Enantiomeric resolution on molecularly imprinted polymers prepared with only non-covalent and non-ionic interactions

Molecular imprints were prepared utilizing only weak bonds between the print molecule and functional monomers; the bonding forces used in the imprinting process were only those weaker than covalent and ionic bonds. Methacrylate-based molecular imprints were prepared using a number of chiral compounds, including N-protected amino acid derivatives, as print molecules. Methacrylic acid was used as the functional monomer because the acid function of the monomer forms hydrogen bonds with a variety of polar functionalities, such as carboxylic acids, carbamates, heteroatoms and carboxylic esters, of the print molecule. Bulk polymers were prepared, ground and sieved to particles of size less than 25 microns, packed into high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) columns and used for enantiomeric separations in the HPLC mode. The polymers were shown to effect efficient enantiomeric resolution of a racemate of the print molecule in addition to substrate selectivity for the print molecule in a mixture of substrates with very similar structures. For example, the enantiomers of Cbz-aspartic acid and Cbz-glutamic acid (Cbz = carbobenzoxy) were resolved with separation factors of 1.9 and 2.5, respectively, on polymers with molecular imprints of the L-form of the respective compounds. In addition, these polymers, prepared against Cbz-L-aspartic acid and Cbz-L-glutamic acid, respectively, had the ability to bind selectively the print molecule from a mixture of both racemates, although the two compounds differ only by one methylene group. The results presented represent a substantial widening of the scope of molecular imprinting in that it may now be possible to prepare molecular imprints against a very large number of compounds.     

Capillary electrochromatographic separation of amino acid enantiomers with molecularly imprinted polymers as chiral recognition agents

The use of molecularly imprinted polymers polymerized in a capillary for the separation of amino acid enantiomers by electrochromatography is described. The substrate-selective polymers were prepared by using l-phenylalanine anilide as print molecule and methacrylic acid as the functional monomer. The treatment of the inside surface of the capillary, the composition of the polymer and the electrochromatographic running conditions were investigated. This preliminary report demonstrated a novel and simple method for capillary electrochromatographic separations of amino acid enantiomers using molecularly imprinted polymers. Received: 9 April 1996 / Revised: 8 August 1996 / Accepted: 8 August 1996     

Enantiomeric resolution of amino acid derivatives on molecularly imprinted polymers as monitored by potentiometric measurements

Potentiometric measurements have been applied to the detection of enantiomeric separations on molecularly imprinted polymers. A flow-through column electrode, based on the use of polymers imprinted against L-phenylalanine anilide, is described. The electrode consisted of a glass column in which the polymer was packed and where the end frits constituted the electrodes. The flow stream potential across the column can be continuously recorded as solvent is pumped through the system. The column resolved the enantiomers of phenylalanine anilide as detected by both UV absorption and potentiometric measurements and the recorded signals could be correlated with the concentration of phenylalanine anilide. The calibration graphs obtained for the UV absorption of phenylalanine anilide were linear over the concentration range investigated, whereas the potentiometric signal was shown to be exponentially linear with concentration. The application of molecular imprints to the preparation of supports suitable for chromatographic separations of enantiomers and for the preparation of specific electrodes is discussed.     

Resolution of amine enantiomers using precolumn derivatization with dansyl-L-proline and reversed-phase liquid chromatography

A derivatization procedure was developed for converting enantiomeric amino acids, amino alcohols and amines into diastereoisomers for resolution by liquid chromatography. Dansyl-L-proline (DLP) was used as a chiral reagent for the precolumn derivatization of many enantiomeric compounds bearing primary and secondary amino groups. The diastereoisomeric amides that were formed in the presence of diethyl phosphorocyanidate can be resolved efficiently on a conventional reversed-phase column. The resolution was optimized by varying the mobile phase. Intramolecular hydrogen bonding of the diastereoisomeric amide is shown to be very important for the efficient resolution of enantiomers. The detection limits for DLP derivatives were 4 × 10^?14?5 × 10^?14 mol.     

