Chromatographic micro-preparative separation of a racemic mixture of naproxen enantiomers using a chiral stationary phase
of Chiralcel OJ-H has been studied. Optimum conditions for the separation have been found. It is shown that a special fraction
collection scheme involving an intermediate region between the minimum between peaks and the maximum of the second peak should
be used for the simultaneous recovery of both enantiomers. In this case,
S-(0.12 mg) and
R-naproxen (0.12 mg) with a purity of up to 99.4 and 94.5%, respectively, can be isolated in one run using a standard analytical
column.
Translated from Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 54–56, July, 2008.