Diastereomer crystallization

Any diastereomeric pair could be separated by a physical process like distillation or crystallization. Diastereomers are found in parts (a), (b), and (d). The structures in (c) are enantiomers they could not be separated by normal physical means. 

P5zridine-oxide 268 was resolved with (S)-(—)-BINOL into enantiomers. X-ray analysis of the crystallized diastereomer allowed the assignment of the absolute configuration (R) to (+)-268. 

Conversely, when A-alkyl tryptophan methyl esters were condensed with aldehydes, the trans diastereomers were observed as the major products." X-ray-crystal structures of 1,2,3-trisubstituted tetrahydro-P-carbolines revealed that the Cl substituent preferentially adopted a pseudo-axial position, forcing the C3 substituent into a pseudo-equatorial orientation to give the kinetically and thermodynamically preferred trans isomer." As the steric size of the Cl and N2 substituents increased, the selectivity for the trans isomer became greater. A-alkyl-L-tryptophan methyl ester 42 was condensed with various aliphatic aldehydes in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid to give predominantly the trans isomers. ... 

A -sulfinyl chiral auxiliaries have been used to prepare enantiopure tetrahydro-P-carbolines and tetrahydroisoquinolines in good yields under mild reaction conditions. Both enantiomers of V-p-toluenesulfinyltryptamine 46 could be readily prepared from the commercially available Andersen reagents.Compound 46 reacted with various aliphatic aldehydes in the presence of camphorsulfonic acid at -78 °C to give the A-sulfinyl tetrahydro-P-carbolines 47 in good yields. The major diastereomers were obtained after a single crystallization. Removal of the sulfinyl auxiliaries under mildly acidic conditions produced the tetrahydro-P-carbolines 48 as single enantiomers. 

In the third sequence, the diastereomer with a /i-epoxide at the C2-C3 site was targeted (compound 1, Scheme 6). As we have seen, intermediate 11 is not a viable starting substrate to achieve this objective because it rests comfortably in a conformation that enforces a peripheral attack by an oxidant to give the undesired C2-C3 epoxide (Scheme 4). If, on the other hand, the exocyclic methylene at C-5 was to be introduced before the oxidation reaction, then given the known preference for an s-trans diene conformation, conformer 18a (Scheme 6) would be more populated at equilibrium. The A2 3 olefin diastereoface that is interior and hindered in the context of 18b is exterior and accessible in 18a. Subjection of intermediate 11 to the established three-step olefination sequence gives intermediate 18 in 54% overall yield. On the basis of the rationale put forth above, 18 should exist mainly in conformation 18a. Selective epoxidation of the C2-C3 enone double bond with potassium tm-butylperoxide furnishes a 4 1 mixture of diastereomeric epoxides favoring the desired isomer 19 19 arises from a peripheral attack on the enone double bond by er/-butylper-oxide, and it is easily purified by crystallization. A second peripheral attack on the ketone function of 19 by dimethylsulfonium methylide gives intermediate 20 exclusively, in a yield of 69%. 

Oxidation of the methyl substituent in compounds 4 to the corresponding aldehydes and subsequent reaction with ephedrine leads to (V.O-acetals, which can be separated by crystallization into the two diastereomers. Treatment with silica gel then gives the enantiomerically pure aldehydes.17... 

Even acetophenone reacts with the magnesium compound 17 (R1 = R2 = H) to yield the w-diastereomer 18 with 90 % de 22 24. The structure of the metal-organic precursor and, as well, of the major product was determined by an X-ray crystal structure analysis23. 

Another route to enantiomcrically pure iron-acyl complexes depends on a resolution of diastereomeric substituted iron-alkyl complexes16,17. Reaction of enantiomerically pure chloromethyl menthyl ether (6) with the anion of 5 provides the menthyloxymethyl complex 7. Photolysis of 7 in the presence of triphenylphosphane induces migratory insertion of carbon monoxide to provide a racemic mixture of the diastereomeric phosphane-substituted menthyloxymethyl complexes (-)-(/ )-8 and ( + )-( )-8 which are resolved by fractional crystallization. Treatment of either diastereomer (—)-(/J)-8 or ( I )-(.V)-8 with gaseous hydrogen chloride (see also Houben-Weyl, Vol 13/9a, p437) affords the enantiomeric chloromethyl complexes (-)-(R)-9 or (+ )-(S)-9 without epimerization of the iron center. 

