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Riebe J, Bädorf B, Löffelsender S, Gutierrez Suburu ME, Rivas Aiello MB, Strassert CA, Grimme S, Niemeyer J. Molecular folding governs switchable singlet oxygen photoproduction in porphyrin-decorated bistable rotaxanes. Commun Chem 2024; 7:171. [PMID: 39112693 PMCID: PMC11306352 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-024-01247-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Rotaxanes are mechanically interlocked molecules where a ring (macrocycle) is threaded onto a linear molecule (thread). The position of the macrocycle on different stations on the thread can be controlled in response to external stimuli, making rotaxanes applicable as molecular switches. Here we show that bistable rotaxanes based on the combination of a Zn(II) tetraphenylporphyrin photosensitizer, attached to the macrocycle, and a black-hole-quencher, attached to the thread, are capable of singlet oxygen production which can be switched on/off by the addition of base/acid. However, we found that only a sufficiently long linker between both stations on the thread enabled switchability, and that the direction of switching was inversed with regard to the original design. This unexpected behavior was attributed to intramolecular folding of the rotaxanes, as indicated by extensive theoretical calculations. This evidences the importance to take into account the conformational flexibility of large molecular structures when designing functional switchable systems.
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- Jan Riebe
- Faculty of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Beringstrasse 4, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Beringstrasse 4, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, CeNTech, CiMIC, SoN, Universität Münster, Heisenbergstr. 11, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, CeNTech, CiMIC, SoN, Universität Münster, Heisenbergstr. 11, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, CeNTech, CiMIC, SoN, Universität Münster, Heisenbergstr. 11, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Beringstrasse 4, 53115, Bonn, Germany.
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- Faculty of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 7, 45141, Essen, Germany.
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Capocasa G, Frateloreto F, Valentini M, Di Stefano S. Molecular entanglement can strongly increase basicity. Commun Chem 2024; 7:116. [PMID: 38806668 PMCID: PMC11133330 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-024-01205-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024] Open
Abstract
Brønsted basicity is a fundamental chemical property featured by several kinds of inorganic and organic compounds. In this Review, we treat a particularly high basicity resulting from the mechanical entanglement involving two or more molecular subunits in catenanes and rotaxanes. Such entanglement allows a number of basic sites to be in close proximity with each other, highly increasing the proton affinity in comparison with the corresponding, non-entangled counterparts up to obtain superbases, properly defined as mechanically interlocked superbases. In the following pages, the development of this kind of superbases will be described with a historical perusal, starting from the initial, serendipitous findings up to the most recent reports where the strong basic property of entangled molecular units is the object of a rational design.
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- Giorgio Capocasa
- Department of Chemistry Università di Roma La Sapienza and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione P.le A. Moro 5, I-00185, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Università di Roma La Sapienza and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione P.le A. Moro 5, I-00185, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Università di Roma La Sapienza and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione P.le A. Moro 5, I-00185, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Università di Roma La Sapienza and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione P.le A. Moro 5, I-00185, Roma, Italy.
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Bukhtiiarova N, Credi A, Corra S. Controlling molecular shuttling in a rotaxane with weak ring recognition sites. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:13159-13162. [PMID: 37849330 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04483a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
Abstract
We describe a rotaxane molecular shuttle encompassing triazolium and tertiary ammonium units as weak recognition sites for the ring. Such a design, which differs from that of typical controllable rotaxanes, allows the precise tuning of the ring distribution among the two sites - i.e., the coconformational equilibrium - by changing the solvent polarity or the nature of the counteranions. Shuttling of the ring between the two stations can also be toggled by acid-base stimuli. Such an approach is paradigmatic to obtain rotaxanes that can sense environmental changes and transduce them into a coconformational response and opens avenues for novel applications in sensing and stimuli-responsive materials.
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- Nina Bukhtiiarova
- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e Fotoreattività, CNR area della ricerca Bologna, via Gobetti, 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso-Montanari", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, viale del Risorgimento, 4, Bologna 40136, Italy.
