Induction and inhibition of preferential enrichment by controlling the mode of the polymorphic transition with seed crystals

Both induction and inhibition of "preferential enrichment", an unusual symmetry-breaking enantiomeric-resolution phenomenon observed upon simple recrystallization of a certain kind of racemic crystals from organic solvents, have been successfully achieved by controlling the mode of the polymorphic transition during crystallization with appropriate seed crystals. Such control of the polymorphic transition can be interpreted in terms of a novel phenomenon consisting of 1) the adsorption of prenucleation aggregates, 2) the heterogeneous nucleation and crystal growth of a metastable crystalline form, and 3) the subsequent polymorphic transition into the more stable form; these three processes occur on the same surface of a seed crystal. We refer to this phenomenon as an "epitaxial transition", which has been confirmed by means of in situ attenuated total reflection (ATR) FTIR spectroscopy in solution and the solid state, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements of the deposited crystals, and X-ray crystallographic analysis of the single crystals or the direct-space approach employing the Monte Carlo method with the Rietveld refinement for the structure solution from the powder X-ray diffraction data.     

Asymmetric allylic substitution catalyzed by C1-symmetrical complexes of molybdenum: structural requirements of the ligand and the stereochemical course of the reaction

Application of new chiral ligands (R)-(-)-12 a and (S)-(+)-12 c (VALDY), derived from amino acids, to the title reaction, involving cinnamyl (linear) and isocinnamyl (branched) type substrates (4 and 5 --> 6), led to excellent regio- and enantioselectivities (>30:1, < or =98 % ee), showing that ligands with a single chiral center are capable of high asymmetric induction. The structural requirements of the ligand and the mechanism are discussed. The application of single enantiomers of deuterium-labeled substrates (both linear 38 c and branched 37 c) and analysis of the products (41-43) by (2)H{(1)H} NMR spectroscopy in a chiral liquid crystal matrix allowed the stereochemical pathways of the reaction to be distinguished. With ligand (S)-(+)-12 c, the matched enantiomer of branched substrate was found to be (S)-5, which was converted into (R)-6 with very high regio- and stereoselectivity via a process that involves net retention of stereochemistry. The mismatched enantiomer of the branched substrate was found to be (R)-5, which was also converted into (R)-6, that is, with apparent net inversion, but at a lower rate and with lower overall enantioselectivity. This latter feature, which may be termed a "memory effect", reduced the global enantioselectivity in the reaction of the racemic substrate (+/-)-5. The stereochemical pathway of the mismatched manifold has been shown also to be one of net retention, the apparent inversion occurring through equilibration via an Mo-allyl intermediate prior to nucleophilic attack. Incomplete equilibration leads to the memory effect and thus to lower enantioselectivity. Analysis of the mismatched manifold over the course of the reaction revealed that the memory effect is progressively attenuated with the nascent global selectivity increasing substantially as the reaction proceeds. The origin of this effect is suggested to be the depletion of CO sources in the reaction mixture, which attenuates turnover rate and thus facilitates greater equilibrium. The linear substrate was also converted into the branched product with net syn stereochemistry, as shown by isotopic labeling. An analogous process operates in the generation of small quantities of linear product from branched substrate.     

Diastereoselective fragmentation of chiral alpha-aminophosphonic acids/metal ion aggregates

Diastereomeric clusters of general formula [MAB(2)](+) and [MA(2)B](+) (M = Li(I), Na(I), Ag(I), Ni(II)-H, or Cu(II)-H; A = (R)-(-)- and (S)-(+)-(1-aminopropyl)phosphonic acid; B = (1R)-(-)- and (1S)-(+)-(1-aminohexyl)phosphonic acid) have been readily generated in the electrospray ionization (ESI) source of a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer and their collision-induced dissociation (CID) investigated. CID of diastereomeric complexes, e.g. [MA(S)(B(S))(2)](+) and [MA(R)(B(S))(2)](+), leads to fragmentation patterns characterized by R(homo) = [MA(S)B(S)](+)/[M(B(S))(2)](+) and R(hetero) = [MA(R)B(S)](+)/[M(B(S))(2)](+) abundance ratios, which depend upon the relative stability of the diastereomeric [MA(S)B(S)](+) and [MA(R)B(S)](+) complexes in the gas phase. The chiral resolution factor R(chiral) = R(homo)/R(hetero) is found to depend not only on the nature of the M ion but also on that of the fragmenting species, whether [MAB(2)](+) or [MA(2)B](+). The origin of this behavior is discussed.     

Deuterium isotope effects observed during competitive binding chiral recognition electrospray ionization--mass spectrometry of cinchona alkaloid-based systems

Deuterium isotope effects are reported for binding between tert-butylcarbamoyl-quinine/quinidine chiral selectors and isotopomeric quasienantiomers of N-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)leucine measured using electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and competitive binding. Evaluation of mixtures of each selector with one labeled and one unlabeled enantiomeric selectand of identical configuration showed a significant difference in measured ion abundances of diastereomeric complexes between the selector and each selectand. It was found that in some cases, the complex containing the nondeuterated selectand was 15% more abundant than its deuterated counterpart. On the basis of an assessment of solution- and gas-phase isotope effects reported in the literature, a series of control experiments were performed to study the origin of the effects. On the basis of these measurements, our preliminary conclusion is that the differing gas-phase physicochemical nature of the deuterated versus nondeuterated selectand represents the strongest contribution to the observed effect in this chiral molecular recognition system.     

