Assigning the absolute configuration of fumonisins by the circular dichroism exciton chirality method

Fumonisins are mycotoxins produced by Fusarium moniliforme (Sheldon) and other related fungi that are common contaminants of corn and other grains throughout the world. The circular dichroism (CD) exciton chirality method was applied to determine the absolute configuration of the terminal part of the backbone of fumonisins. Using the p-dimethylaminobenzoate chromophore, the structure of FB₁ was confirmed to be 2S, 3S and 5R, while that of FB₃ is described for the first time to be 2S and 3S.     

Absolute determination method using chirality for glufosinate and bialaphos by gamma-cyclodextrin modified capillary zone electrophoresis.

A novel absolute determination method using chirality without any calibration curves or comparison standards has been proposed for phosphorus-containing amino acid-type herbicides, glufosinate (D,L-GLUF) and bialaphos (BIAL). This method is based on a change in the enantiomeric ratio after the spiking of a known amount of the enantiomers with different enantiomeric ratios to a sample. D,L-GLUF was determined by adding a known amount of L-GLUF to the sample, derivatizing them with dansyl chloride, and measuring the ratio of the peak area of the D-isomer to that of the L-isomer by means of gamma-cyclodextrin modified capillary zone electrophoresis. The accuracy and precision of the method were evaluated using a synthetic sample. The mean values obtained for D- and L-GLUF agreed with the values taken within 1.6%; also the reproducibility was as good as less than 2.8%. The determination of BIAL was achieved by determining GLUF quantitatively produced by the acid hydrolysis of BIAL. The proposed methods were applied to the analysis of commercial herbicides and the validity and usefulness were evaluated.     

Microscale determination of the absolute configuration of alpha-aryl-substituted alcohols by the CD exciton chirality method

The absolute configurations of a broad spectrum of aryl alcohols 1 have been determined for the first time by the CD exciton chirality method. The configurational assignment is additionally verified by computer modeling and lipase-catalyzed acetylation of the racemic alcohols. The CD-spectroscopic data have revealed that the S enantiomers of the benzoate derivatives 2 display a positive first Cotton effect and the R enantiomers a negative one at around 228 nm. Thus, the sense of the first Cotton effect of the benzoate derivative 2 allows a reliable assignment of the absolute configuration of the corresponding alcohol 1.     

Absolute configuration of crotsparine,crotsparinine and sparsiflorine

Absolute configurations of crotsparine, crotsparinine and sparsiflorine have been determined.     

Absolute configuration of amino alcohols by 1H-NMR

A general NMR spectroscopy protocol for determination of absolute configuration of 1,2-amino alcohols, that allows differentiation of the four possible stereoisomers by analysis of the 1H NMR spectra of their bis-MPA derivatives, is described.     

Absolute configuration and biosynthesis of tiliageine

Tracer experiments on Tiliacora racemosa Colebr established that tiliageine has “S” and “R” configuration at the asymmetric centres C₁ and C'₁ respectively. The experiments also prove that tiliageine is biosynthesised in the plants from N-methylcoclaurine.     

Absolute configuration of vinerine and vineridine

Summary On the basis of an analysis of the circular dichroism and NMR spectra the absolute configuration 7R, 3R, 4S, 15S, 19S, 20S has been established for vinerine; 7S, 3R, 4S, 15S, 19S, 20S for vineridine; and 7S, 3S, 4R, 15S, 19S, 20S for N-acetylvinerine.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 493–502, July–August, 1974.     

Absolute configuration of 2-(tributylstannyl)pyrrolidine by anomalous dispersion X-ray analysis

Enantiopure 2-(tributylstannyl)pyrrolidine hydroiodide may be prepared in excellent yield by TMSI treatment of the corresponding N-Boc compound, which is in turn prepared by asymmetric deprotonation (s-BuLi.sparteine) and stannylation, as described in the literature. Crystals of the hydroiodide salt suitable for X-ray analysis were obtained, and although there is some disorder about the butyl groups, analysis using anomalous dispersion establishes the absolute configuration as S.     

Absolute configuration of secondary alcohols determined by gas chromatography

The absolute configuration of secondary alcohols is determined by the characteristic GC-peaks pattern of their acetals obtained from their reaction with racemic or optically pureMBF-OH andMBP-OH due to the enantiomeric selectivity in acetalisation.

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Bestimmung der Absolutkonfiguration sekundärer Alkohole mittels Gaschromatographie

Zusammenfassung Die absolute Konfiguration sekundärer Alkohole wurde aus den charakteristischen GC-Peaks der entsprechenden Acetale bestimmt. Grundlage dafür ist die enantiomere Selektivität der Acetalbildung mittels racemischem oder optisch reinemMBF-OH undMBP-OH.

