title: Chiral resolution of derivatized amino acids using uniformly sized molecularly imprinted polymers in hydro-organic mobile phases.
abstract: Uniformly sized molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for Boc-L-Trp were prepared using ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EDMA) as the cross-linker, and methacylic acid (MAA) and/or 4-vinylpyridine (4-VPY) as the functional monomers or without use of a functional monomer. The MIPs prepared were evaluated using acetonitrile or a mixture of phosphate buffer and acetonitrile as the mobile phase. The Boc-L-Trp-imprinted EDMA polymers can recognize Boc-L-Trp by its molecular shape, and can thus afford the enantioseparation of Boc-Trp. Besides the molecular shape recognition, the hydrophobic interactions with the polymer backbones as well as the hydrogen-bonding interactions of Boc-L-Trp with carboxyl and pyridyl groups in the polymers should work for the retention and recognition of Boc-L-Trp on the imprinted MAA- co-EDMA and 4-VPY- co-EDMA polymers, respectively, in the hydro-organic mobile phase. The hydrogen-bonding interactions seem to become dominant when only acetonitrile is used as the mobile phase. The Boc-L-Trp-imprinted 4-VPY- co-EDMA polymers gave the highest retentivity and enantioselectivity for Boc-Trp among the MIPs prepared. However, the simultaneous use of MAA and 4-VPY was not effective for the enantioseparation of Boc-Trp in a hydro-organic mobile phase. Furthermore, the baseline separation of Boc-Trp enantiomers was attained within 10 min on the Boc-L-Trp-imprinted 4-VPY- co-EDMA polymers under the optimized HPLC conditions.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, 11-68 Koshien Kyuban-cho, Nishinomiya, 663-8179 Hyogo, Japan. haginaka@mwu.mukogawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haginaka
authors.forename: Chino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kagawa
mesh_terms: D000097:Acetonitriles; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000097:Acetonitriles; D000596:Amino Acids; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D011108:Polymers; D014364:Tryptophan; C032159:acetonitrile