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Various amino acids, dipeptides and their isomers were (enantio)separated using sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin as a chiral selector. Two different approaches were employed: first, dynamic coating of sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin onto a strong anion-exchange stationary phase and, second, use of sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin as a mobile phase additive in a separation system with a C18 column. Measurements were carried out using RP-HPLC and hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography. Mobile phases composed of organic modifier (methanol) and four different aqueous parts: (i) deionized water, (ii) an aqueous solution of formic acid (pH 2.1), (iii) ammonium acetate buffer (pH 4.7), and (iv) ammonium acetate buffer (pH 8.8) in various volume ratios. Under these separation conditions, out of 23 chiral analytes, 9 were baseline enantio-resolved and 7 were partially separated. Of 9 mixtures of dipeptide isomers, 8 were baseline-separated. Sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin proved to be suitable for the separation of chiral and also achiral analytes. The use of sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin as a dynamic coating agent or as a mobile phase additive depends on the particular chromatographic system and analytes of interest.

Topics: Acetates; Amino Acids; beta-Cyclodextrins; Buffers; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Dipeptides; Formates; Indicators and Reagents; Stereoisomerism; Water

Submicron, non-porous, chiral silica stationary phase has been prepared by the immobilization of functionalized β-CD derivatives to isocyanate-modified silica via chemical reaction and applied to the pressurized capillary electrochromatography (pCEC) enantio-separation of various chiral compounds. The submicron, non-porous, cyclodextrin-based chiral stationary phases (sub_μm-CSP2) exhibited excellent chiral recognition of a wide range of analytes including clenbuterol hydrochloride, mexiletine hydrochloride, chlorpheniramine maleate, esmolol hydrochloride, and metoprolol tartrate. The synthesized submicron particles were regularly spherical and uniformly non-porous with an average diameter of around 800 nm and a mean pore size of less than 2 nm. The synthesized chiral stationary phase was packed into 10 cm × 100 μm id capillary columns. The sub_μm-CSP2 column used in the pCEC system showed better separation of the racemates and at a higher rate compared to those used in the capillary liquid chromatography mode (cLC) system. The sub_μm-CSP2 possessed high mechanical strength, high stereoselectivity, and long lifespan, demonstrating rapid enantio-separation and good resolution of samples. The column provided an efficiency of up to 170,000 plates/m for n-propylbenzene.

Topics: Acetates; Acetonitriles; beta-Cyclodextrins; Capillary Electrochromatography; Chromatography, Reverse-Phase; Nanoparticles; Porosity; Silicon Dioxide; Stereoisomerism

A native beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) stationary phase was prepared by covalently bonding beta-CD on silica particles via Huisgen [3+2] dipolar cycloaddition between the organic azide and terminal alkyne, the so-called Click chemistry. The resulting beta-CD bonded silica (Click beta-CD) was characterized by FT-IR, solid state (13)C cross polarization/magic-angle spinning (CP/MAS) NMR and elemental analyses, which proved the successful immobilization of beta-CD on the silica support with Click chemistry. The retentive properties of Click beta-CD were investigated under hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) mode in different mobile phase conditions with a set of polar compounds including nucleosides, organic acids and alkaloids. The effects of water content, concentration of the salt and pH of the buffer solution on the retention time were studied and the results demonstrated the typical retention behavior of HILIC on Click beta-CD. Separation of very polar components, such as nucleosides and oligosaccharides, and chiral separation under HILIC mode were successfully achieved. In addition, Click beta-CD was chromatographically evaluated with a set of flavone glycosides. The retention curves depending on the mobile phase of acetonitrile content were "U" curves, which is an indication of HILIC/RPLC mixed-mode retention behavior. The difference of the separation selectivity between HILIC and RPLC was described as orthogonality by using geometric approach and the orthogonality reached 69.4%. The mixed-mode HPLC properties and excellent orthogonality demonstrated the flexibility in HPLC methods development and great potential in two-dimensional liquid chromatography separation.

Topics: Acetates; beta-Cyclodextrins; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; Regression Analysis; Reproducibility of Results; Silicon Dioxide; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; Water

The enantioseparation of fenamiphos and its two main metabolites (fenamiphos sulfoxide and fenamiphos sulfone) were simultaneously achieved by CE by using a dual CD system. A mixture of 25 mM carboxymethyl-beta-CD and 10 mM hydroxypropyl-alpha-CD was added to the acetic acid/ammonia (ionic strength=50 mM, pH 5) buffer and was suitable for the baseline resolution of all stereoisomers of analytes. A further addition of 5% methanol to the BGE increased significantly the resolution between the diastereoisomers of fenamiphos sulfoxide. An overimposed pressure (0.2 psi) was applied during the analysis in order to have better peak efficiencies and small run time. The composition of the sample solvent was found to be a crucial parameter. An amount of 15% MeOH added to the sample was a good alternative to ensure the total solubility of fenamiphos and the baseline separation of fenamiphos sulfoxide enantiomers. The extraction of pesticides from soil samples was also investigated. A methanolic extraction allowed recovering 50-75% of pesticides, which were detected by CE at the parts per million concentration level (3-100 mg/kg) with a good precision (5.1-13.2% RSD). This method was applied to soil samples and was found to be suitable to monitor the enantiomeric degradation of fenamiphos in environmental samples.

Topics: Acetates; beta-Cyclodextrins; Electrophoresis, Capillary; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Linear Models; Organophosphorus Compounds; Osmolar Concentration; Pesticide Residues; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Soil

Our aim was to establish suitable conditions for the chiral separation of 12 1,3,4-thia- and 1,3,4-selenadiazine derivatives; some of them were identified in screening tests as potential antituberculotics. To overcome possible problems with the water insolubility of most analytes, we profited by the advantages of non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis. Methanol, formamide, and a mixture of formamide with acetonitrile (1:2, v/v) were used as separation media. Hydroxyethyl-, hydroxypropyl-, and methyl-beta-cyclodextrin were applied as chiral selectors in concentrations of 200 mM. Besides the effect of these different electrophoretic media and selectors, we also investigated the consequences of using different electrolytes (25 mM ammonium acetate/1 M acetic acid and 25 mM citric acid/12.5 mM TRIS). Distinct differences of the separation factors in the different separation media were observed. Depending on structure characteristics of the analytes, we established clear classifications to these cyclodextrins (CD), which were most appropriate for the separation of the enantiomers of the particular analytes.

Topics: 2-Hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin; Acetates; Acetic Acid; Acetonitriles; beta-Cyclodextrins; Citric Acid; Cyclodextrins; Electrophoresis, Capillary; Formamides; Methanol; Organometallic Compounds; Organoselenium Compounds; Stereoisomerism; Thiadiazines; Time Factors; Tromethamine