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e Fotoreattività, CNR area della ricerca Bologna, via Gobetti, 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso-Montanari", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, viale del Risorgimento, 4, Bologna 40136, Italy.
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e Fotoreattività, CNR area della ricerca Bologna, via Gobetti, 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso-Montanari", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, viale del Risorgimento, 4, Bologna 40136, Italy.
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5,8-Di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-1H-benzo[de]isoquinoline-1,3(2H)-dione—A New Lipophilic N-oxyl Radical Precursor. MOLBANK 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/m1543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
N-hydroxyimides are widely known as organocatalysts for aerobic oxidation and oxidative coupling reactions, in which corresponding imide-N-oxyl radicals play the role of catalytically active hydrogen atom abstracting species. The drawbacks of many N-hydroxyimides are poor solubility in low polarity solvents and limited activity in the cleavage of unactivated C–H bonds. To overcome these shortcomings, we have synthesized a new lipophilic N-hydroxyimide, 5,8-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-1H-benzo[de]isoquinoline-1,3(2H)-dione, with high solubility in low-polarity solvents such as DCM. According to the EPR study, the stability of the corresponding imide-N-oxyl radical is comparable to that of the non-tert-butylated analogue, naphthalimide-N-oxyl radical. DFT calculations showed that the NO–H bond dissociation enthalpy (BDE) in the synthesized tert-butylated-N-hydroxynaphthalimide is one of the highest in N-hydroxyimide series, which corresponds to high hydrogen atom abstracting reactivity and may be useful in catalysis of strong C–H bond oxidative cleavage. The synthesized compound can be considered as catalyst for liquid-phase free-radical oxidation and oxidative coupling reactions in non-polar media where solubility was previously the limiting factor.
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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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Nicoli F, Curcio M, Tranfić Bakić M, Paltrinieri E, Silvi S, Baroncini M, Credi A. Photoinduced Autonomous Nonequilibrium Operation of a Molecular Shuttle by Combined Isomerization and Proton Transfer Through a Catalytic Pathway. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:10180-10185. [PMID: 35575701 PMCID: PMC9204767 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c13537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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We describe a [2]rotaxane
whose recognition sites for the ring
are a dibenzylammonium moiety, endowed with acidic and H-bonding donor
properties, and an imidazolium center bearing a photoactive phenylazo
substituent. Light irradiation of this compound triggers a network
of E/Z isomerization and proton
transfer reactions that enable autonomous and reversible ring shuttling
away from equilibrium.
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- Federico Nicoli
- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, ISOF-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.,Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, ISOF-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.,Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, ISOF-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.,Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, ISOF-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.,Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, 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, 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, ISOF-CNR, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy.,Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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Chen S, Su D, Jia C, Li Y, Li X, Guo X, Leigh DA, Zhang L. Real-time observation of the dynamics of an individual rotaxane molecular shuttle using a single-molecule junction. Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Nicoli F, Baroncini M, Silvi S, Groppi J, Credi A. Direct synthetic routes to functionalised crown ethers. Org Chem Front 2021; 8:5531-5549. [PMID: 34603737 PMCID: PMC8477657 DOI: 10.1039/d1qo00699a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Crown ethers are macrocyclic hosts that can complex a wide range of inorganic and organic cations as well as neutral guest species. Their widespread utilization in several areas of fundamental and applied chemistry strongly relies on strategies for their functionalisation, in order to obtain compounds that could carry out multiple functions and could be incorporated in sophisticated systems. Although functionalised crown ethers are normally synthesised by templated macrocyclisation using appropriately substituted starting materials, the direct addition of functional groups onto a pre-formed macrocyclic framework is a valuable yet underexplored alternative. Here we review the methodologies for the direct functionalisation of aliphatic and aromatic crown ethers sporadically reported in the literature over a period of four decades. The general approach for the introduction of moieties on aliphatic crown ethers involves a radical mediated cross dehydrogenative coupling initiated either by photochemical or thermal/chemical activation, while aromatic crown ethers are commonly derivatised via electrophilic aromatic substitution. Direct functionalization routes can reduce synthetic effort, allow the later modification of crown ether-based architectures, and disclose new ways to exploit these versatile macrocycles in contemporary supramolecular science and technology.