复合碱性功能单体分子烙印手性固定相

采用丙烯酰胺+2-乙烯基吡啶的复合碱性功能单体体系制备了氨基酸衍生物分子烙印高效液相色谱手性固定相。在优化了功能单体与烙印分子的比例条件下对于烙印分子及其结构相似的对映体具有良好的手性分离能力。考察了烙印分子的化学基团对手性分离的影响,发现氢键作用力和较强的离子作用力在手性分离过程中均有贡献。     

Molecular Imprints Frozen by Strong Intermolecular Interactions in Place of Cross-Linking

A new way to freeze molecular imprints in a polymer material is reported. So far, molecular imprinted polymers (MIP) involve copolymerization of a functional monomer and large amounts of cross-linking agent, which keeps the template shape memory in rigid molecular imprints. MIP materials are prepared herein without cross-linking agent. Stiff chains of polyaniline grafted on a solid support as a brush-like material achieve the necessary rigidity. Differential adsorption to imprinted and non-imprinted materials provides evidence of molecular imprints. A correct adsorption isotherm for mobile adsorbed layers (Volmer isotherm) is introduced instead of the popular but inadequate Langmuir isotherm. Non-selective adsorption is entropic, whereas adsorption to molecular imprints has an enthalpic contribution coming from specific interactions. Fast adsorption kinetics are a definite benefit with regards to applications such as chromatographic separations and chemical sensors.     

功能单体对分子烙印手性固定相手性拆分能力的影响

系统考察了功能单体对非共价分子烙印手性固定相手性分离能力的影响,发现在非共价分子烙印手性固定相的制备中,功能单体与烙印分子之间存在着匹配性。丙烯酰胺可以与氨基酸衍生物的酰胺基团形成较强的氢键作用,碱性功能单体2-乙烯基吡啶则与其羧基形成较离子作用,两者的协同作用使复合功能单体丙烯酰胺+2-乙烯基吡啶对于氨基酸衍生物具有良好的烙印效果。竞争溶剂乙酸对样品与分子固定相间的非共价作用力有较大的影响,增加流动相中的竞争溶剂乙酸的含量,将减弱分子手性固定相与样品的酰胺键和羧基的氢键及离子作用,导致对样品的容量因子、手性选择性α及分离度f/g的减小。     

Influence of mobile phase composition and cross-linking density on the enantiomeric recognition properties of molecularly imprinted polymers

A series of experiments were conducted to investigate elements which affect the enantiomeric recognition properties of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) in the HPLC mode. Our results show that the recognition properties of MIPs are greatly influenced by the mobile phase used. For a polymer prepared in acetonitrile, a good enantiomeric separation was observed when acetonitrile-based mobile phase was used, when the mobile phase was changed to chloroform-based, no enantiomeric recognition was observed although the sample molecule was retarded. This indicates that the specific co-operative binding interactions between the functional groups at the imprinted polymer's recognition sites and the sample molecule were considerably disrupted and only non-specific interactions remained. When the mobile phase was changed back to acetonitrile-based, the recognition was regained. In contrast, for polymers prepared in chloroform, chloroform-based mobile phase gave much better separation than acetonitrile-based mobile phase. When other solvents were tested, significant solvent effects were generally observed. Based on these observations, the recognition properties of the methacrylic acid (MAA)-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) polymers were reinvestigated, and the results show that by simply using an optimised mobile phase system, significantly improved recognition over previously reported results was observed. For a polymer made against Cbz-L-Trp, 100 microg of Cbz-D,L-Trp was separated with a separation factor (alpha) of 4.23 and a resolution (Rs) of 3.87, whereas in the previous report, 10 microg of Cbz-D,L-Trp was only separated with alpha = 1.67 and Rs = 0.1. It is generally realised that the imprinted polymer's recognition property is also very much influenced by the nature of the polymer network. It was shown that the recognition decreased with a decrease in the apparent degree of cross-linking (molar percentage of cross-linker in the polymerisation mixture). Nonetheless, our results show that in our optimised assay system a significant separation could still be obtained on a polymer which was only 22% cross-linked. We consider this to be of importance, since it may suggest a way of imprinting larger molecules because of the possibly improved mass transfer in low cross-linking density polymers. It was reported that when trifunctional cross-linkers [for example: trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate (TRIM)] were used as the cross-linker instead of EGDMA, considerably improved enantiomeric separation and resolving capability were observed. Our results show that the improved performance of the MAA-co-EGDMA MIPs is actually comparable to the performance of the MIPs prepared with those trifunctional cross-linkers. The combination of a hydrogen bonding functional monomer (acrylamide) with TRIM also did not give improved recognition. The results suggest that although the three-dimensional network of these two kinds of polymer may be quite different, the observed recognition improvements were probably largely due to solvent effect.     

