Tuning the CD spectrum and optical rotation value of a new binaphthalene molecule with two spiropyran units: mimicking the function of a molecular "AND" logic gate and a new chiral molecular switch

With the view to developing new chiral molecular switches and logic gates, a new binaphthalene molecule with two spiropyran units (1) was synthesized and characterized. Absorption and 1H NMR spectral studies of 1 after reaction with acid/base indicate acidichromism can occur to compound 1. The synergistic actions of acid and UV light irradiation result in a remarkable change for the CD spectrum of the relatively dilute solution of 1, mimicking the behavior of a chiral "AND" gate, since the "ouput" is the CD signal. Furthermore, the optical rotation value of the relatively concentrated solution of 1 can be reversibly tuned after sequential reactions with acid and base, and thus a chiral molecular switch with nondestructive "output" signal is realized. The present results not only add a new example of chiral molecular switch with nondestructive readout but also provide a chiral "AND" gate based on the axial chiral binaphthalene to which switchable units are linked.     

Simple and efficient methods for discrimination of chiral diacids and chiral alpha-methyl amines

The three-component chiral derivatization protocols have been developed for (1)H, (13)C and (19)F NMR spectroscopic discrimination of chiral diacids by their coordination and self-assembly with optically active (R)-α-methylbenzylamine and 2-formylphenylboronic acid or 3-fluoro-2-formylmethylboronic acid. These protocols yield a mixture of diastereomeric imino-boronate esters which are identified by the well-resolved diastereotopic peaks with significant chemical shift differences ranging up to 0.6 and 2.1 ppm in their corresponding (1)H and (19)F NMR spectra, without any racemization or kinetic resolution, thereby enabling the determination of enantiopurity. A protocol has also been developed for discrimination of chiral alpha-methyl amines, using optically pure trans-1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid in combination with 2-formylphenylboronic acid or 3-fluoro-2-fluoromethylboronic acid. The proposed strategies have been demonstrated on large number of chiral diacids and chiral alpha-methyl amines.     

Noncentrosymmetric organic solids with very strong harmonic generation response

The molten reaction of 2-naphthol, 4-(aminomethyl)pyridine, and 4-pyridinecarboxaldehyde at about 180 degrees C yields trans-2,3-dihydro-2,3-di(4'-pyridyl)benzo[e]indole (1) which possesses two chiral centers, rather than an expected Betti-type reaction product with only one chiral carbon center. The same reactions, using 3-pyridinecarboxaldehyde, 4-cyanobenzaldehyde, or 3- cyanobenzaldehyde instead of 4-pyridinecarboxaldehyde produce the related compounds trans-2,3-dihydro-2-(4'-pyridyl)-3-(3"-pyridyl)benzo[e]indole (2), trans-2,3-dihydro-2-(4'-pyridyl)-3-(4"-cyanophenyl)benzo[e]indole (3), and trans-2,3-dihydro-2-(4'-pyridyl)-3-(3"-cyanophenyl)benzo[e]indole (4), respectively. This reaction proceeds with a high degree of stereoselectivity with a trans/cis ratio of about 98:2 at elevated temperature. Compounds 1, 2, and 4 crystallize in a noncentrosymmetric space group (Pca2(1), Pca2(1), and Cc), while compound 3 has a chiral space group (P2(1)). These successfully acentric packing arrangements are probably due to the molecule bearing both two chiral centers and potential hydrogen-bonding groups. Furthermore, the reaction of racemic 6-hydroxy-2'-methyl-2-naphthaleneacetic acid with ethyl-2-cyano-1-(4'-pyridyl)acrylic acetate in the presence of piperidine gives 1-pyridyl-2-ethoxycarbonyl-3-amino-1H-naphtho[2,1-b]pyran-2'-methylacetic acid (5), which likewise crystallizes in a chiral space group. All of compounds are second harmonic generation (SHG) active, and have a very strong SHG response approximately about 8.0, 5.0, 12.0, 6.0, and 1.4 (for 1-5 compounds) times that of urea. Ferroelectric property measurements indicate that compounds 1, 2, 4, and 5 may display ferroelectric behavior.     

