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Borstelmann J, Schneider L, Rominger F, Deschler F, Kivala M. Helically Chiral π-Expanded Azocines Through Regioselective Beckmann Rearrangement and Their Charged States. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202405570. [PMID: 38716767 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202405570] [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: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
Abstract
We report a synthetic approach to π-expanded [6]helicenes incorporating tropone and azocine units in combination with a 5-membered ring, which exhibit intriguing structural, electronic, and chiroptical properties. The regioselective Beckmann rearrangement allows the isolation of helical scaffolds containing 8-membered lactam, azocine, and amine units. As shown by X-ray crystallographic analysis, the incorporation of tropone or azocine units leads to highly distorted [6]helicene moieties, with distinct packing motifs in the solid state. The compounds exhibit promising optoelectronic properties with considerable photoluminescence quantum yields and tunable emission wavelengths depending on the relative position of the nitrogen center within the polycyclic framework. Separation of the enantiomers by chiral high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) allowed characterization of their chiroptical properties by circular dichroism (CD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) spectroscopy. The azocine compounds feature manifold redox chemistry, allowing for the characterization of the corresponding radical anions and cations as well as the dications and dianions, with near-infrared (NIR) absorption bands extending beyond 3000 nm. Detailed theoretical studies provided insights into the aromaticity evolution upon reduction and oxidation, suggesting that the steric strain prevents the azocine unit from undergoing aromatization, while the indene moiety dominates the observed redox chemistry.
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- Jan Borstelmann
- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Šámal M, Sturm L, Banasiewicz M, Deperasinska I, Kozankiewicz B, Morawski O, Nagata Y, Dechambenoit P, Bock H, Rossel A, Buděšínský M, Boudier A, Jančařík A. Carbonyl mediated fluorescence in aceno[ n]helicenones and fluoreno[ n]helicenes. Chem Sci 2024; 15:9842-9850. [PMID: 38939154 PMCID: PMC11206200 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc00892h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
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Helicenes are very attractive chiral non-planar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons possessing strong chiroptical properties. However, most of the helicenes absorb light mainly in the ultraviolet region, with only a small segment in the blue part of the visible spectrum. Furthermore, carbo[n]helicenes exhibit only weak luminescence that limits their utilization. Herein, we demonstrate that peripheral decoration of the helicene backbone with an aryl-carbonyl group shifts the absorption to the visible region and simultaneously improves their fluorescence quantum yields. We thus show that the carbonyl group, commonly considered as detrimental to emission, has the capability of improving optical and photophysical properties. Two different families, aceno[n]helicenones and fluoreno[n]helicenes, are presented with comprehensive spectrochemical characterization. TD-DFT calculations were implemented to clarify their electronic profiles. We show that increasing the helical length in aceno[n]helicenes increases absorption onset, g abs and g lum. Extension of the peripheral aromatic part in fluoreno[n]helicenes leads to a blue shift in both absorption and emission.
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- Michal Šámal
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences 166 10 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, CRPP UMR 5031 33600 Pessac France
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences Al. Lotników 32/46 02-668 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences Al. Lotników 32/46 02-668 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences Al. Lotników 32/46 02-668 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences Al. Lotników 32/46 02-668 Warsaw Poland
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- Japan Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido 001-0021 Japan
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, CRPP UMR 5031 33600 Pessac France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, CRPP UMR 5031 33600 Pessac France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, CRPP UMR 5031 33600 Pessac France
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences 166 10 Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institut de Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nanoobjets (CBMN), Université de Bordeaux-INP UMR 5248, Allée St Hilaire 33607 Pessac Cedex France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, CRPP UMR 5031 33600 Pessac France
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Matsuo Y, Gon M, Tanaka K, Seki S, Tanaka T. Synthesis of Aza[ n]helicenes up to n = 19: Hydrogen-Bond-Assisted Solubility and Benzannulation Strategy. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:17428-17437. [PMID: 38866732 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c05156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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Synthetic challenges toward anomalous structures and electronic states often involve handling problems such as insolubility in common organic solvents and oxidative degradation under aerobic conditions. We designed benzo-annulated aza[n]helicenes, which benefit from both the suppressed elevation of highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energies and high solubility due to hydrogen bonding with solvent molecules to overcome these challenges. This strategy enabled the synthesis of six new aza[n]helicenes ([n]AHs) of different lengths (n = 9-19) from acyclic precursors via one-pot intramolecular oxidative fusion reactions. The structures of all of the synthesized aza[n]helicenes were determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, and their electrochemical potentials were measured by cyclic voltammetry. Among the synthesized aza[n]helicenes, [17]AH and [19]AH are the first heterohelicenes with a triple-layered helix. The noncovalent interaction (NCI) plots confirm the existence of an effective π-π interaction between the layers. The absorption and fluorescence spectra red-shifted as the helical lengths increased, without any distinct saturation points. The optical resolutions of N-butylated [9]AH, [11]AH, [13]AH, and [15]AH were accomplished, and their circular dichroism (CD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) were measured. Thus, the structural, (chir)optical, and electrochemical properties of the aza[n]helicenes were comprehensively analyzed.
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- Yusuke Matsuo
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Fan P, Li L, Qian D. Catalytic asymmetric construction of helicenes via transformation of biaryls. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:3186-3197. [PMID: 38591656 DOI: 10.1039/d4ob00012a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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This review showcases a systematic overview of the available tools for the catalytic asymmetric transformation of biaryl substrates toward the construction of challenging enantioenriched helicenes and the conceptual aspects associated with each type of transformation. Depending on the properties of the biaryl and the nature of the process, several methodologies have been developed, including olefin metathesis, hydroarylation of alkynes, C-X (X = C, O, N) coupling, and C-H functionalization. Pioneering studies and an array of representative reactions are discussed to underscore the potential of these synthetic protocols.
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- Peiling Fan
- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Research and Development for Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, P.R. China.
- School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Research and Development for Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, P.R. China.
- School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Research and Development for Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, P.R. China.
- School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, P.R. China
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Fabri B, Funaioli T, Frédéric L, Elsner C, Bordignon E, Zinna F, Di Bari L, Pescitelli G, Lacour J. Triple para-Functionalized Cations and Neutral Radicals of Enantiopure Diaza[4]helicenes. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:8308-8319. [PMID: 38483324 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Modulation of absorbance and emission is key for the design of chiral chromophores. Accessing a series of compounds absorbing and emitting (circularly polarized) light over a wide spectral window and often toward near-infrared is of practical value in (chir)optical applications. Herein, by late-stage functionalization on derivatives bridging triaryl methyl and helicene domains, we have achieved the regioselective triple introduction of para electron-donating or electron-withdrawing substituents. Extended tuning of electronic (e.g., E1/2red -1.50 V → -0.68 V) and optical (e.g., emission covering from 550 to 850 nm) properties is achieved for the cations and neutral radicals; the latter compounds being easily prepared by mono electron reductions under electrochemical or chemical conditions. While luminescence quantum yields can be increased up to 70% in the cationic series, strong Cotton effects are obtained for certain radicals at low energies (λabs ∼ 700-900 nm) with gabs values above 10-3. The open-shell electronic nature of the radicals was further characterized by electron paramagnetic resonance revealing an important spin density delocalization that contributes to their persistence.
