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Sallembien Q, Bouteiller L, Crassous J, Raynal M. Possible chemical and physical scenarios towards biological homochirality. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:3436-3476. [PMID: 35377372 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs01179k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The single chirality of biological molecules in terrestrial biology raises more questions than certitudes about its origin. The emergence of biological homochirality (BH) and its connection with the appearance of life have elicited a large number of theories related to the generation, amplification and preservation of a chiral bias in molecules of life under prebiotically relevant conditions. However, a global scenario is still lacking. Here, the possibility of inducing a significant chiral bias "from scratch", i.e. in the absence of pre-existing enantiomerically-enriched chemical species, will be considered first. It includes phenomena that are inherent to the nature of matter itself, such as the infinitesimal energy difference between enantiomers as a result of violation of parity in certain fundamental interactions, and physicochemical processes related to interactions between chiral organic molecules and physical fields, polarized particles, polarized spins and chiral surfaces. The spontaneous emergence of chirality in the absence of detectable chiral physical and chemical sources has recently undergone significant advances thanks to the deracemization of conglomerates through Viedma ripening and asymmetric auto-catalysis with the Soai reaction. All these phenomena are commonly discussed as plausible sources of asymmetry under prebiotic conditions and are potentially accountable for the primeval chiral bias in molecules of life. Then, several scenarios will be discussed that are aimed to reflect the different debates about the emergence of BH: extra-terrestrial or terrestrial origin (where?), nature of the mechanisms leading to the propagation and enhancement of the primeval chiral bias (how?) and temporal sequence between chemical homochirality, BH and life emergence (when?). Intense and ongoing theories regarding the emergence of optically pure molecules at different moments of the evolution process towards life, i.e. at the levels of building blocks of Life, of the instructed or functional polymers, or even later at the stage of more elaborated chemical systems, will be critically discussed. The underlying principles and the experimental evidence will be commented for each scenario with particular attention on those leading to the induction and enhancement of enantiomeric excesses in proteinogenic amino acids, natural sugars, and their intermediates or derivatives. The aim of this review is to propose an updated and timely synopsis in order to stimulate new efforts in this interdisciplinary field.
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- Quentin Sallembien
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, Equipe Chimie des Polymères, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, Equipe Chimie des Polymères, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, ISCR-UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, Equipe Chimie des Polymères, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
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Dašková V, Buter J, Schoonen AK, Lutz M, de Vries F, Feringa BL. Chiral Amplification of Phosphoramidates of Amines and Amino Acids in Water. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:11120-11126. [PMID: 33605523 PMCID: PMC8252365 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The origin of biomolecular homochirality continues to be one of the most fascinating aspects of prebiotic chemistry. Various amplification strategies for chiral compounds to enhance a small chiral preference have been reported, but none of these involves phosphorylation, one of nature's essential chemical reactions. Here we present a simple and robust concept of phosphorylation-based chiral amplification of amines and amino acids in water. By exploiting the difference in solubility of a racemic phosphoramidate and its enantiopure form, we achieved enantioenrichment in solution. Starting with near racemic, phenylethylamine-based phosphoramidates, ee's of up to 95 % are reached in a single amplification step. Particularly noteworthy is the enantioenrichment of phosphorylated amino acids and their derivatives, which might point to a potential role of phosphorus en-route to prebiotic homochirality.
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- Vanda Dašková
- Stratingh Institute for ChemistryUniversity of GroningenNijenborgh 49747AGGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for ChemistryUniversity of GroningenNijenborgh 49747AGGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for ChemistryUniversity of GroningenNijenborgh 49747AGGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Crystal and Structural ChemistryBijvoet Centre for Biomolecular ResearchUtrecht UniversityPadualaan 83584CHUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for ChemistryUniversity of GroningenNijenborgh 49747AGGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for ChemistryUniversity of GroningenNijenborgh 49747AGGroningenThe Netherlands
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Dašková V, Buter J, Schoonen AK, Lutz M, Vries F, Feringa BL. Chiral Amplification of Phosphoramidates of Amines and Amino Acids in Water. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202014955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Vanda Dašková
- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Crystal and Structural Chemistry Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research Utrecht University Padualaan 8 3584 CH Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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Chen R, Wei Z, Cooks RG. Collection and Characterization by Mass Spectrometry of the Neutral Serine Octamer Generated upon Sublimation. Anal Chem 2021; 93:1092-1099. [PMID: 33301295 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Serine forms neutral octameric clusters during sublimation, as demonstrated by electrostatically deflecting thermally ionized serine species from the sublimate, then gently ionizing the remaining neutrals for examination by mass spectrometry (MS). The MS results demonstrate a strong homochiral preference in the neutral octamer (measured after its gentle ionization), while the smaller serine clusters are achiral. In the initial stages of its sublimation, nonracemic solid serine generates a neutral serine monomer as the principal species in the vapor phase, with a significant enantiomeric enrichment relative to the solid. The serine monomer, when the flux is sufficient, assembles into the octamer, which displays a much higher chiral purity than the monomer. The serine octamer is separated from other neutral clusters in the sublimate by a new method based on the different distances that the clusters travel in an inert gas stream before they condense in a cooled collector. The deposited octamer is subsequently dissolved, and the solution is investigated by MS. The spectrum confirms that the collected serine octamer has undergone chiral enrichment relative to the starting solid used in the sublimation. The chiral enrichment observed in going from the serine monomer to octamer can be accommodated using a chemical model, grounded on the homochiral preference of the neutral serine octamer. Using the enantiomeric excess (ee %) of the vapor-phase monomer as the input, the model output matches the experimental octamer ee % when subliming solid serine with various initial ee % values.
