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Review

Progress in the Enantioseparation of β-Blockers by Chromatographic Methods

by
Yiwen Yang
1,2,*,
Yehui Wang
1,
Zongbi Bao
1,2,
Qiwei Yang
1,2,
Zhiguo Zhang
1,2 and
Qilong Ren
1,2
1
Institute of Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
2
Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Quzhou 324000, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Molecules 2021, 26(2), 468; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26020468
Submission received: 9 December 2020 / Revised: 11 January 2021 / Accepted: 12 January 2021 / Published: 17 January 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Electromigration and Chromatographic Techniques: A Special Issue in Honor of Dr. Salvatore Fanali on the Occasion of His 40th Year of Activity in the Field of Separation Science)
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β-adrenergic antagonists (β-blockers) with at least one chiral center are an exceedingly important class of drugs used mostly to treat cardiovascular diseases. At least 70 β-blockers have been investigated in history. However, only a few β-blockers, e.g., timolol, are clinically marketed as an optically pure enantiomer. Therefore, the separation of racemates of β-blockers is essential both in the laboratory and industry. Many approaches have been explored to obtain the single enantiomeric β-blocker, including high performance liquid chromatography, supercritical fluid chromatography and simulated moving bed chromatography. In this article, a review is presented on different chromatographic methods applied for the enantioseparation of β-blockers, covering high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) and simulated moving bed chromatography (SMB).

1. Introduction

β-adrenergic antagonists, usually termed as β-blockers, are competitive antagonists of the sympathetic effects of catecholamines on beta-adrenergic receptors [1,2] with an amino-, hydroxyalkyl- side chain and at least one chiral center. Chemical structures of typical β-blockers are presented in Table 1.
β-blockers are an exceedingly important class of cardiovascular medication used mostly to treat arterial hypertension, chronic heart failure, and coronary artery disease, representing the cornerstone therapy in these cases for a long time [3]. In fact, four people at three times were awarded Noble prize in the adrenergic receptor research area, i.e., Sir Henry H. Dale being awarded Nobel prize for medicine in 1936, Sir James Black being awarded Nobel prize for medicine in 1988, Profs. Brian Kobilka and Robert Lefkowitz being awarded Nobel prize for Chemistry in 2012 [2]. Among chiral drugs, β-adrenergic blocking agents are one of the most investigated pharmaceuticals for their stereochemical impact on pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics [4]. Although β-blockers have been excluded from guidelines as the first-line therapy in essential hypertension, they remain the first choice in patients with heart failure, coronary artery disease, and atrial fibrillation [3]. At least 70 β-blockers have been investigated in history, as presented in Table 2, according to the literatures, most of which have only one chiral center. Recently, researches about their potential anticancer efficacy have been carried out that β-blockers can inhibit angiogenesis and tumor cell proliferation in breast cancer, multiple myeloma, pancreatic cancer, and neuroblastoma cell lines by decreasing catecholamine-driven proliferation [1,5,6], making β-blockers jump out of the conventional field of cardiovascular disease. Therefore, there would be a large and expanding market for β-blockers, considering the high incidence of various cancer cases worldwide and that cardiovascular disease remains the most common cause of death in industrialized countries.
Nowadays, single enantiomer drugs make up a large and growing portion of over-the-counter and prescription drug products [7]. Unfortunately, most of the β-blockers are still clinically being sold as a racemic mixture except for a few of them, e.g., timolol, despite the fact that their enantiomers show significant differences in the pharmacological effects and activities [8]. As we all know, the pharmacologically inactive isomer could be inactive, possess some activity of interest, be an antagonist of the active one or have a separate activity that could be desirable or undesirable when the one enantiomer is responsible for the activity of interest [9,10]. In the case of β-blockers, the cardiac β-blocking activity generally resides in their S (-) enantiomer [11,12,13], and the reported S:R activity ratio ranges from 33 to 530 [14] due to the diverse degree of binding affinity to the β-receptor. For example, S-propranolol is 100 times more potent than R-propranolol [15]. Therefore, the separation of racemates of β-blockers is essential both in the laboratory and industry. Further, it is not unexpected that the single enantiomer of β-blockers has a promising prospect for development in the pharmaceutical industry.
There are plenty of approaches reported for obtaining the single enantiomer of β-blockers, which can be divided into two main classes, i.e., asymmetric synthesis and chiral separation of racemates, each with their advantages and disadvantages. Single enantiomer can be gained by the method of asymmetric synthesis at a high yield compared to the 50% yield at most for enantioseparation, while enantioseparation is quite more feasible and convenient than asymmetric synthesis with numerous separation techniques as well as chiral selectors.
When it comes to enantioseparation of β-blockers, liquid chromatography, without any doubt, has evolved over several decades and hence is one of the most mature and widely used methods up to now, far superior to classical methods, such as the formation of diastereomeric pairs followed by repeated recrystallization or the use of stereoselective enzymes. Liquid chromatography, including high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), simulated moving bed chromatography (SMB) and so on, employ direct or indirect methods by using a great number of chiral stationary phases or chiral derivatization reagents as chiral selectors. Besides liquid chromatography, supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC), gas chromatography (GC), and thin layer chromatography (TLC) are applied to the chromatographic separation of β-blockers as well.
In this review, we focus the chromatographic methods employed to the enantioseparation of β-blockers in the 21 century, covering liquid chromatography and supercritical fluid chromatography.

2. Enantioseparation of β-Blockers by HPLC

In the last 30 years, HPLC has obtained a great reputation in the field of enantioseparation, owing to its rapidness, reproducibility, sensitivity, mild operating temperature and availability of a tremendous number of chiral selectors [16,17,18].
HPLC can be applied to resolve a wide range of racemic drugs, including β-blockers, either directly with chiral stationary phases (CSPs) or indirectly with chiral derivatization reagents (CDRs). Each has its advantages and disadvantages, which we will discuss later.

