Enantioselective molecular sensing of aromatic amines using tetra-(S)-di-2-naphthylprolinol calix[4]arene

This paper presents new analytical data, and evidence of the fluorescence quenching mechanism involved in enantioselective signals obtained with the chiral host tetra-(S)-di-2-naphthylprolinol calix[4]arene. Excellent selectivity is obtained with phenylglycinol and norephidrine in methanol, and samples of unknown enantiomeric composition have been determined with an average error of 1.08 and 0.62%, respectively (n = 6), on the basis of a single fluorescence measurement. The absence of any quenching observed with the related amines of phenylalaninol is attributed to a methylene spacer which inhibits efficient interaction between the aryl group of the guest and the naphthyl group of the host. The importance of the phenyl group of the guest in the quenching mechanism is confirmed by the complete absence of any quenching effect with cyclohexylethylamine.     

Indium-mediated asymmetric Barbier-type allylation of aldimines in alcoholic solvents: synthesis of optically active homoallylic amines

[reaction: see text] Chiral aldimines derived from phenylglycinol were diastereoselectively allylated with indium powder/allyl bromide in alcoholic solvents. Both aliphatic and aromatic aldimines provided good yield of the desired products with high diastereoselectivity. A racemization-free protocol for removal of the phenylglycinol auxiliary was also developed. The stereochemical assignment of the homoallylic amine was made by NMR spectroscopy and a transition state model was proposed to explain the selectivity.     

Synthesis of Chiral Crownophanes Having Two Phenolic Groups via Tandem Claisen Rearrangement and Their Chiral Recognition

Asymmetric crownophanes having a chiral binaphthyl unit and two phenolic hydroxyl groups were thermally synthesized from the corresponding macrocyclic ethers via tandem Claisen rearrangement. Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic studies and HPLC experiments confirmed that little racemization of these crownophanes occurred during the thermal rearrangement. The association constants for the interaction of the chiral crownophanes with the enantiomers of phenylethylamine, phenylglycinol, and phenylalaninol were determined by a ¹H NMR titration method in CD₂Cl₂. As a result, the 27 membered crownophane has some chiral recognition for phenylglycinol.     

Synthesis of New Schiff Bases and Assessment of Their in vitro Biological Effects on Acetylcholinesterase and Carbonic Anhydrase Isoenzymes Activities

Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry - In this study, three new Schiff bases have been synthesized by the reactions of commercially available phenylglycinol, phenylalaninol, and leuicinol with...     

Chiral separation of amino-alcohols using extractant impregnated resins

The performance of extractant impregnated resin (EIR) technology for chiral separation of amino-alcohols has been investigated. Phenylglycinol was selected as an archetype model enantiomer and azophenolic crown ether was used as a versatile enantioselective extractant. 1-Phenyloctane was selected as a suitable solvent for this application because of its very low solubility in water. The extraction system was first evaluated by liquid-liquid equilibrium experiments. It was shown that crown ether dissolved in 1-phenyloctane has an intrinsic selectivity of 11.5. However, due to very low solubility of phenylglycinol in 1-phenyloctane, the overall capacity of the crown ether solution in 1-phenyloctane is limited. The extractant solution was immobilized in macroporous polypropylene particles. Competitive sorption isotherms were obtained from batch experiments and successfully described with a predictive model based on the complexation constants and partitioning ratios, either obtained from literature or from independent experiments. The equilibrium selectivity of these EIRs approaches the intrinsic selectivity for low phenylglycinol concentrations. The dynamic behaviour and stability of the system were examined in column experiments. Breakthrough profiles as well as the elution curves of the R enantiomer are less sharp than those of the S enantiomer proving that the R enantiomer is strongly retained on the column. Separation of phenylglycinol enantiomers is favoured by using lower feed flow rates. The column was regenerated by water with only atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolved which proved to be sufficient. After several cycles the breakthrough profiles remain unchanged suggesting that these EIRs will be sufficiently stable.     

A practical procedure for the removal of the phenylethanol moiety from phenylglycinol-derived lactams

Chiral non-racemic bicyclic lactams derived from phenylglycinol have been appointed as key building blocks for the preparation of enantiopure nitrogen compounds. The removal of the chiral inductor leading to substituted piperidones by using air or oxygen in basic media is presented.     

A General Approach for the Enantioselective Synthesis of anti-β-Hydroxy-α-Amino Acids: Preparation of an Oxazolidine-Functionalized Chiral Glycine Equivalent

The preparation of 2,4-disubstituted oxazolidine-functionalized glycine ester 3a derived from phenylglycinol is described.

