应用电子圆二色光谱方法确定手性金属配合物的绝对构型

与电子能级跃迁相关的电子圆二色(ECD)光谱因其研究对象宽泛,与涉及振动能级的振动圆二色(VCD)光谱互补,已成为应用于手性立体化学研究的集成手性光谱的主流表征手段。本文概述了确定手性金属配合物绝对构型的三种主要方法,详细介绍了ECD光谱法在确定手性金属配合物绝对构型中的应用,其中着重强调了激子手性方法,并对集成手性光谱学未来的发展趋势做出了展望。     

圆二色谱和诱导圆二色谱在卟啉及其配合物研究中的应用*

本文综述了圆二色谱(CD) 和诱导圆二色谱( ICD) 在手性卟啉绝对构型研究,功能分子与卟啉作用时的绝对构型和空间结构研究, 手性双卟啉、卟啉聚集体以及超分子组装研究等方面的进展和应用。     

圆二色谱中的激子手性法在有机化学中的应用

激子手性法是圆二色谱领域内,近一、二十年内发展的一种测定有机化合物绝对构型的可靠方法。本文对其基本原理及规律作一简要介绍。并以邻二醇、共轭烯酮,共轭二烯及丙烯醇为例,介绍本法在测定绝对构型中的应用。此外,本法也可用于糖类的结构研究。     

光谱法鉴定手性化合物的绝对构型——从仪器表征到理论计算

手性化合物的结构确定,尤其是新型手性化合物的绝对构型测定一直是不对称研究的重要工作.除单晶测试外,光谱学方法近年来被广泛应用于手性分子结构鉴定,主要包括电子和振动圆二色谱、旋光光谱、旋光拉曼谱等.本文对上述测试方法的原理、应用范围和相关理论计算方法做了介绍.把谱学测试与理论计算相结合,将成为手性分子结构鉴定的重要发展方向.     

高效液相色谱圆二色检测技术在手性化合物分析中的应用

对近年来高效液相色谱圆二色检测技术在手性化合物分析中的应用进展进行综述,简单介绍了高效液相色谱圆二色检测器的原理和特点,着重介绍了非手性色谱条件下圆二色检测技术在手性化合物对映体纯度测定、复杂基质中手性化合物分析以及在手性化合物绝对构型测定中的应用,并讨论了它的应用前景。     

Mo_2(OAc)_4试剂在邻二醇类结构绝对构型确定中的应用

环状及非环状邻二醇结构的绝对构型的确定是一个令人关注的研究领域.目前国外文献介绍了一种通过使用过渡金属试剂Mo2(OAc)4进行环状及非环状邻二醇结构绝对构型研究的方法,只需将该试剂与溶液中的被测化合物混合即可形成螯合物,无需制备和分离,且立刻可以进行圆二色谱测定,通过诱导产生的一定波长下的Cotton效应与被测化合物的手性中心的关系,可以方便地应用螺旋规则完成绝对构型的研究.将系统地介绍这一方法学,包括对方法学的研究思路、实验步骤、对影响因素的研究结果,以及一些应用的实例.     

手性尼莫地平绝对构型的确定和关联

概述了手性1, 4-二氢吡啶类（1, 4-DHPs）钙拮抗剂的立体化学结构及其药效与绝对构型的关系,以及尼莫地平（nimodipine）的多晶型现象。采用单晶X射线衍射与固体和溶液圆二色（ECD）光谱直接关联的方法,对自发拆分获得的一对尼莫地平外消旋聚集体进行了绝对构型确定,首次获得了手性1, 4-DHPs类化合物的固体和溶液ECD光谱图。本方法对确认有机小分子的绝对构型,以及关联系列手性1, 4-DHP衍生物的绝对构型具有重要参考价值,同时提供了有别于常规非手性方法鉴别优势手性药物晶型的有效手段。     

振动圆二色谱在有机化学中的应用进展

振动圆二色谱(VCD)是利用手性物质对左旋和右旋偏振红外光吸收的差异来鉴定分子的手性结构.目前,VCD光谱已逐步应用于各种类型有机化合物的立体化学结构鉴定.本文综述了VCD光谱在有机化学领域内的最新研究进展,主要介绍了VCD在天然产物、合成化学和临床药物分析中鉴定手性分子立体化学的应用.随着现代理论计算方法的发展,可以预期VCD光谱将成为确定手性化合物立体化学的重要方法之一.     