2.1. Direct Chiral Separations

An enantioselective environment must be created by applying a chiral stationary phase (CSP) or one kind of chiral mobile phase additives (CMPAs) to achieve the separation of enantiomers, which is thereby called the direct chiral separation method [19]. Therefore, it can be divided into two main groups, chiral stationary phases and chiral mobile phase additives.
Compared with CMPAs, commercial or home-made CSPs have been developing much more dramatically in the past few decades, because they require much less sample manipulation and make more rapid solute recovery possible [20]. As a result, a great deal of work has been carried out on the enantioseparation of racemic drugs by applying different varieties of CSPs, which are grouped into eight catagories, as shown in Table 3. Overviews of different separation principles and various applications of CSPs are given in [21,22,23,24,25,26].
Thanks to many years of development, there are plenty of commercial CSPs available and among them the polysaccharide type is the most successful one, including Chiralpak AD [30,31,32], IA [32], IB [33] and Chiralcel OC, OD, OF, OG, and OJ, based on amylose and cellulose, respectively. The Pirkle type, protein, β-cyclodextrin, and macrocyclic glycopeptide-based CSPs are the next four widespread CSPs [22], such as Sumichiral OA-2500, Sumichiral OA-4900 [30], R-alpha-burke1 for the Pirkle type, Chiral-CBH, Chiral-AGP, Trichsep-100, Resolvosil BSA7 for proteins, Chidex-MKP, Chidex-SKP, Ultron ES-PHCD for cyclodextrin and Chirobiotic T [30], and Chirobiotic V [34,35] for macrocyclic glycopetide-based CSPs, etc. [22].
Besides those commercial CSPs, during the last few decades, significant progresses have been made on the development of home-made CSPs used for the direct separation of β-blockers in HPLC, mainly polysaccharide derivatives [36,37,38,39,40,41], cyclodextrins [42,43,44,45,46,47], macrocyclic antibiotic [35], chiral crown ethers [48,49], and Pirkle type CSPs [50,51].

2.1.1. Polysaccharide Derivatives

Chiral stationary phases based on polysaccharide derivatives showed a very broad applicability to different compound classes with high enantioselectivity. There are plenty of specialized reviews that reported the development and applications of polysaccharide-based phases [24,27,52].
Native cellulose showed only weak chiral recognition ability [53]. Then Hesse and Hagel [54] discovered that microcrystalline cellulose triacetate (CTA-I) forms chiral cavities upon swelling which are able to include stereoselectively compounds with aromatic residues. Over the years, Okamoto’s group have prepared various types of polysaccharide derivatives, coated or bonded to different supports, many of which turned out to be excellent CSPs [55,56,57]. Typical results for the enantioseparation of the β-blockers with polysaccharide based CSPs are presented in Table 4.
In 2004, Okamoto’s group first synthesized pure cellulose derivative-based beads prepared from cellulose 3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate (CDMPC) bearing a small amount of 3-(triethoxysilyl)propyl groups, which were later utilized to join all of the CDMPC molecules together [58] and form a new type of CSPs, i.e., organic–inorganic hybrid CSPs. It is exactly because of the high loading capacity and excellent solvent tolerance of the obtained CSPs that organic-inorganic hybrid materials have attracted much attention as packing materials in HPLC [59,60].
In order to meet the requirements of mechanical strength and gain better enantioseparation ability, Weng et al. [61] prepared a hybrid cellulose 3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate chiral stationary phase via a sol-gel method, followed by an end-capping process to shield residual silanol groups. The obtained CSP with much higher organic/inorganic ratio, good mechanical strength as well as merits of hybrid materials had better chiral recognition ability and exhibited selectivity as high as 5.55 for pindolol. Recently, a hybrid cellulose 3,5-dichlorophenylcarbamates based organic-inorganic CSP was de novo synthesized by Yu et al. through similar procedure [62]. The synthesized materials with good sphericity showed a high density of chiral selectors and good mechanical stability, while still exhibiting comparable enantioselectivity to immobilized-type and commercial Chiralpak IC.
Besides these, Mosiashvili et al. [63] systematically studied the effect of basic and acidic additives on HPLC separation of enantiomers of β-blockers on polysaccharide-based chiral columns under polar organic mobile phase conditions, which leaded to the conclusion that the presence of minor additives could bring about major changes in the resolution of enantiomers. Fu et al. [64] did some similar work and yielded the same result by evaluating the effects of adding isopropanol as organic modifier, acidic additives (formic acid), and basic additives (diethylamine) and optimizing the chiral separation method with two chiral columns (Lux Cellulose-1 and Chiralpak CBH, polysaccharide and protein-based, respectively).

2.1.2. Cyclodextrin-Based CSPs

Cyclodextrin-based CSPs are also frequently used for the enantioseparation of β-blockers. Cyclodextrins (CDs), one kind of cyclic oligosaccharides, consist of six (α-CD), seven (β-CD) or eight (γ-CD) glucopyranose units. CDs possess a hydrophilic surface and a truncated cone with a hydrophobic cavity, which can be modified by derivatization on hydroxy groups in positions 2, 3 and 6. CDs’ chiral recognition mainly rely on the inclusion of the bulky hydrophobic group of the analytes into the hydrophobic cavity. Moreover, CD based CSPs can be applied in various separation modes, such as normal phase (NP), reversed phase (RP) and polar-organic phase (PO).
Over the years, plenty of researches have been done to improve the enantioselectivity or to open up the application of cyclodextrin, most of which centered around various supports for cyclodextrins to coat on or bond with, since supports also have an influence on the enantioselectivity of cyclodextrin-based CSPs.
The silica materials have been their favorite and first choice due to its characteristics, and in most cases, aminated silica gel. Poon et al. [65] immobilized the derivatized cyclodextrins onto the aminated silica gel via the Staudinger reaction and the synthetic CSPs was proved to be suitable for discriminating a wide range of structurally diverse racemic compounds, including β-blockers. To avoid the presence of free amine groups on the surface of silica gel, Lai et al. [43] chose to apply (EtO)3SiH as the support of cyclodextrin derivatives and it turns out that cyclodextrin CSPs obtained by this means always show better enantioresolution ability. More recently, ordered mesoporous SBA-15 was also used as supports by Zhou et al. [66] to reduce the mass transfer resistance and enhance the chiral chromatographic property of CD based CSPs and thus separate 14 kinds of β-blockers enantiomers.
Compared with supports, CDs with multiple substituents without any doubts have more possibilities and have attracted much more attention from researchers. Among all these derivatives, the most widely used and effective CSPs are aromatic derivatized CD, especially phenylcarbamoylated CDs, which can produce more interactions such as π-π interaction, dipole-dipole interaction and hydrogen bonds because of the introduction of aromatic rings, “N-H” bonds and “C=O” bonds. Jin et al. [67] synthesized phenylcarbamoylated α, β and γ-cyclodextrin chiral stationary phases and it turns out that the above CSPs have better enantioselectivity towards β-blockers than native CDs. Wang et al. [42,68] prepared two CSPs by immobilization of phenylcarbamoylated β-CDs onto alkynyl modified silica via “click” chemistry and successfully resolved β-blockers. A cholesterol mono-derivatized beta-cyclodextrin was synthesized and bonded onto SBA-15 to obtain a cholesterol mono-derivatized beta-cyclodextrin-bonded stationary phase (CHCDP) by Wang et al. [69]. The results showed that CHCDP possessed separation abilities towards β-blockers in multiple chromatographic modes.
A N,N’-ethylenediamino bridged bis(β-cyclodextrin)-bonded SBA-15 chiral stationary phase (BCDSP) for HPLC was first developed through solid successive reaction method by Zhou et al. [66] and could separate 14 kinds of β-blockers enantiomers, while native β-cyclodextrin-bonded phase with single ring ligand could partially resolve about 4 kinds of them under optimized condition. Recently, a stilbene diamido-bridged bis(β-cyclodextrin) was synthesized and bonded onto SBA-15 by Shuang et al. [70] to obtain a novel bridged bis(β-cyclodextrin)-bonded chiral stationary phase (SBCDP). Unlike the small cavity of native CD, the bridging linker of the bridged bis(β-CD) supplied a well-organized “pseudo-cavity”, and combined two native CDs as an organic whole, making the chiral discrimination of SBCDP more precise. Rahim et al. [71] prepared two covalently bonded β-CD based CSPs by immobilizing the native β-CD and β-CD-BIMOTs onto modified silica gel, and the most interesting part is that β-CD-BIMOTs is a β-CD derivatized with ionic liquid (3-benzylimidazoliumtosylate) substituent. It turns out that the enantioseparation of β-blockers with an ionic liquid moiety was better than native β-CD CSP, which proved the critical role of ionic liquid in enhancing the enantioseparation for β-blockers. Typical results for the enantioseparation of the β-blockers involving cyclodextrin based CSPs is listed in Table 5.