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- Bibiana Fabri
- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, Geneva 4 1211, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, University of Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, Pisa 56124, Italy
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, Geneva 4 1211, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, Geneva 4 1211, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, Geneva 4 1211, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, University of Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, Pisa 56124, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, University of Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, Pisa 56124, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, University of Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, Pisa 56124, Italy
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, Geneva 4 1211, Switzerland
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Shioukhi I, Batchu H, Schwartz G, Minion L, Deree Y, Bogoslavsky B, Shimon LJW, Wade J, Hoffman R, Fuchter MJ, Markovich G, Gidron O. Helitwistacenes-Combining Lateral and Longitudinal Helicity Results in Solvent-Induced Inversion of Circularly Polarized Light. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202319318. [PMID: 38224528 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202319318] [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: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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Helicity is expressed differently in ortho- and para-fused acenes-helicenes and twistacenes, respectively. While the extent of helicity is constant in helicenes, it can be tuned in twistacenes, and the handedness of flexible twistacenes is often determined by more rigid helicenes. Here, we combine helicenes with rigid twistacenes consisting of a tunable degree of twisting, forming helitwistacenes. While the X-ray structures reveal that the connection does not affect the helicity of each moiety, their electronic circular dichroism (ECD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) spectra are strongly affected by the helicity of the twistacene unit, resulting in solvent-induced sign inversion. ROESY NMR and TD-DFT calculations support this observation, which is explained by differences in the relative orientation of the helicene and twistacene moieties.
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- Israa Shioukhi
- Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, 9190401, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, 9190401, Jerusalem, Israel
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- School of Chemistry, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, White City Campus, 82 Wood Lane, W12 0BZ, London, U.K
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- Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, 9190401, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, 9190401, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Chemical Research Support Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot, Israel
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- Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, White City Campus, 82 Wood Lane, W12 0BZ, London, U.K
- Department of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, London, U.K
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- Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, 9190401, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, White City Campus, 82 Wood Lane, W12 0BZ, London, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, 9190401, Jerusalem, Israel
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Xu WL, Zhang RX, Wang H, Chen J, Zhou L. Helicoselective Synthesis of Indolohelicenoids through Organocatalytic Central-to-Helical Chirality Conversion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202318021. [PMID: 38196108 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202318021] [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: 11/25/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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We report the helicoselective and convergent construction of indolohelicenoids with excellent efficiency and stereocontrol. This reaction proceeds through a chiral-phosphoric-acid-catalyzed enantioselective cycloaddition and eliminative aromatization sequence, which can be finely controlled by adjusting the reaction temperature. Mechanistic studies reveal that the chiral phosphoric acid cooperatively serves as both a bifunctional and Brønsted acid catalyst, enabling one-pot central-to-helical chirality conversion. Additionally, the optical properties of the synthesized indolohelicenoids were characterized to explore their potential applications in organic photoelectric materials.
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- Wen-Lei Xu
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang, 471934, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, P. R. China
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Hu C, Kuhn L, Makurvet FD, Knorr ES, Lin X, Kawade RK, Mentink-Vigier F, Hanson K, Alabugin IV. Tethering Three Radical Cascades for Controlled Termination of Radical Alkyne peri-Annulations: Making Phenalenyl Ketones without Oxidants. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:4187-4211. [PMID: 38316011 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Although Bu3Sn-mediated radical alkyne peri-annulations allow access to phenalenyl ring systems, the oxidative termination of these cascades provides only a limited selection of the possible isomeric phenalenone products with product selectivity controlled by the intrinsic properties of the new cyclic systems. In this work, we report an oxidant-free termination strategy that can overcome this limitation and enable selective access to the full set of isomerically functionalized phenalenones. The key to preferential termination is the preinstallation of a "weak link" that undergoes C-O fragmentation in the final cascade step. Breaking a C-O bond is assisted by entropy, gain of conjugation in the product, and release of stabilized radical fragments. This strategy is expanded to radical exo-dig cyclization cascades of oligoalkynes, which provide access to isomeric π-extended phenalenones. Conveniently, these cascades introduce functionalities (i.e., Bu3Sn and iodide moieties) amenable to further cross-coupling reactions. Consequently, a variety of polyaromatic diones, which could serve as phenalenyl-based open-shell precursors, can be synthesized.
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- Chaowei Hu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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Liu Y, Zhang S, Feng X, Yu X, Yamamoto Y, Bao M. Direct synthesis of phenanthrenyl triflates from 1-biphenylyl-2-diazo-2-aryl ketones and triflic anhydride. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:1141-1145. [PMID: 38214226 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob02005c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
Abstract
A strategy for direct synthesis of phenanthrenyl triflates from 1-biphenylyl-2-diazo-2-aryl ketones and triflic anhydride is described. The reaction of 1-biphenylyl-2-diazo-2-aryl ketones with triflic anhydride proceeded smoothly in the presence of 2,6-di-tert-butylpyridine under mild conditions to produce phenanthrenyl triflates in high to excellent yields. The phenanthrenyl triflate products were demonstrated to be utilized as coupling partners in various coupling reactions. The proposed mechanism involves an intramolecular Friedel-Crafts reaction of a vinyl cation intermediate formed in situ.
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- Yueqiang Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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Voigt J, Hasan M, Wäckerlin C, Karnik AV, Ernst KH. Switching the on-surface orientation of oxygen-functionalized helicene. Chirality 2024; 36:e23642. [PMID: 38384155 DOI: 10.1002/chir.23642] [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: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Helicenes represent an important class of chiral organic material with promising optoelectronic properties. Hence, functionalization of surfaces with helicenes is a key step toward new organic materials devices. The deposition of a heterohelicene containing two furano groups and two hydroxyl groups onto copper(111) surface in ultrahigh vacuum leads to different adsorbate modifications. At low coverage and low temperature, the molecules tend to lie on the surface in order to maximize van der Waals contact with the substrate. Thermal treatment leads to deprotonation of the hydroxyl groups and in part into a reorientation from lying into a standing adsorbate mode.
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- Jan Voigt
- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Institute of Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Laboratory for X-ray Nanoscience and Technologies, Paul-Scherrer-Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Nanosurf Lab, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Liu X, Zhu B, Zhang X, Zhu H, Zhang J, Chu A, Wang F, Wang R. Enantioselective synthesis of [4]helicenes by organocatalyzed intermolecular C-H amination. Nat Commun 2024; 15:732. [PMID: 38272928 PMCID: PMC10810882 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45049-w] [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: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of helically chiral molecules has remained an outstanding challenge and witnessed fairly limited progress in the past decades. Current methods to construct such compounds almost entirely rely on catalytic enantiocontrolled fused-ring system extension. Herein, we report a direct terminal peri-functionalization strategy, which allows for efficient assembling of 1,12-disubstituted [4]carbohelicenes via an organocatalyzed enantioselective amination reaction of 2-hydroxybenzo[c]phenanthrene derivates with diazodicarboxamides. The key feature of this approach is that the stereochemical information of the catalyst could be transferred into not only the helix sense but also the remote C-N axial chirality of the products, thus enabling the synthesis of [4]- and [5]helicenes with both structural diversity and stereochemical complexity in good efficiency and excellent enantiocontrol. Besides, the large-scale preparations and representative transformations of the helical products further demonstrate the practicality of this protocol. Moreover, DFT calculations reveal that both the hydrogen bonds and the C-H---π interactions between the substrates and catalyst contribute to the ideal stereochemical control.
