Chiral separation of sympathomimetics and beta-blockers by ligand-exchange CE using Cu(II) complexes of L-tartaric acid and L-threonine as chiral selectors.

This paper deals with the use of Cu(II) complexes of L-tartaric acid or L-threonine as selectors for the chiral separation of drugs containing amino alcohol structure by ligand-exchange CE. Using Cu(II) ions as a complexing agent, a series of sympathomimetics and beta-blockers were resolved. It was found that the resolution strongly depends on selector concentration and pH. The optimum pH for complexation was 12.