ALPHA-METHOXY-ALPHA-TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYLACETIC ACID, A VERSATILE REAGENT FOR DETERMINATION OF ENANTIOMERIC COMPOSITION OF ALCOHOLS AND AMINES
ALPHA-METHOXY-ALPHA-TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYLACETIC ACID, A VERSATILE REAGENT FOR DETERMINATION OF ENANTIOMERIC COMPOSITION OF ALCOHOLS AND AMINES
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DOI:
10.1021/jo01261a013
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发表时间:
1969-01-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
MOSHER, HS
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作者:
DALE, JA;DULL, DL;MOSHER, HS
Diastereomeric esters and amides have been preparedfrom-methoxy-a-trifluoromethylphenylacetyl chloride and various secondary alcohols and amines. The nmr spectra of the R, R and S, S vs. the R, S and S, R diastereo-mers show significantly different chemical shifts: 0.03-0.13 ppm in the protonregion and 0.11-0.71 ppm in the fluorine region. By measuring the intensities of the nmr signals of the diastereomerically situated groups of esters and amides preparedfrom this enantiomerically pure reagent, satisfactory determinations of the enantiomeric composition of a number of alcohols and amines havebeen made. The use of the a-methoxy-a-trifluoro-methylphenylacetyl derivative offers the distinct advantage, over other reagents having only proton reso-nances, that determinations of enantiomeric composition based uponfluorine resonances are usually more reliable, since the fluorine signals are simple and in an uncongested region. This is a absolute method, independent of optical rotation; accurate determinations can be made on 20-mg samples. Thusthis reagentextends the ap-plication of this nmr technique. Furthermore, the reagent shows complete stability to racemization under prolonged reaction conditions. A practical synthesis and convenient resolution of the reagent have been developed.Recent developments in methods for the deter-mination of enantiomeric composition (optical purity) have been reviewed by Mislow and Raban. 2 Our interest in this problem is dictated by continuing studies on the asymmetric reduction of ketones with the necessity ofdetermining the enantiomeric composition of the resulting chiral alcohols on relatively small samples. 3 In a previous paper4 we reported on the applications and limitations of a series of mono-cr-substituted phenylacetic acids for the nuclear magnetic resonance(nmr) and gas-liquid partition chromatographic (glpc) determination of enantiomeric com-position. 5 The reagents previously studied do not give satisfactory results with hindered secondary carbinols because of epimerization at the-carbon center of the acid moiety. 4, 5 In addition, when nmr was used as the technique forquantitative measurement of diastereomer ratios, serious restrictions were often encountered owing to the overlapping of proton signals. In earlier studies on the determination of enantiomeric composition of partially active carbinols by glpc and nmr, it was recognized that a-methoxy-a-trifluoromethylphenyl-acetic acid (MTPA, I) might be ideally suited for this purpose. 5 This reagent can react via its acid chloride