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- Rong Chen
- Aston Labs, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Aston Labs, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Aston Labs, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Glavin DP, Burton AS, Elsila JE, Aponte JC, Dworkin JP. The Search for Chiral Asymmetry as a Potential Biosignature in our Solar System. Chem Rev 2019; 120:4660-4689. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Daniel P. Glavin
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, United States
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- NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058, United States
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, United States
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, United States
- Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20064, United States
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, United States
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Hydration of serine–metal cation complexes: implication for the role of water in the origin of homochirality on the Earth. Amino Acids 2019; 51:1241-1246. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-019-02753-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/16/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Spontaneous and directed symmetry breaking in the formation of chiral nanocrystals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:11159-11164. [PMID: 31097596 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821923116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Symmetry plays a crucial part in our understanding of the natural world. Mirror symmetry breaking is of special interest as it is related to life as we know it. Studying systems which display chiral amplification, therefore, could further our understanding of symmetry breaking in chemical systems, in general, and thus also of the asymmetry in Nature. Here, we report on strong chiral amplification in the colloidal synthesis of intrinsically chiral lanthanide phosphate nanocrystals, measured via circularly polarized luminescence. The amplification involves spontaneous symmetry breaking into either left- or right-handed nanocrystals below a critical temperature. Furthermore, chiral tartaric acid molecules in the solution direct the amplified nanocrystal handedness through a discontinuous transition between left- and right-handed excess. We analyze the observations based on the statistical thermodynamics of critical phenomena. Our results demonstrate how chiral minerals with high enantiopurity can form in a racemic aqueous environment.
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The self-disproportionation of enantiomers (SDE) of amino acids and their derivatives. Amino Acids 2019; 51:865-889. [PMID: 30903285 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-019-02729-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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This review covers the phenomenon of the self-disproportionation of enantiomers (SDE) of amino acids and their derivatives in all its guises from phase transformations (recrystallization, sublimation, and distillation), to the application of force fields, through to chromatography including HPLC, MPLC, gravity-driven column chromatography, and SEC. The relevance of the SDE phenomenon to amino acid research and to marketed pharmaceuticals is clear given the potential for alteration of the enantiomeric excess of a portion of a scalemic sample. In addition, the possible contribution of the SDE phenomenon to the genesis of prebiotic homochirality is considered.
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Zhang H, Wei Z, Jiang J, Cooks RG. Nebulization Prior to Isolation, Ionization, and Dissociation of the Neutral Serine Octamer Allows Its Characterization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201811098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Hong Zhang
- Department of Chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
- School of Environment School of Marine Science and Technology (Weihai) Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Heilongjiang 150090 China
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- Department of Chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- School of Environment School of Marine Science and Technology (Weihai) Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Heilongjiang 150090 China
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- Department of Chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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Zhang H, Wei Z, Jiang J, Cooks RG. Nebulization Prior to Isolation, Ionization, and Dissociation of the Neutral Serine Octamer Allows Its Characterization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:17141-17145. [PMID: 30371969 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201811098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Hong Zhang
- Department of Chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
- School of Environment School of Marine Science and Technology (Weihai) Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Heilongjiang 150090 China
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- Department of Chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- School of Environment School of Marine Science and Technology (Weihai) Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Heilongjiang 150090 China
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- Department of Chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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Cooks RG, Yan X. Mass Spectrometry for Synthesis and Analysis. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2018; 11:1-28. [PMID: 29894228 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-061417-125820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Mass spectrometry is the science and technology of ions. As such, it is concerned with generating ions, measuring their properties, following their reactions, isolating them, and using them to build and transform materials. Instrumentation is an essential element of these activities, and analytical applications are one driving force. Work from the Aston Laboratories at Purdue University's Department of Chemistry is described here, with an emphasis on accelerated reactions of ions in solution and small-scale synthesis; ion/surface collision processes, including surface-induced dissociation (SID) and ion soft landing; and applications to tissue imaging. Our special interest in chirality and the chemistry behind the origins of life is also featured together with the exciting area of tissue diagnostics.