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- Federico Nicoli
- 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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- 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
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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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Curcio M, Nicoli F, Paltrinieri E, Fois E, Tabacchi G, Cavallo L, Silvi S, Baroncini M, Credi A. Chemically Induced Mismatch of Rings and Stations in [3]Rotaxanes. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:8046-8055. [PMID: 33915051 PMCID: PMC8176457 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The mechanical interlocking
of molecular components can lead to
the appearance of novel and unconventional properties and processes,
with potential relevance for applications in nanoscience, sensing,
catalysis, and materials science. We describe a [3]rotaxane in which
the number of recognition sites available on the axle component can
be changed by acid–base inputs, encompassing cases in which
this number is larger, equal to, or smaller than the number of interlocked
macrocycles. These species exhibit very different properties and give
rise to a unique network of acid–base reactions that leads
to a fine pKa tuning of chemically equivalent
acidic sites. The rotaxane where only one station is available for
two rings exhibits a rich coconformational dynamics, unveiled by an
integrated experimental and computational approach. In this compound,
the two crown ethers compete for the sole recognition site, but can
also come together to share it, driven by the need to minimize free
energy without evident inter-ring interactions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Massimiliano Curcio
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", Università di Bologna, Bologna 40136, Italy.,Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, Istituto ISOF-CNR, Bologna 40129, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", Università di Bologna, Bologna 40136, Italy.,Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, Istituto ISOF-CNR, Bologna 40129, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", Università di Bologna, Bologna 40136, Italy.,Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, Istituto ISOF-CNR, Bologna 40129, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia, Università dell'Insubria, Como 22100, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia, Università dell'Insubria, Como 22100, Italy
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- Kaust Catalysis Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, Istituto ISOF-CNR, Bologna 40129, Italy.,Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Università di Bologna, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, Istituto ISOF-CNR, Bologna 40129, Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari, Università di Bologna, Bologna 40127, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", Università di Bologna, Bologna 40136, Italy.,Center for Light Activated Nanostructures, Istituto ISOF-CNR, Bologna 40129, Italy
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Gauthier M, Koehler V, Clavel C, Kauffmann B, Huc I, Ferrand Y, Coutrot F. Interplay between a Foldamer Helix and a Macrocycle in a Foldarotaxane Architecture. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:8380-8384. [PMID: 33475210 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202100349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
The design and synthesis of a novel rotaxane/foldaxane hybrid architecture is reported. The winding of an aromatic oligoamide helix host around a dumbbell-shaped thread-like guest, or axle, already surrounded by a macrocycle was evidenced by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. The process proved to depend on the position of the macrocycle along the axle and the associated steric hindrance. The macrocycle thus behaves as a switchable shield that modulates the affinity of the helix for the axle. Reciprocally, the foldamer helix acts as a supramolecular auxiliary that compartmentalizes the axle. In some cases, the macrocycle is forced to move along the axle to allow the foldamer to reach its best recognition site.
