Chiral separation of sertraline with microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography on a polymer/β-cyclodextrin assembling molecular film modified capillary

Anal Sci. 2010;26(10):1087-92. doi: 10.2116/analsci.26.1087.

Abstract

A capillary modified by assembling a molecular film was presented for the chiral separation of sertraline by microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography. The assembling molecular film was constructed with poly(diallyldimethylammonium-chloride) and β-cyclodextrin via inclusion complexation. The separation efficiency of cis-trans isomers and enantiomers of sertraline was improved with a running microemulsion that contained the acetonitrile, sodium dodecyl sulfate, n-butanol and n-hexane buffered with sodium tetraborate. The baseline separation of four sertraline cis-trans isomers and enantiomers was achieved under the optimum conditions. The detection limit for isomers and enantiomers of sertraline (1S,4S, 1R,4R, 1S,4R, 1R,4S) was 0.15, 0.15, 0.30, 0.30 mg/L, respectively. The mechanism of chiral separation was studied and it could be applied for the determination of commercial Zoloft tablet samples satisfactorily.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antidepressive Agents / analysis*
  • Antidepressive Agents / chemistry
  • Buffers
  • Capillary Electrochromatography*
  • Chromatography
  • Electrophoresis
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Isomerism
  • Polymers
  • Sertraline / analysis*
  • Sertraline / chemistry
  • Stereoisomerism
  • beta-Cyclodextrins / metabolism

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Buffers
  • Polymers
  • beta-Cyclodextrins
  • betadex
  • Sertraline