A simple chromatographic route for the isolation of meso diaminopimelic acid

Meso diaminopimelic acid is an important noncoded amino acid found in Gram‐negative bacterial peptidoglycan. In spite of its importance, this stereoisomer is not available commercially. A simple, economical procedure was developed for the isolation of pure meso diaminopimelic acid via an high‐performance liquid chromatography separation. In our new approach, the underivatized three isomers of diaminopimelic acid were separated on a crown ether‐based chiral stationary phase. For the structure identification, ¹H NMR spectroscopy was applied. Chirality, 2011. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

Utilization of (18‐Crown‐6)‐2,3,11,12‐tetracarboxylic Acid as a Chiral NMR Solvating Agent for Diamines and β‐Amino Acids

The compound (18‐crown‐6)‐2,3,11,12‐tetracarboxylic acid was evaluated as a chiral nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) solvating agent for a series of diamines and bicyclic β‐amino acids. The amine must be protonated for strong association with the crown ether. An advantage of (18‐crown‐6)‐2,3,11,12‐tetracarboxylic acid over many other crown ethers is that it undergoes a neutralization reaction with neutral amines to form the protonated species needed for binding. Twelve primary diamines in neutral and protonated forms were evaluated. Diamines with aryl and aliphatic groups were examined. Some are atropisomers with equivalent amine groups. Others have two nonequivalent amine groups. Association equilibria for these systems are complex, given the potential formation of 2:1, 1:1, and 1:2 crown‐amine complexes and given the various charged species in solution for mixtures of the crown ether with the neutral amine. The crown ether produced enantiomeric differentiation in the ¹H NMR spectrum of one or more resonances for every diamine substrate. Also, a series of five bicyclic β‐amino acids were examined and (18‐crown‐6)‐2,3,11,12‐tetracarboxylic acid caused enantiomeric differentiation in the ¹H NMR spectrum of three or more resonances of each compound. Chirality 27:708–715, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Development of HPLC Chiral Stationary Phases Based on (+)‐(18‐Crown‐6)‐2,3,11,12‐tetracarboxylic Acid and Their Applications

Crown ether‐based chiral stationary phases (CSPs) have been known to be useful for the resolution of racemic primary amino compounds. In particular, CSPs based on (+)‐(18‐crown‐6)‐2,3,11,12‐tetracarboxylic acid have been reported to be useful for the resolution of secondary amino compounds as well as primary amino compounds. In this article, the process of developing various CSPs based on (+)‐(18‐crown‐6)‐2,3,11,12‐tetracarboxylic acid to improve the chiral recognition efficiency and/or the stability of the CSPs and their applications to the resolution of various primary and nonprimary amino compounds are reviewed. Chirality 27:576–588, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Liquid Chromatographic Resolution of Mexiletine and Its Analogs on Crown Ether‐Based Chiral Stationary Phases

Mexiletine, an effective class IB antiarrhythmic agent, and its analogs were resolved on three different crown ether‐based chiral stationary phases (CSPs), one (CSP 1 ) of which is based on (+)‐(18‐crown‐6)‐2,3,11,12‐tetracarboxylic acid and the other two (CSP 2 and CSP 3 ) are based on (3,3’‐diphenyl‐1,1’‐binaphthyl)‐20‐crown‐6. Mexiletine was resolved with a resolution (R_S) of greater than 1.00 on CSP 1 and CSP 3 containing residual silanol group‐protecting n‐octyl groups on the silica surface, but with a resolution (R_S) of less than 1.00 on CSP 2 . The chromatographic behaviors for the resolution of mexiletine analogs containing a substituted phenyl group at the chiral center on the three CSPs were quite dependent on the phenoxy group of analytes. Namely, mexiletine analogs containing 2,6‐dimethylphenoxy, 3,4‐dimethylphenoxy, 3‐methylphenoxy, 4‐methylphenoxy, and a simple phenoxy group were resolved very well on the three CSPs even though the chiral recognition efficiencies vary with the CSPs. However, mexiletine analogs containing 2‐methylphenoxy group were not resolved at all or only slightly resolved. Among the three CSPs, CSP 3 was found to show the highest chiral recognition efficiencies for the resolution of mexiletine and its analogs, especially in terms of resolution (R_S). Chirality 26:272–278, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