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- 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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- Institut de Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et Nano-objets CBMN (UMR5248), Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, IPB, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33600, Pessac, 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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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, UMS3033, IECB, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33600, Pessac, France
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- Department of Pharmacy and Center for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377, München, Germany
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- Institut de Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et Nano-objets CBMN (UMR5248), Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, IPB, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33600, Pessac, 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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Gauthier M, Koehler V, Clavel C, Kauffmann B, Huc I, Ferrand Y, Coutrot F. Interplay between a Foldamer Helix and a Macrocycle in a Foldarotaxane Architecture. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202100349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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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- Institut de Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et Nano-objets CBMN (UMR5248) Université de Bordeaux CNRS, IPB 2 rue Robert Escarpit 33600 Pessac 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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- Université de Bordeaux CNRS INSERM, UMS3033 IECB 2 rue Robert Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
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- Department of Pharmacy and Center for Integrated Protein Science Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Butenandtstr. 5–13 81377 München Germany
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- Institut de Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et Nano-objets CBMN (UMR5248) Université de Bordeaux CNRS, IPB 2 rue Robert Escarpit 33600 Pessac 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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Douarre M, Martí‐Centelles V, Rossy C, Pianet I, McClenaghan ND. Regulation of Macrocycle Shuttling Rates in [2]Rotaxanes by Amino‐Acid Speed Bumps in Organic–Aqueous Solvent Mixtures. European J Org Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202000997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Maxime Douarre
- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, CNRS UMR 5255 University of Bordeaux 33405 Talence France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, CNRS UMR 5255 University of Bordeaux 33405 Talence France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, CNRS UMR 5255 University of Bordeaux 33405 Talence France
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- IRAMAT, CNRS UMR 5060, Maison de l'Archéologie Université Bordeaux Montaigne 33607 Pessac France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, CNRS UMR 5255 University of Bordeaux 33405 Talence France
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Santra S, Ghosh P. Fluorophoric [2]rotaxanes: post-synthetic functionalization, conformational fluxionality and metal ion chelation. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj00353k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Fluorophoric [2]rotaxanes form an exciplex upon interpenetration and the exciplex signals are used to monitor the chelation properties of the interlocked systems.
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- Saikat Santra
- School of Chemical Science
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata 700032
- India
- Department of Chemistry
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- School of Chemical Science
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata 700032
- India
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Jensen M, Olsen G, Kristensen R, Takimiya K, Jeppesen JO. Naphtho[1,2- b
:5,6- b
′]dithiophene Building Blocks and their Complexation with Cyclobis(paraquat- p
-phenylene). European J Org Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201901161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Morten Jensen
- Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy; University of Southern Denmark; Campusvej 55 5230 Odense M Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy; University of Southern Denmark; Campusvej 55 5230 Odense M Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy; University of Southern Denmark; Campusvej 55 5230 Odense M Denmark
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- Emergent Molecular Function Group; RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS); 2-1 Hirosawa Saitama 351-0198 Wako Japan
- Department of Chemistry; Graduate School of Science; Tohoku University; 6-3 Aoba Miyagi 980-8578 Sendai Japan
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy; University of Southern Denmark; Campusvej 55 5230 Odense M Denmark
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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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Kumpulainen T, Panman MR, Bakker BH, Hilbers M, Woutersen S, Brouwer AM. Accelerating the Shuttling in Hydrogen-Bonded Rotaxanes: Active Role of the Axle and the End Station. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:19118-19129. [PMID: 31697078 PMCID: PMC6923795 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The relation between the chemical structure and the mechanical
behavior of molecular machines is of paramount importance for a rational
design of superior nanomachines. Here, we report on a mechanistic
study of a nanometer scale translational movement in two bistable
rotaxanes. Both rotaxanes consist of a tetra-amide macrocycle interlocked
onto a polyether axle. The macrocycle can shuttle between an initial
succinamide station and a 3,6-dihydroxy- or 3,6-di-tert-butyl-1,8-naphthalimide end stations. Translocation of the macrocycle
is controlled by a hydrogen-bonding equilibrium between the stations.
The equilibrium can be perturbed photochemically by either intermolecular
proton or electron transfer depending on the system. To the best of
our knowledge, utilization of proton transfer from a conventional
photoacid for the operation of a molecular machine is demonstrated
for the first time. The shuttling dynamics are monitored by means
of UV–vis and IR transient absorption spectroscopies. The polyether
axle accelerates the shuttling by ∼70% compared to a structurally
similar rotaxane with an all-alkane thread of the same length. The
acceleration is attributed to a decrease in activation energy due
to an early transition state where the macrocycle partially hydrogen
bonds to the ether group of the axle. The dihydroxyrotaxane exhibits
the fastest shuttling speed over a nanometer distance (τshuttling ≈ 30 ns) reported to date. The shuttling in
this case is proposed to take place via a so-called harpooning mechanism
where the transition state involves a folded conformation due to the
hydrogen-bonding interactions with the hydroxyl groups of the end
station.
