Květa Kalíková

Supercritical fluid chromatography as a tool for enantioselective separation; A review

Supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) has become popular in the field of enantioselective separations. Many works have been reported during the last years. This review covers the period from 2000 till August 2013. The article is divided into three main chapters. The first one comprises a basic introduction to SFC. The authors provide a brief explanation of general principles and possibilities of this method. The advantages and drawbacks are also listed. Next part deals with chiral separation systems available in SFC, namely with the commonly used chiral stationary phases. Properties and interaction possibilities of the chiral separation systems are described. Recent theoretical papers are emphasized in this chapter. The last part of the paper gives an overview of applications of enantioselective SFC in analytical chemistry, in both analytical and preparative scales. Separation systems and conditions are summed up in tables so that they provide a helpful tool for analysts who search for a particular method of analysis.

Recentchiral selectors for separation in HPLC and CE

AbstractEnantiomers (stereoisomers) can exhibit substantially different properties if present in chiral environments. Since chirality is a basic property of nature, the different behaviors of the individual enantiomers must be carefully studied and properly treated. Therefore, enantioselective separations are a very important part of separation science.To achieve the separation of enantiomers, an enantioselective environment must be created by the addition of a chiral selector to the separation system. Many chiral selectors have been designed and used in various fields, such as the analyses of drugs, food constituents and agrochemicals. The most popular have become the chiral selectors and/or chiral stationary phases that are of general use, i.e., are applicable in various separation systems and allow for chiral separation of structurally different compounds.This review covers the most important chiral selectors / chiral stationary phases described and applied in high performance liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis during the period of the last three years (2008–2011).

Characterization of new R-naphthylethyl cyclofructan 6 chiral stationary phase and its comparison with R-naphthylethyl β-cyclodextrin-based column

Derivatized cyclofructans have been recently introduced as a new class of chiral selectors with great application potential. In this study, a R-naphthylethyl-functionalized cyclofructan 6 based chiral stationary phase (RN CF6 CSP) was used for separation of substituted binaphthyl catalysts in the normal phase HPLC mode. Dominant interaction types that play a role in the separation mechanism were revealed by a linear free energy relationship (LFER) method. In order to evaluate the contribution of the substituent on the cyclofructan structure to retention, the R-naphthylethyl-functionalized β-cyclodextrin (RN CD) CSP was chosen for comparison. Retention factors of 46 widely different solutes, with known solvation parameters, were determined on each of the columns under the same mobile phase compositions used for the enantiomeric separations. The LFER results showed that hydrogen bond acidity and polarity/polarizibility have the greatest impact on retention and enantioresolution on the RN CF6 CSP. The equal influence of the naphthylethyl substituent on the both CSPs was also confirmed while the effects of the basic cyclofructan versus cyclodextrin structures were different. The addition of trifluoroacetic acid to the hexane/propane-2-ol mobile phase was negligible on the RN CF6 CSP for the majority of atropoisomers except for one with ionizable functional groups. The RN CF6 column was shown to be more suitable for enantioseparation of the binaphthyl catalysts than the RN CD column. Higher retention offered by the latter CSP had no positive effect on the enantioresolution.

Enantioselective potential of chiral stationary phases based on immobilized polysaccharides in reversed phase mode.

Derivatized polysaccharide-based columns have high enantiodiscrimination potential mainly in normal phase separation mode. In this work chiral recognition ability of four immobilized polysaccharide-derived chiral stationary phases was evaluated under reversed phase conditions. A set of 30 chiral compounds, particularly drugs possessing various functional groups was used for testing. Baseline enantioseparation was achieved for 17 of them. In general, amylose-based chiral stationary phases showed higher enantioselectivity than the cellulose-based ones, mainly for acidic and bifunctional compounds. The influence of the type and pH of the aqueous mobile phase constituents as well as the role of the organic modifier on the enantioselective separation ability of the stationary phases were also investigated and compared. Complementary separations were obtained on the amylose- and cellulose-based columns. The immobilized polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phases were shown to be useful tool for the enantioseparation of a broad spectrum of chiral analytes in reversed phase separation mode.

An insight into the use of dimethylphenyl carbamate cyclofructan 7 chiral stationary phase in supercritical fluid chromatography: the basic comparison with HPLC.

Cyclofructan-based chiral stationary phases were previously shown as a promising possibility for separation of chiral compounds in high performance liquid chromatography. In this work retention and enantiodiscrimination properties of the 3,5-dimethylphenyl carbamate cyclofructan 7 chiral stationary phase are described in supercritical fluid chromatography. The results obtained in both of the separation methods were compared. A set of compounds with axial or central chirality was used as analytes. The effect of mobile phase composition, that is, addition of different alcohol modifiers and/or trifluoroacetic acid to carbon dioxide, was examined in the supercritical system. Similarly, mobile phases composed of hexane modified with propan-2-ol and/or trifluoracetic acid were used in liquid chromatography. A linear free energy relationship model was utilized for characterization of interactions that are decisive for retention and separation in both techniques. Dispersion interactions showed similar negative values using both methods. The main contribution of hydrogen bond acidity was also comparable for both methods. The propensity to interact with n- and/or π-electron pairs of solutes was significant only in the supercritical system.

