1、 Label-free and Dilution-free Detection and Analysis of Molecular Chirality via Terahertz Spectrometry White paper July 8,2010 1.Why chirality analysis important The analysis of chiral molecules is of central importance to modern day chemistry,biochemistry 1 and material science 2-4.Enantiomeric pur
2、ity is as paramount as chemical purity to the pharmaceutical industry 5.Related to this is the optical purity of chiral catalysts and the resulting enantiomeric excess measurements necessary to evaluate synthetic transformations.Analytical techniques capable of surveying chirality have also been use
3、d to elucidate reaction mechanisms 1.More recently materials including polymers 6 as well as supramolecular assemblies and switches 7-10 employing chiral elements have given rise to differential behavior with matter and energy.These initial reports may pave the way for molecular machines and data st
4、orage devices that use chirality.On a macromolecular scale,discrete proteins,DNA,RNA,polysaccharides and complexes of these biomolecules are routinely analyzed using chiral optical techniques to gain insight into their three-dimensional structural features,most notably their helicity 1.2.Established
5、 Methods for Chiral Analysis Traditional methods for small organic and inorganic molecules include optical rotation(OR)and optical rotary dispersion(ORD).The measurements rely on optical refraction at fixed and variable wavelength of the UV-Vis spectrum,respectively.Their use in characterization of
6、chiral small molecules is extensive,but limited to descriptions of rotating linearly polarized light in one of two directions with a given magnitude.Additionally,several measurements(e.g.multiple concentrations)are often required to determine whether a compound is dextrorotatory or levorotatory and
7、other complications arise with solutions of chiral compounds in solvents.These effects can even include a reversal of sign in the optical rotation as a function of solvent 1.Larger biomolecules and synthetic macromolecules give the same information when using OR and ORD,but three-dimensional informa
8、tion(e.g.helical content)has been extracted using circularly polarized light through circular dichroism(CD).CD is an absorption technique that requires an accessible chromophore.For small molecules containing few chiral centers the CD spectra often has a small electronic transitions making analysis
9、challenging.Small molecules containing other forms of chirality(such as helixes as found in helicenes),however give large electronic transitions,though these chiral elements are rare in small molecules such as pharmceuticals.Biomolecules on the other hand typically have helical content that gives ri
10、se to CD spectra with appreciable magnitude.All existing optical techniques require dilute solutions of known concentration.The solvent effects mentioned above can invert the results,or even result in a null measurement if the wrong solvent is selected.Additionally,achiral sample impurities can dimi
11、nish or in some instances enhance the magnitude of the measured signal if they can order over a short range(e.g.through hydrogen bonding)about the chiral material and affect either refraction(OR),or absorption(CD).Small amounts of analyte also cant be easily analyzed if the resulting solution is too
12、 dilute.Despite the physical laws that govern optical techniques,they still hold only over narrow concentration ranges and are highly solvent dependent.Temperature also can play a role in these measurements.More recently vibrational techniques have been developed including vibrational optical rotato
13、ry dispersion,vibrational circular dichroism and Raman optical activity.These techniques use IR radiation that induce vibrational modes of different functional groups and have several advantages over optical techniques.Other methods including Mass Spectrometry,Fluorescence and Nuclear Magnetic Reson
14、ance(NMR)have also been employed 1112.NMR has been widely employed in the study of small molecules in particular enatiomeric excess determination(ee).This technique is very powerful,but severely limited to molecules that can be covalently modified with other,often times expensive enatiopure reagents
15、In other instances non-covalent coordination is used with expensive chiral shift reagents that have narrow scope by being drastically limited to interaction with molecules containing very specific functional groups 13.3.Advantages of Terahertz Spectroscopy Terahertz spectrometry offers several adva
