The use of phospholipid modified column for the determination of lipophilic properties in high performance liquid chromatography

A new chromatographic stationary phase obtained by coating a reversed phase amide column with phosphatidylcholine based liposomes solution to yield a phospholipid modified column (PLM). The modification is achieved by the dynamic coating method which recycles the coating solution through the column in a closed loop for a period of 24 h. The chromatographic properties of the new column have changed significantly as compared to the original amide column due to the phospholipid coating. A good correlation was observed between n-octanol/water logP values and the logarithm of the retention factor obtained on the PLM column for a large number of solutes. In addition the PLM column was characterized using the linear solvation energy relationship (LSER). The values of the LSER system constants for the PLM column were calculated and were found to be very close to those of the n-octanol/water extraction system thus suggesting that the PLM column can be used for the estimation of n-octanol/water partition coefficient and serve as a possible alternative to the shake-flask method for lipophilicity determination. In addition, the results suggest that the PLM column can provide an alternative to other phospholipid-based column such as the IAM and the DPC columns.     

Octanol/water partitioning simulation by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography for structurally diverse acidic drugs: Effect of n-octanol as mobile phase additive

The role of n-octanol as mobile phase additive for the lipophilicity assessment of 45 structurally diverse acidic drugs both at neutral (pH 2.5) and ionized form (pH 7.4) was investigated. Extrapolated retention factors logk(w) were determined on a BDS C18 column using methanol as organic modifier and different amounts of n-octanol as mobile phase additive. For more polar compounds, the effect of n-octanol in retention was found to decrease as their lipophilicity increased. In the case of carboxylic acids and oxicams, the differentiation in retention, in presence and absence of n-octanol, could be further attributed to the attenuation of polar interactions, concerning mainly hydrogen bonding. At pH 2.5, the use of n-octanol saturated buffer, without further addition of n-octanol in the mobile phase, led to 1:1 correlation with logP. At physiological pH, 1:1 correlation was obtained between logD(7.4) and logk(w)(oct) indices upon addition of 0.25% n-octanol, in the case of weak acids. For strongly ionized compounds, a good correlation was also established under the same conditions. The corresponding equation, however, possessed a large negative intercept and a slope lower than unity.     

Quantitative Structure-Retention Relationship Studies with Biopartitioning Micellar Chromatography Systems by Amended Linear Solvation Energy Relationships in Consideration of Electronic Factor

Linear solvation energy relationship (LSER) amended by the introduction of a molecular electronic factor was employed to establish quantitative structure-retention relationship of biopartitioning micellar chromatography (BMC) system. The chromatographic indices, log k, were determined by LC on a C18 column for sixty-five structurally diverse compounds, including neutral (32), acidic (19) and basic (14) compounds. Two micellar mobile phases composed of 0.04 mol L^?1 polyoxyethylene (23) lauryl ether (Brij35) were adjusted by phosphate buffer to pH 7.4 and pH 6.5, respectively. When the mean net charge per molecule (δ) was introduced into LSER as the sixth variable, the LSER regression coefficients and predictive capability were significantly improved. However, the δ coefficients of the amended LSER were quite different for acidic and basic compounds, indicating that the molecular electronic factor had a markedly different impact on the retention of acidic and basic compounds in the studied BMC system. This may attribute to the extra interaction for ionized compounds with the free silanol groups in the stationary phase. The comparison of calculated and experimental retention indices suggested that the amended LSER could reproduce adequately the retention of the structurally diverse solutes investigated in BMC.     

胆固醇基键合相-反相高效液相色谱法测定正辛醇/水分配系数

通过反相高效液相色谱法系统地考察了中性和弱酸性化合物在新型胆固醇基键合相色谱柱（Cholester柱）上的保留行为。以甲醇和乙腈为有机调节剂,建立了保留因子（k）与有机调节剂比例（φ）间的关系,并外推获取100%水相为流动相时的log k_w;同时进一步建立并验证了不同流动相下正辛醇/水分配系数的对数（log K_ow）和log k_φ（log k_w）间的模型,并预测了部分化合物的log K_ow。结果表明,使用Cholester柱测定log K_ow时,甲醇比乙腈更适合作为有机调节剂;对中性化合物和中性状态的酸性化合物,可以用任意甲醇比例下获取的log k_φ预测log K_ow;对存在离解的酸性化合物,依然用外推方式获取的log k_w预测log K_ow。将采用Cholester柱与文献中采用C₁₈柱、C₈柱建立的log K_ow-log k_φ模型进行对比,结果表明化合物与胆固醇基键合相存在特别的作用。     

Effects of elevated temperature and mobile phase composition on a novel C18 silica column

A novel polydentate C18 silica column was evaluated at an elevated temperature under acidic, basic, and neutral mobile phase conditions using ACN and methanol as the mobile phase organic modifier. The temperature range was 40-200 degrees C. The mobile phase compositions were from 0 to 80% organic-aqueous v/v and the mobile phase pH levels were between 2 and 12. The maximum operating temperature of the column was affected by the amount and type of organic modifier used in the mobile phase. Under neutral conditions, the column showed good column thermal stability at temperatures ranging between 120 and 200 degrees C in methanol-water and ACN-water solvent systems. At pH 2 and 3, the column performed well up to about 160 degrees C at two fixed ACN-buffer compositions. Under basic conditions at elevated temperatures, the column material deteriorated more quickly, but still remained stable up to 100 degrees C at pH 9 and 60 degrees C at pH 10. The results of this study indicate that this novel C18 silica-based column represents a significant advancement in RPLC column technology with enhanced thermal and pH stability when compared to traditional bonded phase silica columns.     

模拟生物膜色谱用于预测药物的小肠吸收

采用涂敷磷脂的硅胶为模拟生物膜色谱固定相,与传统的凝胶体相比固定相的机械强度及磷脂固载能力均有较大提高,且有较好的稳定性。研究发现氢化可的松等6种药物在模拟生物膜色谱上pH5.4、pH7.0及pH7.4三种缓冲环境下的色谱保留值迭加的结果能够与药物的肠吸收指数押送好的拟合,线性相关系数为0.9365,该结果高于单一pH条件下拟合结果,并将此结果与药物在C18反相色谱上的保留值及辛醇-水系统下的分配系数与药物的小肠吸收的拟合结果进行比较,表明与这两种模型相比模拟生物膜色谱预测药物的小肠吸收有更高的准确度。     

Retention of ionizable compounds on HPLC. Modelling retention for neutral and ionizable compounds by linear solvation energy relationships

Summary A global LSER model that relates HPLC retention to mobile phase composition and pH is tested for a varied group of solutes, both neutral and ionizable, in a polymeric column and methanol-water mobile phases. It is compared to the local LSER model developed only for a given mobile phase, i.e., a fixed organic modifier content, and to the global LSER model set only for neutral solutes. The global LSER model for neutral and ionizable solutes requires a few supplementary parameters over the other models tested, but it accounts for retention under any experimental conditions for a given column and methanol-water mobile phases, describing properly the interactions established in the HPLC system (hydrophobicity, hydrogen-bond acidity and basicity, dipolarity/polarizability…). This paper is number 13 of a series with the same general title: “Retention of Ionizable Compounds on HPLC” published in various journals.     

