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Abstract
Naproxen (NAP) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) of the arylacetic acid group, Naproxen is used to relieve the pain, inflammation and stiffness. Enantiomeric purity of naproxen is important, as the R- isomer is hepatotoxic while the S- isomer is safe. Also, the S- isomer of the drug has 28 times than the anti-inflammatory activity of the R- isomer. The use of an amino column as the stationary phase and of a mobile phase consisting of propanol/phosphate buffer (pH 6.0, 0.05 M) (50:50, v/v) with vancomycin as a chiral selector was found to be optimal for identifying the enantiomeric impurities of S-naproxen. This result was attributed to the establishment of various interactions between vancomycin and naproxen, such as hydrogen bonding, electrostatic and Van der Waals interactions . The testing of the chiral purity of S-naproxen under these chromatographic conditions resulted in a good selectivity of 2.15 and a high resolution of 2.5. Similar results were obtained in the optical purity test of S-naproxen using vancomycin as a chiral column, while no previous studies using vancomycin as a CMPA are available .
Key words: Stereo-chemistry; Chiral impurity, Naproxen, Chiral selector.