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Balzano F, Iuliano A, Uccello-Barretta G, Zullo V. Renewable Resources for Enantiodiscrimination: Chiral Solvating Agents for NMR Spectroscopy from Isomannide and Isosorbide. J Org Chem 2022; 87:12698-12709. [PMID: 36075050 PMCID: PMC9552179 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A new family of chiral selectors was synthesized in a
single synthetic
step with yields up to 84% starting from isomannide and isosorbide.
Mono- or disubstituted carbamate derivatives were obtained by reacting
the isohexides with electron-donating arylisocyanate (3,5-dimethylphenyl-
or 3,5-dimethoxyphenyl-) and electron-withdrawing arylisocyanate (3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl-)
groups to test opposite electronic effects on enantiodifferentiation.
Deeper chiral pockets and derivatives with more acidic protons were
obtained by derivatization with 1-naphthylisocyanate and p-toluenesulfonylisocyanate, respectively. All compounds were
tested as chiral solvating agents (CSAs) in 1H NMR experiments
with rac-N-3,5-dinitrobenzoylphenylglycine
methyl ester in order to determine the influence of different structural
features on the enantiodiscrimination capabilities. Some selected
compounds were tested with other racemic analytes, still leading to
enantiodiscrimination. The enantiodiscrimination conditions were then
optimized for the best CSA/analyte couple. Finally, a 2D- and 1D-NMR
study was performed employing the best performing CSA with the two
enantiomers of the selected analyte, aiming to determine the enantiodiscrimination
mechanism, the stoichiometry of interaction, and the complexation
constant.
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- Federica Balzano
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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Separability of stereoisomers by electrokinetic chromatography in presence of a neutral selector – fundamental aspects assessed by computer simulation. J Chromatogr A 2022; 1673:463087. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.463087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Li Y, Zhou B, Wang K, Zhang J, Sun W, Zhang L, Guo Y. Powerful Steroid-Based Chiral Selector for High-Throughput Enantiomeric Separation of α-Amino Acids Utilizing Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2021; 93:13589-13596. [PMID: 34597017 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Stereospecific recognition of amino acids (AAs) plays a crucial role in chiral biomarker-based diagnosis and prognosis. Separation of AA enantiomers is a long and tedious task due to the requirement of AA derivatization prior to the chromatographic or electrophoretic steps which are also time-consuming. Here, a mass-tagged chiral selector named [d0]/[d5]-estradiol-3-benzoate-17β-chloroformate ([d0]/[d5]-17β-EBC) with high reactivity and good enantiomeric resolution in regard to AAs was developed. After a quick and easy chemical derivatization step of AAs using 17β-EBC as the single chiral selector before ion mobility-mass spectrometry analysis, good enantiomer separation was achieved for 19 chiral proteinogenic AAs in a single analytical run (∼2 s). A linear calibration curve of enantiomeric excess was also established using [d0]/[d5]-17β-EBC. It was demonstrated to be capable of determining enantiomeric ratios down to 0.5% in the nanomolar range. 17β-EBC was successfully applied to investigate the absolute configuration of AAs among peptide drugs and detect trace levels of d-AAs in complex biological samples. These results indicated that [d0]/[d5]-17β-EBC may contribute to entail a valuable step forward in peptide drug quality control and discovering chiral disease biomarkers.
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- Yuling Li
- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry and National Center for Organic Mass Spectrometry in Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry and National Center for Organic Mass Spectrometry in Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai 201206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry and National Center for Organic Mass Spectrometry in Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai 201206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry and National Center for Organic Mass Spectrometry in Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry and National Center for Organic Mass Spectrometry in Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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Construction of β-cyclodextrin linked glycidyl methacrylate polymers for stereoselective separation of chiral drug. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-021-02634-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Nemes A, Csóka T, Béni S, Garádi Z, Szabó D, Rábai J. Chiral
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‐Amino Acid‐Based NMR Solvating Agents. Helv Chim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/hlca.202000081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Anikó Nemes
- Institute of ChemistryEötvös Loránd University Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A HU-1117 Budapest Hungary
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- Institute of ChemistryEötvös Loránd University Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A HU-1117 Budapest Hungary
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- Department of PharmacognosySemmelweis University Üllői út 26 HU-1085 Budapest Hungary
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- Department of PharmacognosySemmelweis University Üllői út 26 HU-1085 Budapest Hungary
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- Institute of ChemistryEötvös Loránd University Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A HU-1117 Budapest Hungary
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- Institute of ChemistryEötvös Loránd University Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A HU-1117 Budapest Hungary
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Chiral capillary electrophoresis with UV-excited fluorescence detection for the enantioselective analysis of 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-derivatized amino acids. Anal Bioanal Chem 2018; 410:4979-4990. [PMID: 29808298 PMCID: PMC6061710 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-018-1148-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Revised: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 10/29/2022]
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The potential of capillary electrophoresis (CE) with ultraviolet (UV)-excited fluorescence detection for sensitive chiral analysis of amino acids (AAs) was investigated. DL-AAs were derivatized with 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl chloride (FMOC)-Cl to allow their fluorescence detection and enhance enantioseparation. Fluorescence detection was achieved employing optical fibers, leading UV excitation light (< 300 nm) from a Xe-Hg lamp to the capillary window, and fluorescence emission to a spectrograph equipped with a charge-coupled device (CCD). Signal averaging over time and emission wavelength intervals was carried out to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the FMOC-AAs. A background electrolyte (BGE) of 40 mM sodium tetraborate (pH 9.5), containing 15% isopropanol (v/v), 30 mM sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and 30 mM β-cyclodextrin (β-CD), was found optimal for AA chemo- and enantioseparation. Enantioresolutions of 1.0 or higher were achieved for 16 proteinogenic DL-AAs. Limits of detection (LODs) were in the 10-100-nM range (injected concentration) for the D-AA enantiomers, except for FMOC-D-tryptophan (536 nM) which showed intramolecular fluorescence quenching. Linearity (R2 > 0.997) and repeatability for peak height (relative standard deviations (RSDs) < 7.0%; n = 5) and electrophoretic mobility (RSDs < 0.6%; n = 5) of individual AA enantiomers were established for chiral analysis of DL-AA mixtures. The applicability of the method was investigated by the analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Next to L-AAs, endogenous levels of D-glutamine and D-aspartic acid could be measured in CSF revealing enantiomeric ratios of 0.35 and 19.6%, respectively. This indicates the method's potential for the analysis of low concentrations of D-AAs in presence of abundant L-AAs.
