A concise, enantioselective approach to (-)-quinic acid

[reaction: see text] An expedient, enantioselective synthesis of a key precursor to (-)-quinic acid has been achieved from an ephedrine-derived morpholine-dione. The salient features of this approach are a highly diastereoselective conversion of the dione to a dialkenyl morpholinone and a subsequent ring-closing metathesis reaction. Removal of the ephedrine portion generates an enantiomerically enriched hydroxycyclohexene carboxamide that is readily converted to the quinic acid precursor.     

Enantioselective synthesis of (S)-(+)-pantolactone

[reaction: see text] The Prins reaction of a chiral alkylidene morpholinone derived from (1R,2S)-ephedrine and 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoic acid proceeds with good diastereoselectivity to generate a spiro bis-acetal. Lewis acid mediated diastereoselective reductive cleavage of the spiro acetal and subsequent removal of the ephedrine portion generates a alpha-hydroxy-gamma-methoxy carboxamide which is readily converted to (S)-(+)-pantolactone with high enantiomeric excess.     

高效毛细管电泳分离/电导检测麻黄碱和伪麻黄碱

采用高效毛细管电泳电导检测法分离麻黄碱和伪麻黄碱，初步探讨了分离机理，建立了检测方法。以柠檬酸－柠檬酸钠为缓冲体系，铜盐为络合剂，在pH值为4．5、电压13.5kV的条件下，盐酸麻黄碱和伪麻黄碱得到了较好的分离，加入适量乙醇可改善峰形和分离效果。用该法以水杨酰胺为内标，对含盐酸麻黄碱和伪麻黄碱的实际样品进行检测，回收率为97.3%-101.1%，结果令人满意。     

Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence (ECL) Determination of Ephedrine with a Self-Assembly Multilayer Ni(II)-Polyluminol Modified Electrode

By combining the layer-by-layer (LBL) self-assembly technique with the electrochemical polymerization method, multilayer Ni(II)-polyluminol films were modified on the surface of a vaseline-impregnated graphite electrode. It was found that, compared with an electrode modified by direct electrochemical polymerization, this modified electrode offered a suitable ECL reaction micro-environment created by the special multilayer films, which was beneficial to the ephedrine hydrochloride enhancing effect for luminol ECL intensity. The ECL enhancing effect of ephedrine hydrochloride on the electro-oxidation luminol was improved on this modified electrode. Based on this finding, a new sensitive ECL method was developed for ephedrine hydrochloride determination under the optimal conditions. At the same time, a new idea is proposed for improving the analytical performance of the luminol ECL system by modifying the ECL reaction micro-environment with the layer-by-layer self- assembly method. Under the optimum experimental conditions, the ephedrine hydrochloride concentration in the range of 2.0 × 10⁻⁸–7.0 × 10⁻⁶ mol L⁻¹ was proportional to the enhanced ECL signal, and it offered an 8.0 × 10⁻⁹ mol L⁻¹ detection limit for ephedrine hydrochloride.     

Derivatization of ephedrine with o-phthaldialdehyde for liquid chromatography after treatment with sodium hypochlorite

The usefulness of the reaction with NaClO followed by derivatization with o-phthaldialdehyde (OPA) and N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) has been investigated for the chromatographic analysis of ephedrine. The influence of parameters affecting the two-stage reaction has been evaluated, including concentration of NaClO, time of reaction, temperature and pH. On the basis of these studies, conditions for the pre-column and (automated) post-column determination of ephedrine are presented. The described conditions have been applied to the measurement of ephedrine in the concentration intervals 0.2-20.0 microg/ml and 2.0-50.0 microg/ml for the pre-column and post-column methods, respectively. The possibility of applying the NaClO/ OPA-NAC method to other primary, secondary and tertiary derivative amphetamines has also been evaluated.     

Method for derivatization of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine in nonaqueous media and determination by nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescence detection

A nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection method was developed for the quantification of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine after derivatization with 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1, 3-diazol in nonaqueous media. The derivatization was made in off-line mode. By a series of optimizations, a derivatization buffer composed of 40 mm ammonium acetate and 20% acetonitrile and a running buffer composed of 80 mm ammonium acetate and 3% acetic acid were applied for the derivatization and separation of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, respectively. Linear relationships for ephedrine and pseudoephedrine were obtained in the range 1.23-19.60 mg/L (correlation coefficients 0.9970 for ephedrine and 0.9994 for pseudoephedrine), and the detection limits for ephedrine and pseudoephedrine were 0.014 and 0.011 mg/L, respectively. The method was applied to the analysis of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine in four preparations with recoveries in the range 93.9-105.1%.     

