| Abstract: | The novel enantiomeric separation of acidic and neutral compounds by capillary electrochromatography with β‐cyclodextrin‐bonded positively charged polyacrylamide gels was examined. The columns used are capillaries filled with a positively charged polyacrylamide gel, a so‐called monolithic stationary phase, to which allyl carbamoylated β‐CD derivatives covalently bind. The capillary wall was activated first by bifunctional reagent to make the resulting gel bind covalently inside the fused‐silica tubing. Enantiomeric separations of sixteen acidic and two neutral compounds were achieved using the above‐mentioned columns and 200 mmol dm–3 Tris–300 mmol dm–3 boric acid buffer (pH 8.1) as a mobile phase. High efficiencies of up to 150 000 plates m–1 were obtained for dansyl‐DL‐amino acids. The within‐run and between‐run reproducibilities of retention time and separation factor were examined for three dansyl‐DL‐amino acids and warfarin. The relative standard deviations of the within‐run and between‐run reproducibilities of retention time were less than 1.2 and 1.3% over the six injections, respectively. Those of the separation factor were less than 0.3 and 0.2%, respectively. The gel‐filled capillaries were stable for at least four months with intermittent use. |
