摘要:
AbstractTo “mark” the nitrogen atoms in phenyl‐(2‐pyridyl)‐(3‐pyridyl)‐(4‐pyridyl)methane (1), we have synthesized the corresponding tris(pyridine N‐oxide) 2 by oxidation of 1 with m‐chloroperbenzoic acid. The nitrogen atoms of 2 are unequivocally determined by the X‐ray crystal analysis of a single crystal of rac-2 whereas the nitrogen atoms cannot be assigned at all in the case of rac-1. N‐Oxide 2 can be resolved by chiral high‐performance liquid chromatography under similar conditions to those used for the resolution of 1. The calculated circular dichroism (CD) curve for (R)-1 on the basis of time‐dependent density functional theory reproduces the experimental spectra very well to suggest that the second‐eluted fraction ([CD(+)283]‐2) is the R isomer, namely (R)‐[CD(+)283]‐2. The independent absolute configuration determinations for 1 and 2 are in keeping with the chemical correlation between the two compounds by oxidation of (R)-2 into (R)-1. Chirality 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.