     

Absolute configuration assignment of ortho,meta, or para isomers by mass spectrometry

A general method based solely on mass spectrometric techniques for the absolute configuration assignment of ortho, meta, or para isomers of acyl nitrobenzenes and derivatives is described. Instead of comparing the mass spectra of the three intact molecules of each positional isomer and investigating each one of the many sets of positional isomers, the method generalizes the effort by performing structural analysis on configurationally diagnostic fragment ions that are common for a given class of compounds. These ions must therefore retain the positional information of the parent molecules and be unequivocally distinguished. Nitrobenzoyl cations are common and stable fragment ions of most acyl nitrobenzenes and derivatives retaining the respective ortho, meta, or para configuration of the precursor molecules. The different NO₂ and CO⁺ ring alignments profoundly influence their collision-induced dissociation and bimolecular reactivity, and the isomeric 2-, 3-, and 4-nitrobenzoyl cations are found to be unequivocally distinguished using both approaches. Absolute ortho, meta, or para positional assignment by tandem MS of every isomeric molecule of the acyl nitrobenzene class and derivatives forming detectable amounts of any of those diagnostic nitrobenzoyl cations is, therefore, possible. The ability to perform absolute (non-comparative) configuration assignment using such diagnostic ions is exemplified for a single test molecule of (2R)-(−)-2-methylglycidyl 4-nitrobenzoate. The general application of this absolute MS-only method for other classes of positional isomers is discussed.     

Pseudotetrahedral polyhaloadamantanes as chirality probes: synthesis,separation, and absolute configuration

Pseudotetrahedral, conformationally as well as configurationally stable 1-bromo-3-chloro-5-fluoro- (4) and 1-bromo-3-chloro-5-fluoro-7-iodoadamantane (5) (and some related compounds) were prepared by our recently devised phase-transfer catalytic halogenation protocol; the optical antipodes of 4 were separated by HPLC on chiral phase in ee > 99%, and the absolute configurations were assigned by matching observed and computed circular dichroism spectra. Structure 5 is the first chiral aliphatic hydrocarbon containing all stable (nonradioactive) halogens; its structure was proven by NMR spectroscopy and by X-ray crystal data. We emphasize that the combination of experiment and theory is very powerful in assigning absolute configurations even for molecules without typical chromophors, with small values for the optical rotation, and without an atom at the stereogenic center.     

Molecular aggregation of solid aromatic polymers. I. Small-angle x-ray scattering from aromatic polyimide film

Molecular aggregation in a commercial polyimide film, Du Pont Kapton, was investigated by small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS). From the analysis of the desmeared SAXS curve, it is concluded that aggregation in the Kapton film can be elucidated in terms of a two-phase structure having electron density fluctuations within the phases. For comparison with the molecular aggregation in Kapton, molecular aggregation in polyimides synthesized in our laboratory was also investigated. It was found in this case that molecular aggregation is controlled by the initial imidization temperature. Molecular aggregation of polyamic acid and polyimide cyclized at a low temperature gives amorphous structures. On the other hand, molecular aggregation of polyimide cyclized at high temperatures gives two-phase structures like that of Kapton film. The SAXS curve for a polyimide having the two-phase structure shows a peak due to interference between ordered regions. The two-phase structure of the polyimide can be explained in terms of a one-dimensional model. The more ordered phase is produced at the higher initial imidization temperature. The relative density difference between two phases is only a few percent for polyimide films cyclized at high temperatures. This result shows that the two-phase structure of aromatic polyimide differs essentially from that of ordinary crystalline polymers.     

A CD exciton chirality method for determination of the absolute configuration of threo-beta-aryl-beta-hydroxy-alpha-amino acid derivatives

The absolute configuration of threo-beta-aryl-beta-hydroxy-alpha-amino acids was studied by CD exciton chirality method using 7-diethylaminocoumarin-3-carboxylate as a red-shifted chromophore. Bischromophoric derivatives for a series of threo-beta-aryl-beta-hydroxy-alpha-amino acids (3a-h) were prepared and their CD spectra measured in CH2Cl2. By combining the data of CD and NMR coupling constants, we are able to correlate their preferred conformer (B) and the positive CD to the corresponding (2S,3R)-absolute configuration. These results are consistent with those obtained from serine and threonine derivatives, which represent the simplest form of beta-hydroxy-alpha-amino acids. This CD method could thus become a general method for determining the absolute configuration of threo-beta-aryl-beta-hydroxy-alpha-amino acids.