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Fraschetti C, Montagna M, Crestoni ME, Calcaterra A, Aiello F, Santi L, Filippi A. Kinetic enantioselectivity of a protonated bis(diamido)-bridged basket resorcin[4]arene towards alanine peptides. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 15:1183-1189. [PMID: 28084488 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob02734b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Efficient enantiodiscrimination of some alanine-containing di- and tri-peptides by using chiral protonated bis(diamido)-bridged basket resorcin[4]arenes depends on several factors, including the basicity of the amino acid residues at the C- and N-termini of the peptide.
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- C Fraschetti
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy.
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Stavrou IJ, Agathokleous EA, Kapnissi-Christodoulou CP. Chiral selectors in CE: Recent development and applications (mid-2014 to mid-2016). Electrophoresis 2017; 38:786-819. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201600322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Prior A, Sánchez-Hernández L, Sastre-Toraño J, Marina ML, de Jong GJ, Somsen GW. Enantioselective analysis of proteinogenic amino acids in cerebrospinal fluid by capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry. Electrophoresis 2016; 37:2410-9. [PMID: 27465690 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201600015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Revised: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
d-Amino acids (AAs) are increasingly being recognized as essential molecules in biological systems. Enantioselective analysis of proteinogenic AAs in biological samples was accomplished by CE-MS employing β-CD as chiral selector and ESI via sheath-liquid (SL) interfacing. Prior to analysis, AAs were fully derivatized with FMOC, improving AA-enantiomer separation and ESI efficiency. In order to optimize the separation and MS detection of FMOC-AAs, the effects of type and concentration of CD in the BGE, the composition of the SL, and MS-interfacing parameters were evaluated. Using a BGE of 10 mM β-CD in 50 mM ammonium bicarbonate (pH 8) containing 15% v/v isopropanol, a SL of isopropanol-water-1 M ammonium bicarbonate (50:50:1, v/v/v) at a flow rate of 3 μL/min, and a nebulizer gas pressure of 2 psi, 15 proteinogenic AAs could be detected with enantioresolutions up to 3.5 and detection limits down to 0.9 μM (equivalent to less than 3 pg AA injected). The selectivity of the method was demonstrated by the analysis of spiked cerebrospinal fluid, allowing specific detection of d-AAs. Repeatability and linearity obtained for cerebrospinal fluid were similar to standard solutions, with peak area and migration-time RSDs (n = 5) below 16.2 and 1.6%, respectively, and a linear response (R(2) ≥ 0.977) in the 3-90 μM range.
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- Amir Prior
- Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain
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- Division of Biomolecular Analysis, Utrecht University, CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain
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- Division of Biomolecular Analysis, Utrecht University, CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Zhu X, Huang G, Luo S, Guan X, Chen X. Rapid Determination of Enantiomeric Excess of Tert-Butoxycarbonyl (BOC-Protected) Amino Acids Based on Infrared Spectra Technique with Optimal Wavelet Packet Transform Decomposition Frequency Band. ANAL LETT 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2012.726678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Highly sensitive chiral analysis in capillary electrophoresis with large-volume sample stacking with an electroosmotic flow pump. J Chromatogr A 2012; 1246:28-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2012.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2011] [Revised: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 02/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Guan J, Yan F, Shi S, Wang S. Optimization and validation of a new CE method for the determination of pantoprazole enantiomers. Electrophoresis 2012; 33:1631-6. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201100650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Lee SC, Wang CC, Yang PC, Wu SM. Enantioseparation of (±)-threo-methylphenidate in human plasma by cyclodextrin-modified sample stacking capillary electrophoresis. J Chromatogr A 2012; 1232:302-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2011.10.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2011] [Revised: 10/26/2011] [Accepted: 10/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wongwan S, Sungthong B, Scriba GKE. CE assay for simultaneous determination of charged and neutral impurities in dexamphetamine sulfate using a dual CD system. Electrophoresis 2010; 31:1475-81. [PMID: 20358547 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200900724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A CE assay for the simultaneous determination of charged and uncharged potential impurities (1S,2S-(+)-norpseudoephedrine, 1R,2S-(-)-norephedrine, phenylacetone and phenylacetone oxime) of dexamphetamine sulfate including the stereoisomer levoamphetamine was developed and validated. The optimized background electrolyte consisted of a 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 3.0, containing 80 mg/mL sulfobutylether-beta-CD and 25 mg/mL sulfated beta-CD. Separations were performed in 40.2/35 cm, 50 mum id fused-silica capillaries at a temperature of 20 degrees C and an applied voltage of -10 kV. 1R,2S-(-)-ephedrine was used as internal standard. The assay was validated in the range of 0.05-1.0% for the related substances and in the range of 0.05-5.0% for levoamphetamine. The LOD was 0.01-0.02% depending on the analyte. The assay also allowed the separation of the E,Z-stereoisomers of phenylacetone oxime. The effect of the degree of substitution of sulfobutylether-beta-CD was investigated. In commercial samples of dexamphetamine sulfate between 3.2 and 3.7% of levoamphetamine were found. Furthermore, phenylacetone and phenylacetone oxime could be observed at the LOD, indicating the synthetic origin of the investigated samples.