     

Highly selective fluorescent recognition of amino alcohol based on chiral calix[4]arenes bearing L-tryptophan unit

Four two-armed chiral calix[4]arenes (1a–1d) functionalised at the lower ring with amino acid units have been synthesised and the structures of these compounds were characterised by IR, MS, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR spectra and elemental analysis. Their molecular recognition abilities towards amino alcohol were examined by fluorescence titration experiment in three kinds of solution. The results indicated that these receptors exhibited excellent fluorescent response to phenylglycinol and could distinguish phenylglycinol from phenylalaninol rapidly through the obvious difference in the fluorescent response. Solvent comparative experiments also indicated that acetonitrile was the best solvent to detect these phenomena.     

Diastereoselective protonation of lactam enolates derived from (R)-phenylglycinol. A novel asymmetric route to 4-phenyl-1,2,3, 4-tetrahydroisoquinolines

Highly diastereoselective protonation of chiral lactam enolates of 4-substituted-1,4-dihydroisoquinolin-3-ones is reported. Protonation and alkylation processes of these lactam enolates derived from phenylglycinol occur with opposite diastereofacial selectivity. This diastereoselective protonation has been applied to the asymmetric synthesis of (4S)-N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline 9 obtained in up to 97% ee.     

A Concise Stereoselective Synthesis of (R)‐2‐Benzylmorpholine and ML398 from (R)‐(−)‐2‐Phenylglycinol

We describe here an efficient stereoselective method for the preparation of (R)‐2‐benzylmorpholine and ML398. The present method features a high diastereocontrol using an endocyclic oxidation of phenylglycinol‐derived morpholine and a stereoselective alkylation of chiral non‐racemic morpholin‐3‐one as key steps.     

Hydrogen bonding topology influences gelating properties of malonamides

Preparation, structural characterisation and topology of hydrogen bonding networks of bis(phenylglycinol)malonamide, as well as its Cα mono- and dialkyl-substituted derivatives are described. Their hydrogen bonding motifs are described in view of their gelling properties. Topology of hydrogen bonding typical of malonamide gelators is compared with those of well-examined oxalamide gelators.     

Stereoselective synthesis of a dialkylhydantoin featuring an asymmetric Strecker reaction on an acyclic dialkyl ketone

A diastereoselective Strecker reaction using (R)-(?)-phenylglycinol forms the basis of a concise scalemic route to dialkylhydantoin 1. The phenylglycinol functionality was exploited in the manipulation of the aminonitrile Strecker product through to the dialkylhydantoin via a short, efficient sequence involving crystalline intermediates.     

Mechanistic Evaluation of the Resolution of Racemic N-Acyl-1-arylaminoalkanes on (-Acidic Chiral Stationary Phases

Evaluation of a chiral separation mechanism of a racemic compound is very important to the development of more efficient CSP for a better resolution of the racemic compound. Racemic N-acyl-1-arylaminoalkanes were resolved on the three different Pirkle type (-acidic chiral stationary phases(CSPs), phenylglycine DNB CSP(CSP 1),norephedrine DNB CSP(CSP 2), and phenylglycinol DNB CSP(CSP 3).     

Diastereoselective synthesis of chiral non-racemic 2-substituted 2-boranatophosphino ethanoic acid: a potential intermediate to chiral ligands for asymmetric catalysis

Chiral α-amidophosphine boranes 7a–b can be diastereoselectively alkylated, using a phenylglycinol derivative as a chiral inducer, to furnish α-substituted α-amidophosphine boranes 8–12 with up to 99% diastereoisomeric excess. Selective reduction of the amidophosphine boranes afforded optically pure β-boranatophosphine-alcohol 13. The latter one can then be oxidized in boronatophosphine acid 14.     

Enantioselective Synthesis of Lepadins A–D from a Phenylglycinol‐Derived Hydroquinolone Lactam

The marine alkaloids (?)‐lepadins A–C and (+)‐lepadin D, belonging to two diastereoisomeric series, were synthesized from an (R)‐phenylglycinol‐derived tricyclic lactam via a common cis‐decahydroquinoline intermediate. Crucial aspects of the synthesis are the stereochemical control in the assembly of the cis‐decahydroquinoline platform, in the introduction of the C2 methyl and C3 hydroxy substituents, and in the generation of the C5 stereocenter.     

