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Zhang S, Zhou R, Zhang N, An Y, Liu Z, Chen XM, Li Q. Mechanical Bond Induced Enhancement and Purification of Pyrene Emission in the Solid State. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400741. [PMID: 38745544 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400741] [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: 04/21/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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To address key concerns on solid-state pyrene-based luminescent materials, we propose a novel and efficient mechanical bond strategy. This strategy results in a transformation from ACQ to AIE effect and a remarkable enhancement of pyrene emission in the solid state. Moreover, an unusual purification of emission is also achieved. Through computational calculation and experimental characterisation, finally determined by X-ray diffraction analysis, we prove that the excellent emissions result from mechanical bond induced refinement of molecular arrangements, including reduced π-π stacking, well-ordered packing and enhanced structural stability. This work demonstrates the potential of mechanical bond in the field of organic luminescent molecules, providing a new avenue for developing high-performance organic luminescent materials.
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- Shu Zhang
- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- Instrumental Analytical Centre, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 201100, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
- Materials Science Graduate Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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Wu HL, Zhang MY, Zhou T, Zhang LP, Qi QY, Yang GY, Yang B, Li ZT. Six-Cyclic Crown Ether-Type Pillar[5]Arene: Enhanced Binding Ability to Bispyridinium Derivatives. Chem Asian J 2024:e202400554. [PMID: 38956446 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202400554] [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: 05/15/2024] [Revised: 06/27/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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A six-cyclic crown ether-type pillar[5]arene was synthesized, and the five ethylene oxide loops were located outside the cavity and not affected by temperature changes which was confirmed by variable-temperature NMR experiment in DMSO-d6 and CDCl3 and 2D 1H-1H NOESY experiment in CDCl3. The six-cyclic pillar[5]-crown also showed greater binding ability of host-guest with bis(pyridinium) derivatives than conventional alkoxy pillar[5]arenes that illustrated through 1H NMR titration spectroscopic experiment in acetone-d6/CDCl3 (1 : 1) and UV-vis titration experiments in CHCl3 at room temperature. The five benzocrown ethers at the periphery were able to bind metal cations by 1H NMR titration spectroscopic experiment in CD2Cl2/methanol-d4(9 : 1).
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- Huai-Li Wu
- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University Department, 100 Kexue Street, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University Department, 100 Kexue Street, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University Department, 100 Kexue Street, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University Department, 100 Kexue Street, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University Department, 100 Kexue Street, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University Department, 100 Kexue Street, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 2205 Songhu Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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Kurita T, Higashi M, Gimenez-Dejoz J, Fujita S, Uji H, Sato H, Numata K. Synthesis of All-Peptide-Based Rotaxane from a Proline-Containing Cyclic Peptide. Biomacromolecules 2024; 25:3661-3670. [PMID: 38807574 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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Rotaxane cross-linkers enhance the toughness of the resulting rotaxane cross-linked polymers through a stress dispersion effect, which is attributed to the mobility of the interlocked structure. To date, the compositional diversity of rotaxane cross-linkers has been limited, and the poor compatibility of these cross-linkers with peptides and proteins has made their use in such materials challenging. The synthesis of a rotaxane composed of peptides may result in a biodegradable cross-linker that is compatible with peptides and proteins, allowing the fortification of polypeptides and proteins and ultimately leading to the development of innovative materials that possess excellent mechanical properties and biodegradability. However, the chemical synthesis of all-peptide-based rotaxanes has remained elusive because of the absence of strong binding motifs in peptides, which prevents an axial peptide from penetrating a cyclic peptide. Here, we synthesized all-peptide-based rotaxanes using an active template method for proline-containing cyclic peptides. The results of molecular dynamics simulations suggested that cyclic peptides with an expansive inner cavity and carbonyl oxygens oriented toward the center are favorable for rotaxane synthesis. This rotaxane synthesis method is expected to accelerate the synthesis of peptides and proteins with mechanically interlocked structures, potentially leading to the development of peptide- and protein-based materials with unprecedented functionalities.
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- Taichi Kurita
- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Life Sciences Department, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Jordi Girona 31, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Takano-Nishibiraki-cho 34-4, Sakyou-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Nipponkoku 403-1, Daihouji, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0017, Japan
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Borsley S, Leigh DA, Roberts BMW. Molecular Ratchets and Kinetic Asymmetry: Giving Chemistry Direction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202400495. [PMID: 38568047 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202400495] [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: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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Over the last two decades ratchet mechanisms have transformed the understanding and design of stochastic molecular systems-biological, chemical and physical-in a move away from the mechanical macroscopic analogies that dominated thinking regarding molecular dynamics in the 1990s and early 2000s (e.g. pistons, springs, etc), to the more scale-relevant concepts that underpin out-of-equilibrium research in the molecular sciences today. Ratcheting has established molecular nanotechnology as a research frontier for energy transduction and metabolism, and has enabled the reverse engineering of biomolecular machinery, delivering insights into how molecules 'walk' and track-based synthesisers operate, how the acceleration of chemical reactions enables energy to be transduced by catalysts (both motor proteins and synthetic catalysts), and how dynamic systems can be driven away from equilibrium through catalysis. The recognition of molecular ratchet mechanisms in biology, and their invention in synthetic systems, is proving significant in areas as diverse as supramolecular chemistry, systems chemistry, dynamic covalent chemistry, DNA nanotechnology, polymer and materials science, molecular biology, heterogeneous catalysis, endergonic synthesis, the origin of life, and many other branches of chemical science. Put simply, ratchet mechanisms give chemistry direction. Kinetic asymmetry, the key feature of ratcheting, is the dynamic counterpart of structural asymmetry (i.e. chirality). Given the ubiquity of ratchet mechanisms in endergonic chemical processes in biology, and their significance for behaviour and function from systems to synthesis, it is surely just as fundamentally important. This Review charts the recognition, invention and development of molecular ratchets, focussing particularly on the role for which they were originally envisaged in chemistry, as design elements for molecular machinery. Different kinetically asymmetric systems are compared, and the consequences of their dynamic behaviour discussed. These archetypal examples demonstrate how chemical systems can be driven inexorably away from equilibrium, rather than relax towards it.