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- Sudaporn Wongwan
- Department of Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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Kokiashvili NG, Wongwan S, Landgraf C, Michaelis K, Hammitzsch-Wiedemann M, Scriba GK. Profiling of levoamphetamine and related substances in dexamphetamine sulfate by capillary electrophoresis. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2009; 50:1050-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2009.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2009] [Revised: 06/02/2009] [Accepted: 06/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Vayá I, Bueno C, Jiménez M, Miranda M. Determination of Enantiomeric Compositions by Transient Absorption Spectroscopy using Proteins as Chiral Selectors. Chemistry 2008; 14:11284-7. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.200801657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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El Deeb S, Hasemann P, Wätzig H. Strategies in method development to quantify enantiomeric impurities using CE. Electrophoresis 2008; 29:3552-62. [PMID: 18803216 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200800081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The growing number of chiral new drug substances requires increasing efforts in developing enantioselective methods. According to International conference on Harmonization guidelines, one should quantify the enantiomeric impurity of 0.1% relative to the major constituent. Capillary electrophoresis has evolved into an important tool for the separation of chiral drugs. The common strategies consist of two steps: firstly, initial separation conditions are evaluated. This screening usually focuses on the selection of the appropriate chiral selector. In our study 22 neutral, anionic or cationic cyclodextrins were dissolved in phosphate buffer (pH 2.5, 50 mM, CD conc.: 2.0%). Then they were investigated for the separation of 14 chiral compounds. Secondly, the obtained initial conditions for the enantiomeric separation were optimized in terms of resolution and analysis time. In our approach, important optimized factors including the concentration of the chiral selector (1-10%), the pH of the buffer (2.0-9.0), and the percentage of organic modifier (0-15%) were studied. This common strategy was completed by elaborating final requirements for the quantification of the enantiomeric impurity. A resolution between 3 and 4 was found to be necessary for the racemic mixture during the screening and optimization steps, in order to later allow for peak overloading and thus to sufficiently increase the signal-to-noise ratio. The complete strategy was conducted for atenolol, isoprenaline, verapamil and mandelic acid.
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- Sami El Deeb
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Al-Azhar University-Gaza, Gaza, Palestinian Territory
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Leung D, Folmer-Andersen JF, Lynch VM, Anslyn EV. Using enantioselective indicator displacement assays to determine the enantiomeric excess of alpha-amino acids. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:12318-27. [PMID: 18714996 PMCID: PMC7811882 DOI: 10.1021/ja803806c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Enantioselective indicator displacement assays (eIDAs) were used for the determination of enantiomeric excess (ee) of alpha-amino acids as an alternative to the labor-intensive technique of chromatography. In this study, eIDAs were implemented by the use of two chiral receptors [(Cu(II)(1)](2+), [Cu(II)(2)](2+)) in conjunction with the indicator chrome azurol S. The two receptors were able to enantioselectively discriminate 13 of the 17 analyzed alpha-amino acids. Enantiomeric excess calibration curves were made using both receptors and then used to analyze true test samples to check the system's ability to determine ee accurately. The proposed method uses a conventional UV-vis spectrophotometer to monitor the colorimetric signal, which allows for a potential high-throughput screening (HTS) method for determining ee. The techniques created consistently produced results accurate enough for rapid preliminary determination of ee.
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- Diana Leung
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Jouyban A, Kenndler E. Impurity analysis of pharmaceuticals using capillary electromigration methods. Electrophoresis 2008; 29:3531-51. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.200800054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mie A, Ray A, Axelsson BO, Jörntén-Karlsson M, Reimann CT. Terbutaline Enantiomer Separation and Quantification by Complexation and Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometry−Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2008; 80:4133-40. [DOI: 10.1021/ac702262k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Axel Mie
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Centre, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden, Analytical Development, AstraZeneca R&D, Loughborough, United Kingdom, and Analytical Development, AstraZeneca R&D, SE-221 87 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Centre, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden, Analytical Development, AstraZeneca R&D, Loughborough, United Kingdom, and Analytical Development, AstraZeneca R&D, SE-221 87 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Centre, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden, Analytical Development, AstraZeneca R&D, Loughborough, United Kingdom, and Analytical Development, AstraZeneca R&D, SE-221 87 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Centre, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden, Analytical Development, AstraZeneca R&D, Loughborough, United Kingdom, and Analytical Development, AstraZeneca R&D, SE-221 87 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Centre, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden, Analytical Development, AstraZeneca R&D, Loughborough, United Kingdom, and Analytical Development, AstraZeneca R&D, SE-221 87 Lund, Sweden
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Gong XY, Dobrunz D, Kümin M, Wiesner M, Revell JD, Wennemers H, Hauser PC. Separating stereoisomers of di-, tri-, and tetrapeptides using capillary electrophoresis with contactless conductivity detection. J Sep Sci 2008; 31:565-73. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200700461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Görög S. Drug safety, drug quality, drug analysis. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2007; 48:247-53. [PMID: 18082992 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2007.10.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2007] [Accepted: 10/12/2007] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Controlling and minimizing the side effects of drugs are the key issues in assuring the safety of drug therapy. Since side effects are inherent properties of the drug material, these cannot be influenced by drug analysts. At the same time drug analysts play a predominant role in assuring the quality of bulk drug materials and drug formulations and this is also closely related to the safety issue. The three main attributes of drug quality are identity, strength and purity. Of these, in the case of bulk drug materials, purity is of prominent importance: by the identification (structure elucidation) and quantitative determination of the impurities and degradation products, the risk of their contribution to the side effect profile of the drug materials can be avoided or at least controlled/minimized. The development in the field of chromatographic and spectroscopic methods in the last decades has led to changes in the philosophy, structure and requirements in the monographs of drug materials in the principal pharmacopoeias. Although the approaches of the European and US Pharmacopoeias are somewhat different, a common feature is the shift of focal point toward purity tests. In contrast to this, relatively few changes are observable in the field of the assay methods for bulk drug materials: non-selective titrimetric and spectrophotometric methods are still widely used. Since the results of these do not contribute to the safety issue, the omission of these tests and substitution by the "mass balance" concept is recommended. The effectiveness of the tendency of replacing non-selective methods by selective ones (mainly HPLC) is also questionable. The reason for this is that due to the limited precision of the HPLC assay the drug content obtained by the mass balance concept is a much better quality control attribute for bulk drug materials than that obtained by HPLC. It is recommended that classical assay methods (including HPLC) be used in exceptional cases only and the time and energy thus spared be used for more important impurity-related issues that directly contribute to the safety of drug therapy.
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- Sándor Görög
- Gedeon Richter Plc., P.O.B. 27, H-1475 Budapest, Hungary.