Theoretical Investigation on the Second-order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Chiral Amino Acid Zinc(Ⅱ) Porphyrins

Static second-order nonlinear optical effects of amino acid zinc(II) porphyrins 1, 2, 3 and 4 were calculated by the TDHF/PM3 method based on the molecular structures optimized at the semiempirical PM3 quantum chemistry level, showing due to the cancellation of symmetric center, these amino acid zinc(II) porphyrins exhibit second order nonlinear optical response. The analysis of β components indicated that these amino acid zinc(II) porphyrins are of multipolarizabilities, and they may be ascribed as the "mixture" of octupolar and dipoar molecules with ||βJ=3||/||βJ=1|| ≈ 5. It is found that there are no significant differences between the static β values of non-chiral and chiral amino acid zinc(II) porphyrins. However, the βxyz component, which is quite important to quadratic macroscopic х (2) susceptibility of chiral material, is increased significantly with the increase of side chain group of amino acids.     

Chiral "metallo-spiralenes": helical molecules conformationally stabilised by an organometallic scaffold

The synthesis of a series of chiral cyclomanganated 2-[(eta 6-phenyl)-Cr(CO)3]pyridine complexes derived from (-)-beta-pinene enables, by a "spirogenic transformation", the preparation of four different chiral helical heterobimetallic syn-facial complexes or Cr0/Mn1-spiralenes, among which two possess a right-handed P molecular helicity and two other a left-handed M one. These organometallic helical molecules are synthesised by applying two different methods to the chiral cyclomanganated (eta 6-arene)tricarbonylchromium substrates. The first method is the so-called "Fischer route" which involves a sequential addition of PhLi and MeOTf. The second method based on reaction of the cyclomanganated complex with diphenyldiazomethane which has been tested on achiral bimetallic substrates is a reasonable neutral alternative to the "Fischer methodology" for the synthesis of Cr0/Mn1-spiralenes. The crystal structure of one of these heterobimetallic chiral helical compounds serves as a starting point in the configurational and structural assessment of the synthesised chiral (eta 6-arene)tricarbonylchromium complexes. Application of the "Fischer route" to a cyclomanganated chiral 2-phenylpyridine generates a single chiral eta 3-benzylic complex--or Mn1-spiralene--bearing a left-handed M helicity which has been characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis. Circular dichroic spectroscopic measurements underline the predominant contribution of the chiral and chirally induced aromatic chromophores to the sign of the Cotton effects and confirm the helical configurations of the considered heterobimetallic species.     

Chiral nitrogen-containing calix[4]crown—an excellent receptor for chiral recognition of mandelic acid

A chiral nitrogen-containing calix[4]crown 2 bearing optically pure 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-oxyamino residue at lower rim showed excellent chiral recognition between enantiomers of mandelic acid. Using competitive ¹H NMR titration the ratio of association constants of (S)- and (R)-mandelic acid with the chiral calix[4]crown was determined to be 102, that is 98% de, which is the best result obtained from artificial receptors for the chiral recognition of mandelic acid up to now.     

Synthesis of novel chiral imidazolium stationary phases and their enantioseparation evaluation by high-performance liquid chromatography

Two novel chiral stationary phases (CSPs) were prepared by bonding chiral imidazoliums on the surface of silica gel. The chiral imidazoles were derivatized from chiral amines, 1-phenylethylamine and 1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine. The obtained CSPs were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and elemental analysis (EA), demonstrating the bonding densities of CSP 1 and CSP 2 were 0.43 mmol g⁻¹ and 0.40 mmol g⁻¹, respectively. These two CSPs could be used to availably separate 8 pharmaceuticals, 7 mandelic acid/its derivatives, 2 1-phenylethylamine derivatives, 1 1,1′-bi-2-naphthol, and 1 camphorsulfonic acid in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). It is found that CSP 1 could effectively enantioseparate most chiral analytes, especially the acidic components, while CSP 2 could enantiorecognize all chiral analytes, although a number of components did not achieve baseline separation. Additionally, the effects of mobile phase composition, mobile phase pH and salt content, chiral selector structures, and analyte structures on the enantiorecognitions of the two CSPs were investigated. It is found that high acetonitrile content in mobile phases was conducive to enantiorecognition. Mobile phase pH and salt content could alter the retention behaviors of different enantiomers of the same chiral compound, resulting in better enantioresolution. Moreover, both chiral selector structures and substituted groups of analytes played a significant role in the separation of chiral solutes.     