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- Stefan Borsley
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Capocasa G, Frateloreto F, Valentini M, Di Stefano S. Molecular entanglement can strongly increase basicity. Commun Chem 2024; 7:116. [PMID: 38806668 PMCID: PMC11133330 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-024-01205-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024] Open
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Brønsted basicity is a fundamental chemical property featured by several kinds of inorganic and organic compounds. In this Review, we treat a particularly high basicity resulting from the mechanical entanglement involving two or more molecular subunits in catenanes and rotaxanes. Such entanglement allows a number of basic sites to be in close proximity with each other, highly increasing the proton affinity in comparison with the corresponding, non-entangled counterparts up to obtain superbases, properly defined as mechanically interlocked superbases. In the following pages, the development of this kind of superbases will be described with a historical perusal, starting from the initial, serendipitous findings up to the most recent reports where the strong basic property of entangled molecular units is the object of a rational design.
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- Giorgio Capocasa
- Department of Chemistry Università di Roma La Sapienza and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione P.le A. Moro 5, I-00185, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Università di Roma La Sapienza and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione P.le A. Moro 5, I-00185, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Università di Roma La Sapienza and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione P.le A. Moro 5, I-00185, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Università di Roma La Sapienza and ISB-CNR Sede Secondaria di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione P.le A. Moro 5, I-00185, Roma, Italy.
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Yamaki Y, Seo H, Hatano A, Suzuki M, Niikura K. Structure-dependent detection of polyphenols using crown ether-immobilized gold nanoparticles. RSC Adv 2024; 14:16870-16875. [PMID: 38799214 PMCID: PMC11123615 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra02182g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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Gold nanoparticles functionalized with 18-crown 6-ether (18C6-AuNPs) can be used for detection of tannic acid, epigallocatechin gallate, and epicatechin gallate by color change in the μg mL-1 range. 18C6-AuNPs were insensitive to l-ascorbic acid and l-tyrosine unlike conventional detection methods, such as Folin & Ciocalteu assay, whose principle is based on the redox reaction of polyphenols. Although 18C6-AuNPs did not respond to some polyphenols, such as gallic acid and epicatechin, if the polyphenols of interest are responsive to this approach, these are expected to be effective nanomaterial for simple sensing of polyphenols.
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- Yuto Yamaki
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Fundamental Engineering, Nippon Institute of Technology Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Symbiotic System Major, Nippon Institute of Technology Minamisaitama-Gun Saitama 345-8501 Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama-City Saitama 337-8570 Japan
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- Research & Development Center for Advanced Materials and Technology, Nippon Institute of Technology Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Fundamental Engineering, Nippon Institute of Technology Japan
- Graduate School of Environmental Symbiotic System Major, Nippon Institute of Technology Minamisaitama-Gun Saitama 345-8501 Japan
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Barlow SR, Halcovitch NR, Evans NH. A pyridine- N-oxide catenane for cation recognition. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:3001-3008. [PMID: 38526411 DOI: 10.1039/d4ob00176a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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The rapid preparation of a pyridine-N-oxide containing [2]catenane is described. The [2]catenane was characterized by NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and X-ray single crystal structure determination. 1H NMR titration experiments reveal the [2]catenane may be reversibly protonated, as well as an ability to bind lithium cations more strongly than sodium cations.
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- Sean R Barlow
- Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, UK.
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Saady A, Malcolm GK, Fitzpatrick MP, Pairault N, Tizzard GJ, Mohammed S, Tavassoli A, Goldup SM. A Platform Approach to Cleavable Macrocycles for the Controlled Disassembly of Mechanically Caged Molecules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202400344. [PMID: 38276911 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202400344] [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: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Inspired by interlocked oligonucleotides, peptides and knotted proteins, synthetic systems where a macrocycle cages a bioactive species that is "switched on" by breaking the mechanical bond have been reported. However, to date, each example uses a bespoke chemical design. Here we present a platform approach to mechanically caged structures wherein a single macrocycle precursor is diversified at a late stage to include a range of trigger units that control ring opening in response to enzymatic, chemical, or photochemical stimuli. We also demonstrate that our approach is applicable to other classes of macrocycles suitable for rotaxane and catenane formation.
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- Abed Saady
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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Panahi F, Breit B. Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Macrocyclization towards Crown Ethers Using Hydroamination of Bis(allenes). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317981. [PMID: 38323896 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317981] [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: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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Enantiomerically enriched crown ethers (CE) exhibit strong asymmetric induction in phase transfer catalysis, supramolecular catalysis and molecular recognition processes. Traditional methods have often been used to access these valuable compounds, which limit their diversity and consequently their applicability. Herein, a practical catalytic method is described for the gram scale synthesis of a class of chiral CEs (aza-crown ethers; ACEs) using Rh-catalyzed hydroamination of bis(allenes) with diamines. Using this approach, a wide range of chiral vinyl functionalized CEs with ring sizes ranging from 12 to 36 have been successfully prepared in high yields of up to 92 %, dr of up to >20 : 1 and er of up to >99 : 1. These vinyl substituted CEs allow for further diversification giving facile access to various CE derivatives as well as to their three-dimensional analogues using ring-closing metathesis. Some of these chiral CEs themselves display high potential for use in asymmetric catalysis.
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- Farhad Panahi
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, 79104, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, 79104, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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McCarthy DR, Xu K, Schenkelberg ME, Balegamire NAN, Liang H, Bellino SA, Li J, Schneebeli ST. Kinetically controlled synthesis of rotaxane geometric isomers. Chem Sci 2024; 15:4860-4870. [PMID: 38550687 PMCID: PMC10967009 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc04412b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/30/2024] Open
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Geometric isomerism in mechanically interlocked systems-which arises when the axle of a mechanically interlocked molecule is oriented, and the macrocyclic component is facially dissymmetric-can provide enhanced functionality for directional transport and polymerization catalysis. We now introduce a kinetically controlled strategy to control geometric isomerism in [2]rotaxanes. Our synthesis provides the major geometric isomer with high selectivity, broadening synthetic access to such interlocked structures. Starting from a readily accessible [2]rotaxane with a symmetrical axle, one of the two stoppers is activated selectively for stopper exchange by the substituents on the ring component. High selectivities are achieved in these reactions, based on coupling the selective formation reactions leading to the major products with inversely selective depletion reactions for the minor products. Specifically, in our reaction system, the desired (major) product forms faster in the first step, while the undesired (minor) product subsequently reacts away faster in the second step. Quantitative 1H NMR data, fit to a detailed kinetic model, demonstrates that this effect (which is conceptually closely related to minor enantiomer recycling and related processes) can significantly improve the intrinsic selectivity of the reactions. Our results serve as proof of principle for how multiple selective reaction steps can work together to enhance the stereoselectivity of synthetic processes forming complex mechanically interlocked molecules.
