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Separation of chiral compounds using magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles as stationary phase by microchip capillary electrochromatography
Author(s) -
Wu LuLu,
Liang RuPing,
Chen Juan,
Qiu JianDing
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
electrophoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1522-2683
pISSN - 0173-0835
DOI - 10.1002/elps.201700334
Subject(s) - molecularly imprinted polymer , enantiomer , capillary electrochromatography , mandelic acid , molecular imprinting , nanoparticle , molecule , electrochromatography , chemistry , polymer , selectivity , materials science , combinatorial chemistry , chromatography , capillary electrophoresis , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , catalysis
In this work, a simple and rapid approach was developed for separation and detection of chiral compounds based on a magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer modified poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microchip coupled with electrochemical detection. Molecularly imprinted polymers were prepared employing Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles (NPs) as the supporting substrate and norepinephrine as the functional monomer in the presence of template molecule in a weak alkaline solution. After extracting the embedded template molecules, Fe 3 O 4 @polynorepinephrine NPs (MIP–Fe 3 O 4 @PNE NPs) showed specific molecular recognition selectivity and high affinity towards the template molecule, which were then used as stationary phase of microchip capillary electrochromatography for chiral compounds separation. Mandelic acid and histidine enantiomers were used as model compounds to test the chiral stationary phase. By using R‐mandelic acid as the template molecule, mandelic acid enantiomer was effectively separated and detected on the MIP‐Fe 3 O 4 @PNE NPs modified PDMS microchip. Moreover, the successful separation of histidine enantiomers on the MIP–Fe 3 O 4 @PNE NPs modified microchip using L‐histidine as template molecule was also achieved.