Separation of chiral compound is one of the most interesting and challenging tasks because of their identical physical and chemical properties and different behaviors in living system. The magnetic materials with chiral selector on their surface can p...
Separation of chiral compound is one of the most interesting and challenging tasks because of their identical physical and chemical properties and different behaviors in living system. The magnetic materials with chiral selector on their surface can provide not only magnetic property but also to selectivity for enantiomer. The Fe3O4@ZrO2 core-shell magnetic materials have not been reported previously for racemates separation. ZrO2 material as inorganic metal oxides has been shown to be most stable at oxide mechanical, thermal and chemical conditions, and shows better physical and chemical properties than other metal oxides. The present research shows core-shell microspheres composition of a Fe3O4 magnetic core and coated by a zirconia shell (Fe3O4@ZrO2) which provide site to graft with cellulose tris(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) to gain chiral zirconia magnetic microspheres (CZMMs). As-synthesized CZMMs have been used for the separation of racemic drugs and the results suggest that the CZMMs have ability for enantioseparations. Additionally, the most important thing is that the synthesized CZMMs have shown an excellent recyclability and can be applied for more chiral separations of different kinds of racemates.
Keywords: Magnetic materials, Fe3O4@ZrO2 core-shell magnetic microspheres, CDMPC as chiral selector, Separation of racemic drugs.