Development of an efficient GLC system with a mixed chiral stationary phase and its application to the separation of optical isomers

In order to overcome the limitations of the methodology for the separation of enantiomers in GLC analysis, we successfully developed a novel GLC colum n named 'Chiramix', coated with a mixture of two chiral stationary phases, heptakis-(2,6-di-O-methyl-3-O-pentyl)-beta -cyclodextrin (2,6-Me-3-Pe-beta -CD) and octakis-(2,6-di-O-methyl-3-O-trifluoroacetyl)-gamma -cyclodextrin (2,6-Me-3-TFAc-gamma -CD). It was proved that the 'Chiramix' column is grea tly superior to those with a single chiral phase for separating enantiomers of compounds with various functional groups. As a successful example, this was applied to the analysis of multicomponent systems. such as peach flavo urs. and the enantiomeric purities of several components of monoterpene hyd rocarbons, alcohols, ketones and lactones were determined exactly and simul taneously. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.