振动圆二色谱在轴手性β-双咔啉N—O衍生物立体化学研究中的应用

采用振动圆二色谱(VCD)方法研究了一个具有高度催化活性的轴手性结构的双咔啉N—O化合物的立体化学结构.在B3LYP/6-311+G(d)水平上得到的计算结果表明,对于具有负旋光值的双咔啉N—O化合物化合物,其绝对构型是a S.同时,分别计算了双咔啉N—O化合物的电子圆二色谱(ECD)和旋光值,并与实验结果进行了比较.在化合物结构完全正确条件下,VCD,ECD和旋光数据均表明,具有负旋光值的该化合物的绝对构型是a S.     

葡萄糖酸内酯碱性水解的手性拉曼光谱及圆二色光谱研究

以葡萄糖酸内酯的碱性水解为模型反应, 依据葡萄糖酸内酯及其碱性水解产物的特征圆二色谱峰, 利用停留圆二色光谱技术研究了水解动力学. 同时, 结合理论计算, 对葡萄糖酸内酯218 nm处的圆二色谱峰起源给予了初步的解释. 利用手性拉曼光谱, 从分子振动的角度讨论了葡萄糖酸内酯水解前后的手性变化行为. 结果表明, 水解反应引起葡萄糖酸内酯发生开环反应, 主要影响了内酯中羰基基团附近的手性结构, 归属于C1=O伸缩振动模式的手性拉曼谱峰消失. 同时, 水解开环微扰了环中C2, C3, C4和C5周围的环境, 导致手性拉曼谱图中相关谱峰的位移以及峰强度的改变. 水解前后C2, C3, C4和C5各自的立体化学并没有发生根本性改变, 在手性拉曼谱图中表现为谱峰的正负号没有发生根本性改变. 结果表明手性拉曼光谱相比圆二色光谱, 能够提供更为丰富的手性分子的结构信息, 同时, 由于其不受发色团的限制, 表现出更为广阔的应用范围.     

Determination of the absolute configurations of natural products via density functional theory calculations of vibrational circular dichroism, electronic circular dichroism and optical rotation: the schizozygane alkaloid schizozygine

The development of density functional theory (DFT) methods for the calculation of vibrational circular dichroism (VCD), electronic circular dichroism (ECD), and transparent spectral region optical rotation (OR) has revolutionized the determination of the absolute configurations (ACs) of chiral molecules using these chiroptical properties. We report the first concerted application of DFT calculations of VCD, ECD, and OR to the determination of the AC of a natural product whose AC was previously undetermined. The natural product is the alkaloid schizozygine, isolated from Schizozygia caffaeoides. Comparison of DFT calculations of the VCD, ECD, and OR of schizozygine to experimental data leads, for each chiroptical technique, to the AC 2R,7S,20S,21S for the naturally occurring (+)-schizozygine. Three other alkaloids, schizogaline, schizogamine, and 6,7-dehydro-19beta-hydroxyschizozygine, have also been isolated from S. caffaeoides and shown to have structures closely related to schizozygine. Assuming a common biosynthetic pathway, their ACs are defined by that of schizozygine.     

Determination of the absolute configuration of a chiral oxadiazol-3-one calcium channel blocker, resolved using chiral chromatography, via concerted density functional theory calculations of its vibrational circular dichroism, electronic circular dichroism, and optical rotation

The chiral oxadiazol-3-one 2 has recently been shown to exhibit myocardial calcium entry channel blocking activity, substantially higher than that of diltiazem. To determine the enantioselectivity of this activity, the enantiomers of 2 have been resolved using chiral chromatography. The absolute configuration (AC) of 2 has been determined by comparison of density functional theory (DFT) calculations of its vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectrum, electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectrum, and optical rotation (OR) to experimental VCD, ECD, and OR data. All three chiroptical properties yield identical ACs; the AC of 2 is unambiguously determined to be S(+)/R(-).     

