Enantioseparation of racemic 4-aryl-3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-pyrimidones on chiral stationary phases based on 3,5-dimethylanilides of N-(4-alkylamino-3,5-dinitro)benzoyl L-alpha-amino acids.

Three novel chiral packing materials for high-performance liquid chromatography were prepared by covalently binding of (2S)-N-(3,5-dimethylphenyl)-2-[(4-chloro-3,5-dinitrophenyl)carbonylamino]propan-amide (7), (2S)-N-(3,5-dimethylphenyl)-2-[(4-chloro-3,5-dinitrophenyl)carbonylamino]-4-methylpentanamide (8), and (2S)-N-(3,5-dimethylphenyl)-2-[(4-chloro-3,5-dinitrophenyl)carbonyl-amino]-2-phenylacetamide (9) to aminopropyl silica. The resulting chiral stationary phases (CSPs 1-3) proved effective for the resolution of racemic 4-aryl-3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-pyrimidone derivatives (TR 1-14). The mechanism of their enantioselection, supported by the elution order of (S)-TR 13 and (R)-TR 13 and molecular modeling of the complex of the slower running (S)-TR 13 with CSP 1 is discussed. Copyright 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.