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McDonogh DP, Gale JD, Raiteri P, Gebauer D. Redefined ion association constants have consequences for calcium phosphate nucleation and biomineralization. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3359. [PMID: 38637527 PMCID: PMC11026415 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47721-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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Calcium orthophosphates (CaPs), as hydroxyapatite (HAP) in bones and teeth are the most important biomineral for humankind. While clusters in CaP nucleation have long been known, their speciation and mechanistic pathways to HAP remain debated. Evidently, mineral nucleation begins with two ions interacting in solution, fundamentally underlying solute clustering. Here, we explore CaP ion association using potentiometric methods and computer simulations. Our results agree with literature association constants for Ca2+ and H2PO4-, and Ca2+ and HPO42-, but not for Ca2+ and PO43- ions, which previously has been strongly overestimated by two orders of magnitude. Our data suggests that the discrepancy is due to a subtle, premature phase separation that can occur at low ion activity products, especially at higher pH. We provide an important revision of long used literature constants, where association of Ca2+ and PO43- actually becomes negligible below pH 9.0, in contrast to previous values. Instead, [CaHPO4]0 dominates the aqueous CaP speciation between pH ~6-10. Consequently, calcium hydrogen phosphate association is critical in cluster-based precipitation in the near-neutral pH regime, e.g., in biomineralization. The revised thermodynamics reveal significant and thus far unexplored multi-anion association in computer simulations, constituting a kinetic trap that further complicates aqueous calcium phosphate speciation.
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- David P McDonogh
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Callinstr. 9, 30167, Hannover, Germany
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- Curtin Institute for Computation and School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, P.O. Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia
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- Curtin Institute for Computation and School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, P.O. Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia.
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Callinstr. 9, 30167, Hannover, Germany.
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Msellem P, Dekthiarenko M, Hadj Seyd N, Vives G. Switchable molecular tweezers: design and applications. Beilstein J Org Chem 2024; 20:504-539. [PMID: 38440175 PMCID: PMC10910529 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.20.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024] Open
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Switchable molecular tweezers are a unique class of molecular switches that, like their macroscopic analogs, exhibit mechanical motion between an open and closed conformation in response to stimuli. Such systems constitute an essential component of artificial molecular machines. This review will present selected examples of switchable molecular tweezers and their potential applications. The first part will be devoted to chemically responsive tweezers, including stimuli such as pH, metal coordination, and anion binding. Then, redox-active and photochemical tweezers will be presented.
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- Pablo Msellem
- Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 8232, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, 4 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 8232, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, 4 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 8232, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, 4 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 8232, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, 4 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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Williams OHL, Rusli O, Ezzedinloo L, Dodgen TM, Clegg JK, Rijs NJ. Automated Structural Activity Screening of β-Diketonate Assemblies with High-Throughput Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202313892. [PMID: 38012094 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202313892] [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: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Embracing complexity in design, metallo-supramolecular self-assembly presents an opportunity for fabricating materials of economic significance. The array of accessible supramolecules is alluring, along with favourable energy requirements. Implementation is hampered by an inability to efficiently characterise complex mixtures. The stoichiometry, size, shape, guest binding properties and reactivity of individual components and combinations thereof are inherently challenging to resolve. A large combinatorial library of four transition metals (Fe, Cu, Ni and Zn), and six β-diketonate ligands at different molar ratios and pH was robotically prepared and directly analysed over multiple timepoints with electrospray ionisation travelling wave ion mobility-mass spectrometry. The dataset was parsed for self-assembling activity without first attempting to structurally assign individual species. Self-assembling systems were readily categorised without manual data-handling, allowing efficient screening of self-assembly activity. This workflow clarifies solution phase supramolecular assembly processes without manual, bottom-up processing. The complex behaviour of the self-assembling systems was reduced to simpler qualities, which could be automatically processed.
