Enantioselective Analysis of Secondary Alcohols and Their Esters in Purple and Yellow Passion Fruits
作者:Hedwig Strohalm、Márta Dregus、Astrid Wahl、Karl-Heinz Engel
DOI:10.1021/jf072464n
日期:2007.12.1
The enantiomeric compositions of the acetates, butanoates, hexanoates, and octanoates of the secondary alcohols 2-pentanol, 2-heptanol, and 2-nonanol were determined in yellow (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa) and purple (Passiflora edulis Sims) passion fruits. The compounds were isolated by means of simultaneous distillation-extraction. Enantiodifferentiation was performed via multidimensional gas chromatography using heptakis(2,3-di-O-methyl-6-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-beta-cyclodextrin as chiral stationary phase. The series of homologous 2-alkyl esters, which are typical constituents of purple passion fruits, were shown to be present as nearly optically pure (R)-enantiomers. The proportions of the (S)-enantiomers varied in different batches and were dependent on the alcohol moieties of the esters. For minor amounts of esters detected in yellow fruits, the (R)-enantiomers were also dominating. However, the enantiomeric excesses were significantly lower than in the purple variety. Enantioselective analysis of the free alcohols revealed that 2-heptanol exhibited opposite configurations in purple and yellow passion fruits. A similar phenomenon was observed for 2-pentanol, which was present in the yellow fruits as a nearly racemic mixture. Data determined in extracts obtained by other techniques (liquid-liquid extraction, vacuum headspace technique) showed that the isolation procedure had no significant impact on the enantiomeric ratios.
Enantioselective transesterification catalysis by nanosized serine protease subtilisin Carlsberg particles in tetrahydrofuran
Enzyme catalysis in organic solvents is a powerful tool for stereo-selective synthesis but the enantioselectivity is still hard to pi edict To overcome this obstacle. we employed a nanoparticulate formulation of subtilisin Carlsberg (SC) and designed a series of 14 structurally related racemic alcohols They were employed in the model transesterification reaction with vinyl butyrate and the enantioselectivities were determined. In general. short alcohol side chains led to low enantioselectivties, while larger and bulky side chains caused better discrimination of the enantiomers by the enzyme With several bulky substrates high enantioselectivities with E>100 were obtained Computational modeling highlighted that key to high enantioselectivity is the discrimination of the R and S substrates by the sole hydrophobic binding pocket based on their size and bulkiness While bulky S enantiomer side chains could be accommodated within the binding pocket, bulky R enantiomer side chains could not However, when also the S enantiomer side chain becomes too large and does not fit into the binding pocket anymore. enantioselectivity accordingly drops (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
Iron Perchlorate on Silica Gel as Multi-purpose Reagent for Catalysis of Closure and Rupture of Carbon-Oxygen Bond in Epoxides, Alcohols, and Esters
作者:P. Salechi、M. M. Khodaei、S. B. Ghareghani、A. R. Motlagh
DOI:10.1023/b:rujo.0000003154.92028.84
日期:2003.6
Aliphatic alcohols and water in the presence of catalytic amounts of Fe3+ ion introduced as iron(Ill) perchlorate on silica gel carrier perform efficient regiospecific opening of an epoxy ring. Carbon acids esterification with various type alcohols was carried out using the system Fe(ClO4)(3)-silica gel in dichloromethane under conditions excluding solvolysis. Acetylation and formylation of alcohols was performed by efficient transesterification with ethyl acetate and ethyl formate.
Hogan, V F; O'Hagan, D; Sanvoisin, J, Indian Journal of Chemistry - Section B Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, 1992, vol. 31, # 12, p. 883 - 885