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Zhao Y, Yang XB, Wang QF, Sun XL, Jiang R, Zhang SY. Determination of Enantiomeric Excess of Aromatic 1,2-Diols with HP-β-Cyclodextrin as Chiral Selector by CE. Chromatographia 2007. [DOI: 10.1365/s10337-007-0366-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Kahle KA, Foley JP. Influence of microemulsion chirality on chromatographic figures of merit in EKC: Results with novel three-chiral-component microemulsions and comparison with one- and two-chiral-component microemulsions. Electrophoresis 2007; 28:3024-40. [PMID: 17724695 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200700152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Novel microemulsion formulations containing all chiral components are described for the enantioseparation of six pairs of pharmaceutical enantiomers (atenolol, ephedrine, metoprolol, N-methyl ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and synephrine). The chiral surfactant dodecoxycarbonylvaline (DDCV, R- and S-), the chiral cosurfactant S-2-hexanol, and the chiral oil diethyl tartrate (R- and S-) were combined to create four different chiral microemulsions, three of which were stable. Results obtained for enantioselectivity, efficiency, and resolution were compared for the triple-chirality systems and the single-chirality system that contained chiral surfactant only. Improvements in enantioselectivity and resolution were achieved by simultaneously incorporating three chiral components into the aggregate. The one-chiral-component microemulsion provided better efficiencies. Enantioselective synergies were identified for the three-chiral-component nanodroplets using a thermodynamic model. Additionally, two types of dual-chirality systems, chiral surfactant/chiral cosurfactant and chiral surfactant/chiral oil, were examined in terms of chromatographic figures of merit, with the former providing much better resolution. The two varieties of two-chiral-component microemulsions gave similar values for enantioselectivity and efficiency. Lastly, the microemulsion formulations were divided into categories based on the number of chiral microemulsion reagents and the average results for each pair of enantiomers were analyzed for trends. In general, enantioselectivity and resolution were enhanced while efficiency was decreased as more chiral components were used to create the pseudostationary phase (PSP).
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- Kimberly A Kahle
- Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Kahle KA, Foley JP. Two-chiral-component microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography–chiral surfactant and chiral oil: Part 1. Dibutyl tartrate. Electrophoresis 2007; 28:1723-34. [PMID: 17464962 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200600551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The first simultaneous use of a chiral surfactant and a chiral oil for microemulsion EKC (MEEKC) is reported. Six stereochemical combinations of dodecoxycarbonylvaline (DDCV: R, S, or racemic, 2.00% w/v), racemic 2-hexanol (1.65% v/v), and dibutyl tartrate (D, L, or racemic, 1.23% v/v) were examined as chiral pseudostationary phases (PSPs) for the separation of six pairs of pharmaceutical enantiomers: pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, N-methyl ephedrine, metoprolol, synephrine, and atenolol. Subtle differences were observed for three chromatographic figures of merit (alpha(enant), alpha(meth), k) among the chiral microemulsions; a moderate difference was observed for efficiency (N) and elution range. Dual-chirality microemulsions provided both the largest and smallest enantioselectivities, due to small positive and negative synergies between the chiral microemulsion components. For the ephedrine family of compounds, dual-chiral microemulsions with surfactant and oil in opposite stereochemical configurations provided higher enantioselectivities than the single-chiral component microemulsion (RXX), whereas dual-chiral microemulsions with surfactant and oil in the same stereochemical configurations provided lower enantioselectivities than RXX. Slight to moderate enantioselective synergies were confirmed using a thermodynamic model. Efficiencies observed with microemulsions comprised of racemic dibutyl tartrate or dibutyl-D-tartrate were significantly higher than those obtained with dibutyl-L-tartrate, with an average difference in plate count of about 25 000. Finally, one two-chiral-component microemulsion (RXS) provided significantly better resolution than the remaining one- and two-chiral-component microemulsions for the ephedrine-based compounds, but only slightly better or equivalent resolution for non-ephedrine compounds.
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- Kimberly A Kahle
- Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Hedeland Y, Lehtinen J, Pettersson C. Ketopinic acid and diisoproylideneketogulonic acid as chiral ion-pair selectors in capillary electrophoresis. J Chromatogr A 2007; 1141:287-94. [PMID: 17187814 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2006.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2006] [Revised: 11/30/2006] [Accepted: 12/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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1S,4R-(+)-ketopinic acid [(+)-KPA] has been introduced as a chiral selector for the separation of pharmacologically active amines by non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis (NACE). (+)-KPA gave enantioresolution for most of the compounds previously separated by 2R,3S,4R,5S-(-)-2,3:4,6-di-O-isopropylidene-2-keto-L-gulonic acid [(-)-DIKGA], but with a reversed migration order. A complete enantioresolution (Rs=4.2) was obtained for timolol, a compound that could not be resolved using (-)-DIKGA as the selector. Thus, (+)-KPA was evaluated for the enantiomeric purity determination of S-timolol. A method based on pre-concentration by transient isotachophoresis (tITP) provided a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.2% R-timolol in S-timolol samples. Because of the lack of enantioresolution of ephedrine when (+)-KPA was used as the selector, a method with (-)-DIKGA has been developed and validated for determination of the enantiomeric purity of the 1R,2S enantiomer. The method gave good precision and accuracy with an LOD (S/N=3) of 0.033% for the enantiomeric impurity 1S,2R-ephedrine.
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- Ylva Hedeland
- Division of Analytical Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Box 574, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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Zhao Y, Yang XB, Wang QF, Nan PJ, Jin Y, Zhang SY. Determination of enantiomeric excess for 2,3-dihydroxy-3-phenylpropionate compounds by capillary electrophoresis using hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin as chiral selector. Chirality 2007; 19:380-5. [PMID: 17380486 DOI: 10.1002/chir.20393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A new capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) method was developed to separate three chiral 2,3-dihydroxy-3-phenylpropionate enantiomers using neutral hydroxypropyl-beta-CD (HP-beta-CD) as chiral selector and borate as background electrolyte. The results showed that HP-beta-CD exhibited good enantioselectivity and high resolution was achieved under the optimum condition of pH 10.3, 200 mM borate buffer containing 6% methanol and 50 mM HP-beta-CD at 15 kV and 20 degrees C within 16 min. The precision of the method was <0.9% for migration time and 4.5% for corrected peak area. In addition, the developed method was successfully applied to the determination of enantiomeric excess (ee) of synthetic 2,3-dihydroxy-3-phenylpropionate samples. With this method, low as 0.2% impurity of the undesirable enantiomer in the presence of high amount of target enantiomer was determined. The results demonstrated that the proposed CZE method is a simple and useful technique and is applicable to ee assay of 2,3-dihydroxy-3-phenylpropionate enantiomers.