2.1.3. Macrocyclic Antibiotics

The macrocyclic antibiotics, initiated by Armstrong in 1994 [72], such as teicoplanin, vancomycin and ristocetin A and its analogs, are also one of the most useful selectors for the enantioseparation of nonprotected and N-protected peptides, amino acids, β-blockers, and various biologically important compounds [73]. Their unique structural features and functionalities allow multiple chiral interactive sites and interactions between the analyte and CSPs, for example, electrostatic, hydrophobic, H-bonding, steric repulsion and so on. An additional advantage of macrocyclic antibiotics is that they can work in the NP, RP, PO and the polar ionic (PI) modes. For further details and applications, the reader is referred to specialized reviews [73,74].
Plenty of researchers [15,74,75,76,77] chose commercial chirobiotic columns, including teicoplanin containing Chirobiotic T and T2, teicoplanin aglycone containing Chirobiotic TAG, ristocetin A containing Chirobiotic R, and vancomycin containing Chirobiotic V and V2, as their chiral selector for the enantioseparation of β-blockers.
For example, enantiomeric resolution of tertatolol was achieved on a vancomycin containing Chirobiotic V chiral stationary phase with UV detection by Hefnawy et al. [35]. Bosáková et al. [34] compared the enantioseparation abilities of two vancomycin based CSPs with different coverage of the chiral selector vancomycin (Chirobiotic V and Chirobiotic V2) for β-blockers in RP and PO modes (Table 6). It turns out that higher coverage of vancomycin and polar-organic mobile phase give better enantioresolution of β-blockers. George et al. [78] went further by adopting a quality-by-design approach for enantioseparation of atenolol on vancomycin and teicoplanin-based CSPs using RP and PI mode, respectively, to account for major forces involved in enantiorecognition of β-blockers on macrocyclics. The enantioseparation of atenolol in both elution modes showed that ionic interactions governed chiral recognition on the two macrocyclic stationary phases in both modes and it was possible to establish mathematical models relating separation as well as retention parameters to the chromatographic factors studied on both modes.
Beyond that, Pérez-Quintanilla et al. [79] prepared spherical mesoporous hybrid silica materials by a post-synthesis method, modified with erythromycin and vancomycin as chiral selectors, and applied them in NP and PO modes of HPLC to resolve four β-blockers. Such hybrid materials have several advantages: better accessibility to binding sites, high adsorption capacities, better selectivity, faster adsorption rates and enhanced permeability, which will become a promising field for new investigations of macrocyclic antibiotics based CSPs.

2.1.4. Crown Ethers

Crown ether-based CSPs have been believed to be effective for chiral molecules containing primary or secondary amino groups, including β-blockers, due to the enantioselective tripodal complexation of the primary ammonium ion (R-NH3+) of analytes inside the cavity of the crown ether ring of the stationary phase, which is crucial for the chiral recognition [80,81,82]. A comprehensive review on the applications of chiral crown ether to racemate was recently given by Adhikari et al. [83].
As a matter of fact, the application of chiral crown ether based CSPs to the resolution of non-primary amino compounds, including β-blockers, is much rarer compared to the above chiral stationary phases. However, there is one exception, which was successfully applied to the enantioseparation of β-blockers [84]. This special crown ether based CSP is known as (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid (Table 7). Steffeck and co-workers [84] applied it for the resolution of three β-blockers with the use of a polar organic mobile phase, and the resolutions (Rs) were found to vary from 1.16 for atenolol to 2.38 for propranolol. Afterwards, Zhang et al. [85] followed the Former’s steps and successfully employed this CSP in the resolution of eleven β-blockers with the use of an optimized mobile phase, and the Rs were in the range of 1.36–5.79. Interestingly, the separation factors were observed to increase as the temperature increased, which was in contrast to the resolution of primary amino compounds.
Besides (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid, Hirose et al. [48] prepared chiral crown ether (S,S)-3 having a pseudo-24-crown-8 ring and chiral podand (R,R)-4, which exhibited good chiral recognition ability toward propranolol.

2.1.5. Protein-Based CSPs

Protein-based CSPs are the first introduced chiral stationary phases and were once very popular. However, now, they are less and less used due to their fatal drawbacks of limited capacity and fragility [86]. Still, there are several commercial CSPs based on protein, which are quite successful for the enantioseparation of β-blockers, i.e., Chiral-CBH, Chiral-AGP, EnantioPac, Resolvosil, and Ultron-ES-OVM [22] (Table 8). Recently, six β-blockers enantiomers were separated on ovomucoid (OM) column in optimal conditions by Imre and co-workers [87]. They also investigated the effect of the organic modifier, the influence of pH and the percentage of the aqueous phase on resolution. It was proved that OM was suitable for enantiomeric separation of four nonselective β-blockers, in contrast with the two β-1 selective blockers, atenolol and metoprolol.
In addition to commercial columns, Matsunaga et al. [88] immobilized cellulase onto aminopropyl-silica gels via its amino and carboxy groups, respectively, and the nominal particle diameters of silica gel were 5, 3, and 2.1 μm. It turns out that the method of immobilization had little impact on the resolution ability of the cellulase-based CSPs. In addition, the CSP prepared with 2.1 μm aminopropyl-silica gels gave the highest enantioselectivity and column efficiency among all three columns. Furthermore, the results indicated that the enantioselective bindings of β-blockers could occur at the catalytic binding site and the secondary binding site. Typical results are presented in Table 9.
Besides the above CSPs, Haginaka and Sakai [89] synthesized a uniform-sized molecularly imprinted polymer material using methacrylic acid and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, respectively, as a host functional monomer and cross-linker, which had specific recognition for S-propranolol and related β-blockers. An amide based chiral stationary phase m-[(+)-alpha-methyl benzyl carboxamide] XAD-4 has been synthesized by covalently linking R-(+)-1-phenylethylamine to chloroformoyl Amberlite XAD-4 by Agrawal and Patel [90], which as a result was the functionalized polymer beads with porous structures.

