Effect of Steric Hindrance on the Resolution of the Enantiomers of Alkyl Isothiocyanate Derivatives of Amino Acids on a Teicoplanin CSP Using a Methanol-Based Mobile Phase

The effect of steric hindrance on the resolution of the enantiomers of alkyl (i.e. methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, and tert-butyl) isothiocyanate derivatives of amino acids on a teicoplanin chiral stationary phase (CSP), with a methanol-based mobile phase, has been studied. Resolution was found to depend on the size of the alkyl group attached to the isothiocyanate reagent and deteriorated as the size of the group increased from methyl to tert-butyl under the same chromatographic conditions. This indicates that interaction between the isothiocyanate group and the chiral selector is important in chiral recognition. Better-than-baseline resolution was achieved for many amino acids with a basic amino or an amide group, for example histidine, lysine, arginine, and asparagine, because of increased solubility in the mobile phase after chemical derivatization. Revised: 22 September and 7 October 2005     

The HPLC Enantioresolution of Selected Native or Derivatized Amino Acids on Teicoplanin Bonded Chiral Stationary Phase Using a Methanol‐Based Mobile Phase

The facile HPLC enantiomeric resolution of a variety of selected native or derivatized amino acids is carried out on the glycopeptide antibiotic teicoplanin bonded chiral stationary phase using a methanol‐based mobile phase and found very sensitive to the structural variations. This mobile phase is mainly composed of methanol. Organic additives such as acetic acid and triethylamine are introduced to the mobile phase in small percentages to control the analyte's retention time. Additive of low viscosity such as ethyl ether or petroleum ether is incorporated in the mobile phase as well to improve the resolution. Further increasing its percentage in the mobile phase deteriorates the resolution slightly; however, it extends the retention scale of enantiomers. The change in enantioselectivity is found to be insignificant under these circumstances. The hydrogen bonding and π‐π complexation in the hydrophobic pocket of teicoplanin chiral selector is believed to be the mechanism mainly responsible for the enantioresolution observed in this report.     

The HPLC Enantioresolution of Phenyl Isothiocyanated Amino Acids on Vancomycin Bonded Phase Using the Acetonitrile‐Based Mobile Phase: A Comparison to the Teicoplanin Phase

The phenyl isothiocyanate, an electrophilic reagent for peptide chain sequencing, is used to pre‐column derivatize a variety of α‐amino acids in alkaline medium before their enantioresolution on a vancomycin bonded chiral phase using the acetonitrile‐based mobile phase. The observed resolution is believed to be due to the re‐location of the hydrogen receptor site from sulfur to nitrogen on the isothiocyanyl fragment of derivatizing reagent, which in turn changes the enantioselectivity. Under the same chromatographic conditions, the resolution for N‐benzoylated, 3,5‐dinitrobenzoylated and N‐carbobenzyloxylated amino acids is either not found or unsatisfactory. Also, no resolution is obtained in the reversed‐ or normal phase mode for all phenyl isothiocyanated amino acids examined in this study.     

Reanalysis of Chiral Discrimination of Phenoxypropionic Acid Herbicides on a Teicoplanin Phase Using a Bi-Langmuir Approach

Summary The chiral discrimination of phenoxypropionic acid herbicides by reversed-phase chromatography on a teicoplanin phase has been re-examined using the perturbation method to calculate the solute distribution isotherms. The effects of both temperature and the methanol (organic modifier) content of the mobile phase on the chiral discrimination mechanism were well described by the bi-Langmuir model. The method confirmed a change in the mechanism of enantiomer retention at a critical temperature, T^*, and showed that the mechanism was independent of (i) herbicide molecular structure, i.e. the position of the chloro group on the phenol ring, and (ii) the absolute configuration of the carbon atom. Enantioselectivity was enhanced by increasing the mobile phase methanol content. Use of this approach also revealed that secondary sites on the teicoplanin surface were involved in the processes determining both retention and selectivity. It was clearly demonstrated that these secondary sites of low affinity were not affected by the temperature change and were not involved in the chiral recognition mechanism.     

Application of column liquid chromatography (HPLC) to special problems in food chemistry a laboratory note

Summary Liquid chromatography has been used for the determination of amino acids, sugars and biogenic amines in food. Some special problems, for example, determination of patuline in apple juice, hyoscyamine and scopolamine in french beans preserves, were also solved by HPLC.     

