Synthesis and enantiomeric recognition studies of dialkyl-substituted 18-crown-6 ethers containing an acridine fluorophore unit

Selectivity of the reported dimethyl-substituted (R,R)-1, the diisobutyl-substituted (R,R)-2 acridino-18-crown-6 ethers and the newly synthesized acridino-crown ether (S,S)-3 containing the methyl groups one carbon-carbon bond further away from the acridine unit was studied towards the enantiomers of the hydrogen perchlorate salts of α-phenylethylamine, α-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine, phenylglycine methyl ester and phenylalanine methyl ester using fluorescence.     

Chiral recognition properties of chiral 18-crown-6 ethers with aromatic substituents

The chiral recognition properties of chiral 18-crown-6 ethers with phenyl, 1-naphthoxymethyl, 1-naphthylmethyl, or 2,3,5,6-tetramethylphenylmethyl substituents for -phenylglycine methyl ester and 1-phenylethylamine perchlorate were investigated by a standard extraction procedure. The chiral recognition factor of 1-naphthoxymethyl substituted crown ether is 2.0 for the former salt but near 1.0 for the latter, whereas that of the other crown ethers is not so dependent on the structure of salts, which indicates the importance of the mutual relation of the structure of host and quest molecules.     

A Solid State Polymer‐Coated Electrode Containing a Chiral Crown Ether Derivative for Enantioselective Detection of Phenylglycine Methyl Ester Isomer

All solid‐state enantioselective electrode (ASESE) based on a newly synthesized chiral crown ether derivative ((R)‐(?)‐(3,3′‐diphenyl‐1,1′‐binaphthyl)‐23‐crown‐6 incorporating 1,4‐dimethoxybenzene) was prepared and characterized by potentiometry. The ASESE clearly showed enantiomer discrimination for methyl esters of alanine, leucine, valine, phenylalanine, and phenylglycine, where the enantioselectivity for phenylglycine methyl ester was the highest (K_R,S=8.5±7.1%). Experimental parameters of ASESE for the analysis of (R)‐(?)‐phenylglycine methyl ester were optimized. The optimized ASESE showed a slope of 55.3±0.2 mV/dec for (R)‐(?)‐phenylglycine methyl ester in the concentration range of 1.0×10^?5–1.0×10^?2 M and the detection limit was 9.0×10^?6 M. The ASESE showed good selectivity for (R)‐(?)‐phenylglycine methyl ester against inorganic cations and various amino acid methyl esters. The concentration of (R)‐(?)‐phenylglycine methyl ester was determined in the mixture of (R)‐(?) and (S)‐(+)‐phenylglycine methyl ester, which ratios varied from 2 : 1 to 1 : 9. The lifespan of the electrode was alleged to be 30 days.     

Practical method for the synthesis of (R)-homopipecolinic acid and (R)-homoproline esters from ω-chloroalkanoic acids and available chiral amines

A practical synthesis of (R)-homopipecolinic acid methyl ester 1 and (R)-homoproline methyl ester 2 was performed utilizing (i) a direct intramolecular cyclization of ω-chloro-β-enamino esters 11 and 12, which were prepared from available (S)-1-phenylethylamine or (S)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine and ω-chloro-β-keto esters 5 and 10, respectively and (ii) a highly diastereoselective NaBH₄ reduction followed by hydrogenolysis. The present method is a short-step process using inexpensive and readily available substrates and reagents with fewer wasted materials.     

Highly efficient resolutions of 1,4-benzodioxane-2-carboxylic acid with para substituted 1-phenylethylamines

The salts of (S)- and (R)-1,4-benzodioxane-2-carboxylic acid with eight (S)-1-arylethylamines were prepared. The determination of their melting points and of their solubilities in alcohol solvents revealed large differences between the diastereomeric benzodioxanecarboxylates of (S)-1-(p-nitrophenyl)ethylamine and of (S)-1-(p-methylphenyl)ethylamine. Therefore, these latter amines were selected to resolve (±)-1,4-benzodioxane-2-carboxylic acid by diastereoselective crystallization finding that both of them display a very high resolution ability for such a substrate, which contrasts with the null efficiency of unsubstituted 1-phenylethylamine. These results are consistent with DSC evidences, which indicated that the two successfully resolved diastereomeric systems are binary mixtures exhibiting a eutectic with a high content of the more soluble diastereomeric salt. The new procedures can advantageously replace the two resolutions we had previously reported, that of the same acid with dehydroabietylamine and that of glycerol acetonide, a precursor of 1,4-benzodioxane-2-carboxylic acid, with 1-phenylethylamine.     