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- Yan Zhao
- Department of Chemistry, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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Jiang TF, Lv ZH, Wang YH. Chiral separation of ephedrine alkaloids from Ephedra sinica extract and its medicinal preparation using cyclodextrin-modified capillary zone electrophoresis. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2007. [DOI: 10.1134/s1061934807010170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hammitzsch M, Rao RN, Scriba GKE. Development and validation of a robust capillary electrophoresis method for impurity profiling of etomidate including the determination of chiral purity using a dual cyclodextrin system. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:4334-44. [PMID: 17001744 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200600257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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An enantioselective CE assay for the simultaneous determination of the enantiomeric purity and of related substances of etomidate has been developed and validated using a binary chiral selector system employing 30 mg/mL beta-CD and 4.6 mg/mL sulfated-beta-CD in a 150 mM potassium phosphate buffer, pH 2.1. The method was validated with respect to specificity, range, linearity, LOQ and LOD, precision and accuracy. The assay allowed the detection and determination of related substances including (S)-etomidate at the 0.05% w/w level, the reporting threshold as defined by the International Conference on Harmonisation guidelines as well as the European Pharmacopoeia. Robustness testing was carried out by an "Augmented Plackett-Burman" design. Quantitation of the compounds was performed by calibration graphs with respect to lidocaine hydrochloride as internal standard and by peak area normalization, the procedure usually applied by pharmacopoeias. Although data obtained from the calibration graphs constructed with the aid of the internal standard were more accurate based on compound recovery, peak area normalization may also be used without significant loss of accuracy and precision.
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- Manuela Hammitzsch
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Jena, School of Pharmacy, Jena, Germany
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Wang ZY, Xu XX, Hu ZD, Kang JW. Sensitive Method for Enantioseparation of Rivastigmine with Highly Sulfated Cyclodextrin as Chiral Selector by Capillary Electrophoresis. CHINESE J CHEM 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.200690258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Tran CD, Oliveira D. Fluorescence determination of enantiomeric composition of pharmaceuticals via use of ionic liquid that serves as both solvent and chiral selector. Anal Biochem 2006; 356:51-8. [PMID: 16860773 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2006] [Revised: 05/29/2006] [Accepted: 06/14/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A new method has been developed for the sensitive and accurate determination of enantiomeric compositions of a variety of drugs, including propranolol, naproxen, and warfarin. The method is based on the use of the fluorescence technique to measure diastereomeric interactions between both enantiomeric forms of a drug with an optically active room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) followed by partial least squares analysis of the data. The chiral RTIL used in this study, S-[(3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl) trimethylammonium] [bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)amide] (S-[CHTA](+) [Tf(2)N](-)), is a novel chiral RTIL that has been synthesized successfully recently in our laboratory in optically pure form using a simple one-step reaction with commercially available reagents. The high solubility power and strong enantiomeric recognition ability make it possible to use this chiral RTIL to solubilize a drug and to induce diastereomeric interactions for the determination of enantiomeric purity, that is, to use it as both solvent and chiral selector. Enantiomeric compositions of a variety of pharmaceutical products with different shapes, sizes, and functional groups can be determined sensitively (microgram concentration) and accurately (enantiomeric excess as low as 0.30% and enantiomeric impurity as low as 0.08%) by use of this method.
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- Chieu D Tran
- Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA.
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Van Eeckhaut A, Michotte Y. Chiral separations by capillary electrophoresis: Recent developments and applications. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:2880-95. [PMID: 16688697 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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This paper provides an overview of the different classes of chiral selectors that are used in CE. The main properties of every class are described, together with the mechanism of enantioseparation. Newly introduced selectors are also discussed. Pharmaceutical and biomedical applications published from January 2004 till March 2005 are summarized.
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- Ann Van Eeckhaut
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Analysis and Drug Information, Pharmaceutical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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Gao W, Kang J. Separation of atropisomers of anti-hepatitis drug dimethyl diphenyl bicarboxylate analogues by capillary electrophoresis with vancomycin as the chiral selector. J Chromatogr A 2006; 1108:145-8. [PMID: 16442554 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.12.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2005] [Revised: 12/14/2005] [Accepted: 12/30/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Separation of atropisomers of analogues of the anti-hepatitis drug dimethyl diphenyl bicarboxylate (DDB) by capillary electrophoresis with vancomycin as the chiral selector is described. Among several tested chiral selectors, including various cyclodextrin derivatives as well as vancomycin, only the latter displayed the enantioselectivity to the studied atropisomers. However, relatively poor separation efficiency was obtained due to the adsorption of vancomycin on the capillary wall. This problem was overcome by modifying the capillary wall with a polycationic electrolyte named hexadimethrine bromide (HDB) to produce a positively charged coating, which minimized the adsorption of vancomycin on the capillary wall by electrostatic repulsion. Moreover, the positively charged coating could shorten the separation time by reversing the EOF because the reversed EOF migrated to the same direction as the negatively charged analyte. Effects of buffer pH, vancomycin and buffer concentrations and applied voltage on the separation were investigated and the optimal conditions were established as follows: 40 mM Tris-phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) containing 6.0 mM vancomycin and 0.001% HDB. Baseline separation of three racemic DDB analogues was obtained within 12 min under the optimal conditions.
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- Wenhua Gao
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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Cheng J, Kang J. An on-column derivatization method for the determination of the enantiomeric excess of chiral primary aminesvia indirect enantioseparation by micellar electrokinetic chromatography. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:865-71. [PMID: 16411275 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A method used for determining the enantiomeric excess (ee) value of chiral amino compounds by MEKC is described. In this method, the plug-plug type electrophoretic medicated microanalysis technique was employed to convert the enantiomers of chiral amino compounds into their diastereomers through an on-column derivatization with o-phthaldialdehyde and the chiral reagent N-acetyl-L-cysteine. Afterwards, the resulting diastereomers were easily separated with a nonchiral MEKC approach. The on-column derivatization conditions and the separation conditions were optimized and the method was validated with five chiral amino compounds. The present method can be used for assaying the ee value of chiral amino compound with various structural features, especially for those that have no UV chromophore. Therefore, the method can be potentially used for screening or evaluation of the asymmetric catalysts developed by the combinatorial chemistry. In this case, the ee values of chiral products with various structures need to be measured; however, this is difficult for direct chiral separation approach due to the fact that the chiral selectivity is strongly dependent on the structure of the analytes. The method is simple, reliable, and automatic.
