title: pH-dependence of complexion constants and complex mobility in capillary electrophoresis separations of dipeptide enantiomers.
abstract: The chiral separation of the LL- and DD-enantiomers of the dipeptides Ala-Tyr, Phe-Phe, and Asp-PheOMe has been investigated at pH 2.5 and pH 3.5 using beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD), heptakis-(2,6-di-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin, and heptakis-(2,3,6-tri-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin as chiral selectors. According to electrospray mass spectrometry, heptakis-(2,6-di-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin was a mixture of six isomers. Reversal of the enantiomer migration order upon increasing the buffer pH from 2.5 to 3.5 was observed for all peptides with beta-cyclodextrin, for Ala-Tyr and Phe-Phe in the presence of heptakis-(2,3,6-tri-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin, and for Ala-Tyr using heptakis-(2,6-di-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin. The migration behavior could be explained on the basis of the complexation constants and the mobilities of the peptide-cyclodextrin complexes. Both, the binding constants and complex mobilities decreased with increasing pH as the overall-charge of the peptides decreased. While the complexation constants primarily determined the migration order at pH 2.5, complex mobility dominated in most cases at pH 3.5.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sabbah
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Süss
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Scriba
mesh_terms: D002021:Buffers; D003505:Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000379:methods*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers; D003505:Cyclodextrins; D004151:Dipeptides; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins; C045207:aspartyl-phenylalanine; C026650:phenylalanylphenylalanine; C016968:alanyltyrosine; C000609658:heptakis(2,3,6-tri-O-methyl)-beta-cyclodextrin; C038119:heptakis(2,6-O-dimethyl)beta-cyclodextrin; C031215:betadex