Resolution of ortho- and meta-substituted 1-phenylethylamines with isopropylidene glycerol hydrogen phthalate

The hydrogen phthalate of isopropylidene glycerol 1, previously reported as an efficient resolving agent of p-substituted 1-phenylethylamines, was also found to resolve selected o- and m-isomers. In particular, the (S)-enantiomers of 1-(2-methylphenyl)ethylamine 2, 1-(3-methylphenyl)ethylamine 3, 1-(2-chlorophenyl)ethylamine 4 and 1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine 5 were obtained in good yields and very high enantiomeric excess (e.e.) by selective crystallization of the respective salts with (S)- or (R)-1. The e.e.s of the resolved substrates were determined by chiral HPLC analysis. The (S)-configuration of (−)-3 was established according to Raban's procedure. Optical rotations of non-racemic free amines 2 and 3 are reported. The success of the resolutions presented and of the precedent ones using 1 indicate that the position of the substituent on the 1-phenylethylamine framework does not affect the resolution, showing the uncommon versatility of 1 in the resolution of monosubstituted 1-phenylethylamines.     

Syntheses and reactivities of non-symmetrical "active ester" bi-dentate cross-linking reagents having a phthalimidoyl and acid chloride, 2-benzothiazole, or 1-benzotriazole group

We have newly synthesized the non-symmetrical "phthalimidoyl active ester" bi-dentate cross-linking reagents having an acid chloride, 2-benzothiazole, or 1-benzotriazole group (i.e., 9, 15, and 16) on the basis of the reactivity study of the "active ester" model compounds, 11-14, toward the various nucleophiles and examined their reaction selectivity towards the same nucleophiles. Then, we applied for the modification of cholesterol at the more reactive site of the bi-dentate linkers to give 3β-cholesteryl 4-(phthalimidoyloxycarbonyl)butyrate (39), and the subsequent reaction of 39 with several amines, such as benzylamine, 4-chlorobenzylamine, 2-phenylethylamine, L-phenylalanine methyl ester, or diphenylalanine benzyl ester as a protein model of the cholesterol antigen.     

Nadh models : XXI. Stereoselective reduction of chiral imines with hantzsch ester

Imines derived from p-substituted acetophenones and (+) R-1-phenylethylamine are reduced by 3,5-diethoxycarbony1-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-pyridine (Hantzsch ester), in acetonitrile, in the presence of magnesium perchlorate, to diastereomeric mixtures of the corresponding N-1-arylethyl, N-1-phenylethylamines. The reduction proceeds diastereoselectivity with the R,R-diastereomer being formed predominantly. Mechanistic aspects of the selectivity of reduction are discussed.     

The role of hydrogen bonding in the selectivity of L-cysteine methyl ester (CYSM) and L-cysteine ethyl ester (CYSE) for chloride ion

The interaction of cysteamine (CY), L-cysteine methyl ester (CYSM), and L-cysteine ethyl ester (CYSE) with nitrate, sulfate, perchlorate, dihydrogen phosphate, and chloride ions was investigated using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). CYSM and CYSE are chemical derivatives of CY. These thiols have a quaternary ammonium group to attract the anions to the SERS surface. Dihydrogen phosphate did not interact with these cationic thiols. The CY interaction with perchlorate, nitrate, and sulfate is stronger than the interaction with chloride. However, replacing a hydrogen on the carbon adjacent to the quaternary ammonium group with either a methyl or ethyl ester group results in stronger complexation with chloride ion than with either sulfate or nitrate ion. In the case of CYSM, the chloride interaction is five times stronger than the interaction with perchlorate. Molecular modeling indicates that the high selectivity of CYSM/CYSE for chloride is due to hydrogen bonding between the chloride ion and the hydrogen of the CH3 moeities of adjacent ester groups.     

Chemoenzymatic synthesis and application of a new,easily chiral auxiliary for the synthesis of peptidomimetics via an Ugi reaction

A new chiral auxiliary derived from α-phenylethylamine, α-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethylamine is presented. It significantly expands upon the application of α-phenylethylamine derivatives used as chiral auxiliaries. A straightforward, chemoenzymatic synthesis of non-racemic α-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethylamine is described and the new chiral auxiliary applied to an asymmetric Ugi reaction. The mild conditions used for the cleavage of the auxiliary allowed to obtain chiral, non-racemic peptidomimetics possessing reactive α,β-unsaturated double bonds.     