基于反相高效液相色谱法构建 QSRR 模型测定萘类及蒽醌类化合物的正辛醇-水分配系数

正辛醇-水分配系数(Kow )是评价药物毒性、活性及跨膜转运等的重要参数,但直接测定法实验过程复杂。本研究采用反相高效液相色谱(RP-HPLC)法,以甲醇-水为流动相,以29种已知 Kow的酸性和中性苯系物及萘类、醌类衍生物为模型化合物,以保留时间两点校正法( DP-RTC)校正保留时间,并由 Snyder-Soczewinski方程得100%水相保留因子(kw ),建立了表观正辛醇-水分配系数 Kow＂与 kw 的定量关系(Quantita-tive structure-retention relationship, QSRR)模型,并对模型进行了内、外部验证。结果表明,不同 pH 下的 QSRR模型线性相关性 R2=0.974~0.976,内部验证( R2cv =0.970~0.973)和外部验证结果(6种验证化合物,1.4%≤相对误差(RE)≤7.9%)令人满意,与考虑了分子结构参数后建立的线性溶剂化能模型(LSER)相比无差异。将建立的 QSRR 模型应用于11种萘类和蒽醌类化合物的 Kow测定,并与软件计算值、摇瓶法实验值比较,结果表明,本方法准确性更高,且简单快捷,可用于快速准确预测复杂混合物体系中组分的 Kow。     

High-throughput evaluation of lipophilicity and acidity by new gradient HPLC methods

There is a need for fast testing of drug candidates for properties of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics importance, in particular lipophilicity and acidity. These two parameters can conveniently be estimated by gradient reversed-phase HPLC. Appropriate conventional organic solvent gradient and the new pH gradient HPLC procedures are presented. The chromatographic parameter of lipophilicity, log kw, can be determined from two organic solvent gradient runs instead of 6-8 runs necessary in the standard isocratic (polycratic) approach. The newly introduced pH gradient reversed-phase HPLC consists in a programmed increase during the chromatographic run of the eluting power of the mobile phase with regards to ionizable analytes. The eluting strength of the mobile phase increases due to its increasing (in case of acidic analytes) or decreasing (basic analytes) pH, whereas the content of organic modifier remains constant. It has been theoretically and experimentally demonstrated that the pKa and log kw values can be evaluated based on retention data from a pH gradient run, combined with appropriate data from two organic solvent gradient runs. The gradient HPLC-derived log kw parameters correlate well with analogous parameters determined isocratically as well as with reference lipophilicity parameter log P (logarithm of n-octanol/water partition coefficient). Also, the HPLC-derived pKa parameters correlate to the literature pKa values (w(w)pKa), conventionally determined by titrations in water. The approach described allows rapid and high-throughput assessment of log kw and pKa for large series of drugs candidates, also when the analytes are available in a form of mixture, e.g. produced by combinatorial synthesis.     

Retention of structurally diverse drugs in human serum albumin chromatography and its potential to simulate plasma protein binding

The retention behavior of 39 structurally diverse neutral, basic and acidic drugs was investigated on an HSA stationary phase using PBS buffer (pH 7.0) and acetonitrile or 2-propanol as organic modifiers. Extrapolated or directly measured log k_w values as well as isocratic retention factors were correlated with plasma protein binding data taken from the literature. Retention factors determined in the presence of 10% acetonitrile led to high quality 1:1 correlation with apparent log K_HSA values. The derived reference equation was successfully validated using a secondary set of 24 drugs. Further analysis of HSA retention into more fundamental properties revealed the involvement of anionic species in solute-stationary phase interactions, expressed by the negatively charged fraction, besides the partitioning mechanism which was reflected by lipophilicity. Protonation of basic drugs, although less important, may also influence retention, leading to reduced partitioning into the HSA surface as a net effect, while it seems to have no effect on HSA binding. The above results were further confirmed by linear solvation energy relationships (LSER).     

