Saccharides chirality

The popularity of the poly(saccharide) derivatives as chiral stationary phases is explained by the high success rate in resolving low molecular mass enantiomers. It has been estimated that more than 85% of all diversely structured enantiomers can be separated on poly(saccharide) chiral stationary phases, and of these, about 80% can be separated on just four stationary phases. These are cellulose tris(3,5-dimethylphenyl carbamate), cellulose tris(4-methylbenzoate), amylose tris(3,5-dimethylphenyl carbamate), and amylose tris(l-phenylethyl carbamate). Typically, n-hexane and propan-2-ol or ethanol mixtures are used as the mobile phase [111]. Both the type and concentration of aliphatic alcohols can affect enantioselectivity. Further mobile phase optimization is restricted to solvents compatible with the stationary phase, such as ethers and acetonitrile, as binary or ternary solvent mixtures, but generally not chloroform, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, or tetrahydrofuran. Small volumes of acidic (e.g. tri-fluoroacetic acid) or basic (n-butylamine, diethylamine) additives may be added to the mobile phase to minimize band broadening and peak tailing [112]. These additives, however, may be difficult to remove from the column by solvent rinsing to restore it to its original condition. 

Figure 10.10. Poly(saccharide) chiral mobile phase additives for capillary electrophoresis. Heparin (molecular mass 7,000-20,000 with 2-3 sulfate groups per disaccharide), Chondroitin sulfate A (molecular mass 30,000-50,000 with 0.2-0.3 sulfate groups per disaccharide) and Dextran sulfate (molecular mass 7,300 with 6 sulfate groups per disaccharide).

Many ionic poly(saccharides), such as heparin, chondroitin sulfates, dextran sulfate, and natural poly(saccharides), such as dextran, dextrin, pullulan, and their charged derivatives have been used as mobile phase additives for the separation of different enantiomers. Figure 10.10 [191,192,205,206]. Dextrins were found to have a wide application range, thought to be due in part to their helical structures. Enantiomer-chiral selector complexes seem to be weaker than for cyclodextrins, and it has not been demonstrated that enantiomer separations obtained by the poly(saccharide) chiral selectors cannot be obtained using cyclodextrins. Natural poly(saccharides) are typically complex mixtures of homologues and isomers, with a composition that can vary for different sources, resulting in differences in enantioselectivity. 

Danishefsky et al. were probably the first to observe that lanthanide complexes can catalyze the cycloaddition reaction of aldehydes with activated dienes [24]. The reaction of benzaldehyde la with activated conjugated dienes such as 2d was found to be catalyzed by Eu(hfc)3 16 giving up to 58% ee (Scheme 4.16). The ee of the cycloaddition products for other substrates was in the range 20-40% with 1 mol% loading of 16. Catalyst 16 has also been used for diastereoselective cycloaddition reactions using chiral 0-menthoxy-activated dienes derived from (-)-menthol, giving up to 84% de [24b,c] it has also been used for the synthesis of optically pure saccharides. 

Competitive binding studies have shown that 164 and 166 are suitable for the detection of glucose at physiological levels [253-255]. Diboronate 165 is capable of chiral recognition of monosaccharides and gave the best chiral recognition for fructose when tested with a series of different saccharides [255]. 

Among the peculiar features of 2-bromoamides there are the following i) possibility of substitution at the tertiary C-Br (RCO2H, RR NH, or a saccharide, as the nucleophiles) ii) chiral stability and stereochemical control at the secondary C-Br atom (RR NH, ROH or a saccharide as the nucleophiles) iii) the presence of bromine allows cyclic voltammetry and electroreduction at controlled potential both of starting compounds and relevant intermediates iv) the Ca polarity can be reversed upon electroreduction, and the resulting Ca enolate forms a C-C bond (CO2 as the electrophile). 

In designing siderophore mimics, solubility and molecular recognition are key issues. A saccharide can provide a chiral... 

Deuterated and tritiated tin hydrides have been used to prepare deuterated saccharides93 and tritiated steroids46 from alkyl bromides, (equations 68 and 69). It is important to note that isomerization has occurred at the chiral reaction centre in the saccharide reaction (equation 68). For the steroid, the tin hydride reaction is regiospecific, i.e. it only reacts at the more reactive bromide rather than the less reactive chloride site and does not react with the keto group, the hydroxyl group or the acetal group. 

Besides a chiral remote induction for glycosidation, other glycosidic sugar-fused lactones have been also directly used as saccharidic delivery synthons. 

Both steric and electronic factors are used for chiral recognition of saccharides by the R and S forms of S-3. A difference in PET efficiency is created by the asymmetric immobilization of the amine groups relative to the binaphthyl moiety upon 1 1 complexation of saccharides by d- or L-isomers. For instance, D-fructose is recognized by the R form of S-2 with a large fluorescence enhancement. 

Carbohydrates are configurationally stable, easily available in enantiopure forms from the chiral pool, and they show a high density of chiral information per molecular unit. Their polyfunctionality and structural diversity fadhtate their tailor-made modification, derivatization, and structural optimization for a broad spectrum of synthetic applications. While derivatives of various saccharides have already been utilized as versatile starting materials and building blocks for chiral auxiliaries, ligands, and reagents [330] their obvious role as precursors for the... 

Work by Irie et al. on the control of intermolecular chiral l,l -binapthyl fluorescence quenching by chiral amines [66] and the use of 1,1 -binaphthyl in the recognition of chiral amines by Cram [67] were the inspiration behind the design of 26 (R or S). Chiral recognition of saccharides by 26 (R or S)... 

Chiral guanidinium-based ligands have also been used for recognition of diastereomeric salts of saccharides [45]. Some promising ligands with guani-dinium structure have not been studied yet [46], and some of them have been used as catalysts for the nitroaldol reaction [47] and Michael addition to a,P-unsaturated ketones [48]. 

Thiourea functions were used to attach chiral saccharide units to the molecule of calix[4]arene [72]. The complexation properties of these molecules toward chiral anions have not yet been examined. However, in the preliminary complexation studies (XH NMR titrations in DMSO-d6) the affinity toward acetate and AT-Ac-L-alaninate was observed. 

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