Utilization of MS spectra for the multicomponent quantification of diastereomeric N-acetylhexosamines

A rapid and accurate means of quantifying mixtures of diastereomeric N-acetylhexosamine monosaccharides using MS³ product ions is introduced. The method involves derivatizing the monosaccharides with [Co(DAP)₂Cl₂]Cl (where DAP is diaminopropane), and subjecting the derivatized products to collision-induced dissociation (CID) in a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer. Each diastereomer provides unique MS³ product ion abundances. The abundances for the pure monosaccharide standards are used in a system of equations in order to quantify mixtures of these diastereomers. Using the system of equations is quite advantageous, as it is the only mass spectrometric method that has been shown to successfully quantify mixtures of more than two isomers. The utility of the method is demonstrated by successfully quantifying various two and three component mixtures of the diastereomeric monosaccharides. Furthermore, the method is used to quantify the recovery of a single diastereomeric monosaccharide from an acidic resin. Although the multicomponent quantification method described herein is used to quantify mixtures of N-acetylhexosamine diastereomers, it could be applied to any group of isomers, provided distinguishing CID spectra are obtained. This is the first known report of utilizing MS³ product ions for quantification of structural isomeric mixtures.     

Synthesis and stereochemistry of diastereomeric closo-(π,σ-dicyclopentenyl)rhodacarboranes with the agostic C--H...Rh bond

A series of diastereomeric closo-(^1,2-dicyclopentenyl)rhodacarborane complexes with the agostic C--H...Rh bond were synthesized starting from mono-C-substituted anionic nido-carboranes [nido-7-R-7,8-C₂B₉H₁₁]^–. The resulting diastereomeric mixtures were separated into individual isomers by either crystallization or chromatography. The structures and the stereochemistry of the diastereomeric complexes were studied in detail by ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. The relative configurations of two key isomers were established by X-ray diffraction analysis. The mechanism of the stereospecific formation of diastereomeric complexes is discussed.     

Ring conformations of 2-substituted 2-oxo-4-methyl-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinanes. Evidence for a boat conformation in equilibrium with two interconverting chairs

The 220 MHz proton NMR spectra of three isomeric pairs of 2-R-2-oxo-4-methyl-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinanes, where R = methoxy (1a, b), methyl (2a, b) and dimethylamino (3a, b) (a represents the trans and b the cis arrangement of R and the 4-methyl group) were analyzed by iterative computer techniques. Ten ring conformations, two chairs, two half-chairs and six boats were initially considered as being possible contributors to the overall solution conformations. Compounds 1a, 2a, 2b and 3b were all concluded to exist as single chair conformations with the 4-methyl group equatorially oriented (eqch). In addition to 68% of compound 3a being in that eqch conformation, however, significant concentrations of the chair form containing an axially oriented 4-methyl group (axch, 16%) and a boat conformation containing an equatorially oriented 4-methyl group with phosphorus and C-5 serving as the bow and stern (eq25, 16%) were also postulated. Similarly, it was suggested that 1b contained 60% eqch, 20% axch and 20% of the boat eq25. From the data for compounds 2a and b it was concluded that in the chair conformations of 2-oxo species the phosphorus substituent orientation has little effect upon the ³J(POCH) coupling constants.     

Synthesis and three-dimensional structures of substituted 4-silyl-4-piperidols

1,2 5-Trimethyl-4-(methyldiphenylsilyl)- and 4-(dimethylphenyl)silyl-4-piperidols were obtained. The isomers of these piperidols of the series, which exist in the chair conformation, have all of their substituents, except the hydroxyl group, equatorially oriented. The isomers of the series exist in solution in the form of an equilibrium mixture of chair and boat conformations, and all of the substituents, except the silyl grouping, are equatorially oriented in the chair conformation.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 502–505, April, 1976.     

