔板数为10 125。分子模拟结果表明引起手性识别的作用力主要是环糊精衍生化的乙酰基导致的氢键作用差异。该方法快速、高效、重现性好。     

A stereospecific high-performance liquid chromatographic assay for the determination of ketoconazole enantiomers in rat plasma

A stereospecific high-performance liquid chromatographic assay was developed for the quantitation of ketoconazole enantiomers (KTZ) in rat plasma. After protein precipitation of 100 microL plasma using acetonitrile, a wash step was performed using hexane. The supernatant was removed and KTZ enantiomers and amiodarone, the internal standard, were extracted using liquid-liquid extraction with tert-butyl methyl ether. After transfer and evaporation of the organic layer, the residue was reconstituted in mobile phase and injected into the HPLC through a chiral column. The mobile phase consisted of hexane:ethanol:2-propanol with diethyl amine, pumped at 1.5 mL/min. All components eluted within 18 min. KTZ enantiomers were baseline resolved and peaks were symmetrical in appearance with no interferences. Calibration curves were linear over the range 62.5-5000 ng/mL of enantiomer. The intraday and interday CV% assessments were 相似文献   

Chiral separation of lipoxygenase metabolites utilizing high-performance liquid chromatography

An isocratic, reversed-phase HPLC assay has been developed for the separation of the enantiomers of four lipoxygenase metabolites, without the need for a derivatization step. Separation of the enantiomers was studied on a polysaccharide type chiral stationary phase column. Upon determination of suitable mobile phase composition, the assay was evaluated at various temperatures. In all cases the R enantiomer eluted before the S enantiomer. The best separations were observed at 0 degrees C.     

Determination of darusentan enantiomers in rat plasma by enantioselective liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry using cellulose-based chiral stationary phase

A sensitive, specific and rapid liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for enantioselective determination of darusentan enantiomers, orally active potent endothelin-A receptor antagonist, in rat plasma. The plasma samples were pretreated by protein precipitation with methanol and baseline chromatographic separation was performed on a Chiralcel OD-RH column with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile/water/formic acid (50:50:0.1, v/v/v) at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min. The detection was accomplished by multiple-reaction monitoring (MRM) scanning via electrospray ionization (ESI) source operating in the negative ionization mode. The calibration curve was linear over the investigated concentration from 0.500 to 2500 ng/mL (r≥0.995) for each enantiomer using 50 μL of rat plasma. The lower limit of quantitation (LLOQ) for each enantiomer was 0.500 ng/mL. The intra- and inter-day precisions were not more than 10.2% and the accuracy was within the range from -5.4 to 6.3% for darusentan enantiomers. No chiral inversion was observed during the plasma preparation, storage and analysis. The method proved adequate for enantioselective pharmacokinetic studies of darusentan enantiomers after oral administration of three different doses of racemic darusentan.     

HPLC enantioseparation of alkaloid malacitanine using fluorimetric/polarimetric detection

This work reports two methods developed for the separation and determination of the enantiomers of the new alkaloid malacitanine (MLC) and the determination of the enantiomeric purity in mixtures. First, the isomers were separated using a Chirex 3020 (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) chiral column with a mobile phase of cyclohexane–1,2‐dichloroethane–ethanol–trifluoroacetic acid (64:30:6:0.6, v/v/v/v) at a flow rate of 1 mL/min and fluorimetric detection. Obtained retention times were 12.4 and 15.9 min (+ and ?) with a resolution Rs of 1.13. Relative standard deviations (RSDs) were 2.5 and 2.4% at the 0.5‐μg level (four determinations). Second, a nonenantioselective procedure for the determination of enantiomeric purity of MLC using a Lichrospher ® Si‐60 (250 mm × 5 mm, 5 μm) normal phase with a mobile phase of 100% ethanol at a flow rate of 0.9 mL/min coupled to two detectors in series, fluorimetric and polarimetric. RSD of 3.3% was obtained. Calculated enantiomeric purity by chiral chromatography gave 48.6% (?)‐MLC in the near racemic product. Using polarimetric signal of the nonseparated enantiomers and comparing the slopes of the calibration curves (enantiomers) from the racemic product gave 47.8% (?)‐MLC content. A study of accuracy of (?)‐MLC gave recoveries from 98.3 to 100.7%.     

