Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
2009, 74, 299-312
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc2008169
Published online 2009-02-14 09:24:13
Chiral recognition in bicyclic guanidines
Daniel H. O’ Donovana, Isabel Rozasa, Fernando Blancob, Ibon Alkortab,* and José Elguerob
a School of Chemistry, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
b Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006-Madrid, Spain
Abstract
A theoretical study of chiral recognition in bicyclic guanidines has been carried out by means of B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) DFT calculations. A series of complexes between protonated 4,8-dimethyl-1,5,7-triazabicyclodecene (DTBD) and 2,5-disubtituted chiral cyclopentanones have been evaluated for chiral recognition, both in the gas phase and in benzene solution as per the polarizable continuum model (PCM) and analyzed by AIM and NBO methodologies. An inversion in the sense of chiral recognition has been observed between gas phase and solvated results for cyclopentanone complexes. Among the different correlations found (i.e. between electron density, hydrogen bond distance, second-order perturbation energy), a linear correlation has been established between the chiral recognition energy and different molecular parameters.
Keywords: Chiral recognition; Guanidines; Cyclopentanones; DFT calculations; Natural bond orbital theory; Atoms in molecules theory.
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