Enantioseparation of Timolol on a Novel β-Cyclodextrin Derivative Chiral Stationary Phase in HPLC

A novel chiral stationary phase was prepared by bonding a novel beta-cyclodextrin derivative on silica gel, and it was used for the separation of timolol in high efficiency liquid phase. In the reverse mode, the factors such as the proportion of chiral additives, flow rate, column temperature, repeatability and stability were investigated. The optimum chromatographic conditions are as follows: column temperature was 25 degrees C, flow rate was 0.6 mL min(-1) and mobile phase was methanol-25 mM KH2PO4 (80/20, v/v). The chiral column has good reproducibility (Rs = 4.49, 4.51 and 4.40, respectively) and a certain degree of stability (Rs = 4.49, 3.01 and 0.72, respectively). This chiral stationary phase presented good chiral recognition performance toward timolol with good resolution (Rs = 4.49).