Retention mechanism of high-performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation on macrocyclic glycopeptide-based chiral stationary phases

The development of methods for the separation of enantiomers has attracted great interest in the past 20 years, since it became evident that the potential biological or pharmacological applications are mostly restricted to one of the enantiomers. In the past decade, macrocyclic antibiotics have proved to be an exceptionally useful class of chiral selectors for the separation of enantiomers of biological and pharmacological importance by means of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), thin-layer chromatography and electrophoresis. The glycopeptides avoparcin, teicoplanin, ristocetin A and vancomycin have been extensively used as chiral selectors in the form of chiral bonded phases in HPLC, and HPLC stationary phases based on these glycopeptides have been commercialized. In fact, the macrocyclic glycopeptides are to some extent complementary to one another: where partial enantioresolution is obtained with one glycopeptide, there is a high probability that baseline or better separation can be obtained with another. This review sets out to characterize the physicochemical properties of these macrocyclic glycopeptide antibiotics and, through their application, endeavors to demonstrate the mechanism of separation on macrocyclic glycopeptides. The sequence of elution of the stereoisomers and the relation to the absolute configuration are also discussed.     

Enantioseparation tuned by solvent polarity on a β‐cyclodextrin clicked chiral stationary phase

The efficient enantioseparation of 26 racemates has been achieved with the perphenylcarbamoylated cyclodextrin clicked chiral stationary phase by screening the optimum composition of mobile phase in high‐performance liquid chromatography. The chromatographic results indicate that both the retention and chiral resolution of racemates are closely related to the polarity of the mobile phases and the structures of analytes. The addition of alcohols can significantly tune the enantioseparation in normal‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatography. The addition of methanol and the ratio of ethanol/methanol or isopropanol/methanol played a key role on the resolution of flavonoids in ternary eluent systems. The chiral separation of flavonoids with pure organic solvent as mobile phase indicates the preferential order for chiral resolution is methanol>ethanol>isopropanol>n‐propanol>acetonitrile.     

Simultaneous enantioseparation of methcathinone and two isomeric methylmethcathinones using capillary electrophoresis assisted by 2‐hydroxyethyl‐β‐cyclodextrin

Methcathinone (ephedrone), 4‐methylmethcathinone (mephedrone), and 3‐methylmethcathinone (metaphedrone) are toxicologically‐important cathinone derivatives used commonly as designer drugs. In this work we show the first method allowing to separate simultaneously all these molecules in a chiral medium, ensuring good resolution between all enantiomers. Eight cyclodextrins have been tested as potential chiral selectors, the best results were obtained with 2‐hydroxyethyl‐β‐cyclodextrin, unreported so far for efficient separation of cathinones. After optimization, the method was calibrated and validated with and without the use of internal standard. The addition of standard improved an overall repeatability and precision, the use of electrophoretic mobility ratio was especially favorable (RSD < 1%). It was demonstrated that the method may be easily extended by introducing the additional cathinone‐related drugs to the sample, maintaining satisfactory separation efficiency.     

Enantiomeric separation of citalopram analogues by HPLC using macrocyclic glycopeptide and cyclodextrin based chiral stationary phases

The enantiomeric separation of a novel series of twenty-eight racemic mixtures of citalopram analogues was performed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Due to the effectiveness of citalopram as an antidepressant drug, the development of new compounds based on its chemical structure is interesting, and their enantiomeric separation is needed to allow further pharmacokinetic studies. Several bonded cyclodextrin (both native and derivatized) and macrocyclic glycopeptide based chiral stationary phases (CSPs) were evaluated for their ability to separate this set of compounds via HPLC. Polar ionic, polar organic, and reversed phase modes were tested. Twenty-five of the racemic mixtures were separated with resolutions and enantiomeric selectivities up to 2.9 and 1.33, respectively. A total of eighteen baseline separations were achieved, while seven compounds were partially separated. Vancomycin based columns operated in the polar ionic mode resulted in the greatest number of separations. Lastly, the chromatographic behaviors of similar compounds were compared based on their chemical structure and also on the chiral selectors used.     

