title: Enantioseparations of hydrobenzoin and structurally related compounds in capillary zone electrophoresis using heptakis(2,3-dihydroxy-6-O-sulfo)-beta-cyclodextrin as chiral selector and enantiomer migration reversal of hydrobenzoin with a dual cyclodextrin system in the presence of borate complexation.
abstract: We investigated the enantioseparations of racemic hydrobenzoin, together with benzoin and benzoin methyl ether, in capillary electrophoresis (CE) using the single-isomer heptakis(2,3-dihydroxy-6-O-sulfo)-beta-cyclodextrin (SI-S-beta-CD) as a chiral selector in the presence and absence of borate complexation and enantiomer migration reversal of hydrobenzoin with a dual CD system consisting of SI-S-beta-CD and beta-CD in the presence of borate complexation at pH 9.0 in a borate buffer. The enantioselectivity of hydrobenzoin increased remarkably with increasing SI-S-beta-CD concentration and the enantioseparation depended on CD complexation between hydrobenzoin-borate and SI-S-beta-CD. The (S,S)-enantiomer of hydrobenzoin-borate complexes interacted more strongly than the (R,R)-enantiomer with SI-S-beta-CD. The enantiomers of hydrobenzoin could be baseline-resolved in the presence of SI-S-beta-CD at a concentration as low as 0.1% w/v, whereas the three test analytes were simultaneously enantioseparated with addition of 0.3% w/v SI-S-beta-CD or at concentrations >2.0% w/v in a borate buffer and 0.5% w/v in a phosphate background electrolyte at pH 9.0. Compared with the results obtained previously using randomly sulfated beta-CD (MI-S-beta-CD) in a borate buffer, enantioseparation of these three benzoin compounds is more advantageously aided by SI-S-beta-CD as the chiral selector. The enantioselectivity of hydrobenzoin depended greatly on the degree of substitution of sulfated beta-CD. Moreover, binding constants of the enantiomers of benzoin compounds to SI-S-beta-CD and those of hydrobenzoin-borate complexes to SI-S-beta-CD were evaluated for a better understanding of the role of CD complexation in the enantioseparation and chiral recognition. Enantiomer migration reversal of hydrobenzoin could be observed by varying the concentration of beta-CD, while keeping SI-S-beta-CD at a relatively low concentration. SI-S-beta-CD and beta-CD showed the same chiral recognition pattern but they exhibited opposite effects on the mobility of the enantiomers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. celin@ntu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Ching-Erh
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Sheng-Li
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: I-Ju
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Wei-Ssu
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Chia-Chong
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001573:Benzoin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001881:Borates; D002021:Buffers; D004573:Electrolytes; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000379:methods*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001881:Borates; D002021:Buffers; D004573:Electrolytes; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins; D001573:Benzoin