[Gas chromatographic determination of amino acid configuration in the optically active stationary phase]

The synthesis and physico-chemical properties of a novel optically active stationary phase--N-stearoyl-L-valyl-t-butylamide (I) applied for GLC separation of enantiomeric alpha-amino acids are described. The optical purity of the compound (I) is not less than 85%. The efficiency of the phase is shown on analyses of the configuration of amino acids in peptidolipids and glycopeptidolipids produced by the paraffin-oxidizing bacterium Mycobacterium paraffinicum.