Chirality
Chiral α‐methylbenzyl amine is a well known and often used chiral auxiliary, e.g., in the resolution of racemates or asymmetric catalysis. In this work, α‐methylbenzyl amine and its derivatives N,α‐dimethylbenzyl amine, N,N,α‐trimethylbenzyl amine, and bis[α‐methylbenzyl] amine were investigated by vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT). For all compounds,...
Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations are used to investigate the keto–enol equilibrium of 3‐(trifluoroacetyl)‐camphor (TFC) and to study the interaction of TFC with chiral amines in deuterated Chloroform. It is shown that the VCD spectra of the enol‐ and keto forms of TFC can clearly be distinguished and that the enol form is favored. By...
The absolute configurations of three synthesized anthracycline analogues have been determined using vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy and the density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The experimental VCD spectra of the three compounds have been measured for the first time in the film state, prepared from their CDCl3 solutions. Conformational searches for the monomers and some...
The crystal structures of diastereomeric salts of chloromandelic acid and phenylethylamine were determined and are presented herein. The structure comparison between less soluble salts and more soluble salts shows that weak interactions such as CH/π interactions and van der Waals gain importance and contribute to chiral recognition when the hydrogen bonding patterns are very similar. Chirality, 2010...
Axially chiral biphenyls such as (M,S)‐3k have been conveniently obtained by crystallization of their diastereomeric mixtures, which were synthesized from racemic 4,4′‐dimethoxy‐5,6,5′,6′‐bis(methylenedioxy)‐2‐carboxylester‐2′‐carboxyl‐biphenyls 4 and chiral amino alcohols (R)‐alaninol, (S)‐alaninol, (S)‐valinol, and (S)‐phenylalaninol. A crystallization‐induced configuration transformation of the...
The hyphenation of enantioselective capillary gas chromatography and mass spectrometry is not always sufficient to distinguish between structural isomers, thus requiring peak identification by NMR spectroscopy. Here the first online coupling of enantioselective capillary gas chromatography with proton nuclear resonance spectroscopy is described for the unfunctionalized chiral alkane 2,4‐dimethylhexane...
The pyramidal inversion mechanisms of the 6‐methoxy and the 5‐methoxy tautomers of (S)‐omeprazole were studied, employing ab initio and DFT methods. The conformational space of the model molecule (S)‐2‐[(3‐methyl‐2‐pyridinyl)methyl]sulfinyl‐1H‐benzimidazole was calculated, with respect to rotations around single bonds, at the B3LYP/6‐311G(d,p) level. All of the resulting conformations were used as...
Ninety isolates of microorganisms belonging to different taxonomical groups (30 bacteria, 20 yeast, and 40 fungi) were previously isolated from various samples. These isolates were screened as reducing agents for acetophenone 1a to phenylethanol 2a. It was found that the isolate EBK‐10 was the most effective biocatalyst for the enantioselective bioreduction of acetophenone. This isolate was identified...
The Michael addition of cyclohexanone with trans‐β‐nitrostyrene catalyzed by a chiral ionic liquid (CIL) pyrrolidine‐imidazolium bromide, which represents a prototype of CIL‐promoted asymmetric syntheses, has been investigated by performing density functional theory calculations. We show the details of the mechanism and energetics, the influence of the acid additive on the reactivity, and the functional...
By using a combination of inverse gated 1H decoupled 13C‐NMR experiments1 with short acquisition times and NMR Cryo‐probe technology, the sample requirements and experimental times necessary to accurately measure enantiomeric excess of small chiral molecules has been reduced 16‐fold. Quality 13C‐NMR spectra can now be obtained from a 1 to 5 mg sample in 12 minutes. The enantiomeric excess determination...
Benzothiadiazines differently substituted at the sulfonamidic nitrogen atom, at the stereogenic carbon atom and at the anilinic nitrogen atom have been synthesized and fully characterized. Enantioseparation of these compounds has revealed rapid on‐column enantiomerization. The recently developed software DCXplorer has been successfully applied to calculate enantiomerization kinetic parameters. Enantiomerization...
The enantiomeric atropoisomers of 1,1′‐binaphthyl‐2,2′‐diol (BINOL) have become one of the most widely used chiral ligands and auxiliaries for asymmetric synthesis. This review provides an overview of enantioselective synthesis of optical active BINOLs by straightforward asymmetric oxidative coupling of identical 2‐naphthol and its substituted derivatives. Chirality 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
A series of new highly efficient chiral aliphatic–aromatic diamine catalysts have been designed and successfully applied to the asymmetric Michael addition of cyclohexanone with nitroolefins under solvent‐free conditions without any acidic additives. The desired adducts were obtained in high yields with excellent enantio‐ and diastereoselectivities of syn products (up to >99% ee, >99:1 dr)....
A series of (S)‐BINOL ligands substituted at the 3 position with some five‐membered nitrogen‐containing aromatic heterocycles were effectively prepared and their catalytic abilities were evaluated in the asymmetric addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde in the presence of titanium tetraisopropoxide. Under the optimized reaction conditions, titanium complex of (S)‐3‐(1H‐benzimidazol‐1‐yl)‐1,1′‐bi‐2‐naphthol...
(S)‐6‐Br‐BINOL‐derived phosphoramidite, a simple monodentate ligand with a stereogenic center at the phosphorus atom, was synthesized for the first time. This stereoselector generated a high level of enantioselectivity (80–95% ee) in the rhodium‐catalyzed hydrogenation of α‐dehydrocarboxylic acid esters and was also successfully employed in the asymmetric palladium‐catalyzed allylic substitution of...
The biotransformation of racemic piperitone ((±)‐1) was investigated using four strains of fungi selected in the screening procedure. The substrate was transformed by Botrytis cinerea AM235, Absidia cylindrospora AM336, Absidia coerulea AM93, and Absidia glauca AM177 into more polar metabolites. The transformation of racemic piperitone ((±)‐1) catalyzed by B. cinerea AM235 gave 7‐hydroxypiperitone...
Three different general strategies are proposed for kinetic models of the emergence of homochirality in open systems: flow‐through reactors, photochemical energy input, and chemical energy input from a sacrificial reagent. Using a simple, second‐order chiral autocatalytic core model, it is shown that all these scenarios lead to similar mathematical description despite the fundamentally different chemical...
In the present study, we analyzed the stereospecific pharmacodynamics and inversion of NG‐nitro‐arginine by an intravenous blous injection of L‐NG‐nitro‐arginine (L‐NNA) or D‐NG‐nitro‐arginine (D‐NNA) (10 mg/kg) in beagle dogs. Significant pressor responses were observed for both substances, though a similar maximum response induced by L‐NNA was reached at 120 min slower as compared with D‐NNA. The...