振动圆二色谱: 一种确定手性分子绝对构型的新方法

手性分子绝对构型的确定是一个极其重要且长期存在的问题. 振动圆二色谱是在红外波长区域测定分子圆二色性的一种新方法, 极大地扩展了圆二色谱的应用范围. 振动圆二色谱法通过构象搜索、量子化学计算等手段准确预测手性分子的振动圆二色谱图, 进而与实测谱图进行比较确定其绝对构型. 该方法已经得到了越来越广泛的应用, 必将成为一种有效测定手性分子绝对构型的常规方法.     

Optimization of an Asymmetric Reaction in the Cavity of Chiral Aromatic Oligoamide Foldamers

An asymmetric reaction can be implemented and refined in the helical cavity of aromatic oligoamide sequences. These sequences, which bear a chiral inducer, can fold into helical structures with absolute control of the helical sense, whereby a ketone substrate covalently linked in the cavity can be asymmetrically reduced to diastereomers. The diastereoselectivity of the reduction is highly dependent on the shielding efficiency of the helical cavity. Iterative modifications of the sequence, such as addition and replacement of monomers, can fine-tune the cavity to realize the asymmetric reaction, thereby progressively increasing the diastereomeric excess up to 90 %.     

Tandem Use of Optical Sensing and Machine Learning for the Determination of Absolute Configuration,Enantiomeric and Diastereomeric Ratios,and Concentration of Chiral Samples

We have developed an optical method for accurate concentration, er, and dr analysis of amino alcohols based on a simple mix‐and‐measure workflow that is fully adaptable to multiwell plate technology and microscale analysis. The conversion of the four aminoindanol stereoisomers with salicylaldehyde to the corresponding Schiff base allows analysis of the dr based on a change in the UV maximum at 420 nm that is very different for the homo‐ and heterochiral diastereomers and of the concentration of the sample using a hypsochromic shift of another absorption band around 340 nm that is independent of the analyte stereochemistry. Subsequent in situ formation of Cu^II assemblies in the absence and presence of base enables quantification of the er values for each diastereomeric pair by CD analysis. Applying a linear programming method and a parameter sweep algorithm, we determined the concentration and relative amounts of each of the four stereoisomers in 20 samples of vastly different stereoisomeric compositions with an averaged absolute percent error of 1.7 %.     

不含手性碳的手性化合物及其绝对构型——剑桥结构数据库实例分析

利用英国剑桥结构数据库中的实例并结合相关三维可视化软件,介绍了含有氮/磷等手性杂原子、轴手性、平面手性、螺旋手性、超分子手性等手性因素的手性化合物及其绝对构型,以加深对手性概念的认识和理解。     

应用电子圆二色光谱方法确定手性金属配合物的绝对构型

与电子能级跃迁相关的电子圆二色(ECD)光谱因其研究对象宽泛,与涉及振动能级的振动圆二色(VCD)光谱互补,已成为应用于手性立体化学研究的集成手性光谱的主流表征手段。本文概述了确定手性金属配合物绝对构型的三种主要方法,详细介绍了ECD光谱法在确定手性金属配合物绝对构型中的应用,其中着重强调了激子手性方法,并对集成手性光谱学未来的发展趋势做出了展望。     

A Facile Circular Dichroism Protocol for Rapid Determination of Enantiomeric Excess and Concentration of Chiral Primary Amines

A protocol for the rapid determination of the absolute configuration and enantiomeric excess (ee) of α‐chiral primary amines with potential applications in asymmetric reaction discovery has been developed. The protocol requires derivatization of α‐chiral primary amines through condensation with pyridine carboxaldehyde to quantitatively yield the corresponding imine. The Cu^I complex with 2,2′‐bis (diphenylphosphino)‐1,1′‐dinaphthyl (BINAP? Cu^I) with the imine yields a metal‐to‐ligand charge‐transfer (MLCT) band in the visible region of the circular dichroism (CD) spectrum upon binding. Diastereomeric host–guest complexes give CD signals of the same signs but different amplitudes, allowing for differentiation of enantiomers. Processing the primary optical data from the CD spectrum with linear discriminant analysis (LDA) allows for the determination of the absolute configuration and identification of the amines, and processing with a supervised multilayer perceptron artificial neural network (MLP‐ANN) allows for the simultaneous determination of the ee and concentration. The primary optical data necessary to determine the ee of unknown samples is obtained in two minutes per sample. To demonstrate the utility of the protocol in asymmetric reaction discovery, the ee values and concentrations for an asymmetric metal‐catalyzed reaction are determined. The potential of the application of this protocol in high‐throughput screening (HTS) of ee is discussed.     