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- Xihong Liu
- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences & Research Unit of Peptide Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2019RU066, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences & Research Unit of Peptide Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2019RU066, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, China
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- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, 518107, Shenzhen, China
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- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences & Research Unit of Peptide Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2019RU066, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences & Research Unit of Peptide Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2019RU066, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences & Research Unit of Peptide Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2019RU066, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences & Research Unit of Peptide Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2019RU066, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences & Research Unit of Peptide Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2019RU066, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, China.
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Báti G, Csókás D, Stuparu MC. Mechanochemical Scholl Reaction on Phenylated Cyclopentadiene Core: One-Step Synthesis of Fluoreno[5]helicenes. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202302971. [PMID: 37870299 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302971] [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: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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In this study, we explore feasibility of the mechanochemical approach in the synthesis of tetrabenzofluorenes (fluoreno[5]helicenes). For this, commercially available phenylated cyclopentadiene precursors are subjected to the Scholl reaction in the solid state using FeCl3 as an oxidant and sodium chloride as the solid reaction medium. This ball milling process gave access to the 5-membered ring containing-helicenes in one synthetic step in high (95-96 %) isolated yields. The solution-phase reactions, however, were found to be moderate to low yielding in this regard (10-40 %).
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- Gábor Báti
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore, Singapore
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Yang J, Xie ZY, Ye YJ, Ye SB, Wang YB, Wang WT, Qian PC, Song RJ, Sun Q, Ye LW, Li L. Ir/Zn-cocatalyzed chemo- and atroposelective [2+2+2] cycloaddition for construction of C─N axially chiral indoles and pyrroles. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadk1704. [PMID: 38117883 PMCID: PMC10732529 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk1704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
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Here, an Ir/Zn-cocatalyzed atroposelective [2+2+2] cycloaddition of 1,6-diynes and ynamines was developed, forging various functionalized C─N axially chiral indoles and pyrroles in generally good to excellent yields (up to 99%), excellent chemoselectivities, and high enantioselectivities (up to 98% enantiomeric excess) with wide substrate scope. This cocatalyzed strategy not only provided an alternative promising and reliable way for asymmetric alkyne [2+2+2] cyclotrimerization in an easy handle but also settled the issues of previous [Rh(COD)2]BF4-catalyzed system on the construction of C─N axial chirality such as complex operations, limited substrate scope, and low efficiency. In addition, control experiments and theoretical calculations disclosed that Zn(OTf)2 markedly reduced the barrier of migration insertion to significantly increase reaction efficiency, which was distinctly different from previous work on the Lewis acid for improving reaction yield through accelerating oxidative addition and reductive elimination.
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- Jian Yang
- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Technology and Application of Environmental Functional Materials, Institute of New Materials and Industry Technology, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Technology and Application of Environmental Functional Materials, Institute of New Materials and Industry Technology, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Wu JH, Fang S, Zheng X, He J, Ma Y, Su Z, Wang T. Organocatalytic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution Enabled Asymmetric Synthesis of Phosphorus-Containing Chiral Helicenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202309515. [PMID: 37845782 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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The catalytic asymmetric synthesis of phosphorus-containing helicenes remains a formidable challenge, presumably due to the lack of rational design of substrates, right choice of reactions together with highly effective catalysis systems. Herein, we disclosed an efficient and practical DKR-involving (dynamic kinetic resolution) cascade strategy toward synthesizing a novel family of phosphorus-installing helicenes by peptide-mimic phosphonium salt (PPS) catalysis. The sequential process of PPS-catalyzed phospha-Michael attack and copper salt-facilitated aromatization led to the formation of unprecedented phosphorus-containing oxa[5]helicene scaffolds. A wide variety of substrates bearing an assortment of functional groups were compatible with this protocol, furnishing the expected helical compounds in high yields and excellent stereoselectivities. Additionally, the helical products could be conveniently elaborated to promising phosphine ligands with perfectly retained helical chirality, which turned out to be highly efficient chiral ligands in transition metal-catalyzed reactions. These findings not only expand the current library of phosphorus-containing helicenes but also offer insights to explore other challenging scaffolds with molecular chirality.
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- Jia-Hong Wu
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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Kumar V, Bharathkumar HJ, Dongre SD, Gonnade R, Krishnamoorthy K, Babu SS. Isomer Effect on Energy Storage of π-Extended S-Shaped Double[6]Heterohelicene. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202311657. [PMID: 37782466 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202311657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 09/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Recently, chiral and nonplanar cutouts of graphene have been the favorites due to their unique optical, electronic, and redox properties and high solubility compared with their planar counterparts. Despite the remarkable progress in helicenes, π-extended heterohelicenes have not been widely explored. As an anode in a lithium-ion battery, the racemic mixture of π-extended double heterohelical nanographene containing thienothiophene core exhibited a high lithium storage capability, attaining a specific capacity of 424 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 with excellent rate capability and superior long-term cycling performance over 6000 cycles with negligible fade. As a first report, the π-extended helicene isomer (PP and MM), with the more interlayer distance that helps faster diffusion of ions, has exhibited a high capacity of 300 mAh g-1 at 2 A g-1 with long-term cycling performance over 1500 cycles compared to the less performing MP and PM isomer and racemic mixture (150 mAh g-1 at 2 A g-1 ). As supported by single-crystal X-ray analysis, a unique molecular design of nanographenes with a fixed (helical) molecular geometry, avoiding restacking of the layers, renders better performance as an anode in lithium-ion batteries. Interestingly, the recycled nanographene anode material displayed comparable performance.
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- Viksit Kumar
- Organic Chemistry Division, National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002, India
- Polymer Science and Engineering Division, National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, India
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- Organic Chemistry Division, National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002, India
- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002, India
- Polymer Science and Engineering Division, National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, India
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- Organic Chemistry Division, National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201 002, India
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Silber V, Jean M, Vanthuyne N, Del Rio N, Matozzo P, Crassous J, Ruppert R. Porphyrin- and Bodipy-helicene conjugates: syntheses, separation of enantiomers and chiroptical properties. Org Biomol Chem 2023; 21:8924-8935. [PMID: 37909260 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob01459b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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The synthesis of several new compounds containing a chromophore and a helicenic moiety is reported. The preparation, characterisation and some physico-chemical studies are detailed. In particular, the two enantiomers of several chiral molecules of this type were separated by chiral HPLC (both analytically and in a preparative way) and their racemisation rates were determined for short-lived species. Electronic circular dichroism (ECD) and circular polarised luminescence (CPL) measurements were performed for the compounds with a very long racemisation half-life. Chiral porphyrins and Bodipys both gave ECD and CPL responses over a large area of the visible spectrum.
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- Vincent Silber
- Institut de Chimie, UMR CNRS 7177, Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
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- Aix-Marseille Université, UMR CNRS 7313, Centrale Marseille, iSm2, 13397 Marseille cedex 20, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, UMR CNRS 7313, Centrale Marseille, iSm2, 13397 Marseille cedex 20, France
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- ISCR, UMR CNRS 6226, campus de Beaulieu, Université de Rennes, 35042 Rennes cedex, France.
