High-performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of aminonaphthol analogs on polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phases

High-performance liquid chromatographic methods were developed for the separation of the enantiomers of five new aminonaphthol analogs possessing two chiral centers. The direct separations were performed on chiral stationary phases containing either amylose-tris-3,5-dimethylphenyl carbamate (Kromasil^® AmyCoat™ column) or cellulose-tris-3,5-dimethylphenyl carbamate (Kromasil^® CelluCoat™ column) as chiral selector. The experimental data are utilized to discuss the effects of the mobile phase composition, the nature of the alcoholic modifier and the specific structural features of the analytes on the retention and separation. The elution sequence was determined in all cases; no general regularities could be established.     

High-performance ligand-exchange chromatography of amino acids on chiral stationary phases

Three chiral stationary phases, obtained by grafting silica gel with (-)-trans-1,2-cyclohexanediamine, were studied for the resolution of α-amino acids by ligand-exchange chromatography. The packings were prepared by bonding the chiral ligand to silica gel via different hydrocarbon spacers. Separation of the optical isomers was accomplished by eluents containing a constant concentration of copper(II) acetate (0.05mM). The elution sequence of amino acids was found to be dependent on the grafting reaction selected to prepare the chiral packings.     

Characterization of cyclofructan-based chiral stationary phases by linear free energy relationship

Cyclofructans (CFs), a new class of chiral selectors, have been recently introduced for application in liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis. So far, derivatized CFs have performed interesting separation possibilities for a variety of compounds. The current work is focused on characterization of three different CF-based chiral stationary phases (CF-based CSPs), i.e. isopropyl carbamate cyclofructan 6 (IP-CF6), R-naphthylethyl carbamate cyclofructan 6 (RN-CF6) and dimethylphenyl carbamate cyclofructan 7 (DMP-CF7). The linear free energy relationship (LFER) model was used to reveal the dominant interactions participating in the complex retention mechanism. A set of 44 different test solutes, with known solvation parameters, was used to determine the regression coefficients of the LFER equation under two mobile-phase compositions in normal separation mode. The LFER results showed that hydrogen bond acidity, hydrophobicity and dipolarity/polarizibility mostly affect the retention and separation process on the CF-based columns in the studied separation systems.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of monoterpene-based 2-amino carboxylic acids on macrocyclic glycopeptide-based phases

The enantiomers of five monoterpene-based 2-amino carboxylic acids were directly separated on chiral stationary phases containing macrocyclic glycopeptide antibiotics such as teicoplanin (Astec Chirobiotic T and T2) and teicoplanin aglycone (Chirobiotic TAG) as chiral selectors. The effects of pH, the mobile phase composition, the structure of the analyte and temperature on the separations were investigated. Experiments were performed at constant mobile phase compositions in the temperature range 10–40 °C to study the effects of temperature and thermodynamic parameters on separations. Apparent thermodynamic parameters and T_iso values were calculated from plots of ln k or ln α versus 1/T. Some mechanistic aspects of the chiral recognition process are discussed with respect to the structures of the analytes. It was found that the enantioseparations were in most cases enthalpy driven. The sequence of elution of the enantiomers was determined in all cases.     

Synthesis of novel chiral imidazolium stationary phases and their enantioseparation evaluation by high-performance liquid chromatography

Two novel chiral stationary phases (CSPs) were prepared by bonding chiral imidazoliums on the surface of silica gel. The chiral imidazoles were derivatized from chiral amines, 1-phenylethylamine and 1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine. The obtained CSPs were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and elemental analysis (EA), demonstrating the bonding densities of CSP 1 and CSP 2 were 0.43 mmol g⁻¹ and 0.40 mmol g⁻¹, respectively. These two CSPs could be used to availably separate 8 pharmaceuticals, 7 mandelic acid/its derivatives, 2 1-phenylethylamine derivatives, 1 1,1′-bi-2-naphthol, and 1 camphorsulfonic acid in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). It is found that CSP 1 could effectively enantioseparate most chiral analytes, especially the acidic components, while CSP 2 could enantiorecognize all chiral analytes, although a number of components did not achieve baseline separation. Additionally, the effects of mobile phase composition, mobile phase pH and salt content, chiral selector structures, and analyte structures on the enantiorecognitions of the two CSPs were investigated. It is found that high acetonitrile content in mobile phases was conducive to enantiorecognition. Mobile phase pH and salt content could alter the retention behaviors of different enantiomers of the same chiral compound, resulting in better enantioresolution. Moreover, both chiral selector structures and substituted groups of analytes played a significant role in the separation of chiral solutes.     

