Integrated Discussion on Stereogenicity and Chirality for Restructuring Stereochemistry

To discuss the difference between stereogenicity and chirality, we propose the concept of RS-stereoisomeric groups. Beginning with this concept, we have further proposed the concepts of holantimers, stereoisograms, and RS-stereogenicity. Thereby, we have clarified that the concept of RS-stereogenicity, but not conventional stereogenicity, is closely related to chirality. Thus, five RS-stereogenicity types are defined and examined to discuss the difference between stereogenicity and chirality. Combinatorial enumerations have also been studied by considering the RS-stereogenicity.     

Enantiomeric and Diastereomeric Relationships of Ethylene Derivatives. Restructuring Stereochemistry by a Group-Theoretical and Combinatorial Approach

To restructure stereochemistry into a systematic format, enantiomeric and diastereomeric relationships have been investigated by using ethylene derivatives as examples in the light of a new group-theoretical and combinatorial approach. On one hand, enantiomeric relationship for ethylene derivatives has been characterized by means of a point group of order 8 (D _2h ), where chirality fittingness based on the sphericity concept has been applied to the enumeration of stereoisomers. On the other hand, diastereomeric relationship for ethylene derivatives has been examined by a permutation group of order 8 (S ₉ ^[4]), which is a subgroup of the symmetric group of order 4 (S ^[4]) and isomorphic to a point group D _2d . The subgroups of S ₉ ^[4] have been classified into stereogenic and astereogenic ones. A stereogenic subgroup corresponds to a pair of diastereomers, while an astereogenic subgroup is assigned to a self-diastereomer. The relationship between diastereomers and constitutional isomers have been also discussed.     

Stereoselective Iodolactonization of 4‐Allenoic Acids with Efficient Chirality Transfer: Development of a New Electrophilic Iodination Reagent

A highly stereoselective iodolactonization of 4‐allenoic acids with a new sterically demanding electrophilic iodination reagent to afford optically active γ‐butyrolactones has been developed. The reaction shows high efficiency of axial chirality transfer and excellent Z/E selectivity and has been applied to the synthesis of chiral cis‐β,γ‐disubstituted γ‐butyrolactones to give very high diastereomeric and enantiomeric excess values. The reaction has been successfully utilized in the synthesis of naturally occurring compounds (+)‐cis‐whisky lactone and (+)‐cis‐3‐methyl‐4‐decanolide.     

The structure of seselirin: A new chromone from the roots ofSeseli sessiliflorum

Conclusions From the roots ofSeseli sessiliflorum Schrenk a new chromone has been isolated for which the structure of 2,2-dimethyl-3-(3-methylthioacryloyloxy)-3,4-dihydropyrano-5,6:6,7-(5-hydroxy-2-methyl) chromone has been proposed. It is the first representative of this group of natural compounds containing sulfur.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 412–415, 1970     

Solvent-induced dual chirality switching in the optical resolution of tropic acid via diastereomeric salt formation with (1R,2S)-2-amino-1,2-diphenylethanol

Solvent-induced chirality switching in the optical resolution of racemic tropic acid (TA) with (1R,2S)-2-amino-1,2-diphenylethanol has been demonstrated. Recrystallization of the diastereomeric salt mixture from i-PrOH or EtOH afforded the (S)-TA salt, while the (R)-TA salt was deposited from 1,4-dioxane and water-enriched alcohol solutions. Dual chirality switching was achieved by using two different types of solvents. The X-ray crystal structures of both diastereomeric salts showed that incorporation of the crystallization solvent played a crucial role in stabilizing each diastereomeric salt crystal. The mechanism of chirality switching has been discussed on the basis of the relative stability of the salt, as deduced from their structures.     

Determination of the threo- and erythro- configurations of vicinal diastereomeric derivatives of higher fatty acids with the aid of PMR spectra

Conclusions The PMR spectra of vicinal diastereomeric dihydroxy-, acetoxyhydroxy-, and halohydroxyoctadecanoic and -docosanoic acids and their trimethylsilyl derivatives have been considered. It has been shown that the signals of the methine protons of the erythro isomers appear at lower fields than those of the threo isomers. On passing from the dihydroxy, acetoxyhydroxy, and halohydroxy acids to their TMS derivatives, the signal of the methine proton shifts down-field, and = CHOSi (CH₃)₃ — CHOH is greater for the threo form than for the erythro form, The difference in the chemical shifts of the vicinal methine protons of the dihydroxy, acetoxyhydroxy, and halohydroxy acids and their TMS derivatives can be used to determine the threo and erythro configurations of the corresponding diastereometric derivatives of higher fatty acids.A. A. Zhdanov Leningrad State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 299–305, May–June, 1978.     

