Enantioseparation of racemic amlodipine using immobilized ionic liquid by solid‐phase extraction

In this paper, a novel L‐glutamate based immobilized chiral ionic liquid (SBA‐IL (Glu)) was prepared by chemical bonding method and applied as a solid sorbent for chiral separation of amlodipine. The performance of SBA‐IL (Glu) was investigated for the absorption of (S)‐amlodipine and separation of amlodipine enantiomer. The static experiment showed that equilibrium adsorption was achieved within 80 minutes, and the saturation adsorptions capacity was 12 mg/g. The complex was then packed in a glass chromatographic column for the separation of amlodipine and the enantiomeric excess (%ee) of (S)‐amlodipine reached 24.67%. The immobilized ionic liquids exhibit good reusability, and the separation efficiency remains 18.24% after reused five times, which allows potential scale‐up for the chiral separation of amlodipine.