Penicillin acylase-catalyzed peptide synthesis: a chemo-enzymatic route to stereoisomers of 3,6-diphenylpiperazine-2,5-dione

Chiral dipeptides of phenylglycine were synthesized using immobilized Escherichia coli penicillin acylase. The high selectivity of penicillin acylase for l-amino acids as the nucleophile resulted in the efficient acylation of l-phenylglycine by d-phenylglycine amide at pH 9.7 to give d-phenylglycyl-l-phenylglycine in 69% yield. No isomers or tripeptides were formed. The low enantiospecificity of the enzyme for the acyl donor provided the possibility of preparing the corresponding l,l-dipeptides, starting from l-phenylglycine methyl ester as both donor and acceptor at pH 7.5, resulting in a 63% yield of l-phenylglycyl-l-phenylglycine methyl ester. The product precipitated under the reaction conditions; this effectively prevented the formation of oligomers as well as chemical transformation of the product.The dipeptide esters of phenylglycine easily cyclized to diketopiperazines in aqueous methanol. l-Phenylglycyl-l-phenylglycine methyl ester formed l,l-3,6-diphenylpiperazine-2,5-dione (cis); the achiral trans isomer was obtained from d-phenylglycyl-l-phenylglycine methyl ester.     

Colour indicator for enantiomeric excess and assignment of the configuration of the major enantiomer of an amino acid ester

A colour indicator for the full range of enantiomeric excess (-100%-->100% ee) is presented which is based on visual colour inspection of a liquid crystal doped with the analyte, i.e. the methyl ester of amino acid phenylglycine, providing the enantiomeric excess and allowing the assignment of the major enantiomer.     

Synthesis of 4-substituted 1,4-benzodiazepine-3,5-diones

Synthetic routes leading to the preparation of 4-substituted 1,4-benzodiazepine-3,5-diones are described. Thus, 2-carbobenzoxyaminobenzoic acid was converted to its p-nitrobenzyl ester (I) and the decarbobenzoxylated product (II) gave, with ethyl α-bromoacetate, N-(2-carboxy p-nitrobenzylate)phenylglycine ethyl ester (III). The latter was hydrogenolyzed to N-(2-car-boxy)phenylglycine ethyl ester (IV), which was coupled with benzylamine to give N-(2-carboxy-benzylamido)phenylglycine ethyl ester (VIa). Saponification of VIa afforded N-(2-carboxy-benzylamido)phenylglycine (VIIa) which was cyclized with DCCI to produce 4-benzyl-2H-1,4-benzodiazepine-3,5(lH,4H)dione (VIIIa). Alternatively, 2-nitro-N-phenylbenzamide (Xb) was reduced to 2-amino-N-phenylbenzamide (XIb) which was converted to N-(2-carboxanih'do)-phenylglycine ethyl ester (VIb). The latter was converted to 4-phenyl-2H-1,4-benzodiazepine-3,5(1H,4H)dione (VIIIb) in an analogous fashion described for VIIIa.     

Thermolysis of hydrogen sulphate,nitrate and perchlorate salts of diphenylamine. Part LXVIII

Hydrogen sulphate, nitrate and perchlorate salts of diphenylamine have been prepared and characterized by elemental, spectral and gravimetric analyses. Thermal decomposition of these salts has been evaluated by TG (static air) and DSC (inert atmosphere). The proton transfer reaction plays a major role during thermolysis of these salts. The diphenylammonium hydrogen sulphate under thermal and microwave irradiation forms 4-(phenylamino) benzenesulphonic acid by sulphonation process, whereas nitrate and perchlorate salts do not form corresponding nitro and perchloro derivatives, rather they ignite and explode, respectively, to form gaseous products along with a residual carbon .     

Preparation of quaternary pyridinium salts as possible proton conductors

On basis of earlier experimental experience, the transfer of protons in salts of the organic cation-inorganic anion type occurs primarily through directional arrangement of the anion-anion type short hydrogen bonds. The submitted work presents the preparation of quaternary pyridinium salts of inorganic hydrogen anions in the absence of solvent molecules in their crystal structure. These substances can form only the above-described anion-anion type hydrogen bonds; in addition, the absence of solvate anions increases the stability of the prepared compounds. A total of six substituted pyridinium salts were prepared, four of which have not been described yet: 1,2,4,6-tetraphenylpyridinium perchlorate, 1-benzyl-2,4,6-trimethylpyridinium perchlorate, 1,4-dimethylpyridinium hydrogen sulphate, 1,4-dimethylpyridinium dihydrogen phosphate, 1,4-dimethylpyridinium hydrogen sulphate, and 1,2-dimethyl-5-ethylpyridinium dihydrogen phosphate. Three of these substances were characterised by X-ray structural analysis: 1,2,4,6-tetraphenylpyridinium perchlorate crystallises in the orthorhombic system, space group Pbca; 1-benzyl-2,4,6-trimethylpyridinium perchlorate crystallises in the monoclinic system, space group P2₁/c; and 1,4-dimethylpyridinium dihydrogen phosphate crystallises in the monoclinic system, space group C2/c. This structure contains an oriented anion network bond by short anion-anion type hydrogen bonds with the donor acceptor lengths of 2.567(3) Å and 2.557(3) Å and thus fulfils the requirements of a good proton conductor.     

