Rapid enantiomeric excess and concentration determination using simple racemic metal complexes

Org Lett. 2008 Nov 20;10(22):5167-70. doi: 10.1021/ol802085j. Epub 2008 Oct 22.

Abstract

Racemic-metal complexes were used to determine identity, enantiomeric excess, and concentration of chiral diamines using metal-to-ligand charge transfer bands in circular dichroism spectroscopy. It takes under just 2 min per sample to determine [G]t and %R with tolerable errors (19% and 4%, respectively). The simplicity of the achiral receptors employed confers to this technique great potential for high-throughput screening.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Circular Dichroism
  • Diamines / analysis
  • Linear Models
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Diamines
  • Organometallic Compounds