Chiral solvating agents

In an embodiment, a composition including a chiral solvating agent to resolve nuclear magnetic resonance signals of an enantiomer of at least one analyte, where the chiral solvating agent facilitates in the at least one analyte binding to a C.sub.2 face or a C.sub.3 face of the chiral solvating agent, and where the chiral solvating agent causes an upfield shift or a downfield shift in at least one nuclear magnetic resonance signals corresponding to a .sup.1H, .sup.19F{.sup.1H}, or .sup.31P{.sup.1H} signal, and where the chiral solvating agent includes a cobalt cation. In another embodiment, a method that includes mixing a chiral solvating agent, including a cobalt cation, with at least one analyte to form a solution, obtaining nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of the solution, and identifying an enantiomer of the at least one analyte. In some embodiments, the method further includes determining enantiomeric purities of the at least one analyte.U