Enantioseparation of citalopram analogues with sulfated β‐cyclodextrin by capillary electrophoresis

Capillary electrophoresis methods were developed for the enantiomeric separation of 27 citalopram analogues. Sulfated β‐cyclodextrin was the most broadly selective and useful chiral selector. The separations of most of the citalopram analogue compounds reported in this work have not been reported previously. Excellent enantiomeric separations were obtained for 26 out of 27 compounds, and most of the separations were achieved within 10 min. The effects of chemical parameters such as chiral selector types, buffer types, chiral selector and buffer concentrations, buffer pH and organic modifiers on the separation were investigated. The influence of analyte structure on separation also was examined and 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.     

Enantioselective Liquid Chromatographic Separations Using Macrocyclic Glycopeptide-Based Chiral Selectors

Numerous chemical compounds of high practical importance, such as drugs, fertilizers, and food additives are being commercialized as racemic mixtures, although in most cases only one of the isomers possesses the desirable properties. As our understanding of the biological actions of chiral compounds has improved, the investigation of the pharmacological and toxicological properties has become more and more important. Chirality has become a major issue in the pharmaceutical industry; therefore, there is a continuous demand to extend the available analytical methods for enantiomeric separations and enhance their efficiency. Direct liquid chromatography methods based on the application of chiral stationary phases have become a very sophisticated field of enantiomeric separations by now. Hundreds of chiral stationary phases have been commercialized so far. Among these, macrocyclic glycopeptide-based chiral selectors have proved to be an exceptionally useful class of chiral selectors for the separation of enantiomers of biological and pharmacological importance. This review focuses on direct liquid chromatography-based enantiomer separations, applying macrocyclic glycopeptide-based chiral selectors. Special attention is paid to the characterization of the physico-chemical properties of these macrocyclic glycopeptide antibiotics providing detailed information on their applications published recently.     

在多糖衍生物类色谱柱上手性拆分β-氨基醇及β-羟基 硫醚类化合物

在以正己烷-异丙醇为移动相的体系中,用ChiralcelOD,ChiralcelOJ及ChiralpakAD作为手性固定相对13种β-氨基醇及β-羟基硫醚类化合物对映体进行HPLC手性拆分,这些化合物至少能在一支柱上得到基线级分离。考察了它们于不同浓度配比的这类洗脱体系中在柱上的色谱行为。实验表明化合物取代基的性质明显影响它们在手性柱上的拆分。手性固定相与外消旋样品上的极性基团之间的氢键作用和π-π作用可能是进行手性识别的主要原因。方法已用于非手性环氧化合物不对称开环反应产物β-氨基醇及β-羟基硫醚类化合物的光学纯度鉴定。     

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.     

Azithromycin as a new chiral selector in capillary electrophoresis

In capillary electrophoresis (CE), separation of enantiomers of a chiral compound can be achieved through the chiral interactions and/or complex formation between the chiral selector and the enantiomeric analytes on leaving their diastereomeric forms with different stability constants and hence different mobilities. A great number of chiral selectors have been employed in CE and among them macrocyclic antibiotics exhibited excellent enantioselective properties towards a wide number of racemic compounds. The use of azithromycin (AZM) as a chiral selector has not been reported previously. This work reports the use of AZM as a chiral selector for the enantiomeric separations of five chiral drugs and one amino acid (tryptophan) in CE. The enantioseparation is carried out using polar organic mixtures of acetonitrile (ACN), methanol (MeOH), acetic acid and triethylamine as run buffer. The influences of the chiral selector concentration, ACN/MeOH ratio, applied voltage and capillary temperature on enantioseparation are investigated. The results show that AZM is a viable chiral selector in CE for the enantioseparation of the type of chiral drugs investigated.     

Chiral HPLC separation and absolute configuration assignment of a series of new triazole compounds

A series of novel chiral triazole compounds were synthesized. They were separated into enantiomers by liquid chromatography on an amylose tris(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) (ADMPC) chiral stationary phase (CSP). The absolute configuration of each enantiomer of the investigated compounds was established by combined use of chemical correlation, chiral HPLC and circular dichroism (CD) spectra analysis methods. The influence of the mobile-phase modifiers and the structure of chiral triazole compounds on the chiral separation and retention were investigated. Reversal of the elution order of some enantiomeric pairs upon using different mobile-phase modifier was observed. The temperature effect on the chiral separation and the thermodynamic properties including enthalpy and entropy change of binding to the ADMPC-CSP were also investigated.     