Lipophilicity assessment of basic drugs (log P(o/w) determination) by a chromatographic method

A previously reported chromatographic method to determine the 1-octanol/water partition coefficient (log P(o/w)) of organic compounds is used to estimate the hydrophobicity of bases, mainly commercial drugs with diverse chemical nature and pK(a) values higher than 9. For that reason, mobile phases buffered at high pH to avoid the ionization of the solutes and three different columns (Phenomenex Gemini NX, Waters XTerra RP-18 and Waters XTerra MS C(18)) with appropriate alkaline-resistant stationary phases have been used. Non-ionizable substances studied in previous works were also included in the set of compounds to evaluate the consistency of the method. The results showed that all the columns provide good estimations of the log P(o/w) for most of the compounds included in this study. The Gemini NX column has been selected to calculate log P(o/w) values of the set of studied drugs, and really good correlations between the determined log P(o/w) values and those considered as reference were obtained, proving the ability of the procedure for the lipophilicity assessment of bioactive compounds with very different structures and functionalities.     

Hydrophobic and cation exchange mechanisms in the retention of basic compounds in a polymeric column

A cation exchange retention mechanism concomitant with the well-known hydrophobic partition mechanism in a polymeric column has been observed and investigated. This exchange process is attributed to ionization of some acidic sites present in the polymer column at basic mobile phase pH values. Several drugs of different basicity have been chromatographed on a polymeric PLRP-S column with methanol-water and acetonitrile-water mobile phases. The cation exchange between the protonated basic drug and the buffer cations (Na+, K+ and BuNH4+) is observed at the pH range where the protonated drug and the ionized sites of the column coexist. This process produces a shift of the retention versus pH plot of the base to pH values lower than those expected from the pKa of the base as well as a maximum in the plot at basic pH values. These effects are more pronounced for acetonitrile-water mobile phases.     

Quantitative structure-retention relationship studies using immobilized artificial membrane chromatography I: amended linear solvation energy relationships with the introduction of a molecular electronic factor

Linear solvation energy relationships (LSERs) amended by the introduction of a molecular electronic factor were employed to establish quantitative structure-retention relationships using immobilized artificial membrane (IAM) chromatography, in particular ionizable solutes. The chromatographic indices, log k(IAM), were determined by HPLC on an IAM.PC.DD2 column for 53 structurally diverse compounds, including neutral, acidic and basic compounds. Unlike neutral compounds, the IAM chromatographic retention of ionizable compounds was affected by their molecular charge state. When the mean net charge per molecule (delta) was introduced into the amended LSER as the sixth variable, the LSER regression coefficient was significantly improved for the test set including ionizable solutes. The delta coefficients of acidic and basic compounds were quite different indicating that the molecular electronic factor had a markedly different impact on the retention of acidic and basic compounds on IAM column. Ionization of acidic compounds containing a carboxylic group tended to impair their retention on IAM, while the ionization of basic compounds did not have such a marked effect. In addition, the extra-interaction with the polar head of phospholipids might cause a certain change in the retention of basic compounds. A comparison of calculated and experimental retention indices suggested that the semi-empirical LSER amended by the addition of a molecular electronic factor was able to reproduce adequately the experimental retention factors of the structurally diverse solutes investigated.     

Lipophilicity measurement of drugs by reversed phase HPLC over Wide pH range using an alkaline-resistant silica-based stationary phase, XBridge Shield RP(18)

We propose a reversed phase HPLC (RP-HPLC) with an alkaline-resistant silica-based stationary phase, XBridge Shield RP(18), for the determination of the lipophilicity of drugs with diverse chemical nature ranging from acidic to basic. A set of 40 model compounds with well-defined solvatochromic parameters was selected to allow a broad distribution of structural properties. The chromatographic results showed that the lipophilicity index log k(w) obtained with XBridge Shield RP(18) was well correlated with experimental log P(oct) values (r(2)=0.96). Linear solvation free-energy relationship (LSER) analyses revealed that the retention mechanism of the stationary phase and 1-octanol/water partitioning were controlled by almost the same balance of intermolecular forces (hydrophobicity as expressed by the van der Waals volume V(w), H-bond acceptor basicity beta, and dipolarity/polarizability pi*). The results showed that XBridge Shield RP(18) phase overcomes the shortcomings of the silica-based stationary phases, the application of which to lipophilicity measurements had been limited to neutral and acidic compounds.     

