Tetrahedron Letters

Visual chiral recognition of mandelic acid and α-amino acid derivatives by enantioselective gel formation and precipitation

A Tripathi, A Kumar, PS Pandey

Index: Tripathi, Anamica; Kumar, Anjul; Pandey, Pramod S. Tetrahedron Letters, 2012 , vol. 53, # 43 p. 5745 - 5748

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Abstract

Novel chiral receptors based on l-phenylalanine and l-valine have been synthesized and their chiral recognition properties toward mandelic acid and N-tosyl α-amino acids are studied. The phenylalanine-based receptor undergoes enantioselective gel formation with R- mandelic acid and N-tosyl-d-valine, whereas the valine-linked receptor in their presence results in the formation of precipitates.