Synthesis of chiral 1,10-phenanthroline ligands and the activity of metal-ion complexes in the enantioselective hydrolysis of N-protected amino acid esters
作者:John G. J. Weijnen、Arie Koudijs、Johan F. J. Engbersen
DOI:10.1021/jo00052a047
日期:1992.12
The synthesis of seven new, chiral 1,10-phenanthrolines (1-7) containing a 2-pyrrolidinemethanol or ephedrine substitutent at the alpha-position is reported. The catalytic activity of Zn2+, Co2+, Cu2+, Ni2+, and Cd2+ complexes of these ligands in the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl esters of picolinic acid (PNPP) and chiral N-protected amiDo acids was examined in water and micellar solution. The Zn2+ Comp]ex of the chiral, asymmetrically disubstituted (S)-1-[[9-[(N-methyldodecylamino)methyl]-1,10-phenanthrolin-2-yl]mehyl]-2-pyrrolidinemethanol (1) exhibits the highest activity toward PNPP. The highest enantioselectivity m the stereoselective hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl N-dodecanoyl-D(L)-phenylalaninate (D(L)-C12-Phe-PNP) is observed for 1-Co2+ solubilized in Brij 35 micelles (k(D)a,obs/k(L)a,obs = 15.3). In a mixed micellar system of 1-Zn2+ with Brij 35 as the cosurfactant, hydrolysis of D-C12-Phe-PNP predominates over that of the L-enantiomer (k(D)a,obs/k(a,obs) = 2.4), whereas with CTABr as the cosurfactant an inversion of enantioselectivity is observed (k(D)a,obs/k(L)a,obs = 0.54).