A TLC plate allows the separation and detection of target substances on one plate. The TLC plate is made up of a substrate, a separating medium layer stacked on the substrate, and a permeation layer discontinuously stacked on the separating medium layer and allows the permeation of a target substance separated in the separating medium layer, wherein the separating medium layer has a separating property for the target substance and an optical responsiveness for ultraviolet rays, and the permeation layer has an optical responsiveness different from that of the separating medium layer.

The invention discloses method for manufacturing agar or agarose beads, comprising the steps of: a) providing a water phase comprising an aqueous solution of agar or agarose at a temperature of 40-100 C.: b) providing an oil phase comprising a water-immiscible solvent and an emulsifier at a temperature of 40-100 C.; c) emulsifying the water phase in the oil phase to form a water-in-oil emulsion: d) cooling the water-in-oil emulsion to a temperature below a gelation temperature of the agar or agarose to form a dispersion of solidified agar or agarose beads: and e) recovering agar or agarose beads from dispersion, wherein the emulsifier comprises a phosphate ester of an alkoxylated fatty alcohol.

The present invention provides an optically active poly(diphenylacetylene) compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR00001##
[wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION], and a production method thereof, an optical isomer separating agent containing the poly(diphenylacetylene) compound, and a packing material for a chiral column, containing the optical isomer separating agent coated on a carrier. According to the present invention, a practical optical isomer separation agent having a high optical resolution ability for a wide variety of racemic compounds and an optical isomer separation method can be provided.

The present invention provides an optically active poly(diphenylacetylene) compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR00001##
[wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION], and a production method thereof, an optical isomer separating agent containing the poly(diphenylacetylene) compound, and a packing material for a chiral column, containing the optical isomer separating agent coated on a carrier. According to the present invention, a practical optical isomer separation agent having a high optical resolution ability for a wide variety of racemic compounds and an optical isomer separation method can be provided.

Provided is a separating agent for optical isomers, which is excellent in solvent resistance and has optical separating ability comparable to or higher than that of existing separating agents for optical isomers of chemical bonding type or physical adsorption type. In the separating agent for optical isomers, amylose (3-chloro-5-methylphenylcarbamate) is supported on a carrier through chemical bonding.

Provided is a separating agent for optical isomers, which is excellent in solvent resistance and has optical separating ability comparable to or higher than that of existing separating agents for optical isomers of chemical bonding type or physical adsorption type. In the separating agent for optical isomers, amylose (3-chloro-5-methylphenylcarbamate) is supported on a carrier through chemical bonding.

Provided is an amine separation method that includes separating an amine through chromatography using a stationary phase including a ligand having a crown ether-like cyclic structure and being supported on a carrier; and a mobile phase containing a salt of a cation and an acid anion at a concentration of 0.2 mM or more and 50.0 mM or less and containing a solvent having a water content of 50 vol. % or less.

Provided is an amine separation method that includes separating an amine through chromatography using a stationary phase including a ligand having a crown ether-like cyclic structure and being supported on a carrier; and a mobile phase containing a salt of a cation and an acid anion at a concentration of 0.2 mM or more and 50.0 mM or less and containing a solvent having a water content of 50 vol. % or less.