Separation of the enantiomers of substituted dihydrofurocoumarins by HPLC using macrocyclic glycopeptide chiral stationary phases

Enantiomer separations by HPLC using the macrocyclic glycopeptides teicoplanin (Chirobiotic T), teicoplanin aglycon (Chirobiotic TAG), and ristocetin A (Chirobiotic R) chiral stationary phases (CSP) have been achieved on a unique series of potentially biologically active racemic analogues of dihydrofurocoumarin. The macrocyclic glycopeptides have proven to be very selective for this class of compound. All of the 28 chiral analogues examined afforded baseline separation on at least one of the macrocyclic glycopeptide CSP. The teicoplanin CSP showed the broadest enantioselectivity with 24 of the compounds baseline separated. The TAG and the R CSP produced 23 and 14 baseline separations respectively. All three mobile phase modes, i.e. normal phase (NP), reversed phase (RP), and new polar organic modes (PO), have been evaluated. The NP mode proved to be most effective for the separation of chiral dihydrofurocoumarins on all CSP tested. In the reversed phase (RP) mode, all three CSP separated a similar number of compounds. It was observed that the structural characteristics of the analytes and steric effects are very important factors leading to chiral recognition. Hydrogen bonding was found to play a secondary role in chiral discrimination in the normal phase and polar organic modes. Hydrophobic interactions are important for chiral separation in the reversed-phase mode. Chromatographic retention data does not provide information on the absolute configuration of these chiral dihydrofurocoumarin derivatives. However, when coupled with circular dichroism using the exciton coupling chirality method, the enantiomer elution order and the absolute configuration of some chiral dihydrofurocoumarins were successfully determined.     

Chiral separation of brompheniramine enantiomers by recycling high‐speed countercurrent chromatography using carboxymethyl‐β‐cyclodextrin as a chiral selector

A recycling high‐speed countercurrent chromatography protocol was proposed for the enantioseparation of brompheniramine by employing β‐cyclodextrin derivatives as a chiral selector. The two‐phase solvent system of n‐hexane/isobutyl acetate/0.10 mol/L phosphate buffer solution with a volume ratio of 2:4:6 was selected by a series of extraction experiments. Factors that affected the distribution of the enantiomers over the two‐phase system (e.g., the type and concentration of β‐cyclodextrin derivatives = pH value of the aqueous solution, and the separation temperature) were also investigated. In addition, the theory of thermodynamics is applied to verify the feasibility of the enantioseparation process and the corresponding results demonstrate that this separation process is feasible. The optimized conditions include carboxymethyl‐β‐cyclodextrin concentration of 0.010 mol/L, pH of 7.5, and temperature of 5°C. Under the optimal conditions, the purities of both monomer molecules were over 99%, and the recovery yields were 88% for (+)‐brompheniramine and 85% for (–)‐brompheniramine, respectively.     

High‐performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of fluorinated cyclic β3‐amino acid derivatives on polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phases. Comparison with nonfluorinated counterparts

The stereoisomers of five fluorinated cyclic β³‐amino acid derivatives and their nonfluorinated counterparts were separated on chiral stationary phases containing as chiral selectors cellulose tris‐(3,5‐dimethylphenyl carbamate), cellulose tris‐(3‐chloro‐4‐methylphenyl carbamate), cellulose tris‐(4‐methylbenzoate), cellulose tris‐(4‐chloro‐3‐methylphenyl carbamate), amylose tris‐(3,5‐dimethylphenyl carbamate) or amylose tris‐(5‐chloro‐2‐methylphenyl carbamate). The enantioseparations were carried out in normal‐phase mode with n‐hexane/alcohol/alkylamine mobile phases in the temperature range 5–40 °C. The effects of the mobile phase composition, the nature and concentration of the alcohol and alkylamine additives, the structures of the analytes and temperature on the separations were investigated. Thermodynamic parameters were calculated from plots of ln α vs. 1/T. The Δ(ΔH°) values ranged between ?5.0 and +1.6 kJ/mol, while Δ(ΔS°) varied between ?12.6 and +5.7 J/mol/K. The enantioseparation was enthalpically controlled, the retention factor and the separation factor decreasing with increasing temperature, but entropically controlled separation was also observed. The elution sequence was determined for all of the investigated analytes. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Effect of mobile phase composition on the liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of bulky monoterpene‐based β‐amino acids by applying chiral stationary phases based on Cinchona alkaloid

Stereoselective HPLC separations of five sterically constrained monoterpene‐based 2‐aminocarboxylic acid enantiomers were carried out by using the newly developed zwitterionic chiral stationary phases Chiralpak ZWIX(+)? and ZWIX(?)? based on Cinchona alkaloid. In order to optimize the retention and enantioselectivity parameters, the ratio of the different organic solvents in the mobile phase and the nature of the acid and base additives (counter‐ and co‐ions) were systematically varied. The effects of structure variants of the analytes on the resolution were investigated. The elution sequence was determined in all cases and observed to be opposite on ZWIX(+)? and ZWIX(?)?.     

Liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of limonene‐based carbocyclic β‐amino acids on zwitterionic Cinchona alkaloid‐based chiral stationary phases

The eight stereoisomers of limonene‐based carbocyclic β‐amino acids containing three chiral centers have been directly separated on chiral stationary phases containing Cinchona alkaloid‐based zwitterionic selectors. The effects of bulk solvent composition of the mobile phase, the nature of base additives, counterion concentration, and the structure of selector on the enantiorecognition were studied. Experiments were performed at constant mobile phase composition in the temperature range 5–40°C to study the effect of temperature. Thermodynamic parameters were calculated on the basis of the plots of ln α versus 1/T curves. The enthalpically or entropically driven enantioseparations were found to depend strongly on the structures of analyte and selector. The eight stereoisomers of limonene‐based carbocyclic β‐amino acids could be differentiated as well‐separated peaks in a traditional 1D chromatographic system in two runs by applying the two complementary ZWIX(+)™ and ZWIX(–)™ columns.     

Preparation of chiral oxazolinyl‐functionalized β‐cyclodextrin‐bonded stationary phases and their enantioseparation performance in high‐performance liquid chromatography

A simple procedure for the synthesis of three new oxazolinyl‐substituted β‐cyclodextrins (6‐deoxy‐6‐R‐(–)‐4‐phenyl‐4,5‐dihydrooxazolinyl‐β‐cyclodextrin, 6‐deoxy‐6‐S‐(–)‐4‐phenyl‐4,5‐dihydrooxazolinyl‐β‐cyclodextrin, and 6‐deoxy‐6‐S‐(–)‐(4‐pyridin‐1‐ium‐4‐methyl‐benzenesulphonate)‐4,5‐dihy‐drooxazolinyl‐β‐cyclodextrin) and their covalent bonding to silica are reported. The ability of these chiral stationary phase columns for separating compounds is also presented and discussed. Twenty‐eight compounds were examined in the polar‐organic mobile phase mode, and 11 β‐nitroethanols were tested in the reversed‐phase mode. Excellent enantioseparations were achieved for most of the analytes, even for several challenging compounds. The rigid and flexible structures of mono‐substituted chiral groups and the fragments around the rim of the β‐cyclodextrin cavity played an important role in the separation process. Factors such as π–π stacking, dipole–dipole interactions, ion‐pairing, and steric hindrance effects were found to affect the chromatographic performance. Moreover, the buffer composition, and percentages of organic modifiers in the mobile phase, were investigated and compared. The mechanisms involved in the separation were postulated based on the chromatographic data.     

Application of bromoacetate‐substituted β‐CD‐bonded silica particles as chiral stationary phase for HPLC

Bromoacetate‐substituted [3‐(2‐O‐β‐cyclodextrin)‐2‐hydroxypropoxy]propylsilyl‐appended silica particles (BACD‐HPS), an important and useful synthetic intermediate for preparation of novel types of macrocycles‐capped β‐CD‐bonded silica particles including crown ether/cyclam/calix[4]arene‐capped β‐CD‐bonded silica particles, have been prepared and used as chiral stationary phase for HPLC. This synthetic stationary phase is characterized by means of elemental analysis. For the first time, the chromatographic behavior of BACD‐HPS was systematically evaluated with several disubstituted benzenes and some chiral drug compounds under both normal and RP conditions in HPLC. The results show that BACD‐HPS has excellent selectivity for the separation of aromatic positional isomers and chiral isomers of some drug compounds when used as stationary phase in HPLC.     

Improved preparation of chiral stationary phases via immobilization of polysaccharide derivative‐based selectors using diisocyanates

The classical method for the preparation of immobilized polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phases (CSPs) with a diisocyanate was improved. Cellulose or amylose was directly coated onto 3‐aminopropyl silica gel after it was dissolved in a mixture of N,N‐dimethylacetamide, LiCl, and pyridine, then immobilized onto silica gel with a diisocyanate, and finally allowed to react with an excess of corresponding isocyanate. Four polysaccharide derivatives, 3,5‐dimethylphenylcarbamate and 3,5‐dichlorophenylcarbamate of cellulose, and 3,5‐dimethylphenylcarbamate and 5‐chloro‐2‐methylphenylcarbamate of amylose, were immobilized onto silica gel utilizing this method. Compared with the classical diisocyanate method, the improved procedure avoided the derivatization and regeneration of 6‐hydroxyl groups of cellulose and amylose, and thus showed an advantage for simple and economical preparation. The relationships among the amount of diisocyanate used, immobilization efficiency, and enantioseparation on the cellulose‐based CSPs were investigated. Also, the solvent durability of the obtained CSPs was examined with eluents containing chloroform or THF. By utilizing these eluents, the chiral recognition abilities of the obtained CSPs for some of the tested racemates were improved.     

