2-Phenylpropionic acid

Grafting (S)-2-Phenylpropionic Acid on Coordinatively Unsaturated Metal Centers of MIL-101(Al) Metal-Organic Frameworks for Improved Enantioseparation

Chiral metal-organic frameworks (cMOFs) are emerging chiral stationary phases for enantioseparation owing to their porosity and designability. However, a great number of cMOF materials show poor separation performance for chiral drugs in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The possible reasons might be the irregular shapes of MOFs and the low grafting degree of chiral ligands. Herein, MIL-101-Ppa@SiO2 was synthesized by a simple coordination post-synthetic modification method using (S)-(+)-2-Phenylpropionic acid and applied as the chiral stationary phase to separate chiral compounds by HPLC. NH2-MIL-101-Ppa@SiO2 prepared via covalent post-synthetic modification was used for comparison. The results showed that the chiral ligand density of MIL-101-Ppa@SiO2 was higher than that of NH2-MIL-101-Ppa@SiO2, and the MIL-101-Ppa@SiO2 column exhibited better chiral separation performance and structural stability. The binding affinities between MIL-101-Ppa@SiO2 and chiral compounds were simulated to prove the mechanism of the molecular interactions during HPLC. These results revealed that cMOFs prepared by coordination post-synthetic modification could increase the grafting degree and enhance the separation performance. This method can provide ideas for the synthesis of cMOFs.

Ibuprofen

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Preparation of ( S)-2-Phenylpropionic Acid by CaCl?/CMC Nanoparticles Immobilized Candida rugosa Lipase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis in Micro Aqueous Mixed Organic Solvent Systems

Candida rugosa lipase was immobilized in this study using CaCl?/CMC nanoparticles that yielded a lipase loading capacity of 127 mg/g, with better thermal stability and activity of 91.8%. The hydrolysis of racemic 2-phenylpropionic acid isopropyl ester by free and immobilized Candida rugosa lipase was investigated in the mixed organic-solvent composed of isooctane and methyl tert-butyl ether (9.5:0.5, V/V). The optimal conditions were 35 °C and pH 7.5 for free Candida rugosa lipase hydrolysis. We obtained (S)-2-phenylpropionic acid with 44.85% conversion, 95.75% enantiomeric excess and enantiomeric ratio of 112. The CaCl?/CMC nanoparticles immobilized Candida rugosa lipase possesses high enantioselectivity, with E = 237 at 40 °C and pH 7.5. It was efficiently reusable in four cycles and appropriately enhanced enantioselectivity within 120-240.

Ketoprofen

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Enantioselective covalent binding of 2-phenylpropionic Acid to protein in vitro in rat hepatocytes

A series of studies was conducted to investigate the potential of (R)- and (S)-2-phenylpropionic acid (2-PPA) to undergo enantioselective covalent binding to protein in freshly isolated rat hepatocytes and to determine whether such covalent binding is dependent on acyl glucuronidation or acyl-CoA formation of 2-PPA. Hepatocytes were incubated with (R,S)-, (R)-, or (S)-[1,2-(14)C(2)]-2-PPA (1 mM), and aliquots of the incubation mixture analyzed for covalent binding, acyl glucuronidation, and acyl-CoA formation over a 3 h period. Covalent binding of 2-PPA to hepatocyte protein was shown to be time-dependent and to be 4.5-fold greater for the (R)-isomer than the (S)-isomer after 3 h of incubation. The enantioselectivity of covalent binding correlated with the enantioselectivity of acyl-CoA formation (R/S = 7.0), but not with acyl glucuronidation (R/S = 0.67) of (R)- and (S)-2-PPA isomers during the 3 h incubation. Inhibition experiments were performed with (R,S)-[1,2-(14)C(2)]-2-PPA (1 mM) incubated with hepatocytes in the presence or absence of trimethylacetic acid (2 mM) or (-)-borneol (1 mM) for the inhibition of 2-PPA-CoA formation and 2-PPA acyl glucuronidation, respectively. Covalent binding of 2-PPA to hepatocyte protein exhibited a 53% decrease in cells treated with trimethylacetic acid, where a 66% decrease in 2-PPA-CoA formation occurred. Conversely, treatment with (-)-borneol, which completely inhibited 2-PPA acyl glucuronidation, only decreased covalent binding by 18.7%. These results indicate that metabolism of 2-PPA by acyl-CoA formation leads to the generation of reactive acylating CoA-thioester species that can contribute to protein covalent binding in a manner that is more extensive than the respective acyl glucuronides.