title: Characterization and evaluation of d-(+)-tubocurarine chloride as a chiral selector for capillary electrophoretic enantioseparations.
abstract: A new macrocyclic of the bis(benzylisoquinoline) alkaloid family, d-(+)-tubocurarine chloride (DTC), has been evaluated as a chiral selector for the separation of optical isomers of organic carboxylates using capillary electrophoresis (CE). The pertinent physicochemical properties, such as absorption spectrum, isoionic point, and solution conformation, of DTC were determined. The effects of varying such experimental parameters as DTC concentration, pH, and methanol content in the running buffer were assessed. CE separation of the enantiomers of 18 different compounds was achieved using DTC as the chiral selector under optimized background electrolytic conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Rolla 65401, USA.
authors.forename: U B
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Hinze
mesh_terms: D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014403:Tubocurarine / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D014403:Tubocurarine