abstract：:A new colorimetric chiral sensor material consisting of three different functional sites such as chromophore (2,4-dinitrophenylazophenol dye), binding site (crown ether), and chiral barrier (3,3'-diphenyl-1,1'-binaphthyl group) was prepared and applied to the recognition of the two enantiomers of primary amino alcohol...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Cho EN,Li Y,Kim HJ,Hyun MH

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diastereomeric reduction of nonactivated, hindered β-keto and chiral β-iminoesters are described. The influence of a α-stereocontrolled center on the efficiency and stereoselectivity of the reduction was studied. Reaction conditions were optimized to synthesize β-hydroxy- and β-aminoesters in good yields. In the case ...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Almahli H,Hendra F,Troufflard C,Cavé C,Joseph D,Delarue-Cochin S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benalaxyl (BX), methyl-N-phenylacetyl-N-2,6-xylyl alaninate, is a potent acylanilide fungicide and consist of a pair of enantiomers. The stereoselective metabolism of BX was investigated in rat and rabbit microsomes in vitro. The degradation kinetics and the enantiomer fraction (EF) were determined using normal high-p...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Zhang P,Zhu W,Dang Z,Shen Z,Xu X,Huang L,Zhou Z

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kynurenic acid (KYNA), an endogenous antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate and α(7) nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, is one of the L-tryptophan (Trp) metabolites. To compare the level of KYNA produced in the striatum of rats after independent administration of L-Trp and D-Trp, rats were intraperitoneally administered L...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Ishii K,Iizuka H,Ogaya T,Song Z,Fukushima T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimalarial drugs have shown potential in suppressing the role of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in the pathology of prion protein conformational disorders (e.g. "Mad Cow" disease) by competing for sites of electrostatic interaction. In this study, circular dichroism (CD) and UV/Visible (UV/Vis) absorption spectroscopy te...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Stanley FE,Warner AM,McWilliams KM,Stalcup AM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Origin(s) of biological chirality appear(s) to be intimately connected to origin(s) of life. Prebiotic evolution toward these important turning points can be traced back to single chiral molecules. These can be small (monomeric) units as amino acids or monosaccharides or oligomers as oligo-RNA type molecules. Earlier ...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Caglioti L,Micskei K,Pályi G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two enantiomers of N-acyl amide and N-ureide derivatives of 3-amino-5-phenyl-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-ones, which have been known to show anti-respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity, were resolved on seven different Pirkle-type chiral stationary phases (CSPs) with the use of 10% isopropyl alcohol in hexane as a mob...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Park JY,Cho HS,Hyun MH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety isolates of microorganisms belonging to different taxonomical groups (30 bacteria, 20 yeast, and 40 fungi) were previously isolated from various samples. These isolates were screened as reducing agents for acetophenone 1a to phenylethanol 2a. It was found that the isolate EBK-10 was the most effective biocataly...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Zilbeyaz K,Kurbanoglu EB

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the organocatalytic direct asymmetric Michael reactions of carbonyl compounds to nitroalkenes have been investigated intensely, the Michael reaction of the thioether-based donors remains a rather undeveloped field. This work concerns the asymmetric Michael addition of aryl sulfanyl-propan-2-one to nitroalkene...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Jiang X,Zhang B,Zhang Y,Lin L,Yan W,Wang R

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct asymmetric aldol reactions of equivalent molar amounts of aldehydes and ketones were carried out at -20 degrees C over alkaline Al(2)O(3) with 20 mol % of Pro-Trp as catalyst and 20 mol % of N-methylmorpholine or 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane as additive. After simple and environmentally friendly work-up, m...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Lei M,Xia S,Wang J,Ge Z,Cheng T,Li R

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the interactions between L-O- phosphoserine, as one of the simplest fragments of membrane components, and the Cinchona alkaloid cinchonine, in the crystalline state were performed. Cinchoninium L-O-phosposerine salt dihydrate (PhSerCin) crystallizes in a monoclinic crystal system, space group P2(1), with un...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Wesełucha-Birczyńska A,Oleksyn BJ,Watroba J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclodextrins that are indiscriminately carboxymethylated at the 2-, 3-, and 6-positions are used as chiral NMR solvating agents for cationic substrates with phenyl, naphthyl, pyridyl, indoline, and indole rings. Enantiodifferentiation with the alpha-, beta-, and gamma-cyclodextrin derivatives is compared. The carboxy...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Provencher KA,Weber MA,Randall LA,Cunningham PR,Dignam CF,Wenzel TJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(R,R)-formoterol was synthesized in seven steps with 4-hydroxyl-3-nitro-acetophenone as the starting material. The key intermediate, the chiral secondary alcohol 4, was prepared via Rh-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation with (S,S)-PEGBsDPEN as the ligand and sodium formate as the hydrogen donor under mild con...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Huang L,Liu J,Shan W,Liu B,Shi A,Li X

