Herein, we disclose the design of a model Ni(II) complex of glycine Schiff base possessing single-nitrogen stereogenic center, which was successfully used for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-assisted assessment of its configurational stability. The major finding is that the configurational stability of the Ni(II)-coordinated nitrogen is profoundly dependent on the reaction conditions used, in particular the solvent, and can range from inconsequential (t½ less than 5 min) to virtually completely stable (t½ 90 y). The discovery reported in this study most likely to be of certain theoretical and synthetic value.
Keywords: amino acids; axial chirality; chiral HPLC; kinetic of racemization; rotational energy barriers.
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