High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of α-aminonitrile enantiomers after derivatization with o-phthalaldehyde and chiral thiols
o-Phthalaldehyde in combination with chiral thiols is described as a chiral reagent for the resolution of the enantiomers of α-H-α-aminonitriles and α-alkyl-α-aminonitriles. Separation of the resulting diastereomers was carried out by reversed-phase chromatography and the derivatives were detected a...
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Published in | Journal of Chromatography A Vol. 1055; no. 1; pp. 235 - 239 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Amsterdam
Elsevier B.V
05.11.2004
Elsevier |
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Summary: | o-Phthalaldehyde in combination with chiral thiols is described as a chiral reagent for the resolution of the enantiomers of α-H-α-aminonitriles and α-alkyl-α-aminonitriles. Separation of the resulting diastereomers was carried out by reversed-phase chromatography and the derivatives were detected at UV 340
nm. The identity of the diastereomeric derivatives was confirmed by LC–MS. Among the chiral thiols tested,
N-acetyl-
d-penicillamine and β-mercaptoisobutyric acid gave the best resolution for the α-aminonitriles studied. For quantitative enantiomeric excess determination, β-mercaptoisobutyric acid was chosen as this thiol could be obtained in high enantiomeric purity from a commercial source. The rate of the reaction of various α-aminonitriles with
o-phthalaldehyde and β-mercaptoisobutyric acid was studied. The accuracy of the method was investigated by a comparison of theoretical and measured enantiomeric excess. |
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ISSN: | 0021-9673 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.chroma.2004.08.132 |