Adsorption Mechanisms in Normal-Phase Chromatography. Mobile-Phase Modifier Adsorption from Dilute Solutions and Displacement Effect

Analytical Separation of Closantel Enantiomers by HPLC

Closantel is an antiparasitic drug marketed in a racemic form with one chiral center. It is meaningful to develop a method for separating and analyzing the closantel enantiomers. In this work, two enantiomeric separation methods of closantel were explored by normal-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The influences of the chiral stationary phase (CSP) structure, the mobile phase composition, the nature and proportion of different mobile phase modifiers (alcohols and acids), and the column temperature on the enantiomeric separation of closantel were investigated in detail. The two enantiomers were successfully separated on the novel CSP of isopropyl derivatives of cyclofructan 6 and n-hexane-isopropanol-trifluoroacetic acid (97:3:0.1, v/v/v) as a mobile phase with a resolution (Rs) of about 2.48. The enantiomers were also well separated on the CSP of tris-carbamates of amylose with a higher Rs (about 3.79) when a mixture of n-hexane-isopropanol-trifluoroacetic acid (55:45:0.1, v/v/v) was used as mobile phase. Thus, the proposed separation methods can facilitate molecular pharmacological and biological research on closantel and its enantiomers.

Adsorption of Binary Solvents on Chiral Stationary Phases with Grafted Macrocyclic Antibiotics

Abstract

A study is performed of the adsorption of water–methanol and water–acetonitrile mixtures on chiral stationary phases (CSPs) Chirobiotic R, Chirobiotic T, and Nautilus-E with grafted macrocyclic antibiotics ristocetin A, teicoplanin, and eremomycin, respectively. The patterns of adsorption on the indicated CSPs are qualitatively the same, and differ only by quantitative indicators. Adsorption isotherms of excess water from binary solvents have adsorption azeotrope points and show the preferred absorption of water in the range of pure organic component to an azeotrope point in the range of 60–75 mol % for H2О–МеОН and 80–90 mol % for H2O–MeCN systems. It is shown that the thickness of the adsorption phase in the first case is less than one nominal molecular layer (0.10–0.13 nm). For H2O–MeCN, it is 3–4 molecular layers (0.88–1.05 nm). Activity coefficients are calculated for the components of solutions in surface layers. The coefficients indicate the systems deviate considerably from the properties of an ideal adsorption solution. Reasons for this behavior are discussed.

Shedding light on mechanisms leading to convex-upward van Deemter curves on a cellulose tris(4-chloro-3-methylphenylcarbamate)-based chiral stationary phase

An unusual convex-upward van Deemter curve was observed for the more retained enantiomer of a chiral sulfoxide (2-(benzylsulfinyl)benzamide) on a cellulose tris(4-chloro-3-methylphenylcarbamate)-based chiral stationary phase (CSP), prepared on silica particles of 1000 Å pore size. In contrast, the firstly eluted enantiomer of the same molecule exhibited the traditional convex-downward van Deemter curve. A detailed kinetic and thermodynamic investigation has revealed that this unusual phenomenon, which however has already been observed in chiral chromatography, originates when the adsorption of the compound is very strong and the solid-phase diffusion negligible. Experimentally, the intraparticle diffusion of the more retained enantiomer of the sulfoxide was found to be one order of magnitude smaller than that of the first eluted one. Overall, this translates into very little longitudinal diffusion (b-term of van Deemter curve) accompanied by high solid-liquid mass transfer resistance (c-term). Finally the comparison with another, differently-substituted chiral sulfoxide (whose enantiomers both exhibit traditional van Deemter curve behavior) has allowed to correlate these findings to the specific characteristics of the molecule.

Recent advancements and future directions of superficially porous chiral stationary phases for ultrafast high-performance enantioseparations

This review focuses on the use of superficially porous particles (SPPs) as chiral stationary phases for ultra-high performance liquid enantioseparations.