Enantiomeric separation of chiral peptide nucleic acid monomers by capillary electrophoresis with charged cyclodextrins

Direct chiral separation of chiral peptide nucleic acid (PNA) monomers has been achieved for the first time by capillary electrophoresis (CE) with charged cyclodextrins as chiral selectors added to the electrophoretic buffer. Selectively modified 6-deoxy-6-N-histamino-beta-cyclodextrin and sulfobutyl ether-beta-CD were successfully used as chiral selectors for the enantiomeric separation of chiral monomers based on different aminoethylamino acids bearing thymine or adenine as nucleobases. Chiral separations were obtained at low selector concentrations (1-3 mM) with good enantioselectivity and resolution factors. Separations were optimized as a function of pH in order to exploit the effect of the electrostatic interactions between the oppositely charged selector and selectand. The method has been applied to the analysis of the enantiomeric excess of chiral monomers used for the solid phase synthesis of chiral PNA oligomers. CE chiral analysis showed that a very high enantiomeric purity was generally achieved in the synthesis of all monomers, except for histidine and aspartic acid based monomers in which ca. 10% of the "wrong" enantiomer was always present.     

Solution structures by NMR of a novel antifungal drug: Petriellin A

Petriellin A is a novel cyclic depsipeptide antifungal compound consisting of nine l-configured residues, one d-phenyllactic acid (PhLac) and three unknown chiral centres: two N-methyl-threonines (MeThr1 & MeThr2) and one N-methyl-isoleucine (MeIle). NMR experiments including 2D ROESY, NOESY along with structural and energy calculations predicted that the unknown chiral centres were all l-configured, which was later verified chemically. Simulated annealing, dynamics calculations and minimisation processes showed Petriellin A to have a folded "C-shaped" structure.     

Evaluation of a series of prolylamidepyridines as the chiral derivatization reagents for enantioseparation of carboxylic acids by LC–ESI–MS/MS and the application to human saliva

Mass spectrometry has become a popular analytical tool because of its high sensitivity and specificity. The use of a chiral derivatization reagent for the mass spectrometry (MS) detection seems to be efficient for the enantiomeric separation of racemates. However, the number of chiral reagents for the liquid chromatography (LC)–MS/MS analysis is very limited. According to these observations, we are currently in the process of developing novel labeling reagents for chiral molecules in MS/MS analysis. The derivatization reagent that is effective for enhancing not only the electrospray ionization–MS/MS sensitivity but also the reversed-phase LC resolution of carboxylic acid enantiomers should have a highly proton-affinitive moiety and an asymmetric structure near the reactive functional group. Furthermore, the resulting derivative has to provide a characteristic product ion suitable for the selected reaction monitoring. Based upon these considerations, a series of prolylamidepyridines ((S)-N-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid N-(pyridine-2-yl)amide (PCP2), (S)-N-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid N-(pyridine-3-yl)amide, and (S)-N-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid N-(pyridine-4-yl)amide) was synthesized as ideal labeling reagents for the enantioseparation of chiral carboxylic acids and evaluated in terms of separation efficiency and detection sensitivity by ultra-performance LC (UPLC)–MS/MS. Among the synthesized reagents, PCP2 was the most efficient chiral derivatization reagent for the enantioseparation of carboxylic acid. The Rs values and the detection limits of the derivatives of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which were selected as the representative carboxylic acids, were in the range of 2.52–6.07 and 49–260 amol, respectively. The sensitive detection of biological carboxylic acids (detection limits, 32–520 amol) was also carried out by the proposed method using PCP2 and UPLC–MS/MS. The PCP2 was applied to the determination of carboxylic acids in human saliva. Several biological carboxylic acids, such as lactic acid (LA), 3-hydroxybutylic acid, maric acid, succinic acid, α-ketoglutalic acid, and citric acid, were clearly identified in the saliva of healthy persons and diabetic patients. Furthermore, the ratio of d-LA in diabetic patients was higher than that in normal subjects. Judging from these results, PCP2 seems to be a useful chiral derivatization reagent for the determination not only of chiral, but also achiral, carboxylic acids in real samples.

Multi-functionalized chiral crown ethers as enzyme models for the synthesis of peptides. Multiple chiral recognition in the enzyme model

A novel approach to the enzyme model for the synthesis of peptides has been established by using multi-functionalized chiral crown ethers as hosts. The new strategy consists of three key steps as follows. (1) Guest assembly: the host having one free thiol and one thioester withN-protected-amino acid or peptide proceeds via rapid intra-complex thiolysis of-amino acid ester salts to form the dithioester, and assembles two guests. (2) Amide formation: the intramolecular aminolysis occurs between the bound guests to form the amide bond. (3) Peptide chain elongation: as the thiol reactive group is regenerated, the above two reactions are repeated to elongate the peptide chain. In the present paper, we describe the multiple chiral recognition that could be achieved by the chiral crown ether in both the intra-complex thiolysis and the intramolecular aminolysis. For explanation of the chiral recognition, we propose a likely structure for the intermediate of the aminolysis.     

