Discrimination of alpha-Amino Acids Using Green Tea Flavonoid (-)-Epigallocatechin Gallate as a Chiral Solvating Agent

Kumari, Divya and Bandyopadhyay, Prasun and Suryaprakash, N (2013) Discrimination of alpha-Amino Acids Using Green Tea Flavonoid (-)-Epigallocatechin Gallate as a Chiral Solvating Agent. In: JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 78 (6). pp. 2373-2378.

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Abstract

We report a special, hitherto-unexplored property of (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) as a chiral solvating agent for enantiodiscrimination of alpha-amino acids in the polar solvent DMSO. This phenomenon has been investigated by H-1 NMR spectroscopy. The mechanism of the interaction property of EGCG with alpha-amino acids has been understood as arising out of hydrogen-bonded noncovalent interactions, where the -OH groups of two phenyl rings of EGCG play dominant roles. The conversion of the enantiomeric mixture into diastereomers yielded well-resolved peaks for D and L amino acids permitting the precise measurement of enantiomeric composition. Often one encounters complex situations when the spectra are severely overlapped or partially resolved hampering the testing of enantiopurity and the precise measurement of enantiomeric excess (ee). Though higher concentration of EGCG yielded better discrimination, the use of lower concentration being economical, we have exploited an appropriate 2D NMR experiment in overcoming such problems. Thus, in the present study we have successfully demonstrated the utility of the bioflavonoid (-)-EGCG, a natural product as a chiral solvating agent for the discrimination of large number of alpha-amino acids in a polar solvent DMSO. Another significant advantage of this new chiral sensing agent is that it is a natural product and does not require tedious multistep synthesis unlike many other chiral auxiliaries.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Publisher:	AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to the AMER CHEMICAL SOC, USA.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > NMR Research Centre (Formerly Sophisticated Instruments Facility) Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	22 Apr 2013 06:21
Last Modified:	22 Apr 2013 06:21
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/46434

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