Novel cyclodextrin chiral stationary phases for high performance liquid chromatography enantioseparation: Effect of cyclodextrin type

Three novel chiral stationary phases (CSPs) were prepared by regioselective chemical immobilization of mono(6^A-N-allylamino-6^A-deoxy)perphenylcarbamoylated (PICD) α-, β-, and γ-cyclodextrins (CDs) onto silica support via hydrosilylation. Their enantioseparation properties in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were evaluated with a large spectrum of racemates including flavanone compounds, β-adrenergic blockers, amines and non-protolytic compounds. The effect of CD's cavity size on enantioseparation abilities was studied and discussed. The results indicated that CD's surface loading at silica support played an important role in the enantioseparation on these CSPs under normal-phase conditions while inclusion phenomena contributed the major driving force under reverse-phase conditions. As expected, α-PICD demonstrated the best resolutions towards flavonone and most aromatic alcohols under normal-phase conditions with the highest surface loading; while Fujimura's competitive inclusion model can be applied to explain the better enantioseparations towards β-adrenergic blockers, amines and non-protolytic compounds with α- and β-PICD CSPs. γ-PICD CSP showed superior enantioseparation ability for sterically encumbered analytes like flavanone compounds under both normal-phase and reversed phase conditions.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of 2-aminomono- and dihydroxycyclopentanecarboxylic and 2-aminodihydroxycyclohexanecarboxylic acids on macrocyclic glycopeptide-based phases

The direct separation of the enantiomers of four 2-aminomono- or dihydroxycyclopentanecarboxylic acids and four 2-aminodihydroxycyclohexanecarboxylic acids was performed on chiral stationary phases containing macrocyclic glycopeptide antibiotics such as teicoplanin (Astec Chirobiotic T and T2), teicoplanin aglycone (Chirobiotic TAG) or ristocetin A (Chirobiotic R) as chiral selectors. The effects of the nature of organic modifiers, the pH, the mobile phase composition and the structures of the analytes on the separation were investigated. Chirobiotic TAG, and in some cases Chirobiotic T, proved to be the most useful of these columns. The elution sequence was determined in most cases.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of drugs containing multiple chiral centers on polysaccharide-type chiral stationary phases

Enantioseparation of drugs with multiple chiral centers is challenging. This article describes resolution of some drugs with multiple chiral centers using polysaccharide-type chiral stationary phases. Also, the use of the column-switching technique is demonstrated to achieve the resolution of this type of compounds.     

Chiral high‐performance liquid and supercritical fluid chromatographic enantioseparations of limonene‐based bicyclic aminoalcohols and aminodiols on polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phases

Enantioseparation of limonene‐based bicyclic 1,3‐aminoalcohols and 1,3,5‐ and 1,3,6‐aminodiols was performed by normal‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatographic and supercritical fluid chromatographic (SFC) methods on polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phases. The effects of the composition of the mobile phase, the column temperature and the structures of the analytes and chiral selectors on retention and selectivity were investigated by normal‐phase LC and SFC technique. Thermodynamic parameters derived from selectivity–temperature‐dependence studies were found to be dependent on the chromatographic method applied, the nature of the chiral selector and the structural details of the analytes. Enantiorecognition in most cases was enthalpically driven but an unusual temperature behavior was also observed: decreased retention times were accompanied by improved separation factors with increasing temperature, i.e. some entropically driven separations were also observed. The elution sequence was determined in all cases. The separation of the stereoisomers was optimized in both chromatographic modalities.     