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- School of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Waters Corporation Australia, Rydalmere, NSW, 2116, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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Lago-Silva M, Fernández-Míguez M, Rodríguez R, Quiñoá E, Freire F. Stimuli-responsive synthetic helical polymers. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:793-852. [PMID: 38105704 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00952a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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Synthetic dynamic helical polymers (supramolecular and covalent) and foldamers share the helix as a structural motif. Although the materials are different, these systems also share many structural properties, such as helix induction or conformational communication mechanisms. The introduction of stimuli responsive building blocks or monomer repeating units in these materials triggers conformational or structural changes, due to the presence/absence of the external stimulus, which are transmitted to the helix resulting in different effects, such as assymetry amplification, helix inversion or even changes in the helical scaffold (elongation, J/H helical aggregates). In this review, we show through selected examples how different stimuli (e.g., temperature, solvents, cations, anions, redox, chiral additives, pH or light) can alter the helical structures of dynamic helical polymers (covalent and supramolecular) and foldamers acting on the conformational composition or molecular structure of their components, which is also transmitted to the macromolecular helical structure.
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- María Lago-Silva
- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Tang B, Pauls M, Bannwarth C, Hecht S. Photoswitchable Quadruple Hydrogen-Bonding Motif. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:45-50. [PMID: 38033296 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Multiple hydrogen-bonding motifs serve as important building blocks for molecular recognition and self-assembly. Herein, a photoswitchable quadruple hydrogen-bonding motif featuring near-complete, reversible, and thermostable conversion between DADA and AADD arrays associated with an alteration of their dimerization constants by over 3 orders of magnitude is reported. The system is based on a diarylethene featuring a ureidopyrimidin-4-ol moiety, which upon photoinduced ring closure and associated loss of aromaticity undergoes enol-keto tautomerization to a ureidopyrimidinone moiety. The latter causes a transformation of the hydrogen-bonding arrays and significantly weakens the free energy of dimerization in the case of the closed isomer. This photoswitchable quadruple hydrogen-bonding motif should allow us to spatially and temporarily direct self-assembly and supramolecular polymerization processes by light.
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- Bohan Tang
- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Center for the Science of Materials Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Chen Y, Kuvayskaya A, Pink M, Sellinger A, Flood AH. A library of vinyl phosphonate anions dimerize with cyanostars, form supramolecular polymers and undergo statistical sorting. Chem Sci 2023; 15:389-398. [PMID: 38131081 PMCID: PMC10732014 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03685e] [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: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Supramolecular dimers are elementary units allowing the build-up of multi-molecule architectures. New among these are cyanostar-stabilized dimers of phosphate and phosphonate anions. While the anion dimerization at the heart of these assemblies is reliable, the covalent synthesis leading to this class of designer anions serves as a bottleneck in the pathway to supramolecular assemblies. Herein, we demonstrate the reliable synthesis of 14 diverse anionic monomers by Heck coupling between vinyl phosphonic acid and aryl bromide compounds. When this synthesis is combined with reliable anion dimerization, we show formation of supramolecular dimers and polymers by co-assembly with cyanostar macrocycles. The removal of the covalent bottleneck opened up a seamless synthetic route to iterate through three monomers affording the solubility needed to characterize the mechanism of supramolecular polymerization. We also test the idea that the small size of these vinyl phosphonates provide identical dimer stabilities across the library by showing how mixtures of anions undergo statistical (social) self-sorting. We exploit this property by preparing soluble copolymers from the mixing of different monomers. This multi-anion assembly shows the utility of a library for programming properties.
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- Yusheng Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington Indiana 47405 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines 1012 14th Street Golden Colorado 80401 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington Indiana 47405 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines 1012 14th Street Golden Colorado 80401 USA
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 15013 Denver West Parkway Golden Colorado 80401 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington Indiana 47405 USA
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de Jong J, Bos JE, Wezenberg SJ. Stimulus-Controlled Anion Binding and Transport by Synthetic Receptors. Chem Rev 2023; 123:8530-8574. [PMID: 37342028 PMCID: PMC10347431 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
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Anionic species are omnipresent and involved in many important biological processes. A large number of artificial anion receptors has therefore been developed. Some of these are capable of mediating transmembrane transport. However, where transport proteins can respond to stimuli in their surroundings, creation of synthetic receptors with stimuli-responsive functions poses a major challenge. Herein, we give a full overview of the stimulus-controlled anion receptors that have been developed thus far, including their application in membrane transport. In addition to their potential operation as membrane carriers, the use of anion recognition motifs in forming responsive membrane-spanning channels is discussed. With this review article, we intend to increase interest in transmembrane transport among scientists working on host-guest complexes and dynamic functional systems in order to stimulate further developments.