Characterization of a novel pyridinium bromide surface confined ionic liquid stationary phase for high-performance liquid chromatography under normal phase conditions via linear solvation energy relationships

Utilizing linear solvation free energy relationship methodology, a novel pyridinium bromide surface confined ionic liquid (SCIL) stationary phase was characterized under normal phase high-performance liquid chromatographic conditions. A limited set of neutral aromatic probe solutes were utilized to rapidly assess the utility of the LSER model, using mobile phases of hexane modified with 2-propanol. The excellent correlation of the global fit across the mobile phase composition range used in this study for the experimental and calculated retention values (R(2)=0.994) indicates that the LSER model is an appropriate model of characterizing this polar bonded phase under normal phase conditions. For a limited subset of compounds, retention on the pyridinium bromide SCIL stationary phase is more highly correlated with that obtained on a cyano column than on a diol column under NP conditions.     

Effect of the eluent pH and acidic modifiers in high-performance liquid chromatography retention of basic analytes

The retention of ionogenic bases in liquid chromatography is strongly dependent upon the pH of the mobile phase. Chromatographic behavior of a series of substituted aniline and pyridine basic compounds has been studied on C18 bonded silica using acetonitrile-water (10:90) as the eluent with different pHs and at various concentrations of the acidic modifier counter anions. The effect of different acidic modifiers on solute retention over a pH range from 1.3 to 8.6 was studied. Ionized basic compounds showed increased retention with a decrease of the mobile phase pH. This increase in retention was attributed to the interaction with counter anions of the acidic modifiers. The increase in retention is dependent on the nature of the counter anion and its concentration in the mobile phase. It was shown that altering the concentration of counter anion of the acidic modifier allows the optimization of the selectivity between basic compounds as well as for neutral and acidic compounds.     

Analysis of basic compounds at high pH values by reversed-phase liquid chromatography

Reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RPLC) is currently the method of choice for the analysis of basic compounds. However, with traditional silica materials, secondary interactions between the analyte and residual silanols produce peak tailing which can negatively affect resolution, sensitivity, and reproducibility. In order to reduce these secondary interactions, which comprise ion exchange, hydrogen bonding, and London forces interactions, chromatographic analyses can be carried out at low or high pH values where silanol groups and basic compounds are mostly uncharged. The chromatographic behaviour of a particular bidentate stationary phase, Zorbax Extend C18, was studied with a set of basic and neutral compounds. Thanks to a higher chemical stability than traditional silica based supports, analyses were carried out with a high pH mobile phase, which represents a good alternative to the acidic mobile phases generally used to reduce ion exchange interactions. The performance of this bidentate stationary phase was also compared with that of other supports and it was proved that it is advantageous to work with high pH mobile phases when analyzing basic compounds.     

Selectivity of some basic solutes on a poly(methyltetradecylsiloxane)-silica stationary phase

Complex analyses of polar compounds, especially basic ones, require more selective stationary phases. The present paper describes a stationary phase prepared by thermal immobilization of poly(methyltetradecylsiloxane) onto chromatographic silica (PMTDS-SiO(2)). This stationary phase presents hydrophobic and ion-exchange interactions that confer both high retention and unique selectivities for basic solutes. The influence of ion-exchange interactions is confirmed by the increase in retention factors of basic solutes when the mobile-phase pH changes from acidic to neutral and by the decrease in retention factors when the mobile-phase pH changes from neutral to alkaline. The ion-exchange properties of the stationary phase are enriched in neutral mobile phase (pH 7-7.5) using soft Lewis bases such as tricine and tris as buffers but are suppressed in both acidic (pH 2.5-6) and highly alkaline mobile phases (pH≤10). Increasing both temperature and flow rate permits more rapid separations while maintaining the selectivity. The stability of the stationary phase is evaluated with acid, neutral and alkaline mobile phases.