Chiral shift reagents

Nuclear magnetic resonance ( H and C) chiral shift reagent chiral derivatizing agent chiral solvating agent. 

Wenzel TJ, Wenzel BT. Diamagnetic lanthanide tris beta-diketonates as organic-soluble chiral NMR shift reagents. Chirality 2009 21 6-10. 

Chiral liquid crystals Chiral recognition Chiral separation Chiral separations Chiral shift reagents... 

Figure 2.24, Determination of the enantiomeric excess of 1-phenylethanol [30, 0.1 mmol in 0.3 ml CDCI3, 25 °C] by addition of the chiral praseodymium chelate 29b (0.1 mmol), (a, b) H NMR spectra (400 MHz), (a) without and (b) with the shift reagent 29b. (c, d) C NMR spectra (100 MHz), (c) without and (d) with the shift reagent 29b. In the C NMR spectrum (d) only the C-a atoms of enantiomers 30R and 30S are resolved. The H and C signals of the phenyl residues are not shifted these are not shown for reasons of space. The evaluation of the integrals gives 73 % R and 27 % S, i.e. an enantiomeric excess (ee) of 46 %...

If the amount of the sample is sufficient, then the carbon skeleton is best traced out from the two-dimensional INADEQUATE experiment. If the absolute configuration of particular C atoms is needed, the empirical applications of diastereotopism and chiral shift reagents are useful (Section 2.4). Anisotropic and ring current effects supply information about conformation and aromaticity (Section 2.5), and pH effects can indicate the site of protonation (problem 24). Temperature-dependent NMR spectra and C spin-lattice relaxation times (Section 2.6) provide insight into molecular dynamics (problems 13 and 14). 

Fig. 2.7. NMR spectrum of 1-phenyIethyIamine in the presence of a chiral shift reagent, showing differential chemical shift of methine and methyl signals and indicating ratio of R- to iS-enantio-mers. [Reproduced from J. Am. Chem. Soc. 93 5914 (1971) by permission of the American Chemical Society.]...

The enantiomeric excess was determined by HNMR with ( + )-(/ )-binaphthol as a chiral shift reagent. The absolute configuration of the adducts was not determined. 

The enantiomeric purity of optically active sulphoxides can be determined by chiral lanthanide shift reagents such as tris(3-trifluoroacetyl-ti-camphorato)europium(III) and tris(heptafluorobutyryl-d-camphorato)europium(III)218-219-221, the latter shown in Scheme 23. 

A 100 MHz. proton magnetic resonance spectrum (chloroform d) of the amine in the presence of an equal amount of the chiral shift reagent, tris[3-(trifluoromethylhydroxymethylene)-d-camphorato]euro-pium(III)4 (submitters), or in the presence of an equal amount of tris[3-(heptafluoropropylhydroxymethylene)-d-camphorato]europium-(III) (checkers), revealed that the product contained no detectable enantiomeric isomer. 

The submitters report obtaining the product in 99% yield. The enantiomeric excess of the Mosher ester of 3 was measured to be 98% using a Chiralcel OD column (40% 2-propanol/hexane). This optical purity measurement substantiated the optical purity assessment made by 111 NMR studies of 3 and racemic 3 prepared using a different method3. Addition of the chiral shift reagent tris[3-(heptafluoropropylhydroxymethylene)-(+)-camphorato]europium (III) resulted in clear resolution of the respective aromatic proton signals for the two enantiomers, which was demonstrated with the racemate. Under similar conditions, NMR analysis of 3 showed that within the detectable limits of the experiment (ca. <3%), there was none of the disfavored enantiomer. 

A closely related method does not require conversion of enantiomers to diastereomers but relies on the fact that (in principle, at least) enantiomers have different NMR spectra in a chiral solvent, or when mixed with a chiral molecule (in which case transient diastereomeric species may form). In such cases, the peaks may be separated enough to permit the proportions of enantiomers to be determined from their intensities. Another variation, which gives better results in many cases, is to use an achiral solvent but with the addition of a chiral lanthanide shift reagent such as tris[3-trifiuoroacetyl-Lanthanide shift reagents have the property of spreading NMR peaks of compounds with which they can form coordination compounds, for examples, alcohols, carbonyl compounds, amines, and so on. Chiral lanthanide shift reagents shift the peaks of the two enantiomers of many such compounds to different extents. 

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