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- Dillon R McCarthy
- Departments of Chemistry, Pathology, and Materials Science Program, University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
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- Departments of Industrial & Molecular Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, and Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Pathology, and Materials Science Program, University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
- Departments of Industrial & Molecular Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, and Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Pathology, and Materials Science Program, University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
- Departments of Industrial & Molecular Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, and Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Pathology, and Materials Science Program, University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Pathology, and Materials Science Program, University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Pathology, and Materials Science Program, University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
- Departments of Industrial & Molecular Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, and Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Pathology, and Materials Science Program, University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
- Departments of Industrial & Molecular Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, and Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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Anghel CC, Cucuiet TA, Hădade ND, Grosu I. Active-metal template clipping synthesis of novel [2]rotaxanes. Beilstein J Org Chem 2023; 19:1776-1784. [PMID: 38033450 PMCID: PMC10682515 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.19.130] [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: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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Mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) have been important synthetic targets in supramolecular chemistry due to their beautiful structures and intriguing properties. We present herein a new synthetic strategy to access [2]rotaxanes, namely active-metal template clipping. We discuss the design of the target [2]rotaxanes, synthesis and characterization of the axle, macrocycle precursors and macrocycles as well as preparation of the final [2]rotaxanes by active template copper(I)-catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition (CuAAC) as key step of the synthesis. HRMS and NMR experiments have been performed to confirm the formation of the interlocked structures.
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- Cătălin C Anghel
- Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Supramolecular Organic and Organometallic Chemistry Centre, 11 Arany Janos Str., RO-400028-Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry; Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis, Research Centre of Applied Organic Chemistry, 90-92 Panduri Street, RO-050663 Bucharest, Romania
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- Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Supramolecular Organic and Organometallic Chemistry Centre, 11 Arany Janos Str., RO-400028-Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Supramolecular Organic and Organometallic Chemistry Centre, 11 Arany Janos Str., RO-400028-Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Supramolecular Organic and Organometallic Chemistry Centre, 11 Arany Janos Str., RO-400028-Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Gibb BC. Using spatial and logical-mathematical intelligence for information wayfinding. Nat Chem 2023; 15:1481-1483. [PMID: 37872421 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01349-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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- Bruce C Gibb
- Department of Chemistry at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.
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Tse YC, Au-Yeung HY. Catenane and Rotaxane Synthesis from Cucurbit[6]uril-Mediated Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition. Chem Asian J 2023; 18:e202300290. [PMID: 37460745 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300290] [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: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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The chemistry of mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) such as catenane and rotaxane is full of new opportunities for the presence of a mechanical bond, and the efficient synthesis of these molecules is therefore of fundamental importance in realizing their unique properties and functions. While many different types of preorganizing interactions and covalent bond formation strategies have been exploited in MIMs synthesis, the use of cucurbit[6]uril (CB[6]) in simultaneously templating macrocycle interlocking and catalyzing the covalent formation of the interlocked components is particularly advantageous in accessing high-order catenanes and rotaxanes. In this review, catenane and rotaxane obtained from CB[6]-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition will be discussed, with special emphasis on the synthetic strategies employed for obtaining complex [n]rotaxanes and [n]catenanes, as well as their properties and functions.
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- Yuen Cheong Tse
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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Barlow SR, Akien GR, Evans NH. Hydrogen bond templated synthesis of catenanes and rotaxanes from a single isophthalic acid derivative. Org Biomol Chem 2023; 21:402-414. [PMID: 36525263 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob02019j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Hydrogen bond templated [2]catenanes and [2]rotaxanes have been synthesized using azide precursors derived from a single isophthalic acid derivative precursor. The interlocked molecules were prepared using either stoichiometric or near stoichiometric amounts of macrocycle and CuAAC "click" precursors, with yields of up to 70% for the mechanical bond formation step. Successful preparation of the interlocked structures was confirmed by NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry, with detail of co-conformational behaviour being elucidated by a range of 1H NMR spectroscopic experiments.
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- Sean R Barlow
- Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, UK.
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Choi J, Ajiro H. Preparation of stereocomplex and pseudo-polyrotaxane with various cyclodextrins as wheel components using triblock copolymer of poly(ethylene glycol) and polylactide. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:8885-8893. [PMID: 36377482 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01124g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The ABA-type triblock-copolymers (BCPs) of polylactide (PLA) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) were synthesized as axle components for rotaxane formation. It is known that α-cyclodextrin (CD) exists near the PEG moiety in pseudo-polyrotaxane (PPRX), and the PLA moiety can form a stereocomplex (SC), by mixing with L- and D-isomers. In this study, various CDs, including β-CD and γ-CD, were used as wheel components, and effects of CD structures on both PPRX and SC formations were studied. The solubility of CDs is influenced to form the PPRX, resulting in differing numbers of CDs in the axle. PPRX structures were investigated by 1H NMR, NOESY, and DOSY, and SC structures were investigated by FT-IR and XRD. Their thermal properties were also evaluated by DSC and TGA, to consider the physical properties of the simultaneous formation of PPRX and SC. This study gave insight into the complicated host-guest and polymer-polymer interactions.
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- JaeYeong Choi
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Division of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192, Japan.
