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Chiral permselectivity in nanoporous opal films surface-modified with chiral selector moieties
Cichelli, Julie,Zharov, Ilya
, p. 1870 - 1875 (2007)
The chiral permselectivity in thin opal films modified on the silica surface with chiral selector moieties was studied as a function of opal film geometry, supporting electrolyte concentration, solvent polarity, and chiral selector and linker structure. While opal film thickness, supporting electrolyte concentration and linker length and structure did not have a significant influence on the chiral permselectivity, the nanopore size, solvent polarity and selector structure had a pronounced effect. These observations are in agreement with the chiral selectivity mechanism in the opal films in which the permeating enantiomers are transported with different rates through the surface utilizing non-covalent interactions between the chiral permeant molecules and surface-bound chiral selectors. The chiral selectivity (transport rate ratio for S and R enantiomers) achieved in the present study was 4.5, which is one of the highest reported for chiral membranes. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2007.
Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of N-Protected Amino Acid Esters via Phase-Transfer Catalytic Base Hydrolysis
Yamamoto, Eiji,Wakafuji, Kodai,Furutachi, Yuho,Kobayashi, Kaoru,Kamachi, Takashi,Tokunaga, Makoto
, p. 5708 - 5713 (2018/05/30)
Asymmetric base hydrolysis of α-chiral esters with synthetic small-molecule catalysts is described. Quaternary ammonium salts derived from quinine were used as chiral phase-transfer catalysts to promote the base hydrolysis of N-protected amino acid hexafluoroisopropyl esters in a CHCl3/NaOH (aq) via dynamic kinetic resolution, providing the corresponding products in moderate to good yields (up to 99%) with up to 96:4 er. Experimental and computational mechanistic studies using DFT calculation and pseudotransition state (pseudo-TS) conformational search afforded a TS model accounting for the origin of the stereoselectivity. The model suggested π-stacking and H-bonding interactions play essential roles in stabilizing the TS structures.
Combining Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopies, Mass Spectrometry, and Molecular Dynamics: Investigation of Chiral Recognition by 2,6-di-O-Methyl-β-cyclodextrin
Franchi, Paola,Lucarini, Marco,Mezzina, Elisabetta,Pedulli, Gian Franco
, p. 4343 - 4354 (2007/10/03)
EPR spectroscopy has been employed to investigate the formation of complexes between heptakis-(2,6-O-dimethyl)-β-cyclodextrin (DM-β-CD) and different enantiomeric pairs of chiral nitroxides of general structure PhCH2N(O·)CH(R)R′. Accurate equilibrium measurements of the concentrations of free and included radicals afforded the binding constant values for these nitroxides. The relationship between the stereochemistry of the DM-β-CD complexes and the thermodynamics of complexation was elucidated by correlating EPR data with 1H-1H NOE measurements carried out on the complexes between DM-β-CD and the structurally related amine precursors of nitroxides. NOE data suggested that inclusion of the stereogenic center in the DM-β-CD cavity occurs only when the R substituent linked to the chiral carbon contains an aromatic ring. For these types of complexes, molecular dynamics simulation indicated that the depth of penetration of the stereogenic center into the cyclodextrin cavity is determined by the nature of the second substituent (R′) at the asymmetric carbon and is responsible for the observed chiral selectivity. Analysis of mass spectra showed that, for the presently investigated amines, electrostatic external adducts of CDs with protonated amines are detected by ESI-MS.