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Preparation of a Corannulene-functionalized Hexahelicene by CopperI-catalyzed Alkyne-azide Cycloaddition of Nonplanar Polyaromatic Units
Published on: September 18, 2016
Development of separation methods for the chiral resolution of hexahelicenes
Jan Storch1, Květa Kalíková2, Eva Tesařová2
1Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the AS CR, v.v.i., Rozvojová 135, Prague 6, 165 02, Czechia.
Abstract:
In this short communication we report optimized procedures for the chiral separation of non-charged [6]helicene (1) and cationic derivative 1-butyl-3-(2-methyl[6]helicenyl)-imidazolium bromide (2) using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) methods. The possibility of using capillary electrophoresis (CE) was also tested. The satisfactory results were obtained with SFC, where the highly selective resolution of four enantiopure 1 and 2 helicenes was achieved in a single run within 5min. The semi-preparative procedure for the isolation of P and M enantiomers of compound 2, including circular dichroism data, is reported here for the first time. The results could be used in further separations and analytical applications targeting carbohelicenes vs. positively charged helicene derivatives.
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