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Title
A combined Raman optical activity and vibrational circular dichroism study on artemisinin-type products
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Abstract
Artemisinin and two of its derivatives, dihydroartemisinin and artesunate, which are front line drugs against malaria, were investigated using Raman optical activity (ROA) and vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) experiments, both supported by density functional theory (DFT) level calculations. The experimental techniques combined with DFT calculations could show that dihydroartemisinin was present as an epimeric mixture in solution. In addition, an approximation of the epimeric ratio could be extracted which was in agreement with the ratio obtained by(1)H-NMR spectroscopy. The current study also demonstrates that both ROA and VCD are able to assign the correct absolute configuration (AC) of artemisinin and artesunate out of all their possible diastereomers without any explicit knowledge on their correct stereochemistry and accentuates the synergetic effect between ROA and VCD in AC determination.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical chemistry, chemical physics / Royal Society of Chemistry [London] - Cambridge, 1999, currens
Publication
Cambridge : The Royal Society of Chemistry , 2020
ISSN
1463-9076 [print]
1463-9084 [online]
DOI
10.1039/D0CP03257C
Volume/pages
22 :32 (2020) , p. 18014-18024
ISI
000562560400022
Pubmed ID
32756630
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
Studying the structure-activity relationship in artemisinin-transferrin adducts by means of Raman optical activity
Stimulating NILS (Nanoelectromechanical Instruments for Life Sciences).
Replacement of an existing Vibrational Circular Dichroism spectrometer.
CalcUA as central calculation facility: supporting core facilities.
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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