We evaluated the adsorbability and selectivity of (S)-valine anilide imprinted molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) using a batch procedure that is both independent and precise. This study revealed important information about the relationship between the performance of MIPs and experimental factors such as the components of MIP synthesis and a reaction solvent. Herein, we also describe the problems associated with the preparation of a "non-imprinted polymer," which is often used to evaluate the effect of a template molecule, and we propose a new type of reference polymer, "blank polymer." Key words (S)-valine anilide; molecular imprinting; chiral recognition; non-imprinted polymer; blank polymer Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) [1][2][3][4] are widely used as a powerful tool for molecular recognition, due to their high adsorbability and selectivity. Although several methods are available to evaluate the performance of MIPs, the measurement of the separating factor (α-value) using an HPLC column filled with a MIP as a stationary phase 5,6) is the most commonly adopted method owing to its simplicity and practical utility.The α-value, however, is affected by many chromatographically experimental factors such as the type of eluent (mobile phase), 7) the substrate, 8) and the theoretical plate number of the column, and it depends on a large number of recycling adsorption-desorption processes in the stationary phase.The batch procedure, 9) on the other hand, directly measures the concentration of the substrate in a reaction mixture, which allows the precise and independent observation of adsorbability and selectivity. Hence, the batch procedure would be amenable in a study of the relationship between the synthesis conditions of a MIP and its ability.During the course of our trial to evaluate the performance of MIPs using the batch procedure, we gained important information about the relationship between the performance of MIPs and the many factors involved in the processes of synthesis and measurement.In this paper, we report the factors that directly affected the properties of the MIPs. We also describe the problems associated with the preparation of a "blank polymer," which is often used as a reference polymer for the sake of comparison.