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- Jiayi Cheng
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China
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Matthijs N, Vander Heyden Y. Enantiomeric impurity determination in capillary electrophoresis using a highly-sulfated cyclodextrins-based method. Biomed Chromatogr 2006; 20:696-709. [PMID: 16240285 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Capillary electrophoresis (CE), using highly-sulfated cyclodextrins as chiral selectors, has been applied to determine the chiral purity of pharmaceutical compounds. A chiral separation strategy, developed earlier for racaemic mixtures, was applied on four basic drugs (propranolol, atenolol, chlorpheniramine and tryptophan methylester). The aim was to develop validated separation methods which allow determination of 0.1% impurity levels of the unwanted enantiomers (distomer) in the presence of 99.9% of the active compound (eutomer). The linearity, quantification limits for the trace enantiomers and the precision of the measurements were determined. In a second part, impurity separations have been simulated in order to evaluate the required resolution when assaying impurities. It is shown that a baseline resolution of 1.5, generally accepted for racaemic mixtures, does not always allow good impurity determinations. Two alternative methods to solve this problem have been proposed.
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- Nele Matthijs
- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmaceutical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VUB, Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium
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Huang J, Cao G, Hu X, Sun C, Zhang J. Chiral separation ofrac-Ornidazole and detection of the impurity of (R)-Ornidazole in (S)-Ornidazole injection and raw material. Chirality 2006; 18:587-91. [PMID: 16642497 DOI: 10.1002/chir.20292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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(S)-Ornidazole is a subject of research as an antifertility agent in male animals at present. However, there seems to be no relative report on chiral separation for rac-Ornidazole, which has been used as an effective medicine for more than 30 years. In this article, the chiral separation of rac-Ornidazole on a Chiralcel OB-H column based on normal-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (NP-HPLC) is investigated and the methodology for detection of impurity of (R)-Ornidazole in (S)-Ornidazole injection and raw material is established. The novel mobile phase is utilized by mixing n-hexane, methanol and isopropyl alcohol (95:4:1, v/v/v) instead of the typical mobile phase of n-hexane and isopropyl alcohol, although the methanol, which offers a good resolution factor for the enantiomeric separation in this system, is not recommended on the Chiralcel OB-H column according to the instruction supplied by Daicel Chemical Ind., LTD (Japan).
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- Jianquan Huang
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Shandong University, P.R. China.
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In this review, an updated view of the different strategies used up to now to enhance the sensitivity of detection in chiral analysis by CE will be provided to the readers. With this aim, it will include a brief description of the fundamentals and most of the recent applications performed in sensitive chiral analysis by CE using offline and online sample treatment techniques (SPE, liquid-liquid extraction, microdialysis, etc.), on-column preconcentration techniques based on electrophoretic principles (ITP, stacking, and sweeping), and alternative detection systems (spectroscopic, spectrometric, and electrochemical) to the widely used UV-Vis absorption detection.
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- Carmen García-Ruiz
- Departamento de Química Analítica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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Wan H, Thompson RA. Capillary electrophoresis technologies for screening in drug discovery. DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY. TECHNOLOGIES 2005; 2:171-178. [PMID: 24981845 DOI: 10.1016/j.ddtec.2005.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The high separation efficiency of capillary electrophoresis (CE), combined with the high selectivity and sensitivity of mass spectrometry (MS) detection offers the potential of unique resolving power and high-throughput capacity to the analysis and structural identification of complex mixtures. Recent advances in CE-MS interfaces and commercially available 96-capillary instruments have made the implementation of routine CE methods for drug screening feasible.:
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- Hong Wan
- DMPK & Bioanalytical Chemistry, AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden.
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- DMPK & Bioanalytical Chemistry, AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden
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Liu Q, Inoue T, Kirchhoff JR, Huang C, Tillekeratne LMV, Olmstead K, Hudson RA. Chiral separation of highly negatively charged enantiomers by capillary electrophoresis. J Chromatogr A 2004; 1033:349-56. [PMID: 15088757 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2004.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The separation of two highly negatively charged enantiomeric organic disulfates containing two chiral centers was investigated by capillary electrophoresis using cyclodextrin based chiral selectors added to the run buffer. The optimum separation for the enantiomers was achieved in less than 3 min at 25 degrees C with a run buffer of 10 mM glycine pH 2.4 and 5 mM QA-beta-CD, which is a positively charged quaternary ammonium beta-cyclodextrin derivative. The method resulted in baseline resolution, excellent linearity, and highly reproducible migration times allowing facile evaluation of the enantiomeric purity of the individual isomers. Detection limits for the enantiomeric pair were determined to be 0.3 ng/microl (S/N = 3). The nature of the selector-enantiomer interaction and a quantitative measurement of the apparent stability constants that governed chiral discrimination of the enantiomers with QA-beta-CD were also investigated by UV-Vis spectroscopy and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.