Synthesis of lepidine and its derivatives from aromatic amines and quaternary salts of Mannich bases

A quaternary salt of 4-(diethylamino)butan-2-one, methyldiethyl-3-ketobutylammonium methyl sulfate, is used as an alkylating agent to synthesize lepidine and 1-phenyllepidine salts. The method gives good yields, under mild conditions, of lepidine and 1-phenyllepidine perchlorate. An intermediate product is isolated, and a reaction mechanism suggested.     

Hydride transfer from 1,4-dihydropyridines to pyridinium salts: Assessment of structural and energetic factors with hantzsch ester derived compounds

Hydride exchange occurs between 3,5 - di(alkoxycarbonyl) - 1,4 - dihydropyridines and their corresponding pyridinium salts. For the case of 1,2,6 - trimethyl - 3,5 - di(ethoxycarbonyl) - 1,4 - dihydropyridine in the presence of the structurally corresponding pyridinium perchlorate, hydride is transferred to the 4-position of the pyridinium salt in a reversible “blind” reaction as revealed by deuterium labeling experiments and to the 2,6-positions irreversibly to afford 1,2,6 - trimethyl - 3,5 - di(ethoxycarbonyl) - 1,2 - dihydropyridine as final product. Removal of the methyl groups at the 2,6-positions, i.e. 1 - methyl - 3,5 - di(methoxycarbonyl) - 1,4 -dihydropyridine and its structurally corresponding pyridium perchlorate, causes hydride transfer to become completely reversible. Substitution of the 4-position with Me, i.e. 1,2,4,6 - tetramethyl - 3,5 - di(methoxycarbonyl) -1,4- dihydropyridine and its corresponding pyridinium perchlorate leads to cessation of hydride transfer: the same is true for the analogous 4-phenyl (and substituted phenyl) compounds. However, these 1,4-dihydropyridines are capable of transferring hydride at reasonable temperatures to less highly substituted pyridinium salts. Activation parameters for some of these hydride transfers have been determined, mechanistic conclusions are presented, and the consequences of these observations for experiments with “model” NADH compounds are discussed.     

Twofold reactivity of 1,2-disubstituted dihydro-n-heteroaromatic systems. 10. Synthesis and aromatization of ferrocene-containing hantzsch esters

1-Ferrocenylphenyl-4-aryl(furyl)-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridines and 4-ferrocenyl-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridines (Hantzsch esters) have been prepared, and their reactions with triphenylcarbenium and 1-oxo-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidinium perchlorate salts have been studied. Treatment with triphenylmethyl perchlorate results in oxidation of the ferrocenyl substituent to the ferrocenium cation, whereas treatment with the oxoammonium cation results in aromatization and the formation of salts containing a pyridinium cation and a neutral ferrocene ring. A 4-ferrocenyl-containing Hantzsch ester which was unsubstituted at the nitrogen atom constituted a single exception to this trend; it could be aromatized only upon treatment with sulfur.For Communication 9, see [1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1094–1101, August, 1986.     

Convenient route to enantiopure fmoc-protected morpholine-3-carboxylic acid

Enantiopure Fmoc-protected morpholine-3-carboxylic acid was synthesized from dimethoxyacetaldehyde and serine methyl ester through a short and practical synthetic route. The preparation consisted of a five-step process based on reductive amination, intramolecular acetalization, and concomitant elimination of the anomeric methoxy substituent, followed by hydrogenation of the double bond and final acidic ester hydrolysis. The optical purity of both enantiomers of the title amino acid was demonstrated by HPLC analysis of the corresponding amide derivatives obtained from coupling with chiral (S)-(-)-1-phenylethylamine. Moreover, the synthesis of a model tripeptide showed full compatibility of the title Fmoc-amino acid with solid-phase peptide synthesis, thus allowing the application of Fmoc-morpholine-3-carboxylic acid in peptidomimetic chemistry on the solid phase.     

Chiral calix[4]arenes bearing α-hydroxy amide units as membrane carriers for amino acid methyl esters

Novel chiral calix[4]arene derivatives functionalized at the lower rim have been prepared from the reaction of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene diamine or acylhydrazine derivative with mandelic acid or hydroxyisovaleric acid. The structures of these receptors were characterized by FTIR, ¹H, ¹³C and 2D COSY NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The transport of amino acid derivatives (phenylalanine, phenylglycine and tryptophan methyl ester hydrochlorides) was studied through bulk liquid membrane in the presence of chiral calix[4]arene derivatives. The receptors have been found to act as carriers for transport of aromatic amino acid methylesters from the aqueous source phase to the aqueous receiving phase. The transport rate and L/D selectivity of amino acid esters studied depend strongly upon the structure of the chiral receptors and guests. The best enantioselectivity was obtained in the case of phenylglycine methyl ester for all chiral carriers.