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- Tatu Kumpulainen
- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Science , University of Amsterdam , P.O. Box 94157, 1090 GD Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Science , University of Amsterdam , P.O. Box 94157, 1090 GD Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Science , University of Amsterdam , P.O. Box 94157, 1090 GD Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Science , University of Amsterdam , P.O. Box 94157, 1090 GD Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Science , University of Amsterdam , P.O. Box 94157, 1090 GD Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Science , University of Amsterdam , P.O. Box 94157, 1090 GD Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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Schröder HV, Schalley CA. Electrochemically switchable rotaxanes: recent strides in new directions. Chem Sci 2019; 10:9626-9639. [PMID: 32110308 PMCID: PMC7020790 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc04118d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Are they still electrifying? Electrochemically switchable rotaxanes are well known for their ability to efficiently undergo changes of (co-)conformation and properties under redox-control. Thus, these mechanically interlocked assemblies represent an auspicious liaison between the fields of molecular switches and molecular electronics. Since the first reported example of a redox-switchable molecular shuttle in 1994, improved tools of organic and supramolecular synthesis have enabled sophisticated new architectures, which provide precise control over properties and function. This perspective covers recent advances in the area of electrochemically active rotaxanes including novel molecular switches and machines, metal-containing rotaxanes, non-equilibrium systems and potential applications.
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- Hendrik V Schröder
- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany .
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany .
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Corra S, de Vet C, Groppi J, La Rosa M, Silvi S, Baroncini M, Credi A. Chemical On/Off Switching of Mechanically Planar Chirality and Chiral Anion Recognition in a [2]Rotaxane Molecular Shuttle. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:9129-9133. [PMID: 31129959 PMCID: PMC6693800 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b00941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We
exploit a reversible acid–base triggered molecular shuttling
process to switch an appropriately designed rotaxane between prochiral
and mechanically planar chiral forms. The mechanically planar enantiomers
and their interconversion, arising from ring shuttling, have been
characterized by NMR spectroscopy. We also show that the supramolecular
interaction of the positively charged rotaxane with optically active
anions causes an imbalance in the population of the two enantiomeric
coconformations. This result represents an unprecedented example of
chiral molecular recognition and can disclose innovative approaches
to enantioselective sensing and catalysis.
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- Stefano Corra
- Center for Light Activated Nanostructures (CLAN), Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroalimentari , Università di Bologna , Via Gobetti 101 , 40129 Bologna , Italy
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- Center for Light Activated Nanostructures (CLAN), Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroalimentari , Università di Bologna , Via Gobetti 101 , 40129 Bologna , Italy
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- Center for Light Activated Nanostructures (CLAN), Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroalimentari , Università di Bologna , Via Gobetti 101 , 40129 Bologna , Italy
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- Center for Light Activated Nanostructures (CLAN), Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroalimentari , Università di Bologna , Via Gobetti 101 , 40129 Bologna , Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician" , Università di Bologna , Via Selmi 2 , 40126 Bologna , Italy
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- Center for Light Activated Nanostructures (CLAN), Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroalimentari , Università di Bologna , Via Gobetti 101 , 40129 Bologna , Italy.,Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività , Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Via Gobetti 101 , 40129 Bologna , Italy
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- Center for Light Activated Nanostructures (CLAN), Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroalimentari , Università di Bologna , Via Gobetti 101 , 40129 Bologna , Italy.,Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività , Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Via Gobetti 101 , 40129 Bologna , Italy
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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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Liu G, Zhu J, Zhou Y, Dong Z, Xu X, Mao P. Adjustable Photochromic Behavior of a Diarylethene-Based Bistable [3]Rotaxane. Org Lett 2018; 20:5626-5630. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Guoxing Liu
- College of Chemistry, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, People’s Republic of China
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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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Huang B, Wang N, Yang K, Ke D, Fang Y, Hu X, Wu B, Xiao Z, Wu P, Wei Y. Stepwise syntheses and supramolecular assemblies of a series of polyoxovanadate hybrids with various architectures. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj04727d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Inorganic–organic hybrids with carbon chains of different lengths at the terminus of the organic ligands exhibit supramolecular-assemblies in different dimensions.