Enantiomeric separations by means of nano‐LC

Enantiomers represent a class of compounds extensively investigated since they can show totally different behaviors when they interact with a chiral environment. Because of their identical chemical structure (they differ only in the spatial arrangement of the atoms in the molecule), the separation of optical isomers is a challenging task of analytical chemistry. So far employed methods for the separation of enantiomers are mainly based on chromatography. CE as well was considered as an analytical technique suitable for chiral separations, characterized by high efficiency and low consumption of reagent. Recently, miniaturization was introduced in LC to answer the needs to perform analyses in the minimum time, to use the smallest amount of samples and to reduce environmental pollution. Nano‐LC represents nowadays a valid alternative to the abovementioned conventional analytical techniques, and can be advantageously exploited for enantiomeric separation especially because it needs minute amounts of the chiral material necessary to carry out enantiomeric separations. This review describes the development and applications of nano‐LC in the field of chiral separations. The data reported in literature show its relevance for the study enantiomers‐chiral selectors interaction, as well as for application in pharmaceutical and clinical research.     

在多糖衍生物类色谱柱上手性拆分乙炔基氮杂环丙烷类化合物

在以正己烷－异丙醇为移动相的体系中，用ＣｈｉｒａｌｐａｋＡＤ和ＣｈｉｒａｌｃｅｌＯＤ作为手性固定相对１５种乙炔基氮杂环丙烷类化合物对映体进行了ＨＰＬＣ手性拆分。这些化合物至少在一支柱上能基线级分离。     

Chiral HPLC and physical characterisation of orthoconic antiferroelectric liquid crystals

New orthoconic antiferroelectric liquid crystalline materials were synthesised and characterised in their racemic forms and as (S) enantiomers. The materials possess oligo-methylene spacers of different lengths in semi-fluorinated achiral chains and lateral substitution by fluorine at two different positions of the molecular core. For comparison purposes, analogical materials without fluorine lateral substitutions were also prepared. Polysaccharide chiral stationary phases based on two different chiral selectors were used for the separation of the enantiomers of the individual racemic mixtures by high-performance liquid chromatography. A baseline separation of (S) and (R) enantiomers was obtained for four of the six studied liquid crystalline materials. Two of the materials were partially separated under the optimised separation conditions. The elution order of the individual enantiomers in the racemic mixtures was successfully assigned, as pure (S) enantiomers of all the studied materials were available. Both the position of the fluorine atom within the molecular core and the size of the achiral moiety had significant effects on the separation of the individual enantiomers of the studied compounds. Moreover, it was also found that the structure of the chiral stationary phase selector significantly influenced the enantiomeric resolution.     

3，5-二甲基苯基异氰酸酯替考拉宁和苯基异氰酸酯替考拉宁手性固定相的评价与比较

用大环抗生素替考拉宁手性固定相(TE CSP)分别与3,5-二甲基苯基异氰酸酯和苯基异氰酸酯反应得到了两种新型的高效液相色谱手性固定相----3,5-二甲基苯基异氰酸酯替考拉宁手性固定相(DMP-TE CSP)和苯基异氰酸酯替考拉宁手性固定相(Ph-TE CSP)。用十八个手性化合物在反相及极性流动相模式对这两种CSP的对映体分离能力进行了评价和比较。在反相流动相中,十二个化合物（包括八个氨基酸和四个非氨基酸化合物----对羟基苯甘氨酸,拉米夫定,醇酸和去甲羟安定）的对映体在这两种手性固定相上都获得了分离,大部分的溶质在DMP-TE上获得了更强的保留和稍好的手性分离效果。在极性流动相中,六个氨基醇类化合物在DMP-TE上获得了更强的保留,但它们在两种CSP上的选择因子几乎没有区别。对自制的替考拉宁衍生物手性固定相进行评价和比较,将有助于大环糖肽类抗生素手性固定相手性识别机理的研究。     

Separation of Enantiomers and Control of Elution Order of β-Lactams by GC Using Cyclodextrin-Based Chiral Stationary Phases

Enantiomers of 19 racemic β-lactams, with 3 and 4-position substitutions, were separated using gas chromatography. Excellent results were achieved on derivatized cyclodextrin-based GC chiral stationary phases (CSPs). All 19 compounds were baseline separated, most with high resolution factors. The Chiraldex G-TA was found to be the most powerful CSP with the broadest enantioselectivity, while Chiraldex B-DM produced the fastest separations for most of the compounds assayed. Results obtained in this work suggest that GC can serve as a potential method for the enantiomeric separation of sufficiently volatile solid β-lactams.     

微径高效液相色谱法分离三唑类手性化合物的对映体

 采用微径高效液相色谱技术在手性纤维素色谱柱上分离了一系列 1 1,2 ,4 三唑类手性化合物。比较了微径液相色谱与传统液相色谱的分离结果 ,研究了化合物的苯环上不同取代基及取代基位置对分离的影响 ,并探讨了分离机理。     

Enantiomeric separation of new phytoalexin analogs with cyclofructan chiral stationary phases in normal‐phase mode

For the first time, three different derivatized cyclofructan chiral stationary phases were used for the direct high‐performance liquid chromatographic enantiomeric separation of 11 new racemic analogs of a natural indole phytoalexin. This class of compounds is known to have significant antiproliferative activity and other potentially useful pharmacological properties. The effect of various experimental factors was investigated to optimize the separations in the normal‐phase mode. It was found that the nature of polar modifier and additive in the mobile phase have significant impact on the enantioseparations. Better chiral recognition of analyzed compounds was achieved on (R)‐naphthylethyl carbamate cyclofructan 6 than on isopropyl carbamate cyclofructan 6 and dimethylphenyl carbamate cyclofructan 7. The thermodynamic parameters showed that the chiral separation was enthalpy controlled in all cases.     