Solvent effects in the preparation of molecularly imprinted polymers for melatonin using N-propionyl-5-methoxytryptamine as the pseudo template

To clarify the role of diluents in the preparation of molecularly imprinted polymers utilizing only hydrogen bonding, we investigated the effects of diluents by using different solvents. Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine), an amide bond and indole ring-containing hormone was chosen as the target molecule. N-Propionyl-5-methoxytryptamine was used as the pseudo template, methacrylic acid as the functional monomer, and solvents were used as diluents. Interactions between the template, the functional monomer, melatonin, and the solvents, were observed by ¹H NMR spectroscopy. The polymers were evaluated by high-performance liquid chromatography. The results suggest the hydrogen bonding-acceptor capacity of the solvent is the most important factor in the preparation of molecularly imprinted polymers for hydrogen bonding-donating molecules. Hydrogen bonding between the template, the functional monomer, and solvent can be estimated from the chemical shifts in ¹H NMR spectra of those molecules in the solvent.     

Making High Selective Molecule Imprinting Polymer (MIP) In Polar Solvent

IntroductionMoleculeimprintingtechnologyhasmadegreatprogressinmakingchiralstationaryphasewithpredeterminedchiralselectivityagainstenantiomerssuchasaminoacidandtheirderivatives;sugarandtheirderivatives;naproxenandmethylbenZylamine'-'.Functionalmonomer...     

Functional amino acid ionic liquids as solvent and selector in chiral extraction

Amino acid ionic liquids (AAILs) have received great attention due to their potentials in catalysis and separations. In this work, functional AAILs were used as solvent and selector in chiral liquid–liquid extraction for the first time. The AAILs have shown distinct enantioselectivity in amino acid extraction. Using these functional AAILs as acceptor phase and ethylacetate as donor phase, more L-enantiomer of amino acid was extracted into the ionic liquid phase than that of D-enantiomer. The influencing factors, including AAILs structure, copper ion concentration, organic phase and amino acid concentration, were investigated. We found that the enantioselective enrichment of racemic amino acids was achieved through a chiral ligand-exchange mechanism. The enantioselectivity of single-step extraction was up to enantiomeric excess value of 50.6%. Moreover, the functional AAILs were found to be efficient extraction solvents for amino acids. The logarithm of distribution coefficient for L-Phe was in the range of 3.4–3.6 in the ionic liquid–ethylacetate two-phase system. This liquid–liquid extraction approach may extend the application of ionic liquids in chiral separations.     

