Liquid and subcritical fluid chromatographic enantioseparation of N-Fmoc proteinogenic amino acids on Quinidine-based zwitterionic and anion-exchanger type chiral stationary phases. A comparative study

Stereoselective high-performance liquid chromatographic and subcritical fluid chromatographic separations of 19 N-Fmoc proteinogenic amino acid enantiomers were carried out by using Quinidine-based zwitterionic and anion-exchanger-type chiral stationary phases Chiralpak ZWIX(-) and QD-AX. For optimization of retention and enantioselectivity, the ratio of bulk solvent components (MeOH/MeCN, H2O/MeOH, or CO2/MeOH) and the nature and concentration of the acid and base additives (counter- and co-ions) were systematically varied. The effect of column temperature on the enantioseparation was investigated and thermodynamic parameters were calculated from the van't Hoff plots ln vs. 1/T. The thermodynamic parameters revealed that the enantioseparations were enthalpy-driven. The elution sequence was determined in all cases and with the exception of Fmoc-Cys(Trt)-OH, it was identical on both chiral stationary phases whereby the L-enantiomers eluted before the D-enantiomers.