High‐Performance Liquid Chromatographic Enantioseparation of Unusual Isoxazoline‐Fused 2‐Aminocyclopentanecarboxylic Acids on (+)‐(18‐Crown‐6)‐2,3,11,12‐Tetracarboxylic Acid‐Based Chiral Stationary Phases

The enantiomers of four unusual isoxazoline‐fused 2‐aminocyclopentanecarboxylic acids were directly separated on chiral stationary phases containing (+)‐(18‐crown‐6)‐2,3,11,12‐tetracarboxylic acid as chiral selector. The nature of the alcoholic modifier (MeOH, EtOH, IPA) exerted a great effect on the retention, whereas the selectivity and resolution did not change substantially. Two types of dependence of retention on alcohol content were detected: k₁ increased continuously with increasing alcohol content or a U‐shaped retention curve was observed. A comparison of the chromatographic data obtained with HCOOH, AcOH, TFA, HClO₄, H₂SO₄, or H₃PO₄ as acidic modifier at a constant concentration demonstrated that in most cases, larger k values were obtained on the application of AcOH or HCOOH, and an increase of the acid content resulted in a decrease of retention. Some mechanistic aspects of the chiral recognition process are discussed with respect to the structures of the analytes and selector. The sequence of elution of the enantiomers was determined in all cases. Chirality 24:817‐824, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Liquid chromatographic direct resolution of flecainide and its analogs on a chiral stationary phase based on (+)‐(18‐crown‐6)‐2,3,11,12‐tetracarboxylic acid

Flecainide, an antiarrythmic agent, and its analogs were resolved on a high performance liquid chromatographic chiral stationary phase (CSP) based on (+)‐(18‐crown‐6)‐2,3,11,12‐tetracarboxylic acid with the use of a mobile phase consisting of methanol‐acetonitrile‐trifluoroacetic acid‐triethylamine (80/20/0.1/0.3, v/v/v/v). The chiral resolution was quite successful, the separation factors (α) and the resolutions (R_S) for 20 analytes including flecainide being in the range of 1.19–1.82 and 1.73–6.80, respectively. The ortho‐substituent of the benzoyl group of analytes was found to cause decrease in the retention times of analytes probably because of the conformational deformation of analytes originated from the steric hindrance exerted by the ortho‐substituent. Chirality, 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

Liquid and subcritical fluid chromatographic enantioseparation of Nα‐Fmoc proteinogenic amino acids on Quinidine‐based zwitterionic and anion‐exchanger type chiral stationary phases. A comparative study

Stereoselective high‐performance liquid chromatographic and subcritical fluid chromatographic separations of 19 N^α‐Fmoc proteinogenic amino acid enantiomers were carried out by using Quinidine ‐based zwitterionic and anion‐exchanger‐type chiral stationary phases Chiralpak ZWIX(−) and QD‐AX. For optimization of retention and enantioselectivity, the ratio of bulk solvent components (MeOH/MeCN, H₂O/MeOH, or CO₂/MeOH) and the nature and concentration of the acid and base additives (counter‐ and co‐ions) were systematically varied. The effect of column temperature on the enantioseparation was investigated and thermodynamic parameters were calculated from the van't Hoff plots ln α vs. 1/T. The thermodynamic parameters revealed that the enantioseparations were enthalpy‐driven. The elution sequence was determined in all cases and with the exception of Fmoc‐Cys(Trt)‐OH, it was identical on both chiral stationary phases whereby the L‐enantiomers eluted before the D‐enantiomers.     