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Li M, Chia XL, Tian C, Zhu Y. Mechanically planar chiral rotaxanes through catalytic desymmetrization. Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2022.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Binks L, Tian C, Fielden SDP, Vitorica-Yrezabal IJ, Leigh DA. Transamidation-Driven Molecular Pumps. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:15838-15844. [PMID: 35979923 PMCID: PMC9446885 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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We report a new class of synthetic molecular pumps that use a stepwise information ratchet mechanism to achieve the kinetic gating required to sequester their macrocyclic substrates from bulk solution. Threading occurs as a result of active template reactions between the pump terminus amine and an acyl electrophile, whereby the bond-forming reaction is accelerated through the cavity of a crown ether. Carboxylation of the resulting amide results in displacement of the ring to the collection region of the thread. Conversion of the carbamate to a phenolic ester provides an intermediate rotaxane suitable for further pumping cycles. In this way rings can be ratcheted onto a thread from one or both ends of appropriately designed molecular pumps. Each pumping cycle results in one additional ring being added to the thread per terminus acyl group. The absence of pseudorotaxane states ensures that no dethreading of intermediates occurs during the pump operation. This facilitates the loading of different macrocycles in any chosen sequence, illustrated by the pump-mediated synthesis of a [4]rotaxane containing three different macrocycles as a single sequence isomer. A [5]rotaxane synthesized using a dual-opening transamidation pump was structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, revealing a series of stabilizing CH···O interactions between the crown ethers and the polyethylene glycol catchment region of the thread.
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- Lorna Binks
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Wang J, Wang D, Cen M, Jing D, Bei J, Huang Y, Zhang J, Lu B, Wang Y, Yao Y. GOx-assisted synthesis of pillar[5]arene based supramolecular polymeric nanoparticles for targeted/synergistic chemo-chemodynamic cancer therapy. J Nanobiotechnology 2022; 20:33. [PMID: 35016673 PMCID: PMC8753913 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-021-01237-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Cancer is the most serious world's health problems on the global level and various strategies have been developed for cancer therapy. Pillar[5]arene-based supramolecular therapeutic nano-platform (SP/GOx NPs) was constructed successfully via orthogonal dynamic covalent bonds and intermolecular H-bonds with the assistance of glucose oxidase (GOx) and exhibited efficient targeted/synergistic chemo-chemodynamic cancer therapy. Methods The morphology of SP/GOx NPs was characterized by DLS, TEM, SEM and EDS mapping. The cancer therapy efficinecy was investigated both in vivo and in vitro. Results SP/GOx NPs can load drug molecules (Dox) and modify target molecule (FA-Py) on its surface conveniently. When the resultant FA-Py/SP/GOx/Dox NPs enters blood circulation, FA-Py will target it to cancer cells efficiently, where GOx can catalyst the overexpressed glucose to generate H2O2. Subsequently, the generated H2O2 in cancer cells catalyzed by ferrocene unit to form •OH, which can kill cancer cells. Furthermore, the loaded Dox molecules released under acid microenvironment, which can further achieve chemo-therapy. Conclusion All the experiments showed that the excellent antitumor performance of FA-Py/SP/GOx/Dox NPs, which provided an new method for pillar[5]arene-based supramolecular polymer for biomedical applications. Graphical Abstract ![]()
Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12951-021-01237-0.
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- Jin Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 22 6019, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 22 6019, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 22 6019, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 22 6019, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 22 6019, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 22 6019, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 22 6019, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 22 6019, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 22 6019, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 22 6019, People's Republic of China.
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Borodin O, Shchukin Y, Robertson CC, Richter S, von Delius M. Self-Assembly of Stimuli-Responsive [2]Rotaxanes by Amidinium Exchange. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:16448-16457. [PMID: 34559523 PMCID: PMC8517971 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Advances in supramolecular chemistry are often underpinned by the development of fundamental building blocks and methods enabling their interconversion. In this work, we report the use of an underexplored dynamic covalent reaction for the synthesis of stimuli-responsive [2]rotaxanes. The formamidinium moiety lies at the heart of these mechanically interlocked architectures, because it enables both dynamic covalent exchange and the binding of simple crown ethers. We demonstrated that the rotaxane self-assembly follows a unique reaction pathway and that the complex interplay between crown ether and thread can be controlled in a transient fashion by addition of base and fuel acid. Dynamic combinatorial libraries, when exposed to diverse nucleophiles, revealed a profound stabilizing effect of the mechanical bond as well as intriguing reactivity differences between seemingly similar [2]rotaxanes.
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- Oleg Borodin
- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield S3 7HF, U.K.
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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Goswami A, Saha S, Elramadi E, Ghosh A, Schmittel M. Off-Equilibrium Speed Control of a Multistage Molecular Rotor: 2-Fold Chemical Fueling by Acid or Silver(I). J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:14926-14935. [PMID: 34478277 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c08005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Driving conformational motion in defined off-equilibrium oscillations can be achieved using chemical fuels. When the ultrafast turnstile 1 (k298> 1012 Hz) was fueled with 2-cyano-2-phenylpropanoic acid (Fuel 1), the diprotonated rotor [H2(1)]2+ (k298 = 84.0 kHz) formed as a transient regaining the dynamics of the initial turnstile after consumption of the fuel (135 min). Upon addition of silver(I) (Fuel 2) to turnstile 1, the metastable rotor [Ag2(1)]2+ (k298 = 1.57 Hz) was initially furnished, but due to a consequentially triggered SN2 reaction, the Ag+ ions were consumed as insoluble AgBr along with regeneration of 1 (within 3 h). The off-equilibrium fast ⇆ slow rotor conversions fueled by acid and silver(I) were directly monitored by fluorescence and 1H NMR. In addition, metal ion exchange was fueled enabling off-equilibrium oscillations between rotors [Li2(1)]2+ ⇆ [Ag2(1)]2+. In the end, both sustainability and efficiency of the process were increased in unison by using the interfering proton waste in the formation of a [2]pseudorotaxane.
