Liquid chromatographic separation of darunavir enantiomers on coated and immobilized amylose tris(3, 5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phases

Liquid chromatographic separation of darunavir enantiomers on covalently bonded and physically adsorbed polysaccharide chiral stationary phases was studied at different temperatures. The separations were accomplished under normal-phase conditions by using different combinations of hexane, organic modifiers (2-propanol, 1-propanol and ethanol), and diethylamine as mobile phase solvents. The effect of organic modifiers and the column temperature on retention, separation, and resolution was investigated. The observed differences were explained in terms of the coated and immobilized nature of the two columns. Van't Hoff plots (ln k' vs. 1/T, ln α vs. 1/T) and apparent thermodynamic parameters were derived to understand the effect of temperature on separation.