Enantiomeric Discrimination of Isoxazoline Fused β‐amino Acid Derivatives using (18‐Crown‐6)‐2,3,11,12‐tetracarboxylic Acid as a Chiral NMR Solvating Agent

(18‐Crown‐6)‐2,3,11,12‐tetracarboxylic acid is a useful chiral NMR solvating agent for isoxazoline‐fused β‐amino acid derivatives. Isoxazoline substrates are analyzed as their hydrochloride salts in methanol‐d₄. The crown ether and substrate associate through the formation of three hydrogen bonds between the protonated amine and crown ether oxygen atoms. Enantiomeric discrimination is observed for two or more resonances of every substrate. At least one of these resonances is free of overlap with other resonances in the spectrum and has large enough enantiomeric discrimination to enable the determination of enantiomeric purity. 2D COSY methods can be used to identify additional resonances that exhibit enantiomeric discrimination in the NMR spectrum. Chirality, 25:48‐53, 2013.© 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Enantiopurity and absolute configuration determination of arene cis‐dihydrodiol metabolites and derivatives using chiral boronic acids

The relative merits of the methods employed to determine enantiomeric excess (ee) values and absolute configurations of chiral arene and alkene cis‐1,2‐diol metabolites, including boronate formation, using racemic or enantiopure (+) and (?)‐2‐(1‐methoxyethyl)phenylboronic acid (MEPBA), are discussed. Further applications of: 1) MEPBA derived boronates of chiral mono‐ and poly‐cyclic arene cis‐dihydrodiol, cyclohex‐2‐en‐1‐one cis‐diol, heteroarene cis/trans‐2,3‐diol, and catechol metabolites in estimating their ee values, and 2) new chiral phenylboronic acids, 2‐[1‐methoxy‐2,2‐dimethylpropyl]phenyl boronic acid (MDPBA) and 2‐[1‐methoxy‐1‐phenylmethyl]phenyl boronic acid (MPPBA) and their advantages over MEPBA, as reagents for stereochemical analysis of arene and alkene cis‐diol metabolites, are presented.     

Synthesis and Anti‐HIV Activity of Guanine Modified Fluorinated Acyclic Nucleoside Phosphonate Derivatives

The preparation of an unprecedented series of nucleobase modified 3‐fluoro‐2‐(phosphonomethoxy)propyl (FPMP) acyclic nucleosides in both their (R) and (S) enantiomerically pure forms is described. The synthesis focuses on a Mitsunobu alkylation reaction to construct the C?N(9) bond between a chiral fluorinated side‐chain residue and 6‐ or 7‐modified guanine analogs. Prodrugs of FPMP‐7‐deazaguanine were also synthesized by derivatization of the corresponding phosphonic acid functionality with (bis)diamyl aspartate amidate groups, leading to moderate activity against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1).     

Absolute Configuration and Predominant Conformations of a Chiral Crown Ether‐Based Colorimetric Sensor: A Vibrational Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy and DFT Study of Chiral Recognition

In the present work, we report a comprehensive vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopic study of a chiral crown ether which features an axial chiral 3.3'‐diphenyl‐1,1'‐binaphthyl group as chiral moiety. By comparing the experimental and calculated VCD spectra, we show that the presumably very flexible crown ether preferably adopts only one ring conformation. Conformational flexibility is observed in the 2,4‐dinitrophenyl‐diazophenol group, which was previously introduced for colorimetric detection of primary amines and amino alcohols (Cho et al., Chirality 2011;23:349–353). The VCD spectra of the host–guest complexes with phenyl glycinol (PG) and phenyl alaninol have been studied as well. Based on the spectra calculated, it is shown that the diastereomeric complexes in general can be differentiated using VCD spectroscopy. Furthermore, the experimental VCD spectra of the complexes of the host molecule with PG support the above finding. Chirality 25:294–300, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Simple Resolution of Enantiomeric NMR Signals of α‐Amino Acids by Using Samarium(III) Nitrate With L‐Tartarate

Readily available L‐tartaric acid, which is a bidentate ligand with two chiral centers forming a seven‐membered chelate ring, was applied to the chiral ligand for the chiral nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) shift reagent of samarium(III) formed in situ. This simple method does not cause serious signal broadening in the high magnetic field. Enantiomeric ¹³C and ¹H NMR signals and enantiotopic ¹H NMR signals of α‐amino acids were successfully resolved at pH 8.0 and the 1:3 molar ratio of Sm(NO₃)₃:L‐tartaric acid. It is elucidated that the enantiomeric signal resolution is attributed to the anisotropic magnetic environment for the enantiomers induced by the chiral L‐tartarato samarium(III) complex rather than differences in stability of the diastereomeric substrate adducts. The present ¹³C NMR signal resolution was also effective for the practical simultaneous analysis of plural kinds of DL‐amino acids. Chirality 27:353–357, 2015.© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Synthesis and Chiral Recognition of Nickel(II) Macrocyclic Complex with (R)‐Naphthylethyleneamine Pendant Groups and its Self‐Assembled Framework