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- ISCR, UMR CNRS 6226, campus de Beaulieu, Université de Rennes, 35042 Rennes cedex, France.
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- ISCR, UMR CNRS 6226, campus de Beaulieu, Université de Rennes, 35042 Rennes cedex, France.
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- Institut de Chimie, UMR CNRS 7177, Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
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Cadart T, Gläsel T, Císařová I, Gyepes R, Nečas D, Hapke M, Kotora M. Cyclotrimerization Approach to Symmetric [9]Helical Indenofluorenes: Diverting Cyclization Pathways. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202301491. [PMID: 37306545 PMCID: PMC10946996 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301491] [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: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Catalytic cyclotrimerization routes to symmetrical [9]helical indenofluorene were explored by using different transition-metal complexes and thermal conditions. Depending on the reaction conditions, the cyclotrimerizations were accompanied by dehydro-Diels-Alder reaction giving rise to another type of aromatic compounds. Structures of both symmetrical [9]helical cyclotrimerization product as well as the dehydro-Diels-Alder product were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. Limits of enantioselective cyclotrimerization were assessed as well. DFT calculations shed light on the reaction course and the origin of diminished enantioselectivity.
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- Timothée Cadart
- Department of Organic ChemistryFaculty of ScienceCharles University in PragueHlavova 8128 43Praha 2Czech Republic
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- Institute for Catalysis (INCA)Johannes Kepler University LinzAltenberger Strasse 69A-4040LinzAustria
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- Department of Inorganic ChemistryFaculty of ScienceCharles University in PragueHlavova 8128 43Praha 2Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Electrochemistry and CatalysisJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of SciencesDolejškova2155/3, 182 23Praha 8Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic ChemistryFaculty of ScienceCharles University in PragueHlavova 8128 43Praha 2Czech Republic
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- Institute for Catalysis (INCA)Johannes Kepler University LinzAltenberger Strasse 69A-4040LinzAustria
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- Department of Organic ChemistryFaculty of ScienceCharles University in PragueHlavova 8128 43Praha 2Czech Republic
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Bao ST, Jiang H, Jin Z, Nuckolls C. Fusing perylene diimide with helicenes. Chirality 2023; 35:656-672. [PMID: 36941527 DOI: 10.1002/chir.23561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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Incorporating perylene diimide (PDI) units into helicene structures has become a useful strategy for giving access to non-planar electron acceptors as well as a method of creating molecules with unique and intriguing chiroptical properties. This minireview describes this fusion of PDIs with helicenes.
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- Si Tong Bao
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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Mateos-Martín J, Dhbaibi K, Melle-Franco M, Mateo-Alonso A. Modulating Strain in Twisted Pyrene-Fused Azaacenes. Chemistry 2023:e202302002. [PMID: 37682106 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302002] [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: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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The design and synthesis of strained aromatics provide an additional insight into the relationship between structure and properties. In the last years, several approaches to twist pyrene-fused azaacenes have been developed that allow to introduce twists of different sizes. Herein, we describe the synthesis of a new set of twisted dibenzotetraazahexacenes constituted by fused pyrene and quinoxaline residues that have been distorted by introducing increasingly larger substituents on the quinoxaline residues. Their twisted structure has been demonstrated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Furthermore, absorption, fluorescence, electrochemical and theoretical studies shine light on the effects of the substituents and twists on the optoelectronic and redox properties.
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- Javier Mateos-Martín
- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avenida de Tolosa 72, E-20018, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avenida de Tolosa 72, E-20018, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avenida de Tolosa 72, E-20018, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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Full J, Wildervanck MJ, Dillmann C, Panchal SP, Volland D, Full F, Meerholz K, Nowak-Król A. Impact of Truncation on Optoelectronic Properties of Azaborole Helicenes. Chemistry 2023:e202302808. [PMID: 37651165 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302808] [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: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Herein, we report configurationally stable singly-truncated (ST) and structurally flexible doubly-truncated (DT) helically chiral compounds derived from azabora[7]helicenes by a hypothetical removal of a single or two C=C double bonds. The singly-truncated constitutional isomers were synthesized from either benzoisoquinoline (BIQ) or phenantherene building blocks and the corresponding biaryls in excellent yields to give azabora[5]helicenes with a pendant phenyl ring at a sterically hindered position. These systems highlight the electronic impact of the nitrogen donor substitution position. The compounds with a disrupted BIQ moiety (STN) possess remarkable photoluminescence quantum yields of up to 0.53 in the solid state and a blue emission in solution with dissymmetry factors of up to ca. 3×10-3 . Upon cooling to 79 K all compounds exhibit phosphorescence with lifetimes of up to ca. 0.5 s. A methyl complex of azabora[7]helicene showing excellent configurational stability was used as a chiral inducer embedded in an emissive polymer (F8BT) to produce circularly polarized organic light emitting diodes with an electroluminescence dissymmetry factor gEL of up to 0.54.
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- Julian Full
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institut für Organische Chemie and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institut für Organische Chemie and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 4-6, 50939, Köln, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institut für Organische Chemie and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institut für Organische Chemie and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institut für Organische Chemie and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 4-6, 50939, Köln, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
- Institut für Organische Chemie and Center for Nanosystems Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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Zhang S, Chen D, Wang JY, Yan S, Li G. Four-layer folding framework: design, GAP synthesis, and aggregation-induced emission. Front Chem 2023; 11:1259609. [PMID: 37638105 PMCID: PMC10450629 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1259609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
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The design and synthesis of a type of [1 + 4 + 2] four-layer framework have been conducted by taking advantage of Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling and group-assisted purification (GAP) chemistry. The optimized coupling of double-layer diboronic esters with 1-bromo-naphth-2-yl phosphine oxides resulted in a series of multilayer folding targets, showing a broad scope of substrates and moderate to excellent yields. The final products were purified using group-assisted purification chemistry/technology, achieved simply by washing crude products with 95% EtOH without the use of chromatography and recrystallization. The structures were fully characterized and assigned by performing X-ray crystallographic analysis. UV-vis absorption, photoluminescence (PL), and aggregation-induced emission (AIE) were studied for the resulting multilayer folding products.
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- Sai Zhang
- Continuous Flow Engineering Laboratory of National Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
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- Continuous Flow Engineering Laboratory of National Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Continuous Flow Engineering Laboratory of National Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Continuous Flow Engineering Laboratory of National Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
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Li C, Shao YB, Gao X, Ren Z, Guo C, Li M, Li X. Enantioselective synthesis of chiral quinohelicenes through sequential organocatalyzed Povarov reaction and oxidative aromatization. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3380. [PMID: 37291164 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39134-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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Heterohelicenes are of increasing importance in the fields of materials science, molecular recognition, and asymmetric catalysis. However, enantioselective construction of these molecules, especially by organocatalytic methods, is challenging, and few methods are available. In this study, we synthesize enantioenriched 1-(3-indol)-quino[n]helicenes through chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed Povarov reaction followed by oxidative aromatization. The method has a broad substrate scope and offers rapid access to an array of chiral quinohelicenes with enantioselectivities up to 99%. Additionally, the photochemical and electrochemical properties of selected quinohelicenes are explored.
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- Chengwen Li
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300192, China.
