Chiral Discrimination of Ammonium Neurotransmitters by C3-Symmetric Enantiopure Hemicryptophane Hosts
Résumé
Enantiopure hemicryptophanes efficiently discriminate chiral ammonium neurotransmitters. The ephedrine and norephedrine molecules associate with hemicryptophane hosts to form 1:1 and 1:2 host-guest complexes. Binding constants are determined by fitting the 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) titration curves to give β1 and β2 values, which are used to characterize the diastereomeric and enantiomeric discriminating potentials of the hosts. Chirality 25:47–479, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.