TLC determination of selected macrocyclic antibiotics using normal and reversed phases

Summary The chromatographic behavior of some macrocyclic antibiotics (erythromycin, troleandomycin, tylosin, vancomycin, rifamycin B, rifampicin) has been compared on normal and reversedphase TLC plates using water, methanol, 1-propanol and binary solvent mixtures (methanolwater, 1-propanol-water) as mobile phases in which the concentration of organic modifier ranged from 0–100%, v/v. In some cases sodium chloride was also added to the eluent. Chromatographic retention data and a possible retention mechanism is discussed.     

Evaluation and comparison of a methylated teicoplanin aglycone to teicoplanin aglycone and natural teicoplanin chiral stationary phases

HPLC enantiomeric separations of a wide variety of racemic analytes was evaluated using chiral stationary phases (CSPs) based on the macrocyclic glycopeptides teicoplanin (T), teicoplanin aglycone (TAG), and methylated teicoplanin aglycone (Me-TAG) in two different mobile phase modes, i.e., the RP mode and the polar organic (PO) mode. Comparison of the enantiomeric separations using Chirobiotic T, Chirobiotic TAG, and the methylated form of TAG were conducted in order to gain a better understanding of the roles of the polar functional groups on the CSP. Substantial effects due to the cleavage of saccharides and/or methylation on chiral separations were observed in both separation modes. Improved separation efficiencies for many acidic analytes were obtained by methylating the H-bonding groups of TAG. These groups were believed to be a contributing factor to band broadening on TAG due to their negative effect on mass transfer between the stationary phase and mobile phase. Ionic/dipolar interactions between the carboxylate group of the analytes and the amine groups on T, TAG, or Me-TAG are important for chiral discrimination. Therefore, analytes possessing a carboxyl group are good candidates for successful separations on these CSPs. Hydrophobic interactions are important for enantiomeric separations in the RP mode where the H-bonding interactions between analytes and the chiral selectors are relatively weak. Me-TAG offers higher hydrophobicity, which can accentuate the interactions of analytes with hydrophobic moieties, but these interactions are not necessarily stereoselective. In the PO mobile phase, electrostatic/dipolar interactions between polar functional groups are the dominating interactions in chiral recognition. Another important factor is steric fit, which could be changed with every modification of the T structure. Therefore, substantial changes of enantioseparations were obtained within this studied group of CSPs. The PO mode was shown to be the most powerful mobile phase mode for enantiomeric separations on T-based stationary phases, mainly due to the improved efficiency. Methylation of the TAG proved to be a very useful tool for investigating the chiral recognition mechanism for this group of chiral selectors.     

Synthesis and enantioseparation behaviors of novel immobilized 3,5‐dimethylphenylcarbamoylated polysaccharide chiral stationary phases

Two new polysaccharide‐derived chiral selectors, namely, 6‐azido‐6‐deoxy‐3,5‐dimethylphenylcarbamoylated amylose and 6‐azido‐6‐deoxy‐3,5‐dimethylphenyl carbamoylated cellulose, were synthesized under homogeneous conditions and immobilized onto aminized silica gel by the Staudinger reaction, resulting in two new immobilized polysaccharide chiral stationary phases (CSPs). Their enantioseparation performances were investigated under normal‐phase mode by HPLC. Among 17 analytes, baseline separations of 12 pairs of enantiomers are achieved on the immobilized cellulose CSP, which demonstrates that this new cellulose material exhibits almost the same enantioseparation performance as the coated cellulose CSP. In addition, the amylose‐derived CSP presents limited enantiorecognition ability but certain complementarity with the immobilized and coated cellulose‐based materials. Neither metolachlor nor paclitaxel side chain acids are separated on two cellulose‐derived CSPs, but effective separations are obtained on the immobilized amylose column.     

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.     

Effect of analyte lipophilicity on the resolution of α‐ and β‐amino acids on liquid chromatographic ligand exchange chiral stationary phases

Separation of the two enantiomers of racemic α‐ and β‐amino acids on two ligand exchange chiral stationary phases (CSPs) prepared previously by covalently bonding sodium N‐((S)‐1‐hydroxymethy‐3‐methylbutyl)‐N‐undecylaminoacetate or sodium N‐((R)‐2‐hydroxy‐1‐phenylethyl)‐N‐undecylaminoacetate on silica gel was studied with variation of the organic modifier (methanol) concentration in the aqueous mobile phase. In particular, the variation of retention factors with changing organic modifier concentration in the aqueous mobile phase was found to be strongly dependent on both the analyte lipophilicity and the stationary phase lipophilicity. In general, the retention factors of relatively lipophilic analytes on relatively lipophilic CSPs tend to increase with increasing organic modifier concentration in the aqueous mobile phases while those of less lipophilic or hydrophilic analytes tend to increase. However, only highly lipophilic analytes show decreasing retention factors with increasing organic modifier concentration in the aqueous mobile phase on less lipophilic CSPs. The contrasting retention behaviors on the two CSPs were rationalized by the balance of the two competing interactions, viz. hydrophilic interaction of analytes with polar aqueous mobile phase and the lipophilic interaction of analytes with the stationary phase.     

