Crystalline degradation products of vancomycin as chiral stationary phase in microcolumn liquid chromatography

J Sep Sci. 2008 Jul;31(13):2339-45. doi: 10.1002/jssc.200800185.

Abstract

The ability of crystalline degradation products (CDPs) of vancomycin as a chiral stationary phase was reported in a previous study for enantioselective separation of drugs, amino acids and agrochemical toxins by conventional LC column (250 x 4.6 mm). In this work, the potential of CDP of vancomycin for the enantiomeric separation in micro-LC (200 x 1 mm) has been studied. The obtained separation results are better than in our previous study with conventional LC columns. The enantiomers of D,L-phenylalanine, D,L-alanine, methyldopa, atropine and propranolol were used for this evaluation. Experiments have been carried out in a stainless steel tube that was packed with chiral silica particles of 3 and 12 microm diameters. Also, three different ratios of 3 and 12 microm silica particles were used for packing material of chiral columns and the effect on aspect ratio and resolving powers was compared.

MeSH terms

  • Alanine / chemistry
  • Alanine / isolation & purification
  • Atropine / chemistry
  • Atropine / isolation & purification
  • Biotransformation
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods*
  • Crystallization
  • Methyldopa / chemistry
  • Methyldopa / isolation & purification
  • Microchemistry / methods
  • Particle Size
  • Phenylalanine / chemistry
  • Phenylalanine / isolation & purification
  • Propranolol / chemistry
  • Propranolol / isolation & purification
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / methods
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Vancomycin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Vancomycin / chemistry

Substances

  • Phenylalanine
  • Methyldopa
  • Vancomycin
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Atropine
  • Propranolol
  • Alanine