Electrochemical applications and computational studies on ephedrine drug

A novel, simple, sensitive and highly selective pseudo-carbon paste electrode modified with poly(acrylic) acid (PCPE-PAA) was described to be useful for the electrochemical determination of ephedrine substance. The PCPE-PAA electrode was characterized using scanning electron microscope (SEM) and cyclic voltammetry. Cyclic voltammogram for ephedrine shows only one anodic oxidation peak at 1.15?V (vs. SCE) using Britton–Robinson buffer (pH 9). Theoretical calculations were performed using PM3 method to be helpful in studying the electrochemical behavior of ephedrine. The highest occupied orbitals (HOMO) of ephedrine and the lowest unoccupied orbitals (LUMOs) of its oxidation product (methcathinone) are mainly localized in the side chain of benzene ring. The values of HOMOs, LUMOs and atomic charges clearly indicate that the oxidation process occurs on the hydroxyl group of ephedrine forming ketone group, supporting the proposed electrochemical mechanism. Square wave voltammetry was used for the direct electrochemical determination of ephedrine. Ephedrine gives a linear range from 6?×?10^?5 to 1?×?10^?3?M with a correlation coefficient of 0.998 and a relative standard deviation of 2.165?×?10^?7. A lower detection limit of 3.5?×?10^?7?M was obtained. The effect of some interferences such as ascorbic acid, uric acid, urea, glucose and glycine on the peak height of ephedrine was examined. The suggested method has been applied successfully for the direct electrochemical determination of ephedrine in urine and different pharmaceutical formulations.     

Cerimetric Determination of Ephedrine

Abstract

Ceric sulphate ie applied to the determination of ephedrine HCL and norephedrine HCl. The method depends upon titrimetric determination of these amines with ceric-sulphate In acid medium using ferroin as indicator.

Oxidation of ephedrine and norephedrine produces benzaldehyde, which 18 extracted with hexene and determined spectrophotometrically at 242 nm. Beer's law ie obeyed in concentration range of 0.2 to 2 mg ephedrine HCl and from 0.15 to 1.9 mg norephedrine HCl.     

Charge-transfer complexes of two highly efficient drugs with σ- and π-acceptors: Spectroscopic,thermal, and surface morphology characteristics

Considerable attention has recently been devoted to the formation of stable charge-transfer (CT) complexes that result from the reaction of drugs with acceptors. Intermolecular CT interactions of two drugs, barbituratic acid (Bar) and ephedrine hydrochloride (Eph), with different σ- and π-acceptors have been studied stoichiometrically, structurally (IR, Raman, ¹H NMR, and UV-Vis spectroscopy), thermally, and morphologically (SEM).     

Enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde in the presence of ephedrine derivatives

Diethylzinc reacts with benzaldehyde derivatives to yield 1-aryl-1-propanols. In the presence of ephedrine and its derivatives an optical yield of up to 80% is obtained for reaction at room temperature without special precautions.     

N-方酰麻黄碱配体的合成及催化前手性芳酮的不对称还原反应

方酸与醇反应成方酸二酯,后者与天然麻黄碱反应得到N-方酰麻黄碱或N-方酰双麻黄碱。单N-方酰麻黄碱与脂肪胺及硫氢化钠等反应合成了C-3位含氮和含硫的系列配体。首次将这些方酰麻黄碱配体经原位制备手性恶唑硼烷催化前手性芳酮及二酮的不对称还原反应,得到化学产率和e.e.值分别为85%-98%和52.5%-87.4%的手性仲醇。新化合物的结构已IR,^1H NMR,MS和元素分析所证实,化合物4b的晶体结构用X射线射确认。     

Enantioselective decarboxylation of beta-keto esters with Pd/amino alcohol systems: successive metal catalysis and organocatalysis

The kinetics and mechanisms of one-pot cascade reactions of racemic beta-keto esters to give chiral ketones in the presence of Pd/C-chiral amino alcohol catalyst systems were studied. Transformation of 2-methyl-1-tetralone-2-carboxylic acid benzyl ester (1) into 2-methyl-1-tetralone (4) in the presence of Pd/C and cinchona alkaloids or ephedrine was chosen as a model reaction. After the first reaction step, the Pd-catalysed debenzylation of 1 to afford the corresponding beta-keto acid (2), there are two possible reaction routes that may be catalysed by the chiral amino alcohol in solution or by Pd(0) sites on the metal surface in cooperation with the adsorbed amino alcohol. The reaction intermediate 2 was synthesized, and the kinetics of decarboxylation were followed by NMR, UV and IR spectroscopy. The studies revealed that the role of Pd is to trigger the reaction series by deprotection of 1. The subsequent dominant reaction route from the racemic beta-keto acid 2 to the chiral ketone 4 is catalysed by the chiral amino alcohol in the liquid phase. It is shown that kinetic resolution of the diastereomeric salt of rac-2 and the chiral amino alcohol plays a key role in the enantioselection. High enantioselectivity necessitates an amino alcohol/rac-2 ratio of at least 2. A high ratio favours the formation of 1:1 amino alcohol/acid diastereomeric complexes, and the second amino alcohol molecule may be responsible for the enantioselective protonation of 2 in the diastereomeric complex.     