2.2. Indirect Separation Methods

Unlike the direct one, the indirect separation methods use optically pure CDRs to form diastereomers, differ in their physical and chemical properties, and thus they can be resolved by achiral chromatography [8,91].
This approach reduces the analysis cost via using inexpensive achiral columns rather than expensive chiral columns, and the chromatographic conditions can be optimized much more conveniently as CDRs provide a highly sensitive detector respondence which may lead to better resolution [92]. However, the indirect method also has some severe disadvantages compared to the direct one. The derivatization process is quite time-consuming and laborious, and puts high demand on the purity of CDRs, let alone the possibilities of side reactions. Therefore, researches about the indirect one are relatively less, and furthermore mainly focus on the study of CDRs. The ideal CDR should be accessible, inexpensive, and easy to form diastereomers which are optically stable under common conditions.
Researchers prefer CDRs which can form C-N bond by reacting with the secondary amines of β-blockers. Up to now, the frequently used CDRs can be divided into four main classes, i.e., cyanuric chloride (CC) based CDRs (including MCT and DCT), naproxen based CDRs, Marfey’s reagent based CDRs and isothiocyanates. Typical CDRs applied to the enantioseparation of β-blockers are presented in Table 10, while typical results are listed in Table 11.
Cyanuric chloride (CC; trichloro-S-triazine; S-triazine chloride; 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5- triazine) has the prospect of easy and sequential substitution of its chlorine atoms with nucleophiles by controlling the reaction conditions appropriately [93]. Further, the sequential and controlled substitution of chlorine atom(s) by nucleophiles in CC provides monochloro-S-triazine (MCT) and dichloro-S-triazine (DCT) reagents, which were used for the enantioresolution of several primary or secondary amino group containing analytes, e.g., β-blockers. Bhushan et al. [94] synthesized 15 CDRs on the cyanuric chloride platform and successfully resolve five β-blockers through C18 column by RP-HPLC.
As one kind of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, naproxen (S-2- (6-methoxynaphthalen-2-yl) propanoic acid) has also been used in HPLC for its characteristic features of having chiral center with high molar absorptivity. Recently, an anhydride type CDR was synthesized from S-(+)-naproxen by Bhushan et al. [95], presented in Figure 1, and was used for C-N bond formation to prepare diastereomeric amides of RS-propranolol, RS-atenolol, RS-carvedilol and RS-metoprolol. Marfey’s reagent, namely, 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrophenyl-l-alaninamide (FDNP-l-Ala-NH2), was first prepared via the substitution of one fluorine atom in DFDNB (Sanger’s reagent, namely, 1,5-difluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene) with l-alanine by Marfey in 1984 [96]. It was used as a chiral derivatization reagent for the enantioseparation of amino acid, and now of β-blockers. Bhushan and his team have done a lot in this area. In 2009, Bhushan et al. [92] synthesized twelve CDRs based on Sanger’s reagent and subsequently six β-blockers were separated under reversed phase conditions by HPLC. Two years later, three kinds of Marfey’s reagent were also prepared by introducing two chirally pure amines and one L-amino acid via substitution of one fluorine atom in DFDNB [97] and successfully obtained diasteromers of betaxolol and propranolol.
In addition to the above materials, several isothiocynates, with their typical structure features, are also quite popular for the enantioseparation of β-blockers through indirect methods. 1S,2R-1-acetoxy-1-phenyl-2-propyl isothiocyanate (S,R-APPI) was synthesized by Péter et al. [98] starting from norephedrine (Figure 2), which was stable without decomposition for several months. Ko et al. [99] reported one chiral derivatization reagent, 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-d-galactopyranosyl isothiocynate (GATC), similar to another popular isothiocyanate based CDR, GITC, and subsequently optimized the derivatization and chromatographic conditions for its application of β-blockers in RP-HPLC. The scheme of the synthesis route of GATC and their diastereomers of β-blockers is presented in Figure 3.
Beyond that, Sung et al. [100] applied S-(-)-menthyl chloroformate((-)-MCF) as the chiral derivatization reagent, combined with hydrolysis, to resolve stereoisomers of nadolol with three chiral centers and finally obtained the most active one R,S,R-(-)-nadolol with very good optic purity (99.97%).

3. Enantioseparation of β-Blockers by SFC

In recent years, the rapidly emerging technique of SFC, one kind of chromatography with a sub- or supercritical fluid (i.e., carbon dioxide) as mobile phases, has reached a new level of utility in the enantioseparation of racemic drugs [101,102,103,104,105,106,107].
As a bridge between GC and LC, SFC has several significant advantages over them. Compared to GC, the ability to resolve thermally labile and nonvolatile analytes is the greatest strength of SFC. Compared to HPLC, SFC often provides higher resolution capacities and needs shorter equilibrium times, along with lower consumption of organic solvents [106], since supercritical fluids possess special characteristics of lower viscosity, higher diffusivity and favorable transfer characteristics than normal mobile phases. By the way, these unique merits of supercritical fluids of SFC also make it possible to scale up as well as prepare kilograms of materials, and now SFC is becoming the primary method for preparative chiral chromatography. In addition, HPLC and GC detectors are both compatible with SFC and a majority of CSPs developed for LC is suitable with SFC too, except a few, i.e., immobilized chiral protein-based or crown-ether stationary phases [108]. However, SFC also has the disadvantage of requiring special equipments, such as a chilled pump, a restrictor and pressure regulator [109]. There are also some specific reviews of SFC for a more particular knowledge of this area [110,111].
In chiral SFC of β-blockers, the majority of separations are still performed by the direct approach, just like in HPLC, which can be divided into two main classes, i.e., CSPs and CMPAs. Typical results are presented in Table 12.
Firstly, polysaccharide and macrocyclic antibiotic based CSPs appear, by far, as the most successful and broadly applied phases in enantioseparation of β-blockers by SFC. There are plenty of articles that reported the resolution of several specific β-blockers on commercial chiral columns based on polysaccharides and macrocyclic antibiotics, such as Chiralpak AD [101,112,113], Chiralcel OD [101,103,112], Chirobiotic R [114], Chirobiotic V [115] and Chirobiotic TAG [114], etc.
In addition to these commercial columns, Kalíková et al. [116] applied cellulose tris-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) as the chiral stationary phases on the enantioseparation of β-blockers in SFC. The effect of both mobile phase co-solvents (MeOH or PrOH) and mobile phase additives (IPA, DEA, TEA, TFA, or TFA/IPA) on the enantioselective separation was also studied. Kraml and co-workers [103] found that the carbobenzyloxy (cbz) protecting group was able to enhance the resolution of β-blocker enantiomers on both polysaccharide and Pirkle-type columns under the supercritical fluid chromatography condition. The effect of increasing the concentration of 2-propylamine as additive on the elution of a series of basic compounds, including β-blockers on a Chiralpak-AD stationary phase was studied by Speybrouck et al. [117]. It turns out that all β-blockers generated inverted U shape curves for the selectivity factor vs additive concentration. Recently, a multi-residue method by SFC coupled with tandem mass spectrometry method were adopted by Rice et al. [118] for the analysis and enantiosepration of 140 chiral and non-chiral chemicals in environmental samples, including β-blockers, using 2.1 μm particle size. It turns out that SFC is an excellent technique for combined achiral-chiral analysis due to the combined use of supercritical CO2, non-biological chiral selectors, and smaller-UHPLC-size particles.
Secondly, there are less researches about the application of CMPAs on β-blockers in SFC compared with CSPs. Gyllenhaal et al. [105] once used l-(+)-tartaric acid as a CMPA in a packed-column SFC system. It turns out that l-(+)-tartaric acid can be used to generate an enantioselective chromatographic system together with Hypercarb as support and methanol-modified carbon dioxide as the mobile phase with an appropriate amine additive and increased concentrations of CMPA gave higher retention and also increased the enantioselectivity.

