Preparative separation and identification of derivatized beta-methylphenylalanine enantiomers by chiral SFC, HPLC and NMR for development of new peptide ligand mimetics in drug discovery

J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2006 Mar 3;40(4):901-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2005.08.034. Epub 2005 Oct 18.

Abstract

A direct preparative purification of all four isomers of the unnatural amino acid beta-methylphenylalanine was achieved using supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) with stacked-injection. Final purification of the Cbz-methyl ester derived isomers was performed on a Daicel Chiralpak AD-H column (20 mm x 250 mm), using 50:50 methanol/ethanol as the organic modifier and resulted in purification of over 3.4 g of material in 6.25 h with >90% total recovery. The absolute stereochemical assignment of the purified amino acids was determined through a combination of chiral HPLC, NMR and optical rotation studies. To our knowledge, this is the first reported preparative approach that has yielded all four compounds in a single chromatographic run.

MeSH terms

  • Aminobutyrates / analysis*
  • Aminobutyrates / chemistry
  • Aminobutyrates / isolation & purification
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Chromatography, Supercritical Fluid / methods*
  • Drug Design*
  • Ligands
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Optical Rotation
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Aminobutyrates
  • Ligands
  • 2-amino-3-phenylbutanoic acid