Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
A process for separating a mixture of two enantiomers; said process comprising transporting the enantiomers through a medium comprising polymerized chiral micelles and a chiral selector, or transporting the enantiomers and a medium comprising polymerized chiral micelles and a chiral selector over a substrate; wherein said micelles have differing affinities for the two enantiomers; wherein said chiral selector has differing affinities for the two enantiomers, and said chiral selector is not a polymerized chiral micelle; and wherein the differing affinities cause the two enantiomers to move through the medium or over the substrate at different velocities; whereby the enantiomers become separated from one another.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
104 words
A process for separating a mixture of two enantiomers; said process comprising transporting the enantiomers through a medium comprising polymerized chiral micelles and a chiral selector, or transporting the enantiomers and a medium comprising polymerized chiral micelles and a chiral selector over a substrate; wherein said micelles have differing affinities for the two enantiomers; wherein said chiral selector has differing affinities for the two enantiomers, and said chiral selector is not a polymerized chiral micelle; and wherein the differing affinities cause the two enantiomers to move through the medium or over the substrate at different velocities; whereby the enantiomers become separated from one another.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as recited in claim 1, wherein said transporting step comprises performing liquid chromatography.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as recited in claim 1, wherein said transporting step comprises performing capillary electrophoresis.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A process as recited in claim 1, wherein said transporting step comprises performing a liquid-liquid extraction between two immiscible liquid phases, wherein said micelles are substantially soluble in only one of the two liquid phases.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as recited in claim 1, wherein said transporting step comprises performing gas chromatography.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as recited in claim 1, wherein said transporting step comprises transporting the enantiomers and said micelles across a membrane.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as recited in claim 1, wherein said chiral selector comprises a chiral cyclodextrin.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as recited in claim 1, wherein said chiral selector comprises a crown ether.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as recited in claim 1, wherein said chiral selector comprises a bile salt.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process as recited in claim 1, wherein said micelles comprise a polymer of monomers wherein each of said monomers comprises an unsaturated hydrocarbon chain linked to a chiral amino acid.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process as recited in claim 1, wherein said micelles comprise a mixture of different polymerized chiral micelles.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process as recited in claim 1, wherein said micelles comprise a co-polymer of different chiral surfactant monomers.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as recited in claim 1, wherein said micelles comprise reversed polymerized chiral micelles.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
A process as recited in claim 1, wherein said micelles comprise poly (sodium N-undecylenyl-L-valinate), or comprise poly (sodium N-undecylenyl-D-valinate).