Determination of molecular stereochemistry using vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy: absolute configuration and solution conformation of 5-formyl-cis,cis-1,3,5-trimethyl-3-hydroxymethylcyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid lactone

The determination of the absolute configuration of chiral molecules is an important aspect of molecular stereochemistry. Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) is the extension of electronic CD into the infrared region where fundamental vibrational transitions occur. VCD has a number of advantages over all previous methods of absolute configuration assignment. The absolute configuration and predominant solution-state conformation in CDCl(3) of the chiral lactone, 5-formyl-cis,cis-1,3,5-trimethyl-3-hydroxymethylcyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid lactone, 1, obtained by the comparison of measured and calculated VCD spectra, are reported. It is found that (-)-1 corresponds to the absolute configuration (1S,3S,5R)-1.     

Electronic Structure and Circular Dichroism of Natural Alboatisins Isolated from Aerial Parts of Isodon Albopilosus: DFT and TDDFT Study

The stable conformations of a series of bioactive molecules, (?)-alboatisins A?C, are identified via Monte Carlo searching with the MMFF94 molecular mechanics force field. Then, the optical rotation (OR) values, vibrational circular dichroism (VCD), and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra were calculated using the gradient-corrected density functional theory method. The vibrational and transition modes of molecular chirality were explored in terms of their microscopic origin. The calculated specific rotations are in agreement with the experimental values. From the OR analysis, it was concluded that optical rotation values areregulated by hydroxyl substitution. Vibrations occurring on the chiral skeleton may cause strong absorption in VCD spectra; VCD spectra are thus the spectral response to deformation vibrations on the chiral carbon skeleton. The lowest-energy negative Cotton effect is caused by σ→π^* transition. Frontier molecular orbital analysis showed that strong ECD absorptions are produced when the dominant transition on the chiral skeleton is asymmetric; ECD spectra show the result of transitions lacking asymmetry on the chiral skeleton.     

Determination of absolute configuration using vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy: the chiral sulfoxide 1-(2-methylnaphthyl) methyl sulfoxide

We report the determination of the absolute configuration (AC) of the chiral sulfoxide, 1-(2-methylnaphthyl) methyl sulfoxide, 1, using vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy. The VCD of 1 has been measured in the mid-IR spectral region in CCl(4) solution. Analysis employs the ab initio DFT/GIAO methodology. DFT calculations predict two stable conformations of 1, E and Z, Z being lower in energy than E by <1 kcal/mol. In both conformations the S-O bond is rotated from coplanarity with the naphthyl moiety by 30-40 degrees. The predicted unpolarized absorption ("IR") spectrum of the equilibrium mixture of the two conformations permits assignment of the experimental IR spectrum in the mid-IR spectral region. The presence of both E and Z conformations is clearly evident. The VCD spectrum predicted for S-1 is in excellent agreement with the experimental spectrum of (-)-1, unambiguously defining the AC of 1 as R(+)/S(-).     

Structure elucidation and absolute stereochemistry of isomeric monoterpene chromane esters

Six novel monoterpene chromane esters were isolated from the aerial parts of Peperomia obtusifolia (Piperaceae) using chiral chromatography. This is the first time that chiral chromane esters of this kind, ones with a tethered chiral terpene, have been isolated in nature. Due to their structural features, it is not currently possible to assess directly their absolute stereochemistry using any of the standard classical approaches, such as X-ray crystallography, NMR, optical rotation, or electronic circular dichroism (ECD). Herein we report the absolute configuration of these molecules, involving four chiral centers, using vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) and density functional theory (DFT) (B3LYP/6-31G*) calculations. This work further reinforces the capability of VCD to determine unambiguously the absolute configuration of structurally complex molecules in solution, without crystallization or derivatization, and demonstrates the sensitivity of VCD to specify the absolute configuration for just one among a number of chiral centers. We also demonstrate the sufficiency of using the so-called inexpensive basis set 6-31G* compared to the triple-ζ basis set TZVP for absolute configuration analysis of larger molecules using VCD. Overall, this work extends our knowledge of secondary metabolites in plants and provides a straightforward way to determine the absolute configuration of complex natural products involving a chiral parent moiety combined with a chiral terpene adduct.     