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Izquierdo-García P, Fernández-García JM, Medina Rivero S, Šámal M, Rybáček J, Bednárová L, Ramírez-Barroso S, Ramírez FJ, Rodríguez R, Perles J, García-Fresnadillo D, Crassous J, Casado J, Stará IG, Martín N. Helical Bilayer Nanographenes: Impact of the Helicene Length on the Structural, Electrochemical, Photophysical, and Chiroptical Properties. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:11599-11610. [PMID: 37129470 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Helical bilayer nanographenes (HBNGs) are chiral π-extended aromatic compounds consisting of two π-π stacked hexabenzocoronenes (HBCs) joined by a helicene, thus resembling van der Waals layered 2D materials. Herein, we compare [9]HBNG, [10]HBNG, and [11]HBNG helical bilayers endowed with [9], [10], and [11]helicenes embedded in their structure, respectively. Interestingly, the helicene length defines the overlapping degree between the two HBCs (number of benzene rings involved in π-π interactions between the two layers), being 26, 14, and 10 benzene rings, respectively, according to the X-ray analysis. Unexpectedly, the electrochemical study shows that the lesser π-extended system [9]HBNG shows the strongest electron donor character, in part by interlayer exchange resonance, and more red-shifted values of emission. Furthermore, [9]HBNG also shows exceptional chiroptical properties with the biggest values of gabs and glum (3.6 × 10-2) when compared to [10]HBNG and [11]HBNG owing to the fine alignment in the configuration of [9]HBNG between its electric and magnetic dipole transition moments. Furthermore, spectroelectrochemical studies as well as the fluorescence spectroscopy support the aforementioned experimental findings, thus confirming the strong impact of the helicene length on the properties of this new family of bilayer nanographenes.
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- Patricia Izquierdo-García
- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departament of Physical Chemistry, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Sheffield, S3 7RH Sheffield, U.K
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departament of Physical Chemistry, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR), UMR 6226 CNRS─Univ Rennes, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Laboratorio DRX Monocristal, SIdI, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR), UMR 6226 CNRS─Univ Rennes, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Departament of Physical Chemistry, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- IMDEA-Nanociencia, C/Faraday, 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Wang L, Duan L, Hong B, Gu Z. Divergent Synthesis of Helical Ketone Enabled by Rearrangement of Spiro Carbocation. Org Lett 2023; 25:1912-1917. [PMID: 36892669 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c00424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
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An acid-mediated electrophilic cyclization of 2-alkynyl-1,1'-biphenyls for the divergent synthesis of angular, bent, and zigzag fused nonplanar conjugated organic molecules was realized. The key feature of this reaction is a Wagner-Meerwein-type rearrangement via a spiro carbocation intermediate, which was formed by electrophilic cyclization of the 9H-fluoren-9-one derivative at the meta position. The products can be advanced to helical fluorenes, which exhibit high fluorescence quantum yields.
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- Limin Wang
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, People's Republic of China
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Mao Y, Chen W, Li C, Miao L, Lin Y, Ling F, Chen Z, Yao J. Synthesis of 3,4,5-trisubstituted phenols via Rh(III)-catalyzed alkenyl C-H activation assisted by phosphonium cations. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:3775-3778. [PMID: 36912283 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc00017f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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An efficient method for the construction of various 3,4,5-trisubstituted phenol derivatives has been achieved via the Rh(III)-catalyzed coupling of phosphonium cations with internal alkynes. This protocol shows good substrate compatibility, as an array of structurally and electronically diverse phosphonium compounds react efficiently with up to 87% yield.
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- Yan Mao
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, China.
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, China.
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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- Center for Molecular Science and Engineering, College of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, China.
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Vila J, Solà M, Achard T, Bellemin-Laponnaz S, Pla-Quintana A, Roglans A. Rh(I) Complexes with Hemilabile Thioether-Functionalized NHC Ligands as Catalysts for [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of 1,5-Bisallenes and Alkynes. ACS Catal 2023; 13:3201-3210. [PMID: 36910871 PMCID: PMC9990073 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05790] [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: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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The [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,5-bisallenes and alkynes under the catalysis of Rh(I) with hemilabile thioether-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene ligands is described. This protocol effectively provides an entry to different trans-5,6-fused bicyclic systems with two exocyclic double bonds in the cyclohexene ring. The process is totally chemoselective with the two internal double bonds of the 1,5-bisallenes being involved in the cycloaddition. The complete mechanism of this transformation as well as the preference for the trans-fusion over the cis-fusion has been rationalized by density functional theory calculations. The reaction follows a typical [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition mechanism. The oxidative addition takes place between the alkyne and one of the allenes and it is when the second allene is inserted into the rhodacyclopentene that the trans-fusion is generated. Remarkably, the hemilabile character of the sulfur atom in the N-heterocyclic carbene ligand modulates the electron density in key intermediates, facilitating the overall transformation.
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- Jordi Vila
- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and Departament de Química, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat de Girona (UdG), C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, Girona, 17003 Catalunya, Spain
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and Departament de Química, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat de Girona (UdG), C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, Girona, 17003 Catalunya, Spain
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, UMR7504, 23 Rue du Loess BP 43, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, UMR7504, 23 Rue du Loess BP 43, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and Departament de Química, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat de Girona (UdG), C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, Girona, 17003 Catalunya, Spain
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and Departament de Química, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat de Girona (UdG), C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, Girona, 17003 Catalunya, Spain
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Chen W, Mao Y, Wang M, Ling F, Li C, Chen Z, Yao J. Rh(III)-catalyzed [4 + 1] cyclization of aryl substituted pyrazoles with cyclopropanols via C-H activation. Org Biomol Chem 2023; 21:775-782. [PMID: 36594518 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob02001g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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A rhodium-catalyzed formal [4 + 1]-cyclization reaction of aryl substituted pyrazoles with cyclopropanols via C-H bond activation/cyclization processes to selectively construct a series of carbonyl functionalized pyrazolo[5,1-a]isoindoles is described. The reaction features good functional group compatibility and a broad substrate scope with respect to both cyclization components with up to 84% yields. Mechanistic studies indicated that the C-H cleavage might be the rate-determining step in this transformation.
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- Wenxi Chen
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China. .,College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, China.
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China. .,College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, China.
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China. .,College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, China.
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, China.
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- Center for Molecular Science and Engineering, College of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China.
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, Zhejiang, China.
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Abe R, Nagashima Y, Tanaka J, Tanaka K. Room Temperature Fluoranthene Synthesis through Cationic Rh(I)/H 8-BINAP-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition: Unexpected Acceleration due to Noncovalent Interactions. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Ryota Abe
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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Liu G, Liu Y, Zhao C, Li Y, Wang Z, Tian H. Stereoselective Chiral Molecular Carbon Imides Featuring 12-Fold [5]helicenes Around Four Cores. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202214769. [PMID: 36357324 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214769] [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: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Despite the great progress in research on molecular carbons containing multiple helicenes around one core, realizing the stereoselectivity of carbons containing multiple helicenes around more cores is still a great challenge. Herein, molecular carbon C204 featuring 12-fold [5]helicenes around four cores was successfully constructed by using nine perylene diimide (PDI) units, and exhibits good solubility and stability. Despite 256 possible stereoisomers caused by the 12-fold [5]helicenes, we only obtained one pair of enantiomers with D3 symmetry. There are four possible pairs of enantiomers with D3 symmetry, namely 7A, 7B, 7C and 7D. Theoretical and experimental results verify that the obtained structure belongs to 7C, which has the lowest energy. The enantiomers can also be separated by chiral HPLC. These results suggest that choosing PDIs as building blocks can not only improve the solubility and stability but also realize the stereoselectivity and chirality of molecular carbons.