The Enantioresolution of Methylthiohydantoin-Amino Acids on R,S-2-hydroxypropyl Derivatized β-Cyclodextrin Bonded Stationary Phase Using the Water-Based Mobile Phase

The enantioresolution of thirteen methylthiohydantoin-amino acids (MTH-amino acids), which are substrates for producing D-amino acids through enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis, is described on R, S-2-hydroxypropyl derivatized β-cyclodextrin bonded stationary phase (RSP-β-CD CSP) with a water-based mobile phase. The enantioresolution is relatively sensitive to the structural variation of group which is attached to the carbon at position five on methylthiohydantoin moiety and subsequently turns into side-chain group of corresponding D-amino acid produced after hydrolysis. The inclusion complexation is believed to be the mechanism responsible for the observed enantioresolution that cannot be reproduced either on native β-cyclodextrin CSP under the same chromatographic conditions or on both CSPs using the acetonitrile-based mobile phase. Approaches for enantioimprovement include varying the percentage of organic modifier in the mobile phase and using the buffer-typed mobile phase such as triethylammonium acetate (pH 4.1).     

Separation and Determination of the Structural Isomers of Madecassoside by HPLC Using β-Cyclodextrin as Mobile Phase Additive

A reversed phase HPLC method has been investigated for separation and determination of the structural isomers of madecassoside (madecassoside and asiaticoside-B). The isomeric compounds can be isolated with high resolution by adding β-CD in mobile phase on a C₁₈ column. The effect of β-CD concentration on resolution is discussed. The functional group in the separation process is investigated. The correlation coefficient (R ²) of the calibration was 0.9995 over the range of 0.1–5.0 mg mL⁻¹. The method was successfully applied to characterize and determine the madecassoside in Centella extract.     

N-(4-甲基苯甲酰基)苯甘氨酸手性固定相的合成及对多种手性化合物的拆分

合成了N-(4-甲基苯甲酰基)苯甘氨酸手性固定相,采用湿法装柱(250mm×2.0mm i.d.),在V(正己烷)∶V(异丙醇)=90∶10的高效液相色谱正相色谱条件下,测得理论塔板数为40800m-1,该柱成功地分离了醇类、胺类、氨基酸的对映异构体以及一些手性药物。结果表明:所拆分的16种手性化合物,有12种手性化合物得到基线分离,最好的分离度Rs=4.66,表现出良好的手性分离性能。     

Evaluation of N-Substituted 2,4-Dihydroxyphenylthioamide Fungicide Lipophilicity Using the Chromatographic Techniques HPLC and HPTLC

2,4-Dihydroxyphenylthioamide derivatives modified on the N-aryl ring have substantial fungicidal activity. To determine their quantitative structure–activity relationships their lipophilicity was determined by use of the chromatographic methods column liquid chromatography and thin-layer chromatography. Methanol–water systems were used as mobile phases and the linear dependences of retention (R_M and log k) on volume fraction of organic modifier, φ, were determined. This enabled precise determination of lipophilicity (R_Mw and log k_w) by extrapolation. Correlations were found between quantities characterizing the lipophilicity of the compounds. Deviations enabled discovery of compound structural features which increase or reduce lipophilicity. When these data were correlated with biological activity against the phytopathogenic fungi Alternaria alternata and Botrytis cinerea parabolic dependences were obtained.     

Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Glutamine in Cerebrospinal Fluid Using 2-Hydroxynaphthaldehyde Derivatizing Reagent

Summary An analytical procedure has been developed for the selective determination of glutamine from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) using 2-hydroxynaphthaldehyde derivatizing reagent. Arginine and tyramine could also be determined simultaneously. Separation was on a Phenomenex C-18, (150 × 4.6 mm i.d.) column with methanol: water (63:38 v/v) mobile phase at 1mL min^–1 and UV detection at 330nm. Detection limits for glutamine, arginine, and tyramine were 2.8 ng, 17.4 ng and 3.45 ng injection^–1 (5 L), respectively. A large number of amines and amino acids eluted did not affect the determination of glutamine. The analysis of CSF of four patients suffering from hydrocephalus for glutamine indicated concentrations within range 37.4–11.24 g mL^–1 with coefficient of variation 3.0–6.2%.     

Effect of Mobile Phase pH* on Chromatographic Behaviour in Chiral Ligand-Exchange Thin-Layer Chromatography (CLETLC) of Amino Acid Enantiomers

The enantiomers of some amino acids have been separated on commercial chiral TLC plates in reversed-phase mode. The effect of the pH* of the aqueous-organic mobile phase on the retention and mobility of the enantiomers and on selectivity was investigated. It was shown that for most of the amino acids investigated the highest enantioselectivity was obtained at pH* 3–4 or 6–7. The drift and disturbance of the baseline on the chromatograms were also much smaller at pH* 3–4 and 6–7.     

