摘要:
A new crystalline N,N'-ditrityl amino amide host included several amide guests in the host cavity to form inclusion crystals. Although the installation of trityl groups into (S)-2-aminopropanamide broke its inherent hydrogen bonds of amide groups, inclusion of guest amides compensated the loss of hydrogen bonds. X-ray crystallography showed that these inclusion cavities and host-guest interactions such as hydrogen bonds, van der Waals interaction, and CH center dot center dot center dot O interactions play important roles for highly enantioselective inclusion. The enantiomeric inclusion was 67% ee (S-form) for N-phenyl 2-methylbutanamide, 82% ee (S-form) for N-phenyl 2-chlorobutanamide, and 83% ee (S-form) for N-phenyl 2-bromobutanamide. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.