The feasibility of using a new and more versatile polymericchiral surfactant, i.e., poly(sodium
N-undecenoxycarbonyl-
L-leucinate (poly-
L-SUCL) is investigated for simultaneous enantioseparation and detection of eightstructurally similar
-blockers with tandem UV and MSdetection. Three optimization approaches, i.e., directinfusion-MS, capillary zone electrophoresis-MS, and chiralmicellar electrokinetic chromatography-mass spectrometry (CMEKC-MS), were investigated to optimize sheathliquid parameters, spray chamber parameters, and CMEKCseparation parameters for maximum sensitivity and chiralresolution. Compared to unpolymerized micelle of
L-SUCL, the use of micelle polymer (i.e., poly-
L-SUCL)provided significantly higher separation efficiency, lowerseparation current, and higher detection sensitivity forCMEKC-ESI-MS of
-blockers. It was also observed that,unlike monomeric
L-SUCL, polymeric
L-SUCL providedenantioseparation of all
-blockers even at the lowestsurfactant concentration (i.e., 5 mM poly-
L-SUCL). Underoptimum CMEKC and ESI-MS conditions (15 mM poly-
L-SUCL, 25 mM each of NH
4OAc and TEA (pH 8.0); 80%(v/v) methanol sheath liquid containing 40 mM NH
4OAc(pH 8.0); sheath liquid flow rate, 5.0
L/min; drying gasflow rate, 5 L/min; drying gas temperature, 200
C;nebulizing pressure, 6 psi (0.414 bar); capillary voltage,+2.5 kV; fragmentor voltage, 85 V), baseline enantioseparation of eight
-blockers was achieved by tandem UV (in~30 min) and MS (in ~60 min) detection. Calibrationcurves for all
-blockers were linear in the range of 0.01-0.6 mM for both CMEKC-UV and CMEKC-MS methods,but the later method provided better concentration limitof detection with similar RSD for migration time and peakareas. The CMEKC-ESI-MS method appears suitable foruse as a routine procedure for high-throughput separationof
-blockers with high sensitivity.