手性流动相添加剂法拆分氧氟沙星对映体的热力学研究

采用配位体金属离子交换剂作为手性流动相添加剂,以L-苯丙氨酸和硫酸铜溶液为手性配体流动相,考察了293~313K温度范围内,氧氟沙星对映体在C18高效液相色谱柱上拆分的热力学性质。结果表明,在实验范围内,随着温度的升高,对映体的保留时间、分离度和选择性因子均减少;用lnk′对1/T作图,得Van’t Hoff曲线具有良好的线性关系,相关系数R0.999。计算了氧氟沙星对映体在色谱柱分离的焓变、焓变差值和熵变差值等热力学参数。在实验温度范围内,氧氟沙星对映体满足︱△S,R△H0︱︱T△S,R△S0︱,说明手性拆分过程为焓控过程。     

The Convergence Coordinates of the Affinity of a Component to the Stationary Phase vs. the Composition of Mobile Phase in HPLC

By plotting of the affinity of component to adsorbent (_a) vs. the logarithm of the solvent activity in the mobile phase in a reversed phase HPLC system, it is shown that when the concentration of organic solvent in the mobile phase increases, _a of a series of aromatic alcohol homologues tends to converge to a point. A theoretical model for evaluating the convergent coordinates was presented by using the linear relationship between _a and log a_D and the stoichiometric displacement theory for retention (SDT-R). The physical meaning of the coordinates of convergence point was also elucidated. Convergence occurs when the activity of the displacing solvent approaches the value when in a pure state. The experimental results fit the equations and the coordinate of the convergence point well. At the same time, a unified equation to express the quantitative relation between parameter _a describing the adsorption process in a liquid-solid system and k describing the retention process in a liquid chromatographic system is also derived.     

High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Enantioresolution of Benzoyl Amino Acid,Dipeptides and Tripeptide on β-Cyclodextrin Bonded Stationary Phase Using Polar-Organic Acetonitrile as the Mobile Phase

The enantiomeric resolution of several dipeptides, amino acid (i.e., isoleucine) and tripeptide (i.e., Leu-Gly-Phe) with two stereogenic centers on β-cyclodextrin bonded chiral stationary phase (β-CD CSP) using polar-organic acetonitrile as the mobile phase is examined through pre-column chemical derivatization with a series of tagging reagents such as benzoyl chloride, benzenesulfonyl chloride and 1-naphthalenesulfonyl chloride. These tagging reagents are similar in structure; however, the enantioselectivity for the same analyte derivatized with these tagging reagents is quite different and found to be the best with benzoyl chloride. In the reversed-phase mode or on the γ-CD CSP under the same chromatographic conditions, the enantioresolution diminishes for all tagged enantiomers that were examined in this study. Dipeptides derivatized by benzoyl chloride appear to be better resolved than by dansyl chloride as reported previously. Interestingly, no enantioresolution for most derivatized amino acids with single stereogenic center was observed. Finally, enantioresolution can be enhanced by replacing the basic additive such as triethylamine with tripropylamine in the polar-organic mobile phase.     

Reversal of Enantiomeric Retention Order by Using a Single N-Derivatized Dipeptide as Chiral Mobile Phase Additive and Porous Graphitised Carbon as Stationary Phase

In this work the three dipeptides, Z-l-alanyl-l-glutaric acid (Z-l-ala-l-glu), Z-l-phenylanyl-l-glutaric acid (Z-l-phe-l-glu) and Z-glycyl-l-glutaric acid (Z-gly-l-glu) were tested as chiral counter ions for enantiomeric resolution of amino alcohols. The influence of solute and counter ion structure upon retention and enantioselectivity was evaluated. The chiral counter ions were dissolved in a mixture of polar solvents, i.e., ethyl acetate, methanol and acetonitrile and the achiral solid phase used was porous graphitic carbon, marketed as Hypercarb. The enantioselectivities observed for the tested solutes were highly influenced by the used chiral counter ion structure. For example no enantioselectivity was observed for (R,S)-alprenolol using Z-l-ala-l-glu while a separation factor (α) of 1.59 was obtained using Z-l-phe-l-glu as chiral counter ion. High selectivity factors (α > 2.7) were observed between enantiomers of tertiary amines using Z-l-phe-l-glu as counter ion. Interestingly, the structure of the counter ion, as well as the charge on Z-l-phe-l-glu and the mobile phase solvent composition, influenced the retention order of the enantiomers.     

