title: Efficient enantiomeric analysis of primary amines and amino alcohols by high-performance liquid chromatography with precolumn derivatization using novel chiral SH-reagent N-(R)-mandelyl-(S)-cysteine.
abstract: Novel N-acylated-(S)-cysteine derivative-N-(R)-mandelyl-(S)-cysteine (R-NMC), containing additional chiral center, aromatic and polar alpha-substituents in contrast to the traditionally used enantiomerically pure thiols, has been demonstrated to be an efficient SH-reagent for enantiomeric HPLC analysis of primary nonfunctionalized amines and amino alcohols after precolumn derivatization with o-phthalaldehyde. The R-NMC-derived isoindoles as well as adducts formed using traditional SH-reagents had a characteristic absorption maximum at 340 nm with a molar absorbance 6000 M(-1) cm(-1), were stable during the HPLC-analysis and highly fluorescent allowing to detect 1 fmol of amino compound. Using diastereomeric R-NMC all tested amino alcohols were resolved effectively as well as nonfunctionalized amines, some of which were not resolved by a direct method on a chiral phase. Applying traditional enantiomeric N-acetyl-(S)-cysteine (NAC) only some isoindoles formed by aliphatic amino alcohols have been separated satisfactorily. The enhanced selectivity for R-NMC-derived isomers has been achieved, obviously, due to the involvement of the substituents at an extra chiral center into additional intramolecular interactions.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Belozersky Institute of Physicochemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
authors.forename: Dorel T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Guranda
authors.forename: Pavel A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kudryavtsev
authors.forename: Andrei Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Khimiuk
authors.forename: Vytas K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Svedas
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D000605:Amino Alcohols / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D003545:Cysteine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D000605:Amino Alcohols; C506933:N-(R)-mandelyl-(S)-cysteine; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents; D003545:Cysteine