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- R Graham Cooks
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, USA;
- Current affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Scutelnic V, Perez MAS, Marianski M, Warnke S, Gregor A, Rothlisberger U, Bowers MT, Baldauf C, von Helden G, Rizzo TR, Seo J. The Structure of the Protonated Serine Octamer. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:7554-7560. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b02118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Valeriu Scutelnic
- Laboratory of Molecular Physical Chemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Physical Chemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Physical Chemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Dutta S, Gellman AJ. Enantiomer surface chemistry: conglomerate versus racemate formation on surfaces. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 46:7787-7839. [PMID: 29165467 DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00555e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Research on surface chirality is motivated by the need to develop functional chiral surfaces for enantiospecific applications. While molecular chirality in 3D has been the subject of study for almost two centuries, many aspects of 2D chiral surface chemistry have yet to be addressed. In 3D, racemic mixtures of chiral molecules tend to aggregate into racemate (molecularly heterochiral) crystals much more frequently than conglomerate (molecularly homochiral) crystals. Whether chiral adsorbates on surfaces preferentially aggregate into heterochiral rather than homochiral domains (2D crystals or clusters) is not known. In this review, we have made the first attempt to answer the following question based on available data: in 2D racemic mixtures adsorbed on surfaces, is there a clear preference for homochiral or heterochiral aggregation? The current hypothesis is that homochiral packing is preferred on surfaces; in contrast to 3D where heterochiral packing is more common. In this review, we present a simple hierarchical scheme to categorize the chirality of adsorbate-surface systems. We then review the body of work using scanning tunneling microscopy predominantly to study aggregation of racemic adsorbates. Our analysis of the existing literature suggests that there is no clear evidence of any preference for either homochiral or heterochiral aggregation at the molecular level by chiral and prochiral adsorbates on surfaces.
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- Soham Dutta
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Abás S, Arróniz C, Molins E, Escolano C. Access to the enantiopure pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) dilactam nucleus via self-disproportionation of enantiomers. Tetrahedron 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Han J, Kitagawa O, Wzorek A, Klika KD, Soloshonok VA. The self-disproportionation of enantiomers (SDE): a menace or an opportunity? Chem Sci 2018; 9:1718-1739. [PMID: 29675218 PMCID: PMC5892310 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc05138g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Herein we report on the well-documented, yet not widely known, phenomenon of the self-disproportionation of enantiomers (SDE): the spontaneous fractionation of scalemic material into enantioenriched and -depleted fractions when any physicochemical process is applied.
Herein we report on the well-documented, yet not widely known, phenomenon of the self-disproportionation of enantiomers (SDE): the spontaneous fractionation of scalemic material into enantioenriched and -depleted fractions when any physicochemical process is applied. The SDE has implications ranging from the origins of prebiotic homochirality to unconventional enantiopurification methods, though the risks of altering the enantiomeric excess (ee) unintentionally, regrettably, remain greatly unappreciated. While recrystallization is well known as an SDE process, occurrences of the SDE in other processes are much less recognized, e.g. sublimation and even distillation. But the most common process that many workers seem to be completely ignorant of is SDE via chromatography and reports have included all manner of structures, all types of interactions, and all forms of chromatography, including GC. The SDE can be either a blessing – as a means to obtain enantiopure samples from scalemates – or a curse, as unwitting alteration of the ee leads to errors in the reporting of results and/or misinterpretation of the system under study. Thus the ramifications of the SDE are relevant to any area involving chirality – natural products, asymmetric synthesis, etc. Moreover, there is grave concern regarding errors in the literature, in addition to the possible occurrence of valid results which may have been overlooked and thus remain unreported, as well as the potential for the SDE to alter the ee, particularly via chromatography, and the following concepts will be conveyed: (1) the SDE occurs under totally achiral conditions of (a) precipitation, (b) centrifugation, (c) evaporation, (d) distillation, (e) crystallization, (f) sublimation, and (g) achiral chromatography (e.g. column, flash, MPLC, HPLC, SEC, GC, etc.). (2) The SDE cannot be controlled simply by experimental accuracy and ignorance of the SDE unavoidably leads to mistakes in the recorded and reported stereochemical outcome of enantioselective transformations. (3) The magnitude of the SDE (the difference between the extremes of enantioenrichment and -depletion) can be controlled and used to: (a) minimize mistakes in the recorded experimental values and (b) to develop unconventional and preparatively superior methods for enantiopurification. (4) The magnitude of the SDE cannot be predicted but can be expected for compounds possessing SDE-phoric groups or which have a general tendency for strong hydrogen or halogen bonds or dipole–dipole or aromatic π–π interactions. (5) An SDE test and the rigorous reporting and description of applied physicochemical processes should become part of standard experimental practice to prevent the erroneous reporting of the stereochemical outcome of enantioselective catalytic reactions and the chirooptical properties of scalemates. New directions in the study of the SDE, including halogen bonding-based interactions and novel, unconventional enantiopurification methods such as pseudo-SDE (chiral selector-assisted SDE resolution of racemates), are also reported.