A novel nickel(II) hexaaza macrocyclic complex, [Ni(L^R,R)](ClO₄)₂ ( 1 ), containing chiral pendant groups was synthesized by an efficient one‐pot template condensation and characterized (L^R,R═1,8‐di((R)‐α‐methylnaphthyl)‐1,3,6,8,10,13‐hexaazacyclotetradecane). The crystal structure of compound 1 was determined by single‐crystal X‐ray analysis. The complex was found to have a square‐planar coordination environment for the nickel(II) ion. Open framework [Ni(L^R,R)]₃[C₆H₃(COO)₃]₂ ( 2 ) was constructed from the self‐assembly of compound 1 with deprotonated 1,3,5‐benzenetricarboxylic acid, BTC^3?. Chiral discrimination of rac‐1,1′‐bi‐2‐naphthol and rac‐2,2,2‐trifluoro‐1‐(9‐anthryl)ethanol was performed to determine the chiral recognition ability of the chiral complex ( 1 ) and its self‐assembled framework ( 2 ). Binaphthol showed a good chiral discrimination on the framework ( 2 ). The optimum experimental conditions for the chiral discrimination were examined by changing the weight ratio between the macrocyclic complex 1 or self‐assembled framework 2 and racemates. The detailed synthetic procedures, spectroscopic data including single‐crystal X‐ray analysis, and the results of the chiral recognition for the compounds are described. Chirality, 25:54‐58, 2013 © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

A divergent approach to the preparation of cysteine and serine analogs

Malonate diesters containing a prochiral quaternary carbon have been successfully transformed into analogs of cysteine and serine. The chiral half‐esters are obtained in good yield, and enantioselectivity by selective hydrolysis using Pig‐Liver Esterase (PLE) as the catalyst. The resulting half‐ester intermediates are transformed into α^{2, 2}‐, β^{2, 2}‐, and β^{3, 3}‐analogs of cysteine and serine. The methodology described here allows for the preparation of both enantiomers of the amino‐acid analogs by selective manipulation of the ester and acid functionalities. This divergent strategy allows a common synthetic strategy to be used to prepare a variety of unnatural amino‐acid classes from a common intermediate which should prove useful in the design of novel peptide libraries. Copyright © 2008 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Conformations of peptides containing a chiral cyclic α, α‐disubstituted α‐amino acid within the sequence of Aib residues

A single chiral cyclic α,α‐disubstituted amino acid, (3S,4S)‐1‐amino‐(3,4‐dimethoxy)cyclopentanecarboxylic acid [(S,S)‐Ac₅c^dOM], was placed at the N‐terminal or C‐terminal positions of achiral α‐aminoisobutyric acid (Aib) peptide segments. The IR and ¹H NMR spectra indicated that the dominant conformations of two peptides Cbz‐[(S,S)‐Ac₅c^dOM]‐(Aib)₄‐OEt ( 1) and Cbz‐(Aib)₄‐[(S,S)‐Ac₅c^dOM]‐OMe (2) in solution were helical structures. X‐ray crystallographic analysis of 1 and 2 revealed that a left‐handed (M) 3₁₀‐helical structure was present in 1 and that a right‐handed (P) 3₁₀‐helical structure was present in 2 in their crystalline states. Copyright © 2010 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Chiral phase partitioning by enantioselective complexation: Characterisation by the semi‐empirical application of regular solution theory