High‐performance liquid chromatography enantioseparation of polyhalogenated 4,4′‐bipyridines on polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phases under multimodal elution

An investigation on the high‐performance liquid chromatography enantioseparation of 12 polyhalogenated 4,4′‐bipyridines on polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phases is described. The overall study was directed toward the generation of efficient separations in order to obtain pure atropisomers that will serve as ligands for building homochiral metal organic frameworks. Four coated columns—namely, Lux Cellulose‐1, Lux Cellulose‐2, Lux Cellulose‐4, and Lux Amylose‐2—and two immobilized columns—namely, Chiralpak IC and IA—were used under normal, polar organic, and reversed‐phase elution modes. Moreover, Chiralcel OJ was considered under normal‐phase and polar organic conditions. The effect of the chiral selector and mobile phase composition on the enantioseparation, the enantiomer elution order and the beneficial effect of nonstandard solvents were studied. The effect of water in the mobile phase on the enantioselectivity and retention was investigated and retention profiles typical of hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography were observed. Interesting phenomena of solvent‐induced enantiomer elution order reversal occurred under normal‐phase mode. All the considered 4,4′‐bipyridines were enantioseparated at the multimilligram level.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic investigation of the enantioselectivity and mechanism of chiral recognition of new cholic acid-based stationary phases

Summary To elucidate the mechanism of chiral recognition of cholic acid-based stationary phases, four new cholic acid derivatives, with differently substituted carbamate or three acetoxy groups, were bonded to a hydrosilyl-modified silica gel. Their capacity to discriminate between enantiomers was evaluated in normal-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The results were compared with those from equivalent separations on trihydroxy- and 3α-phenylcarbamate-substituted cholic acid-based bonded phases. The influence of mobile phase composition of the separation of the enantiomers of amino alcohols was shown. Different mechanisms of chiral discrimination are discussed, highlighting the influence of the nature of the carbamate on enantioselectivity.     

Enantioseparation of aldols by high‐performance liquid chromatography on polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phases that bear chlorinated substituents

Two families of aldols, obtained from the condensation of aromatic aldehydes with cyclohexanone or acetone (ten examples in each group), were analyzed by high‐performance liquid chromatography in normal phase elution mode on three polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phases of the Lux series, namely, Lux Cellulose‐2, Lux Cellulose‐4 and Lux Amylose‐2, which share the common feature of chlorinated substituents in the chiral selectors. Following simple optimization steps, the enantioseparation of all aldols derived from cyclohexanone was achieved and the highest values of separation factor (α, 1.32 < α < 2.20) and resolution (R_s, 4.5 < R_s <17.2) were observed on Lux Cellulose‐2, with the only exception of the 4‐nitro‐substituted derivative that was better resolved on Lux Cellulose‐4. On the contrary, Lux Amylose‐2 was the best choice for aldols derived from acetone and only specific analytes in this group were resolved on the cellulose‐based supports. A variable‐temperature study of selected compounds allowed us to determine thermodynamic parameters of the enantioseparation process, which was enthalpy‐controlled in all the cases except one.     

High‐performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of amino alcohol analogues possessing 1,2,3,4‐tetrahydroisoquinoline skeleton on polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phases

The stereoisomers of 1,2,3,4‐tetrahydroisoquinoline amino alcohol analogues and derivatives thereof were separated in normal‐phase mode on chiral stationary phases based on preprepared silica coated with cellulose tris‐(3,5‐dimethylphenyl carbamate), cellulose tris‐(3‐chloro‐4‐methylphenyl carbamate), cellulose tris‐(4‐methylbenzoate) or cellulose tris‐(4‐chloro‐3‐methylphenyl carbamate). On all the investigated chiral columns, the retention and the enantioseparation were influenced by the nature and the concentrations of the mobile phase components and additives, and also the temperature. Experiments were performed in the temperature range 10–50°C. Thermodynamic parameters were calculated from plots of lnα vs 1/T. On these polysaccharide‐based chiral columns, both enthalpy‐driven separations and entropy‐controlled enantioseparations were observed. The latter was advantageous with regard to the shorter retention and greater selectivity at high temperature. The sequence of elution of the stereoisomers was determined in all cases. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic resolution of enantiomers on chiral amine-bonded silica gel

Summary A chiral stationary phase with an immobilized, optically active diamine was prepared for the separation of enantiomers. The synthesis of the phase was carried out by bonding (–)trans-1,2-cyclohexanediamine to microparticulate silica gel through the coupling agent 3-glycidoxypropylsilane. The resolution of the racemic compounds catechin, 2,2-dihydroxy-1,1binaphthyl and trans-1,2-cyclohexandiol, is reported.     