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- Jianlin Han
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry , Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials , Nanjing University , 210093 Nanjing , China .
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- Department of Applied Chemistry , Shibaura Institute of Technology , 3-7-5 Toyosu, Kohto-ku , Tokyo 135-8548 , Japan
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- Institute of Chemistry , Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce , Świętokrzyska 15G , 25-406 Kielce , Poland.,Department of Organic Chemistry I , Faculty of Chemistry , University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU , Paseo Manuel Lardizábal 3 , 20018 San Sebastián , Spain .
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- Molecular Structure Analysis , German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) , Im Neuenheimer Feld 280 , D-69009 Heidelberg , Germany .
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- Department of Organic Chemistry I , Faculty of Chemistry , University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU , Paseo Manuel Lardizábal 3 , 20018 San Sebastián , Spain . .,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science , Alameda Urquijo 36-5, Plaza, Bizkaia , 48011 Bilbao , Spain
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Tarasevych AV, Vives T, Snytnikov VN, Guillemin JC. Transfer of Asymmetry between Proteinogenic Amino Acids under Harsh Conditions. ORIGINS LIFE EVOL B 2017; 47:371-379. [PMID: 28361302 DOI: 10.1007/s11084-017-9535-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The heating above 400 °C of serine, cysteine, selenocysteine and threonine leads to a complete decomposition of the amino acids and to the formation in low yields of alanine for the three formers and of 2-aminobutyric acid for the latter. At higher temperature, this amino acid is observed only when sublimable α-alkyl-α-amino acids are present, and with an enantiomeric excess dependent on several parameters. Enantiopure or enantioenriched Ser, Cys, Sel or Thr is not able to transmit its enantiomeric excess to the amino acid formed during its decomposition. The presence during the sublimation-decomposition of enantioenriched valine or isoleucine leads to the enantioenrichment of all sublimable amino acids independently of the presence of many decomposition products coming from the unstable derivative. All these studies give information on a potentially prebiotic key-reaction of abiotic transformations between α-amino acids and their evolution to homochirality.
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- Arkadii V Tarasevych
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Lavrentieva, 5, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6226, 11 allée de Beaulieu, CS 50837, 35708, Rennes Cedex 7, France
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- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6226, 11 allée de Beaulieu, CS 50837, 35708, Rennes Cedex 7, France
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Lavrentieva, 5, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova str. 2, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6226, 11 allée de Beaulieu, CS 50837, 35708, Rennes Cedex 7, France.
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Kőrösi M, Madarász J, Sohajda T, Székely E. Fast further purification of diastereomeric salts of a nonracemic acid by gas antisolvent fractionation. Chirality 2017; 29:610-615. [PMID: 28749538 DOI: 10.1002/chir.22730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Revised: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A novel, green possibility of the further purification of the diastereomeric salt of 4-chloromandelic acid and 1-phenylethane-1-amine was developed. Gas antisolvent method using supercritical carbon dioxide was applied for the first time to precipitate the diastereomeric salts with increased purity followed by the supercritical fluid extraction of the dissolved diastereomers. The RR-salt can be purified to >99%, while fractionation-based purification of the SR-salt is limited to ~80%. The limiting initial diastereomeric excess correlates strongly with the atmospheric melting eutectic composition of the same salts, which suggests that despite the fast precipitation, the diastereomeric excess of the solid product is not kinetically determined. The efficiency of the diastereomeric enrichment is in the same range as that of the atmospheric reference experiments; however, technological advantages provided by the antisolvent precipitation method such as fast processing and dry product obtained suggest that this novel procedure is a promising alternative to the atmospheric methods.
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- Márton Kőrösi
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- CycloLab Cyclodextrin Research and Development Laboratory Ltd., Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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Adsorption-induced auto-amplification of enantiomeric excess on an achiral surface. Nat Chem 2015; 7:520-5. [DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Tarasevych AV, Sorochinsky AE, Kukhar VP, Guillemin JC. High temperature sublimation of α-amino acids: a realistic prebiotic process leading to large enantiomeric excess. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:7054-7. [PMID: 25806861 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc00254k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The reiterative high temperature co-sublimation of an enantiopure or an enantioenriched α-amino acid mixed with racemic α-amino acids leads to deracemization of the latter. A synergistic effect is observed for complex mixtures, and the sense of the handedness is, for all compounds, identical to that of the enantioenriched starting material.
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- Arkadii V Tarasevych
- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS UMR 6226, 11 Allée de Beaulieu, CS50837, 35708 Rennes Cedex 7, France.