Tactics for the asymmetric preparation of 2-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane and 2-azabicyclo[4.1.0]heptane scaffolds

In this contribution, two methods are presented for the removal of benzyl-type protecting groups attached to the nitrogen atom of 2-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane and 2-azabicyclo[4.1.0]heptane systems. The first, based on the Polonovski reaction, is suitable for [3.1.0] systems. The second relies on an elimination process, starting from derivatives of O-methyl phenylglycinol, and is more general in terms of the substrates tolerated. Secondary bicyclic cyclopropylamines, including enantiomerically pure molecules, can thus be accessed. These compounds are then ready for further functionalisation.     

Total Synthesis of (+)‐Madangamine D

Madangamines are a group of bioactive marine sponge alkaloids, embodying an unprecedented diazapentacyclic skeletal type. The enantioselective total synthesis of madangamine D has been accomplished, and represents the first total synthesis of an alkaloid of the madangamine group. It involves the stereoselective construction of the diazatricyclic ABC core using a phenylglycinol‐derived lactam as the starting enantiomeric scaffold and the subsequent assembly of the peripheral macrocyclic rings. The synthesis provides, for the first time, a pure sample of madangamine D and confirms the absolute configuration of this alkaloid family.     

Synthesis of new homochiral 2,3-dialkylpiperazines derived from (R)-(−)-phenylglycinol

The synthesis of four new 2,3-dialkylpiperazines in yields of 70–99% using (R)-(−)-phenylglycinol as a chiral inductor is described. The synthesis involved reduction of the oxazino–oxazine type derivatives obtained by condensation of glyoxal and phenylglycinol to give hydroxyethylenediamine precursors which were further condensed with glyoxal, butanedione and 1-phenyl-1,2-propanedione and then reduced to provide the corresponding piperazines. The stereochemical outcome is determined by the configuration of the bisoxazolidine precursors, which is in turn dictated by steric effects exerted by the substituents on the five membered ring. The structures of five derivatives were established by X-ray analysis.     

Enantio‐ and Diastereoconvergent Cyclocondensation Reactions: Synthesis of Enantiopure cis‐Decahydroquinolines

Up to four stereocenters with a well‐defined configuration are generated in a single synthetic step by the cyclocondensation of (R)‐phenylglycinol or (1S,2R)‐1‐amino‐2‐indanol with stereoisomeric mixtures (racemates, meso forms, diastereoisomers) of cyclohexanone‐based δ‐keto‐acid and δ‐keto‐diacid derivatives in enantio‐ and diastereoconvergent processes that involve dynamic kinetic resolution and/or desymmetrization of enantiotopic groups. A detailed analysis of the stereochemical outcome of this process is presented. This method provides easy access to enantiopure 8‐ and 6,8‐substituted cis‐decahydroquinolines, including alkaloids of the myrioxazine family.     

Characterization of Four New Distinct ω-Transaminases from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pseudomonas putida</Emphasis> NBRC 14164 for Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Amines and Amino Alcohols

Four uncharacterized ω-transaminases (ωTAs) from Pseudomonas putida NBRC 14164 have been identified and cloned from the pool of fully sequenced genomes. The genes were functionally expressed in Escherichia coli BL21, and the enzymes were purified and characterized. Four TAs showed highly (S)-selective ωTA activity and converted (S)-α-methylbenzylamine and pyruvate to acetophenone and l-Ala. The maximum activity of cloned enzymes was in the pH range of 8.0–8.5 (Pp36420), 8.5–9.5 (Pp21050), 9.0–9.5 (PpspuC), and 9.5–10.5 (PpbauA), and the optimal temperatures were at 35 °C (Pp36420, Pp21050, and PpspuC) and 50 °C (PpbauA), respectively, with K _M of 161.3 mM (Pp21050), 136.7 mM (PpbauA), 398.5 mM (Pp36420), and 130.9 mM (PpspuC) and yielding a catalytic efficiency k _cat/K _M of 0.015, 0.003, 0.012, and 0.023 mM^?1 s^?1. Several racemic amines and amino alcohols were resolved by the cloned ωTAs; perfect conversions (48–50 %) were obtained by at least one enzyme, and the residual substrates were left with 97–99 % ee. Kinetic resolution of racemic phenylglycinol was done with PpspuC in a 100-mL scale. Enaniomeric excess of (S)-phenylglycinol reached 99 % with 45 % isolated yield. The high enantioselectivity and large substrate spectra of the cloned PpTAs showed an attractive potency for biotechnology application in production of chiral amines and amino alcohols.