Determination of Amino Acid Enantiopurity and Absolute Configuration: Synergism between Configurationally Labile Metal‐Based Receptors and Dynamic Covalent Interactions

Reliable determination of the enantiomeric excess of free amino acids can be obtained by measuring the induced circular dichroism of a multicomponent assembly formed by a modified tris(2‐pyridylmethyl)amine ligand, a zinc salt, and the amino acid of interest. The systems furnish reliable information for all natural amino acids.     

A Chiral Phosphorous Derivatizing Agent for the Determination of the Enantiomeric Excess of Chiral Alcohols, Amines by ~(31)P NMR

The suitable chiral derivatizing agent (CDA) is the essential factor for the determination of the optical purity of the enantiomeric substances by NMR method. Among different kinds of CDAs, the chiral phosphorous derivatizing agents1 have become very popular. In this paper, we report a simple and highly efficient 31P NMR method for the ee determination of chiral alcohols and amines, based on the phosphorous CDA 12. R1R2XH+X=O, NH+123A3BOOPClXR1R2HOOPOOPXR1R2H The po…     

Chiral amplification in macromolecular helicity assisted by noncovalent interaction with achiral amines and memory of the helical chirality

Poly[(4-carboxyphenyl)acetylene] (poly-1) exhibits an intense induced circular dichroism (ICD) in the UV-visible region upon complexation with excess (R)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine ((R)-2), owing to the formation of a predominantly single-handed helical conformation of the polymer backbone. In the presence of a small amount of (R)-2, poly-1 showed a very weak ICD due to the lack of a single-handed helical conformation. However, we have found that the co-addition of the excess bulky, achiral 1-naphthylmethylamine (5) with a small amount of (R)-2 caused a dramatic increase in the ICD magnitude, comparable to the full ICD induced by excess (R)-2. This indicates that an almost single-handed helix can be induced on poly-1 upon complexation with a small amount of (R)-2 assisted by achiral 5. Furthermore, the induced single-handed helical poly-1 could be successfully memorized by the replacement of (R)-2 and 5 with achiral 2-aminoethanol or n-butylamine.     

A Racemic Naphthyl-Coumarin-Based Probe for Quantitative Enantiomeric Excess Analysis of Amino Acids and Enantioselective Sensing of Amines and Amino Alcohols

A new racemic naphthyl-coumarin-based probe was found to bind covalently with amino acids in MeOH-KOH system and thereby generates distinct CD responses. The induced strong CD signals allowed quantitative enantiomeric excess analysis of amino acids and enantioselective sensing of amines and amino alcohols. The mechanism for the reaction of the coumarin-aldehyde probe with an amino acid was investigated by CD, UV-Vis, NMR, ESI-MS analyses and ECD calculation.     

手性溶解剂在NMR法测定对映体比率和绝对构型的研究进展

综述了手性溶解剂在NMR法测定对映体比率及绝对构型的研究进展.按照手性溶解剂的结构类型,包括胺、酰胺、羧酸、醇、氨基醇、大环化合物,对手性溶解剂的结构特点与手性识别性能进行了详细的介绍.     

光谱法鉴定手性化合物的绝对构型——从仪器表征到理论计算

手性化合物的结构确定,尤其是新型手性化合物的绝对构型测定一直是不对称研究的重要工作.除单晶测试外,光谱学方法近年来被广泛应用于手性分子结构鉴定,主要包括电子和振动圆二色谱、旋光光谱、旋光拉曼谱等.本文对上述测试方法的原理、应用范围和相关理论计算方法做了介绍.把谱学测试与理论计算相结合,将成为手性分子结构鉴定的重要发展方向.     

Chiral Selectivity in the Binding of [4]Helicene Derivatives to Double‐Stranded DNA

The interaction of a series of chiral cationic [4]helicene derivatives, which differ by their substituents, with double‐stranded DNA has been investigated by using a combination of spectroscopic techniques, including time‐resolved fluorescence, fluorescence anisotropy, and linear dichroism. Addition of DNA to helicene solutions results to a hypochromic shift of the visible absorption bands, an increase of fluorescence quantum yield and lifetime, a slowing down of fluorescence anisotropy decay, and a linear dichroism in flow‐oriented DNA, which unambiguously points to the binding of these dyes to DNA. Both helicene monomers and dimeric aggregates, which form at higher concentration, bind to DNA, the former most probably upon intercalation and the latter upon groove binding. The binding constant depends substantially on the dye substituents and is, in all cases, larger with the M than the P enantiomer, by factors ranging from 1.2 to 2.3, depending on the dye.     

