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de Jong J, Siegler MA, Wezenberg SJ. A Photoswitchable Macrocycle Controls Anion-Templated Pseudorotaxane Formation and Axle Relocalization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202316628. [PMID: 38059917 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316628] [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: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
Abstract
Important biological processes, such as signaling and transport, are regulated by dynamic binding events. The development of artificial supramolecular systems in which binding between different components is controlled could help emulate such processes. Herein, we describe stiff-stilbene-containing macrocycles that can be switched between (Z)- and (E)-isomers by light, as demonstrated by UV/Vis and 1 H NMR spectroscopy. The (Z)-isomers can be effectively threaded by pyridinium halide axles to give pseudorotaxane complexes, as confirmed by 1 H NMR titration studies and single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The overall stability of these complexes can be tuned by varying the templating counteranion. However, upon light-induced isomerization to the (E)-isomer, the threading capability is drastically reduced. The axle component, in addition, can form a heterodimeric complex with a secondary isophthalamide host. Therefore, when all components are combined, light irradiation triggers axle exchange between the macrocycle and this secondary host, which has been monitored by 1 H NMR spectroscopy and simulated computationally.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jorn de Jong
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Kotobi A, Singh K, Höche D, Bari S, Meißner RH, Bande A. Integrating Explainability into Graph Neural Network Models for the Prediction of X-ray Absorption Spectra. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:22584-22598. [PMID: 37807700 PMCID: PMC10591337 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
Abstract
The use of sophisticated machine learning (ML) models, such as graph neural networks (GNNs), to predict complex molecular properties or all kinds of spectra has grown rapidly. However, ensuring the interpretability of these models' predictions remains a challenge. For example, a rigorous understanding of the predicted X-ray absorption spectrum (XAS) generated by such ML models requires an in-depth investigation of the respective black-box ML model used. Here, this is done for different GNNs based on a comprehensive, custom-generated XAS data set for small organic molecules. We show that a thorough analysis of the different ML models with respect to the local and global environments considered in each ML model is essential for the selection of an appropriate ML model that allows a robust XAS prediction. Moreover, we employ feature attribution to determine the respective contributions of various atoms in the molecules to the peaks observed in the XAS spectrum. By comparing this peak assignment to the core and virtual orbitals from the quantum chemical calculations underlying our data set, we demonstrate that it is possible to relate the atomic contributions via these orbitals to the XAS spectrum.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amir Kotobi
- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Hereon, Institute of Surface
Science, Geesthacht, DE 21502, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin, DE 10409, Germany
- Institute
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität
Berlin, Berlin, DE 14195, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Hereon, Institute of Surface
Science, Geesthacht, DE 21502, Germany
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, DE 22607, Germany
- Zernike
Institute for Advanced Materials, University
of Groningen, Groningen 9712, Netherlands
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Hereon, Institute of Surface
Science, Geesthacht, DE 21502, Germany
- Hamburg
University of Technology, Institute of Polymers
and Composites, Hamburg, DE 21073, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin, DE 10409, Germany
- Leibniz
University Hannover, Institute of Inorganic
Chemistry, Hannover, DE 30167, Germany
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Tofoni A, Tavani F, Vandone M, Braglia L, Borfecchia E, Ghigna P, Stoian DC, Grell T, Stolfi S, Colombo V, D’Angelo P. Full Spectroscopic Characterization of the Molecular Oxygen-Based Methane to Methanol Conversion over Open Fe(II) Sites in a Metal-Organic Framework. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:21040-21052. [PMID: 37721732 PMCID: PMC10540213 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
Abstract
Iron-based enzymes efficiently activate molecular oxygen to perform the oxidation of methane to methanol (MTM), a reaction central to the contemporary chemical industry. Conversely, a very limited number of artificial catalysts have been devised to mimic this process. Herein, we employ the MIL-100(Fe) metal-organic framework (MOF), a material that exhibits isolated Fe sites, to accomplish the MTM conversion using O2 as the oxidant under mild conditions. We apply a diverse set of advanced operando X-ray techniques to unveil how MIL-100(Fe) can act as a catalyst for direct MTM conversion. Single-phase crystallinity and stability of the MOF under reaction conditions (200 or 100 °C, CH4 + O2) are confirmed by X-ray diffraction measurements. X-ray absorption, emission, and resonant inelastic scattering measurements show that thermal treatment above 200 °C generates Fe(II) sites that interact with O2 and CH4 to produce methanol. Experimental evidence-driven density functional theory (DFT) calculations illustrate that the MTM reaction involves the oxidation of the Fe(II) sites to Fe(III) via a high-spin Fe(IV)═O intermediate. Catalyst deactivation is proposed to be caused by the escape of CH3• radicals from the relatively large MOF pore cages, ultimately resulting in the formation of hydroxylated triiron units, as proven by valence-to-core X-ray emission spectroscopy. The O2-based MTM catalytic activity of MIL-100(Fe) in the investigated conditions is demonstrated for two consecutive reaction cycles, proving the MOF potential toward active site regeneration. These findings will desirably lay the groundwork for the design of improved MOF catalysts for the MTM conversion.
