Can enantiomers be separated in achiral chromatographic systems?

Abstract

Consideration of chromatography of a nonracemic mixture on an achiral sorbent from a stereochemical point of view allows the claim that partial separation of the excess enantiomer zone from the racemate zone is possible only with analytes capable of self-associating under the conditions of the chromatographic column. It is from these positions that features of this process can be explained and conditions for its maximal proceeding formulated.