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- Abir Goswami
- Organische Chemie I, Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering, University of Siegen, Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
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- Organische Chemie I, Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering, University of Siegen, Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
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- Organische Chemie I, Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering, University of Siegen, Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
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- Organische Chemie I, Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering, University of Siegen, Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
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- Organische Chemie I, Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering, University of Siegen, Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
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Pyrrole/macrocycle/MOF supramolecular co-assembly for flexible solid state supercapacitors. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Choi J, Takata T, Ajiro H. Pseudo-Polyrotaxane Stereocomplex with α-Cyclodextrin and Block Copolymers Using Poly(ethylene glycol) and Polylactide. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- JaeYeong Choi
- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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All biological pumps are autonomous catalysts; they maintain the out-of-equilibrium conditions of the cell by harnessing the energy released from their catalytic decomposition of a chemical fuel1-3. A number of artificial molecular pumps have been reported to date4, but they are all either fuelled by light5-10 or require repetitive sequential additions of reagents or varying of an electric potential during each cycle to operate11-16. Here we describe an autonomous chemically fuelled information ratchet17-20 that in the presence of fuel continuously pumps crown ether macrocycles from bulk solution onto a molecular axle without the need for further intervention. The mechanism uses the position of a crown ether on an axle both to promote barrier attachment behind it upon threading and to suppress subsequent barrier removal until the ring has migrated to a catchment region. Tuning the dynamics of both processes20,21 enables the molecular machine22-25 to pump macrocycles continuously from their lowest energy state in bulk solution to a higher energy state on the axle. The ratchet action is experimentally demonstrated by the progressive pumping of up to three macrocycles onto the axle from bulk solution under conditions where barrier formation and removal occur continuously. The out-of-equilibrium [n]rotaxanes (characterized with n up to 4) are maintained for as long as unreacted fuel is present, after which the rings slowly de-thread. The use of catalysis to drive artificial molecular pumps opens up new opportunities, insights and research directions at the interface of catalysis and molecular machinery.
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Bazzoni M, Andreoni L, Silvi S, Credi A, Cera G, Secchi A, Arduini A. Selective access to constitutionally identical, orientationally isomeric calix[6]arene-based [3]rotaxanes by an active template approach. Chem Sci 2021; 12:6419-6428. [PMID: 34084442 PMCID: PMC8115267 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00279a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Tris(phenylureido)calix[6]arene is endowed with unique properties that make it a valuable macrocyclic component for the synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecules. Its three-dimensional and intrinsically nonsymmetric structure is kinetically selective toward two processes: (i) in apolar media, the threading of bipyridinium based axle-like components takes place exclusively from the upper rim; (ii) SN2 alkylation reactions of a pyridylpyridinium precursor engulfed in the cavity occur selectively at pyridylpyridinium nitrogen atom located at the macrocycle upper rim (active template synthesis). Here we exploit such properties to prepare two series of [3]rotaxanes, each consisting of three sequence isomers that arise from the threading of two identical but nonsymmetric wheels on a symmetric thread differing only for the reciprocal orientation of the macrocycles. The features of the calix[6]arene and the active template synthetic approach, together with a careful selection of the precursors, enabled us to selectively synthesise the [3]rotaxane sequence isomers of each series with fast kinetics and high yields. Expedient access to a series of spatially controlled oriented [3]rotaxane isomers via a metal-free active template approach.![]()
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- Margherita Bazzoni
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A I-43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna Via Selmi 2 I-40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna Via Selmi 2 I-40126 Bologna Italy
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- Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Via Gobetti 101 I-40129 Bologna Italy.,Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", Università di Bologna Viale del Risorgimento 4 I-40136 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A I-43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A I-43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A I-43124 Parma Italy
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Xia Y, Song Z, Tan Z, Xue T, Wei S, Zhu L, Yang Y, Fu H, Jiang Y, Lin Y, Lu Y, Ferguson AL, Cheng J. Accelerated polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides catalyzed by crown ether. Nat Commun 2021; 12:732. [PMID: 33531482 PMCID: PMC7854670 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20724-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The recent advances in accelerated polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs) enriched the toolbox to prepare well-defined polypeptide materials. Herein we report the use of crown ether (CE) to catalyze the polymerization of NCA initiated by conventional primary amine initiators in solvents with low polarity and low hydrogen-bonding ability. The cyclic structure of the CE played a crucial role in the catalysis, with 18-crown-6 enabling the fastest polymerization kinetics. The fast polymerization kinetics outpaced common side reactions, enabling the preparation of well-defined polypeptides using an α-helical macroinitiator. Experimental results as well as the simulation methods suggested that CE changed the binding geometry between NCA and propagating amino chain-end, which promoted the molecular interactions and lowered the activation energy for ring-opening reactions of NCAs. This work not only provides an efficient strategy to prepare well-defined polypeptides with functionalized C-termini, but also guides the design of catalysts for NCA polymerization.
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- Yingchun Xia
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
- Institute of Polymer Science, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, 410082, Changsha, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- NMR Laboratory, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA
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- Institute of Polymer Science, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, 410082, Changsha, China.
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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Mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) have gained attention in the field of catalysis due to their unique molecular properties. Central to MIMs, rotaxanes are highly promising and attractive supramolecular catalysts due to their unique three-dimensional structures and the flexibility of their subcomponents. This Minireview discusses the use of rotaxanes in organocatalysis and transition-metal catalysis.
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- Carel Kwamen
- Faculty of ChemistryOrganic Chemistry and Center for NanointegrationDuisburg- Essen (CENIDE)University of Duisburg-EssenUniversitätsstrasse 745141EssenGermany
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- Faculty of ChemistryOrganic Chemistry and Center for NanointegrationDuisburg- Essen (CENIDE)University of Duisburg-EssenUniversitätsstrasse 745141EssenGermany
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Chaudhry MT, Soto MA, Lelj F, MacLachlan MJ. Diverse binding of cationic guests by highly substituted [3 + 3] Schiff-base macrocycles. Org Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0qo01568g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Schiff-base macrocycles interact with ammonium-based guests to form threaded pseudorotaxanes or unthreaded external complexes, and tautomerize in the process.
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Canada V6T 1Z1
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- La.M.I. and LaSSCAM INSTM Sezione Basilicata
- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Università della Basilicata
- 85100 Potenza
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Canada V6T 1Z1
- Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute
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Gaedke M, Hupatz H, Schröder HV, Suhr S, Hoffmann KF, Valkonen A, Sarkar B, Riedel S, Rissanen K, Schalley CA. Dual-stimuli pseudorotaxane switches under kinetic control. Org Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qo00503k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Dual-stimuli pseudorotaxane switches: Threaded complexes dissociate upon deprotonation or oxidation. A mechanical bond changes the influence of a ‘speed bump’ on the outcome of a switching event.
