Cyclodextrin chiral selectivity

Limitations with the chiral selectivity of the native cyclodextrins fostered the development of various functionalized cyclodextrin-based chiral stationary phases, including acetylated (82,83), sulfated (84), 2-hydroxypropyl (85), 3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamoylated (86) and... 

Figure 3.7 shows some early examples of this type of analysis (39), illustrating the GC determination of the stereoisomeric composition of lactones in (a) a fruit drink (where the ratio is racemic, and the lactone is added artificially) and (b) a yoghurt, where the non-racemic ratio indicates no adulteration. Technically, this separation was enabled on a short 10 m slightly polar primary column coupled to a chiral selective cyclodextrin secondary column. Both columns were independently temperature controlled and the transfer cut performed by using a Deans switch, with a backflush of the primary column following the heart-cut. 

Figure 3.7 [continued) (b) Chromatograms of (iii) the dichloromethane extract of strawberry fruit yoghurt analysed with an apolar primary column, with the heart-cut regions indicated, and (iv) a non-racemic mixture of y-deca-(Cio) and 7-dodeca-Cj2 lactones isolated by heart-cut transfer, and separated by using a chiral selective modified cyclodextrin column. Reproduced from A. Mosandl, et al J. High Resol. Chromatogr. 1989, 12, 532 (39f. 

Many racemic mixtures can be separated by ordinary reverse phase columns by adding a suitable chiral reagent to the mobile phase. If the material is adsorbed strongly on the stationary phase then selectivity will reside in the stationary phase, if the reagent is predominantly in the mobile phase then the chiral selectivity will remain in the mobile phase. Examples of some suitable additives are camphor sulphonic acid (10) and quinine (11). Chiral selectivity can also be achieved by bonding chirally selective compounds to silica in much the same way as a reverse phase. A example of this type of chiral stationary phase is afforded by the cyclodextrins. 

The main applications of CGE are in separating protein fractions and oligonucleotides, and for DNA sequencing. Cyclodextrins have been incorporated into some polymers to introduce chiral selectivity. 

Host-guest inclusion complexes, 262—263 antibiotic hosts, 231—233 cahxarene hosts, 228—231 chiral crown ether hosts, 213—218 cyclic oligosaccharide hosts, 218—222 cyclodextrin host selectivities, 223/ host molecular size, 221 hnear ohgosaccharide hosts, 222—228 ir- TT stacking interactions, 217 proteic hosts, 231 Human 15-hpoxygenase, 52/... 

Rawjee, Y.Y., Stark, D.U., Vigh, G. Capillary electrophoretic chiral separations with cyclodextrin additives I. acids Chiral selectivity as a function of pH and the concentration of P-cyclodextrin for fenoprofen and ibuprofen. J. Chromatogr. 1993, 635, 291-306. 

Extensive comparisons between GC and SFC have been reported in chiral separation [63-66]. Zoltan investigated the performance of SFC and GC using the same chiral capillary columns coated with cyclodextrin-based stationary phases. It was observed that chiral selectivity was higher in GC than in SFC using the same open tubular column at the identical temperature (e.g., >100°C). However, the selectivity in SFC was significantly increased at low temperatures, especially for polar compounds [67]. 

Reactions capable of catalysis by the cyclodextrins also show some degree of chiral selectivity. For example, van Hooidonk and Breebaart-Hansen found that the (-)-R-isomer of isopropyl methylphos-phonofluoridate is hydrolyzed by alpha cyclodextrin much more rapidly than the (+)-5-isomer. Their measured dissociation constants, however. 

YY Rawjee, RL Williams, G Vigh. Capillary electrophoretic chiral separations using /3-cyclodextrin as resolving agent. II. Bases chiral selectivity as a function of pH and the concentration of / -cyclodextrin. J Chromatogr A 652 233-245, 1993. 

JC Reijenga, BA Ingelse, FM Everaerts. Thermodydnamics of chiral selectivity in capillary electrophoresis separation of ibuprofen enantiomers with (3-cyclodextrin. J Chromatogr A 792 371-378, 1997. 

Tabushi, I., (1986) Chiral selection and chiral induction by the use of regiospecifically di-(or poly Substituted cyclodextrins Pure Appl. Chem. 58, 1529-1534. 

Cyclodextrin-silicas have three major liabilities in preparative chromatographic separations in the elution mode (i) the chiral selectivity factors are generally lew, (ii) the loading... 

Chankvetadze et al. have demonstrated the potential of flow-counterbalanced capillary electrophoresis (FCCE) in chiral and achiral micropreparative separations [27], Unlimited increase of separation selectivity can be achieved for binary mixtures, such as (+ )-chlorpheniramine with carboxymethyl-(3-cyclodextrin chiral selector, or a- and (3-isomers of a asparatame dipeptide. The carrier of the chiral selector or pseudo-stationary phase, electroosmotic flow (EOF), pressure-driven flow, or hydrodynamic flow can be used as a counterbalancing flow to the electrophoretic mobility of the analyte or vice versa, resulting in dramatic changes of the effective mobilities of the sample mixture components [28], This approach can be used for micropreparative CE, stepwise separations, and fraction collection of multicomponent mixtures [27],... 

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