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Labuta J, Hill JP, Ishihara S, Hanyková L, Ariga K. Chiral sensing by nonchiral tetrapyrroles. Acc Chem Res 2015; 48:521-9. [PMID: 25734700 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Enantiomeric excess (ee) is a measure of the purity of an enantiomer of a chiral compound with respect to the presence of the complementary enantiomer. It is an important aspect of chemistry, especially in the fields of pharmaceuticals and asymmetric catalysis. Existing methods for determination of enantiomeric excesses using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy mostly rely on special chiral reagents (auxiliaries) that form two or more diastereomeric complexes with a chiral compound. As a result of this, the NMR spectrum of each enantiomer is different, allowing the determination of enantiomeric excess. In this Account, we describe a molecular design process that has allowed us to prepare prochiral solvating agents for NMR determination of ee of a wide variety of analyte types. At the outset of this work, we initially encountered the phenomenon of NMR peak splitting in the oxoporphyrinogen (OxP) host component of a supramolecular host-guest complex, where the extent of the splitting is apparently proportional to the guests' ee. Upon closer examination of the mechanism of action, it was found that several complicating factors, including prototropic tautomerism, macrocyclic inversion (ring-flipping), and 1:2 host-guest stoichiometry, obstruct potential applications of OxP as a chiral solvating agent. By considering the molecular conformation of the OxP host, a saddle-shaped calix[4]pyrrole, we moved to study the tetraphenylporphyrin (TPP) dication since it has a similar form, and it was found that it could also be used to probe ee. However, although TPP does not suffer from disadvantageous tautomeric processes, it is still subject to macrocyclic inversion and has the additional serious disadvantage of operating for ee sensing only at depressed temperatures. The intrinsic disadvantages of the OxP and TPP systems were finally overcome by covalently modifying the OxP chromophore by regioselective N-alkylation at one face of the molecule. This procedure yields a host Bz2OxP that undergoes 1:1 host-guest interactions, cannot be protonated (and so does not suffer drawbacks due to tautomeric processes), and can interact solely through hydrogen bonding with a much wider range of analyte types, including acids, esters, amines (including amino acid derivatives), and ketones, for the determination of their ee at room temperature. Chiral sensing, in this case, can be understood by considering the breakdown of the host's symmetry when it interacts with a chiral guest under fast exchange. Furthermore, chirality discrimination (i.e., which is the major enantiomer in a sample) can be performed by addition of a small amount of one of the known enantiomers. Adaptation of a symmetrical molecule for ee sensing presents certain intrinsic advantages, including identical binding constants of each enantiomer. Our results indicate that other symmetrical molecules might also be useful as NMR probes of enantiopurity. These systems could provide insights into important chirality principles such as majority rule, intermolecular chirality transfer, and asymmetric reactions. The Bz2OxP system is also of note from the point of view that it does not rely on the formation of diastereomers.
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- Jan Labuta
- International
Center for Young Scientists (ICYS), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
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- World
Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics
(MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- JST-CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 333-0012, Japan
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- Functional
Geomaterials Group, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Faculty
of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Macromolecular Physics, Charles University in Prague, V Holešovičkách 2, 180 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- World
Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics
(MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- JST-CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 333-0012, Japan
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Pavlov VA, Klabunovskii EI. The origin of homochirality in nature: a possible version. RUSSIAN CHEMICAL REVIEWS 2015. [DOI: 10.1070/rcr4444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Maeno M, Tokunaga E, Yamamoto T, Suzuki T, Ogino Y, Ito E, Shiro M, Asahi T, Shibata N. Self-disproportionation of enantiomers of thalidomide and its fluorinated analogue via gravity-driven achiral chromatography: mechanistic rationale and implications. Chem Sci 2015; 6:1043-1048. [PMID: 29560192 PMCID: PMC5811091 DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03047h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 10/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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We report on the self-disproportionation of enantiomers (SDE) of non-racemic thalidomide (1) and 3'-fluorothalidomide (2) under the conditions of gravity-driven achiral silica-gel chromatography. The presence of a fluorine atom on the chiral center dramatically alters the structure and polarity of 1 and 2, resulting in the opposite SDE profile on silica-gel.
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- Mayaka Maeno
- Department of Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Frontier Materials , Nagoya Institute of Technology , Gokiso, Showa-ku , Nagoya 466-8555 , Japan .
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- Department of Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Frontier Materials , Nagoya Institute of Technology , Gokiso, Showa-ku , Nagoya 466-8555 , Japan .
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- Department of Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Frontier Materials , Nagoya Institute of Technology , Gokiso, Showa-ku , Nagoya 466-8555 , Japan .
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- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience , Waseda University (TWIns) , Wakamatsu-cho 2-2, Shinjuku-ku , Tokyo 162-8480 , Japan .
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- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience , Waseda University (TWIns) , Wakamatsu-cho 2-2, Shinjuku-ku , Tokyo 162-8480 , Japan .
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- Department of Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Frontier Materials , Nagoya Institute of Technology , Gokiso, Showa-ku , Nagoya 466-8555 , Japan .