4. Enantioseparation of β-Blockers by SMB

SMB is not only a special technique for preparative liquid chromatography, but also one of the most promising methods for the enantioseparation of racemic drugs with several chiral centers after the first successful enantioseparation on SMB by Negawa and Shoji [119] in 1992. SMB is feasible at all production scales, from laboratory to production plant [120]. As a mature technology, SMB also have several advantages over other preparative technology. Since the process is continuous, SMB enable unattended operation and stable product quality and it can exhibit similar performance with lower solvent consumption, high productivity and less stationary phases [120]. It is also worth noting that SMB has one major disadvantage compared to batch preparative chromatography, that SMB generally can only produce two fractions, one in the raffinate and the other in the extract stream, although which is especially suitable for enatioseparation with one chiral center. A typical SMB system, in most cases divided into four or five zones, always consists of an array of columns connected in series (commonly 6–12 columns), valves and several pumps including at least one recycling pump for delivering the mobile phase flowing through all columns [91]. The primary character of SMB is the continuous countercurrent movement of the stationary and mobile phases [121] where the simulated movement is created by periodic switching of injection and withdrawal ports along the columns in direction of fluid flow [122].
Despite all the mentioned advantages, the application of SMB to chirotechnology, especially to the enantioseparation of β-blockers, has been quite rare in recent years, and the biggest challenge lies in finding the perfect CSPs. The word perfect means CSPs applied in SMB should have the common features of the excellent CSPs in HPLC, such as good selectivity, wonderful mechanical and chemical stability, long lifetime, and so on. Nevertheless, the prerequisite for the scale-up of a chromatographic chiral separation is that the CSP is available in large amounts, with reproducible batch-to-batch properties and at relatively low cost with respect to the value of the enantiomers to be separated [120].
Given the large amount of CSPs used in SMB units, cheap materials, such as cyclodextrins and polysaccharides, are always the most suitable chiral stationary phases for the resolution of racemic drugs. Wang and Ching have put in a lot of effort to study the application of the perphenyl carbamoylated β-cyclodextrin in the resolution of nadolol, the three-chiral-center β-blocker drug, using SMB. They used the h-root method to determine the competitive Langmuir isotherm for stereoisomers of nadolol on a perphenyl carbamoylated β-cyclodextrin bonded chiral stationary phase [123]. In 2004, they applied the four-zone open-looped SMB separation unit, which consisted of eight columns arranged in a 2-2-2-2 configuration. After several runs, the product purity of extract and raffinate can reach 99.4% and 99.8%, respectively. A direct simulation approach has also been proposed to simulate the SMB separation performance for the pseudo-binary mixture of nadolol [124]. Greater progress was made by Wang’s group in the enantioseparation of nadolol by applying 2-raffinate or 2-extract five-zone SMB instead of four in the next year [125]. Separation performances of the five-zone SMB were investigated for both 2-raffinate and 2-extract configurations.
As for polysaccharide-based CSPs, Ribeiro et al. [126] separated the four nadolol stereoisomers on Chiralpak AD at both analytical and preparative scales. Particularly, this work presents the experimental separation of the more retained nadolol stereoisomer (RSR-nadolol) by SMB using an 80:20:0.3 ethanol-heptane-diethylamine mobile phase. The pseudo binary separation of the nadolol stereoisomers was also performed using Chiralpak IA in SMB by Arafah et al. recently [127]. The more retained component was fully recovered with 100% purity and 100% recovery.
Besides cyclodextrins and polysaccharides, protein-based CSPs were also used in enantioresolution of β-blockers in SMB. Zhang et al. [128,129] have made considerable efforts on the enantiosepartion of pindolol on α1-acid glycoprotein chiral stationary phases by SMB. The effects of column configurations and the isotherm parameters on system performance were also investigated for SMB operation [122]. Results demonstrate that column configuration with 1/2/1/1 is superior to that with 1/1/2/1 in achieving higher purity of both raffinate and extract and decrease of saturation capacity of either site will cause a decrease in raffinate recovery.

5. Enantioseparation of Propranolol

As described above, within the last few decades, a large number of investigations on the development of new enantioselective methods has been carried out in the field of β-blockers, for instance, HPLC, SFC and SMB. In this section, we take a specific example of β-blocker, i.e., propranolol, which was the first β-blocker used in clinic and is still clinically applied, to illustrate the pros and cons of enantioseparation of β-blockers. Table 13 shows three methods, i.e., CSPs, CDRs, and SFC, applying for the enantioseparation of propranolol, making it quite obvious the pros and cons of each approach. Firstly, the enantioresolution of β-blockers via CSPs is without doubt the most mature and popular technology nowadays, with plenty of CSPs available but also at the cost of comparatively lower resolution (2.0 to 7.04 versus 7.5 to 14.12 for propranolol). Secondly, the approach of CDRs reduces the analysis cost via using inexpensive achiral columns and provides a highly sensitive detector respondence and better resolution, at the meantime, imposing an additional strain on the purity of CDRs and the synthesis of diastereomers of β-blockers. Researches about the resolution of β-blockers by SFC are relatively less, compared to the other methods. Futhermore, there are even fewer about the resolution of β-blockers by SMB, since SMB is mainly applied to sample preparation, or commercial production. In principle, most CSPs developed for LC could be applied both in SFC and SMB, while shorter equilibrium times could usually be obtained in SFC.

