- 1H NMR study on the intermolecular interactions of macrocyclic and single α-Amino acids
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Through analysis of 1H NMR spectra, evidence was found for intermolecular interactions between macrocyclic amino acid derivatives from L-tyrosine and their importance in the formation of aggregates in solution. It was also shown that both macrocyclic and simple amino acids are capable of retaining alcohol molecules through hydrogen bonding, where the alcohol molecule acts as a proton donor and the amino group acts as an acceptor.
- Quevedo, Rodolfo,Pabón, Laura,Quevedo-Acosta, Yovanny
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- Stable carbon isotope analysis of amino acid enantiomers by conventional isotope ratio mass spectrometry and combined gas chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry
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The application of a combined gas chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/IRMS) method for stable carbon isotope analysis of amino acid enantiomers is presented. This method eliminates the numerous preparative steps integral to the isolation of amino acids and amino acid enantiomers from protein hydrolyzates that precede δ13C analysis by conventional isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Unlike hydrocarbons, amino acids require derivatization prior to GC/ IRMS analysis. Replicate δ13C analyses of trifluoroacetyl (TFA) isopropyl ester derivatives of 22 amino acids by IRMS revealed that the derivatization process is reproducible, with an average error (1 standard deviation) of 0.10‰ ± 0.09 ‰. The average analytical error for analysis of amino acid derivatives by GC/IRMS was 0.26‰ ± 0.09‰. In general, absolute differences between IRMS and GC/IRMS analyses were less than 0.5‰. The derivatization process introduces a distinct, reproducible isotopic fractionation that is constant for each amino acid type. The observed fractionations preclude direct calculation of underivatized amino acid δ13C values from their respective TFA isopropyl ester δ13C compositions through mass balance relationships. Derivatization of amino acid standards of known stable carbon isotope compositions in conjunction with natural samples, however, permits computation of the original, underivatized amino acid δ13C values through use of an empirical correction for the carbon introduced during the derivatization process.
- Silfer,Engel,Macko,Jumeau
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- The reactions of α-amino acids and α-amino acid esters with high valent transition metal halides: synthesis of coordination complexes, activation processes and stabilization of α-ammonium acylchloride cations
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Titanium tetrachloride smoothly reacted with a selection of α-amino acids (aaH) in CH2Cl2 affording yellow to orange solid coordination compounds, 1a-d, in 70-78% yields. The salts [NHEt3][TiCl4(aa)], 2a-b, were obtained from TiCl4/aaH/NEt3 (aa = l-phenylalanine, N,N-dimethylphenylalanine), in 60-65% yields. The complex , 3, was isolated from the reaction of l-proline with NbCl5/NHiPr2, performed in CH2Cl2 at room temperature. The X-ray structure of 3 features a bridging (E)-1,2-bis(3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrol-5-yl)ethene-1,2-diolate ligand, resulting from the unprecedented C-C coupling between two proline units. Unusually stable α-ammonium acyl chlorides were prepared by the reactions of PCl5/MCln (MCln = NbCl5, WCl6) with l-proline, N,N-dimethylphenylalanine, sarcosine and l-methionine. MX5 (M = Nb, Ta; X = F, Cl) reacted with l-leucine methylester and l-proline ethylester to give ionic coordination compounds, [MX4L2][MX6] (M = Nb, L = Me2CHCH2CH(NH2)CO2Me, X = F, 9; Cl, 11a; M = Nb, X = Cl, , 11c; Ta, 11d), in moderate to good yields. [NbCl5(Me2CHCH2CHNH3CO2Me)][NbCl6], 12, was isolated as a co-product of the reaction of NbCl5 with l-leucine isopropylester, and crystallographically characterized. The reaction of NbCl5 with l-serine isopropylester afforded NbCl3(OCH2CHNHCO2iPr), 13, in 66% yield. The activation of the ester O-R bond was observed in the reactions of l-leucine methyl ester with NbF5 and l-proline ethyl ester with MBr5 (M = Nb, Ta), these reactions proceeding with the release of EtF and EtBr, respectively. All the metal products were characterized by analytical and spectroscopic methods, while DFT calculations were carried out in order to provide insight into the structural and mechanistic aspects.
- Biancalana, Lorenzo,Bortoluzzi, Marco,Ferretti, Eleonora,Hayatifar, Mohammad,Marchetti, Fabio,Pampaloni, Guido,Zacchini, Stefano
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p. 10158 - 10174
(2017/02/15)
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- A cation-directed two-component cascade approach to enantioenriched pyrroloindolines
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A cascade approach to complex pyrroloindolines bearing all-carbon quaternary stereocentres has been developed. This two-component process uses a chiral ammonium salt to control diastereo- and enantioselectivity in the addition of isocyanides to functionalized alkenes to afford pyrroloindolines with up to three stereocentres. A mechanistic proposal involving intramolecular hydrogen bond activation of the isocyanide is described.
