Abstract
A high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for the simultaneous determination of the related substances-three potential synthesis-related chemical impurities and the distomer-of escitalopram. The separation capacity of seven different polysaccharide-type chiral columns, including three amylose-based (Lux Amylose-1, Lux i-Amylose-1, Lux Amylose-2) and four cellulose-based columns (Lux Cellulose-1, Lux Cellulose-2, Lux Cellulose-3, and Lux Cellulose-4) were screened in the polar organic and reversed-phase modes. Lux Cellulose-1, based on cellulose tris(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) as the chiral selector with an acetonitrile-water mixture containing 0.1% diethylamine was identified as the most promising separation system. Using the "one factor at a time" optimization approach, the effect of column temperature, flow rate, and mobile phase constituents on separation performance was evaluated, and the critical resolution values were determined. A U-shaped retention pattern was obtained when plotting the retention factors of the citalopram enantiomers versus the water content of the binary mobile phases on the Lux Cellulose-1 column. A thermodynamic analysis revealed enthalpy-driven enantioseparation in both the polar organic and reversed-phase modes. For further method optimizations, an L9 orthogonal array table was employed. Using the optimized parameters (Lux Cellulose-1 column with 0.1% (v/v) diethylamine in water/acetonitrile 55/45 (v/v); 0.8 mL/min flow rate at 25 °C), baseline separations were achieved between all compounds. Our newly developed HPLC method was validated according to the ICH guidelines and its application was tested with a commercially available pharmaceutical formulation. The method proved to be suitable for routine quality control of related substances and the enantiomeric purity of escitalopram.
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