Stereochemical consequences of threefold symmetry in asymmetric catalysis: distorting C3 Chiral 1,1,1-tris(oxazolinyl)ethanes ("trisox") in CuII Lewis acid catalysts

The underlying conceptual differences in exploiting two- and threefold rotational symmetry in the design of chiral ligands for asymmetric catalysis have been addressed in a comparative study of the catalytic performance of bisoxazoline (BOX) and tris(oxazolinyl)ethanes (trisox) containing copper(II) Lewis acid catalysts. The differences become apparent in constructing new catalysts by systematically "deforming" the stereodirecting ligand by inverting chiral centres or replacing chiral by achiral oxazolines. The catalytic alpha-amination of ethyl 2-methylacetoacetate with dibenzyl azodicaboxylate, which occurs with high enantioselectivity for both Ph(2)-BOX and Ph(3)-trisox copper catalysts, has been employed as the test reaction. In the trisox-copper complex [Cu(II)(iPr(3)-trisox)(kappa(2)-O,O'-MeCOCHCOOEt)](+)[BF(4)](-) (1), which was characterised by X-ray diffraction, two of the oxazoline groups are coordinated to the central copper atom, whilst the third oxazoline unit is dangling with the N-donor pointing away from the metal centre. A similar arrangement is found for the stereochemically "mixed" C(1)-trisox complex [Cu(II){(Ph(3)-trisox(R,S,S)}(kappa(2)-O,O'-MeCOCHCOOEt)(H(2)O)](+)[ClO(4)](-) (2), in which the phenyl substituents adopt a first coordination sphere meso arrangement. The almost identical selectivity of the Ph(3)-trisox(R,R,R)- and Ph(2)-BOX(R,R)-derived catalysts is as expected from the proposed model of the active catalyst based on a partially decoordinated podand. The behaviour of the "desymmetrised" trisox-Cu catalysts may be rationalised in terms of a general steady-state kinetic model for the three possible active bisoxazoline-copper species, which are expected to be in rapid exchange with each other in solution. This applies to both the trisox derivatives with stereochemically inverted and achiral oxazoline rings. The study underscores previous observations of superior performance of the catalysts bearing C(3)-chiral stereodirecting ligands as compared to systems of lower symmetry.     

Dynamic parallel kinetic resolution of α-ferrocenyl cation initiated by chiral Brønsted acid catalyst

The dynamic parallel kinetic resolution (DPKR) of an α-ferrocenyl cation intermediate under the influence of a chiral conjugate base of a chiral phosphoric acid catalyst has been demonstrated in an S_N1 type substitution reaction of a racemic ferrocenyl derivative with a nitrogen nucleophile. The present method provides efficient access to a ferrocenylethylamine derivative in a highly enantioselective manner, which is potentially useful as a key precursor of chiral ligands for metal catalysis. The mechanism of the present intriguing resolution system was elucidated by control experiments using the enantio-pure precursor of relevant α-ferrocenyl cation intermediates and the hydroamination of vinylferrocene. Further theoretical studies enabled the elucidation of the origin of the stereochemical outcome as well as the efficient DPKR. The present DPKR, which opens a new frontier for kinetic resolution, involves the racemization process through the formation of vinylferrocene and the chemo-divergent parallel kinetic resolution of the enantiomeric α-ferrocenyl cations generated by the protonation/deprotonation sequence of vinylferrocene.

The dynamic parallel kinetic resolution (DPKR) of an enantiomeric α-ferrocenyl cation using a chiral phosphate anion of an acid catalyst was accomplished by the combination of the PKR and the racemization through the formation of vinylferrocene.     