- Wolstenhulme, Jamie R.,Cavell, Alex,Grediak, Matija,Driver, Russell W.,Smith, Martin D.
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p. 13585 - 13588
(2015/02/19)
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- Comparison of liquid chromatography-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (LC/IRMS) and gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) for the determination of collagen amino acid δ13C values for palaeodietary and palaeoecological reconstruction
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Results are presented of a comparison of the amino acid (AA) δ13C values obtained by gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) and liquid chromatography-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (LC/IRMS). Although the primary focus was the compound-specific stable carbon isotope analysis of bone collagen AAs, because of its growing application for palaeodietary and palaeoecological reconstruction, the results are relevant to any field where AA δ13C values are required. We compare LC/IRMS with the most up-to-date GC/C/IRMS method using N-acetyl methyl ester (NACME) AA derivatives. This comparison involves the analysis of standard AAs and hydrolysates of archaeological human bone collagen, which have been previously investigated as N-trifluoroacetyl isopropyl esters (TFA/IP). It was observed that, although GC/C/IRMS analyses required less sample, LC/IRMS permitted the analysis of a wider range of AAs, particularly those not amenable to GC analysis (e.g. arginine). Accordingly, reconstructed bulk δ13C values based on LC/IRMS-derived δ13C values were closer to the EA/IRMS-derived δ13C values than those based on GC/C/IRMS values. The analytical errors for LC/IRMS AA δ13C values were lower than GC/C/IRMS determinations. Inconsistencies in the δ13C values of the TFA/IP derivatives compared with the NACME- and LC/IRMS-derived δ13C values suggest inherent problems with the use of TFA/IP derivatives, resulting from: (i) inefficient sample combustion, and/or (ii) differences in the intra-molecular distribution of δ13C values between AAs, which are manifested by incomplete combustion. Close similarities between the NACME AA δ13C values and the LC/IRMS-derived δ13C values suggest that the TFA/IP derivatives should be abandoned for the natural abundance determinations of AA δ13C values.
- Dunn, Philip J. H.,Honch, Noah V.,Evershed, Richard P.
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p. 2995 - 3011
(2012/05/20)
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- New dimeric anthracenyl-derived Cinchona quaternary ammonium salts as phase-transfer catalysts for the asymmetric synthesis of α-amino acids
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New dimeric cinchonidine- and cinchonine-derived ammonium salts which incorporate a dimethylanthracenyl bridge have been prepared and used as phase-transfer catalysts in the asymmetric alkylation of N-(diphenylmethylene)glycine esters in good yields and u
- Chinchilla, Rafael,Mazon, Patricia,Najera, Carmen
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p. 927 - 931
(2007/10/03)
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- One-pot conversion of t-butyl carbamates to amides with acyl halide-methanol mixtures
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Acyl halide-methanol mixtures are efficient reagents for the one-pot transformation of t-butyl carbamates into amides. This transformation can be carried out in the presence of a benzyloxycarbonyl group.
- Nazih, Abdesslame,Heissler, Denis
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p. 203 - 206
(2007/10/03)
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- Stable Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of Amino Acid Enantiomers by Gas Chromatography/Combustion/ Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry
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The analysis of the stable nitrogen isotope compositions of individual amino acid stereoisomers through the use of gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) is presented. Nitrogen isotopic compositions of single amino acids or of their enantiomers is possible without the labor-intensive and time-consuming preparative-scale chromatographic procedures required for conventional stable isotope analysis. Following hydrolysis and derivatization, single-component isotope analysis is accomplished on nanomole quantities of each of the stereoisomers of an amino acid, utilizing the effluent stream of gas chromatographic separation. Nitrogen isotope fractionation is minimal during acylation of the amino acid, with no additional nitrogen being added stoichiometrically to the derivative. Thus, the isotopic composition of the nitrogen in the derivative is that of the original compound. Replicate stable nitrogen isotope analyses of 11 amino acids, and their trifluoroacetyl (TFA)/isopropyl (IP) ester derivatives, determined by both conventional isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) and GC/C/IRMS, indicate that the GC procedure is highly reproducible (standard deviations typically 0.3-0.4‰) and that isotopic differences between the amino acid and its TFA/IP derivative are, in general, less than 0.5‰.
- Macko, Stephen A.,Uhle, Maria E.,Engel, Michael H.,Andrusevich, Vladimir
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p. 926 - 929
(2007/10/03)
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