Determination of the Enantiomeric Purity by 1h NMR with Eu(tfc)3 of β‐Hetarylalanine Derivatives. Correlation Of the Enantiomeric Shift Difference with Absolute Configuration

The best conditions (solvent, lanthanide/substrate molar ratios…) to determine the enantiomeric purity of a nonracemic mixture of R and S N-acetyl (or benzoyl)-β-hetarylalanine methyl esters by 1H NMR with tris (3-trifluoromethyl-hydroxymethylene-d-camphorato)europium(III) «Eu(tfc)3» were studied. A direct correlation between configuration and chemical shift differences, ΔΔδR-S, between the methyl singlets was observed.