Chiral liquid chromatography contribution to the determination of the absolute configuration of enantiomers

The review covers examples in which chiral HPLC, as a source of pure enantiomers, has been combined with classical methods (X-ray, vibrational circular dichroism (VCD), enzymatic resolutions, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques, optical rotation, circular dichroism (CD)) for the on- or off-line determination of absolute configuration of enantiomers. Furthermore, it is outlined that chiral HPLC, which associates enantioseparation process and classical purification process, opens new perspectives in the classical determination of absolute configuration by chemical correlation or chemical interconversion methods. The review also contains a discussion about the various approaches to predict the absolute configuration from the retention behavior of the enantiomers on chiral stationary phases (CSPs). Some examples illustrate the advantages and limitations of molecular modeling methods and the use of chiral recognition models. The assumptions underlying some of these methods are critically analyzed and some possible emerging new strategies are outlined.     

Determination of the absolute configuration of chiral molecules via density functional theory calculations of vibrational circular dichroism and optical rotation: The chiral alkane D3-anti-trans-anti-trans-anti-trans-perhydrotriphenylene

The Absolute configuration (AC) of the chiral alkane D₃-anti-trans-anti-trans-anti-trans-perhydrotriphenylene (PHTP), 1, is determined by comparison of density functional theory (DFT) calculations of its vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) and optical rotation (OR) to the experimental VCD and OR of (+)−1, obtained in high enantiomeric excess using chiral gas chromatography. Conformational analysis of 1 demonstrates that the all-chair (CCCC) conformation is the lowest in energy and that other conformations are too high in energy to be significantly populated at room temperature. The B3PW91/TZ2P calculated IR spectrum of the CCCC conformation of 1 is in excellent agreement with the experimental IR spectrum, confirming the conformational analysis and demonstrating the excellent accuracy of the B3PW91 functional and the TZ2P basis set. The B3PW91/TZ2P calculated VCD spectrum of the CCCC conformation of S-1 is in excellent agreement with the experimental VCD spectrum of (+)−1, unambiguously defining the AC of 1 to be S(+)/R(−). The B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ calculated OR of S-1 over the range 589–365 nm has the same sign and dispersion as the experimental OR of (+)−1, further supporting the AC S(+)/R(−). Our results confirm the AC proposed earlier by Farina and Audisio. This study provides a further demonstration of the excellent accuracy of VCD spectra predicted using Stephens’ equation for vibrational rotational strengths together with the ab initio DFT methodology, and further documents the utility of VCD spectroscopy in determining the ACs of chiral molecules.     

Synthesis and Stereochemical Assignment of Crypto‐Optically Active 2H6‐Neopentane

The determination of the absolute configuration of chiral molecules is at the heart of asymmetric synthesis. Here we probe the spectroscopic limits for chiral discrimination with NMR spectroscopy in chiral aligned media and with vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy of the sixfold‐deuterated chiral neopentane. The study of this compound presents formidable challenges since its stereogenicity is only due to small mass differences. For this purpose, we selectively prepared both enantiomers of ²H₆‐ 1 through a concise synthesis utilizing multifunctional intermediates. While NMR spectroscopy in chiral aligned media could be used to characterize the precursors to ²H₆‐ 1 , the final assignment could only be accomplished with VCD spectroscopy, despite the fleetingly small dichroic properties of 1 . Both enantiomers were assigned by matching the VCD spectra with those computed with density functional theory.