Enantioseparation of Methyl 2-Hydroxypropionate with Two Peracylated β-Cyclodextrin Derivatives as CGC Chiral Stationary Phases

Abstract

Two peracylated β-cyclodextrin derivatives, 2,3,6-tri-O-valeryl-β-cyclodextrin and 2,3,6-tri-O-octanoyl-β-cyclodextrin, were synthesized and used as capillary gas chromatography (CGC) chiral stationary phases. The two peracylated β-cyclodextrin derivatives showed enantioseparation abilities to some chiral compounds tested, such as enantiomers of methyl 2-chloropropionate, 5-hydroxy-4, 4-dimethyl-dihydrofuran-2-one, and methyl 2-hydroxypropionate. As CGC chiral stationary phases, the two peracylated β-cyclodextrin derivatives showed excellent enantioseparation abilities to methyl 2-hydroxypropionate (i.e., methyl lactate). On 2,3,6-tri-O-valeryl-β-cyclodextrin, the enantiomer separation factor and resolution of methyl lactate were 1.21 and 6.08, respectively, and on 2,3,6-tri-O-octanoyl-β-cyclodextrin, 1.22 and 5.49, respectively. The enantioseparation results of methyl lactate on the two peracylated β-cyclodextrin derivatives were better than on most reported β-cyclodextrin derivatives, including a commercial chiral column of permethylated β-cyclodextrin tested in this study. Results suggest that CGC methods using 2,3,6-tri-O-valeryl-β-cyclodextrin or 2,3,6-tri-O-octanoyl-β-cyclodextrin as chiral stationary phase could be used for enantioseparation and evaluating the enantiomeric optical purity of methyl lactate.