Peculiarities of the three-dimensional structures of isomers of 1,2,5-trimethyl-4-amino(amido)piperidines from the 1H and 13C NMR spectra

The three-dimensional structures of seven 1,2,5-trimethyl-4-amino(amido)piperidines were studied by means of the ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectra. The ³J_HH values and the ¹³C chemical shifts indicate that the substituents in the piperidine ring of all of the 2c,5c,4r isomers have a 2e,4e,5a orientation, while those in the piperidine ring of all of the 2c,5t,4r isomers have a 2e,4e,5e orientation. The conformational change (as a result of ring conversion) 2e,4a,5e 2a,4e,5a was observed for the 2t,5c,4r isomers on passing from the corresponding amine to the amide; this change is associated with striving of the more bulky amide substituent to become equatorially oriented. Retarded rotation about the C₍₄₎-N bond was observed in the 2c,5t,4r isomer of the 4-(N-phenylbenzamido) derivative; this is explained by steric hindrance due to the 5e-CH₃ group.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 54–57, January, 1988.The authors thank I. I. Chervin for assistance in recording the NMR spectra with a WM-400 spectrometer.     

13C RMN: Non-équivalences d'ammoniums quaternaires diastéréoisoméres

¹³C magnetic resonance spectra of six diastereomeric mixtures of quaternary ammonium salts were investigated. Assignment of the signals of the non-aromatic carbons and measurement of the non-equivalences allowed the determination of the ratio of isomers in the mixtures. A deshielding β effect and a shielding γ effect for the quaternisation were pointed out.     

Synthesis of Some Substituted 1,3,2-Oxazaphosphorinanes

Abstract

To study the effect of statistically controlled associate dia-stereoisomerism (SCADA), the optical isomers of some derivatives of 2-amino-2-oxo-1,3,2-oxazaphosphorinane, containing the residues of L-α-aminoacids, were synthesized. The magnitude of chemical shift nonequivalence (Δδ) in ³¹P NMR-spectra of diastereomeric mixtures was maximum for isomeric derivatives of valine; the dependence of Δδ³¹P on their concentration was investigated.     

1H-, 31P- and 13C-NMR spectra of some 2-arylsulphonylamido-2-thiono-5-methyl-1,3,2-dioxaphospholanes

Some 2-arylsulphonylamido-2-thiono-5-methyl-1,3,2-dioxaphospholanes (1), containing two chiral centres, give NMR spectra in which splittings of the ¹H and ¹³C signals of the 5-methyl substituent and of the ³¹P signal indicate that they exist in an approximately 70:30% ratio of two racemic mixtures, Z and E respectively, diastereomeric to each other. These splittings were invariably observed for compounds 1a, containing a monosubstituted sulphonylamido group (Y = H) and various substituents at position 4′ of the aryl group, X = H, CH₃, OCH₃, F, CI and Br. The methylenic protons in position 4 of the phospholane ring are diastereotopic and therefore magnetically non-equivalent. Benzene-induced shifts were measured for the Z isomers of compounds 1a, X = H, F and for compound 1b, containing an N-disubstituted sulphonylamido group (Y = CH₃) and X = H; the tentative interpretation of these shifts places the more shielded diastereotopic methylene proton on the same side of the ring as the 5-methyl substituent. The H? P and H? H coupling constants indicate that the preferred conformation of the dioxaphospholane ring should be a ‘twisted envelopey’ shape with the 5-methyl substituent in the equatorial position.     

Investigation of Bis(α-Phenylethylamido)Methylphosphonates by NMR Spectroscopy

Abstract

The influence of the relative location of chiral carbon and phosphorus atoms and the position of the aryl-group on diastereomeric anisochronity in non-racemic mixtures of enantiomers has been examined. The optical isomers of methanephosphonic acid bis(α-phenylethylamide) (I), which contain pro-chiral phosphorus atom, were synthesized by the reaction of methanephosphonic acid dichloride(II) with (+)- or (-) -α-phenylethylamine (III). The extent of chemical shift nonequivalence in ³¹P and ¹H NMR spectra of non-racemic mixtures of RR- and SS-I was negligible. It can be explained by the absence of aryl-amino group, favouring intermolecular association, effect of SCADA¹, and the long distance between the chiral center and pro-chiral phosphorus. Phosphonylation of non-racemic mixtures of (+)- and (-)-III by II proceeds stereospecifically giving mixture of RR-, SS-I, and two meso-compounds analyzed by ³¹P ¹H NMR.     