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Remote electrochemical modulation of pK a in a rotaxane by co-conformational allostery. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 115:9385-9390. [PMID: 29255033 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1712783115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Allosteric control, one of Nature's most effective ways to regulate functions in biomolecular machinery, involves the transfer of information between distant sites. The mechanistic details of such a transfer are still an object of intensive investigation and debate, and the idea that intramolecular communication could be enabled by dynamic processes is gaining attention as a complement to traditional explanations. Mechanically interlocked molecules, owing to the particular kind of connection between their components and the resulting dynamic behavior, are attractive systems to investigate allosteric mechanisms and exploit them to develop functionalities with artificial species. We show that the pKa of an ammonium site located on the axle component of a [2]rotaxane can be reversibly modulated by changing the affinity of a remote recognition site for the interlocked crown ether ring through electrochemical stimulation. The use of a reversible ternary redox switch enables us to set the pKa to three different values, encompassing more than seven units. Our results demonstrate that in the axle the two sites do not communicate, and that in the rotaxane the transfer of information between them is made possible by the shuttling of the ring, that is, by a dynamic intramolecular process. The investigated coupling of electron- and proton-transfer reactions is reminiscent of the operation of the protein complex I of the respiratory chain.
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Riss-Yaw B, Morin J, Clavel C, Coutrot F. How Secondary and Tertiary Amide Moieties are Molecular Stations for Dibenzo-24-crown-8 in [2]Rotaxane Molecular Shuttles? Molecules 2017; 22:E2017. [PMID: 29160822 PMCID: PMC6150268 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22112017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Interlocked molecular machines like [2]rotaxanes are intriguing aesthetic molecules. The control of the localization of the macrocycle, which surrounds a molecular axle, along the thread leads to translational isomers of very different properties. Although many moieties have been used as sites of interactions for crown ethers, the very straightforwardly obtained amide motif has more rarely been envisaged as molecular station. In this article, we report the use of secondary and tertiary amide moieties as efficient secondary molecular station in pH-sensitive molecular shuttles. Depending on the N-substitution of the amide station, and on deprotonation or deprotonation-carbamoylation, the actuation of the molecular machinery differs accordingly to very distinct interactions between the axle and the DB24C8.
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- Benjamin Riss-Yaw
- 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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Schröder HV, Sobottka S, Nößler M, Hupatz H, Gaedke M, Sarkar B, Schalley CA. Impact of mechanical bonding on the redox-switching of tetrathiafulvalene in crown ether-ammonium [2]rotaxanes. Chem Sci 2017; 8:6300-6306. [PMID: 28989663 PMCID: PMC5628401 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc02694c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Switchable crown ether-ammonium [2]rotaxanes with a redox-active tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) unit implemented in their wheels were synthesised and fully characterised. Reversible operation in two modes is possible, in which the [2]rotaxane's axle is either charged or neutral. Cyclic voltammetry experiments reveal the effects of mechanical bonding on the electrochemical properties of TTF and show the [2]rotaxanes to perform a distinct function in both modes. In the charged mode, redox-switching is dominated by strong electrostatic repulsion in the [2]rotaxane which subsequently leads to a macrocycle translation along the axle. In the non-charged mode, a selective energetic stabilisation of TTF radical cations is observed, which can be attributed to an interplay of weak electrostatic interactions between wheel and axle.
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- Hendrik V Schröder
- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany .
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Fabeckstr. 34/36 , 14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany .
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany .
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany .
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Fabeckstr. 34/36 , 14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustr. 3 , 14195 Berlin , Germany .
