title: Chiral stationary phase high-performance liquid chromatographic resolution and absolute configuration of enantiomeric benzo[a]pyrene diol-epoxides and tetrols.
abstract: Enantiomers of diastereomeric benzo[a]pyrene (BP) diol-epoxides, r-7,t-8-dihydroxy-t-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-BP (BP 7,8-diol-anti-9,10-epoxide), r-7,t-8-dihydroxy-c-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-BP (BP 7,8-diol-syn-9,10-epoxide), r-9,t-10-dihydroxy-t-7,8-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-BP (BP 9,10-diol-anti-7,8-epoxide), and several 7,8,9,10-tetrahydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrenes (BP tetrols) were resolved by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using columns packed with either (R)-N-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)phenylglycine[(R)-DNBPG] or (S)-N-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)leucine [(S)-DNBL], which is either ionically or covalently bonded to gamma-aminopropylsilanized silica. Resolution of enantiomers was confirmed by ultraviolet-visible absorption and circular dichroism spectral analyses. Resolved enantiomers of BP diol-epoxides were each hydrolyzed in acidic solution to a pair of diastereomeric tetrols which were separated by reversed-phase HPLC. Absolute stereochemistries of enantiomeric diol-epoxides were deduced by the absolute configuration of their hydrolysis products.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Weems
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D051381:Rats; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases