The separation of racemic molecules is of crucial significance not only for fundamental research but also for technical application. Enantiomers remain challenging to be separated owing to their identical physical and chemical properties in achiral environments. Chromatographic techniques employing chiral stationary phases (CSPs) have been developed as powerful tools for the chiral analysis and...

The structure of chiral drugs contains at least one asymmetric center. When the enantiomers act on human body, they are recognized by receptors and enzymes in vivo, which will show different physiological effects even adverse reactions. Therefore, it is very important for development pharmacy to obtain with a single configuration racemic resolution. Some general impurities be introduced product...

The 5-HT (5-hydroxytryptamine, serotonin) transporter (SERT) mediates the reuptake of 5-HT from the synaptic cleft into the neuron, and inhibition of this uptake is the target of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Escitalopram (S-citalopram) is the most selective SSRI available, whereas the other enantiomer, R-citalopram, is approximately 30-40 times less potent than the S-enantio...

Life did not emerge in a single step. In chemical evolution, the first formation of a self-replicating molecule was probably one of the most critical bottlenecks, which was overcome only with a very low probability. If only one such event was successful, present-day life originates from a single molecule. In this case, homochirality in DNA and RNA is explained almost without further assumptions...

Escitalopram the S-enantiomer of the racemate citalopram, is clinically more effective than citalopram in the treatment of major depressive disorder. However, the precise mechanism by which escitalopram achieves superiority over citalopram is yet to be determined. It has been hypothesized that the therapeutically inactive R-enantiomer competes with the serotonin-enhancing S-enantiomer at a low-...

A cyclodextrin-modified micellar capillary electrophoretic method (MECC) was developed using mixtures of beta, cyclodextrins (beta-CD) and mono-3-O-phenylcarbamoyl-beta-CD as chiral additives for the chiral separation of miconazole with the dual CDs systems. The enantiomers were resolved using a running buffer of 50 mmol/L borate pH 9.5 containing 15 mmol/L beta-CD and 15 mmol/L mono-3-O-phenyl...

Direct enantioseparation of racemic amine, amino-thiophene-2-yl-acetonitrile (TAN), on chiral crown ether stationary phase [Crownpak CR (+)] is described in this study. The elution behavior and the effect of acid additives on resolution of racemic amine, TAN, is intensely investigated. Moreover, the chiral recognition mechanism in this specific system is proposed based on computational methods ...

Columns containing different types of cyclodextrin derivatives have been evaluated for chiral gas chromatographic separation of atropisomeric PCBs, o,p9-DDT and o,p9-DDD. Separation was attempted on columns containing mixed chiral selectors, and the performance of two closely related selectors was also examined. The cyclodextrins were: permethylated-b-CD (PM-b-CD), heptakis(2,3-di-O-methyl-6O-t...