High-performance liquid chromatography separation of enantiomers of flavanone and 2′-hydroxychalcone under reversed-phase conditions

Modeling Enantiomeric Separations as an Interfacial Process Using Amylose Tris(3,5-dimethylphenyl carbamate) (ADMPC) Polymers Coated on Amorphous Silica

Chiral high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is commonly performed to isolate the biologically active enantiomer of a drug from the ineffective or even harmful ones. Understanding the molecular-level recognition that underlies this process is necessary for trimming down the very large number of possible combinations of chiral stationary phases, solvent systems, and other experimental HPLC conditions, a particularly important consideration when only small quantities of the racemate are available. Fully atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is a useful tool to provide this molecular-level understanding and predict experimental separation factors under a given set of conditions. To predict the chiral separation results for drug enantiomers by amylose tris(3,5-dimethylphenyl carbamate) (ADMPC) chiral stationary phase, we design a model of multiple ADMPC polymer strands coated on an amorphous silica slab. Using various MD techniques, we successfully coat ADMPCs onto the surface without losing the structural character of the backbone in the presence of the solvent system. Not only is this model more representative of the polymer surface on a solid support that is encountered by the enantiomers, but it also provides more opportunities for chiral molecules interacting with ADMPC, provides the possibility for large drug molecules to interact with two polymer strands at the same instant, and provides better agreement with experiment when we use the overall average quantities as the predictive metric. For a better understanding of why some metrics are better predictors than others, we use charts of the distribution of hydrogen-bonding lifetimes for various donor-acceptor pairs that contribute to the interaction events determining the relative retention times for the enantiomers. We also examine the contribution of ring-ring interactions to the molecular recognition process and ultimately to the differential retention of enantiomers. The results are more consistent than previous models and resolve the problematic case of two drugs, thalidomide and valsartan.

HPLC Enantioseparations with Polysaccharide-Based Chiral Stationary Phases in HILIC Conditions

In contrast to achiral hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC), which is a popular and largely applied technique to analyze polar compounds such as pharmaceuticals, metabolites, proteins, peptides, amino acids, oligonucleotides, and carbohydrates, the introduction of the HILIC concept in enantioselective chromatography has been relatively recent and scarcely debated. In this chapter, the HILIC enantioseparations carried out on polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phases are grouped and discussed. Another objective of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive overview and insight into the experimental conditions needed to operate under HILIC mode. Finally, to stimulate and facilitate the application of this chromatographic technique, a detailed experimental protocol of a chiral resolution on a chlorinated cellulose-based chiral stationary phase under HILIC conditions is described.

Enantiomers of triclabendazole sulfoxide: Analytical and semipreparative HPLC separation, absolute configuration assignment, and transformation into sodium salt

Direct HPLC separation of the enantiomers of triclabendazole sulfoxide (TCBZ-SO), which is the main metabolite of the anthelmintic drug triclabendazole, was carried out using the polysaccharide-based Chiralpak AS-H and Chiralpak IF-3 chiral stationary phases (CSPs). The chromatographic behaviour of both CSPs was evaluated and compared using normal-phase and reversed-phase eluents at different column temperatures. The eluent mixture of n-hexane-2-propanol-trifluoroacetic acid 70:30:0.1 (v/v/v) and a column temperature of 40°C were identified as the best operational conditions to carry out semipreparative enantioseparations on a 1-cm I.D. AS-H column. Under these conditions, 12.5mg of racemic sample were resolved in a single chromatographic run within 15min. Comparison of calculated and experimental chiroptical properties provided the absolute configuration assignment at the sulfur atom. The salification of the isolated enantiomers of TCBZ-SO by reaction with sodium hydroxide solution produced water-soluble Na salts which are potentially useful in the development of new anthelmintic enantiomerically pure formulations.

Common screening approaches for efficient analytical method development in LC and SFC on columns packed with immobilized polysaccharide-derived chiral stationary phases

Owing to their remarkable enantioselectivity, versatility, and stability, immobilized polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phases (CSPs) have been successfully integrated into the tool box of many research and industry groups for the separation of enantiomers or stereoisomers by liquid and supercritical fluid chromatography. Due to the structurally diverse range of compounds available, efficient method development for chiral separations utilizing such CSPs is a challenging subject. In this chapter, we will discuss simplified screening protocols and straightforward approaches to achieve chiral separations in HPLC and SFC using the column series CHIRALPAK™ IA, IB, IC, and ID in reasonable time frame and with limited experimental work and a high success rate.

A validated LC method for the determination of the enantiomeric purity of aliskiren hemifumarate in bulk drug samples

High-performance liquid chromatography enantioseparation of aliskiren hemifumarate was accomplished on an immobilized-type Chiralpak IC chiral stationary phase under both polar organic and reversed-phase modes. A simple analytical method was developed and validated using a mixture of acetonitrile-n-butylamine 100:0.1 (v/v/) as a mobile phase with a flow rate maintained at 1.0 mL/min. Ultraviolet detection was carried out at 228 nm. Resolution between the two enantiomers was greater than 3.0. This method was capable of detecting the R-isomer to a level of 0.2 μg/mL. The method was validated as per International Conference on Harmonization guidelines and found to be robust. The method is very useful for routine evaluation of the quality of aliskiren hemifumarate in bulk drug manufacturing units.