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Gauthier M, Coutrot F. Discrepancy Regarding the Dethreading of a Dibenzo‐24‐crown‐8 Macrocycle through a Perfluorobutyl End in [2]Pseudorotaxanes. European J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202101201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Maxime Gauthier
- Supramolecular Machines and Architectures Team IBMM Univ Montpellier CNRS ENSCM Montpellier France
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- Supramolecular Machines and Architectures Team IBMM Univ Montpellier CNRS ENSCM Montpellier France
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Coutrot F, Waelès P, Gauthier M. Study of [2] and [3]Rotaxanes Obtained by Post‐Synthetic Aminolysis of a Kinetically Stable Though Activated Carbonate‐Containing Pseudorotaxane. European J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202101385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Frédéric Coutrot
- Institut des Biomolecules Max Mousseron Département de Chimie Montpellier FRANCE
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- IBMM: Institut des Biomolecules Max Mousseron chimie FRANCE
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Gauthier M, Waelès P, Coutrot F. Post-Synthetic Macrocyclization of Rotaxane Building Blocks. Chempluschem 2021; 87:e202100458. [PMID: 34811956 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202100458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Although not often encountered, cyclic interlocked molecules are appealing molecular targets because of their restrained tridimensional structure which is related to both the cyclic and interlocked shapes. Interlocked molecules such as rotaxane building blocks may be good candidates for post-synthetic intramolecular cyclization if the preservation of the mechanical bond ensures the interlocked architecture throughout the reaction. This is obviously the case if the modification does not involve the cleavage of either the macrocycle's main chain or the encircled part of the axle. However, among the post-synthetic reactions, the chemical linkage between two reactive sites belonging to embedded elements of rotaxanes still consists of an underexploited route to interlocked cyclic molecules. This Review lists the rare examples of macrocyclization through chemical connection between reactive sites belonging to a surrounding macrocycle and/or an encircled axle of interlocked rotaxanes.
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- Maxime Gauthier
- Supramolecular Machines and Architectures Team, IBMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
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- Supramolecular Machines and Architectures Team, IBMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
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- Supramolecular Machines and Architectures Team, IBMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
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Waelès P, Gauthier M, Coutrot F. Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-Synthetic Modification of Interlocked Molecules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:16778-16799. [PMID: 32894812 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202007496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Several strategies have been successfully utilised to obtain a wide range of interlocked molecules. However, some interlocked compounds are still not obtained directly and/or efficiently from non-interlocked components because the requisites for self-assembly cannot always be enforced. To circumvent such a synthetic problem, a strategy that consists of synthesizing an isolable and storable interlocked building block in a step that precedes its modification is an appealing chemical route to more sophisticated interlocked molecules. Synthetic opportunities and challenges are closely linked to the fact that the mechanical bond might greatly affect the reactivity of a functionality of the encircled axle, but that the interlocked architecture needs to be preserved during the synthesis. Hence, the mechanical bond plays a fundamental role in the strategy employed. This Review focuses on the challenging post-synthetic modifications of interlocked molecules, sometimes through cleavage of the axle's main chain, but always with conservation of the mechanical bond.
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- Philip Waelès
- Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team, Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, ENSCM, case courrier 1706, Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team, Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, ENSCM, case courrier 1706, Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team, Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, ENSCM, case courrier 1706, Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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Waelès P, Gauthier M, Coutrot F. Challenges and Opportunities in the Post‐Synthetic Modification of Interlocked Molecules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202007496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Philip Waelès
- Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS Université de Montpellier ENSCM case courrier 1706, Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences, Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier cedex 5 France
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- Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS Université de Montpellier ENSCM case courrier 1706, Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences, Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier cedex 5 France
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- Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS Université de Montpellier ENSCM case courrier 1706, Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences, Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier cedex 5 France
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Groppi J, Casimiro L, Canton M, Corra S, Jafari‐Nasab M, Tabacchi G, Cavallo L, Baroncini M, Silvi S, Fois E, Credi A. Precision Molecular Threading/Dethreading. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202003064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Jessica Groppi
- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto ISOF-CNR via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto ISOF-CNR via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician” Università di Bologna via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto ISOF-CNR via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale “Toso Montanari” Università di Bologna viale del Risorgimento 4 40136 Bologna Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto ISOF-CNR via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari Università di Bologna viale Fanin 44 40127 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician” Università di Bologna via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza ed Alta Tecnologia and INSTM Università dell'Insubria via Valleggio 11 22100 Como Italy