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- Marius Gaedke
- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie der Freien Universität Berlin
- 14195 Berlin
- Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie der Freien Universität Berlin
- 14195 Berlin
- Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie der Freien Universität Berlin
- 14195 Berlin
- Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Koordinationschemie
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie
- Universität Stuttgart
- 70569 Stuttgart
- Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie der Freien Universität Berlin
- Berlin
- Germany
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- Department of Chemistry P.O. Box 35
- 40014 Jyväskylä
- Finland
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- Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Koordinationschemie
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie
- Universität Stuttgart
- 70569 Stuttgart
- Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie der Freien Universität Berlin
- Berlin
- Germany
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- Department of Chemistry P.O. Box 35
- 40014 Jyväskylä
- Finland
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Pairault N, Bessaguet A, Barat R, Frédéric L, Pieters G, Crassous J, Opalinski I, Papot S. Diastereoselective synthesis of [1]rotaxanes via an active metal template strategy. Chem Sci 2020; 12:2521-2526. [PMID: 34164020 PMCID: PMC8179266 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05369d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Despite the impressive number of interlocked molecules described in the literature over the past 30 years, only a few stereoselective syntheses of mechanically chiral rotaxanes have been reported so far. In this study, we present the first diastereoselective synthesis of mechanically planar chiral [1]rotaxanes, that has been achieved using the active template Cu-mediated alkyne–azide cycloaddition reaction. This synthetic method has been applied to the preparation of a [1]rotaxane bearing a labile stopper that can then be substituted without disruption of the mechanical bond. This approach paves the way for the synthesis of a wide variety of mechanically planar chiral [1]rotaxanes, hence allowing the study of the properties and potential applications of this class of interlocked molecular architectures. The first diastereoselective synthesis of mechanically planar chiral [1]rotaxanes has been achieved using the active template Cu-mediated alkyne–azide cycloaddition reaction.![]()
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- Noël Pairault
- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7285, Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), Groupe "Systèmes Moléculaires Programmés" Rue Michel-Brunet, TSA 51106 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9 France
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7285, Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), Groupe "Systèmes Moléculaires Programmés" Rue Michel-Brunet, TSA 51106 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9 France
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7285, Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), Groupe "Systèmes Moléculaires Programmés" Rue Michel-Brunet, TSA 51106 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9 France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS), SCBM F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS), SCBM F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- Université de Rennes, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6226 Campus de Beaulieu Rennes 35042 France
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7285, Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), Groupe "Systèmes Moléculaires Programmés" Rue Michel-Brunet, TSA 51106 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9 France
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7285, Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), Groupe "Systèmes Moléculaires Programmés" Rue Michel-Brunet, TSA 51106 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9 France
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Taghavi Shahraki B, Maghsoudi S, Fatahi Y, Rabiee N, Bahadorikhalili S, Dinarvand R, Bagherzadeh M, Verpoort F. The flowering of Mechanically Interlocked Molecules: Novel approaches to the synthesis of rotaxanes and catenanes. Coord Chem Rev 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Rajappan SC, McCarthy DR, Campbell JP, Ferrell JB, Sharafi M, Ambrozaite O, Li J, Schneebeli ST. Selective Monofunctionalization Enabled by Reaction-History-Dependent Communication in Catalytic Rotaxanes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:16668-16674. [PMID: 32525593 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Selective monofunctionalization of substrates with distant, yet equally reactive functional groups is difficult to achieve, as it requires the second functional group to selectively modulate its reactivity once the first functional group has reacted. We now show that mechanically interlocked catalytic rings can effectively regulate the reactivity of stoppering groups in rotaxanes over a distance of about 2 nm. Our mechanism of communication is enabled by a unique interlocked design, which effectively removes the catalytic rings from the substrates by fast dethreading as soon as the first reaction has taken place. Our method not only led to a rare example of selective monofunctionalization, but also to a "molecular if function". Overall, the study presents a way to get distant functional groups to communicate with each other in a reaction-history-dependent manner by creating linkers that can ultimately perform logical operations at the molecular level.
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- Sinu C Rajappan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
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Groppi J, Casimiro L, Canton M, Corra S, Jafari‐Nasab M, Tabacchi G, Cavallo L, Baroncini M, Silvi S, Fois E, Credi A. Precision Molecular Threading/Dethreading. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202003064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Jessica Groppi
- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto ISOF-CNR via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto ISOF-CNR via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician” Università di Bologna via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto ISOF-CNR via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale “Toso Montanari” Università di Bologna viale del Risorgimento 4 40136 Bologna Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto ISOF-CNR via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari Università di Bologna viale Fanin 44 40127 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician” Università di Bologna via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza ed Alta Tecnologia and INSTM Università dell'Insubria via Valleggio 11 22100 Como Italy
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- KAUST Catalysis Center King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal 23955-6900 Saudi Arabia
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto ISOF-CNR via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari Università di Bologna viale Fanin 44 40127 Bologna Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto ISOF-CNR via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician” Università di Bologna via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza ed Alta Tecnologia and INSTM Università dell'Insubria via Valleggio 11 22100 Como Italy
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated Nanostructures Istituto ISOF-CNR via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale “Toso Montanari” Università di Bologna viale del Risorgimento 4 40136 Bologna Italy
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Groppi J, Casimiro L, Canton M, Corra S, Jafari‐Nasab M, Tabacchi G, Cavallo L, Baroncini M, Silvi S, Fois E, Credi A. Precision Molecular Threading/Dethreading. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:14825-14834. [PMID: 32396687 PMCID: PMC7496742 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The general principles guiding the design of molecular machines based on interlocked structures are well known. Nonetheless, the identification of suitable molecular components for a precise tuning of the energetic parameters that determine the mechanical link is still challenging. Indeed, what are the reasons of the "all-or-nothing" effect, which turns a molecular "speed-bump" into a stopper in pseudorotaxane-based architectures? Here we investigate the threading and dethreading processes for a representative class of molecular components, based on symmetric dibenzylammonium axles and dibenzo[24]crown-8 ether, with a joint experimental-computational strategy. From the analysis of quantitative data and an atomistic insight, we derive simple rules correlating the kinetic behaviour with the substitution pattern, and provide rational guidelines for the design of modules to be integrated in molecular switches and motors with sophisticated dynamic features.