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333
CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Imato K, Sasaki A, Ishii A, Hino T, Kaneda N, Ohira K, Imae I, Ooyama Y. Sterically Hindered Stiff-Stilbene Photoswitch Offers Large Motions, 90% Two-Way Photoisomerization, and High Thermal Stability. J Org Chem 2022; 87:15762-15770. [PMID: 36378160 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Molecular photoswitches have been widely used as molecular machines in various fields due to the small structures and simple motions generated in reversible isomerization. However, common photoswitches, as represented by azobenzene (AB), cannot combine both large motions and high thermal stability, which are critically important for some practical applications in addition to high photoisomerization yields. Here, we focus on a promising photoswitch, stiff stilbene (SS), and its derivative, sterically hindered SS (HSS). The detailed investigation of their performance with a comparison to AB demonstrated that HSS is an outstanding photoswitch offering larger motions than AB and SS, ca. 90% photoisomerization in both E-to-Z and Z-to-E directions, and significantly high thermal stability with a half-life of ca. 1000 years at room temperature. The superior performance of HSS promises its use in various applications, even where previous photoswitches have troubles and are unavailable.
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- Keiichi Imato
- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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Wezenberg SJ. Photoswitchable molecular tweezers: isomerization to control substrate binding, and what about vice versa? Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:11045-11058. [PMID: 36106956 PMCID: PMC9531670 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc04329g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The linkage of two identical binding motifs by a molecular photoswitch has proven to be a straightforward and versatile strategy to control substrate binding affinity by light. Stimulus control of binding properties in artificial receptors is partly inspired by the dynamic behavior of proteins and is highly attractive as it could, for example, improve extraction processes and allow (de)activation of membrane transport on demand. This feature article summarizes the development and design principles of molecular tweezers containing a molecular photoswitch as the core unit. Besides the control of binding affinity by isomerization, the effect of substrate binding on the isomerization behavior is discussed where data is available. While the latter often receives less attention, it could be of benefit in the future creation of multi-stimuli-controlled molecular switching and machine-like systems.
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- Sander J Wezenberg
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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DiNardi RG, Douglas AO, Tian R, Price JR, Tajik M, Donald WA, Beves JE. Visible‐Light‐Responsive Self‐Assembled Complexes: Improved Photoswitching Properties by Metal Ion Coordination**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202205701. [PMID: 35972841 PMCID: PMC9541570 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202205701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A photoswitchable ligand based on azobenzene is self‐assembled with palladium(II) ions to form a [Pd2(E‐L)4]4+ cage. Irradiation with 470 nm light results in the near‐quantitative switching to a monomeric species [Pd(Z‐L)2]2+, which can be reversed by irradiation with 405 nm light, or heat. The photoswitching selectivity towards the metastable isomer is significantly improved upon self‐assembly, and the thermal half‐life is extended from 40 days to 850 days, a promising approach for tuning photoswitching properties.