Phenyl‐(2‐pyridyl)‐(3‐pyridyl)‐(4‐pyridyl)methane: Synthesis,Chiroptical Properties,and Theoretical Calculation of Its Absolute Configuration

The title compound, a prototypical chiral molecule based on a tetraarylmethane framework, has been synthesized in five steps from (2‐pyridyl)‐(3‐pyridyl)ketone. X‐ray crystallographic analysis revealed the tetraarylmethane framework of the molecule but did not determine the positions of the nitrogen atoms because the crystal is a racemic compound and the aryl groups are disordered in the crystal. The optical resolution of the title compound was achieved by chiral HPLC with a Chiralcel OD column. The CD spectra of the two fractions in acetonitrile exhibited opposite signs as expected for a pair of enantiomers. Their CD spectra are changed in 2 M HCl due to protonation. The calculated CD curve for the target molecule based on time‐dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) reproduces the experimental result very well, thus suggesting that the first eluted fraction is the R isomer in terms of absolute configuration.     

Synthesis of Enantiopure Sulfonimidamides and Elucidation of Their Absolute Configuration by Comparison of Measured and Calculated CD Spectra and X‐Ray Crystal Structure Determination

Straightforward syntheses of enantiopure N‐benzoyl‐ and N‐tert‐butyloxycarbonyl‐protected sulfonimidamides, which can be used as building blocks in newly designed catalysts, are presented. Key synthetic step is a dynamic resolution of a racemic sulfinic acid sodium salt. All subsequent transformations proceed stereospecifically. The absolute configurations at the sulfur atoms of both sulfonimidamides were determined by comparison of measured and calculated CD spectra. An X‐ray crystal structure determination of a sulfonimidoylguanidine derivative confirmed this result.     

Chiral Overpass Induction in Dynamic Helical Polymers Bearing Pendant Groups with Two Chiral Centers

The dynamic behavior of helical polymers bearing pendant groups with two chiral centers was studied. Controlled conformational changes at the chiral units placed either closer to or further away from the main chain promote different helical structures. Although the first residue is usually responsible for determining a specific helicity (P or M), we now found that the second chiral center is also able to induce a preferred helical sense when it is located closer in space to the main chain, thereby cancelling the order from the first chiral moiety. This result was achieved through proper coordination with a metal cation. As proof of concept, poly(phenylacetylene)s (PPAs) that bear one and two chiral amino acid units of different sizes and configuration combinations (l /d ‐alanine and l /d ‐phenylalanine) as pendants were evaluated. In total, ten polymers were studied. This constitutes the first report of axial control from a remote stereocenter in polymers bearing complex chiral pendants.     

Detection and amplification of chirality by helical polymers

A unique feature of synthetic helical polymers for the detection and amplification of chirality is briefly described in this article. In sharp contrast to host-guest and supramolecular systems that use small synthetic receptor molecules, chirality can be significantly amplified in a helical polymer, such as poly(phenylacetylene)s with functional pendants, which enable the detection of a tiny imbalance in biologically important chiral molecules through a noncovalent bonding interaction with high cooperativity. The rational design of polymeric receptors can be possible by using chromophoric helical polymers combined with functional groups as the pendants, which target particular chiral guest molecules for developing a highly efficient chirality-sensing system. The chirality sensing of other small molecular and supramolecular systems is also briefly described for comparison.     

N-Substituted Benzene-1-Urea-3,5-Biscarboxamide (BUBA): Easily Accessible C2-Symmetric Monomers for the Construction of Reversible and Chirally Amplified Helical Assemblies

Non-C₃-symmetric supramolecular helices are gaining interest for the design of hierarchical assemblies, for the compartmentalisation or the self-assembly of polymer chains and for application in asymmetric catalysis. Herein, N-substituted benzene-1-urea-3,5-biscarboxamide (BUBA) monomers, which consist of one urea and two carbon-connected amide functions linked to an aromatic ring, are introduced as an easily accessible class of C₂-symmetric supramolecular synthons. In apolar solvents, BUBA monomers assemble into long helical assemblies by means of hydrogen-bonding and aromatic interactions, as assessed by several analytical techniques. To probe the influence of the urea function, BUBA and related benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide (BTA) helical polymers have been compared, in terms of their thermodynamics of formation, stability, reversibility and chiral amplification properties. Similar to BTA, BUBA monomers form long helices reversibly through a highly cooperative mechanism and the helicity of their assemblies is governed by chiral amplification effects. However, precise quantification of their properties reveals that BUBA monomers assemble in a more cooperative manner. Also, chiral amplification operates to a higher extent in BUBA helices, as probed by both sergeants-and-soldiers and majority-rules experiments. Compatibility between urea and amide functions also allows the formation of co-assemblies that incorporate both BUBA and BTA monomers. Importantly, a small amount of chiral BUBA monomers in these co-assemblies is sufficient to obtain single-handed helices; thus paving the way towards the development of functional supramolecular helices.