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- Jessica Groppi
- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresIstituto ISOF-CNRvia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresIstituto ISOF-CNRvia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresIstituto ISOF-CNRvia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale “Toso Montanari”Università di Bolognaviale del Risorgimento 440136BolognaItaly
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresIstituto ISOF-CNRvia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentariUniversità di Bolognaviale Fanin 4440127BolognaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Scienza ed Alta Tecnologia and INSTMUniversità dell'Insubriavia Valleggio 1122100ComoItaly
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- KAUST Catalysis CenterKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwal23955-6900Saudi Arabia
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresIstituto ISOF-CNRvia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentariUniversità di Bolognaviale Fanin 4440127BolognaItaly
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresIstituto ISOF-CNRvia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”Università di Bolognavia Selmi 240126BolognaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Scienza ed Alta Tecnologia and INSTMUniversità dell'Insubriavia Valleggio 1122100ComoItaly
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- CLAN-Center for Light Activated NanostructuresIstituto ISOF-CNRvia Gobetti 10140129BolognaItaly
- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale “Toso Montanari”Università di Bolognaviale del Risorgimento 440136BolognaItaly
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Rajappan SC, McCarthy DR, Campbell JP, Ferrell JB, Sharafi M, Ambrozaite O, Li J, Schneebeli ST. Selective Monofunctionalization Enabled by Reaction‐History‐Dependent Communication in Catalytic Rotaxanes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202006305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Sinu C. Rajappan
- Department of Chemistry University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 USA
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Tian C, Fielden SDP, Pérez-Saavedra B, Vitorica-Yrezabal IJ, Leigh DA. Single-Step Enantioselective Synthesis of Mechanically Planar Chiral [2]Rotaxanes Using a Chiral Leaving Group Strategy. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:9803-9808. [PMID: 32356978 PMCID: PMC7266371 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c03447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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We report a one-step
enantioselective synthesis of mechanically
planar chiral [2]rotaxanes. Previous studies of such molecules have
generally involved the separation of enantiomers from racemic mixtures
or the preparation and separation of diastereomeric intermediates
followed by post-assembly modification to remove other sources of
chirality. Here, we demonstrate a simple asymmetric metal-free active
template rotaxane synthesis using a primary amine, an activated ester
with a chiral leaving group, and an achiral crown ether lacking rotational
symmetry. Mechanically planar chiral rotaxanes are obtained directly
in up to 50% enantiomeric excess. The rotaxanes were characterized
by NMR spectroscopy, high-resolution mass spectrometry, chiral HPLC,
single crystal X-ray diffraction, and circular dichroism. Either rotaxane
enantiomer could be prepared selectively by incorporating pseudoenantiomeric
cinchona alkaloids into the chiral leaving group.
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- Chong Tian
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.,School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 200062 Shanghai, China
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Heard A, Goldup SM. Simplicity in the Design, Operation, and Applications of Mechanically Interlocked Molecular Machines. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2020; 6:117-128. [PMID: 32123730 PMCID: PMC7047278 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b01185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Mechanically interlocked molecules are perhaps best known as components of molecular machines, a view further reinforced by the Nobel Prize in 2016 to Stoddart and Sauvage. Despite amazing progress since these pioneers of the field reported the first examples of molecular shuttles, genuine applications of interlocked molecular machines remain elusive, and many barriers remain to be overcome before such molecular devices make the transition from impressive prototypes on the laboratory bench to useful products. Here, we discuss simplicity as a design principle that could be applied in the development of the next generation of molecular machines with a view to moving toward real-world applications of these intriguing systems in the longer term.
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Zhang M, Shvetsova O, De Bo G. Expedient Synthesis of Heterobifunctional Triarylmethane Stoppers for Macromolecular Rotaxanes. J Org Chem 2020; 85:2770-2774. [PMID: 31971804 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b03063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Increasingly complex rotaxane-based molecular devices are interfaced with polymers and surfaces, but suitable bifunctional stoppering groups are lacking. Here, we report a two-step, high-yielding synthesis toward a new class of heterobifunctional triarylmethane stoppers. They possess hydroxyl and ester groups for further functionalization as well as halogen substituents conferring a diagnostic spectroscopic signature. Their utility was demonstrated with the synthesis of a chain-centered macromolecular rotaxane. This new stopper architecture should prove useful to connect rotaxanes with polymers and surfaces for applications in polymer mechanochemistry, single-molecule force spectroscopy, smart materials, and molecular machines.
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- Min Zhang
- Department of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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Tian C, Fielden SDP, Whitehead GFS, Vitorica-Yrezabal IJ, Leigh DA. Weak functional group interactions revealed through metal-free active template rotaxane synthesis. Nat Commun 2020; 11:744. [PMID: 32029725 PMCID: PMC7005292 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14576-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Modest functional group interactions can play important roles in molecular recognition, catalysis and self-assembly. However, weakly associated binding motifs are often difficult to characterize. Here, we report on the metal-free active template synthesis of [2]rotaxanes in one step, up to 95% yield and >100:1 rotaxane:axle selectivity, from primary amines, crown ethers and a range of C=O, C=S, S(=O)2 and P=O electrophiles. In addition to being a simple and effective route to a broad range of rotaxanes, the strategy enables 1:1 interactions of crown ethers with various functional groups to be characterized in solution and the solid state, several of which are too weak - or are disfavored compared to other binding modes - to be observed in typical host-guest complexes. The approach may be broadly applicable to the kinetic stabilization and characterization of other weak functional group interactions.