Diels-Alder adducts of 4-chloro-1,6-dihydrophosphinine derivatives: A new precursor of 2-phosphapropene

The 4-chloro-1,6-dihydrophosphinine derivatives, prepared as a mixture of 3- and 5-methyl isomers from the thermolysis of dichlorocarbene adducts with 1-R-3-methylphospholene oxide (R  Me, MeO, EtO, n-PrO, i-PrO), participate in Diels-Alder reactions with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate and N-phenylmaleimide. The former reactant is of special value since the 2-phosphabicyclo[2.2.2]octa-5,7-diene framework is thermally labile and undergoes retrocycloaddition by a different path, eliminating the C P bridging unit as a low-coordinate species. Thus, in the case of R  Me, the initial phosphine oxides (a mixture of isomers) have been reduced to the phosphines and these undergo straightforward fragmentations on heating at 50°C to produce 2-phosphapropene. The reactions of this transient species with water and alcohols have been investigated. Unlike the case of stabilized phosphaalkenes, hydration occurs smoothly without catalysis to produce Me₂P(O)H; addition of alcohols gives phosphinites, Me₂POR. The structure of the Diels-Alder adducts was confirmed by ³¹P, ¹H, and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. Each of the isomeric 1,6-dihydrophosphinine oxides gives two diastereomeric adducts; partial separation of some of the resulting four-component mixtures was achieved with silica gel chromatography.     

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.     

Synthesis of 1-Substituted Pyrrole-3-carboxaldehydes

The Vilsmeier-Haack formylation is the route most frequently employed for the introduction of a formyl group into the 2 or 3 position of a pyrrole ring.^2,3 Factors affecting the extent of substitution in the 2 and 3 positions in N-substituted pyrroles under Vilsmeier-Haack conditions have been investigated and the product distribution appears mainly to be the result of steric interactions.^4,5 Although it is relatively simple to introduce a formyl residue into the 2-position of a pyrrole nucleus, considerable molecular manipulation must normally be undertaken to prepare pyrrole-3-carboxaldehydes which do not bear substituents in the 2 and 5 positions of the pyrrole ring.⁶ An alternative method is the generation of isomeric mixtures of pyrrole-2-carboxaldehyde and pyrrole-3-carboxaldehyde by the acid mediated rearrangement of t h e corresponding pyrrole-2-carboxaldehydes.     

Utilization of MS3 spectra for the multicomponent quantification of diastereomeric N-acetylhexosamines

A rapid and accurate means of quantifying mixtures of diastereomeric N-acetylhexosamine monosaccharides using MS³ product ions is introduced. The method involves derivatizing the monosaccharides with [Co(DAP)₂Cl₂]Cl (where DAP is diaminopropane), and subjecting the derivatized products to collision-induced dissociation (CID) in a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer. Each diastereomer provides unique MS³ product ion abundances. The abundances for the pure monosaccharide standards are used in a system of equations in order to quantify mixtures of these diastereomers. Using the system of equations is quite advantageous, as it is the only mass spectrometric method that has been shown to successfully quantify mixtures of more than two isomers. The utility of the method is demonstrated by successfully quantifying various two and three component mixtures of the diastereomeric monosaccharides. Furthermore, the method is used to quantify the recovery of a single diastereomeric monosaccharide from an acidic resin. Although the multicomponent quantification method described herein is used to quantify mixtures of N-acetylhexosamine diastereomers, it could be applied to any group of isomers, provided distinguishing CID spectra are obtained. This is the first known report of utilizing MS³ product ions for quantification of structural isomeric mixtures.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of 3-aryl-2-thioxo-4-imidazolidinones. Conformational isomerism and substituent effects

A ¹³C NMR study of a series of 3-aryl-2-thioxo-4-imidazolidinones, which are capable of existing as enantiomeric or diastereomeric rotational isomers about the aryl C? N bond, shows that rates of internal rotation are slow at the probe temperature. The effects of hetero- and aryl-ring substituents on hetero-ring carbon atoms have been established.     

Haptotropic rearrangement of tricarbonyl(2-acyloxytropone)iron

Respective two isomeric iron tricarbonyl complexes of 2-acetoxy- and 2-benzoyloxytropones were synthesized. These complexes rearranged to equilibrium mixtures of diastereomeric isomers, respectively, by 1,3-haptotropic rearrangement of iron tricarbonyl group but not by acyl migration and successive 1,2-haptotropic rearrangement, the mechanism having been clarified by the reaction of optically active complexes.     

