Metallocene enantiomers, separation

Armstrong, D.W., DeMond, W., and Czech, B.P., Separation of metallocene enantiomers by liquid chromatography chiral recognition via cyclodextrin bonded phases, Anal. Chem., 57, 481, 1985. 

D.W. Armstrong, W. DeMond, and B.P. Czech, Separation of Metallocene Enantiomers by Liquid Chromatography Chiral Recognition via Cyclodextrin Bonded Phases, Anal. Chem., 57(1985)481. 

Appllca.tlons. The first widely appHcable Ic separation of enantiomeric metallocene compounds was demonstrated on P-CD bonded-phase columns. Thirteen enantiomeric derivatives of ferrocene, mthenocene, and osmocene were resolved (7). Retention data for several of these compounds are listed in Table 2, and Figure 2a shows the Ic separation of three metallocene enantiomeric pairs. P-Cyclodextrin bonded phases were used to resolve several racemic and diastereomeric 2,2-binaphthyldiyl crown ethers (9). These compounds do not contain a chiral carbon but stiU exist as enantiomers because of the staggered position of adjacent naphthyl rings, and a high degree of chiral recognition was attained for most of these compounds (9). 

A C2-symmetric ansa metallocene is a racemic mixture of an enantiomeric pair—an example is rac-(dimethylsilyl)bis(l-indenyl)zirconium dichloride (XXXIV), abbreviated as rac-(CH3)2SiInd2ZrCl2. The enantiomers are designated as (R, R) and (S, S) to describe the two coordination sites in each enantiomer. Actually, the synthesis of a C2 ansa metallocene usually produces a mixture of the racemic pair plus the meso compound (R, S). The meso compound, which is a diastereomer of the racemic pair, can be separated from the racemic mixture by physical techniques such as recrystallization. The meso stereoisomer possesses Cs symmetry, and its stereoselectivity is very different from that of the enantiomeric pair (Sec. 8-5a-3). 

A separation of the racemic mixture of chiral zirconocene compounds into the optically active pure enantiomers is performed using 0-acetyl-(/ )-mandelic acid as chiral auxiliary (Structure 28). Using this enantiomerically pure metallocene in oligomerization experiments confirms the mechanistic hypothesis of stereospecificity predicting the topicity of insertion [69]. 

Enantiomeric separation of nonpharmaceutical compounds include IV-alkyl-Af-methylaniline W-oxides (ethyl to butyl plus isomers) on a Chiralcel OD column. (A = 210 nm) using 1% to 3% ethanol in hexane [143]. Carrea et al. [144] separated the enantiomers of various substituted chromium and magnesium tricarbonyl metallocenes ( / -benzene and -cyclopentadiene) on a Chiralcel OD column (A = 315 run) with an isocratic mobile phase that varied from 1% to 10% ethanol in hexane depending on the enantiomeric pair involved. Chromium tricarbonyl compounds complexed with a variety of ij -arenes were separated on a Whelk-O column (A = 315 nm) using a 20/80 IPA/hexane as the mobile phase [145]. 

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