Enantiomeric excess determination by fourier transform near-infrared vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy: simulation of real-time process monitoring

Appl Spectrosc. 2005 Sep;59(9):1114-24. doi: 10.1366/0003702055012573.

Abstract

The first use of near-infrared (NIR) Fourier transform vibrational circular dichroism (FT-VCD) to follow changes in the enantiomeric excess (EE) of chiral sample molecules in time using a flow-cell sampling apparatus is reported. Simultaneous changes in the fractional composition and the EE of a mixture of two different chiral molecules were monitored as a function of time. This simulates the progress of the chemical reaction from a chiral reactant to a chiral product where the mole fractions and EE values of both species may change with time. For the molecules studied, alpha-pinene, camphor, and borneol, the accuracy of following EE changes for one species alone is approximately 2%, while for simultaneously following EE changes in two species it is approximately 3% for 30 min sampling periods at 16 cm(-1) spectral resolution. These findings demonstrate the potential for VCD to be used in the NIR region for real-time monitoring of the composition and %EE of chemical reactions involving the synthesis of chiral molecules.

MeSH terms

  • Bicyclic Monoterpenes
  • Camphanes / chemistry
  • Camphor / chemistry
  • Circular Dichroism / methods*
  • Monoterpenes / chemistry
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / methods*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Bicyclic Monoterpenes
  • Camphanes
  • Monoterpenes
  • Camphor
  • alpha-pinene
  • isoborneol