六聚吡咯/丝组缀合物结构的NMR和 ESI-MS/MS表征

利用片断合成法合成了具有DNA切割能力的六聚吡咯/丝组缀合物, 检测了该化合物的¹H、¹³C NMR 和ESI-MS/ MS 图谱, 确证了该化合物的结构, 通过¹H-¹H COSY, HSQC,HMBC等2D NMR 技术对其¹H 和¹³C NMR 数据进行了归属和解析, 并探讨了其ESI-MS/ MS 质谱裂解规律.     

Helical Mechanoclinic Deformation of Main‐Chain Chiral Smectic Elastomers

The helical mechanoclinic deformation of a main‐chain chiral smectic elastomer, which is prepared by a crosslinking reaction under twist deformation, is investigated. The twist deformation induces a layer tilt angle that depends on the handedness of twist. The layer tilt angle in the right‐handedly twisted elastomer, of which the handedness is consistent with that of the helix in the SmC* phase of the non‐crosslinked backbone polymer, is estimated to be up to 16° at room temperature, although that in the left‐handedly twisted elastomer is less than several degrees. The experiments provide evidence of chiral coupling between tilt and twist for helical mechanoclinic deformation in the chiral smectic system.

     

Algebraic Multigrid Preconditioning for Finite Element Solution of Inhomogeneous Elastic Inclusion Problems in Articular Cartilage

In studying biomechanical deformation in articular cartilage, the presence of cells (chondrocytes) necessitates the consideration of inhomogeneous elasticity problems in which cells are idealized as soft inclusions within a stiff extracellular matrix. An analytical solution of a soft inclusion problem is derived and used to evaluate iterative numerical solutions of the associated linear algebraic system based on discretization via the finite element method, and use of an iterative conjugate gradient method with algebraic multigrid preconditioning (AMG-PCG). Accuracy and efficiency of the AMG-PCG algorithm is compared to two other conjugate gradient algorithms with diagonal preconditioning (DS-PCG) or a modified incomplete LU decomposition (Euclid-PCG) based on comparison to the analytical solution. While all three algorithms are shown to be accurate, the AMG-PCG algorithm is demonstrated to provide significant savings in CPU time as the number of nodal unknowns is increased. In contrast to the other two algorithms, the AMG-PCG algorithm also exhibits little sensitivity of CPU time and number of iterations to variations in material properties that are known to significantly affect model variables. Results demonstrate the benefits of algebraic multigrid preconditioners for the iterative solution of assembled linear systems based on finite element modeling of soft elastic inclusion problems and may be particularly advantageous for large scale problems with many nodal unknowns.     

毛细管电泳法手性拆分4种氨酸和2种手性药物对映体

以双(6-氧-β-羧甲基-1,4-丁烯二酸单酯)-β-环糊精(DOCB-β-CD）作为手性添加剂,利用毛细管电泳对氨基酸和手性药物对映体进行拆分研究。 以20 mmol/L磷酸盐为缓冲溶液,考察了手性添加剂的浓度及缓冲溶液的pH值与分离电压等对拆分效果的影响,并在其优化条件下,实现了4种DL-氨基酸（苯丙氨酸、色氨酸、酪氨酸和组氨酸）以及手性药物（罗格列酮和酮洛芬）对映体的基线分离。     

金鸡纳碱奎尼丁催化含苯并噻唑基团亚胺与丙二酸酯Mannich反应机理研究

手性催化剂奎尼丁催化丙二酸乙酯与苯并噻唑亚胺的不对称Mannich反应机理研究, 对β-氨基酸酯类衍生物合成具有重要的指导意义. 采用密度泛函理论(DFT)的M06-2X方法, 通过精确计算: (1)确定了奎尼丁催化剂催化活性位点为9位碳上的羟基和位于1位的叔氮原子; (2) S构型反应过渡态能量比R构型反应过渡态能量低, 反应产物以S构型为主; (3)计算进一步表明较低温度有助于提高反应的立体选择性. 计算结果与实验数据相符, 反应获得S构型的β-氨基酸酯类衍生物, 其ee可达到 81%～95%.     

高效液相色谱手性流动相添加剂法分离3种黄酮类化合物对映体

采用反相高效液相色谱法(RP-HPLC),以磺丁基醚-β-环糊精(SBE-β-CD)作为手性流动相添加剂,建立了二氢黄豆苷原(dihydrodaidzein)、雌马酚(equol)和山姜素(alpinetin)3种黄酮类化合物的手性拆分方法。考察了环糊精的种类和浓度、有机相的种类和比例、缓冲盐的种类和浓度以及pH对3种化合物手性拆分效果的影响。结果表明:采用Kromasil 100-5C₁₈(250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm)色谱柱,流动相为乙腈-10 mmol/L SBE-β-CD水溶液(含20 mmol/L KH₂PO₄, pH值到4.0)(体积比为20:80)的条件下,二氢黄豆苷原、雌马酚和山姜素的对映体都达到了基线分离,分离度分别为1.8, 1.9和1.4。该方法简便,分离效果好,对黄酮类化合物的拆分具有应用价值。