Enantiomer separation by gas and high-performance liquid chromatography with tripeptide derivatives as chiral stationary phases.

Excellent enantiomer separation of a variety of racemic compounds, including alcohols, amines, amino alcohols, carboxylic acids, hydroxy acids and amino acids, was achieved by GC and HPLC with tripeptide derivatives, containing L-valyl-L-valyl-L-valine isopropyl ester as a chiral selector, bonded to amino silicone oil (CSP-3) and N-(2-aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyl silica gel (CSP-4) via a triazine ring, respectively. These results show that the hydrogen bonding association between solutes and chiral stationary phases (CSPs) can play an important role in chiral recognition in both GC and HPLC. The joint use of two CSPs is promising for the direct separation of racemic compounds.