Synthesis and application of amino triazolium-modified lactobionic acid as chiral selector in capillary electrophoresis

In this paper, a chiral selector, N-(4-H-1, 2, 4-triazolium)-lactobionamides (LA-ATM), was synthesized and applied for enantioseparation in capillary electrophoresis (CE) for the first time. Compared with lactobionic acid (LA) separation system, enhanced enantioseparation of five tested drugs was achieved in this modification system. In order to achieve good chiral separation, several parameters such as chiral selector concentration, buffer pH, applied voltage as well as the type and proportion of organic modifier were systematically investigated. Molecular modeling was applied to demonstrate the chiral recognition mechanism of the LA-ATM, which well supported the experimental results. Furthermore, a mathematical equation built up based on the molecular mechanics calculations was used in predicting resolution of tested drugs using LA or LA-ATM mediated CE, the predicted result was well correlated with the experimental result.