The Reaction of H2PtCl6 with aromatic compounds in CF3COOH/H2O affording the anionic σ-aryl complexes of platinum(IV) : IV. The synthesis of platinum(IV) complexes of fluorinated benzenes and the electronic influence of the platinum moiety

The reaction of H₂PtCl₆ with fluorobenzene, σ-chlorofluorobenzene and m-chlorofluorobenzene in CF₃COOH/H₂O affords anionic σ-aryl complexes of platinum(IV). The first two compounds give rise to mixtures of two isomers (meta and para), the latter forms only one isomer (1,3,5-substituted). The ¹⁹F NMR spectrum shows that [PtCl₄NH₃]^? group, when bound to fluorobenzene, is an electron donor in both the inductive and resonance senses.     

Behaviour of isomeric methyl ethyl and ethyl methyl halosuccinates under electron impact. Elimination of a halogen atom by a multi-step mechanism

The electron impact mass spectra of isomeric methyl ethyl and ethyl methyl halosuccinates (X = Cl and Br) are surprisingly different. Only the isomers with the ethyl group remote from the halogen give rise to [M - X]⁺ ions. A low-energy collision-induced dissociation study of deuterium-labelled analogues of the former isomers indicates that the [M - X]⁺ ions are mixtures of protonated methyl ethyl maleate (major component, > 85%) and fumarate, and the loss of the halogen atom is a multi-step process including at least two specific hydrogen transfers. Migration of a β-hydrogen atom to the carbonyl oxygen within the ethoxycarbouyl group produces a primary radical site in a distonic intermediate which, by subsequent abstraction of a hydrogen atom from C(3), triggers the ejection of X from C(2) with concomitant double bond formation. Whereas in the other isomer an [M - X]⁺ ion is absent or negligible, a characteristic double loss of C₂H₄ and CO₂ is observed.     

A proton spin–lattice relaxation rate and nuclear Overhauser effect investigation of the stereochemistry of some 1-aryl derivatives of 1,2-dihydro-s-triazines

Proton spin–lattice relaxation rates (R₁ values) have been measured, at 400 MHz, for a number of 2-methyl- and 2,2-dimethyl-substituted 4,6-diamino-1-aryl-1,2-dihydro-S-triazines. These compounds have high barriers to internal rotation about the aryl C? N bond, and exist in solution as mixtures of enantiomeric or diastereomeric rotational isomers. Diastereotopically related 2-methyl groups in enantiomeric rotamers, and 2-methyl and 2-methine protons in diastereomeric rotamers, typically have different relaxation rates. In favourable circumstances this information may be used to identify the individual rotamers. Unequivocal direct identification of rotamers may be obtained from nuclear Overhauser effect difference spectra.     

Synthesis and Stereochemistry of New N-Substituted Cytisine Derivatives

A series of new N-substituted cytisine derivatives was synthesized. The ¹ H and ¹³ C NMR spectra of certain compounds exhibit a doubled set of signals. This is explained by formation of diastereomeric pairs in compounds containing an asymmetric center in the substituents. The signal splitting in -COHC=CHCO ₂ H and HC=O (formyl) derivatives is explained by the existence of Z and E invertomers. Their stereochemical features are discussed. Amide conjugation is confirmed by temperature experiments.     

Nylon Intermediates from Bio‐Based Levulinic Acid

Use of ZrO₂/SiO₂ as a solid acid catalyst in the ring‐opening of biobased γ‐valerolactone with methanol in the gas phase leads to mixtures of methyl 2‐, 3‐, and 4‐pentenoate (MP) in over 95 % selectivity, containing a surprising 81 % of M4P. This process allows the application of a selective hydroformylation to this mixture to convert M4P into methyl 5‐formyl‐valerate (M5FV) with 90 % selectivity. The other isomers remain unreacted. Reductive amination of M5FV and ring‐closure to ?‐caprolactam in excellent yield had been reported before. The remaining mixture of 2‐ and 3‐MP was subjected to an isomerising methoxycarbonylation to dimethyl adipate in 91 % yield.