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- Ray G. DiNardi
- School of Chemistry UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
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- Crystallography laboratory Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
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- School of Chemistry UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
- ANSTO The Australian Synchrotron 800 Blackburn Rd Clayton Vic 3168 Australia
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- School of Chemistry UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
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DiNardi RG, Douglas AO, Tian R, Price JR, Tajik M, Donald WA, Beves JE. Visible‐Light‐Responsive Self‐Assembled Complexes: Improved Photoswitching Properties by Metal Ion Coordination**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202205701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ray G. DiNardi
- School of Chemistry UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
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- Crystallography laboratory Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
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- School of Chemistry UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
- ANSTO The Australian Synchrotron 800 Blackburn Rd Clayton Vic 3168 Australia
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- School of Chemistry UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
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Kwan KSY, Lui YY, Kajitani T, Leung FKC. Aqueous Supramolecular Co-Assembly of Anionic and Cationic Photoresponsive Stiff-Stilbene Amphiphiles. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2200438. [PMID: 35904452 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Fabrication of macroscopic soft functional materials, such as macroscopic photoresponsive soft materials and artificial muscles, can be commonly prepared by charge screening of supramolecular assemblies with inorganic salt solutions using a shear-flow method. However, some of the charged end-groups of photoresponsive molecular amphiphiles cannot be stabilized with inorganic salt solutions to fabricate macroscopic soft materials. We design and synthesize stiff stilbene amphiphiles (SAs) functionalized with anionic phosphite and cationic quaternary ammonium end groups and determine their photochemical and supramolecular assembly properties. Supramolecular co-assembly of anionic and cationic nanotubes of SAs allows to transform into nanoribbons, confirmed by TEM, CAC, and Zeta potential measurements. Nanoribbons of anionic and cationic SAs can be prepared into macroscopic soft materials with inorganic salt solutions and surprisingly also with deionized water. The macroscopic soft material of anionic and cationic SAs can be stabilized at low concentration ∼5 mM. Meanwhile, the photoresponsiveness of the macroscopic soft materials is retained to provide macroscopic morphological change upon photoirradiation. These results exhibit the feasibility in fabrication of macroscopic functional soft materials from supramolecular assembly across multiple length-scale without help of inorganic salts and offer ample opportunity in developing future soft supramolecular robotic systems. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Khloe Shuk-Ying Kwan
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.,Centre for Eye and Vision Research, 17 W Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong, China
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- Open Facility Development Office, Open Facility Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.,The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518057, China.,Centre for Eye and Vision Research, 17 W Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong, China.,E-mail
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Barišić D, Lešić F, Tireli Vlašić M, Užarević K, Bregović N, Tomišić V. Anion binding by receptors containing NH donating groups – What do anions prefer? Tetrahedron 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2022.132875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Einkauf JD, Bryantsev VS, Moyer BA, Custelcean R. A Photoresponsive Receptor with a 10
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Magnitude of Reversible Anion‐Binding Switching. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200719. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Jeffrey D. Einkauf
- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831-6119 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831-6119 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831-6119 USA
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Kennedy ADW, DiNardi RG, Fillbrook LL, Donald WA, Beves JE. Visible-Light Switching of Metallosupramolecular Assemblies. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202104461. [PMID: 35102616 PMCID: PMC9302685 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A photoswitchable ligand and palladium(II) ions form a dynamic mixture of self-assembled metallosupramolecular structures. The photoswitching ligand is an ortho-fluoroazobenzene with appended pyridyl groups. Combining the E-isomer with palladium(II) salts affords a double-walled triangle with composition [Pd3 L6 ]6+ and a distorted tetrahedron [Pd4 L8 ]8+ (1 : 2 ratio at 298 K). Irradiation with 410 nm light generates a photostationary state with approximately 80 % of the E-isomer of the ligand and results in the selective disassembly of the tetrahedron, the more thermodynamically stable structure, and the formation of the triangle, the more kinetically inert product. The triangle is then slowly transformed back into the tetrahedron over 2 days at 333 K. The Z-isomer of the ligand does not form any well-defined structures and has a thermal half-life of 25 days at 298 K. This approach shows how a thermodynamically preferred self-assembled structure can be reversibly pumped to a kinetic trap by small perturbations of the isomer distribution using non-destructive visible light.
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- School of ChemistryThe University of New South WalesSydneyNSW 2052Australia
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- School of ChemistryThe University of New South WalesSydneyNSW 2052Australia
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- School of ChemistryThe University of New South WalesSydneyNSW 2052Australia
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- School of ChemistryThe University of New South WalesSydneyNSW 2052Australia
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Fillbrook LL, Nothling MD, Stenzel MH, Price WS, Beves JE. Rapid Online Analysis of Photopolymerization Kinetics and Molecular Weight Using Diffusion NMR. ACS Macro Lett 2022; 11:166-172. [PMID: 35574764 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Online, high-throughput molecular weight analysis of polymerizations is rare, with most studies relying on tedious sampling techniques and batchwise postanalysis. The ability to track both monomer conversion and molecular weight evolution in real time could underpin precision polymer development and facilitate study of rapid polymerization reactions. Here, we use a single time-resolved diffusion nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiment to simultaneously study the kinetics and molecular weight evolution during a photopolymerization, with in situ irradiation inside the NMR instrument. As a model system, we used a photoinduced electron transfer reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (PET-RAFT) polymerization. The data allow diffusion coefficients and intensities to be calculated every 14 s from which the polymer size and monomer conversion can be extracted. Key to this approach is (1) the use of shuffled gradient amplitudes in the diffusion NMR experiment to access reactions of any rate, (2) the addition of a relaxation agent to increase achievable time resolution and, (3) a sliding correction that accounts for viscosity changes during polymerization. Diffusion NMR offers a uniquely simple, translatable handle for online monitoring of polymerization reactions.