6. Conclusions

β-blockers are still an important class of drugs in the market. At least 70 β-blockers have been investigated in history. Only a few β-blockers, e.g., timolol, are clinically marketed as an optically pure enantiomer. Therefore, the separation of racemates of β-blockers is essential both in the laboratory and industry. Many approaches have been reported to separate the enantiomers. Most of them use HPLC, SFC and SMB with CSPs. The key factor is chiral selectors, whatever the approach. Many CSPs have been developed commercially or home-made. The main classes of CSPs used in the enantioseparation field can also be used in the resolution of β-blockers. New CSPs with a universal chiral recognition ability, high loading capacity, low cost, and new methods are still needed from the viewpoint of preparative scale separation. Miniaturization will also remain a trend in the future from the viewpoint of analytical scale separation.

Author Contributions

All authors have contributed equally to this paper. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21776240, 218900764), and Research Fund from Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou (IZQ2019-KJ-001).

Institutional Review Board Statement

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Informed Consent Statement

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Data Availability Statement

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Acknowledgments

All authors thank Pingdong Wu for his longtime leadership in the research area of separation.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Molecules 26 00468 g001 550
Figure 1. The preparation procedure of naproxen anhydride (CDR) and formation of diastereomers of β-blockers [95].
Figure 1. The preparation procedure of naproxen anhydride (CDR) and formation of diastereomers of β-blockers [95].
Molecules 26 00468 g001
Molecules 26 00468 g002 550
Figure 2. The preparation procedure of (S,R)-APPI and synthesis of diastereomers of β-blockers [98].
Figure 2. The preparation procedure of (S,R)-APPI and synthesis of diastereomers of β-blockers [98].
Molecules 26 00468 g002
Molecules 26 00468 g003 550
Figure 3. Scheme of the synthesis route of GATC and formation of diastereomers of β-blockers [99].
Figure 3. Scheme of the synthesis route of GATC and formation of diastereomers of β-blockers [99].
Molecules 26 00468 g003
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Table 1. Chemical structures of typical β-blockers with different chiral centers.
Table 1. Chemical structures of typical β-blockers with different chiral centers.
NameChemical Structure
Atenol Molecules 26 00468 i001
Carvedilol Molecules 26 00468 i002
Metoprolol Molecules 26 00468 i003
Oxprenolol Molecules 26 00468 i004
Propranolol Molecules 26 00468 i005
Sotalol Molecules 26 00468 i006
Timolol Molecules 26 00468 i007
Labetalol Molecules 26 00468 i008
Nadolol Molecules 26 00468 i009
Nebivolol Molecules 26 00468 i010
* indicates chiral center.
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Table 2. List of β-blockers reported in the literature.
Table 2. List of β-blockers reported in the literature.
NameCAS No.Molecular FormulaNo. of
Chiral Center		NameCAS No.Molecular FormulaNo. of
Chiral Center
Acebutolol37517-30-9C18H28N2O41Idropranolol27581-02-8C16H23NO21
Adimolol78459-19-5C25H29N3O31Indenolol60607-68-3C15H21NO21
Afurolol65776-67-2C15H21NO41Labetalol36894-69-6C19H24N2O32
Alprenolol13655-52-2C15H23NO21Landiolol133242-30-5C25H39N3O82
Amosulalol85320-68-9C18H24N2O5S1Mepindolol23694-81-7C15H22N2O21
Ancarolol75748-50-4C18H24N2O41Metipranolol22664-55-7C17H27NO41
Arnolol87129-71-3C14H23NO31Metoprolol37350-58-6C15H25NO31
Arotinolol68377-92-4C15H21N3O2S31Moprolol5741-22-0C13H21NO31
Atenolol29122-68-7C14H22N2O31Nadolol42200-33-9C17H27NO43
Befunolol39552-01-7C16H21NO41Nebivolol99200-09-6C22H25F2NO44
Betaxolol63659-18-7C18H29NO31Nifenalol7413-36-7C11H16N2O31
Bevantolol59170-23-9C20H27NO41Nipradilol81486-22-8C15H22N2O62
Bisoprolol66722-44-9C18H31NO41Oxprenolol6452-71-7C15H23NO31
Bopindolol62658-63-3C23H28N2O31Pafenolol75949-61-0C18H31N3O31
Bornaprolol66451-06-7C19H29NO23Pamatolol59110-35-9 C16H26N2O41
Brefanolol104051-20-9C22H28N2O21Pargolol47082-97-3C16H23NO31
Bucindolol71119-11-4C22H25N3O21Penbutolol36507-48-9C18H29NO21
Bucumolol58409-59-9C17H23NO41Penirolol58503-83-6C15H22N2O21
Bufetolol53684-49-4C18H29NO42Pindolol13523-86-9C14H20N2O21
Bufuralol54340-62-4C16H23NO21Pirepolol69479-26-1C21H32N4O51
Bunitrolol34915-68-9C14H20N2O21Practolol6673-35-4C14H22N2O31
Bunolol27591-01-1C17H25NO31Procinolol27325-36-6C15H23NO21
Bupranolol14556-46-8C14H22ClNO21Pronetalol54-80-8C15H19NO1
Butofilolol64552-17-6C17H26FNO31Propranolol525-66-6C16H21NO21
Carazolol57775-29-8C18H22N2O21Soquinolol61563-18-6C17H26N2O31
Carteolol51781-06-7C16H24N2O31Sotalol3930-20-9C12H20N2O3S1
