Further proof to the utility of polysaccharide-based chiral selectors in combination with superficially porous silica particles as effective chiral stationary phases for separation of enantiomers in high-performance liquid chromatography

The first ever report on the preparation of chiral stationary phases (CSP) based on superficially porous silica (SPS) particles for the separation of enantiomers in HPLC demonstrated clear advantages of such materials. Higher enantioselectivity at the comparable content of a chiral selector, limited dependence of plate height on the mobile phase flow rate and higher plate numbers and resolution calculated per unit time (i.e. higher speed of separation) were observed with columns made with superficially porous CSP in comparison to columns made with fully-porous silica-based CSP. However, later studies reported diverging conclusions. In this report further evidences are described supporting the findings of our first study about the superior performance of polysaccharide-based chiral selectors in combination with SPS when compared to traditional CSPs based on fully porous silica (FPS) particles. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.