title: Preparation of enantiopure Wieland-Miescher ketone and derivatives by the MalphaNP acid method: substituent effect on the HPLC separation.
abstract: Enantiopure Wieland-Miescher ketone (4, W-M ketone) and derivatives were prepared by the enantioresolution with 2-methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propionic acid (MalphaNP acid 1). Various racemic derivatives of 4 were esterified with acid (S)-(+)-1 yielding diastereomeric MalphaNP esters, which were separated by HPLC on silica gel. It was clarified that the HPLC separation of diastereomers depended on the substituent of the derivatives, leading to the working hypothesis that MalphaNP acid esters of alcohols with less polar and more bulky aliphatic substituents are more effectively separated. The best separation was obtained in the case of tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS) ether derivative (12a/12b): separation factor alpha=1.80, and resolution factor, Rs=1.30. The (1)H NMR spectra of separated MalphaNP esters showed anomalously large magnetic anisotropy effects, from which their absolute configurations were determined. Solvolysis or reduction of the separated MalphaNP esters yielded alcohols, which were converted to enantiopure W-M ketones 4. The results thus provided another route for preparation of enantiopure ketones (8aR)-(-)-4 and (8aS)-(+)-4.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimanuki
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuwahara
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harada