J Chromatogr A 2001 Jan 05;9051-2:103-9. doi: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)00972-9.

High-performance liquid chromatographic enantiomeric separation of an enzyme inhibitor which possesses both a chiral center and tautomeric moieties.

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The enantiomeric separation using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) on chiral stationary phases (CSPs) of a chiral compound which exists in solution in several tautomeric forms is described. 2,4-Dioxo-5-acetamido-6-phenylhexanoic acid is the most potent inhibitor known for peptidylamidoglycolate lyase (PGL, EC 4.3.2.5), an enzyme which plays an essential role in carboxyl-terminal amidation of many biological peptides. Synthesis of this inhibitor entails an alkaline hydrolysis step, under which condition the compound is racemized; thus, HPLC with a CSP was employed to obtain the individual enantiomers of this inhibitor. Since 2,4-dioxo-5-acetamido-6-phenylhexanoic acid exists in solution in several tautomeric forms, the strategy of first converting this compound from its multiple enol forms into a single diketo tautomer, which was then applied to various CSPs, was employed. Successful preparative scale enantiomeric separation of this compound was achieved using a Chiralpak AD CSP. Enantiomeric separation was also accomplished on a D-penicillamine column, but this CSP was found to be less satisfactory for preparative purposes.

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