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- KAUST Catalysis Center King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal 23955-6900 Saudi Arabia
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto ISOF-CNR via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari Università di Bologna viale Fanin 44 40127 Bologna Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto ISOF-CNR via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician” Università di Bologna via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza ed Alta Tecnologia and INSTM Università dell'Insubria via Valleggio 11 22100 Como Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto ISOF-CNR via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale “Toso Montanari” Università di Bologna viale del Risorgimento 4 40136 Bologna Italy
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Groppi J, Casimiro L, Canton M, Corra S, Jafari‐Nasab M, Tabacchi G, Cavallo L, Baroncini M, Silvi S, Fois E, Credi A. Precision Molecular Threading/Dethreading. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:14825-14834. [PMID: 32396687 PMCID: PMC7496742 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
The general principles guiding the design of molecular machines based on interlocked structures are well known. Nonetheless, the identification of suitable molecular components for a precise tuning of the energetic parameters that determine the mechanical link is still challenging. Indeed, what are the reasons of the "all-or-nothing" effect, which turns a molecular "speed-bump" into a stopper in pseudorotaxane-based architectures? Here we investigate the threading and dethreading processes for a representative class of molecular components, based on symmetric dibenzylammonium axles and dibenzo[24]crown-8 ether, with a joint experimental-computational strategy. From the analysis of quantitative data and an atomistic insight, we derive simple rules correlating the kinetic behaviour with the substitution pattern, and provide rational guidelines for the design of modules to be integrated in molecular switches and motors with sophisticated dynamic features.
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- Jessica Groppi
- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresIstituto ISOF-CNRvia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresIstituto ISOF-CNRvia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresIstituto ISOF-CNRvia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale “Toso Montanari”Università di Bolognaviale del Risorgimento 440136BolognaItaly
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresIstituto ISOF-CNRvia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentariUniversità di Bolognaviale Fanin 4440127BolognaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Scienza ed Alta Tecnologia and INSTMUniversità dell'Insubriavia Valleggio 1122100ComoItaly
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- KAUST Catalysis CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwal23955-6900Saudi Arabia
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresIstituto ISOF-CNRvia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentariUniversità di Bolognaviale Fanin 4440127BolognaItaly
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresIstituto ISOF-CNRvia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Scienza ed Alta Tecnologia and INSTMUniversità dell'Insubriavia Valleggio 1122100ComoItaly
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresIstituto ISOF-CNRvia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale “Toso Montanari”Università di Bolognaviale del Risorgimento 440136BolognaItaly
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Colasson B, Credi A, Ventura B. Photoinduced Electron Transfer Involving a Naphthalimide Chromophore in Switchable and Flexible [2]Rotaxanes. Chemistry 2019; 26:534-542. [PMID: 31638287 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
The interlocking of ring and axle molecular components in rotaxanes provides a way to combine chromophoric, electron-donor and electron-acceptor moieties in the same molecular entity, in order to reproduce the features of photosynthetic reaction centers. To this aim, the photoinduced electron transfer processes involving a 1,8-naphthalimide chromophore, embedded in several rotaxane-based dyads, were investigated by steady-state and time-resolved absorption and luminescence spectroscopic experiments in the 300 fs-10 ns time window. Different rotaxanes built around the dialkylammonium/ dibenzo[24]crown-8 ether supramolecular motif were designed and synthesized to decipher the relevance of key structural factors, such as the chemical deactivation of the ammonium-crown ether recognition, the presence of a secondary site for the ring along the axle, and the covalent functionalization of the macrocycle with a phenothiazine electron donor. Indeed, the conformational freedom of these compounds gives rise to a rich dynamic behavior induced by light and may provide opportunities for investigating and understanding phenomena that take place in complex (bio)molecular architectures.
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- Benoit Colasson
- Université de Paris, UMR 8601, LCBPT, CNRS, 45 rue des Saints-Pères, 75006, Paris, France.,Photochemical Nanosciences Laboratory, Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari, Università di Bologna, viale Fanin 50, 40127, Bologna, Italy.,CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, Università di Bologna and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via P. Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy.,Istituto ISOF-CNR, via P. Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto ISOF-CNR, via P. Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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David AHG, García-Cerezo P, Campaña AG, Santoyo-González F, Blanco V. [2]Rotaxane End-Capping Synthesis by Click Michael-Type Addition to the Vinyl Sulfonyl Group. Chemistry 2019; 25:6170-6179. [PMID: 30762912 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201900156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
We report the application of the click Michael-type addition reaction to vinyl sulfone or vinyl sulfonate groups in the synthesis of rotaxanes through the threading-and-capping method. This methodology has proven to be efficient and versatile as it allowed the preparation of rotaxanes using template approaches based on different noncovalent interactions (i.e., donor-acceptor π-π interactions or hydrogen bonding) in yields of generally 60-80 % and up to 91 % aided by the mild conditions required (room temperature or 0 °C and a mild base such as Et3 N or 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridine (DMAP)). Furthermore, the use of vinyl sulfonate moieties, which are suitable motifs for coupling-and-decoupling (CAD) chemistry, implies another advantage because it allows the controlled chemical disassembly of the rotaxanes into their components through nucleophilic substitution of the sulfonates resulting from the capping step with a thiol under mild conditions (Cs2 CO3 and room temperature).