替考拉宁键合手性固定相高效液相色谱法直接拆分泮托拉唑钠对映体

以替考拉宁为手性选择剂制备了大环抗生素类手性固定相替考拉宁键合手性固定相(T-CSP),建立了T-CSP反相液相色谱直接拆分泮托拉唑钠对映体的方法。考察了流动相中有机改性剂的种类和比例、柱温以及流动相流速对拆分泮托拉唑钠对映体的影响。研究发现,用甲醇作有机改性剂比乙腈更有利于对映体的分离;在研究的温度范围内,随着柱温的升高,对映体的保留时间缩短,同时分离因子和分离度降低;在一定范围内降低流速有利于对映体的分离。采用T-CSP色谱柱(150 mm×4.6 mm i.d.,5 μm),以甲醇-水(体积比为35∶65)为流动相,在流速0.6 mL/min、检测波长290 nm、柱温20 ℃的条件下,泮托拉唑钠对映体获得了近于基线的分离,所建立的方法具有简便快速及重复性好等优点。     

HPLC enantioseparation of racemic bupropion,baclofen and etodolac: modification of conventional ligand exchange approach by pre‐column formation of chiral ligand exchange complexes

Separation of racemic mixture of (RS)‐bupropion, (RS)‐baclofen and (RS)‐etodolac, commonly marketed racemic drugs, has been achieved by modifying the conventional ligand exchange approach. The Cu(II) complexes were first prepared with a few l ‐amino acids, namely, l ‐proline, l ‐histidine, l ‐phenylalanine and l ‐tryptophan, and to these was introduced a mixture of the enantiomer pair of (RS)‐bupropion, or (RS)‐baclofen or (RS)‐etodolac. As a result, formation of a pair of diastereomeric complexes occurred by ‘chiral ligand exchange’ via the competition between the chelating l ‐amino acid and each of the two enantiomers from a given pair. The diastereomeric mixture formed in the pre‐column process was loaded onto HPLC column. Thus, both the phases during chromatographic separation process were achiral (i.e. neither the stationary phase had any chiral structural feature of its own nor did the mobile phase have any chiral additive). Separation of diastereomers was successful using a C₁₈ column and a binary mixture of MeCN and TEAP buffer of pH 4.0 (60:40, v/v) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 1 mL/min and UV detection at 230 nm for (RS)‐Bup, 220 nm for (RS)‐Bac and 223 nm for (RS)‐Etd. Baseline separation of the two enantiomers was obtained with a resolution of 6.63 in <15 min. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Enantiomer elution order reversal of fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-isoleucine in high-performance liquid chromatography by changing the mobile phase temperature and composition

In this paper the elution order reversal of enantiomers of fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl- or FMOC-isoleucine is described depending on the separation temperature and composition of the mobile phase when using the polysaccharide-based chiral column Lux Cellulose-1 in HPLC with normal-phase eluent. Reversal of the enantiomer elution order (EEO) in HPLC depending on the column temperature and content of the polar modifier in the mobile phase has been reported before in the literature. However, EEO reversal by changing the content of acidic modifier in the mobile phase seems to be described for the first time in the present work.     

Separation of the Enantiomers of Thyroxine by HPLC with Chiral Mobile Phases

A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method has been developed for separation of the enantiomers of thyroxine (T4). A silica gel column was used in conjunction with a chiral mobile phase (CMP) comprising 35:65 (v/v) acetonitrile–water containing 0.1 mM copper(II) acetate, 0.2 mM L-proline, and 0.5 mM triethylamine (TEA), pH 5.42. The flow rate was 1.0 mL min^?1 and the analysis temperature 40 °C. L-T4 was eluted before D-T4 by mobile phase containing L-proline copper complex. Inversion of the chirality of the mobile phase resulted in reversal of this order of elution. A racemic mobile phase containing DL-proline copper complex resulted in no separation. The enantioseparation phenomenon is discussed. When the method was used to determine the concentration of T4 enantiomers in the serum of a patients with thyroid disease, different concentrations of T4 enantiomers were found in different patents.     

Determination of the absolute configuration of the enantiomers of dihydroquinolines, isolated by chiral chromatography, by non empirical analysis of circular dichroism spectra and X-ray analysis

The enantiomers of racemic 3,4-dihydroquinolines with an acetal or thioacetal spiro ring and a quaternary stereogenic carbon have been isolated through semipreparative chiral chromatography using a polysaccharide-derived chiral stationary phase (Chiralpak AD) and n-hexane/ethanol as a mobile phase. The absolute configurations of the enantiomers of four compounds have been determined by a comparison of density functional theory (DFT) calculations of their electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra with the experimental ECD data. A detailed conformer population search to achieve a conformational average of these compounds was crucial, due to the flexibility of these molecules. The conformer distribution was evaluated by spartan 02 and the structure of each of the conformers found within 4 kcal/mol energy range was optimized with DFT. The final calculated ECD spectrum obtained after Boltzmann averaging was compared with the ECD spectrum of the less well retained enantiomer and the correlation (R)/(−) was established for all compounds. The monocrystals of both enantiomers of one compound were obtained from the HPLC eluates. Their absolute configurations were determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis and confirmed by ECD analysis. In all cases, the second-eluted enantiomer in chiral HPLC exhibits an (R)-configuration.