Comparative Optical Separation of Racemic Ibuprofen by Using Chiral Stationary Phase

Ibuprofen is widely used as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and produced as racemic mixture. Its pharmacological activity resides only in S-(+)-enantiomer, and R-()-enantiomer is not only inactive but also has many side effects. Thus it is necessary to separate R-enantiomer from racemic ibuprofen. We studied optical separation of racemic Ibuprofen with chiral high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Out of three different chiral stationary phases, which were selected on the basis of structure and availability, two were found to be ef-fective. There was optimum eluent composition for each stationary phase for good resolution in optical separation. Resolution decreased with increase of eluent flow rate, but effect of injection volume on resolution was insignificant at high eluent flow rate.

Comparison of the performance of chiral stationary phase for separation of fluoxetine enantiomers

Separation of fluoxetine enantiomers on five chiral stationary phases （chiralcel OD-H, chiralcel OJ-H, chiralpak AD-H, cyclobond 1 2000 DM and kromasil CHI-TBB） was investigated. The optimal mobile phase compositions of fluoxetine separation on each column were hexane/isopropanol/diethyl amine （98/2/0.2, v/v/v）, hexane/isopropanol/diethyl amine （99/1/0. l, v/v/v）, hexane/isopropanol/diethyl amine （98/2/0.2, v/v/v）, methanol/0.2% triethylamine acetic acid （TEAA） （25/75, v/v; pH 3.8） and hexane/isopropanol/diethyl amine （98/2/0.2, v/v/v）, respectively. Experimental results demonstrated that baseline separation （Rs〉1.5） of fluoxetine enantiomers was obtained on chiralcel OD-H, chiralpak AD-H, and cyclobond I 2000 DM while the best separation was obtained on the last one. The eluate orders of fluoxetine enantiomers on the columns were determined. The first eluate by chiralcel OJ-H and kromasil CHI-TBB is the S-enantiomer, while by chiralpak AD-H and cyclobond 12000 DM is the R-enantiomer.

Comparison of different polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phases for enantioselective resolution of Naftopidil and its derivatives by HPLC

Effective enantioseparation of Naftopidil and its derivatives by HPLC was accomplished using several different polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phases（CSPs）.In normal-phase mode,the compounds were eluted on four coated-and two immobilized-columns with the mixture of n-hexane,isopropanol and diethylamine（DEA）.Polysaccharide tris（3,5- dimethylphenyl carbamate） was shown to be the best enantiomer selector.In addition,the immobilized column packed with Chiralpak IA or IB was applied under polar-organic and reversed-phase conditions,both of which exhibited excellent enantioselectivity for Naftopidil and its derivatives.Furthermore,the underlying possible chiral recognition mechanisms were discussed.

Separation of substituted phenylpiperazine derivatives with immobilized polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phases by supercritical and subcritical fluid chromatography

Six newly synthesized racemic 1-（substituted phenyl）-4-[3-（indole-4-yl-oxy）-2-hydroxypropyl]-piperazine 1-6 were successfully resolved by carbon dioxide supercritical fluid chromatography （SFC） on an analytical scale column packed with immobilized polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phases （CSPs）. We found that separation on the Chiralpak IA CSP was superior to the other two immobilized CSPs （Chiralpak IB and Chiralpak IC）, and isopropanol （IPA） was a superior modifier compared to the other five solvents including ethanol, methanol, tetrahydrofuran, acetonitrile and dichloromethane. The effects of organic modifier composition, back pressure, and column temperature for enantioseparation of all six compounds were studied. Of the physical parameters studied, modifier composition had the greatest impact on retention. Changing temperature generally had less impact on retention but produced the greatest selectivity changes. The optimum condition was found as follows： Chiralpak IA column, column temperature 35 ~C, back pressure 120 bar, 35% IPA containing 0.1% diethylamine （v/v） in mobile phase, flow rate of mobile phase 3.0 mL/min, UV detection 283 nm. Separation of all six racemic compounds was completed within 10 rain and excellent resolution was obtained. Thus, SFC was found to be the methodology of choice for resolving the enantiomers of this class of compounds.

A breathing chiral molecular solid for enantioseparation via single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation

Two chiral supramolecular porous solids derived from novel cluster-based structures of [Mn^Ⅲ_4Mn^Ⅱ] and [Mn_7^Ⅲ Mn_3^Ⅱ ] were synthesized. Driven by the distinct pores and host-guest interactions, they exhibited either selective gas adsorption ability for the former or the ability of enan- tioselective separation via reversible single-crystal-to-sin- gle-crystal transformation for the latter.

Stereoselective interactions of chiral dipeptides on amylose based chiral stationary phases

Dipeptides are stereo-specifically involved in several biological functions that are challenging to separate enantiomerically. Elution order of enantiomers is an important issue in chiral chromatography. Amylose tris-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phase(CSP) is the best and most-widely-used CSP in chiral separations, but experimental data of enantiomeric separation of dipeptides on this CSP is lacking. Simulation studies were conducted to determine the order of elution and the chiral recognition mechanism of didpetides on this CSP. Results indicated that the docking energy of SR-enantiomers were higher than SS-antipodes. The range of docking energies for SR-enantiomers was -7.44 to -5.92 kcal/mol with CSP, but -7.15 to -5.87 kcal/mol for SS-stereoisomers. Therefore it is predicted that SS-enantiomer will elute first, followed by SR-antipode. Furthermore, hydrogen bondings, van der Waal's interactions and electrostatic interactions were observed among SR- and SSenantiomers and chiral grooves of CSP. The number of hydrogen bonds was one in each enantiomer binding except S-Ala-R-Tyr, which contained two hydrogen bonds. No hydrogen bond was found in S-Ala-R-Trp, S-Leu-S-Trp, and S-Leu-S-Tyr dipeptides bindings. The chiral recognition mechanisms dictate different strengths of stereoselective bindings of the enantiomers on CSP.