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- Consolidated Research Institute for Advanced Science and Medical Care , Waseda University (ASMeW) , Waseda-tsurumaki-cho 513, Shinjuku-ku , Tokyo 162-0041 , Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience , Waseda University (TWIns) , Wakamatsu-cho 2-2, Shinjuku-ku , Tokyo 162-8480 , Japan .
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- Department of Nanopharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Frontier Materials , Nagoya Institute of Technology , Gokiso, Showa-ku , Nagoya 466-8555 , Japan .
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Dynamic Processes in Prochiral Solvating Agents (pro-CSAs) Studied by NMR Spectroscopy. Symmetry (Basel) 2014. [DOI: 10.3390/sym6020345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Sorochinsky AE, Katagiri T, Ono T, Wzorek A, Aceña JL, Soloshonok VA. Optical purifications via self-disproportionation of enantiomers by achiral chromatography: case study of a series of α-CF3-containing secondary alcohols. Chirality 2013; 25:365-8. [PMID: 23716267 DOI: 10.1002/chir.22180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2013] [Revised: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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This work demonstrates that self-disproportionation of enantiomers via achiral chromatography can be recommended as inexpensive and general method for optical purification of enantiomerically enriched compounds. In particular, the advantage of this approach over conventional recrystallization is that it can be used for both crystalline as well as liquid compounds.
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- Alexander E Sorochinsky
- Department of Organic Chemistry I, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, San Sebastián, Spain
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Ruiz-Mirazo K, Briones C, de la Escosura A. Prebiotic Systems Chemistry: New Perspectives for the Origins of Life. Chem Rev 2013; 114:285-366. [DOI: 10.1021/cr2004844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 563] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Kepa Ruiz-Mirazo
- Biophysics
Unit (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Leioa, and Department of Logic and Philosophy
of Science, University of the Basque Country, Avenida de Tolosa 70, 20080 Donostia−San Sebastián, Spain
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- Department
of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC−INTA, associated to the NASA Astrobiology Institute), Carretera de Ajalvir, Km 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
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- Organic
Chemistry Department, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Tarasevych AV, Sorochinsky AE, Kukhar VP, Chollet A, Daniellou R, Guillemin JC. Partial sublimation of enantioenriched amino acids at low temperature. Is it coming from the formation of a euatmotic composition of the gaseous phase? J Org Chem 2013; 78:10530-3. [PMID: 24067155 DOI: 10.1021/jo4017474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The partial sublimation of enantioenriched amino acids was performed slowly at low temperature with the aim to determine the rules of sublimation of these compounds. Although the formation of a euatmotic composition of the gaseous phase starting from DL + L mixtures of Leu, Pro, and Phe can be deduced from the enantiomeric excess of sublimates, the behavior of the kinetic conglomerate explains the results for D + L mixtures of Ala, Leu, Val, and Pro. Consequently, the enantiomeric excess of the partial sublimate is dependent not only on the studied compound but also on the composition of the starting mixture.
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- Arkadii V Tarasevych
- École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6226 , 11 Allée de Beaulieu, CS 50837, 35708 Rennes cedex 7, France
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Self-disproportionation of enantiomers of prazoles via achiral, gravity-driven silica gel column chromatography. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2013.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Tarasevych AV, Sorochinsky AE, Kukhar VP, Guillemin JC. Deracemization of amino acids by partial sublimation and via homochiral self-organization. ORIGINS LIFE EVOL B 2013; 43:129-35. [PMID: 23690241 DOI: 10.1007/s11084-013-9333-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Accepted: 04/24/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Deracemization of a 50/50 mixture of enantiomers of aliphatic amino acids (Ala, Leu, Pro, Val) can be achieved by a simple sublimation of a pre-solubilized solid mixture of the racemates with a huge amount of a less-volatile optically active amino acid (Asn, Asp, Glu, Ser, Thr). The choice of chirality correlates with the handedness of the enantiopure amino acids--Asn, Asp, Glu, Ser, and Thr. The deracemization, enantioenrichment and enantiodepletion observed in these experiments clearly demonstrate the preferential homochiral interactions and a tendency of natural amino acids to homochiral self-organization. These data may contribute toward an ultimate understanding of the pathways by which prebiological homochirality might have emerged.
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- Arkadii V Tarasevych
- École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6226, Avenue du Général Leclerc, CS 50837, 35708 Rennes cedex 7, France
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Labuta J, Ishihara S, Šikorský T, Futera Z, Shundo A, Hanyková L, Burda JV, Ariga K, Hill JP. NMR spectroscopic detection of chirality and enantiopurity in referenced systems without formation of diastereomers. Nat Commun 2013; 4:2188. [PMID: 23864041 PMCID: PMC3759048 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Enantiomeric excess of chiral compounds is a key parameter that determines their activity or therapeutic action. The current paradigm for rapid measurement of enantiomeric excess using NMR is based on the formation of diastereomeric complexes between the chiral analyte and a chiral resolving agent, leading to (at least) two species with no symmetry relationship. Here we report an effective method of enantiomeric excess determination using a symmetrical achiral molecule as the resolving agent, which is based on the complexation with analyte (in the fast exchange regime) without the formation of diastereomers. The use of N,N'-disubstituted oxoporphyrinogen as the resolving agent makes this novel method extremely versatile, and appropriate for various chiral analytes including carboxylic acids, esters, alcohols and protected amino acids using the same achiral molecule. The model of sensing mechanism exhibits a fundamental linear response between enantiomeric excess and the observed magnitude of induced chemical shift non-equivalence in the (1)H NMR spectra.
