Lenalidomide, a blockbuster drug for the treatment of multiple myeloma: Semipreparative separation through supercritical fluid chromatography and vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy

Chiral analysis and semi-preparative separation of metconazole stereoisomers by supercritical fluid chromatography and cytotoxicity assessment in vitro

Metconazole is one of the widely-used chiral triazole fungicides in controlling wheat leaf rust, powdery mildew, Fusarium head blight with high efficacy, and so forth. In the current work, the effects of chiral stationary phases, alcoholic modifiers, and column temperature on the chiral separation of metconazole were discussed in detail. Amylose tris(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate)-coated chiral stationary phase exhibited much stronger chiral recognition ability toward metconazole stereoisomers in the CO2 /ethanol mixture as compared to the others. Then, a two-step semi-preparative separation of metconazole was performed through supercritical fluid chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography, and the enantiomeric excess values of four stereoisomers were achieved over 98%. Moreover, the enantioselective cytotoxicity of cis-metconazole against HepG2 cells has been investigated, and the order of the cell proliferation toxicity against HepG2 cells was (1R, 5S)-metconazole > (1S, 5R)-metconazole > the mixture. Briefly, this study would provide valuable information in the preparative separation of optically pure metconazole products through chromatographic techniques and their environmental risk assessment.

HPLC semi-preparative separation of diclazuril enantiomers and racemization in solution

Diclazuril has been widely used in poultry feed for prevention and treatment of coccidiosis, and its chiral separation is rarely reported. Herein, semi-preparative separation method of diclazuril enantiomers has been developed through normal-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Effects of chiral stationary phases, alcoholic modifiers, and column temperature on separation of diclazuril were discussed in detail. Both the single-urea-bound 4-chlorophenylcarbamoylated β-cyclodextrin and amylose tris(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate)-coated chiral stationary phases showed strong ability in separation of diclazuril by using n-hexane-trifluoroacetic acid-ethanol. Then, semi-preparative separation of diclazuril was carried out through stacked injection, and the "enantiomeric excess" purities of two fractions were over 98%. Next, the electronic circular dichroism profiles of these two fractions in ethanol solution displayed the mirror image of each other in the range 360-200 nm. Moreover, effects of acidic/basic additive, time, and temperature on racemization of diclazuril enantiomers in ethanol solution have been studied in detail through normal-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Racemization of diclazuril enantiomers was remarkably accelerated through adding triethylamine at high temperature. We envision that this systematic investigation of diclazuril at an enantiomeric level would provide valuable information in future studies involving enantioselective bioactive, metabolic, and toxicological activities.

Identification, Quantification, and Stereoselective Degradation of Triazole Fungicide Cyproconazole in Two Matrixes through Chiral Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Systematic investigation of cyproconazole, including absolute stereochemistry, fungicidal activity, quantification in two matrixes, and stereoselective degradation in cucumber, are conducted in this study. By virtue of vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy, absolute configurations of four stereoisomers were identified to be (2R,3R)-(+)-, (2R,3S)-(+)-, (2S,3S)-(-)-, and (2S,3R)-(-)-cyproconazoles. Then four stereoisomers exhibited stereoselective fungicidal activities against Fusarium graminearum Schw and Magnaporthe oryzae, and the order of fungicidal activity was (2S,3S)-(-)-stereoisomer > the stereoisomer mixture > (2S,3R)-(-)-stereoisomer > (2R,3R)-(+)-stereoisomer > (2R,3S)-(+)-stereoisomer. Moreover, chiral liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry was used to identify and quantify cyproconazole stereoisomers in soil and cucumber matrixes. Good linearity (R² ≥ 0.99) and recoveries (86.79-92.47%, RSD ≤ 3.94%) for them were achieved, individually. Furthermore, stereoselective degradation of four cyproconazole stereoisomers was observed in cucumber and the order of degradation rate was (2R,3R)-(+)-cyproconazole > (2S,3S)-(-)-cyproconazole > (2R,3S)-(+)-cyproconazole > (2S,3R)-(-)-cyproconazole. We envision that such systematic assessments of chiral fungicides at an enantiomeric level would provide valuable information in future studies involving enantioselective physiological, metabolic, and toxicological activities.