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- Nanoscale Group, School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
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Wezenberg SJ, Chen LJ, Bos JE, Feringa BL, Howe ENW, Wu X, Siegler MA, Gale PA. Photomodulation of Transmembrane Transport and Potential by Stiff-Stilbene Based Bis(thio)ureas. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:331-338. [PMID: 34932344 PMCID: PMC8759083 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Membrane transport proteins fulfill important regulatory functions in biology with a common trait being their ability to respond to stimuli in the environment. Various small-molecule receptors, capable of mediating transmembrane transport, have been successfully developed. However, to confer stimuli-responsiveness on them poses a fundamental challenge. Here we demonstrate photocontrol of transmembrane transport and electric potential using bis(thio)ureas derived from stiff-stilbene. UV-vis and 1H NMR spectroscopy are used to monitor E-Z photoisomerization of these bis(thio)ureas and 1H NMR titrations reveal stronger binding of chloride to the (Z)-form than to the (E)-form. Additional insight into the binding properties is provided by single crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis and DFT geometry optimization. Importantly, the (Z)-isomers are much more active in transmembrane transport than the respective (E)-isomers as shown through various assays. As a result, both membrane transport and depolarization can be modulated upon irradiation, opening up new prospects toward light-based therapeutics as well as physiological and optopharmacological tools for studying anion transport-associated diseases and to stimulate neuronal activity, respectively.
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- Sander J. Wezenberg
- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
- Stratingh
Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- School
of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Stratingh
Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- School
of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
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- Department
of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- School
of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
- The
University of Sydney Nano Institute (SydneyNano), The University of
Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
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Weinhold F. Anti-Electrostatic Pi-Hole Bonding: How Covalency Conquers Coulombics. Molecules 2022; 27:377. [PMID: 35056689 PMCID: PMC8780338 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27020377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Intermolecular bonding attraction at π-bonded centers is often described as "electrostatically driven" and given quasi-classical rationalization in terms of a "pi hole" depletion region in the electrostatic potential. However, we demonstrate here that such bonding attraction also occurs between closed-shell ions of like charge, thereby yielding locally stable complexes that sharply violate classical electrostatic expectations. Standard DFT and MP2 computational methods are employed to investigate complexation of simple pi-bonded diatomic anions (BO-, CN-) with simple atomic anions (H-, F-) or with one another. Such "anti-electrostatic" anion-anion attractions are shown to lead to robust metastable binding wells (ranging up to 20-30 kcal/mol at DFT level, or still deeper at dynamically correlated MP2 level) that are shielded by broad predissociation barriers (ranging up to 1.5 Å width) from long-range ionic dissociation. Like-charge attraction at pi-centers thereby provides additional evidence for the dominance of 3-center/4-electron (3c/4e) nD-π*AX interactions that are fully analogous to the nD-σ*AH interactions of H-bonding. Using standard keyword options of natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis, we demonstrate that both n-σ* (sigma hole) and n-π* (pi hole) interactions represent simple variants of the essential resonance-type donor-acceptor (Bürgi-Dunitz-type) attraction that apparently underlies all intermolecular association phenomena of chemical interest. We further demonstrate that "deletion" of such π*-based donor-acceptor interaction obliterates the characteristic Bürgi-Dunitz signatures of pi-hole interactions, thereby establishing the unique cause/effect relationship to short-range covalency ("charge transfer") rather than envisioned Coulombic properties of unperturbed monomers.
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- Frank Weinhold
- Theoretical Chemistry Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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A halogen-bonded complex containing a pair of anions can be made more stable than the isolated anions if the Lewis acid is a long carbon chain, fully substituted by CN groups, with an I atom on one end and a COO− group on the other, with Cl− as base.
