Reversed phases, glycopeptides

The macrocyclic glycopeptides CSPs arc capable of operating in three different mobile phase systems reversed phase, normal phase, and the new polar organic mode. The new polar organic mode refers to the approach when methanol is used as the mobile phase with small amounts of acid and/or base as the modifier to control... 

Statistically, of the compounds enantioresolved by macrocyclic glycopeptide CSPs, new polar organic mode accounts for more than 40 %, balanced by reversed-phase mode, while typical normal-phase operation resulted in approximately 5 % of separations. Some categories of racemic compounds that are resolved on the glycopeptide CSPs at different operating modes are listed in Table 2-4. 

For most free amino acids and small peptides, a mixture of alcohol with water is a typical mobile phase composition in the reversed-phase mode for glycopeptide CSPs. For some bifunctional amino acids and most other compounds, however, aqueous buffer is usually necessary to enhance resolution. The types of buffers dictate the retention, efficiency and - to a lesser effect - selectivity of analytes. Tri-ethylammonium acetate and ammonium nitrate are the most effective buffer systems, while sodium citrate is also effective for the separation of profens on vancomycin CSP, and ammonium acetate is the most appropriate for LC/MS applications. 

Macrocyclic glycopeptides. The first of these CSPs - based on the cavity of the antibiotic vancomycin bound to silica - was introduced by Armstrong [25]. Two more polycyclic antibiotics teicoplanin and ristocetin A, were also demonstrated later. These selectors are quite rugged and operate adequately in both normal-phase and reversed-phase chromatographic modes. However, only a limited number of such selectors is available, and their cost is rather high. 

This relatively new class of CSPs incorporates glycopeptides attached covalently to silica gel. These CSPs can be used in the normal phase, reversed phase, and polar organic modes in LC [62]. Various functional groups on the macrocyclic antibiotic molecule provide opportunities for tt-tt complexation, hydrogen bonding, and steric interactions between the analyte and the chiral selector. Association of the analyte... 

Rohrer, J. S., Cooper, G. A., and Townsend, R. R., Identification, quantification, and characterization of glycopeptides in reversed-phase HPLC separations of glycoprotein proteolytic digests, Anal. Biodiem., 212, 7, 1993. 

Because plasma and urine are both aqueous matrixes, reverse-phase or polar organic mode enantiomeric separations are usually preferred as these approaches usually requires less elaborate sample preparation. Protein-, cyclodextrin-, and macrocyclic glycopeptide-based chiral stationary phases are the most commonly employed CSPs in the reverse phase mode. Also reverse phase and polar organic mode are more compatible mobile phases for mass spectrometers using electrospray ionization. Normal phase enantiomeric separations require more sample preparation (usually with at least one evaporation-to-dryness step). Therefore, normal phase CSPs are only used when a satisfactory enantiomeric separation cannot be obtained in reverse phase or polar organic mode. 

When 13 and 17 were sialylated on a larger scale (2.0 and 3.5 mg, respectively) glycopeptides 20 and 21 could be isolated in 94 and 64% yields, respectively, after purihcation by reversed-phase HPLC. (From George et ah, 2001)... 

Analytical Properties Substrate has 38 chiral centers and 7 aromatic rings surrounding 4 cavities (A, B, C, D), making this the most structurally complex of the macrocyclic glycopeptides substrate has a relative molecular mass of 2066 this phase can be used in normal, reverse, and polar organic phase separations selective for anionic chiral species with polar organic mobile phases, it can be used for a-hydroxy acids, profens, and N-blocked amino acids in normal phase mode, it can be used for imides, hydantoins, and N-blocked amino acids in reverse phase, it can be used for a-hydroxy and halogenated acids, substituted aliphatic acids, profens, N-blocked amino acids, hydantoins, and peptides Reference 47, 48... 

Tesarova and Bosakova [58] proposed an HPLC method for the enantio-selective separation of some phenothiazine and benzodiazepine derivatives on six different chiral stationary phases (CSPs). These selected CSPs, with respect to the structure of the separated compounds, were either based on b-CD chiral selectors (underivatized (J>-CD and hydroxypropyl ether (3-CD) or on macrocyclic antibiotics (vancomycin, teicoplanin, teicoplanin aglycon and ristocetin A). Measurements were carried out in a reversed-phase separation mode. The influence of mobile phase composition on retention and enantio-selective separation was studied. Enantioselective separation of phenothiazine derivatives, including levopromazine (LPZ), promethazine and thioridazine, was relatively difficult to achieve, but it was at least partly successful with both types of CSPs used in this work (CD-based and glycopeptide-based CSP), except for levomepromazine for which only the [CCD-based CSP was suitable. 

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