Carvedilol72956-09-3C24H26N2O41Talinolol57460-41-0C20H33N3O31
Celiprolol56980-93-9C20H33N3O41Tertatolol34784-64-0C16H25NO2S1
Cetamolol34919-98-7C16H26N2O41Tilisolol85136-71-6C17H24N2O31
Cicloprolol63659-12-1C18H29NO41Timolol29023-48-1C13H24N4O3S1
Cloranolol39563-28-5C13H19Cl2NO21Tiprenolol26481-51-6C13H21NO2S1
Epanolol86880-51-5C20H23N3O41Tolamolol38103-61-6C19H24N2O41
Esmolol81147-92-4C16H25NO41Toliprolol2933-94-0C13H21NO21
Exaprolol55837-19-9C18H29NO21Xamoterol81801-12-9C16H25N3O51
Flestolol87721-62-8C15H22FN3O41Xibenolol81584-06-7C15H25NO21
Table
Table 3. Types of CSPs and their general recognition mechanisms with loading capacity [20,27,28,29].
Table 3. Types of CSPs and their general recognition mechanisms with loading capacity [20,27,28,29].
TypeCSPsGeneral Recognition MechanismsCommon Loading Capacity
(mg Solute/g CSP)
1Pirkle-typeπ-π interactions; dipole stacking1–50
2Polysaccharide derivativesHydrogen bonding;
inclusion of a chiral cavity		1–150
3β-cyclodextrinsHydrogen bonding; dipole-dipole interactions at the mouth of CD0.1–5
4Macrocyclic glycopeptidesDipole stacking; steric repulsions;
π-π interactions		0.1–5
5Chiral crown etherForming an inclusion complex between the primary amine and the chiral crown ether0.1–5
6Ligand exchangeForming bidentate chelates0.1–1
7ProteinsHydrophobicity; hydrogen bonds;
electrostatic interactions		0.1–0.2
8Other polymers 1–100
Table
Table 4. Typical results for the enantioseparation of the β-blockers with polysaccharide based CSPs.
Table 4. Typical results for the enantioseparation of the β-blockers with polysaccharide based CSPs.
CSPDrugMobile Phase (v/v)T (℃)Flow-Rate
(mL/min)		FirstαRsRef.
CDMPC-silica hybrid spheresPindololn-Hexane/1-Propanol/DEA (80/20/0.5)301.0/5.555.95[61]
ADMPCCarvedilolIPA/DEA (100/0.1)201.0S//[63]
Lux Cellulose-1CarvedilolACN/DEA (100/0.1)201.0S//[63]
Lux Cellulose-1PropranololIPA/DEA/FA (100/0.1/0.1)201.0R//[63]
Lux Cellulose-1MetoprololACN/IPA/DEA/FA (80/20/0.1/0.1)300.1/2.98.9[64]
Chiralpak CBHAtenolol(1 mM NH4Ac
aqueous)/IPA (90/10)		300.1R2.0518.7[64]
DEA: Diethylamine; IPA: 2-Propanol; ACN: Acetonitrile; FA: Formic acid.
Table
Table 5. Typical results for the enantioseparation of the β-blockers with cyclodextrin based CSPs.
Table 5. Typical results for the enantioseparation of the β-blockers with cyclodextrin based CSPs.
CSPDrug Mobile Phase (v/v)T (℃)Flow-Rate
(mL/min)		αRsRef.
Mono-2A-azido-2A-deoxyperphenyl-carbamoylated β-CDAlprenololBuffer (1% TEA, pH 5.11)/MeOH (70/30)231.02.021.25[65]
Mono(6A -N-allylamino-6A -deoxy) perphenyl-carbamoylated β-CDPropranololBuffer (1% TEA, pH 5.50)/ MeOH (75/25)230.51.514.7[43]
BCDSPEsmololACN/MeOH/TEA/ HOAc (95/5/1/1)151.01.241.59[66]
BCDSPArotinololACN/MeOH/TEA/ HOAc (85/15/1/1)151.01.231.58[66]
Perphenylcarbamated CDNadolol(1%TEAA, pH 6.5)/MeOH (70/30)/0.71.351.99[68]
CHCDPAtenololACN/MeOH/TEA/ HOAc (96/4/1/1)250.51.111.57[69]
β-CD-BIMOTsMetoprolol ACN/Water (90/10)300.51.782.38[71]
TEA: Triethylamine; MeOH: Methanol; HOAc: Acetic acid; TEAA: Triethylamine acetate.
Table
Table 6. Typical results for the enantioseparation of β-blockers on Chirobiotic V and Chirobiotic V2.
Table 6. Typical results for the enantioseparation of β-blockers on Chirobiotic V and Chirobiotic V2.
CSPDrug Mobile Phase (v/v)T (℃)Flow-Rate
(mL/min)		αRsRef.
Chirobiotic VTertatololMeOH/HOAc/TEA (100/0.01/0.015)/0.81.391.9[35]
Chirobiotic VPropranololMeOH/(0.5%TEAA, pH 5.0) (90/10)221.01.122.0[34]
Chirobiotic VAcebutolol MeOH/(0.5%TEAA, pH 5.0) (90/10)221.01.111.68[34]
Chirobiotic V2AlprenololMeOH/HOAc/TEA (100/0.01/0.01)222.01.122.06[34]
Chirobiotic V2PindololMeOH/HOAc/TEA (100/0.01/0.01)222.01.132.14[34]
Table
Table 7. Typical results for the enantioseparation of β-blockers on the (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid based CSP.
Table 7. Typical results for the enantioseparation of β-blockers on the (+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid based CSP.
CSPDrug Mobile Phase (v/v)T (℃)Flow-Rate
(mL/min)		αRsRef.
(+)-(18-crown-6) -2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid based CSPPindololMeOH/ACN/HOAc/TEA (50/50/0.1/0.1)251.01.142.29[84]
PropranololMeOH /ACN/ HOAc/TEA (50/50/0.1/0.1)251.01.152.38[84]
PropranololACN/ Ethanol /TEA/TFA (80/20/0.5/0.1)401.01.303.43[85]
OxprenololACN/ MeOH/TEA (80/20/0.5/0.1)201.01.212.69[85]
AcebutololACN/ MeOH/TEA/TFA (80/20/0.5/0.1)201.01.252.94[85]
TFA: Trifluoroacetic acid.
Table
Table 8. Types of protein-based CSPs for the enantioseparation of β-blockers [22].
Table 8. Types of protein-based CSPs for the enantioseparation of β-blockers [22].
Trade NameSelectorAnalytes
Chiral-AGP/
EnantioPac		α1-acid glycoproteinAptol, Bev, Buni, Buno, Bup, Cara, Carv, Cel, Mep, Met, Nad, Oxp, Pen, Pin, Pro, Ter, Tim, Tip, Toli
Chiral-CBH/
TrichSep-100		CellobiohydrolaseAcecor, Aptol, Bet, Bis, Epanolol, Met, Mop, Oxp, Pam, Pra, Pro, Tal, Tim, Tol, Toli