The thermodynamics underlying enantioselective complexation and partitioning behaviour are poorly understood. This paper presents a model that decouples the effects of enantioselective complexation and subsequent diastereomer partitioning. Regular solution theory is applied in a semi‐empirical manner to describe the diastereomer partitioning process, which is reported to be governed by hydrophobic interactions. The model was shown to give a good fit to experimental partitioning for the enantioselective extraction of phenylalanine isomers by two chiral extractants; a modified amino acid [copper (II) N‐decyl‐(L)‐hydroxyproline] and a chiral crown ether [(S)‐bis(phenylnaphtho)‐20‐crown‐6]. A variety of aliphatic and aromatic solvents were tested. The predicted and observed experimental enantioselectivities were found to vary exponentially with the difference in the solubility parameters of the aqueous and organic phases and with those of the two diastereomeric complexes formed. This model provides the basis for a better understanding of enantioselective partitioning effects. Chirality 11:241–248, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

Effect of acidic mobile phase additives on chiral selectivity for phenylalanine analogs using subcritical fluid chromatography

A variety of acidic mobile phase additives were investigated as to their effects on retention, selectivity, efficiency, and overall chiral resolution for a number of chiral N‐substituted phenylalanine analogs under subcritical conditions. These mobile phase additives showed significant effects for all of the chromatographic parameters evaluated in this study. All of the phenylalanine analogs showed decreasing retention as the pK_a of the additive decreased. Plots of selectivity, efficiency, and chiral resolution showed pronounced improvement using acidic additives with pK_a values near −1. These results demonstrated that the choice of acidic mobile phase additives had a significant effect on the resulting chromatography for these chiral analytes under subcritical conditions. Chirality 11:91–97, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

TAPP analogs containing β3‐homo‐amino acids: synthesis and receptor binding

β‐Amino acids containing α,β‐hybrid peptides show great potential as peptidomimetics. In this paper, we describe the synthesis and affinity to μ‐opioid and δ‐opioid receptors of α,β‐hybrids, analogs of the tetrapeptide Tyr‐ d ‐Ala‐Phe‐Phe‐NH₂ (TAPP). Each amino acid was replaced with an l ‐ or d ‐β³‐h‐amino acid. All α,β‐hybrids of TAPP analogs were synthesized in solution and tested for affinity to μ‐opioid and δ‐opioid receptors. The analog Tyr‐β³h‐ d ‐Ala‐Phe‐PheNH₂ was found to be as active as the native tetrapeptide. Copyright © 2012 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of unusual secondary amino acids on a D-penicillamine-based chiral ligand exchange column

The application of a chiral ligand-exchange column (CLEC) for the direct high-performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of unusual secondary amino acids using D-penicillamine-Cu(II) complex as chiral selector is reported. The amino acids investigated were pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid, piperidine-2-carboxylic acid, piperazine-2-carboxylic acid, morpholine-3-carboxylic acid, and thiomorpholine-3-carboxylic acid analogs. Chromatographic results are given as the retention, separation, and resolution factors. The chromatographic conditions were varied to achieve optimal separation. The elution sequence of the enantiomers was determined and in most cases the S isomer eluted before R.     

Synthesis and Quantitative Analysis of Diastereomeric Linked Ester Conjugates With Remote Stereocenters Using High‐Field NMR and Chiral HPLC

A stereochemically safe high‐yielding procedure for linking unprotected as well as protected hydroxycarboxylic acids to chiral secondary alcohols via glycolic acid linker is proposed. L‐menthol has been linked with both enantiomers of mandelic, malic, and methoxyphenylacetic acid using bromo‐ or iodoacetyl group as a precursor of the glycolic acid linker. High‐field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and chiral high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) determination of high diastereomeric ratio (dr) (>99%) of the products bearing remote stereocenters was explored. Chiral HPLC allowed quantitation of the diastereomers up to dr 99.9/0.1. High‐field NMR quantitation of the diastereomeric and parent alcoholic impurities in esters was demonstrated at the molar 0.3% and 0.03% levels, respectively. These analyses were done via comparison of integral intensities from major component ¹³C satellites in ¹H or even in ¹³C spectra to the ¹H or ¹³C signals of impurities. Despite lower sensitivity, the last option generally has much better selectivity. In this way the dynamic resolution is brought down by two orders. Chirality 25:793–798, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.