16、ntages when compared to current methods.First,the terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum results in vibrational resonance,thus making terahertz a general method to study molecules including those lacking an optical chromophore.The sample amount necessary required to obtain a terahertz spec
17、tra is quite small,on the order of 20 micro liters and can be done neat without the need for dilution,thorough direct application to a glass slide.Terahertz vibrational modes tend to involve all the atoms of the molecule and would be expected to give rise to unique spectra for each unique molecule,w
18、hile retaining characteristic vibrational modes for certain functional groups.Terahertz spectroscopy is also sensitive to intermolecular interactions and may be capable of studying the interaction of multiple chiral molecules if these modes can be deconvoluted.This may have distinct advantages to NM
19、R methods employing chiral shift reagents,or advantages to material science and interfacial interactions.The resulting data gives rise to many distinct bands that can be used to evaluate chirality.The problems associated with optical techniques are significant.Lack of a suitable chromophore and solv
20、ent effects are two major issues that make chiral analysis complicated for many systems.Moving beyond the visible spectra to the terahertz region provides new opportunities to study whole molecule phenomena,or chirality around functional groups that do not have strong optical or IR activity.Terahert
21、z interaction with macromolecules is sensitive to the vibrational modes of the entire macromolecule.This characteristic has been successfully deployed to characterize systems such as non-ionic detergents in biopharmaceuticals 14,transdermal drug delivery 15,single nucleotide polymorphism 16,and DNA
22、hybridization 17.4.Preliminary data and supporting evidences:Terahertz Spectrometry of(+)and(-)Limonene Terahertz Spectroscopy(TS)was used to determine if the interactions are sensitive to discern between different chirality of known chiral molecules.In particular,terahertz measurements were conduct
23、ed on(R)-(+)-LIMONENE and(S)-(-)-LIMONENE(Aldrich).A transmission-mode terahertz spectrometer(TeraSpectra,Applied Research&Photonics,Harrisburg,PA)was used to characterize the specimens.Fig.1 shows the spectrometer and the experimental arrangement.Fig.1:The terahertz spectrometer(TeraSpectra,left)an
24、d sample on a glass slide mounted on a XYZ-stage to place in the beam path(right).Samples in solid,liquid and gaseous forms may be measured.4.1.Sample preparation:Chemicals were used as received.20 L of each compound was dispensed on a glass slide.The samples were spread evenly to make a uniform coa
25、ting on respective glass slides.The slides were mounted on a XYZ stage(Fig.1)one at a Counts (A.U.)time and their spectra were acquired.4.2.Results and discussion Fig.2 shows the time domain temporal signal(an interferogram or terahertz pulse)of both samples.Fig.3 shows the Fourier transform frequen
26、cy spectra of both samples obtained from the time domain signal of Figure 2.As can be identified from Figure 3,at several frequencies the signal shows opposing peaks in the two samples.This initial result indicates that there is differential polarized terahertz absorption as a function of handedness
27、4.0E+6 3.0E+6 S-Limonene R-+-Limonene 2.0E+6 1.0E+6 0.0E+0 -1.0E+6 -2.0E+6 -3.0E+6 0.E+00 1.E-12 2.E-12 3.E-12 4.E-12 5.E-12 6.E-12 7.E-12 Time(s)Fig.2:Time-domain temporal signal(terahertz signal)obtained from(R)-(+)-LIMONENE and(S)-()-LIMONENE.5.Commercialization and business potential The develo
28、pment of commercial chiral terahertz instrumentation would be of high demand to industry and academia.Several problems with current technology leave significant gaps for a universal,straight forward and rapid method for chiral analyses(vide supra).Polarized terahertz spectroscopy may have significan
29、t advantages to current optical techniques in several basic areas such as sample preparation and in significant areas where chiral molecules fail to give rise to spectroscopic differentiation using other Normalized Power 100 10 4.67 THz S-Limonene R+Limonene 1 8.33 THz 10.67 THz 0.1 4.31 THz 17.05 T
30、Hz 8.33 THz 0.001 0.0001 10.58 THz 17.12 THz 0.00001 0.0E+00 5.0E+12 1.0E+13 1.5E+13 2.0E+13 Frequency(Hz)Fig.3:Fourier transform(Lomb periodogram)frequency spectra of both specimen exhibits opposite peaks at several frequencies.6.Project Team,Capabilities,Facilities Michael P.Schramm,Ph.D.Californi
31、a State University Long Beach PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION:S.U.N.Y.Onondaga Community College,Math and Science,A.S.,highest honors,1995 S.U.N.Y.College of Env.Sci.&Forestry,Environmental Chemistry,B.S.,magna cum laude,1998 The University of Chicago,Organic Chemistry,M.S.,2000 The University of Chicago,O