脲衍生物型手性固定相分离α－氨基酸对映体的研究

利用脲衍生物型手性色谱柱，作正相和反相液相色谱拆分Ｎ－３，５－二硝基苯甲酰化氨基酸丁酯衍生物。结果表明，正相色谱的手性分离效果比反相色谱要好得多，并且手性洗脱顺序完全相反。认为在固定相上对拆分起主要作用的可能是（Ｒ）－１－（α－萘基）乙胺部分的手性碳原子，而另外一个手性碳原子在拆分过程中起辅助作用。流动相在拆分过程中起着很重要的作用。     

姜黄素键合硅胶固定相高效液相色谱分离取代芳香酸类化合物

研究了13种取代芳香酸类化合物在姜黄素键合硅胶固定相(CCSP)上的色谱行为,考察了甲醇含量、流动相pH值对CCSP分离取代芳香酸类化合物的影响,探讨了该固定相对芳香酸类化合物的色谱保留机理,并应用于实际样品复方水杨酸搽剂的分离分析。结果表明,在不同含量的甲醇-0.02 mol.L-1NaH2PO4(pH=2.5)流动相体系中,三组芳香酸标准混合样和实际样品中四种主要成分在CCSP上实现基线分离。与ODS柱相比,在相同条件下,CCSP对这类酸性化合物具有较高的选择性,且对13种取代芳香酸类化合物的洗脱顺序与ODS具有显著差异,其中5种溶质在CCSP上的保留强于ODS,这说明不同保留机理的存在。研究表明,CCSP具有典型的反相色谱特征,但疏水性较ODS弱;除疏水作用外,n-π和π-π作用、氢键作用、电荷转移作用、偶极-偶极作用对分离也有贡献。CCSP对极性、电离性物质如水杨酸、对硝基苯甲酸、3,4,5-三羟基苯甲酸、邻苯二甲酸和邻溴苯甲酸等具有较强的保留;由于CCSP较弱的疏水性和多种分离机制,邻氯苯甲酸和苯甲酸在CCSP上的保留不会像在ODS上那么强,且分离度明显优于ODS。     

高效液相色谱法测定水体系中N—（2,4—二甲苯基）—N‘—甲基甲脒盐酸盐

本文研究了用高效液相色谱法测定水体中单甲脒盐酸盐的分析方法，峰高定量，标准曲线的线性范围为０－１０００ｍｇ／Ｌ，回收率在８７％－９８％之间，直接进样分析检测限为０．３５ｍｇ／Ｌ。此方法已应用于细胞反应中单甲脒盐酸盐的测定。     

Effects of Mobile Phase Ratios on the Separation of Plant Carotenoids by HPLC with a C30 Column

Plant products are dietary sources of lutein and zeaxanthin. Lutein and zeaxanthin have been implicated in the protection of age related macular degeneration (AMD) and in cardiovascular diseases. However, xanthophylls and unidentified components (λ_max = 423 and 468 nm) in plant products are often not separated well, and affect an accurate quantitative determination of lutein and zeaxanthin. A high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system equipped with a Bischoff C30 column and a mobile phase of methanol, methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and water was used to separate lutein, zeaxanthin and other unidentified components in plant products. Mobile phase A containing methanol, MTBE and water with a ratio of 60:33:7 by volume (1.5% ammonium acetate, NH₄Ac), combined with mobile phase B with a ratio of 8:90:2 by volume (1.0% NH₄Ac) is optimal for the separation. This method was successfully applied to the quantitative determination of lutein and zeaxanthin in extracts of plant products, such as chlorella, spirulina, celery and mallow.     

Amino acid analysis by derivatization with chromogenic 4-phenylazobenzyloxycarbonyl chloride (PAZ-Cl): Comparison of reversed-phases

Summary The chromogenic reagent 4-phenylazobenzyloxycarbonyl chloride (PAZ-Cl) was used for the automated pre-column derivatization of amino acids (AAs) at ambient temperature followed by liquid chromatographic separation of the derivatives formed.Since in previous investigations it was realised that the selectivity of a C-18 stationary phase decreased after 40 injections of PAZ-AAs the suitability of 12 reversedphases distinguished by silica modification, carbon content, and particle characteristics was tested. Among these columns only a polymer-coated C-18 stationary phase furnished satisfactory repeatability of retention times for 250 analyses.