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- Steve Scheiner
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-0300, USA
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Fan D, Chen L, Wang C, Yin S, Mo Y. Inter-anion chalcogen bonds: Are they anti-electrostatic in nature? J Chem Phys 2021; 155:234302. [PMID: 34937369 DOI: 10.1063/5.0076872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Inter-anion hydrogen and halogen bonds have emerged as counterintuitive linkers and inspired us to expand the range of this unconventional bonding pattern. Here, the inter-anion chalcogen bond (IAChB) was proposed and theoretically analyzed in a series of complexes formed by negatively charged bidentate chalcogen bond donors with chloride anions. The kinetic stability of IAChB was evidenced by the minima on binding energy profiles and further supported by ab initio molecular dynamic simulations. The block-localized wave function (BLW) method and its subsequent energy decomposition (BLW-ED) approach were employed to elucidate the physical origin of IAChB. While all other energy components vary monotonically as anions get together, the electrostatic interaction behaves exceptionally as it experiences a Coulombic repulsion barrier. Before reaching the barrier, the electrostatic repulsion increases with the shortening Ch⋯Cl- distance as expected from classical electrostatics. However, after passing the barrier, the electrostatic repulsion decreases with the Ch⋯Cl- distance shortening and subsequently turns into the most favorable trend among all energy terms at short ranges, representing a dominating force for the kinetic stability of inter-anions. For comparison, all energy components exhibit the same trends and vary monotonically in the conventional counterparts where donors are neutral. By comparing inter-anions and their conventional counterparts, we found that only the electrostatic energy term is affected by the extra negative charge. Remarkably, the distinctive (nonmonotonic) electrostatic energy profiles were reproduced using quantum mechanical-based atomic multipoles, suggesting that the crucial electrostatic interaction in IAChB can be rationalized within the classical electrostatic theory just like conventional non-covalent interactions.
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- Dan Fan
- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Department of Nanoscience, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27401, USA
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Fillbrook LL, Günther JP, Majer G, O'Leary DJ, Price WS, Van Ryswyk H, Fischer P, Beves JE. Following Molecular Mobility during Chemical Reactions: No Evidence for Active Propulsion. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:20884-20890. [PMID: 34856103 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The reported changes in self-diffusion of small molecules during reactions have been attributed to "boosted mobility". We demonstrate the critical role of changing concentrations of paramagnetic ions on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal intensities, which led to erroneous measurements of diffusion coefficients. We present simple methods to overcome this problem. The use of shuffled gradient amplitudes allows accurate diffusion NMR measurements, even with time-dependent relaxation rates caused by changing concentrations of paramagnetic ions. The addition of a paramagnetic relaxation agent allows accurate determination of both diffusion coefficients and reaction kinetics during a single experiment. We analyze a copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition "click" reaction, for which boosted mobility has been claimed. With our methods, we accurately measure the diffusive behavior of the solvent, starting materials, and product and find no global increase in diffusion coefficients during the reaction. We overcome NMR signal overlap using an alternative reducing agent to improve the accuracy of the diffusion measurements. The alkyne reactant diffuses slower as the reaction proceeds due to binding to the copper catalyst during the catalytic cycle. The formation of this intermediate was confirmed by complementary NMR techniques and density functional theory calculations. Our work calls into question recent claims that molecules actively propel or swim during reactions and establishes that time-resolved diffusion NMR measurements can provide valuable insight into reaction mechanisms.
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.,Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Pomona College, 645 North College Ave., Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- Nanoscale Group, School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College, 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.,Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Xiong S, He Q. Photoresponsive macrocycles for selective binding and release of sulfate. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:13514-13517. [PMID: 34842255 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc05506b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A series of new photoresponsive macrocyclic anion receptors were synthesized via integration of an azobenzene unit and multiple anion binding sites. They exhibited highly selective binding to dianionic sulfate over other tested anions and the reversible release of sulfate could be triggered by visible light as inferred from mass spectroscopy, crystallographical analysis, NMR spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations.
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- Shenglun Xiong
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineer Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, No. 2 Lushan Road (S), Yuelu District, Changsha 410082, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineer Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, No. 2 Lushan Road (S), Yuelu District, Changsha 410082, P. R. China.