Cleavage of the acetals 9 provides crystalline amino diol hydrochlorides. Remarkably, the (S.S.S)-diastereomer crystallized preferentially leading to a considerable enhancement of d.r. values. 

Although it is claimed that the Strecker reaction of 2 results in the exclusive formation of one isomer of 3 and that selective elimination of the minor isomer during isolation of the intermediate compound 4 is not possible, it is apparent that during the workup of the hydrolysis product 4, fractional precipitation or crystallization or other separation of the diastereomers may... 

Interestingly, when R1 and R2 are hydrogens, the -configurated amino nitriles 1 arc obtained, whereas one or two methoxy substituents on the aromatic ring leads to (S)-diastereomers. This surprising effect is caused by the preferential crystallization of the (R)- or the (.S )-diastereomers, respectively. If the pure diastereomers of 1 are dissolved in methanol, equilibration occurs. On concentration, the optically pure diastereomer again crystallizes from the solution45. 

Usually, the reaction is carried out at 60 °C in methanol. After addition of acetic acid and on cooling, the diastereomerically pure amino nitrile crystallizes from the reaction mixture. If crystallization docs not occur, the mixture is stirred in the open vessel until precipitation of the pure diastereomer takes place. 

The method is very useful for the synthesis of physiologically interesting a-mcthylamino acids, e.g., methyl dopa from the 3,4-dimethoxybenzyl derivative. The excellent stereoselection achieved in the process, however, is caused by the preferential crystallization of one pure diastereomerfrom the equilibrium mixture formed in the reversible Strecker reaction. Thus, the pure diastcrcomers with benzyl substituents, dissolved in chloroform or acetonitrile, give equilibrium mixtures of both diastereomers in a ratio of about 7 347. This effect has also been found for other s-methylamino nitriles of quite different structure49. If the amino nitrile (R1 = Bn) is synthesized in acetonitrile solution, the diastereomers do not crystallize while immediate hydrolysis indicates a ratio of the diastereomeric amino nitriles (S)I(R) of 86 1447. 

The shielding effect of the vicinal phenyl substituent accounts for the favored attack of the cyanide from the opposite direction, giving rise to the (S)-diastereomers. However, it should be noted that imines of aliphatic aldehydes which bear an odd number of carbons in the main side chain surprisingly give (/ )-diastereomcrs, concluded from ORD data48. This opposite stereochemical course in the formation of these compounds has not been explained48. It might simply be due to crystallization of the (R)-diastereomer which continuously shifts the equilibrium (vide supra). 

Zirconocene dichloride 121 derived from (l-phenylethyl)cyclopentadienyl ligand is formed as a mixture of diastereomers from which the racemic form can be isolated by fractional crystallization. This complex was studied by X-ray diffraction methods and revealed a virtually chiral C2-symmetrical conformation in which the chiral ring-substituents are arranged in a synclinal position relative to the five-membered ring. It was proposed that this conformation is preserved in solution. Using 121 as catalyst the influence of double stereodifferentiation during isospecific polymerization of propylene (Eq. 32) was demonstrated for the first time [142],... 

Sulfoxides were first prepared in optically active form in 1926 by the classical technique of diastereomeric salt formation followed by separation of the diastereomers by recrystallization16 17. Sulfoxides 1 and 2 were treated with d-camphorsulfonic acid and brucine, respectively, to form the diastereomeric salts. These salts were separated by crystallization after which the sulfoxides were regenerated from the diastereomers by treatment with acid or base, as appropriate. Since then numerous sulfoxides, especially those bearing carboxyl groups, have been resolved using this general technique. 

Aryl- and alkyl-magnesium halides were the first reagents used to form sulfoxides from sulfinate ester 19 and related (— )-menthyl arenesulfinates (equations 564,665,758 and 866). Whereas optically pure esters produced the homochiral sulfoxides shown in equations (5), (6) and (7), the ester shown in equation (8) was an oily mixture of four diastereomers which led to formation of a meso sulfoxide and a d, l pair enriched in one enantiomer. A homochiral sulfoxide was obtained by fractional crystallization. 

Crystallization to obtain the major diastereomer in pure form is possible in some cases. These hydrogen-bonded vinylic sulfoxides undergo asymmetric 2 + 4-cycloaddition reactions with 1,3-cyclopentadiene (see p. 845). 

A pair of enantiomers can be separated in several ways, of which conversion to diastereomers and separation of these by fractional crystallization is the most often used. In this method and in some of the others, both isomers can be recovered, but in some methods it is necessary to destroy one. 

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