Liquid chromatographic resolution of beta-amino acids on CSPs based on optically active (3,3'-diphenyl-1,1'-binaphthyl)-20-crown-6

Two chiral stationary phases (CSPs) based on optically active (3,3′-diphenyl-1,1′-binaphthyl)-20-crown-6 covalently bonded to silica gel were utilized for the first time for the resolution of racemic β-amino acids using high performance liquid chromatography. All of the 10 β-amino acids tested were resolved on the CSP containing residual silanol-protecting n-octyl groups, while only five β-amino acids were resolved on the CSP containing residual silanol groups. The superiority of the CSP containing residual silanol-protecting n-octyl groups and the characteristic retention behaviors of the two enantiomers on the CSP were rationalized to stem from the removal of the residual silanol groups, which can otherwise induce the non-enantioselective retention of the analytes, and the improved lipophilicity of the CSP. The elution orders of the two enantiomers of β-amino acids were identical on the two CSPs and, consequently, it was concluded that the two CSPs were concluded to utilize identical chiral recognition mechanisms. The different elution orders of the analytes were proposed to be attributed to the presence or absence of π-π interactions between the CSP and analytes.     

Liquid chromatographic resolution of racemic amines,amino alcohols and related compounds on a chiral crown ether stationary phase

A chiral stationary phase (CSP) based on diphenyl-substituted 1,1'-binaphthyl crown ether was applied in resolving various racemic amines, amino alcohols and alpha-aminocarbonyl compounds including pharmaceutically important compounds such as amphetamine analogues, mexiletine, norepinephrine and norephedrine. The resolution was quite successful. In order to find out the effects of mobile phase additives on the chromatographic resolution behaviors, four selected racemic compounds were resolved on the CSP with the variation of the type and content of organic, acidic and cationic modifiers in aqueous mobile phase and with the variation of column temperature. The resolution behaviors were quite dependent on the type and the content of organic, acidic and cationic modifiers in aqueous mobile phase and on column temperature.     

Effect of the residual silanol group protection on the liquid chromatographic resolution of α‐amino acids and proton pump inhibitors on a ligand exchange chiral stationary phase

A new ligand exchange chiral stationary phase (new CSP) containing residual silanol group‐protecting n‐octyl groups on the silica surface was prepared by treating a ligand exchange CSP (original CSP) based on sodium N‐[(R)‐2‐hydroxy‐1‐phenylethyl]‐N‐undecylaminoacetate bonded to silica gel with excess n‐octyltriethoxysilane. The new and original CSPs containing an identical amount of chiral selector were applied to the resolution of α‐amino acids and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) including omeprazole, pantoprazole, lansoprazole, and rabeprazole. The separation factors (α) and resolutions (R_S) were greater on the new CSP than on the original CSP except for the resolution of asparagine. The trends of the retention factors (k₁) for the resolution of α‐amino acids on the new and original CSPs with the variation of the organic modifier content in aqueous mobile phase were opposite to those for the resolution of PPIs. Removal of the nonenantioselective interactions between the residual silanol groups and the analytes and the improved lipophilicity of the new CSP were proposed to be responsible for the improved chiral recognition ability of the new CSP and the different retention behaviors of the enantiomers between the new and original CSPs.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of beta-amino acid stereoisomers on a (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid-based chiral stationary phase

Direct reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic methods were developed for the separation of enantiomers of 14 unnatural beta-amino acids, including several beta-3-homo-amino acids on a chiral stationary phase containing (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid bonded to 3-aminopropyl silica gel as chiral selector. The effects of the organic and the acidic modifiers and the mobile phase composition on the separation were investigated. The natures and positions of the substituents on the aromatic ring substantially influenced the retention and enantioseparation. The elution sequence in most cases was determined and the R enantiomers were eluteted before the S enantiomers.     

Liquid chromatographic resolution of 1-aryl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines on a chiral stationary phase based on (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid

A liquid chromatographic chiral stationary phase (CSP) based on (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid was applied for the first time to the resolution of biologically important 1-aryl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines. The unusual resolution of cyclic secondary amino compounds on a chiral crown ether-based CSP was quite successful with the use of a mixture of methanol-acetonitrile-triethylamine at a ratio of 30/70/0.5 (v/v/v) as a mobile phase. From the chromatographic behaviours for the resolution of seven 1-aryl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines, the steric bulkiness of the 1-phenyl ring at the chiral center of analytes was concluded to play an important role in the chiral recognition.     