Chiral molecular nanosilicas

Molecular nanoparticles including polyoxometalates, proteins, fullerenes and polyhedral oligosiloxane (POSS) are nanosized objects with atomic precision, among which POSS derivatives are the smallest nanosilicas. Incorporation of molecular nanoparticles into chiral aggregates either by chiral matrices or self-assembly allows for the transfer of supramolecular chirality, yet the construction of intrinsic chirality with atomic precision in discrete molecules remains a great challenge. In this work, we present a molecular folding strategy to construct giant POSS molecules with inherent chirality. Ferrocenyl diamino acids are conjugated by two or four POSS segments. Hydrogen bonding-driven folding of diamino acid arms into parallel β-sheets facilitates the chirality transfer from amino acids to ferrocene and POSS respectively, disregarding the flexible alkyl spacers. Single crystal X-ray structures, density functional theory (DFT) calculations, circular dichroism and vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy clearly verify the preferential formation of one enantiomer containing chiral molecular nanosilicas. The chiral orientation and chiroptical properties of POSS show pronounced dependence on the substituents of α-amino acids, affording an alternative way to control the folding behavior and POSS chirality in addition to the absolute configuration of amino acids. Through the kinetic nanoprecipitation protocol, one-dimensional aggregation enables chirality transfer from the molecular scale to the micrometer scale, self-assembling into helices in accordance with the packing propensity of POSS in a crystal phase. This work, by illustrating the construction of chiral molecular nanosilicas, paves a new way to obtain discrete chiral molecular nanoparticles for potential chiroptical applications.

A molecular folding strategy is developed to construct ferrocenyl diamino acid conjugated polyhedral oligosiloxane molecules. Hydrogen bonding-driven folding facilitates the chirality transfer from the molecular scale to the micrometer scale.     

Low-molecular-weight chiral cation exchangers: novel chiral stationary phases and their application for enantioseparation of chiral bases by nonaqueous capillary electrochromatography

Cation exchange type chiral stationary phases (CSPs) based on 3,5-dichlorobenzoyl amino acid and amino phosphonic acid derivatives as chiral selectors (SOs) and silica as chromatographic support were developed and applied to enantiomer separations of chiral bases by nonaqueous capillary electrochromatography (NA-CEC). As a rationale for efficient CSP development we adopted the combined use of the "reciprocity principle of chiral recognition" and nonaqueous ion-pair CE as screening assay. Thus, (S)-atenolol was employed as chiral counter-ion added to the BGE in CE and a series of N-derivatized amino acids and amino phosphonic acids were screened to derive reciprocally information on their chiral recognition abilities for atenolol enantiomers. Two SO candidates, namely N-(3,5-dichlorobenzoyl)-O-allyl-tyrosine and N-(4-allyloxy-3,5-dichlorobenzoyl)-1-amino-3-methylbutane phosphonic acid that have been identified as potential SOs in the CE screening were, after immobilization on thiol-modified silica, evaluated in cation-exchange NA-CEC. The strong chiral cation exchanger with the free phosphonic acid group exhibited enhanced enantioselectivity compared to the weak chiral cation exchanger with the carboxylic acid group. A wide variety of chiral bases could be successfully resolved on the strong chiral cation exchanger with alpha-values up to 2.2 and efficiencies up to 375000 m-1 including beta-blockers and other amino alcohols, local anesthetics like etidocaine, antimalarial agents like mefloquine, Tr?ger's base, phenothiazines like promethazine, and antihistaminics. The influence of several experimental parameters (electrolyte concentration, acid-base ratio and acetonitrile-methanol ratio) was evaluated.     

Construction of a quaternary stereogenic center by asymmetric hydroformylation: a straightforward method to prepare chiral α-quaternary amino acids

The construction of chiral quaternary carbon stereocenters has been a long-standing challenge in organic chemistry. Particularly, α-quaternary amino acids that are of high importance in biochemistry still lack a straightforward synthetic method. We here reported a hydroformylation approach to access chiral quaternary stereogenic centers, which has been a long-standing challenge in transition metal catalysis. α,β-Unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives undergo hydroformylation with a rhodium catalyst to generate an α-quaternary stereocenter under mild conditions. By using this method, a variety of chiral α-quaternary amino acids could be synthesized with satisfactory enantioselectivity. In-depth investigation revealed that the regioselectivity is dramatically influenced by the electronic properties of the substituents attached to the target C C bond. By applying NMR and DFT analyses, the chiral environment of a rhodium/Yanphos complex was depicted, based on which a substrate-catalyst interaction model was proposed.

A rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydroformylation reaction was reported to construct chiral α-quaternary amino acid derivatives. High chemo-, regio- and enantioselectivity were realized in one step.     

