Enantiomeric Analysis of Homologous Series of Secondary Alcohols by Deuterium NMR Spectroscopy in a Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal: Influence of Molecular Geometry on Chiral Discrimination
NMR measurements of the differential ordering effect (DOE) are presented for homologous series of 22 chiral secondary aliphatic alcohols dissolved in a poly-(gamma-benzyl-L-glutamate) (PBLG)/dichloromethane liquid-crystalline solvent. The quadrupolar splittings of the solutes, which were deuterated at their chiral centres, were measured as a function of the PBLG concentration and temperature. The proton dipolar splittings of the dichloromethane in each sample were also measured and used as a reference. The results are analysed qualitatively in terms of the structures of the molecules and their asymmetric (or chiral) characteristics. Emphasis is put on comparative analysis of the chiral discrimination in members of each particular homologous series and on evaluating the Limits of the technique for molecules that have two very similar groups attached to their stereogenic centres.
Kobayashi, Kenji; Asakawa, Yuji; Kikuchi, Yasuaki, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1993, vol. 115, # 7, p. 2648 - 2653
Solution conformations of barbituric acid derivatives: a 3J(13C,1H) NMR study
作者:F. Ivy Carroll、Anita H. Lewin、Emily E. Williams、Jack A. Berdasco、Charles G. Moreland
DOI:10.1021/jm00375a019
日期:1984.9
The conformations of the 5-alkyl chains of 5,5-dialkylbarbituric acid derivatives in polar and nonpolar media were determined from the magnitudes of the vicinal heteronuclear coupling constants between the alpha-alkyl hydrogens and the carbonyl carbons. The experimental 3J values have been compared to theoretical values, and the conformational populations of the alkyl side chains with respect to the trioxopyrimidine ring have been determined. The results show that all these compounds have a very low barrier to rotation for both butyl and ethyl side chains. The barbiturates that do not have a 1'-methyl group in the butyl side chain, butobarbital and amobarbital, have no preferred conformation for either the butyl or ethyl side chains. However, the compounds with a 1'-methyl group, pentobarbital and alpha-methylamobarbital, exhibit preferred conformation for both alkyl chains. The significance of these results to the relationship between conformations and pharmacological activity is discussed.