Synthesis and Chiroptical Properties of a Chiral Isotopologue of syn -Cryptophane-B.

We report the synthesis and absolute configuration (AC) of a chiral isotopologue of -cryptophane-B. Low chiral signatures were measured by polarimetry and electronic circular dichroism, whereas most significant chiroptical effects were observed by vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) and Raman optical activity (ROA). The comparison of experimental VCD and ROA spectra with those predicted by DFT calculations allows the determination of the AC of the two enantiomers as (-)--- and (+)---.