Self-disproportionation of enantiomers of prazoles via achiral,gravity-driven silica gel column chromatography

(R)-Lansoprazole, (S)-pantoprazole, and (R)-rabeprazole are commonly used drugs for peptic ulcers. The self-disproportionation of the enantiomers of these prazoles in regular column chromatography is described herein. When non-racemic mixtures of the prazoles were eluted under achiral, gravity-driven silica gel column chromatography conditions, enantiomeric enrichment occurred in the first fractions, while enantiomeric depletion occurred in the last fractions. The pure enantiomers of all prazoles can be prepared from non-racemic starting materials using a simple procedure (achiral chromatography). Thus, a new method for obtaining a sample with very high enantiomeric purity was established. These results suggested that caution is required to avoid enantiomer fractionation during the purification of the asymmetric synthesis products by chromatography.     

Self-disproportionation of enantiomers via achiral chromatography: a warning and an extra dimension in optical purifications

This tutorial review describes the self-disproportionation of enantiomers (SDE) of chiral, non-racemic compounds, subjected to chromatography on an achiral stationary phase using an achiral eluent, which leads to the substantial enantiomeric enrichment and the corresponding depletion in different fractions, as compared to the enantiomeric composition of the starting material. The physicochemical background of SDE is a dynamic formation of homo- or heterochiral dimeric or oligomeric aggregates of different chromatographic behavior. This phenomenon is of a very general nature as the SDE has been reported for different classes of organic compounds bearing various functional groups and possessing diverse elements of chirality (central, axial and helical chirality). The literature data discussed in this review clearly suggest that SDE via achiral chromatography might be expected for any given chiral enantiomerically enriched compound. This presents two very important issues for organic chemists. First, chromatographic purification of reaction products can lead to erroneous determination of the stereochemical outcome of catalytic asymmetric reactions and second, achiral chromatography can be used as a new, nonconventional method for optical purifications. The latter has tremendous practical potential as the currently available techniques are limited to crystallization or chiral chromatography. However, a further systematic study of SDE is needed to develop understanding of this phenomenon and to design practical chromatographic separation techniques for optical purification of non-racemic mixtures by achiral-phase chromatography.     

Nonlinear effects in enantioselective chromatography: prediction of unusual elution profiles of enantiomers in non-racemic mixtures on an achiral stationary phase doped with small amounts of a chiral selector

Nonlinear effects caused by molecular association of enantiomers in non-racemic mixtures can cause unexpected effects in chiroptics, NMR spectroscopy, homogeneous catalysis, and chromatography. Herein we present a theoretical model to simulate and verify unusual elution orders of enantiomers on an achiral stationary phase doped with a small amount of a chiral selector or achiral columns coupled with columns doped with a chiral selector. Scenarios with strong, medium, and weak associations of enantiomers, different separation efficiencies typical for flash chromatography and liquid chromatography, and the influence of the enantioselectivity of the chiral selector on the complex equilibria have been investigated. The findings presented here are of importance for the validation of the determination of enantiomeric ratios in not fully separated elution zones as well as for the preparative separation of non-racemic enantiomeric mixtures on chiral stationary phases bonded to achiral matrices.     

The role of achiral sorbent matrix in chiral recognition of amino acid enantiomers in ligand-exchange chromatography

Summary As an alternative to the known three-point interaction model describing recognition of optical isomers by a chiral resolving agent, a new concept has been developed stating that two interaction points between the resolving agent and the enantiomers are also sufficient for achieving chiral recognition of the latter, provided that the diastereomeric adducts formed by the resolving agent with the enantiomers additionally interact with a non-chiral chromatographic sorbent. This concept is based on the results of ligand-exchange chromatography of -amino acid enantiomers with copper(II) complexes of chiral bifunctional ligands as the resolving agents in chromatographic systems.     

A simple entry to chiral non-racemic 2-piperazinone derivatives

A simple synthetic approach to chiral, non-racemic, 2-piperazinones has been developed using natural amino acids methyl esters and nitroethylene as starting materials.     

Enhanced chromatographic resolution of amine enantiomers as carbobenzyloxy derivatives in high-performance liquid chromatography and supercritical fluid chromatography

The carbobenzyloxy (cbz) protecting group is evaluated for it's potential to enhance the resolution of chiral amine enantiomers using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC). A series of cbz derivatives of commercially available racemates was prepared and analyzed by enantioselective chromatography using a variety of mobile phases and polysaccharide and Pirkle-type chiral stationary phases (CSPs). The cbz-derivatized product consistently demonstrated enhanced chiral resolution under HPLC and SFC conditions. Improved selectivity and resolution combined with an automated preparative HPLC or SFC system can lead to the rapid generation of highly purified enantiomers of desirable starting materials, intermediates or final products.     

Fabrication of chiral Langmuir-Schaefer films of achiral amphiphilic Schiff base derivatives through an interfacial organization

Supramolecular chirality in the Langmuir-Schaefer (LS) films of two achiral amphiphilic Schiff bases, 2-(2'-benzimidazolyliminomethyl)-4-octadecyloxyphenol (BSC18) and 2-(2'-benzthiazolyliminomethyl)-4-octadecyloxyphenol (TSC18), was investigated. Both of these amphiphiles could form LS films from the water surface or coordinate with Ag(I) in the subphase to form Ag(I)-coordinated LS films. Although both of these amphiphiles were achiral, TSC18 formed a chiral LS film from the water surface, while BSC18 formed a chiral Ag(I)-coordinated LS film from the aqueous AgNO3 subphase. The supramolecular chirality in these LS films was suggested to be due to a cooperative stereoregular pi-pi stacking of the functional groups together with the long alkyl chains in a helical sense. The relationship between the chirality of the LS films and the molecular structures of TSC18 and BSC18 as well as their H-bond or coordination behaviors was discussed. The Schiff base films showed a reversible color change upon exposure to HCl and NH3 gas alternatively; however, the supramolecular chirality was irreversible during these processes.     