Preparation of a new chiral acridino-18-crown-6 ether-based stationary phase for enantioseparation of racemic protonated primary aralkyl amines

Starting from commercially available and relatively cheap chemicals first enantiopure dimethyl-substituted monoaza-18-crown-6 ether (R,R)-21 containing a diphenylamine unit was prepared, which was then transformed to dimethyl-substituted acridino-18-crown-6 ligand (R,R)-19 having an N-allyl-carbamoyl linker by several steps. The terminal double bond of the latter made possible to attach (R,R)-19 to γ-mercaptopropyl-functionalized spherical HPLC quality silica gel obtaining a new chiral stationary phase (R,R)-CSP-37. Based on electronic circular dichroism (ECD) studies the N-allyl-carbamoyl group attached to the acridine ring of the chiral host (R,R)-19 does weaken exciton interaction between the host and guest molecules, but does not destroy the discriminating power of the chiral host. An HPLC column filled with (R,R)-CSP-37 was tested for the enantioseparation of racemic 1-(1-naphthyl)- and 1-(2-naphthyl)ethylamine hydrogenperchlorates using isocratic conditions.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of amino compounds on newly developed cyclofructan-based chiral stationary phases

Direct separation of the enantiomers of amino acid amines, amino alcohols, and diamines was performed on recently developed chiral stationary phases containing isopropyl carbamate-cyclofructan 6 (IP-CF6), (R)-naphthylethylcarbamate cyclofructan 6 (RN-CF6), or dimethylphenylcarbamate cyclofructan 7 (DMP-CF7) as chiral selectors, using n-hexane/alcohol/TFA as mobile phase. The effects of the mobile phase composition, the nature and concentrations of the alcoholic and acidic modifiers, and the structures of the analytes on the retention and resolution were investigated. In some cases, separations were carried out at constant mobile phase composition in the temperature range 5-40 °C. Thermodynamic parameters and T(iso) values were calculated from plots of lnk versus 1/T. It was found that the enantioseparations were enthalpy driven. The sequences of elution of the stereoisomers were determined but no general rule could be established.     

Liquid chromatographic resolution of racemic ketones as their oxime 3,5-dinitrophenyl carbamates on a chiral stationary phase

Cyclic and acyclic chiral ketones have been resolved as their oxime 3,5-dinitrophenyl carbamates on a chiral stationary phase derived from (S)-1-(6,7-direthyl-1-naphthyl)isobutylamine.     

Liquid chromatographic resolution of secondary amino alcohols on a chiral stationary phase based on (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid Dependence of temperature effect on analyte structure

Two types of secondary amino alcohols were successfully resolved on a liquid chromatographic chiral stationary phase based on (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid. The secondary amino alcohols containing a secondary amino group connected directly to the stereogenic center were resolved much better than those containing a hydroxyl group attached directly to the stereogenic center. In addition, the dependence of the separation factor (alpha) on column temperature was exactly opposite for the two different types of secondary amino alcohols. From the thermodynamic calculations based on Van't Hoff plots, we conclude that the enantioselectivity for the resolution of the secondary amino alcohols containing a secondary amino group connected directly to the stereogenic center is enthalpically controlled while that for the resolution of the secondary amino alcohols containing a hydroxyl group attached directly to the stereogenic center is entropically controlled.     

Preparation and application of a new modified liquid chromatographic chiral stationary phase based on (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid

As an effort to improve the chiral recognition efficiency of a previously reported chiral stationary phase (CSP) based on (+)-(18-Crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid, a new CSP was prepared by simply replacing the amide N-H hydrogens of the tethering groups of the old CSP with methyl groups. The new CSP was superior to the old one in the resolution of racemic primary amines. However, in the resolution of alpha-amino acids and amino alcohols, the new and the old CSPs were complementary with each other. The elution orders on the new CSP were sometimes opposite to those on the old one. Consequently, the chiral recognition mechanism on the new CSP was presumed to be different from that on the old one. The chiral recognition behavior of the new CSP were investigated with four selected analytes and found to be dependent to some extent on the content of organic and acidic modifiers in aqueous mobile phase and the column temperature.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of beta-3-homo-amino acid stereoisomers on a (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid-based chiral stationary phase

High-performance liquid chromatographic methods were developed for the separation of the enantiomers of thirteen unusual beta-3-homo-amino acids and three of its ethyl esters on a chiral stationary phase containing (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid as chiral selector. The effects of the mobile phase composition and the acidic modifiers on the separation were investigated. The structures of the substituents in beta-position substantially influenced the retention and enantioseparation. The influence of ionic strength on the enantioseparation was established experimentally. The elution sequence was determined in all cases.     