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- Jan Labuta
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- CEITEC—Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, CZ-62500 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Chemical Physics and Optics, Ke Karlovu 3, 121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic
- Present address: Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- Present address: Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Macromolecular Physics, V Holešovičkách 2, 180 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Chemical Physics and Optics, Ke Karlovu 3, 121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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Self-disproportionation of Enantiomers of Enantiomerically Enriched Compounds. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2013; 341:301-39. [PMID: 23605252 DOI: 10.1007/128_2013_434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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This review describes self-disproportionation of enantiomers (SDE) of non-racemic mixtures, subjected to distillation, sublimation, or chromatography on achiral stationary phase using achiral eluent, which leads to the substantial enantiomeric enrichment and corresponding depletion in different fractions, as compared to the enantiomeric composition of the starting material. This phenomenon is of a very general nature as SDE has been reported for different classes of chiral organic compounds bearing various functional groups and possessing diverse elements of chirality. The literature data discussed in this review clearly suggests that SDE is typical for enantiomerically enriched chiral organic compounds and special care should always be taken in evaluation of the stereochemical outcome of enantioselective reactions as well as determination of enantiomeric ratios of non-racemic mixtures of natural products after any purification process. The role of molecular association of enantiomers on the magnitude and preparative efficiency of SDE, as a new, nonconventional method for enantiomerc purifications, is emphasized and discussed.
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Aceña JL, Sorochinsky AE, Katagiri T, Soloshonok VA. Unconventional preparation of racemic crystals of isopropyl 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxypropanoate and their unusual crystallographic structure: the ultimate preference for homochiral intermolecular interactions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2012. [PMID: 23183684 DOI: 10.1039/c2cc37491a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This work reports the first example of the transformation of conglomerate (R)- and (S)-crystals into racemic crystals via sublimation. Crystallographic analysis of racemic isopropyl 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxypropanoate did not reveal the highly expected heterochiral dimer indicating that this compound is capable of forming exclusively homochiral oligomers via infinite multi-centred H-bonding networks.
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- José Luis Aceña
- Department of Organic Chemistry I, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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Klabunovskii EI. Homochirality and its significance for biosphere and the origin of life theory. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2012. [DOI: 10.1134/s1070428012070019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Atlasevich N, Holliday AE, Valentine SJ, Clemmer DE. Collisional activation of [14Pro+2H]2+ clusters: chiral dependence of evaporation and fission processes. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:7644-51. [PMID: 22668003 PMCID: PMC3503484 DOI: 10.1021/jp303778w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ion mobility/mass spectrometry techniques are used to investigate the dissociation of the small proline cluster [14Pro+2H](2+) produced by electrospray ionization. While this cluster is known to prefer heterochiral compositions (i.e., mixed L- and D-compositions, J. Phys. Chem. A, submitted for publication), it is possible to produce homochiral forms by electrospraying solutions containing only L- or D-proline. Differences in the measured cross sections for [14Pro+2H](2+) produced from enantiomerically pure (100% l or 100% d) or racemic (50:50 l/d) solutions indicate that homochiral and heterochiral clusters have different structures. Upon low-energy collisional activation, both the heterochiral and homochiral doubly charged structures evaporate neutral proline monomers, resulting in the formation of [xPro+2H](2+) ions (where x = 9-13). At higher activation energies, there is evidence that these smaller clusters (primarily [10Pro+2H](2+)) fission to produce [xPro+H](+) (where x = 1-6). Analysis of product ion intensities reveals a strong chiral preference associated with fissioning. Products of evaporation also show a chiral dependence but to a lesser extent.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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Chiral counteranion-directed silver-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of 1,2-dihydroisoquinolines by Friedel–Crafts alkylation reactions. Tetrahedron 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.02.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Soloshonok VA, Roussel C, Kitagawa O, Sorochinsky AE. Self-disproportionation of enantiomers via achiral chromatography: a warning and an extra dimension in optical purifications. Chem Soc Rev 2012; 41:4180-8. [PMID: 22517405 DOI: 10.1039/c2cs35006h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This tutorial review describes the self-disproportionation of enantiomers (SDE) of chiral, non-racemic compounds, subjected to chromatography on an achiral stationary phase using an achiral eluent, which leads to the substantial enantiomeric enrichment and the corresponding depletion in different fractions, as compared to the enantiomeric composition of the starting material. The physicochemical background of SDE is a dynamic formation of homo- or heterochiral dimeric or oligomeric aggregates of different chromatographic behavior. This phenomenon is of a very general nature as the SDE has been reported for different classes of organic compounds bearing various functional groups and possessing diverse elements of chirality (central, axial and helical chirality). The literature data discussed in this review clearly suggest that SDE via achiral chromatography might be expected for any given chiral enantiomerically enriched compound. This presents two very important issues for organic chemists. First, chromatographic purification of reaction products can lead to erroneous determination of the stereochemical outcome of catalytic asymmetric reactions and second, achiral chromatography can be used as a new, nonconventional method for optical purifications. The latter has tremendous practical potential as the currently available techniques are limited to crystallization or chiral chromatography. However, a further systematic study of SDE is needed to develop understanding of this phenomenon and to design practical chromatographic separation techniques for optical purification of non-racemic mixtures by achiral-phase chromatography.