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Chen L, Feng Q, Wang C, Yin S, Mo Y. Classical Electrostatics Remains the Driving Force for Interanion Hydrogen and Halogen Bonding. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:10428-10438. [PMID: 34818021 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c09250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Interanion hydrogen bonding (IAHB) and halogen bonding (IAXB) have emerged as a counterintuitive linker in a range of fascinating applications. Despite the overall repulsive (positive) binding energy, anions are trapped in a local minimum with its corresponding transition state (TS) preventing dissociation. In other words, the adduct of anions is metastable. Seemingly, the electrostatic paradigm and force field description of hydrogen/halogen bonding (HB/XB) are challenged, because of the preconceived Coulombic repulsion. Aiming at an insightful understanding of these interanion phenomena, we employed the energy decomposition approach based on the block-localized wavefunction method (BLW-ED) to investigate a series of exemplary interanion complexes. As expected, the key distinction from the conventional HB/XB lies in the electrostatic interaction, which is not increasingly repulsive as anions gradually approach to each other. Rather, there is a Coulombic barrier at a certain point. After this point, the electrostatic repulsion diminishes with the decreasing distance between anions. Differently, other energy components vary monotonically just like in conventional cases. The nonmonotonic characteristic of the electrostatic interaction in interanion complexes was reproduced using the multipole expansion in AMOEBA polarizable force field in which the state-specified atomic multipoles were adopted. This suggests that the nonmonotonicity can be well interpreted by classical electrostatic theory and there is no conceptual difference between conventional HB/XB and IAHB/IAXB. The stability of IAHB/IAXB depends on the competition between the local attractive HB/XB and the global Coulombic repulsion of net charges, though there is cooperativity between these two contrasting forces. This concise model was supported by the attractive IAHB/IAXB in modified molecular capsules, which exhibit strong quadruple HB/XBs and a considerable distance between charged substituents.
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- Li Chen
- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Department of Nanoscience, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina 27401, United States
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David J, Gómez S, Guerra D, Guerra D, Restrepo A. A Comprehensive Picture of the Structures, Energies, and Bonding in the Alanine Dimers. Chemphyschem 2021; 22:2401-2412. [PMID: 34554628 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
High level quantum mechanical computations and extensive stochastic searches of the potential energy surfaces of the Alanine dimers uncover rich and complex structural and interaction landscapes. A total of 416 strongly bound (up 13.4 kcal mol-1 binding energies at the DLPNO-CCSD(T)/6-311++G(d,p) level corrected by the basis set superposition error and by the zero point vibrational energies over B3LYP-D3 geometries), close energy equilibrium structures were located, bonded via 32 specific types of intermolecular contacts including Y⋅⋅⋅H-X primary and Y⋅⋅⋅H-C secondary hydrogen bonds, H⋅⋅⋅H dihydrogen contacts, and non conventional anti-electrostatic Y δ - ⋯ X δ - interactions. The putative global minimum is triply degenerate, corresponding to the structure of the common dimer of a carboxylic acid. All quantum descriptors of chemical bonding point to a multitude of weak individual interactions within each dimer, whose cumulative effect results in large binding energies and in an attractive fluxional wall of non-covalent interactions in the interstitial region between the monomers.
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- Jorge David
- Escuela de Ciencias, Departamento de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Eafit, AA 3300, Medellín, Colombia
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- Scuola Normale Superiore, Classe di Scienze, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia
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- Departamento de Educación y Ciencias Básicas, Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, Calle 73 No. 76 A-354, Medellín, Colombia
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia
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Li N, Chen J, Huang X, Guo H, Li X, Fan A, Shao H. Competition of ion-pair during the transition from hydrogen bonding to electrostatic interaction on self-assembled monolayer. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Villarón D, Duindam N, Wezenberg SJ. Push-Pull Stiff-Stilbene: Proton-Gated Visible-Light Photoswitching and Acid-Catalyzed Isomerization. Chemistry 2021; 27:17346-17350. [PMID: 34605565 PMCID: PMC9298359 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Donor‐acceptor substituted stiff‐stilbene is shown to undergo isomerization induced by visible light avoiding the need for harmful UV light. This visible‐light photoswitching is inhibited by protonation of the dimethylamino‐donor unit, disrupting the push‐pull character and thus, gating of the photochromic properties is allowed by acid/base addition. Remarkably, the addition of a mild acid also triggers fast thermal back‐isomerization, which is unprecedented for stiff‐stilbene photoswitches usually having a very high energy barrier for this process. These combined features offer unique orthogonal control over switching behavior by light and protonation, which is investigated in detail by 1H NMR and UV/Vis spectroscopy. In addition, TD‐DFT calculations are used to gain further insight into the absorption properties. Our results will help elevating the level of control over dynamic behavior in stiff‐stilbene applications.