Characterization of cyclofructan-based chiral stationary phases by linear free energy relationship

Cyclofructans (CFs), a new class of chiral selectors, have been recently introduced for application in liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis. So far, derivatized CFs have performed interesting separation possibilities for a variety of compounds. The current work is focused on characterization of three different CF-based chiral stationary phases (CF-based CSPs), i.e. isopropyl carbamate cyclofructan 6 (IP-CF6), R-naphthylethyl carbamate cyclofructan 6 (RN-CF6) and dimethylphenyl carbamate cyclofructan 7 (DMP-CF7). The linear free energy relationship (LFER) model was used to reveal the dominant interactions participating in the complex retention mechanism. A set of 44 different test solutes, with known solvation parameters, was used to determine the regression coefficients of the LFER equation under two mobile-phase compositions in normal separation mode. The LFER results showed that hydrogen bond acidity, hydrophobicity and dipolarity/polarizibility mostly affect the retention and separation process on the CF-based columns in the studied separation systems.

Effect of silica gel modification with cyclofructans on properties of hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography stationary phases

Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) offers very good possibilities for separation of polar compounds as an alternative to reversed phase HPLC where polar compounds are not sufficiently retained. HILIC is becoming more popular for the analysis of biologically interesting (active) analytes. Various stationary phases are commercially available however, development of new materials (sorbents) suitable for HILIC systems still continues. Silica gel columns can be used directly but their modification can improve separation ability of the stationary phases. Cyclofructan-based stationary phases are demonstrated as possible HILIC columns in this work. The effect of silica gel modification by cyclofructan and a derivatized cyclofructan was studied in detail. HILIC separation systems with silica gel, cyclofructan and isopropyl cyclofructan modified silica stationary phases were compared. The detailed study of chromatographic behavior of peptides revealed that multimodal retention mechanism is present in systems with these stationary phases. Mobile phase composition changes the types of interactions and their strengths. It appears that ability to donate protons and dispersion forces are the main interactions that affect retention in HILIC with cyclofructan-based columns while they are less important in separation systems with bare silica stationary phase. Suitability of cyclofructan-based stationary phases in HILIC for separation of pentapeptides and nonapeptides was demonstrated.

Stealth Amphiphiles: Self-Assembly of Polyhedral Boron Clusters

This is the first experimental evidence that both self-assembly and surface activity are common features of all water-soluble boron cluster compounds. The solution behavior of anionic polyhedral boranes (sodium decaborate, sodium dodecaborate, and sodium mercaptododecaborate), carboranes (potassium 1-carba-dodecaborate), and metallacarboranes {sodium [cobalt bis(1,2-dicarbollide)]} was extensively studied, and it is evident that all the anionic boron clusters form multimolecular aggregates in water. However, the mechanism of aggregation is dependent on size and polarity. The series of studied clusters spans from a small hydrophilic decaborate-resembling hydrotrope to a bulky hydrophobic cobalt bis(dicarbollide) behaving like a classical surfactant. Despite their pristine structure resembling Platonic solids, the nature of anionic boron cluster compounds is inherently amphiphilic-they are stealth amphiphiles.

Properties of two amide-based hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography columns.

Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography is a separation technique suitable for the separation of moderately and highly polar compounds. Various stationary phases (SPs) for hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography are commercially available. While the SPs based on the same type of ligand are available from different providers, they can display a distinct retention characteristics and separation selectivity. The current work is focused on characterization and comparison of the separation systems of two amide-based HPLC columns from two producers, i.e. XBridge Amide column and TSK gel Amide-80 column. Several characterization procedures (tests) were used to investigate the differences between these columns. The chromatographic behavior of selected analytes indicates that multimodal interactions are responsible for retention and separation on these columns. Multiple testing approaches were used in order to reveal subtle differences between the SPs. Both amide-based columns showed certain differences in retention, selectivity, and plate counts. Based on the tests used in this study, we conclude that the investigated columns provide a different degree of H-bonding interactions.

Isopropyl derivative of cyclofructan 6 as chiral selector in liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis.

Cyclofructans and preferentially their derivatives can serve as chiral selectors for the separation of different enantiomers/atropisomers. Moreover, the strong ionophoric nature of the 18-crown-6 ether core of cyclofructan 6 for barium cations may be exploited to enhance or modify enantioselectivity. In this work isopropyl-cyclofructan-6 was used as a chiral selector for the separation of binaphthyl atropisomers in HPLC and CE. The data from both separation systems were compared with each other. While in HPLC the chiral selector was bonded to silica gel to afford a chiral stationary phase, in capillary electrophoresis it was freely mobile in the background electrolytes (BGE). This significant difference is reflected in the separation potential of the two separation systems. All five analytes could be baseline separated in HPLC (reversed phase mode) while only one derivative was baseline resolved in CE. This result was attributed to the more rigid nature of the immobilized chiral selector. Addition of Ba(2+) to the mobile phase or BGE improved chiral separations in both systems. The results may help to elucidate the interaction mechanism in these systems with cyclofructan derivatives and to gain some general knowledge of their separation potential.