Giardini Guidoni A, Paladini A, Piccirillo S, Rondino F, Satta M, Speranza M. Modelling neurotransmitter functions: a laser spectroscopic study of (1S,2S)-N-methyl pseudoephedrine and its complexes with achiral and chiral molecules.
Org Biomol Chem 2006;
4:2012-8. [PMID:
16688345 DOI:
10.1039/b602510b]
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Abstract
Wavelength and mass resolved resonance-enhanced two photon ionization (R2PI) excitation spectra of (1S,2S)-N-methyl pseudoephedrine (MPE) and its complexes with several achiral and chiral solvent molecules, including water (W), methyl (R)-lactate (L(R)), methyl (S)-lactate (L(S)), (R)-2-butanol (B(R)), and (S)-2-butanol (B(S)), have been recorded after a supersonic molecular beam expansion and examined in the light of ab initio calculations. The spectral patterns of the selected complexes have been interpreted in terms of the specific hydrogen-bond interactions operating in the diastereomeric complexes, whose nature in turn depends on the structure and the configuration of the solvent molecule. The obtained results confirm the view that a representative neurotransmitter molecule, like MPE, "communicates" with the enantiomers of a chiral substrate through different, specific interactions. These findings can be regarded as a further contribution to modelling neurotransmitter functions in biological systems.
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