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- Alessandro Tofoni
- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università degli Studi
di Roma “La Sapienza”, P.le A. Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università degli Studi
di Roma “La Sapienza”, P.le A. Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica & UdR INSTM di Milano, Università
degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto
Officina dei Materiali, TASC, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica & UdR INSTM di Torino, Università
di Torino, Via P. Giuria
7, 10125 Turin, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università di Pavia, V.le Taramelli 13, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- The Swiss-Norwegian
Beamlines (SNBL), European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica & UdR INSTM di Milano, Università
degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto
Officina dei Materiali, TASC, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica & UdR INSTM di Milano, Università
degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milan, Italy
- CNR
− SCITEC − Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche
“Giulio Natta”, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università degli Studi
di Roma “La Sapienza”, P.le A. Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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Valentini M, Frateloreto F, Conti M, Cacciapaglia R, Del Giudice D, Di Stefano S. A Doubly Dissipative System Driven by Chemical and Radiative Stimuli. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202301835. [PMID: 37326465 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
The operation of a dissipative network composed of two or three different crown-ether receptors and an alkali metal cation can be temporally driven by the use (combined or not) of two orthogonal stimuli of a different nature. More specifically, irradiation with light at a proper wavelength and/or addition of an activated carboxylic acid, are used to modulate the binding capability of the above crown-ethers towards the metal ion, allowing to control over time the occupancy of the metal cation in the crown-ether moiety of a given ligand. Thus, application of either or both of the stimuli to an initially equilibrated system, where the metal cation is distributed among the crown-ether receptors depending on the different affinities, causes a programmable change in the receptor occupancies. Consequently, the system is induced to evolve to one or more out-of-equilibrium states with different distributions of the metal cation among the different receptors. When the fuel is exhausted or/and the irradiation interrupted, the system reversibly and autonomously goes back to the initial equilibrium state. Such results may contribute to the achievement of new dissipative systems that, taking advantage of multiple and orthogonal stimuli, are featured with more sophisticated operating mechanisms and time programmability.
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- Matteo Valentini
- Department of Chemistry, Università di Roma La Sapienza and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Università di Roma La Sapienza and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Università di Roma La Sapienza and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Università di Roma La Sapienza and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Università di Roma La Sapienza and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Università di Roma La Sapienza and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
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Del Giudice D, Di Stefano S. Dissipative Systems Driven by the Decarboxylation of Activated Carboxylic Acids. Acc Chem Res 2023; 56:889-899. [PMID: 36916734 PMCID: PMC10077594 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
Abstract
ConspectusThe achievement of artificial systems capable of being maintained in out-of-equilibrium states featuring functional properties is a main goal of current chemical research. Absorption of electromagnetic radiation or consumption of a chemical species (a "chemical fuel") are the two strategies typically employed to reach such out-of-equilibrium states, which have to persist as long as one of the above stimuli is present. For this reason such systems are often referred to as "dissipative systems". In the simplest scheme, the dissipative system is initially found in a resting, equilibrium state. The addition of a chemical fuel causes the system to shift to an out-of-equilibrium state. When the fuel is exhausted, the system reverts to the initial, equilibrium state. Thus, from a mechanistic standpoint, the dissipative system turns out to be a catalyst for the fuel consumption. It has to be noted that, although very simple, this scheme implies the chance to temporally control the dissipative system. In principle, modulating the nature and/or the amount of the chemical fuel added, one can have full control of the time spent by the system in the out-of-equilibrium state.In 2016, we found that 2-cyano-2-phenylpropanoic acid (1a), whose decarboxylation proceeds smoothly under mild basic conditions, could be used as a chemical fuel to drive the back and forth motion of a catenane-based molecular switch. The acid donates a proton to the catenane that passes from the neutral state A to the transient protonated state B. Decarboxylation of the resulting carboxylate (1acb), generates a carbanion, which, being a strong base, retakes the proton from the protonated catenane that, consequently, returns to the initial state A. The larger the amount of the added fuel, the longer the time spent by the catenane in the transient, out-of-equilibrium state. Since then, acid 1a and other activated carboxylic acids (ACAs) have been used to drive the operation of a large number of dissipative systems based on the acid-base reaction, from molecular machines to host-guest systems, from catalysts to smart materials, and so on. This Account illustrates such systems with the purpose to show the wide applicability of ACAs as chemical fuels. This generality is due to the simplicity of the idea underlying the operation principle of ACAs, which always translates into simple experimental requirements.
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- Daniele Del Giudice
- Dipartimento di Chimica and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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