Preparation and evaluation of a chiral stationary phase covalently bound with a chiral pseudo-18-crown-6 ether having a phenolic hydroxy group for enantiomer separation of amino compounds

In order to develop a chiral stationary phase (CSP), which has even higher separation ability than the corresponding commercially available crown ether based CSP (OA-8000 having a pseudo-18-crown-6 ether with an OMe group as a selector), chemically bonded type CSP having a phenolic OH group on a crown ring was developed. Normal mobile phases with or without acid additive can be used with this OH type CSP in contrast to the conventional OMe type CSP which has a neutral chiral selector. Enantiomers of 25 out of 27 amino compounds, including 20 amino acids, 5 amino alcohols, and 2 lipophilic amines, were efficiently separated on a column with this CSP. Nine amino compounds out of 27 were separated with better separation factors than the corresponding OMe type CSP. It is noteworthy that the chromatography on this CSP exhibited excellent enantiomer-separations for amines and amino alcohols when triethyl amine was used as an additive in the mobile phase. Comparison of enantiomer separation ability on this OH type of CSP and on the OMe type of CSP and correlation between the enantioselectivity in chiral chromatography and that of the corresponding model compounds in solution imply that the chiral separation arose from chiral recognition in host guest interactions.     

Liquid chromatographic resolution of vigabatrin and its analogue gamma-amino acids on chiral stationary phases based on (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid

Racemic vigabatrin, an anticonvulsant drug used for the treatment of epilepsy, and its analogue gamma-amino acids were resolved without derivatization on liquid chromatographic chiral stationary phases (CSPs) based on (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid. Between the two CSPs which contain 3 methylene-unit or 11 methylene-unit spacer group, the latter was found to be greater than the former in the resolution of vigabatrin and its analogue gamma-amino acids, the separation, alpha, and the resolution factor, RS, for the resolution of vigabatrin on the latter being 1.91 and 4.57, respectively. The chromatographic behaviors for the resolution of vigabatrin and its analogue gamma-amino acids on the two CSPs were found to be dependent on the type and the content of organic and acidic modifiers in aqueous mobile phase.     

Resolution of beta-amino acids on a high performance liquid chromatographic doubly tethered chiral stationary phase containing N-CH3 amide linkage based on (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid

A doubly tethered chiral stationary phase (CSP) containing N-CH(3 )amide linkage based on (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid was applied to the resolution of various beta-amino acids. The chiral recognition behaviors for the resolution of beta-amino acids on the doubly tethered CSP were consistent with those on the corresponding singly tethered CSP while the chiral recognition ability of the doubly tethered CSP was generally greater in terms of both the separation (alpha) and the resolution factors (R(S)) than that of the corresponding singly tethered CSP. From these results, it was concluded that attaching the second tethering group to silica gel through a carbon atom of the first tethering group of the CSP improves the chiral recognition ability for the resolution of beta-amino acids without any change in the chiral recognition mode. The retention factors (k(1)) on the doubly tethered CSP were larger than those on the corresponding singly tethered CSP and these retention factors were found to be controllable with the variation of the type and the content of the organic and/or acidic modifier in the aqueous mobile phase without significant change in the separation and the resolution factors.     

Unusual resolution of N-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)-alpha-amino acids on a chiral stationary phase based on (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid

While HPLC chiral stationary phases (CSPs) based on chiral crown ethers have been known useful for the resolution of only racemic primary amino compounds or some secondary amino compounds, in this study, we first demonstrated that the CSP based on (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid is also useful for the resolution of N-benzoyl-alpha-amino acids, which do not contain a primary or secondary amino group. Especially, N-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)-alpha-amino acids were resolved better than corresponding N-(3-nitrobenzoyl)- or N-benzoyl-alpha-amino acids, the separation (alpha) and the resolution factors (R(S)) for the resolution of eight N-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)-alpha-amino acids being in the range of 1.06-1.81 and 0.54-2.81, respectively. The optimum mobile phase condition was the mixture of acetic acid-triethylamine-acetonitrile with the ratio of 0.05/0.25/100 (v/v/v).     

Enantiomeric analysis of phenylpropanolamine in plasma via resolution of dinitrophenylurea derivatives on a high performance liquid chromatographic chiral stationary phase.