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- Vadim A Soloshonok
- Department of Organic Chemistry I, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain.
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Nojiri A, Kumagai N, Shibasaki M. Reversible Heterochiral Aggregation/Dissociation of Bis(2-hydroxyphenyl)diamides Driven by UV/Vis Irradiation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201106832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Nojiri A, Kumagai N, Shibasaki M. Reversible Heterochiral Aggregation/Dissociation of Bis(2-hydroxyphenyl)diamides Driven by UV/Vis Irradiation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:2137-41. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201106832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2011] [Revised: 11/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Hein JE, Gherase D, Blackmond DG. Chemical and Physical Models for the Emergence of Biological Homochirality. BIOCHIRALITY 2012; 333:83-108. [DOI: 10.1007/128_2012_397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Klika KD. Suggested New Terms for Describing Chiral States and the State-Dependent Behavior of Chiral Systems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.4236/ijoc.2012.23031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kühnle A, Linderoth TR, Besenbacher F. Chiral Symmetry Breaking Observed for Cysteine on the Au(110)-(1×2) Surface. Top Catal 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-011-9765-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Kawasaki T, Sasagawa T, Shiozawa K, Uchida M, Suzuki K, Soai K. Enantioselective Synthesis Induced by Chiral Crystal Composed of dl-Serine in Conjunction with Asymmetric Autocatalysis. Org Lett 2011; 13:2361-3. [DOI: 10.1021/ol200616t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tsuneomi Kawasaki
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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Costa AB, Cooks RG. Origin of chiral selectivity in gas-phase serine tetramers. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:877-85. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp01402h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Viedma C, Noorduin WL, Ortiz JE, de Torres T, Cintas P. Asymmetric amplification in amino acid sublimation involving racemic compound to conglomerate conversion. Chem Commun (Camb) 2010; 47:671-3. [PMID: 21109890 DOI: 10.1039/c0cc04271d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A straightforward unprecedented sublimation protocol that reveals both conversion of a racemic compound into a racemic conglomerate and subsequent enantioenrichment has been developed for the proteinogenic amino acid valine. The phenomenon has been observed in closed and open systems, providing insight into asymmetric amplification mechanisms under presumably prebiotic conditions.
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- Cristóbal Viedma
- Departamento de Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Facultad de Geología, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Tonner R, Soloshonok VA, Schwerdtfeger P. Theoretical investigations into the enantiomeric and racemic forms of α-(trifluoromethyl)lactic acid. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010; 13:811-7. [PMID: 20949192 DOI: 10.1039/c0cp01155j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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There are many different hypotheses on the origin of biomolecular homochirality. One possible scenario concerns the enantiomeric enrichment of a nearly racemic solid via self-disproportionation of enantiomers. In particular, in a recent paper Soloshonok and co-workers showed a first example of optical self-purification of α-(trifluoromethyl)lactic acid by sublimation [V. A. Soloshonok et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 12112]. Here we present detailed theoretical studies of α-(trifluoromethyl)lactic acid in the solid state as well as in the gas-phase dimeric form. The calculations of energy differences between dimers show that in the solid state the enantiomeric pure compound is energetically preferred, while in the gas phase the equilibrium shifts towards the racemic mixture although thermodynamic corrections cannot be neglected, thus providing a detailed microscopic explanation for the enantio-purification process for the first time.
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- Ralf Tonner
- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Ueki H, Yasumoto M, Soloshonok VA. Rational application of self-disproportionation of enantiomers via sublimation—a novel methodological dimension for enantiomeric purifications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2010.04.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Matsuzawa A, Nojiri A, Kumagai N, Shibasaki M. Solvent-Dependent Self-Discrimination of Bis(2-hydroxyphenyl)diamides. Chemistry 2010; 16:5036-42. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201000321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Self-disproportionation of enantiomers of heterocyclic compounds having a tertiary trifluoromethyl alcohol center on chromatography with a non-chiral system. J Fluor Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2009.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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