Use of native and derivatized cyclodextrin chiral stationary phases for the enantioseparation of aromatic and aliphatic sulfoxides by high performance liquid chromatography

Summary The enantioselectivity of native and derivatized cyclodextrin stationary phases for aromatic and aliphatic chiral sulfoxides was evaluated using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Many sulfoxide enantiomers could be baseline resolved using the derivatized cyclodextrin stationary phases in the reverse phase mode. The most important factor influencing enantioselectivity is the presence of steric bulk alpha to the chiral center. However, substituents on an aromatic ring bonded to the sulfoxide have less pronounced effects on enantioselectivity. The 2,3-dimethyl β-cyclodextrin exhibits the broadest anantioselectivity for neutral chiral sulfoxides. Native cyclodextrins and hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrins were much less effective in separating this class of molecules. The hydrogen bonding ability of the organic modifier does not significantly affect enantioselectivity.     

Preparation of chiral stationary phase via activated carbamate intermediate for liquid chromatographic optical resolution

Summary Chiral stationary phases (CSPs) for liquid chromatography were prepared by the way of an activated carbamate intermediate. The amino group of aminopropylsilyl silica gel was first activated by carbamylation with disuccinimido carbonate (DSC). The obtained activated carbamate silica gel (ACsil) proved useful as an intermediate for the preparation of urea-type CSPs. The reaction of ACsil with (S)- of (R)-1-(α-naphthyl)-ethylamine gave naphthylethylurea type CSPs. These CSPs were also obtained directly from aminopropylsilyl silica gel by its reaction with optically active (S)- or (R)-succinimido 1-(α-naphthyl)ethyl carbamate (SINEC). Several phenylthiohydantoin amino acid enantiomers and p-bromophenylcarbamyl amino acid enantiomers were resolved on the CSPs by elution with aqueous mobile phase.     

The preparative chromatographic enantioseparation of a racemic morphanthridine analog on a chiral stationary phase

Summary The preparative chromatographic enantioseparation of a chiral morphoanthridine analog has been performed on an analytical column using amylose-tris(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) as chiral stationary phase. The racemate (100 mg) was resolved to baseline within 15 min. This paper describes the development of the method, estimation of the capacity of the chiral stationary phase and discussed the potential of the chromatography if performed under preparative conditions. From the results and calculations presented it seems likely that the resolution of 70 tons year⁻¹ could easily be achieved on 30 kg of stationary phase with a mobile-phase consumption of only 720 L day⁻¹.     

Synthesis of novel chiral stationary phases for high-performance liquid chromatography

Three novel chiral selectors 4a-c were synthesized from(S)-amino acids and(R)-1-phenyl-2-(4-methylphenyl)ethylamine.4a-cwere connected to 3-aminopropylsilanized silica gel to be used as the chiral stationary phase for HPLC.Five amino acid derivativesand two pyrethroid insecticides were fairly resolved on these three new chiral stationary phases under normal phase condition.     

Studies of the influence of hydrogen chloride on the liquid chromatographic properties of amino bonded phases

Summary The influence of hydrogen chloride on the retention properties of aminopropyl bonded phases is studied using a series of simple aromatics, phenols and acids. The result of the HCL treatment is to mediate the hydrogen bonding interaction between the solute's polar functional groups and the bound amino groups.     

Activated carbamate reagent as chiral derivatizing agent for liquid chromatographic optical resolution of enantiomeric amino compounds

Summary A chiral derivatization reagent having activated succinimido carbamate moieties were developed for the optical resolution of enantiomeric amines by high-performance liquid chromatography. Succinimido R-(+)- or S-(–)-1-phenylethyl and R-(+)- or S-(–)-1-(-naphthyl)-ethyl carbamates were synthesized by the reaction of optically active phenylethyl and naphthylethyl amines with discuccinimido carbonate (DSC). These reagents reacted with both primary and secondary amine enantiomers such as amino acids and -amino alcohols to give the corresponding diastereomeric urea derivatives. These diastereomers were efficiently separated by reversed-phase liquid chromatography and detected by their absorption or the fluorescence of the chromophores. The chiral derivatization procedure was applied to the separation and determination of enantiomeric propranolol in serum.