32、rganic Chemistry,Ph.D.,2005 The Scripps Research Institute,The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology,Supramolecular recognition,Post-doc,2005-2007 APPOINTMENTS: 2007 Present:Assistant Professor.Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,California State University,Long Beach.RECENT RELEVANT PUBLICATIO
33、NS:1)Schramm,M.P.Restorp P.,Zelder,F.,Rebek J.,Jr.(2008).Influence of Remote Asymmetric Centers in Reversible Encapsulation Complexes.J.Am.Chem.Soc.130,2450-2451.DOI:10.1021/ja076162 2)Schramm,M.P.,Rebek,J.,Jr.(2008).Effects of Remote Chiral Centers on Encapsulated Molecules New.J.Chem.32,794-796.3)
34、Schramm,M.P.,Hooley,R.J.,Rebek,J.,Jr.(2007)Guest Recognition with Micelle Bound Cavitands.J.Am.Chem.Soc.129,9773-9779.DOI:10.1021/ja0723378 4)“Compounds with All-Carbon Functions:1,3-dienes,Synthesis by Elimination Reactions”Schramm,M.P.,(2009).Science of Synthesis,Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular T
35、ransformation,Georg Thieme Verlag KG,46.9.EQUIPMENT,FACILITIES,STAFF:1)Jasco Circular Dichrometer J-710 2)Jasco Polarimeter P-1010 3)400 MHz Bruker SpectroSpin Magnet with Techmag Gradient Apollo Console with QNP and broadband Gradient Probes 4)300 MHz Varian Unity Magnet with Dual Channel Probe 5)1
36、000 sq.ft.Modern Synthetic Organic Laboratory(Build in 2005)6)One Undergraduate Researcher to aid in synthesis and experiment design Anis Rahman,Ph.D.Applied Research&Photonics(ARP),Harrisburg,PA 17111 PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION Dr.Rahman is the founder and chief technology officer of ARP.ARP is one o
37、f the leading manufacturers of terahertz spectrometer based on its proprietary terahertz source fabricated from electro-optic dendrimer.ARPs TeraSpectra enjoys superior performance over other technologies in terms of wider terahertz range(30 THz),higher source power(5 mW,CW)and significantly higher
38、sensitivity(100 femto-molar).Anis Rahman received MS(physics)and Ph.D.(EECE)from Marquette University and conducted postdoctoral research in(Chemistry/ChemE)at Columbia University under the mentorship of Nicholas J Turro.RECENT RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:See http:/ Also refs.14 through 17 below.Awarded a
39、nd pending patents.EQUIPMENT:ARP is manufacturer of several products around its terahertz technology.TeraSpectra is described above.In addition,TeraScan from ARP is a depth profiler of biological and non-metallic substrates via non-invasive method.7.References 1.Eliel,E.L.,S.H.Wilen,and M.P.Doyle,Ba
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44、of the American Chemical Society,2002.124(12):p.2939-2950.9.Schramm,M.P.and J.Rebek,Effects of remote chiral centers on encapsulated molecules.New Journal of Chemistry,2008.32(5):p.794-796.10.Schramm,M.P.,P.Restorp,F.Zelder,and J.Rebek,Influence of remote asymmetric centers in reversible encapsulati
45、on complexes.Journal of the American Chemical Society,2008.130(8):p.2450-2451.11.Kumar,A.P.,D.Jin,and Y.-I.Lee,Recent Development on Spectroscopic Methods for Chiral Analysis of Enantiomeric Compounds.Applied Spectroscopy Reviews,2009.44(4):p.267-316.12.C.V.Kumar,A.Buranaprapuk,H.C.Sze,S.Jockusch,an
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47、sign,2006.12(31):p.4023-4045.14.Trevor L.Broadt and Anis Rahman,“Applications of terahertz spectrometry in biopharmaceutical reagent quantification and characterization,”Abstracts of the ACS 41st Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting,April 1013,Wilmington,DE,page:188,2010 15.Aunik K Rahman,Anis Rahman,Di
48、ksha Kaushik,and Bozena Michniak-Kohn,“Terahertz study of transdermal drug delivery,”Abstracts of the ACS 41st Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting,April 1013,Wilmington,DE,page:189,2010 16.Gulshan Ara,Aunik K Rahman,Bruce A Stanley,and Anis Rahman1,“Terahertz spectral analysis of FCGR3A genotypes,”Abst
49、racts of the ACS 41st Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting,April 1013,Wilmington,DE,page:188,2010 17.Anis Rahman,Bruce Stanley,Aunik K.Rahman,“Ultrasensitive label-free detection and quantitation of DNA hybridization via terahertz spectrometry,”Proceedings Vol.7568,Imaging,Manipulation,and Analysis of B
50、iomolecules,Cells,and Tissues VIII,Daniel L.Farkas;Dan V.Nicolau;Robert C.Leif,Editors,756810 Date:24 February 2010.耀嘉科技有限公司耀嘉科技有限公司 GLORY SHINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 上海地址:上海市浦东新区浙桥路上海地址:上海市浦东新区浙桥路277 弄碧云国际商务中心弄碧云国际商务中心3 号楼号楼203 室室 电话:电话:86-21-60450828 传真:传真:86-21-60453680 北京地址:北京市朝阳区阜通东大街北京地址:北京市朝阳区






