Synthesis and application of mono-6-(3-methylimidazolium)-6-deoxyperphenylcarbamoyl-beta-cyclodextrin chloride as chiral stationary phases for high-performance liquid chromatography and supercritical fluid chromatography

The synthesis of mono-6-(3-methylimidazolium)-6-deoxyperphenylcarbamoyl-beta-cyclodextrin chloride (MPCCD) and its application in chiral stationary phases (CSPs) for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) are being reported. This chiral selector is coated onto silica gel in different weight percentages (15, 20 and 35%, w/w) to obtain CSPs having different loading content. These new chiral stationary phases are tested using normal-phase HPLC for enantioseparation of racemic aromatic alcohols. Indeed, the enantiodiscrimination abilities of these CSPs are found to be influenced by the loading content of the chiral selector. Among the three columns (MPCCD-C15, MPCCD-C20 and MPCCD-C35), the best enantioseparation results are obtained using a column containing 20% (w/w) of MPCCD (MPCCD-C20). The resolution (R(s)) obtained for p-fluorophenylethanol, p-chlorophenylethanol, p-bromophenylethanol, p-iodophenylethanol and p-fluorophenyl-3-buten-1-ol using MPCCD-C20 ranges from 3.83 to 5.65. Good enantioseparation results are obtained for these analytes under SFC separation conditions using the MPCCD-C20 column.