The first gas chromatographic resolution of carnitine enantiomers.
The enantiomers of carnitine are converted on-line in the injection port of a gas chromatograph into beta-hydroxy-gamma-butyrolactones and are separated on a derivatized beta-cyclodextrin chiral stationary phase.
Di Tullio
Alessandra
A
Dipartimento di Chimica, Ingegneria Chimica e Materiali, Università de L'Aquila, Via Assergi 6, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
D'Acquarica
Ilaria
I
Gasparrini
Francesco
F
Desiderio
Paola
P
Giannessi
Fabio
F
Muck
Sandra
S
Piccirilli
Fabrizio
F
Tinti
Maria Ornella
MO
Villani
Claudio
C
D015107:4-Butyrolactone; D002331:Carnitine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D003505:Cyclodextrins; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D003505:Cyclodextrins; D015107:4-Butyrolactone; D002331:Carnitine