Ultron-ES-OVMOvomucoidAptol, Nad, Pin, Pro
Resolvosil BSABovine serum albuminBop
Acecor: Acebutolol; Aptol: Alprenolol; Bet: Betaxolol; Bev: Bevantolol; Bis: Bisoprolol; Bop: Bopindolol; Buni: Bunitrolol; Buno, Bunolol; Bup: Bupranolol; Cara: Carazolol; Carv: Carvedilol; Cel: Celiprolol; Mep: Mepindolol; Met: Metoprolol; Mop: Moprolol; Nad: Nadolol; Oxp: Oxprenolol; Pam: Pamatolol; Pen: Penbutolol; Pin: Pindolol; Pra: Practolol; Pro: Propranolol; Tal: Talinolol; Ter: Tertatolol; Tim: Timolol; Tip: Tiprenolol; Tola: Tolamolol; Toli: Toliprolol.
Table
Table 9. Typical results for the enantioseparation of β-blockers on Protein-based CSPs.
Table 9. Typical results for the enantioseparation of β-blockers on Protein-based CSPs.
CSPDrug Mobile Phase (v/v)T (℃)Flow-Rate
(mL/min)		αRsRef.
OvomucoidCarvedilol(20 mM KH2PO4, pH 6.7)/ACN (77/23)251.0/2.15[87]
Propranolol(20 mM KH2PO4, pH 6.7)/ACN (75/25)251.0/1.89[87]
Oxprenolol(20 mM KH2PO4, pH 6.7)/ACN (83/17)251.0/1.95[87]
Pindolol(20 mM KH2PO4, pH 6.7)/ACN (85/15)251.0/1.75[87]
Cellulase immobilized via amino groupsAlprenolol(20 mM NaH2PO4, pH 6.8)/IPA (95/5)250.26.578.03[88]
Cellulase immobilized via carboxy groupsPropranolol (20 mM NaH2PO4, pH 6.8)/IPA (95/5)250.24.587.04[88]
Table
Table 10. Typical chiral derivatization reagents applied to the enantioseparation of β-blockers.
Table 10. Typical chiral derivatization reagents applied to the enantioseparation of β-blockers.
CDRStructure
CC based CDRs Molecules 26 00468 i011R1 = -OH, -NH2
R2 = -Cl, -OCH3, -NHCH(CH2C6H5)CONH2
R3 = -CH3, -C6H5, -CH(CH3)2, -(CH2)2SCH3,
-CH2CH(CH3)2
Naproxen based CDRs Molecules 26 00468 i012/
Marfey’s reagent based CDRs Molecules 26 00468 i013R1= -COOH, -CH3
R2= -CH2SCH3, -C6H11, -C6H5
Molecules 26 00468 i014 Molecules 26 00468 i015
Molecules 26 00468 i016
Molecules 26 00468 i017
Molecules 26 00468 i018R1= -CH3, -C6H5, -CH2Ph, -CH(CH3)2,
-CH2CH(CH3)2, -CH2CH2SCH3
R2= -NH2, -OH
Isothiocyanates Molecules 26 00468 i019GATC
Molecules 26 00468 i020APPI
Molecules 26 00468 i021(S,S)-DANI
Others Molecules 26 00468 i022(-)-MCF
Table
Table 11. Typical results for the enantioseparation of β-blockers involving CDRs.
Table 11. Typical results for the enantioseparation of β-blockers involving CDRs.
CDRDrugColumnMobile Phase (v/v)T (℃)Flow-Rate
(mL/min)		αRsRef.
N-(4,6-Dichloro-[1,3,5]triazine-2-yl)-l-ValPropranololLiChrospher C18Eluent A: H2O/MeCN/TFA (90/10/0.1); B: H2O/MeCN/TFA (80/20/0.1)/1.01.109.83[94]
N-(4,6-Dichloro-[1,3,5]triazine-2-yl)-l-Val-NH2Bisoprolol/1.01.0610.24[94]
FDNP-l-Leu-NH2AtenololEurospher C18Eluent A: MeCN; Eluent B: TFA/CH3CN/1.01.3211.21[92]
(S)-(−)-α,4-dimethylbenzylamine substituted DFDNBPropranolol/1.01.0710.07[92]
N-succinimidyl-(S)-2-(6-methoxynaphth-2-yl) propionateMetoprololEurospher C18Eluent A: TEAP (50 mM, pH 4.0)/CH3CN (70/30); Eluent B: TEAP (50 mM, pH 4.0)/CH3CN (30/70)/1.01.387.78[92]
(R)-(−)-1-cyclohexylethylamine substituted DFDNBCarvedilolEurospher C18Eluent A: MeCN; Eluent B: TFA/CH3CN/1.01.053.28[92]
(S)-N-(1-cyclohexyl-ethyl)-5-fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzenamineBetaxololLiChrospher C18Linear gradient (35 to 65%) of ACN with 0.10% TFA251.01.069.65[97]
(S,R)-APPIAtenololNova-Pak C18MeOH/H2O (60/40)//1.733.16[98]
GATCAcebutololMightysil RP-18 GP column(50 mM NH4OAc buffer, pH 6.0) /ACN (50/50)RT3.01.163.37[99]
GITCBevantololRT31.153.99[99]
TEAP: Tetraethylammonium perchlorate; NH4OAc: Ammonium acetate; RT: Room temperature.
Table
Table 12. Typical results for the enantioseparation of β-blockers in SFC.
Table 12. Typical results for the enantioseparation of β-blockers in SFC.
ColumnDrug Mobile Phase (v/v)T (℃)BP (MPa)Flow-Rate
(mL/min)		αRsRef.
Cellulose-SBSAlprenololCO2/PrOH/IPA/TFA (80/20/0.05/0.05)3513.792.5//[116]
Chiralpak AScbz-AcebutalolCO2/IPA/DEA (80/20/0.1)40/2.51.347.26[103]
Chiralpak AD-HPropranololCO2/IPA/DEA (70/30/0.1)40/2.51.577.5[103]
Chiralcel ODPindololCO2/IPA/DEA (60/40/0.1)40/2.52.6416.41[103]
Table
Table 13. Methods and typical results for the enantioseparation of propranolol.
Table 13. Methods and typical results for the enantioseparation of propranolol.
MethodsMobile PhaseαRsRef.
CSPCDMPC-silica hybrid spheresn-Hexane/IPA1.962.75[61]
Mono(6A-N-allylamino-6A-deoxy) perphenylcarbamoylatedTEA/MeOH1.514.7[43]
Chirobiotic VMeOH/TEAA1.122.0[34]
(+)-(18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid based CSPMeOH /ACN/HOAc/TEA1.152.38[84]
Cellulase immobilized via carboxy groupsNaH2PO4/IPA4.587.04[88]
CDRN-(4,6-Dichloro-[1,3,5]triazine-2-yl)-l-ValH2O/MeCN/TFA1.109.83[94]
(S)-(−)-α,4-dimethylbenzylamine substituted DFDNBMeCN/TFA/CH3CN1.0710.07[92]
(R)-2-(5-fluoro-2,4-dinitrophenylamino)-3-(methylthio)propanoic acidCAN/TEA1.1514.12[97]
SFCChiralpak AD-HCO2/IPA/DEA1.577.5[103]
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