Racemic phenylpropanolamine was resolved on a high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) chiral stationary phase (CSP) as the 3,5-dinitrophenyl ureide derivative. The CSP was prepared by a simple in situ procedure in which (R)-(1-naphthyl)ethyl isocyanate was bound to aminopropyl silanized silica through a urea linkage. The enantiomeric ureides were prepared by a room-temperature, 60-second procedure, accomplishing simultaneous extraction and derivatization and utilizing achiral 3,5-dinitrophenyl isocyanate as reagent. Baseline resolution was readily achieved under normal phase conditions, with a separation factor (alpha) of 1.16 and a resolution factor (RS) of 2.2. Elution was complete within 10 min. A limit of detection, by UV at 235 nm, of 250 pg per isomer was established. Feasibility of the procedure for plasma determinations was demonstrated by assay of samples from a canine subject.     

Steric and electronic effects in the resolution of enantiomeric amides on a commercially available Pirkle-type high-performance liquid chromatographic chiral stationary phase

The steric and electronic effects in the resolution of enantiomeric amides on a commercially available (R)-N-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)phenylglycine chiral stationary phase (CSP) have been investigated. Several homologous series of enantiomeric amides were synthesized from alkyl and aromatic amines and from alkyl and aromatic acids. The results of the study indicate that chiral recognition is based on the formation of diastereomeric solute-CSP complexes that are due to attractive interactions located on a single bond in both the solute and CSP and on steric interactions within the complexes. The magnitude of the chiral resolution appears to depend on the steric bulk at the chiral center. In addition, when the amides synthesized from chiral amines were chromatographed, the (R)-enantiomers eluted first, whereas the opposite elution order was found for the amides synthesized from enantiomeric carboxylic acids. Thus, the amide moiety not only provides the sites of attractive interaction between the solute and CSP, but also influences the spatial orientation of the two molecules, thereby affecting the relative stabilities of the two diastereomeric complexes and determining the enantiomeric elution order.     

Preparation and evaluation of a doubly tethered chiral stationary phase based on (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid

A new doubly tethered chiral stationary phase (CSP) was prepared to enhance CSP stability as well as to take advantage of the tertiary amide linkage by bonding (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid to bis(3-aminopropyl)silica gel. The new CSP was quite effective in the resolution of alpha-amino acids, beta-amino acids, amino alcohols, and amines and the chromatographic resolution behaviors of the new CSP were exactly consistent with those of the corresponding singly tethered CSP containing N-CH3 tertiary amide linkage. Direct comparison between the stabilities of the new CSP and the corresponding singly tethered CSP containing N-CH3 tertiary amide linkage under harsh chromatographic conditions reveals that the new CSP is more stable than the latter.     

Stereochemical resolution of enantiomeric 2-aryl propionic acid non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on a human serum albumin based high-performance liquid chromatographic chiral stationary phase

Summary The native enantioselectivity in binding of human serum albumin (HSA) towards 2-aryl propionic acid non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (2-APA-NSAIDs, the profens) was found to be preserved when the protein was immobilized within a commercially available diol high-performance liquid chromatographic column. High capacity factors were obtained, reflecting the previously observed extensive binding of the 2-APA-NSAIDs to free HSA. The capacity factors were modified by the addition of octanoic acid to the mobile phase. Chiral resolution of the enantiomers of all nine 2-APA-NSAIDs studied was achieved. Preliminary studies show that in addition to being a useful chiral analytical tool for this therapeutically important series of compounds, the HSA chiral stationary phase may provide useful information on the affinity and binding mechanism of small molecules to HSA.     

High-Performance liquid chromatographic separation of enantiomers of unusual amino acids possessing cycloalkane or cycloalkene skeletons on a chiral crown ether containing stationary phase

Summary Direct reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic methods were developed for the separation and identification of the enantiomers of mono- and bicyclic racemic β-amino acids:cis- andtrans-2-aminocyclopentane-1-carboxylic acids,cis- andtrans-2-aminocyclohexane-1-carboxylic acids,cis- andtrans-2-amino-4-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acids,diendo- anddiexo-3-aminobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-carboxylic acids anddiendo- anddiexo-3-amino-5-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptene-2-carboxylic acids. Enantioseparation was carried out by the application of a chiral stationary phase, Crownpak CR(+). The conditions of separation were optimized by changing the temperature, the flow rate and the pH of the mobile phase. Presented at: Balaton Symposium on High-Performance Separation Methods, Siófok, Hungary, September 3–5, 1997.