Sulfonamide imprinted polymers using co-functional monomers

Molecular imprinted polymers (MIPs) prepared using combination of acrylamide (ACM) and 4-vinylpyridine (4-Vpy) as co-functional monomers exhibited efficient recognition properties in both organic and aqueous media as HPLC stationary phase. The results indicate that amide and pyridine groups in functional monomers formed strong hydrogen-bonding interaction with the template molecule, and specific recognition sites were created within the polymer matrix during the imprinting process. When sulfamethoxazole (SMO) was used as template, a MIP prepared in a polar organic solvent (acetonitrile) using the combination of ACM and 4-Vpy showed better recognition of template than the polymer prepared in the same solvent using the combination of acidic monomer (methacrylic acid) and basic monomer 4-Vpy. On the contrary, when sulfamethazine (SMZ) was used as template, a MIP prepared using the combination of methacrylic acid (MAA) and 4-Vpy showed better recognition of template than the polymer prepared using the combination of ACM and 4-Vpy. Our results indicate that in organic media the degree of retention of the sample molecules on the imprinted polymers was controlled by the hydrogen-bonding interaction between the sample molecules and the polymer, while in aqueous media it was determined to a considerable extent by hydrophobic interactions. In both media the shape, size and the electronic structure of the template molecule were all-important factors in the recognition process.     

分子印迹聚合物膜对氨基酸海因手性化合物的选择性结合和透过性质研究

合成了可对氨基酸海因对映异构体选择性分离的分子印迹聚合物膜。利用紫外光谱法比较不同功能单体与模板分子的作用能力。以丙烯酰胺为功能单体,在极性溶剂中制备了5R-5氨-基酸海因的分子印迹聚合物膜,通过Scatchard分析法研究膜中结合位点情况。通过膜透过实验研究印迹膜对外消旋体的分离特性。Scatchard分析显示聚合物膜中形成了两类结合位点,其解离常数分别为1.88mmol/L和5.14mmol/L;选择性透过实验表明膜中形成了与5R-5氨-基酸海因分子形状和功能基因位置匹配的孔穴。与非印迹聚合物膜相比,印迹聚合物膜对对映体具有良好的选择性。     

Evaluation of the Enantiomeric Separation of Dipeptides Using a Chiral Crown Ether LC Column

Abstract

The direct optical resolution of six dipeptides into four stereoisomers each was achieved on an enantioselective crown ether column. An inclusion complex is formed between the stationary phase and the solute when using an acidic mobile phase. The acidic mobile phase serves to protonate the requisite primary amine of the dipeptide thereby allowing an attractive interaction between the ammonium functional group and the oxygens of the crown ether. Due to the differences in stability of the complexes formed, the four optical isomers elute at different times allowing the stereoisomeric separation. One of the factors affecting enantioselectivity is the distance between the primary amine functional group and the stereogenic center of the chiral moiety. Dipeptides are particularly useful molecules for the studying this “distance effect” since the bonding order of the two amino acids can be reversed. In addition to the enantiomeric separations of dipeptides possessing two stereogenic centers, the behavior of dipeptide separations possessing only one chiral center (i.e., with achiral glycine as one of the residues) is examined to gain additional insight into the mechanism and the effect of the proximity of the primary amine group to the chiral center.     

毛细管电动色谱带电环糊精拆分N-FMOC氨基酸对映体

 将负电性磺丁基 -β -环糊精手性添加剂应用于毛细管电泳氨基酸对映体的拆分研究中 ,对 8种氨基酸对映体与 9-芴甲基氧基甲酰氯 (FMOC-Cl)生成的衍生物进行了分离 ,其中 5种得到了基线分离。考察了背景电解质 p H值及磺丁基 -β -环糊精的浓度对 N-FMOC氨基酸对映体拆分的影响。     

Coatings of one monomer molecularly imprinted polymers for open tubular capillary electrochromatography

One monomer molecularly imprinted polymer coatings were first synthesized in fused silica capillary columns with 2-methacrylamidopropyl methacrylate (MAM) as single functional monomer in addition to a cross-linking monomer. Since MAM may generate no or little EOF, a strategy of precursor of polymerization, which does not interfere with the formation of defined imprints, was used to introduce an ionizable functional monomer to generate a stable electroosmotic flow for electrochromatography (CEC) by post-polymerization hydrolization. The resulting MAM-based open-tubular imprinted capillary was able to separate enantiomers by means of CEC. The resolution of enantiomers separation achieved on S-amlodipine-imprinted capillary was up to 16.1. The strong recognition ability (selectivity factor was 3.23) and high column performance (theory plates was 26,053 plates m(-1)) of template were obtained. The MIP coatings were also prepared using either S-naproxen or S-ketoprofen as template molecule. The resolutions of enantiomers separation were 2.20 and 4.56, respectively. The results illustrate that the synthesis of MIP using one monomer is not only an experimental-simplified process, but also an approach to producing chiral stationary phase with high efficiency and selectivity.     