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- Guogang Liu
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Salem MS, Khalid MI, Sasai H, Takizawa S. Two-pot synthesis of unsymmetrical hetero[7]helicenes with intriguing optical properties. Tetrahedron 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2023.133266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Liu W, Qin T, Xie W, Yang X. Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Helicenes. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202202369. [PMID: 36063162 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Helicenes and helicene-like molecules, usually containing multiple ortho-fused aromatic rings, possess unique helical chirality. These compounds have found a wide range of important applications in many research fields, such as asymmetric catalysis, molecular recognition, sensors and responsive switches, circularly polarized luminescence materials and others. However, the catalytic enantioselective synthesis of helicenes was largely underexplored, when compared with the enantioselective synthesis of molecules bearing other stereogenic elements (e.g. central chirality and axial chirality). Since the pioneer work of asymmetric synthesis of helicenes via enantioselective [2+2+2] cycloaddition of triynes by Stará and Starý, last two decades have witnessed the tremendous development in the catalytic enantioselective synthesis of helicenes. In this review, we comprehensively summarized the advances in this field, which include methods enabled by both transition metal catalysis and organocatalysis, and provide our perspective on its future development.
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- Wei Liu
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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Khalid MI, Salem MSH, Sako M, Kondo M, Sasai H, Takizawa S. Electrochemical synthesis of heterodehydro[7]helicenes. Commun Chem 2022; 5:166. [PMID: 36697698 PMCID: PMC9814689 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-022-00780-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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Dehydrohelicenes are some of the most attractive chiroptical materials with unique helical chirality. However, to our knowledge, there are no prior reports on their direct construction by asymmetric methods. In this work, sequential synthesis of aza-oxa-dehydro[7]helicenes via the electrochemical oxidative hetero-coupling of 3-hydoxycarbazoles and 2-naphthols followed by dehydrative cyclization and intramolecular C-C bond formation has been realized. In addition, an efficient enantioselective synthesis through chiral vanadium-catalyzed hetero-coupling and electrochemical oxidative transformations afforded heterodehydro[7]helicene without any racemization. The obtained dehydro[7]helicenes showed intense blue-colored circularly polarized luminescence (|glum| ≈ 2.5 × 10-3 at 433 nm). Thermodynamic and kinetic studies of the racemization barrier of heterodehydro[7]helicenes indicated significant chiral stability with ΔG‡> 140 kJ mol-1.
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- Md. Imrul Khalid
- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971SANKEN, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka, 567-0047 Japan
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971SANKEN, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka, 567-0047 Japan ,grid.33003.330000 0000 9889 5690Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522 Egypt
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Yamada-oka, Suita-shi, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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- grid.410773.60000 0000 9949 0476Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ibaraki University, Naka-narusawa, Hitachi, Ibaraki, 316-8511 Japan
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971SANKEN, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka, 567-0047 Japan ,grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Yamada-oka, Suita-shi, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971SANKEN, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka, 567-0047 Japan
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Rushworth J, Thawani AR, Fajardo-Ruiz E, Meiring JCM, Heise C, White AJP, Akhmanova A, Brandt JR, Thorn-Seshold O, Fuchter MJ. [5]-Helistatins: Tubulin-Binding Helicenes with Antimitotic Activity. JACS AU 2022; 2:2561-2570. [PMID: 36465552 PMCID: PMC9709948 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Helicenes are high interest synthetic targets with unique conjugated helical structures that have found important technological applications. Despite this interest, helicenes have had limited impact in chemical biology. Herein, we disclose a first-in-class antimitotic helicene, helistatin 1 (HA-1), where the helicene scaffold acts as a structural mimic of colchicine, a known antimitotic drug. The synthesis proceeds via sequential Pd-catalyzed coupling reactions and a π-Lewis acid cycloisomerization mediated by PtCl2. HA-1 was found to block microtubule polymerization in both cell-free and live cell assays. Not only does this demonstrate the feasibility of using helicenes as bioactive scaffolds against protein targets, but also suggests wider potential for the use of helicenes as isosteres of biaryls or cis-stilbenes-themselves common drug and natural product scaffolds. Overall, this study further supports future opportunities for helicenes for a range of chemical biological applications.
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- James
L. Rushworth
- Department
of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, White City Campus, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 OBZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, White City Campus, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 OBZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians University
of Munich, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Cell
Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty
of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CH, Netherlands
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- Department
of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians University
of Munich, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, White City Campus, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 OBZ, U.K.
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- Cell
Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty
of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CH, Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, White City Campus, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 OBZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians University
of Munich, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, White City Campus, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 OBZ, U.K.
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Usui K, Narita N, Eto R, Suzuki S, Yokoo A, Yamamoto K, Igawa K, Iizuka N, Mimura Y, Umeno T, Matsumoto S, Hasegawa M, Tomooka K, Imai Y, Karasawa S. Oxidation of an Internal‐Edge‐Substituted [5]Helicene‐Derived Phosphine Synchronously Enhances Circularly Polarized Luminescence. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202202922. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Kazuteru Usui
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Showa Pharmaceutical University Higashi-Tamagawagakuen, Machida Tokyo 194-8543 Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Kyushu University Maidashi Higashi-ku Fukuoka 812-8582 Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Showa Pharmaceutical University Higashi-Tamagawagakuen, Machida Tokyo 194-8543 Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Showa Pharmaceutical University Higashi-Tamagawagakuen, Machida Tokyo 194-8543 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering Kindai University Higashi-Osaka Osaka 577-8502 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Kyushu University Maidashi Higashi-ku Fukuoka 812-8582 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Kyushu University Maidashi Higashi-ku Fukuoka 812-8582 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology Kumamoto University Kurokami 2–39-1 Kumamoto 860-8555 Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Showa Pharmaceutical University Higashi-Tamagawagakuen, Machida Tokyo 194-8543 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering Kindai University Higashi-Osaka Osaka 577-8502 Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Showa Pharmaceutical University Higashi-Tamagawagakuen, Machida Tokyo 194-8543 Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Showa Pharmaceutical University Higashi-Tamagawagakuen, Machida Tokyo 194-8543 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science Kitasato University Sagamihara Kanagawa 252-0373 Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering Kyushu University Kasuga Fukuoka 816-8580 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering Kindai University Higashi-Osaka Osaka 577-8502 Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Showa Pharmaceutical University Higashi-Tamagawagakuen, Machida Tokyo 194-8543 Japan
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Tanaka K, Morita F. Enantioselective Helicene Synthesis by Rhodium-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition. J SYN ORG CHEM JPN 2022. [DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.80.1019] [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]
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- Ken Tanaka
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
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Yu T, Li ZQ, Li J, Cheng S, Xu J, Huang J, Zhong YW, Luo S, Zhu Q. Palladium-Catalyzed Modular Synthesis of Enantioenriched Pyridohelicenes through Double Imidoylative Cyclization. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Ting Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 190 Kaiyuan Avenue, Guangzhou 510530, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS, Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 190 Kaiyuan Avenue, Guangzhou 510530, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 190 Kaiyuan Avenue, Guangzhou 510530, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Natural Polymer Chemistry and Physics, College of Chemistry and Materials, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, People’s Republic of China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Natural Polymer Chemistry and Physics, College of Chemistry and Materials, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS, Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 190 Kaiyuan Avenue, Guangzhou 510530, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 190 Kaiyuan Avenue, Guangzhou 510530, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Natural Polymer Chemistry and Physics, College of Chemistry and Materials, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, People’s Republic of China
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Nikolova Y, Fabri B, Moneva Lorente P, Guarnieri‐Ibáñez A, de Aguirre A, Soda Y, Pescitelli G, Zinna F, Besnard C, Guénée L, Moreau D, Di Bari L, Bakker E, Poblador‐Bahamonde AI, Lacour J. Chemo- and Regioselective Multiple C(sp 2 )-H Insertions of Malonate Metal Carbenes for Late-Stage Functionalizations of Azahelicenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202210798. [PMID: 35943860 PMCID: PMC9825994 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202210798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Chiral quinacridines react up to four times, step-by-step, with α-diazomalonates under RuII and RhII catalysis. By selecting the catalyst, [CpRu(CH3 CN)3 ][PF6 ] (Cp=cyclopentadienyl) or Rh2 (oct)4 , chemo and regioselective insertions of derived metal carbenes are achieved in favor of mono- or bis-functionalized malonate derivatives, respectively, (r.r.>49 : 1, up to 77 % yield, 12 examples). This multi-introduction of malonate groups is particularly useful to tune optical and chemical properties such as absorption, emission or Brønsted acidity but also cellular bioimaging. Density-functional theory further elucidates the origin of the carbene insertion selectivity and also showcases the importance of conformations in the optical response.
