Chiral complexes of pt with amino acids: Synthesis, structure, properties

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. P. Slyudkin ◽  
A. A. Tulupov
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Chiral Complexes ◽  
Structure Properties

scholarly journals Design of Iridium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Amino Acid Catalysts for Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Aryl Ketones

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 671
Author(s):  
Chad M. Bernier ◽  
Joseph S. Merola
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Enantiomeric Excess ◽  
Transfer Hydrogenation ◽  
Acid Catalysts ◽  
Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Chiral Complexes ◽  
Acetophenone Derivatives ◽  
Aryl Ketones

A series of chiral complexes of the form Ir(NHC)2(aa)(H)(X) (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene, aa = chelated amino acid, X = halide) was synthesized by oxidative addition of -amino acids to iridium(I) bis-NHC compounds and screened for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones. Following optimization of the reaction conditions, NHC, and amino acid ligands, high enantioselectivity was achieved when employing the Ir(IMe)2(l-Pro)(H)(I) catalyst (IMe = 1,3-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene), which asymmetrically reduces a range of acetophenone derivatives in up to 95% enantiomeric excess.

The electronic structure properties of 20 L-amino acids in neutral and zwitterion forms: Quantum-chemical calculations

BIOPHYSICS ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Scherbakov ◽  
M. S. Kondratiev ◽  
A. A. Samchenko ◽  
A. V. Kabanov ◽  
V. M. Komarov
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Quantum Chemical Calculations ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Structure Properties

scholarly journals Marine Excitatory Amino Acids: Structure, Properties, Biosynthesis and Recent Approaches to Their Syntheses

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (13) ◽  
pp. 3049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentin A. Stonik ◽  
Inna V. Stonik
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Glutamate Receptors ◽  
Excitatory Amino Acids ◽  
Domoic Acid ◽  
Excitatory Amino Acid ◽  
Biological Action ◽  
Kainate Receptors ◽  
Marine Metabolites ◽  
Structure Properties

This review considers the results of recent studies on marine excitatory amino acids, including kainic acid, domoic acid, dysiherbaine, and neodysiherbaine A, known as potent agonists of one of subtypes of glutamate receptors, the so-called kainate receptors. Novel information, particularly concerning biosynthesis, environmental roles, biological action, and syntheses of these marine metabolites, obtained mainly in last 10–15 years, is summarized. The goal of the review was not only to discuss recently obtained data, but also to provide a brief introduction to the field of marine excitatory amino acid research.

scholarly journals Design of Iridium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Amino Acid Catalysts for Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad M. Bernier ◽  
Joseph S. Merola
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Enantiomeric Excess ◽  
Oxidative Addition ◽  
Transfer Hydrogenation ◽  
Acid Catalysts ◽  
Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Chiral Complexes ◽  
Acetophenone Derivatives

A series of chiral complexes of the form Ir(NHC)2(aa)(H)(X) (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene, aa = chelated amino acid, X = halide) was synthesized by oxidative addition of -amino acids to iridium(I) bis-NHC compounds and screened for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones. Following optimization of the reaction conditions, NHC, and amino acid ligands, high enantioselectivity was achieved when employing the Ir(IMe)2(l-Pro)(H)(I) catalyst (IMe = 1,3-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene), which asymmetrically reduces a range of acetophenone derivatives in up to 95% enantiomeric excess.

Homochirality as the Signature of Extra-Terrestrial Life

1997 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 505-510
Author(s):  
Alexandra J. MacDermott ◽  
Laurence D. Barron ◽  
Andrè Brack ◽  
Thomas Buhse ◽  
John R. Cronin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Optical Rotation ◽  
Physical Origin ◽  
Natural Choice ◽  
Rosetta Mission ◽  
Terrestrial Life ◽  
Subsurface Layers ◽  
Solar System Bodies ◽  
Origin Of Homochirality

AbstractThe most characteristic hallmark of life is its homochirality: all biomolecules are usually of one hand, e.g. on Earth life uses only L-amino acids for protein synthesis and not their D mirror images. We therefore suggest that a search for extra-terrestrial life can be approached as a Search for Extra- Terrestrial Homochirality (SETH). The natural choice for a SETH instrument is optical rotation, and we describe a novel miniaturized space polarimeter, called the SETH Cigar, which could be used to detect optical rotation as the homochiral signature of life on other planets. Moving parts are avoided by replacing the normal rotating polarizer by multiple fixed polarizers at different angles as in the eye of the bee. We believe that homochirality may be found in the subsurface layers on Mars as a relic of extinct life, and on other solar system bodies as a sign of advanced pre-biotic chemistry. We discuss the chiral GC-MS planned for the Roland lander of the Rosetta mission to a comet and conclude with theories of the physical origin of homochirality.

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