Asymmetric interaction of optically active polymers with asymmetric small molecules. IV. Effect of hydrophobic groups on asymmetric interaction

In order to investigate the mechanism of the asymmetric interaction between optically active polymers and small molecules, optically active copolymers of N-acrylyl L-amino acids(N-acrylyl-L -phenylalanine, N-acrylyl-L -tryptophan, and N-acrylyl-L -leucine, respectively) and N,N′-hexamethylene diacrylylamide were synthesized, and interaction of these polymers with the optical isomers of phenylalanine and tryptophan was investigated. In the interaction of these acidic polymers with amino acids performed at pH 5.0, significant difference in amount of adsorption between the D and L isomers of amino acids were observed, and the L form of amino acids was adsorbed preferentially. The interaction between optically active small molecules was also investigated: these results showed a similarity to the results for interaction between optically active polymers and amino acids. In some instances of asymmetric interaction the influence of hydrophobic interaction between a polymer and substrate was clearly perceived. The stereoselective effects on the asymmetric interaction are discussed.     

Chiral soluble polymers and microspheres for enantioselective crystallization

A series of chiral polymers based on poly(N‐acryl) amino acids was synthesized using a convergent synthetic approach. These chiral polymers have been used as chiral additives to induce enantioselective crystallization of racemic or conglomerate amino acids in solutions. These polymeric additives showed strong capabilities to enhance highly enantioselective resolution during the crystallization of amino acids. In addition, these polymers caused unusual modifications of amino acid crystal morphologies. Furthermore, spherical microparticles of those same chiral polymers were also shown active in similar chiral discriminations during amino acid crystallizations occurring on microparticle surfaces. Our study demonstrates the high potential of chiral polymers and microparticles to resolve amino acids throughout crystallization processes. High enantiomeric excesses in one targeted enantiomer of amino acids can also be maximized via time‐dependent kinetic control of crystallizations. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 3009–3017, 2006     

Sol-gel polymerization of silylated amino acids around a protein template yields selective biomimetic imprints

The development of artificial receptors able to selectively recognize a target protein is of particular interest in separation, diagnostics, and therapeutics fields. Herein, we disclose a method to prepare biomimetic and functionalized protein imprints in biocompatible conditions avoiding any protein denaturation. For that purpose, a set of different hybrid silylated amino acid derivatives were synthesized and used without tetraethyl orthosilicate to prepare our molecularly imprinted polymers, allowing to reduce to a minimum of the silicon amount, in order to obtain imprints made almost entirely of amino acids to mimic paratope surfaces of antibodies. Such functional building blocks were polymerized on the surface of magnetic silica nanoparticles at pH 8.5 in ultrapure water in the presence of two globular proteins: cytochrome C or lysozyme. The resulting imprinted hybrid materials were evaluated for their adsorption capacity, specificity, and selectivity by quartz-crystal microbalance with dissipation and magnetic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) assays. High imprinting factors of 8.7 were measured for these biomimetic hybrid materials (corresponding to approximately 4000 and 450 ng of protein per cm² immobilized on molecularly imprinted polymers and non-imprinted polymer nanoparticles, respectively), representing a significant breakthrough in sol-gel-based molecular imprinting materials. Moreover, competition experiments performed by magnetic ELISA (mELISA) show very good specificity of our imprints at the usual concentrations of ELISA measurements.