Journal of Photoscience
- Volume 1 Issue 1
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- Pages.31-37
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- 1994
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- 1225-8555(pISSN)
PHOTOCATALYTIC SYNTHESIS OF L-PIPECOLINIC ACID FROM $N_{varepsilon}$ -CARBAMYL-L-LYSINE BY AQUEOUS SUSPENSION OF PLATINIZED TITANIUM(IV) OXIDE
- Ohtani, Bunsho (Division of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University) ;
- Aoki, Eishiro (Division of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University) ;
- Iwai, Kunihiro (Division of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University) ;
- Nishimoto, Sei-Ichi (Division of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University)
- Published : 1994.03.01
Abstract
Photoirradiation at > 300 nm onto a suspension of platinized TiO$_2$ (TiO$_2$-Pt) particles in an aqueous solution. of N$_{\varepsilon}$-carbamyI-L-lysine (Lys(CONH)$_2$) induced the selective N-cyclization of Lys(CONH$_2$) into almost optically pure L-pipecolinic acid (PCA) under argon atmosphere at ambient temperature. Among various TiO$_2$-Pt catalysts, a P-25 (Degussa) powder platinized via impregnation from chloroplatinic acid followed by hydrogen reduction at 753 K exhibited the highest photocatalytic activity for Lys(CONH$_2$) consumption and L-PCA production. GC-MS analyses of L-PCA obtained photocatalytically from $^{15}$N$\alpha$-Lys(CONH$_2$) revealed the selective formation $^{15}$N-substituted L-PCA. This implies that the mechanism for L-PCA production contains selective cleavage of C$_{\varepsilon}$-N bond and intramolecular alkylation at $\alpha$-amino group. Effect of pH on the rate of this photocatalytic reaction was investigated in detail and compared with the pH-dependent charge distribution in Lys(CONH$_2$) molecule. It is clarified that protonation-deprotonation of $\alpha$-amino group gives marked influence on the rate and selectivity of the photocatalytic reaction. On the basis of these results, it is concluded that the selective production of optically pure L-PCA, especially in an acidic suspension of TiO$_2$-Pt, was attributed to the enhanced protonation of $\alpha$-amino group to prevent undesirable oxidation by photogenerated positive holes and blocking of $\varepsilon$-amino group to yield racemic Schiff base intermediate.
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