Towards the development of oxadiazinanones as chiral auxiliaries: synthesis and application of N3-haloacetyloxadiazinanones

Oxadiazinanones derived from (1R,2S)-ephedrine and (1R,2S)-norephedrine were employed in the asymmetric α-halo aldol reaction. The optimized yields and diastereoselectivities for the ephedrine based oxadiazinanone aldol reaction ranged from fair to good. The ephedrine based aldol adducts were hydrolyzed to afford the α-bromo-β-hydroxycarboxylic acids. The absolute stereochemistry and enantiomeric purity of these products were determined by chiral HPLC and specific rotation measurements.     

Molecularly imprinted polymer for solid‐phase extraction of ephedrine and analogs from human plasma

A molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) was synthesized and evaluated to selectively extract ephedrine from human plasma. The MIP synthesis was performed in chloroform with methacrylic acid as a functional monomer and the target alkaloid as a template molecule. The resulting MIP was applied to the selective extraction of ephedrine from a pure aqueous medium. A recovery about 74% was obtained using the MIP with only 7% on the nonimprinted polymer (NIP). A very straightforward selective SPE procedure was then successfully applied to the direct extraction of ephedrine from spiked human plasma with a high extraction recovery (68%) on the MIP with no recovery on the NIP. Moreover, the MIP was used for the selective extraction of catecholamine neurotransmitters, i.e. adrenaline and noradrenaline.     

Efficient and green oxidation of alcohols with tert-butyl hydrogenperoxide catalyzed by a recyclable magnetic core-shell nanoparticle-supported oxo-vanadium ephedrine complex

A novel method for the oxidation of alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl compounds has been successfully developed using tert-butyl hydrogenperoxide (TBHP) in the presence of a catalytic amount of recyclable magnetic nanoparticle-supported oxo-vanadium ephedrine complex (VO(ephedrine)₂@MNPs) in PEG as a green solvent at 80 °C. The catalyst can be magnetically recycled and successfully reused in six subsequent reaction cycles with only slight decreases of its catalytic activity.     

Stereoselective synthesis of quaternary center bearing azetines and their beta-amino acid derivatives

We describe here the use of a stable, four-membered azetine heterocycle for the preparation of highly substituted beta-amino acid derivatives. Imidazolidinone chiral auxiliaries were found to eliminate a competitive reaction pathway that had been present under previously reported conditions for azetine synthesis. The ephedrine derived imidazolidin-2-one 21 was allowed to react as its chlorotitanium enolate with O-methyl or -benzyl oximes under optimized conditions to gain improved access to azetines at the gram scale. The azetines were further found to undergo alkylation with complete diastereocontrol, affording the creation of a quaternary center. Subsequent ring opening with benzoyl chloride and auxiliary cleavage provided the corresponding beta2,2,3-amino carbonyl derivatives in good yields.     

A validated HPLC‐PDA method for identification and quantification of two bioactive alkaloids,ephedrine and cryptolepine,in different Sida species

A simple, rapid, accurate and reproducible reverse‐phase HPLC method has been developed for the identification and quantification of two alkaloids ephedrine and cryptolepine in different extracts of Sida species using photodiode array detection. Baseline separation of the two alkaloids was achieved on a Waters RP‐18 X‐terra column (250 × 4.6 mm, 5 µm) using a solvent system consisting of a mixture of water containing 0.1% Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and acetonitrile in a gradient elution mode with detection at 210 and 280 nm for ephedrine and cryptolepine, respectively. The calibration curves were linear in a concentration range of 10–250 µg/mL for both the alkaloids with correlation coefficient values >0.99. The limits of detection and quantification for ephedrine and cryptolepine were 5 and 10 µg/mL and 2.5 and 5 µg/mL, respectively. Relative standard deviation values for intra‐day and inter‐day precision were 1.22 and 1.04% for ephedrine and 1.71 and 2.06% for cryptolepine, respectively. Analytical recovery ranged from 92.46 to 103.95%. The developed HPLC method was applied to identify and quantify ephedrine and cryptolepine in different extracts of Sida species. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Efficient enantioselective additions of terminal alkynes and aldehydes under operationally convenient conditions

[reaction: see text] The enantioselective addition reaction of terminal acetylenes and aldehydes mediated by Zn(OTf)2 and N-methyl ephedrine can be conducted with reagent grade solvent containing 84-1000 ppm H2O. The products can be isolated in high yield and useful enantioselectivities (up to 99% ee).     

Enantioselective synthesis of functionalized medium-sized oxacycles

Enantioselective routes to functionalized, seven-, eight-, and nine-membered oxacycles that are amenable to further elaboration have been developed. Salient features of the methodology include highly diastereoselective and regioselective transformations of an ephedrine-derived epoxy morpholinone to functionalized precursors of the oxacycles. The ephedrine scaffold exerts remote stereocontrol in the functionalization of the appended oxacycle. [reaction: see text]     

Efficient synthesis of B-alkylated oxazaborolidines derived from ephedrine and norephedrine

[reaction: see text] Representative B-butyl- and B-methyl-1,3,2-oxazaborolidines derived from ephedrine and norephedrine were prepared in good yield and excellent purity by one-pot treatment of B-H oxazaborolidines with the corresponding organolithium reagent and subsequent hydrolysis of the cyclic borohydride intermediate with anhydrous ammonium chloride.