ChemInform Abstract: Enantioselective Amino Acid Recognition Using Acyclic Thiourea Receptors

Autor: Javier de Mendoza, Jeremy D. Kilburn, Mark E. Light, Graham M. Kyne, Michael B. Hursthouse
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: ChemInform. 32
ISSN: 1522-2667
0931-7597
Popis: A series of acyclic thiourea derivatives, designed to create a cleft with four hydrogen bond donors suitable for carboxylate recognition, have been prepared, and their ability to bind to N-protected amino acid carboxylate salts has been investigated. The crystal structure of one of the thioureas has been determined showing that it forms a hydrogen bonded centrosymmetric dimer in the solid-state, in a conformation appropriate for the desired binding of carboxylates. The thioureas show good discrimination between different amino acids and those thioureas incorporating chiral moieties show moderate enantioselectivity for a range of amino acid derivatives.
Databáze: OpenAIRE