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- David Villarón
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Barišić D, Cindro N, Vidović N, Bregović N, Tomišić V. Protonation and anion-binding properties of aromatic sulfonylurea derivatives. RSC Adv 2021; 11:23992-24000. [PMID: 35479025 PMCID: PMC9039416 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra04738h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
In this work the anion-binding properties of three aromatic sulfonylurea derivatives in acetonitrile and dimethyl sulfoxide were explored by means of NMR titrations. It was found that the studied receptors effectively bind anions of low basicity (Cl-, Br-, I-, NO3 - and HSO4 -). The stoichiometry of the complexes with receptors containing one binding site was 1 : 1 exclusively, whereas in the case of the receptor containing two sulfonylurea groups 1 : 2 (receptor : anion) complexes were also detected in some cases. The presence of strongly basic anions (acetate and dihydrogen phosphate) led to the deprotonation of the sulfonylurea moiety. This completely hindered its anion-binding properties in DMSO and only proton transfer occurred upon the addition of basic anions to the studied receptors. In MeCN, a complex system of equilibria including both ligand deprotonation and anion binding was established. Since ionisation of receptors was proven to be a decisive factor defining the behaviour of the sulfonylurea receptors, their pK a values were determined using several deprotonation agents in both solvents. The results were interpreted in the context of receptor structures and solvent properties and applied for the identification of the interactions with basic anions.
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- D Barišić
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb Horvatovac 102/A 10000 Zagreb Croatia .,Division of Physical Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute Bijenička cesta 54 10000 Zagreb Croatia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb Horvatovac 102/A 10000 Zagreb Croatia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb Horvatovac 102/A 10000 Zagreb Croatia .,Institute of Agriculture and Tourism K. Huguesa 8 52440 Poreč Croatia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb Horvatovac 102/A 10000 Zagreb Croatia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb Horvatovac 102/A 10000 Zagreb Croatia
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Bartelmann T, Gnannt F, Zitzmann M, Mayer P, Dube H. Sulfoxide hemithioindigo tweezers - visible light addressable capture and release. Chem Sci 2021; 12:3651-3659. [PMID: 34163639 PMCID: PMC8179485 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc04981f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Introducing responsive elements into supramolecular recognition systems offers great advantages for the control of intermolecular interactions and represents an important stepping stone towards multi-purpose and reprogrammable synthetic systems. Of particular interest is implementation of light-responsiveness because of the unique ease and precision of this signal. Here we present visible light responsive hemithioindigo-based molecular tweezers that bear a highly polar sulfoxide function as an additional recognition unit inside their binding site. Sulfur oxidation allows to simultaneously enhance all crucial properties of this receptor type i.e. photoswitching capability, thermal stability of individual switching states, binding affinity, and binding modulation upon switching. With a novel titration method the thermodynamic binding parameters were determined using reduced sample amounts. Employing these strongly enhanced molecular tweezers allowed to demonstrate photocontrol of intermolecular charge transfer in a reversible manner. Hemithioindigo based molecular tweezers with a comprehensively improved property profile are obtained by simple oxidation of the sulfur atom.![]()
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- Thomas Bartelmann
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department of Chemistry, Center for Integrated Protein Science CIPSM Butenandtstr. 5-13 81377 München Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department of Chemistry, Center for Integrated Protein Science CIPSM Butenandtstr. 5-13 81377 München Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department of Chemistry, Center for Integrated Protein Science CIPSM Butenandtstr. 5-13 81377 München Germany .,Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10 91058 Erlangen Germany
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