Chiral gels optical effects

Supported cationic rhodium(I) phosphine complexes, chiral at a men-thyl moiety, effected hydrogenation of ketones, but the 2-butanol produced from methylethylketone was optically inactive (348). Polystyrene-or silica gel-supported DIOP systems, however, are particularly effective for production of optically active alcohols (up to 60% ee) via asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones (10, 284, 296, 366, 368 see also Section III, A,4). 

For example (+)-43a was obtained after two purifications at 55 % ee and 10 % yield. Treatment of (+)-43a with hydrazine and KOH gave (+)-45a at 55 % ee and 40 % yield. The chiral host (S)-(—)-40 has been found to be extremely effective as a chiral selector towards comparatively bulky molecules of the phthalimide formed from of l- < r -butyl-3-chloro-azetidin-2-one, 47. A crystalline inclusion complex of 1 1 stoichiometry was formed between one mole of (S)-(—)-40 and two moles of rac-47 dissolved in benzene/hexane 1 1 solution. After one recrystallization, the complex was chromatographed on silica gel, and the crystalline product was treated with hydrazine. Optically pure (—)-3-amino-l-ieri-butyl-azetidin-2-one (—)-47, was obtained at 100% ee and 44% yield [51]. Primary diamines, like 1,3-dibromobutane (49), can undergo a similar reaction with potassium phthalimide, yielding diphthalimide, 50. The complexation process between rac-diphthalimide 50 and host (S,S)-(—)-6 gave a 1 1 complex containing (—)-50... 

We conclude from these results that the chiral structure of chitosan gels containing hydrophobic groups is effective in the hydrophobic separation and the resolution of optical isomers of D,L-amino acids. Further work will be applied to the separation of D,L-amino acids and peptides by liquid column chromatography, using chemically modified chitosan as stationary phase. In addition, the information about equilibrium sorption obtained from the present investigation is to be expected for supports of immobilized enzymes and separation membranes. 

The tetrahydrophthalic ester of prednisolone, an anti-inflammatory drug, consists of two diastereoisomers. Olszewska et al. [66] describes the effect of addition of an optically active compound (amino acids, cyclodextrins, camphosulfonic acid) on the capacity ratios, k, and separation factors of these diastereoisomers by TLC. They used both mobile phases containing a chiral additive and stationary phases impregnated with an optically active compound, for example, silica gel plates impregnated with amino acids. The best resolution was obtained by impregnation of the stationary phase with o-camphosulfonic acid and copper acetate, and use of dichloromethane-isopropanol (90+10, v/v) as mobile phase. The addition of chiral compound to the mobile phase had less effect on the resolution of diastereoisomers. 

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