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- Qinfeng Liu
- Department of Chemistry, College ofArts and Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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Xu Y, McCarroll ME. Determination of Enantiomeric Composition by Fluorescence Anisotropy. J Phys Chem A 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp0472414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yafei Xu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901-4409
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901-4409
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Wu L, Meurer EC, Cooks RG. Chiral Morphing and Enantiomeric Quantification in Mixtures by Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2003; 76:663-71. [PMID: 14750861 DOI: 10.1021/ac0349072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A novel mass spectrometric method is introduced for rapid and accurate chiral quantification by examining a tetracoordinated transition metal complex into which a reference and a fixed ligand are incorporated simultaneously with the analyte. Chiral analysis is performed by measuring the dissociation kinetics of these trimeric cluster ions [(M(II) + L(fixed) - H)(ref)(An)]+ (M(II) = a transition metal ion, L(fixed) = chiral peptide fixed ligand, ref = chiral reference ligand, and An = chiral analyte) in an ion trap mass spectrometer. The ratio of the product ion branching ratios measured when a pair of pure chiral fixed ligands and chiral reference ligands (/ref(D) and /ref(L); or /ref(L) and /ref(D)) are employed in separate experiments is related, via the kinetic method formalism, to the enantiomeric composition of the chiral mixture. This fixed-ligand quotient ratio (QR(fixed)) is logarithmically proportional to enantiomeric purity allowing construction of a calibration curve for chiral analysis when the analyte is only available in one form of known optical purity. There are reciprocal relationships when switching the chirality of the fixed/reference ligands. Improved quantification accuracy (due to simplified dissociation kinetics) and ready construction of two or more single-point calibration curves allow data to be cross-checked and represent an advantage of this approach. These features and the matrix tolerance of the kinetic method are demonstrated using the QR(fixed) method for determinations of enantiomeric excess of the drug DOPA in the presence of the co-drug compound L-carbidopa. The chiral selectivity of DOPA was found to vary from 0.0581 to 0.337 using this method, depending on the choices of fixed-ligand and reference chirality. The average relative errors are less than 1.2%. The potential of chiral morphing (changing chiral centers in the ligands) to further refine the chiral interactions and hence to maximize chiral recognition is shown.
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- Lianming Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Gómez-Gomar A, Ortega E, Calvet C, Andaluz B, Mercé R, Frigola J. Enantioseparation of basic pharmaceutical compounds by capillary electrophoresis using sulfated cyclodextrins. Application to E-6006, a novel antidepressant. J Chromatogr A 2003; 990:91-8. [PMID: 12685587 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(03)00057-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In this study, a chiral capillary electrophoresis method was optimized and validated for E-6006, a thienylpyrazolylethanamine derivative (pKa 8.9). Enantioselectivity of neutral and anionic cyclodextrins (CDs) was evaluated at acid pH (3), obtaining cathodic and anodic migration, respectively. Hydroxypropyl-beta-CD, carboxymethyl-beta-CD and sulfobutyl ether-beta-CD led to similar and partial selectivity, whereas sulfate (S)-beta-CD produced baseline separation of the enantiomers. Four types of sulfated CDs were compared considering: cavity size (alpha, beta, gamma) and random substitution versus unique derivative (S-beta-CD, 6-heptakis-S-beta-CD). Complete peak separation was obtained in all cases, but with different affinity and binding strength. Some factors that play a role in the complex formation include: position/region/degree of substitution, size of CD cavity and proportion of derivatives in mixtures. Enantioaffinity and enantioselectivity increased with the average of sulfate groups/mol. Beta cavity size complexed better, although alpha and gamma cavities did not compromise separation. 6-Heptakis-S-beta-CD had less affinity and separation efficiency, attributed to its lower degree and unique position of substitution. The method was optimized with S-beta-CD (Aldrich, randomly substituted, 7-11 groups/mol). With this selector, the effect of pH value (3-9) was evaluated. Around pH 7 the cross-over point with change in the direction and order of migration was observed, associated with great enantioselectivity and long migration times. Fine tuning was done by adjusting the CD concentration and the buffer counterion. Definitive conditions were: uncoated silica capillary, 10 mM S-beta-CD-25 mM sodium phosphate, pH 3. Validation parameters are included.
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- A Gómez-Gomar
- Medicinal Chemistry Department, Laboratorios Dr. Esteve S.A., Av. V. Montserrat 221, 08041 Barcelona, Spain.
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The suitability of capillary electrophoresis for determining the enantiomeric purity of levodopa in a pharmaceutical formulation also containing benserazide was assessed. To this end, the pharmaceutical components were separated in a non-chiral medium that allowed the total amount of Dopa and that of benserazide to be quantified. The addition of a chiral crown ether to the background electrolyte allows to separate the enantiomers of this compounds. Optimizing the variables influencing the enantioresolution of Dopa affords a resolution high enough resolution to determine the amount of dextrodopa (the distomer) contained in levodopa (the eutomer) in a pharmaceutical. A relative limit of detection (RLD) is proposed as a measure of the lowest detectable enantiomeric impurity. The RLD for the determination of dextrodopa contained in levodopa was 0.1% and found to depend on the enantiomer migration order. The enantiomeric purity of levodopa in the pharmaceutical preparation and dextrodopa from Sigma was 99.5 and 99.95%, respectively.
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- Marcelo Blanco
- Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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Schmitt U, Branch SK, Holzgrabe U. Chiral separations by cyclodextrin-modified capillary electrophoresis - Determination of the enantiomeric excess. J Sep Sci 2002. [DOI: 10.1002/1615-9314(20021101)25:15/17<959::aid-jssc959>3.0.co;2-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Magnusson J, Wan H, Blomberg LG. Illustration of a simple and versatile scheme for reversing enantiomeric elution order and facilitating enantiomeric impurity determination in capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2002; 23:3013-9. [PMID: 12207310 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(200209)23:17<3013::aid-elps3013>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Determination of enantiomeric purity is most often done under overload conditions, which leads to deformed peaks. In general, the best resolutions are obtained when the small peak appears before the large peak in the electropherogram. To be able to determine the R(+)-impurity in the S(-)-form as well as the S(-)-impurity in the R(+)-form the elution orders have to be reversed. The present paper describes reversal of enantiomeric elution order for the basic analyte propranolol and the acidic analyte ibuprofen. For propranolol, a charged heptakis-(6-sulfo)-beta-cyclodextrin (CD) is used in the background electrolyte. For ibuprofen, a mix of the charged heptakis-(6-sulfo)-beta-CD and the uncharged heptakis-(2,3,6-tri-O-methyl)-beta-CD is used in the background electrolyte. The use of a coated capillary and reversal of the polarity shift the elution order, buffer composition is unchanged in both cases. The enantiomers of propranolol and ibuprofen are well separated on both the coated and uncoated capillaries. Detection limits of enantiomer impurities are investigated using spiked samples of both propranolol and ibuprofen.