Enantioselective synthesis of indolizidine and quinolizidine derivatives from chiral non-racemic bicyclic lactams

Chiral non-racemic bicyclic lactams 2b,c, derived from (R)- and (S)-phenylglycinol, were used in the enantioselective synthesis of (−)-lupinine and 5-epitashiromine, respectively. The efficiency of the synthesis relied on the high diastereoselectivities of formation and reduction of compounds 2b,c.     

The cubic mesophase of analogous chiral and achiral hydrazine derivatives

The structures of the cubic mesophases of a chiral and an achiral hydrazine derivative have been investigated by means of X-ray diffraction experiments. As seen from the phase diagram of the binary system, both cubic phases are incompletely miscible which can be explained by the different space groups of the cubic lattices. In contrast to the isotropic liquid, the cubic phase of the chiral compound exhibits a considerable optical rotation indicating phase chirality.     

薄层色谱法拆分手性药物对映体

用性能稳定的薄层色谱用β-环糊精(β-CD)、硅胶手性固定相拆分手性药物对映体.在适当比例的乙腈-1%乙酸三乙胺(TEAA)、己烷-异丙醇、乙腈-甲醇-乙酸-三乙胺、甲醇-1%TEAA及乙腈-1%TEAA-三乙胺溶剂系统中展开,8种临床常用的手性药物对映体得到有效分离,对映异构体之间的相对比移值α为1.53～4.89.     

Stereoselective synthesis of chiral, non-racemic 1,2,3-tri- and 1,3-disubstituted ferrocene derivatives

Chiral, non-racemic 1,2,3-trisubstituted ferrocene derivatives are accessible from monosubstituted ferrocenes through two sequential ortho-deprotonation reactions; removal of the central substituent gives 1,3-disubstituted ferrocenes.     

Separation of pyrethroid enantiomers by chiral high-performance liquid chromatography

The separation of enantiomers of pyrethroid insecticides has been systematically studied using a commercially available Pirkle type 1-A chiral-phase high-performance liquid chromatography column. Useful resolution was obtained for compounds with a variety of acid and alcohol moieties, and containing one to four chiral centres. The chromatographic behaviour of the diastereomers of some of these insecticides on a cyano-bonded column was also examined.     

Self-disproportionation of enantiomers of 3,3,3-trifluorolactic acid amides via sublimation

Preparation of racemic and enantiomerically enriched N-phenyl- and N-benzyl-3,3,3-trifluorolactic acid amides has been developed. These compounds were found to have substantial magnitude of the self-disproportionation of enantiomers (SDE) via sublimation. For example, when N-phenyl-3,3,3-trifluorolactic acid amide of 87% ee was sublimed (12 h) from a Petri dish at 80 °C open to the atmosphere, the enantiomeric excess of the remainder increased to 96% ee. On the other hand, when a sample of the same compound of 67% ee was subjected to SDE via sublimation under the same conditions, the enantiomeric excess has decreased to 18% ee. These preliminary results as well as excellent chemical and physico-chemical characteristics of these amide derivatives render them as readily available and very promising substrates for systematic study of SDE via sublimation.     

基于非手性离子液体的毛细管电泳法拆分3种手性药物

建立了以非手性离子液体1-正丁基-3-甲基咪唑氯(［BMIM］Cl)为手性分离的添加剂、β-环糊精作为手性选择剂的毛细管区带电泳(CZE)分离扑尔敏、氯霉素前体和氧氟沙星3种对映体的方法,并与未添加［BMIM］Cl的CZE分离情况进行了对比研究。发现［BMIM］Cl对手性药物的拆分有协同作用,不仅能够增加对映体的分离度,还能有效地抑制毛细管内壁对样品分子的吸附作用,改善峰形。采用离子液体辅助手性选择剂(尤其是环糊精)的CZE改进方法,为其他毛细管电泳难以分离的手性药物的分离分析提供了新的方法。     

Synthesis of chiral non-racemic substituted vinyl aziridines

Synthesis of a range of chiral non-racemic vinyl aziridines with varying substitutions on the alkene has been achieved by the reaction of (S_S)-tert-butylphenylsulfinimine with a range of ylides derived by deprotonation of substituted allyltetrahydrothiophenium salts. Yields of the substituted vinyl aziridines range from 0% to 90%, with trans:cis ratios between 1:1 and 0:100 and diastereomeric excesses of up to 99%.     

Self-disproportionation of enantiomers of (R)-ethyl 3-(3,5-dinitrobenzamido)-4,4,4-trifluorobutanoate on achiral silica gel stationary phase

The very unusual phenomenon of separation of enantiomers by self-disproportionation on achiral silica gel stationary phase has been studied in detail using (R)-ethyl 3-(3,5-dinitrobenzamido)-4,4,4-trifluorobutanoate as an example. The appearance and magnitude of self-disproportionation were shown by this study to depend on the optical purity of the starting compounds and the nature (polarity) of an eluent used. Based on the results described by us and on previous literature data we conclude that it is not safe to assume that any type of chromatography is a reliable method for purification of non-racemic mixtures for determination of their enantiomeric purities. We recommend that chemists dealing with non-racemic compounds should first run an ESD-test (enantiomer self-disproportionation test) proposed herein before using chromatography for any purification. Moreover, one of the serious consequences of our finding is that all fluorine-containing chiral reagents and drugs, which are currently on the market, as well as all previously reported literature data on the stereochemical outcome of asymmetric transformations involving fluorine-containing compounds, should be carefully re-evaluated if column chromatography on silica gel was involved as a purification step.