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- Arthur H G David
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias, Avda. Fuente Nueva, S/N, 18071, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias, Avda. Fuente Nueva, S/N, 18071, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias, Avda. Fuente Nueva, S/N, 18071, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias, Avda. Fuente Nueva, S/N, 18071, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias, Avda. Fuente Nueva, S/N, 18071, Granada, Spain
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Gauthier M, Coutrot F. Weinreb Amide as Secondary Station for the Dibenzo-24-crown-8 in a Molecular Shuttle. European J Org Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201900046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Maxime Gauthier
- Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team; Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS; Université de Montpellier; ENSCM, case courrier 1706; Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences; Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier cedex 5 France
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- Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team; Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS; Université de Montpellier; ENSCM, case courrier 1706; Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences; Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier cedex 5 France
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Riss-Yaw B, Clavel C, Laurent P, Waelès P, Coutrot F. The Importance of Length and Flexibility of Macrocycle-Containing Molecular Translocators for the Synthesis of Improbable [2]Rotaxanes. Chemistry 2018; 24:13659-13666. [PMID: 29969523 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
This work reports on the use of molecular translocators to capture a dibenzo-24-crown-8 (DB24C8) and then release it onto targeted molecular axles to afford, after removal of the translocator, [2]rotaxanes that do not hold any template site. Various translocators were studied and successfully aided the synthesis, with more or less efficacy, of [2]rotaxanes of different lengths. During the releasing step, the DB24C8 macrocycle shuttles along the thread, and the localization of the macrocycle might be driven by steric repulsion on the translocator part and/or electronic attraction of the targeted part of the axle to be encircled, which depends on both the nature of the translocator and the targeted thread to be encircled.
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- Benjamin Riss-Yaw
- Supramolecular Machines and Architectures Team, Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, ENSCM, case courrier 1706, Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Supramolecular Machines and Architectures Team, Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, ENSCM, case courrier 1706, Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Supramolecular Machines and Architectures Team, Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, ENSCM, case courrier 1706, Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Supramolecular Machines and Architectures Team, Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, ENSCM, case courrier 1706, Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Supramolecular Machines and Architectures Team, Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, ENSCM, case courrier 1706, Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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Masai H, Fujihara T, Tsuji Y, Terao J. Programmed Synthesis of Molecular Wires with Fixed Insulation and Defined Length Based on Oligo(phenylene ethynylene) and Permethylated α-Cyclodextrins. Chemistry 2017; 23:15073-15079. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Hiroshi Masai
- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry; Graduate School of Engineering; Kyoto University; Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
- Present address: Graduate School of Frontier Sciences; The University of Tokyo; Chiba 277-8561 Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry; Graduate School of Engineering; Kyoto University; Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry; Graduate School of Engineering; Kyoto University; Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Basic Science; Graduate School of Art and Sciences; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo 153-8902 Japan
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Ragazzon G, Credi A, Colasson B. Thermodynamic Insights on a Bistable Acid-Base Switchable Molecular Shuttle with Strongly Shifted Co-conformational Equilibria. Chemistry 2017; 23:2149-2156. [PMID: 27918617 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Bistable [2]rotaxanes in which the affinities of the two stations can be reversed form the basis of molecular shuttles. Gaining quantitative information on such rotaxanes in which the ring distribution between the two stations is largely nonsymmetric has proven to be very challenging. Herein, we report on two independent experimental methodologies, based on luminescence lifetime measurements and acid-base titrations, to determine the relative populations of the two co-conformations of a [2]rotaxane. The assays yield convergent results and are sensitive enough to measure an equilibrium constant (K≈4000) out of reach for NMR spectroscopy. We also estimate the ring distribution constant in the switched (deprotonated) state (K'<10-4 ), and report the highest positional efficiency for stimuli-induced shuttling to date (>99.92 %). Finally, our results show that the pKa of the pH-responsive station depends on the ring affinity of the pH-insensitive station, an observation that paves the way for the design of new artificial allosteric systems.
