Patent ID: 8168440

Claim:
A method for the detection and separation of enantiomers in a complex chemical mixture using capillary electrophoresis with mass spectrometry comprising contacting the complex chemical mixture with a micelle comprising at least two surfactant molecules of the formula: wherein R 1 is a functionality group, R 2 is a hydrophobic tail, R 3 is a linker, R 4 is a chiral selector, R 5 is a head group comprising a sulfate or a sulfonate, and R 6 is a counterion, wherein the functionality group is polymerized with at least one other surfactant molecule in the micelle; and separating enantiomers in the complex chemical mixture using capillary electrophoresis with mass spectrometry, wherein the detection and separation of enantiomers occurs at a pH from about 1.5 to about 5.5.