Enantiomeric resolution of drugs and metabolites in polysaccharide- and protein-based chiral stationary phases

Several chiral stationary phases based on polysaccharide derivatives and proteins were evaluated for the resolution of some chiral drugs and their metabolites. The polysaccharide-based stationary phases CHIRALCEL OD-H, CHIRALCEL OB-H, CHIRALCEL OJ, CHIRALPAK AD and CHIRALPAK AS were evaluated under normal phase conditions, using hexane: 2-propanol or hexane: ethanol as mobile phase. Diethylamine and trifluoracetic acid were also added to improve peak shape. The CHIRALCEL OJ-R, CHIRALCEL OD-R and CHIRALCEL OD-H columns were evaluated under reversed-phase conditions, using acetonitrile:H2O or acetonitrile: NaClO4 solution. The protein-based stationary phases, CHIRAL AGP and ULTRON ES-OVM columns were used with mobile phases consisting of a buffer solution supplemented with an organic modifier. Among the polysaccharide-based stationary phases, CHIRALPAK AD provided better resolution for almost all drugs and metabolites studied. The ULTRON ES-OVM column was particularly suitable for the resolution of the four enantiomers of thioridazine-2-sulfoxide.