Separation of the optical isomers of a new 1,4‐dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (LF 2.0254) by liquid and supercritical fluid chromatography

The four optical isomers of a new calcium channel blocker LF 2.0254 (developed by Laboratoires Fournier) are resolved by chromatography using chiral stationary phases. Two methods are proposed: the first one involving two chiral stationary phases [(S)‐N‐(2‐naphthyl)alanine, a Pirkle type CSP and Chiralcel OJ, a cellulose derived CSP] in the liquid chromatographic mode, the second one involving a single CSP (Chiralcel OJ) in the supercritical fluid chromatographic mode.