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Tao WA, Clark RL, Cooks RG. Quotient ratio method for quantitative enantiomeric determination by mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 2002; 74:3783-9. [PMID: 12175167 DOI: 10.1021/ac0201124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The quotient ratio (QR) method, a new quantitative method for enantiomeric determination by mass spectrometry, is presented. The method is illustrated by the case in which a chiral analyte (A) and a chiral reference compound (ref*) are simultaneously coordinated to a transition metal ion (e.g., Cu2+ or Zn2 ) to form a singly charged deprotonated cluster ion in the course of electrospray ionization. The trimeric complex ion (three chiral ligands-2 mol of the analyte and 1 mol of the reference compound) is collisionally activated and undergoes dissociation by competitive loss of either a neutral reference or a neutral analyte. The ratio of the product ion branching ratios measured when pure chiral reference compounds (ref*D and ref*L) are employed in separate experiments is related via the kinetic method to the enantiomeric composition of the chiral mixture. This quotient ratio is logarithmically related to enantiomeric purity. In contrast to the previous single ratio method (Tao, W. A.; Zhang, D.; Wang, F.; Thomas, P. D.; Cooks, R. G. Anal. Chem. 1999, 71, 4427), the QR method reported here requires only one sample of the analyte with known optical purity to allow construction of a calibration curve. Accurate determinations of enantiomeric excess for amino acids and the chiral drug DOPA are demonstrated.
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- W Andy Tao
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Scriba GKE. Selected fundamental aspects of chiral electromigration techniques and their application to pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2002; 27:373-99. [PMID: 11755740 DOI: 10.1016/s0731-7085(01)00653-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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While capillary electrophoresis has been established as a major enantioseparation technique within the last decade, the potential of capillary electrochromatography is still studied extensively. This review summarizes recent applications of electromigration techniques with regard to the enantioseparation of chiral drugs. The first part discusses the general aspects of migration models and the enantiomer migration order. The application of capillary electrophoresis to chiral pharmaceutical analysis considers recent literature on: (1) chiral resolutions of non-racemic mixtures of enantiomers for the development of assays and the determination of the stereochemical purity of the drugs, (2) chiral separations of compounds in pharmaceutical formulations and products, and (3) enantioseparations of drugs in biological samples. A shorter section devoted to chiral electrochromatography discusses some fundamental aspects as well as the application to the chiral analysis of drugs including bioanalysis.
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- Gerhard K E Scriba
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Jena, Philosophenweg 14, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
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Wedig M, Laug S, Christians T, Thunhorst M, Holzgrabe U. Do we know the mechanism of chiral recognition between cyclodextrins and analytes? J Pharm Biomed Anal 2002; 27:531-40. [PMID: 11755754 DOI: 10.1016/s0731-7085(01)00579-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The resolution of chiral phenethylamine analogue compounds were studied in presence of single-isomer neutral and negatively charged cyclodextrins (CDs) by means of capillary electrophoresis (CE) and NMR spectroscopy. Whereas the native beta-CD and heptakis(2-N,N-dimethylcarbamoyl)beta-cyclodextrin were not able to separate the racemates of four ephedrine derivatives studied, heptakis(2,3-O-diacetyl)beta-cyclodextrin and especially heptakis(2,3-O-diacetyl-6-sulfo)beta-cyclodextrin could resolve all four pairs of enantiomers in one run. UV and NMR spectroscopic measurements revealed various kinds of complexes of phenethylamines with the CDs. Either defined inclusion complexes or manifold complexes which are mostly characterized by an attachment of the analyte to the outside of the CD cavity were found. No correlation between the kind of complexation and the resolution observed by means of CE could be found.
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- M Wedig
- Institute of Pharmacy and Food Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Wurzburg, Germany
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Amini A. Recent developments in chiral capillary electrophoresis and applications of this technique to pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis. Electrophoresis 2001; 22:3107-30. [PMID: 11589272 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(200109)22:15<3107::aid-elps3107>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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This paper provides an overview of the current status of chiral capillary electrophoresis (CE). The emphasis is placed on the application of CE in chiral separation of various racemic compounds. During the last two years about 280 papers, several review articles, and two entire issues, edited by S. Fanali (Electrophoresis 1999, 20, 2577-2798, and H. Nishi and S. Terabe (J. Chromatogr. A 2000, 879, 1-471.) have been devoted to chiral CE. Enantiomeric separations of various compounds, e.g., pharmaceuticals, drug candidates, drugs and related metabolites in biological fluids, amino acids, di- and tri peptides, pesticides and fungicides, have been performed using different chiral selectors. Native and derivatized cyclodextrins continue to be the most widely used chiral selectors. Other chiral selectors such as natural and synthetic chiral micelles, crown ethers, chiral ligands, proteins, oligo- and polysaccharides, and macrocyclic antibiotics have also been applied to chiral CE separations.
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- A Amini
- Medical Product Agency, Division of Biotechnology, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Olvecká E, Masár M, Kaniansky D, Jöhnck M, Stanislawski B. Isotachophoresis separations of enantiomers on a planar chip with coupled separation channels. Electrophoresis 2001; 22:3347-53. [PMID: 11589300 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(200109)22:15<3347::aid-elps3347>3.0.co;2-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The use of a poly(methylmethacrylate) chip, provided with a pair of on-line coupled separation channels and on-column conductivity detectors, to isotachophoresis (ITP) separations of optical isomers was investigated. Single-column ITP, ITP in the tandem-coupled columns, and concentration-cascade ITP in the tandem-coupled columns were employed in this investigation using tryptophan enantiomers as model analytes. Although providing a high production rate (about 2 pmol of a pure tryptophan enantiomer separated per second), single-column ITP was found suitable only to the analysis of samples containing the enantiomers at close concentrations. A 94-mm separation path in ITP with the tandem-coupled separation channels made possible a complete resolution of a 1.5 nmol amount of the racemic mixture of the enantiomers. However, this led only to a moderate extension of the concentration range within which the enantiomers could be simultaneously quantified. The best results in this respect were achieved by using a concentration-cascade of the leading anions in the tandem-coupled separation channels. Here, a high production rate, favored in the first separation channel, was followed by the ITP migration of the enantiomers in the second channel under the electrolyte conditions enhancing their detectabilities. In dependence on the migration configuration of the enantiomers, this technique made possible their simultaneous determinations when their ratios in the loaded sample were 35:1 or less (D-tryptophan a major constituent) and 70:1 or less (L-tryptophan a major constituent).
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- E Olvecká
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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