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- Giulio Ragazzon
- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari, Università di Bologna, Viale Fanin 44, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.,Laboratoire de Chimie et de Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques (CNRS UMR 8601), Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, 45 rue des Saints-Pères, 75006, Paris, France
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Legigan T, Riss-Yaw B, Clavel C, Coutrot F. Active Esters as Pseudostoppers for Slippage Synthesis of [2]Pseudorotaxane Building Blocks: A Straightforward Route to Multi-Interlocked Molecular Machines. Chemistry 2016; 22:8835-47. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Thibaut Legigan
- Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team; Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS; Université Montpellier - ENSCM; case courrier 1706; Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences; Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier cedex 5 France
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- Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team; Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS; Université Montpellier - ENSCM; case courrier 1706; Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences; Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier cedex 5 France
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- Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team; Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS; Université Montpellier - ENSCM; case courrier 1706; Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences; Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier cedex 5 France
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- Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team; Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM) UMR 5247 CNRS; Université Montpellier - ENSCM; case courrier 1706; Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences; Place Eugène Bataillon 34095 Montpellier cedex 5 France
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Masai H, Terao J, Fujihara T, Tsuji Y. Rational Design for Rotaxane Synthesis through Intramolecular Slippage: Control of Activation Energy by Rigid Axle Length. Chemistry 2016; 22:6624-30. [PMID: 27027800 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We describe a new concept for rotaxane synthesis through intramolecular slippage using π-conjugated molecules as rigid axles linked with organic soluble and flexible permethylated α-cyclodextrins (PM α-CDs) as macrocycles. Through hydrophilic-hydrophobic interactions and flipping of PM α-CDs, successful quantitative conversion into rotaxanes was achieved without covalent bond formation. The rotaxanes had high activation barrier for their de-threading, so that they were kinetically isolated and derivatized even under conditions unfavorable for maintaining the rotaxane structures. (1) H NMR spectroscopy experiments clearly revealed that the restricted motion of the linked macrocycle with the rigid axle made it possible to control the kinetic stability by adjusting the length of the rigid axle in the precursor structure rather than the steric bulkiness of the stopper unit.
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- Hiroshi Masai
- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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Schäfer C, Ragazzon G, Colasson B, La Rosa M, Silvi S, Credi A. An Artificial Molecular Transporter. ChemistryOpen 2016; 5:120-4. [PMID: 27308223 PMCID: PMC4906471 DOI: 10.1002/open.201500217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The transport of substrates is one of the main tasks of biomolecular machines in living organisms. We report a synthetic small-molecule system designed to catch, displace, and release molecular cargo in solution under external control. The system consists of a bistable rotaxane that behaves as an acid-base controlled molecular shuttle, whose ring component bears a tether ending with a nitrile group. The latter can be coordinated to a ruthenium complex that acts as the load, and dissociated upon irradiation with visible light. The cargo loading/unloading and ring transfer/return processes are reversible and can be controlled independently. The robust coordination bond ensures that the cargo remains attached to the device while the transport takes place.
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- Christian Schäfer
- Photochemical Nanosciences LaboratoryDipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- Photochemical Nanosciences LaboratoryDipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- Photochemical Nanosciences LaboratoryDipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- Photochemical Nanosciences LaboratoryDipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- Photochemical Nanosciences LaboratoryDipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- Photochemical Nanosciences LaboratoryDipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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Coutrot F. A Focus on Triazolium as a Multipurpose Molecular Station for pH-Sensitive Interlocked Crown-Ether-Based Molecular Machines. ChemistryOpen 2015; 4:556-76. [PMID: 26491633 PMCID: PMC4608521 DOI: 10.1002/open.201500088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The control of motion of one element with respect to others in an interlocked architecture allows for different co-conformational states of a molecule. This can result in variations of physical or chemical properties. The increase of knowledge in the field of molecular interactions led to the design, the synthesis, and the study of various systems of molecular machinery in a wide range of interlocked architectures. In this field, the discovery of new molecular stations for macrocycles is an attractive way to conceive original molecular machines. In the very recent past, the triazolium moiety proved to interact with crown ethers in interlocked molecules, so that it could be used as an ideal molecular station. It also served as a molecular barrier in order to lock interlaced structures or to compartmentalize interlocked molecular machines. This review describes the recently reported examples of pH-sensitive triazolium-containing molecular machines and their peculiar features.
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- Frédéric Coutrot
- Supramolecular Machines and Architectures Team, Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR 5247 Cnrs, Faculté des Sciences, Université Montpellier, ENSCMBâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Place Eugène Bataillon, case courrier 1706, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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