Chiral Recognition Sites Converted from Tetrapeptide Derivatives Adopting Racemates as Print Molecules

Molecularly imprinted polymeric membranes were prepared from polystyrene resin bearing tetrapeptide derivatives H‐Asp(OcHex)‐Leu‐Asp(OcHex)‐Glu(OBzl)‐OCH₂‐ (DLDE) consisting of D ‐amino acid residues or L ‐amino acid residues. The tetrapeptide derivatives were converted into chiral recognition sites by using not only an optically pure Boc‐Trp but also racemic Boc‐Trps as a print molecule. The chiral recognition ability depends on the combination of the absolute configuration of the print molecule and that of constituting amino acid residues. The membrane prepared from a DLDE derivative consisting of D ‐amino acid residues and imprinted by Boc‐D ‐Trp recognized the D ‐isomer in preference to the corresponding L ‐isomer and vice versa. In the present study, it was also made clear that racemic print molecules were effective in generating chiral recognition sites. The affinity constant of the generated chiral recognition site was determined to be 9.6 × 10³ mol^?1 · dm³, which was independent of the molecular imprinting conditions. Enantioselective permeation was attained by applying electrodialysis. An optimum permselectivity of 5.9, which corresponds to the adsorption selectivity, was attained.

Summary of the molecularly imprinted polymeric membranes studied.     

Synthesis of complementary double-stranded helical oligomers through chiral and achiral amidinium-carboxylate salt bridges and chiral amplification in their double-helix formation

A series of complementary molecular strands from 2-mer to 5-mer that are composed of m-terphenyl units bearing chiral/achiral amidine or achiral carboxyl groups linked via Pt(II) acetylide complexes were synthesized by sequential stepwise reactions, and their chiroptical properties on the double-helix formation were investigated by circular dichroism (CD) and (1)H NMR spectroscopies. In CHCl(3), the "all-chiral" amidine strands consisting of (R)- or (S)-amidine units formed preferred-handed double helices with the complementary achiral carboxylic acid strands through the amidinium-carboxylate salt bridges, resulting in characteristic induced CDs in the Pt(II) acetylide complex regions, indicating that the chiral substituents on the amidine units biased a helical sense preference. The Cotton effect patterns and intensities were highly dependent on the molecular lengths. The complementary double-helix formation was also explored using the chiral/achiral amidine strands with different sequences in which a chiral amidine unit was introduced at the center (center-chiral) or a terminus (edge-chiral) of the amidine strands. The effect of the sequences of the chiral and achiral amidine units on the amplification of chirality (the "sergeants and soldiers" effect) in the double-helix formation was investigated by comparing the CD intensities with those of the corresponding all-chiral amidine double helices with the same molecular lengths. Variable-temperature CD experiments of the all-chiral and chiral/achiral amidine duplexes demonstrated that the Pt(II)-linked complementary duplexes are dynamic and their chiroptical properties including the chirality transfer from the chiral amidine unit to the achiral amidine ones are significantly affected by the molecular lengths, sequences, and temperatures. On the basis of the above results together with molecular dynamics simulation results, key structural features of the Pt(II)-linked oligomer duplexes and the effect of the chiral/achiral amidine sequences on the amplification of chirality are discussed.     

Chromatographic Enantioseparation of Ten Amino Acid Amide Derivatives on Three Polysaccharide-Based Chiral Stationary Phases

Enantioseparation of ten kinds of amino acid amide derivatives bearing aniline moieties on three polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phases (CSPs) was first systematically investigated. The chromatographic experiments were performed in the normal phase mode, namely, with n-hexane and 2-propanol as mobile phase. The effects of chiral columns, concentration of 2-propanol and column temperature on the enantioseparation were studied in detail. These compounds can be well resolved on Chiralcel OD-H column with the resolution above 1.5. Enantioseparation mechanism of chiral analytes and the CSPs are proposed based on the thermodynamic analysis of the experimental data. Our study establishes a simple, fast and efficient analytical method for amino acid amide derivatives by chiral HPLC, and provides a reference for enantioseparation of chiral amino acid amide derivatives and similar chiral compounds.     

Unusual asymmetric oxidation of sulfide; the diastereoselective oxidation of prochiral sulfide-chiral acid salt with hydrogen peroxide without metal

The sulfide 4 was treated with chiral acid in a mixture of toluene and methyl iso-butylketone to precipitate the salt, which reacted with 30% H₂O₂ for 3 weeks at rt. The resulting crystals were collected followed by recrystallization to give the salt of enantiometrically pure sulfoxide and chiral acid 7 in 72% yield and 98.1% de, which was led to chiral sulfoxide S-3 after neutralization. Sulfoxide S-3 was led to S-1a as the candidate for an orally active HIV-1 therapeutic agent.