Date of Award
1-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
College/School
College of Science and Mathematics
Department/Program
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Thesis Sponsor/Dissertation Chair/Project Chair
Mark A. Whitener
Committee Member
James Dyer
Committee Member
Henk Eshuis
Abstract
A quasiracemate is the cocrystallization of two similarly shaped but chemically distinct molecules of opposite handedness. There has been limited to no work regarding quasiracemates in the field of inorganic chemistry. The goal of this study was to prepare various metal based enantiomers, racemates, and quasiracemates using N-benzoylalanines with imidazole or N-methylimidazole as ligands bound to copper to form a metal complex. In this study, we developed a method to prepare substituted N-benzoylalanines and its copper complexes. We also prepared one co-crystal between two differently substituted N-benzoylalanines.
This work reports the successful synthesis and crystal structure analysis of an organic quasiracemate, (D-4-nitro-N-benzoylalanine)(L-4-methyl-N-benzoylalanine), an inorganic quasiracemate, bis(N-methylimidazole)(D-4-nitro-N-benzoylalanine)(L-4- methyl-N-benzoylalanine)copper(TT), and a racemate bis(N-methylimidazole)bis(D,L-4-nitro-N-benzoylalanine)copper(TT).
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Recommended Citation
Chong, Emily Catherine, "Preparation and Crystal Structures of Racemic and Quasiracemic Imidazole or N-Methyl Imidazole Copper Complexes Containing Substituted N-Benzoylalanines" (2020). Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects. 466.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/466