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enantioselective hydrogenation of methyl or ethyl pyruvate over cinchona-platinum catalyst system (Orito's reaction) is one of the most intensively studied heterogeneous catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation reactions. Studies aiming at systematic changes of the chiral template have played a crucial role in creating ...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Tálas E,Margitfalvi JL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of (-)-N-(trans-4-isopropylcyclohexanecarbonyl)-D-phenylalanine (nateglinide) and its enantiomer (L-enantiomer) was studied in Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats after intravenous administration of nateglinide or L-enantiomer at a dose of 40 micromol/kg body weight. Nateglinide, its L-enantiomer and their me...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Tamura M,Shiba S,Kudo N,Kawashima Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six enantiomeric pairs of TADDOL-s gathered in two series with either methyl (series A) or phenyl (series B) substituent in 2-position of the dioxolane ring were studied by vibrational circular dichroism (VCD). Experimental IR and VCD spectra associated with density functional theory (DFT) calculations showed that the...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Uncuta C,Bartha E,Gherase D,Teodorescu F,Draghici C,Cavagnat D,Daugey N,Liotard D,Buffeteau T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite that a number of experimental and theoretical investigations have been carried out to determine the structure of trialanine in water, the reported populations of polyproline II (PPII) and β-strand conformers vary and were found to be dependent on which spectroscopic method was used. Such discrepancies are due ...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Oh KI,Lee KK,Park EK,Yoo DG,Hwang GS,Cho M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of the Cartesian coordinate tensor transfer (CCT) technique for simulations of the IR absorption and vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectra of relatively large nucleic acid fragments is demonstrated on several case studies. The approach is based on direct ab initio calculations of atomic tensors,...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Andrushchenko V,Bouř P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we present the solution-state NMR studies on dextromethorphan (1) under both isotropic and anisotropic conditions. From the measurement of 22 residual dipolar couplings using a stretched polystyrene gel (PS), we show that accurate and detailed structural information is readily determined including the relative...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Swarbrick JD,Ashton TD

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enantioseletive toxicities of chiral pesticides have become an environmental concern recently. In this study, we evaluated the enantiomeric separation of salithion on a suite of commercial chiral columns and assessed the toxicity of enantiomers toward butyrylcholinesterase and Daphnia magna. Satisfactory separations o...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Zhou S,Lin K,Li L,Jin M,Ye J,Liu W

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reaction of (S)- or (R)-3-aminoquinuclidine with 2-chloropyrimidine or 2-bromopyrimidine led to an unexpected formation of both cis- and trans-octahydropyrrolo [2,3]pyridine derivatives. A single-step synthesis of two of the four stereoisomers of these octahydropyrrolo[2,3]pyridine derivatives provides a convenient wa...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Goljer I,Molinari A,He Y,Nogle L,Sun W,Campbell B,McConnell O

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ifosfamide (IF), a potent chemotherapeutic agent for solid tumors, is known to cause high rates of nephrotoxicity in children with cancer, which is most likely due to the renal production of the metabolite chloroacetaldehyde. Using plasma samples obtained from pediatric oncology patients, we developed a simple nonderi...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Aleksa K,Nava-Ocampo A,Koren G

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The perturbation of the racemic equilibrium of luminescent D3 terbium(III) complexes with chelidamic acid (CDA), a hydroxylated derivative of 2,6-pyridine-dicarboxylic acid (DPA), by added chiral biomolecules such as L-amino acids has been studied using circularly polarized luminescence and 13C NMR spectroscopy. It is...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Moussa A,Pham C,Bommireddy S,Muller G

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of silica-supported proline-based peptides were synthesized and applied as catalysts for direct asymmetric intermolecular aldol reactions. Among these, a peptide with two L-proline units was found to be the most efficient one for the asymmetric aldol reactions between acetone and aromatic aldehydes. The react...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Yan J,Wang L

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chiral pesticides currently constitute about 50% of all pesticides dosage used in China, and this ratio is increasing as more complex structures are introduced. Dichlorprop methyl (DCPPM) is a chiral herbicide consisting of a pair of enantiomers. In this study, the enantiomeric separation of DCPPM was investigated by ...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Ma Y,Xu C,Wen Y,Liu W

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review tracks a decade of dynamic kinetic resolution developments with a biocatalytic inclination using enzymatic/microbial means for the resolution part followed by the racemization reactions either by means of enzymatic or chemocatalyst. These fast developments are due to the ability of the biocatalysts to sign...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Kamaruddin AH,Uzir MH,Aboul-Enein HY,Halim HN

