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Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Master's Theses Graduate College 4-2002 Separation of Enantiomers with Chiral Dendrimer Jie Zhuang Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses Part of the Chemistry Commons Recommended Citation Zhuang, Jie, "Separation of Enantiomers with Chiral Dendrimer" (2002). Master's Theses. 4336. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4336 This Masters Thesis-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SEPARATION OF ENANTIOMERS WITH CHIRAL DENDRIMER by Jie Zhuang A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science Department of Chemistry Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan April 2002 Copyright by Jie Zhuang 2002 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First of all, I would like to thank my research advisor Dr. Subra Muralidharan for his precious and consistent encouragement, - assistance, guidance and support throughout the whole project. Secondly, I would like to thank my research committee, Dr. Marc W. Perkovic and Dr. Elke Schoffers. They have offered me great help during my research project and for accomplishment of my program. Thirdly, I would like to thank the PG Foundation for supporting the project. I am also very grateful to everybody who has helped me in various ways to complete research project. Finally, I would like to thank my family for their understanding, support and love. Jie Zhuang 11 SEPARATION OF ENATIOMERS WITH CHIRAL DENDRIMER Jie Zhuang, M.S. Western Michigan University, 2002 Chiral dendrimers with .unique ordered structures are especially attractive for the recognition of chiral molecules based on the three point contact model. We have successfully synthesized first generation chiral dendrimers containing L- and D tryptophan methyl ester moieties and characterized them by NMR, IR, UV-Visible, MS, and optical activity. L-tryptophan methyl ester dendrimer was converted to its acid form in order to attach it to aminopropyl silica for the HPLC separation of enantiomers. The aminopropyl silica containing l.52mrnols/g of NH2 groups binds about 0.3mrnols of dendrimer per gram and has about 0.4mrnols of free NH2 groups per gram. Significant differences were observed in the retention times of the enantiomers of propranolol, 1-phenyl-1-propanol, 2-phenyl-1-propanol under a variety of _mobile phase compositions. Mixtures of enantiomers could not be separated with the current column due to nonspecific interactions with free NH2 groups which resulted in poor efficiencies. However the stereoisomers 1-phenyl-1-propanol and 2- phenyl-1-propanol could be separated with much higher selectivities than with an ODS column. The present study has provided valuable fundamental information on the chiral recognition efficacy and mechanism of L-tryptophan dendrimer. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...................................................................................... 11 LIST OF TABLES ·················································--··············································· V LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................···················............ VI INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................. 1 Stereochemistry.......................................................................................... ,.. 3 Chiral Sep!iration.............................. ..................................... ........................ 6 High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)........... ....... .. .... ............ 9 Chiral Dendrimer........................................................................................... 14 CHIRAL SEPARATION MECHANISM.............................................................. 18 OBJECTIVES ..... ,.................................................................................................. 22 EXPERIMENTS AND RESULTS ................................................................ ........ 25 Reagents .. ....... .. .. ..... .................................................. ..... ....... ......... .... ... ... ..... 25 Characterization of Compounds and Instrumentation................................... 25 Synthesis of First Generation L-Tryptphan Methyl Ester Dendrimer ........... 26 Synthesis of L-Tryptophan Dendrimer.......................................................... 33 Synthesis of Silica Immobilized L-Trytophan Dendrimer ............................ 37 Titrations ....................................................................................................... 40 Titration of NH2-Silica......................................................................... 40 Titration of L-Tryptophan Dendrimer Silica........................................ 45 Column Packing............................................................................................ 49 l1l Table of Contents-continued Choice of Enantiomer for Chiral Separation by L-Tryptophan Dendrimer Column ........................................................................................................ 51 Evaluation of the L-Tryptophan Dendrimer Stationary Phase...................... 53 Characterization as a Reverse Phase ...... :............................................. 53 Characterization as a Normal Phase..................................................... 59 Investigation of Other Enantiomeric Pairs.................................................... 66 DISCUSSION ...... ..... ..... ............................. ................................................. .......... 69 Synthesis of L-Tryptophan Dendrimer Methyl Ester, L-Tryptophan Dendrimer and Silica Immobilized With L-Tryptophan Dendrimer............. 69 UV-Visible Studies....................................................................................... 70 Separation With Polar Mobile Phase............................................................ 71 Separation With Nonpolar Mobile Phase...................................................... 73 Separation of R-l-Phenyl-1-Propanol and R-2-Phenyl-1-Propanol.............. 75 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS...... ............................. ................ .. ......... 77 REFERENCES....................................................................................................... 79 IV LIST OF TA BLES 1. Specific Rotations of Tryptophans and Their Dendrimers............................ 34 2. 1H NMR Chemical Shifts for L-Tryptophan Methyl Ester, L Tryptophan Mehtyl Ester Dendrimer and L-Tryptophan Dendrimer From Figure 12, 13, 18.................................................................................. 36 3. ElementalAnalysis of Aminopropyl and L-Tryptophan Silica..................... 39 4. IR Spectral Data for L-TryptophanMethyl Ester, L-TryptophanMehtyl Ester Dendrimer and L-Tryptophan Dendrimer Silica.................................. 43 5. Retention Times for R- and S-Propranolol at Different ACN- H20 Mixtures........................................................................................................ 54 6. Separation of R- and S-Propranolol With 95%ACN+5% Acetate Buffer at Different pH Values.................................................................................. 56 7. Separation of R- and S-Propranolol With 95%ACN+5% Succinate Buffer at Different pH Values - First Run.................................................... 57 8. Separation of R- and S-Propranolol With 95%ACN+5% Succinate Bufferof Different Ionic Strengths (0.01, 0.005 , 0.033) at pH 3.5 ............... 57 9. Separation of R- and S-Propranolol With 95%ACN+5% Succinate Bufferat Different pH Values - Second Run................................................ 58 10. Retention Times of R- and S-Propranolol Separation With 90% Hexane+10%2-Propanol Mobile Phase With Different Concentrations of Triethylamine................................................................... 63 11. Separation of R- and S-Propranolol With Hexane+ 2-Propanol Mixtures Containing 0.05M Triethylamine.................................................................. 65 12. Separation of R-1 -Phenyl-l-Propanol and R-2 -Phenyl-1 -Propanol With C1 s Column Under Reverse Phase System.................................................... 67 V LIST OF FIGURES 1. Enantiomers of Thalidomide......................................................................... 2 2. The Basic Polarimeter ..................................... :............................................. 5 3. Configurationof a-Amino Acids.................................................................. 6 4. Diagrammatic Representation of a Stationary Phase Containing an Immobilized Enantio-enriched Selector Molecule........................................ 9 5. Block Diagram Showing the Components of HPLC..................................... 10 6. Schematic Chromatogram for Zone Separation ............................................ 13 7. Two Commercially Available Dendrimer Families...................................... 15 8. A Chiral Recognition Model......................................................................... 19 9. Structure of First Generation of Tryptophan Methyl Ester Dendrimer ......... 23 10. Interaction Sites in Tryptophan Methyl Ester