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Fig. 1-16. Closed –A <strong>and</strong> open –B types <strong>of</strong> cinchonidine conformers. Hydrogens are<br />

not shown for clarity.<br />

The relative population <strong>of</strong> these conformers depends on polarity <strong>of</strong> the solvent <strong>and</strong><br />

possible chemical interaction (cinchonidine-solvent), in fact as was show by<br />

calculations <strong>and</strong> NMR spectroscopy the open 3 conformer is most abundant in the<br />

solvent with low dielectric constant.<br />

Fig. 1-17. Dependence <strong>of</strong> relative abundance <strong>of</strong> conformer (Open 3) on solvent polarity<br />

determined by NMR spectroscopy <strong>and</strong> calculated using reaction field model [41].<br />

Solvents: (1) benzene, (2) toluene, (e) ethyl ether, (4) tetrahydroguran, (5) aceton, (6)<br />

dimethylformamide, (7) dimethyl sulfoxide, (8) water, (9) ethanol. The calculated<br />

model, does not take into account specific interaction such as the hydrogen boning<br />

between cinchonidine <strong>and</strong> ethanol. The figure is adapted from review <strong>of</strong> Baiker [50].<br />

It is important to note, that in the hydrogenation <strong>of</strong> ketopantolactone over cinchonidinemodified<br />

Pt ee decreases with increasing the dielectric constant <strong>of</strong> a solvent in the very<br />

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