Webinar: Chiral Chromatography: Fundamentals, Mechanisms, and Applications

Presented live on October 28, 2025 — now available to watch on demand

Chirality plays a central role in chemistry and the life sciences, where enantiomers often display very different biological and pharmacological effects. The ability to separate and study these mirror images is essential for understanding stereochemistry, probing biological interactions, and developing safe and effective therapeutics.

This webinar introduces the fundamentals of chiral chromatography, the most versatile and widely applied technique for enantiomeric separation. There will be a refresher on chromatographic principles and a historical overview covering the evolution of chiral separations, before focusing on:

1. The theory of chiral recognition, highlighting the noncovalent interactions—hydrogen bonding, π–π stacking, steric complementarity—that enable differential binding of enantiomers.
2. The major classes of CSPs, with particular emphasis on polysaccharide-based phases.
3. Selected application examples demonstrating how chromatographic screening rapidly identifies suitable conditions, with real chromatograms illustrating its use in various application areas.

By the end, participants will gain both a conceptual framework and practical appreciation for why chiral chromatography matters, how it works, and where it is applied today.

This webinar is now available for viewing at any time.