Peptide Metal-Organic Frameworks for Enantioselective Separation of Chiral Drugs

J Am Chem Soc. 2017 Mar 29;139(12):4294-4297. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b00280. Epub 2017 Mar 15.

Abstract

We report the use of a chiral Cu(II) 3D metal-organic framework (MOF) based on the tripeptide Gly-l-His-Gly (GHG) for the enantioselective separation of metamphetamine and ephedrine. Monte Carlo simulations suggest that chiral recognition is linked to preferential binding of one of the enantiomers as a result of either stronger or additional H-bonds with the framework that lead to energetically more stable diastereomeric adducts. Solid-phase extraction of a racemic mixture by using Cu(GHG) as the extractive phase permits isolating >50% of the (+)-ephedrine enantiomer as target compound in only 4 min. To our knowledge, this represents the first example of a MOF capable of separating chiral polar drugs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Ephedrine / chemistry
  • Ephedrine / isolation & purification*
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks / chemistry*
  • Methamphetamine / chemistry
  • Methamphetamine / isolation & purification*
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks
  • Peptides
  • Methamphetamine
  • Copper
  • Ephedrine