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De Bo G, Gall MAY, Kitching MO, Kuschel S, Leigh DA, Tetlow DJ, Ward JW. Sequence-Specific β-Peptide Synthesis by a Rotaxane-Based Molecular Machine. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:10875-10879. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b05850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Guillaume De Bo
- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Waelès P, Fournel-Marotte K, Coutrot F. Distinguishing Two Ammonium and Triazolium Sites of Interaction in a Three-Station [2]Rotaxane Molecular Shuttle. Chemistry 2017; 23:11529-11539. [PMID: 28594431 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
This paper reports on the synthesis of a tri-stable [2]rotaxane molecular shuttle, in which the motion of the macrocycle is triggered by either selective protonation/deprotonation or specific carbamoylation/decarbamoylation of an alkylbenzylamine. The threaded axle is surrounded by a dibenzo[24]crown[8] (DB24C8) macrocycle and contains three sites of different binding affinities towards the macrocycle. An N-methyltriazolium moiety acts as a molecular station that has weak affinity for the DB24C8 macrocycle and is located in the centre of the molecular axle. Two other molecular stations, arylammonium and alkylbenzylammonium moieties, sit on either side of the triazolium moiety along the molecular axle and have stronger affinities for the DB24C8 macrocycle. These two ammonium moieties are covalently linked to two different stopper groups at each extremity of the thread: a tert-butylphenyl group and a substituted DB24C8 unit. Owing to steric hindrance, the former does not allow any π-π stacking interactions with the encircling DB24C8 macrocycle, whereas the latter residue does; therefore, this allows the discrimination of the two ammonium stations by the surrounding DB24C8 macrocycle in the fully protonated state. In the deprotonated state, the contrasting reactivity of the amine functional groups, as either a base or a nucleophile, allows for selective reactions that trigger the controlled shuttling of the macrocycle around the three molecular stations.
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- Philip Waelès
- Supramolecular Machines and ARchitectures Team, Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), Univ. Montpellier, UMR 5247 CNRS, 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), Univ. Montpellier, UMR 5247 CNRS, 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), Univ. Montpellier, UMR 5247 CNRS, ENSCM, case courrier 1706, Bâtiment Chimie (17), 3ème étage, Faculté des Sciences, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France
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Martinez-Cuezva A, Saura-Sanmartin A, Nicolas-Garcia T, Navarro C, Orenes RA, Alajarin M, Berna J. Photoswitchable interlocked thiodiglycolamide as a cocatalyst of a chalcogeno-Baylis-Hillman reaction. Chem Sci 2017; 8:3775-3780. [PMID: 28580109 PMCID: PMC5436546 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc00724h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
En route to a photoswitchable interlocked catalyst we have proved the ability of thiodiglycolamide to act as a template in the formation of hydrogen-bonded [2]rotaxanes. X-ray diffraction studies reveal the shielding of the sulfide atom by the macrocycle. A series of molecular shuttles are described as having an isomerizable fumaramide and thiodiglycolamide binding sites for controlling the relative ring position at will. By employing these systems as photoregulated catalysts, the TiCl4-mediated chalcogeno-Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction is tested. In the presence of the maleamide shuttle, in which the sulfide function is encapsulated by the macrocycle, a complete loss in control of the geometry of the produced aldol is observed. The E-aldol adduct is predominantly obtained when the photoisomerized fumaramide shuttle, in which the sulfide function is exposed, is used.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alberto Martinez-Cuezva
- Departamento de Química Orgánica , Facultad de Química , Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum" , Universidad de Murcia , E-30100 , Murcia , Spain .
| | - Adrian Saura-Sanmartin
- Departamento de Química Orgánica , Facultad de Química , Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum" , Universidad de Murcia , E-30100 , Murcia , Spain .
| | - Tomas Nicolas-Garcia
- Departamento de Química Orgánica , Facultad de Química , Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum" , Universidad de Murcia , E-30100 , Murcia , Spain .
| | - Cristian Navarro
- Departamento de Química Orgánica , Facultad de Química , Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum" , Universidad de Murcia , E-30100 , Murcia , Spain .
| | | | - Mateo Alajarin
- Departamento de Química Orgánica , Facultad de Química , Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum" , Universidad de Murcia , E-30100 , Murcia , Spain .
| | - Jose Berna
- Departamento de Química Orgánica , Facultad de Química , Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum" , Universidad de Murcia , E-30100 , Murcia , Spain .
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