Dynamic-to-Static Planar Chirality Conversion in Pillar[5]arenes Regulated by Guest Solvents or Amplified by Crystallization

Controlling dynamic chirality and memorizing the controlled chirality are important. Chirality memory has mainly been achieved using noncovalent interactions. However, in many cases, the memorized chirality arising from noncovalent interactions is erased by changing the conditions such as the solvent and temperature. In this study, the dynamic planar chirality of pillar[5]arenes was successfully converted into static planar chirality by introducing bulky groups through covalent bonds. Before introducing the bulky groups, pillar[5]arene with stereogenic carbon atoms at both rims existed as a pair of diastereomers, and thus showed planar chiral inversion that was dependent on the chain length of the guest solvent. The pS and pR forms, regulated by guest solvents, were both diastereomerically memorized by introducing bulky groups. Furthermore, the diastereomeric excess was amplified by crystallization of the pillar[5]arene. The subsequent introduction of bulky groups yielded pillar[5]arene with an excellent diastereomeric excess (95 % de).     

Graphs to chemical structures 1. Sphericity indices of cycles for stereochemical extension of Pólya’s theorem

Pólyas theorem has been concluded to be concerned with graphs, but not with chemical structures, where it is incapable of treating chiral ligands properly. In order to take account of chiral ligands along with achiral ones, coset representations (CRs) for cyclic subgroups have been examined to classify permutations of the CRs into proper and improper elements. As a result, a k-cycle contained in each permutation has been classified into an enantiospheric, homospheric, or hemispheric one. Thereby, sphericity indices of k-cycles have been defined according to the enantiospheric, homospheric, or hemispheric nature of each k-cycle. On the basis of the sphericity indices, cycle indices with chirality fittingness (CIs-CF) have been defined in place of Pólyas cycle indices. The CIs-CF have been proved to be capable of enumerating of stereoisomers with chiral and achiral ligands. Their capabilities have been confirmed by using allene derivatives as examples.     

Enantiomeric separation of D/L-carnitine using HPLC and CZE after derivatization

Summary Carnitine is an essential component in tissues of animals, higher plants and many microorganisms. Whereas the L-carnitine enantiomer plays an important role in the metabolism of long chain fatty acids, D-carnitine has a considerable toxic influence on biochemical processes. The analytical separation of D-and L-carnitine depends upon derivatization with UV-or fluorescently active substances, e.g. FMOC and (+)/(–)-FLEC. The separation of diastereomeric (+)- and (–)-FLEC carnitine esters was performed successfully with capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) and HPLC, after optimization of the derivatization process and of the composition and pH of the buffer, using UV- and fluorescence detection. With HPLC separation a detection limit of the carnitine esters of 5 mol/l when using fluorescence detection was achieved. With both separation systems baseline resolution and short analysis times could be obtained. The enantiomeric FMOC derivatives could be separated using the electrophoretic system and acidic buffers with high concentrations of an osmotic flow modifier together with -cyclodextrine as chiral selector. The applicability of the optimized separation conditions are demonstrated in the analysis of agar culture medium inoculated withPseudomonas putida and of pharmaceutical formulations. In all samples very low amounts of D- or L-carnitine could be determined in the presence of the other enantiomeric form. Problems caused by the impurity of the carnitine standards or the derivatization agent (+)/(–)-FLEC are discussed.     

Molecular mechanics calculations on the differentiation of diastereomeric complexes ofcis-decalin withβ-cyclodextrin

Molecular mechanics calculations with the latest available version of Allinger's MM2 force field (MM2(91)) on the diastereomeric complexes of both enantiomeric conformations ofcis-decalin with -cyclodextrin show a small preference (1.67 kJ mol^–1) for one of them, in agreement with the available¹³C-NMR results. Calculations were found to be sensitive to the procedure used.     

Enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde catalysed by chiral, bridged resorcinarenes: a stereoselectivity model based on chirality transfer

The enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde catalysed by a range of chiral bridged resorcinarenes has been studied, and the results used as a means of probing cooperative effects in the resorcinarene bowl. A structure-activity relationship has emerged in which bridged resorcinarenes with little available room in the bowl (e.g., 3b, 3c) favour R-enantioselectivity in the product, while those promoting cooperative effects in the bowl via coordination sites in the bridge (3e) or strong donor protecting groups (3j) favour S-enantioselectivity. A mechanistic hypothesis based on Noyori's model to account for these trends has been put forward in which stereoselectivity is dependent on two factors as the ratio of axially diastereomeric anti-zincoxazines as well as the exo or endo bias of active zinc. The model explains why ee's are never greater than around 50% and indicates asymmetric induction to be due to the axial chirality in the bowl as a result of chirality transfer from the bridge, rather than due to induction via the central chirality in the line of the bridge. As a result, the model stimulates some new fascinating possibilities in enzyme mimicry.     

Liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of (RS)‐etodolac using (S)‐levofloxacin and determination of absolute configuration of the diastereomeric derivatives

(RS)‐Etodolac was isolated from commercial tablets and was purified and characterized to be used as racemic standard. A pair of diastereomeric derivatives was synthesized using (S)‐levofloxacin as a chiral derivatizing reagent. The derivatization reaction was carried out under conditions of stirring at room temperature (30°C for 1.5 h) as well as under microwave irradiation; the derivatives obtained by the two methods were compared. Reaction conditions for derivatization were optimized with respect to mole ratio of chiral derivatizing reagent and (RS)‐etodolac. No racemization was observed throughout the study. Separation of diastereomeric derivatives was successful using C₁₈ column and a binary mixture of methanol and triethyl ammonium phosphate buffer of pH 4.5 (80:20, v/v) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 1 mL min^?1 and UV detection at 223 nm. An efficient approach for recognizing chirality and determining the absolute configuration of the diastereomeric derivatives of (RS)‐etodolac is described, which in turn is a measure of the enantiomeric purity of (RS)‐etodolac since the diastereomeric derivatives were separated and isolated using preparative thin‐layer chromatography.     

Bilirubin conformational enantiomer selection in sodium deoxycholate chiral micelles

Intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded, bichromophoric tetrapyrrole pigments, bilirubin-IX and mesobilirubin-XIII, adopt either of two enantiomeric conformations which are in dynamic equilibrium in solution. InpH 8 aqueous sodium deoxycholate solutions, chiral micelles preferentially select one conformational enantiomer, and the solutions exhibit a bisignate circular dichroism Cotton effect in the vicinity of the bilirubin long wavelength electronic transition. Exciton coupling theory indicates a predominance of the left-handed (or negative) chirality bilirubin conformational enantiomer.     

Group-theoretical discussion on the E/Z-nomenclature for ethylene derivatives. Discrimination between RS-stereoisomeric groups and stereoisomeric groups

The hierarchy of point groups, RS-stereoisomeric groups, stereoisomeric groups, and isoskeletal groups is discussed to comprehend the chirality, RS-stereogenicity, stereogenicity, and isoskeletal isomerism for ethylene derivatives. The RS-stereoisomeric groups for ethylene derivatives have been clarified not to coincide with their stereoisomeric groups, so that diastereomers (E/Z-isomers) are not identical with RS-diastereomers. To discuss the relationship among RS-diastereomers, m-diastereomers, and isoskeletal isomers, we have proposed the concepts of extended stereoisograms and extended stereoisogram sets, where the term "m-diastereomers" is coined to show its difference from the traditional term "diastereomer". Thereby, ethylene derivatives are classified into Types II-II/II-II/II-II, IV-IV/IV-IV/IV-IV, etc. on the basis of relevant stereoisograms (Types I to V). The stereoisomerism of ethylenes has been concluded to be treated in terms of m-diastereomers characterized by the E/Z-nomenclature but not to be treated in terms of RS-diastereomers characterized by the RS-nomenclaure.     

Optisch aktive,aromatische Spirane, 9. Mitt.: Überprüfung eines Näherungsansatzes für Chiralitätsfunktionen bei 5,5′,6′-trisubstituierten 2,2′-Spirobiindanen

In order to test the semiempirical value of chirality functions in their mathematically most simple form 23 new optically active 5,5-disubstituted 2,2-spirobiindanes1 of known chirality and enantiomeric purity were prepared. Thus a set of about hundred compounds is now available with altogether sixteen types of ligands (i.e. substituents including hydrogen); the experimental molar rotation of fifteen compounds is used to determine the value of a ligandspecific parameter occuring in the used chirality polynomial. According to theory this polynomial is an approximation for the total rotation of derivatives with ligands of three different types and it approximates an experimentally separable part of the rotation as far as compounds with four different ligands are concerned.The additional chirality component, occurring exclusively in the case of derivatives with four different types of ligands turns out to be relatively small but not vanishing. Accordingly, the molar rotation predicted by our method is very good for disubstituted spirobiindanes of type1 and rather good for others with three different types of ligands but is distinctly worse for those with four different ligands. The numerical trend, however, is clearly represented even in cases where our calculation in principle refers to a part of the phenomenon only and the predicted absolute configuration is in call cases in agreement with the experiment.An adequate criterion to judge the quality of our approximation is introduced.

8. Mitt.:H. Neudeck undK. Schlögl, Mh. Chem.110, 541 (1979).     

Synthesis and Molecular Structure of β‐Phosphinoyl Carboxamides: An Unexpected Case of Chiral Discrimination of Hydrogen‐Bonded Dimers in the Solid State

A series of N,P,P‐trisubstituted aminophosphanes react with diphenylcyclopropenone to afford an easily separable mixture of two diastereomeric α,β‐diphenyl‐β‐phosphinoyl carboxamides in good yields. X‐ray crystal structures reveal that these compounds associate into dimers, formed from two enantiomeric units linked by two bifurcated hydrogen bonds, whereby the oxygen atom of the phosphoryl group acts as a dual acceptor for the vicinal NH and CH of a carbonyl group of a neighbouring molecule. Studies on the interconversion between diastereomeric phosphinoyl carboxamides in basic solution show that the thermodynamically most stable isomer depends on the nature of the substituent at the nitrogen atom. Simple computational calculations explain this phenomenon.