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chirality is often glossed over in theoretical or experimental discussions concerning the origin of life, but the ubiquity of homochiral building blocks in known biological systems demands explanation. Information theory can provide a quantitative framework for understanding the role of chirality in biology. Here I sh...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Carroll JD

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin E is an essential nutrient of still increasing economic importance. Vitamin E derivatives include many nonracemic chiral compounds whose chirooptical characterization is scarcely described in the literature. We report the CD spectra of delta-tocopherol and its unsaturated analog delta-tocotrienol. TDDFT calcul...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Mazzini F,Pescitelli G,Di Bari L,Netscher T,Salvadori P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review article we examine state-of-the-art techniques for the structural elucidation of organic compounds isolated from natural sources. In particular, we focus on the determination of absolute configuration (AC), perhaps the most challenging but inevitable step in the whole process, especially when newly isol...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Pescitelli G,Kurtán T,Flörke U,Krohn K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The straightforward synthesis of a series of enantiomerically pure Lewis basic amides by simple condensation of commercially available enantiopure diamines with picolinic acid is reported. These compounds were shown to promote the enantioselective reduction of ketoimines with trichlorosilane. Working with the model su...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Guizzetti S,Benaglia M,Cozzi F,Rossi S,Celentano G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that enantiodiscrimination of bilirubin might be involved in neuronal membrane destabilization, and therefore in bilirubin toxicity, was investigated, by circular dichroism, on model membranes composed of phospholipids. The equilibrium between bilirubin enantiomers is displaced at some extent by the in...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Bernardini C,D'Arrigo P,Elemento G,Mancini G,Servi S,Sorrenti A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new water soluble zinc-salophen complex with appended D-glucose moieties was synthesized and characterized. Its binding properties toward six aminoacids were investigated by UV-vis spectrophotometric titrations. Association constants showed to be unfavorably affected by increasing steric hindrance of the side chain....

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Dalla Cort A,De Bernardin P,Schiaffino L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate by using vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy that it is possible to investigate the chirality of a supramolecular polymeric system in relatively dilute solutions. Chiral C(3)-symmetrical discotic molecules, based on a trialkylbenzene-1,3,5-carboxamide, form supramolecular columnar stacks w...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Smulders MM,Buffeteau T,Cavagnat D,Wolffs M,Schenning AP,Meijer EW

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce a method to detect the activity of ion channels and pores with circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. G-quartets obtained by potassium templated self-assembly of 5'-guanosine monophosphate (GMP) are used as CD probes, the bee-toxin melittin as representative pore and gramicidin A as representative ion chan...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Hennig A,Matile S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cyclic alpha-aminophosphonate was found to be a novel organocatalyst for Michael type addition reactions of carbonyl compounds to nitroolefins to afford the corresponding adducts in high enantio- and diastereoselectivities. ...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Tao Q,Tang G,Lin K,Zhao YF

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3alpha,12alpha-dihydroxy-5beta-cholan-24-oic acid (deoxycholic acid DCA) is able to discriminate between the R- and S-enantiomers of camphorquinone and endo-(+)-3-bromocamphor and select only the S-enantiomers from a racemic mixture. DCA forms novel well ordered 1:1 adducts with (1S)-(+)-camphorquinone and (1S)-endo-(...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Tahir MI,Rees NH,Heyes SJ,Cowley AR,Prout K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assignment of the absolute configuration of novel anti-inflammatory pyrrole derivatives has been accomplished by a combined strategy based on independent physical methods. The key step of our stereochemical characterization approach is the production at mg-scale of enantiomerically pure forms by HPLC on Chiralpak ...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Biava M,Cirilli R,Fares V,Ferretti R,Gallinella B,La Torre F,Poce G,Porretta GC,Supino S,Villani C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doping nematic liquid crystals with nonracemic chiral compounds induces a twisted nematic (cholesteric) phase. The ability of solutes to twist the nematic phase may be related to the overall shape of the chiral dopant and consequently to its absolute configuration. The cholesteric induction is therefore a powerful too...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Pieraccini S,Ferrarini A,Spada GP

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Gold particles covered with 1,1'-binaphthyl-2,2'-dithiol (BINAS) were prepared. Using size exclusion chromatography, it was possible for the first time to separate the sample into fractions with different sizes and colors. Transmission electron microscopy shows that the particles are very small, in the order of 1 nm o...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Gautier C,Taras R,Gladiali S,Bürgi T

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between the tetra-anionic porphyrin H2TPPS and its copper derivative, CuTPPS, with the tetra-cationic porphyrin H2T4 and its copper derivative, CuT4, leads, in aqueous solution, to the formation of remarkably stable and kinetically inert heteroaggregates. The aggregation process is under hierarchic con...

journal_title：Chirality

authors： Rosaria L,D'urso A,Mammana A,Purrello R

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00