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. 2022 Dec;43(23-24):2392-2401.
doi: 10.1002/elps.202200182. Epub 2022 Oct 17.

Evaluation of cyclodextrin- and cyclofructan-based chiral selectors for the enantioseparation of psychoactive substances in capillary electrophoresis

Katerina A Ioannou  1 , Atalanti Christou  1 , Ioannis J Stavrou  2 , Martin G Schmid  3 , Constantina P Kapnissi-Christodoulou  1
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Evaluation of cyclodextrin- and cyclofructan-based chiral selectors for the enantioseparation of psychoactive substances in capillary electrophoresis

Katerina A Ioannou et al. Electrophoresis. 2022 Dec.

Abstract

During this study, a simple and easy-to-prepare electrophoretic method was developed for the enantioseparation of amphetamine and cathinone derivatives. Different types of β-cyclodextrin and cyclofructan-based chiral selectors (CSs), both native and derivatized, were utilized, and the most effective ones, in terms of resolution and analysis time, were identified. In addition, several electrophoretic parameters, such as background electrolyte concentration and pH, and CS concentration, were examined to optimize the separation conditions. Under the optimal electrophoretic conditions, 10 psychoactive substances were enantiomerically separated using 1 mM sulfated cyclofructan-6 (SCF-6) for the amphetamine derivatives and 1 mM sulfated cyclofructan-7 (SCF-7) for the cathinone derivatives dissolved in an aqueous solution of 20-mM monobasic sodium phosphate at pH 2.5, a temperature of 25°C, and an applied voltage of 25 kV. In addition, the method was validated by estimating the intra- and interday precision.

Keywords: capillary electrophoresis; cyclodextrin; cyclofructan; enantiomeric separation; psychoactive substances.

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