PMID- 34768158 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211206 LR - 20211214 IS - 1873-264X (Electronic) IS - 0731-7085 (Linking) VI - 208 DP - 2022 Jan 20 TI - Separation of chiral and achiral impurities in paroxetine hydrochloride in a single run using supercritical fluid chromatography with a polysaccharide stationary phase. PG - 114458 LID - S0731-7085(21)00569-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jpba.2021.114458 [doi] AB - Separating paroxetine hydrochloride and its impurities using conventional reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) is challenging due to their highly similar structures. In the present study, a rapid, simple, sensitive and environmentally friendly method was developed for the determination of chiral and achiral impurities in raw materials of paroxetine hydrochloride using chiral supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC). The impacts of chiral stationary phases (CSPs), mobile phases, column temperature and back pressure on the retention and separation of analytes were comprehensively evaluated. After method optimization, a satisfying result was obtained on a cellulose tris-(3-chloro-4-methylphenylcarbamate) stationary phase in 4.0 min using 70% CO(2) and 20 mM ammonium acetate in 30% methanol as the mobile phase. Molecular docking was further performed to understand the interactions between the analytes and CSP. The results suggested that hydrogen bonding and pi-pi interactions were the dominant interactions. The affinity given by the software was in good agreement with the elution order and free energy ( big up tri, openG) values obtained from van't Hoff equations. The results of molecular docking also provide insights into the different retentions of N-methylparoxetine at different temperatures. The results of method validation revealed that the method was sensitive with a limit of detection of approximately 0.05 mug.mL(-1) (corresponding to approximately 0.005% paroxetine hydrochloride in the sample solution). The relative standard deviations (RSDs) of precision and intra-assay precision were all less than 2.0%, and the recoveries of the method were 93.8~105.3% with RSDs less than 3.0%. The chiral and achiral RPLC methods included in the Chinese pharmacopoeia and the SFC method proposed in this study were simultaneously used to determine the impurity content in the raw materials of paroxetine hydrochloride. The results showed that impurities that cannot be detected by the reference method can be accurately quantified using the SFC method. In addition, the SFC method has advantages in terms of throughput, analysis cost and simplicity. This study can provide a reference for further research of impurities in paroxetine hydrochloride and promote the application of chiral SFC in the rapid separation of structurally similar compounds. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Qiu, Xiaodan AU - Qiu X AD - Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1, Tian Tan Xi Li, 100050 Beijing, PR China. FAU - Liu, Yitong AU - Liu Y AD - Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1, Tian Tan Xi Li, 100050 Beijing, PR China. FAU - Zhao, Ting AU - Zhao T AD - Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1, Tian Tan Xi Li, 100050 Beijing, PR China. FAU - Zuo, Limin AU - Zuo L AD - Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1, Tian Tan Xi Li, 100050 Beijing, PR China. FAU - Ma, Xun AU - Ma X AD - China National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, No. 2, Tian Tan Xi Li, 100050 Beijing, PR China. Electronic address: maxun@nifdc.org.cn. FAU - Shan, Guangzhi AU - Shan G AD - Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1, Tian Tan Xi Li, 100050 Beijing, PR China. Electronic address: shanguangzhi@imb.pumc.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211102 PL - England TA - J Pharm Biomed Anal JT - Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis JID - 8309336 RN - 0 (Polysaccharides) RN - 41VRH5220H (Paroxetine) SB - IM MH - *Chromatography, Supercritical Fluid MH - Molecular Docking Simulation MH - Paroxetine MH - Polysaccharides MH - Stereoisomerism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Impurities OT - Molecular docking OT - Paroxetine hydrochloride OT - Supercritical fluid chromatography COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2021/11/13 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2021/11/12 20:28 PHST- 2021/08/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/10/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/10/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/12 20:28 [entrez] AID - S0731-7085(21)00569-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jpba.2021.114458 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2022 Jan 20;208:114458. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2021.114458. Epub 2021 Nov 2.