对映异构体的高效毛细管电泳分离与测定

高效毛细管电泳是８０年代发展起来的一种高效、快速的新型分离技术，在对映异构体分离方面有着广泛的应用前景，本文介绍了这一新型分离技术用于对映体分离的基本原理，并列举了一些对映异构体分离的实例。     

Crystalline Degradation Products of Vancomycin as a New Chiral Stationary Phase for Liquid Chromatography

Two crystalline degradation products (CDP-1-M and CDP-1-m) are formed from vancomycin by hydrolytic loss of ammonia. The CDP are structurally similar to vancomycin, with two carboxyl groups, but are biologically inactive. In this work the CDP of vancomycin have been covalently linked to silica gel and their ability to resolve racemic mixtures, their stability, and their loading has been evaluated by HPLC. Elemental analysis and scanning electron microscopy were used to monitor the surface of this new stationary phase. Enantiomeric separation was achieved for some compounds that have not been previously been separated on other chiral stationary phases.     

Chiral separability of boron cluster species studied by screening approaches utilizing polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phases

In this study, the screening steps of chiral separation strategies with polysaccharide‐based chiral stationary phases were applied on boron cluster compounds in normal‐phase liquid chromatography (NPLC) and polar organic solvents chromatography (POSC). Since the screening steps were initially developed to analyze organic compounds, their applicability for boron clusters was investigated. Overall, the screening steps in NPLC were applicable for the separation of zwitterions, while for anions mostly no elution was observed. A hypothesis for the latter behavior is precipitation of anions in the nonpolar mobile phases. Ten out of 11 compounds could be partially or baseline separated on the NPLC screening systems. In POSC, all zwitterions were separated on at least one of the screening systems, with an overall lower retention as in NPLC. Anions were detected but not separated in the majority of the experiments. Also their retention on the chiral stationary phases was very limited. This study showed that the chiral discrimination potential of chemically modified polysaccharides is meaningful for chiral separations of structurally chiral boron cluster species, but needs further systematic research, in which recognition mechanisms should be further explored. In addition, some unusual peaks also indicated that conditions with a high separation efficiency must first be searched for some of the tested systems. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

用高效液相色谱手性固定相法拆分芳香仲醇及芳香乙二 醇类手性化合物

在ChiralcelOD和ChiralcelOJ两支多糖类手性固定相上，以各种不同配比的正己烷-异丙醇为洗脱剂对38种带有不同取代基的芳香仲醇及芳香乙二醇类手性化合物的对映体进行拆分，考察了这些外消旋体在这两支手性柱上的色谱行为。结果表明，扬长避短一柱对这些化合物的拆分能力与化合物取代基的性质和位置有关，这些化合物与手性固定相之间的氢键作用和π-π作用是影响手性拆分的重要原因。拆分方法已应用于潜手性酮不对称还原产物的光学纯度的鉴定，并取得了很好的效果。     

Effective enantiomeric separations of racemic primary amines by the isopropyl carbamate-cyclofructan6 chiral stationary phase

A new chiral stationary phase (CSP) was developed by bonding isopropyl-carbamate functionalized cyclofructan6 (IP-CF6) to the silica gel. It was evaluated by injecting 119 racemic primary amine-containing compounds. This CSP showed pronounced enantioselectivity toward all types of primary amines, separating 93% of all tested compounds. Baseline separation was achieved even for some simple aliphatic racemic amines that contained no other functionality. The polar organic mode was shown to be the effective mobile phase owing to higher efficiency. This new chiral stationary phase showed great potential for preparative-scale separations. It is also interesting that the chiral selector, R-naphthylethyl-carbamate functionalized CF6 (RN-CF6), was found to provide complementary selectivity for the relatively few amine analytes that did not separate on IP-CF6. Thus between the two CSPs, 98% of attempted amine compounds were separated.     

高效液相色谱法对反式-1,2-二取代环丙烷类化合物的手性拆分

在ＣｈｉｒａｌｃｅｌＯＤ和ＣｈｉｒａｌｃｅｌＯＪ柱上,以各种配比的正己烷／异丙醇为洗脱剂,对１３种反式－１,２－二取代环丙烷类化合物的对映体进行了手性拆分。考察了这些外消旋物在这两种柱上的色谱行为。实验表明带芳环的反式－１,２－二取代环丙烷类化合物在ＯＤ及ＯＪ柱上的拆分能力明显地与芳环上取代基的性质和位置有关。另一方面,一些带有脂族取代基的反式－１,２－二取代环丙烷类化合物也能在这两种柱上得到拆分。