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- Yana Nikolova
- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of GenevaQuai Ernest Ansermet 301211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of GenevaQuai Ernest Ansermet 301211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of GenevaQuai Ernest Ansermet 301211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of GenevaQuai Ernest Ansermet 301211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical ChemistryUniversity of GenevaQuai Ernest Ansermet 301211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica IndustrialeUniversity of PisaVia G. Moruzzi 1356124PisaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica IndustrialeUniversity of PisaVia G. Moruzzi 1356124PisaItaly
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- Laboratory of CrystallographyUniversity of GenevaQuai Ernest Ansermet 241211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- Laboratory of CrystallographyUniversity of GenevaQuai Ernest Ansermet 241211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of GenevaQuai Ernest Ansermet 241211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica IndustrialeUniversity of PisaVia G. Moruzzi 1356124PisaItaly
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical ChemistryUniversity of GenevaQuai Ernest Ansermet 301211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of GenevaQuai Ernest Ansermet 301211Geneva 4Switzerland
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Frédéric L, Fabri B, Guénée L, Zinna F, Di Bari L, Lacour J. Triple Regioselective Functionalization of Cationic [4]Helicenes via Iridium-Catalyzed Borylation and Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reactivity. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201853. [PMID: 35796630 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201853] [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: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In essentially one-pot, using Ir- and Pd-catalysis, tris(arene)-functionalized cationic [4]helicenes are synthesized with full regioselectivity and enantiospecificity starting from a trivial precursor (17 examples). This poly-addition of aryl groups improves key optical properties, that is, fluorescence quantum yields and lifetimes. Electronic circular dichroism and circularly polarized luminescence signatures are observed up to the far-red domain, in particular with additional arenes prone to aggregation.
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- Lucas Frédéric
- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Cristallographie, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 24, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, University of Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, University of Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Bao ST, Jiang H, Schaack C, Louie S, Steigerwald ML, Nuckolls C, Jin Z. Remote Control of Dynamic Twistacene Chirality. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:18772-18777. [PMID: 36194196 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report a reliable way to manipulate the dynamic, axial chirality in perylene diimide (PDI)-based twistacenes. Specifically, we reveal how chiral substituents on the imide position induce the helicity in a series of PDI-based twistacenes. We demonstrate that this remote chirality is able to control the helicity of flexible [4]helicene subunits by UV-vis, CD spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, and TDDFT calculations. Furthermore, we have discovered that both the chiral substituent and the solvent each has a strong impact on the sign and intensity of the CD signals, highlighting the control of the dynamic helicity in this flexible system. DFT calculations suggest that the steric interaction of the chiral substituents is the important factor in how well a particular group is at inducing a preferred helicity.
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- Si Tong Bao
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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Yang W, Shen J. Multiple Heterohelicenes: Synthesis, Properties and Applications**. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202202069. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Wen‐Wen Yang
- School of the Environment and Safety Engineering Jiangsu University Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu P. R. China
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- School of the Environment and Safety Engineering Jiangsu University Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu P. R. China
- Institute of Environmental Health and Ecological Security Jiangsu University Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu P. R. China
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Nikolova Y, Fabri B, Moneva Lorente P, Guarnieri-Ibáñez A, de Aguirre A, Soda Y, Pescitelli G, Zinna F, Besnard C, Guénée L, Moreau D, Di Bari L, Bakker E, Poblador Bahamonde AI, Lacour J. Chemo‐ and Regioselective Multiple C(sp2)−H Insertions of Malonate Metal Carbenes for Late‐Stage Functionalizations of Azahelicenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202210798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yana Nikolova
- Université de Genève: Universite de Geneve Organic Chemistry SWITZERLAND
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- Université de Genève: Universite de Geneve Organic Chemistry SWITZERLAND
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- Université de Genève: Universite de Geneve Organic Chemistry SWITZERLAND
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- Université de Genève: Universite de Geneve Organic Chemistry SWITZERLAND
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- Université de Genève: Universite de Geneve Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry SWITZERLAND
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- Università di Pisa: Universita degli Studi di Pisa chemistry and industrial chemistry ITALY
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- Università di Pisa: Universita degli Studi di Pisa chemistry and industrial chemistry ITALY
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- Université de Genève: Universite de Geneve Laboratory of Crystallography SWITZERLAND
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- Université de Genève: Universite de Geneve Laboratory of Crystallography SWITZERLAND
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- Université de Genève: Universite de Geneve Department of Biochemistry SWITZERLAND
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- Università di Pisa: Universita degli Studi di Pisa chemistry and industrial chemistry ITALY
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- Université de Genève: Universite de Geneve Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry SWITZERLAND
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- University of Geneva Department of Organic Chemistry Quai Ernest Ansermet 30 CH-1211 Geneva 4 SWITZERLAND
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Jia S, Tian Y, Li X, Wang P, Lan Y, Yan H. Atroposelective Construction of Nine-Membered Carbonate-Bridged Biaryls. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202206501. [PMID: 35621411 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202206501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We herein demonstrated an efficient method for the atroposelective construction of nine-membered carbonate-bridged biaryls through vinylidene ortho-quinone methide (VQM) intermediates. Diverse products with desirable pharmacological features were synthesized in satisfying yields and good to excellent enantioselectivities. In subsequent bioassays, several agents showed considerable antiproliferative activity via the mitochondrial-related apoptosis mechanism. Further transformations produced more structural diversity and may inspire new ideas for developing functional molecules.