Inverse cationic ITP for separation of methadone enantiomers with sulfated β‐cyclodextrin as chiral selector

Chiral ITP of the weak base methadone using inverse cationic configurations with H⁺ as leading component and multiple isomer sulfated β‐CD (S‐β‐CD) as leading electrolyte (LE) additive, has been studied utilizing dynamic computer simulation, a calculation model based on steady‐state values of the ITP zones, and capillary ITP. By varying the amount of acidic S‐β‐CD in the LE composed of 3‐morpholino‐2‐hydroxypropanesulfonic acid and the chiral selector, and employing glycylglycine as terminating electrolyte (TE), inverse cationic ITP provides systems in which either both enantiomers, only the enantiomer with weaker complexation, or none of the two enantiomers form cationic ITP zones. For the configuration studied, the data reveal that only S‐methadone migrates isotachophoretically when the S‐β‐CD concentration in the LE is between about 0.484 and 1.113 mM. Under these conditions, R‐methadone migrates zone electrophoretically in the TE. An S‐β‐CD concentration between about 0.070 and 0.484 mM results in both S‐ and R‐methadone forming ITP zones. With >1.113 mM and < about 0.050 mM of S‐β‐CD in the LE both enantiomers are migrating within the TE and LE, respectively. Chiral inverse cationic ITP with acidic S‐β‐CD in the LE is demonstrated to permit selective ITP trapping and concentration of the less interacting enantiomer of a weak base.     

Direct liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of sotalol and other β-blockers using an α1-acid glycoprotein-based chiral stationary phase

The behaviour of an α₁-acid glycoprotein-based chiral stationary phase (Chiral AGP) towards changes in pH and organic modifier in the mobile phase was investigated in order to deduce suitable conditions for the liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of a series of β-adrenoreceptor blocking drugs. The effects of the pH of the mobile phase on retention, selectivity and resolution were studied. Methanol was the only non-ionic modifier tested in the mobile phase while different aliphatic carboxylic acids (C₄ to C₈) and alkanesulfonic acids (C₆ to C₈) were used as ionic modifiers. The influence of the nature and concentration of these modifiers on retention and enantioselectivity was investigated. Under these conditions, enantiomeric separations could be obtained for more than 70% of the β-blocking agents examined. The use of heptanoic acid as an ionic additive in the mobile phase has permitted the resolution of sotalol enantiomers. An enantioselective assay for sotalol was then developed and validated.     

Kinetic and equilibrium study of the enantioseparation of paroxetine intermediate on amylose and tartaric acid-based chiral stationary phases

trans-(-)-Paroxetine is a selective 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) reuptake inhibitor currently used as an antidepressant. trans-(+/-)-3-Ethoxycarbonyl-4-(4'-fluorophenyl)-1-methylpiperidine-2,6-dione is an important intermediate of trans-(-)-paroxetine. It was separated on amylose and tartaric acid-based chiral stationary phases by HPLC. The equilibrium constants and overall mass transfer coefficients together with the axial dispersion coefficients were experimentally determined by moment analysis based on the lumped kinetic model of chromatography. In case of Kromasil CHI-TBB, the equilibrium constants measured were found to be 8.36 and 9.37 for trans-(+) and trans-(-) enantiomers, respectively. For Chiralpak AD-H, the equilibrium constants were 6.68 and 4.13 for trans-(+) and trans-(-) enantiomers, respectively. The axial dispersion coefficients of both enantiomers on Kromasil CHI-TBB column were about one order of magnitude greater than on Chiralpak AD-H. Fast kinetics of mass transfer in both chiral stationary phases was observed. Their overall mass transfer coefficients on Kromasil CHI-TBB and Chiralpak AD-H were 32.12, 33.18, 26.50, 46.85 s(-1) for trans-(+) and trans-(-) enantiomers, respectively. The parameters obtained were utilized to simulate the elution profiles, and the simulated and experimental results match well, which confirmed that the parameters obtained in this study were valid.