Porous polymer compound, method of separating compound to be separated, single crystals, method of producing sample for crystal structure analysis, method of determining molecular structure of compound to be analyzed, and method of determining absolute configuration of chiral compound

Abstract

The porous polymer compound has a three dimensional skeleton and pores and/or voids that are partitioned and formed by the three dimensional skeleton. The three dimensional skeleton comprises multiple sugar derivatives represented by formula (1) and multiple cations that interact with the hydroxyl groups and/or ether bonds of the sugar derivatives, and the three-dimensional skeleton is formed by each of the cations interacting with two or more sugar derivatives. Also provided are a method of separating a compound to be separated using the porous polymer compound; a single crystal of the porous polymer compound; a method of preparing a sample for crystal structure analysis using the single crystal; a method of determining a molecular structure of a compound to be analyzed using the sample for crystal structure analysis; and a method of determining an absolute configuration of a chiral compound using the sample for crystal structure analysis.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A porous polymer compound having a three-dimensional skeleton and pores and/or voids that are partitioned and formed by the three-dimensional skeleton, wherein the three-dimensional skeleton comprises:
 multiple sugar derivatives represented by formula (1)
   (A-X   n Q  (1)
 
 
 wherein A is a sugar residue having hydroxyl groups and/or ether groups number of 5 to 30, and X is an oxygen atom or sulfur atom; Q is an organic group, having a carbon number of 2 to 40 and a valence of n, forming a bond with A via X; a is an integer of 2 to 4; and a plurality of As and a plurality of Xs may be identical or may be different; and 
 multiple cations that interact with the hydroxyl groups and/or ether groups of the sugar derivatives, and
 the three-dimensional skeleton is formed by each of the cations interacting with two or more sugar derivatives. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The porous polymer compound according to  claim 1 , wherein Q is a group having an aromatic ring. 
     
     
       3. The porous polymer compound according to  claim 1 , wherein the multiple cations are alkali metal ions. 
     
     
       4. A method of separating a compound to be separated, comprising contacting the porous polymer compound according to  claim 1  with a mixture containing the compound to be so that molecules of the compound are separated to be absorbed into the pores and/or voids of the porous polymer compound. 
     
     
       5. A single crystal consisting of the porous polymer compound according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
       6. The single crystal according to  claim 5 , wherein at least one sugar derivative represented by the formula (1) is a chiral compound with a known absolute configuration. 
     
     
       7. A method of preparing a sample for crystal structure analysis comprising contacting the single crystal according to  claim 5  with a compound to be analyzing so that molecules of the compound are analyzed to be regularly arranged in the pores and/or voids of the porous polymer compound. 
     
     
       8. A method of preparing a sample for crystal structure analysis for determining an absolute configuration of a chiral compound comprising contacting the single crystal according to  claim 6  with a chiral compound whose absolute configuration is to be determined, so that molecules of the chiral compound whose absolute configuration is to be determined are regularly arranged in the pores and/or voids of the porous polymer compound. 
     
     
       9. A method of determining a molecular structure of a compound to be analyzed comprising conducting a crystal structure analysis using a sample for crystal structure analysis, wherein the sample for crystal structure analysis is obtained by contacting the single crystal according to  claim 5  with the compound to be analyzed. 
     
     
       10. A method of determining an absolute configuration of a chiral compound, wherein the method of determining an absolute configuration of a chiral compound comprises a step of determining the absolute configuration of the chiral compound by a crystal structure analysis method using a sample for crystal structure analysis, wherein the sample for crystal structure analysis is obtained by contacting the single crystal according to  claim 6  with a chiral compound.