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- Shiqi Jia
- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, P. R. China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, P. R. China.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, P. R. China
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Regiodivergent Synthesis and π‐Stacking‐Induced Chiral Self‐Recognition of Hexabenzocoronene‐Based [6]Helicenes. European J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202200690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Gulevskaya AV, Tonkoglazova DI. Alkyne‐based syntheses of carbo‐ and heterohelicenes. Adv Synth Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202200513] [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]
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Yokose D, Nagashima Y, Kinoshita S, Nogami J, Tanaka K. Enantioselective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Styrene‐Carboxylic Esters by Rhodium‐Catalyzed Chelation‐Controlled [2+2+2] Cycloaddition. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202202542. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202202542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Daisuke Yokose
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Tokyo Institute of Technology O-okayama, Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-8550 Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Tokyo Institute of Technology O-okayama, Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-8550 Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Tokyo Institute of Technology O-okayama, Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-8550 Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Tokyo Institute of Technology O-okayama, Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-8550 Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Tokyo Institute of Technology O-okayama, Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-8550 Japan
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Zhou Z, Egger DT, Hu C, Pennachio M, Wei Z, Kawade RK, Üngör Ö, Gershoni-Poranne R, Petrukhina MA, Alabugin IV. Localized Antiaromaticity Hotspot Drives Reductive Dehydrogenative Cyclizations in Bis- and Mono-Helicenes. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:12321-12338. [PMID: 35652918 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We describe reductive dehydrogenative cyclizations that form hepta-, nona-, and decacyclic anionic graphene subunits from mono- and bis-helicenes with an embedded five-membered ring. The reaction of bis-helicenes can either proceed to the full double annulation or be interrupted by addition of molecular oxygen at an intermediate stage. The regioselectivity of the interrupted cyclization cascade for bis-helicenes confirms that relief of antiaromaticity is a dominant force for these facile ring closures. Computational analysis reveals the unique role of the preexisting negatively charged cyclopentadienyl moiety in directing the second negative charge at a specific remote location and, thus, creating a localized antiaromatic region. This region is the hotspot that promotes the initial cyclization. Computational studies, including MO analysis, molecular electrostatic potential maps, and NICS(1.7)ZZ calculations, evaluate the interplay of the various effects including charge delocalization, helicene strain release, and antiaromaticity. The role of antiaromaticity relief is further supported by efficient reductive closure of the less strained monohelicenes where the relief of antiaromaticity promotes the cyclization even when the strain is substantially reduced. The latter finding significantly expands the scope of this reductive alternative to the Scholl ring closure.
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- Zheng Zhou
- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, United States.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China
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- Laboratory for Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8903, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Laboratory for Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8903, Switzerland.,Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion ─ Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City 32000, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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Jia S, Tian Y, Li X, Wang P, Lan Y, Yan H. Atroposelective Construction of Nine‐Membered Carbonate Bridged Biaryls. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202206501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Shiqi Jia
- Zhengzhou University Green Catalysis Center 重庆大学虎溪校区药学院 zhengzhou CHINA
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- Chongqing University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Chongqing CHINA
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- Chongqing University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences CHINA
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- Chongqing University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences CHINA
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- Chongqing University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Chongqing University Innovative Drug Research Center No.55 Daxuecheng South Rd 401331 Chongqing CHINA
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Balahoju SA, Maurya YK, Chmielewski PJ, Lis T, Kondratowicz M, Cybińska J, Stępień M. Helicity Modulation in NIR-Absorbing Porphyrin-Ryleneimides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202200781. [PMID: 35130373 PMCID: PMC9303407 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202200781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Peripheral substitution of a π‐extended porphyrin with bulky groups produces a curved chromophore with four helical stereogenic units. The curvature and stereochemistry of such porphyrins can be controlled by varying the substituents, coordinated metal ions, and apical ligands. In particular, when the achiral saddle‐shaped free bases are treated with large metal ions, i.e., CdII or HgII, the resulting complexes convert to chiral propeller‐like configurations. X‐ray diffraction analyses show that apical coordination of a water molecule is sufficient to induce a notable bowl‐like distortion of the cadmium complex, which however retains its chiral structure. For phenyl‐ and tolyl‐substituted derivatives, the conversion is thermodynamically controlled, whereas complexes bearing bulky 4‐(tert‐butyl)phenyl groups transform into their chiral forms upon heating. In the latter case, the chiral Hg porphyrin was converted into the corresponding free base and other metal complexes without any loss of configurational purity, ultimately providing access to stable, enantiopure porphyrin propellers.
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- Wydział Chemii, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland
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- Wydział Chemii, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland
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- Wydział Chemii, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland
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- Wydział Chemii, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland
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- Wydział Chemii, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland.,(PORT) Polski Ośrodek Rozwoju Technologii, ul. Stabłowicka 147, 54-066, Wrocław, Poland
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- Wydział Chemii, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland
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Tang Y, Wu G, Jin S, Liu Y, Ma L, Zhang S, Rouh H, Ali AIM, Wang JY, Xu T, Unruh D, Surowiec K, Li G. From Center-to-Multilayer Chirality: Asymmetric Synthesis of Multilayer Targets with Electron-Rich Bridges. J Org Chem 2022; 87:5976-5986. [PMID: 35442684 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c00234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Asymmetric synthesis of new atropisomerically multilayered chiral targets has been achieved by taking advantage of the strategy of center-to-multilayer chirality and double Suzuki-Miyaura couplings. Diastereomers were readily separated via flash column chromatography and well characterized. Absolute configuration assignment was determined by X-ray structural analysis. Five enantiomerically pure isomers possessing multilayer chirality were assembled utilizing anchors involving electron-rich aromatic connections. An overall yield of 0.69% of the final target with hydroxyl attachment was achieved over 11 steps from commercially available starting materials.
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- Yao Tang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States
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- Institute of Chemistry and BioMedical Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Institute of Chemistry and BioMedical Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States
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- Institute of Chemistry and BioMedical Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Institute of Chemistry and BioMedical Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061, United States.,Institute of Chemistry and BioMedical Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Synthesis of Functionalized Six-Membered-Ring Azahelicenes. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27082522. [PMID: 35458720 PMCID: PMC9028320 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27082522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2022] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Functionalization, namely the introduction of side groups onto the molecular scaffold of a helicene, may have either the purpose of modifying the electronic properties of the parent helicene, e.g., by adding electron-withdrawing or electron-donating groups, or the scope of providing the helicene with a “handle”, which can be reacted to bind the molecule to another molecule or to a solid structure, such as a carbon or metal surface, or again to allow for complexation of the helicene with metal ions. The possible approaches are two-fold: the synthesis of the helicene can be performed using starting materials that already contain a side group, or the side group can be introduced after the synthesis of the parent helicene. As azahelicenes are helicenes bearing one or more nitrogen atom(s) in the molecular framework, parent azahelicenes can be functionalized on carbon atoms by exploiting the presence of the electron-withdrawing nitrogen atom. Moreover, they can be transformed into quaternary salts, whose properties are quite different from those of the parent azahelicenes in terms of the solubility and electronic properties. This review aims to provide a survey of the different synthetic methods available to attain this fascinating class of compounds.
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