Dynamic HPLC on chiral stationary phases: a powerful tool for the investigation of stereomutation processes

Dynamic HPLC on enantioselective stationary phases has become a well-established technique to investigate chiral molecules with internal motions that result in stereoinversion and occur on the time scale of the separation process. Kinetic parameters for the on-column interconversion phenomena can be extracted from experimental peak profiles by computer simulation or by direct calculation methods. The technique has been used in a wide range of temperatures and is complementary in scope to dynamic NMR spectroscopy.