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- Chong Tian
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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Kandrnálová M, Kokan Z, Havel V, Nečas M, Šindelář V. Hypervalent Iodine Based Reversible Covalent Bond in Rotaxane Synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201908953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Markéta Kandrnálová
- Department of Chemistry and RECETOXFaculty of ScienceMasaryk University Kamenice 5 625 00 Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and RECETOXFaculty of ScienceMasaryk University Kamenice 5 625 00 Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and RECETOXFaculty of ScienceMasaryk University Kamenice 5 625 00 Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and RECETOXFaculty of ScienceMasaryk University Kamenice 5 625 00 Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and RECETOXFaculty of ScienceMasaryk University Kamenice 5 625 00 Brno Czech Republic
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Kandrnálová M, Kokan Z, Havel V, Nečas M, Šindelář V. Hypervalent Iodine Based Reversible Covalent Bond in Rotaxane Synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:18182-18185. [PMID: 31587433 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Reversible covalent bonds play a significant role in achieving the high-yielding synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecules. Still, only a handful of such bonds have been successfully employed in synthetic procedures. Herein, we introduce a novel approach for the fast and simple preparation of interlocked molecules, combining the dynamic bond character of bis(acyloxy)iodate(I) anions with macrocyclic bambusuril anion receptors. The proof of principle was demonstrated on rotaxane synthesis, with near-quantitative yields observed in both the classical and "in situ" approach. The rotaxane formation was confirmed in the solid-state and solution by the X-ray and NMR studies. Our novel approach could be utilized in the fields of dynamic combinatorial chemistry, supramolecular polymers, or molecular machines, as well inspire further research on molecules that exhibit dynamic behavior, but owing to their high reactivity, have not been considered as constituents of more elaborate supramolecular structures.
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- Markéta Kandrnálová
- Department of Chemistry and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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Zhou W, Chen Y, Dai X, Zhang HY, Liu Y. Cucurbit[8]uril-Mediated Polypseudorotaxane for Enhanced Lanthanide Luminescence Behavior in Water. Org Lett 2019; 21:9363-9367. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Weilei Zhou
- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
- Nano Innovation Institute (NII), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities, Tongliao 028000, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
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Phan NM, Choy EPKL, Zakharov LN, Johnson DW. Self-sorting in dynamic disulfide assembly: new biphenyl-bridged "nanohoops" and unsymmetrical cyclophanes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:11840-11843. [PMID: 31517340 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06503b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We expand on our approach combining dynamic covalent self-assembly and sulfur extrusion to synthesize new biphenyl-linked disulfide and thioether macrocycles, which are variants of the venerable phenyl-bridged paracyclophanes. We then advance this strategy further to use two different thiols in tandem to provide new, elusive unsymmetrical disulfides which can also be trapped as unsymmetrical thioether "nanohoops". This approach enables substantial amplification of two unsymmetrical trimers out of a library of at least 21 possible macrocycles of various sizes.
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- Ngoc-Minh Phan
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97403-1253, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97403-1253, USA.
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- CAMCOR - Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1443, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97403-1253, USA.
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Echavarren J, Gall MAY, Haertsch A, Leigh DA, Marcos V, Tetlow DJ. Active template rotaxane synthesis through the Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling of alkylzinc reagents with redox-active esters. Chem Sci 2019; 10:7269-7273. [PMID: 31588296 PMCID: PMC6686731 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc02457c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The synthesis of unsymmetrical axle [2]rotaxanes through a recently developed Ni-catalyzed C(sp3)-C(sp3) cross-coupling of redox-active esters (formed directly from carboxylic acids) and organozinc reagents (derived from alkyl bromides) is reported. The method also furnishes, as a minor product, the symmetrical axle [2]rotaxanes resulting from the homo-coupling of the organozinc half-thread. The rotaxanes are formed in up to 56% yield with the ratio of unsymmetrical rotaxane increasing with the cavity size of the macrocycle. In the absence of the redox-active ester neither rotaxane is formed, even though the homo-coupling rotaxane product does not incorporate the redox-active ester building block. A Ni(iii) intermediate is consistent with these observations, providing support for the previously postulated mechanism of the Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction.
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- Javier Echavarren
- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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Da X, Zhang W. Active Template Synthesis of Protein Heterocatenanes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:11097-11104. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201904943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Xiao‐Di Da
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesKey Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of EducationCenter for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesKey Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of EducationCenter for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 P. R. China
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- Xiao‐Di Da
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesKey Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of EducationCenter for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesKey Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of EducationCenter for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringCollege of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking University Beijing 100871 P. R. China
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Sarkar P, Sarkar S, Ghosh P. A heteroditopic macrocycle as organocatalytic nanoreactor for pyrroloacridinone synthesis in water. Beilstein J Org Chem 2019; 15:1505-1514. [PMID: 31354868 PMCID: PMC6632221 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.15.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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A heteroditopic macrocycle is reported as an efficient organocatalytic nanoreactor for the synthesis of diversely functionalized pyrroloacridinones in aqueous medium. A library of compounds was synthesized in a one-step pathway utilizing 10 mol % of the nanoreactor following a sustainable methodology in water with high yields.
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- Piyali Sarkar
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C Mullick Road, Kolkata-700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C Mullick Road, Kolkata-700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C Mullick Road, Kolkata-700032, India
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Martinez-Cuezva A, Marin-Luna M, Alonso DA, Ros-Ñiguez D, Alajarin M, Berna J. Interlocking the Catalyst: Thread versus Rotaxane-Mediated Enantiodivergent Michael Addition of Ketones to β-Nitrostyrene. Org Lett 2019; 21:5192-5196. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Alberto Martinez-Cuezva
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, E-36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Departamento Química Orgánica e Instituto de Síntesis Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alicante, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
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- Departamento Química Orgánica e Instituto de Síntesis Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alicante, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
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David AHG, García-Cerezo P, Campaña AG, Santoyo-González F, Blanco V. [2]Rotaxane End-Capping Synthesis by Click Michael-Type Addition to the Vinyl Sulfonyl Group. Chemistry 2019; 25:6170-6179. [PMID: 30762912 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201900156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
We report the application of the click Michael-type addition reaction to vinyl sulfone or vinyl sulfonate groups in the synthesis of rotaxanes through the threading-and-capping method. This methodology has proven to be efficient and versatile as it allowed the preparation of rotaxanes using template approaches based on different noncovalent interactions (i.e., donor-acceptor π-π interactions or hydrogen bonding) in yields of generally 60-80 % and up to 91 % aided by the mild conditions required (room temperature or 0 °C and a mild base such as Et3 N or 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridine (DMAP)). Furthermore, the use of vinyl sulfonate moieties, which are suitable motifs for coupling-and-decoupling (CAD) chemistry, implies another advantage because it allows the controlled chemical disassembly of the rotaxanes into their components through nucleophilic substitution of the sulfonates resulting from the capping step with a thiol under mild conditions (Cs2 CO3 and room temperature).
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- Arthur H G David
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias, Avda. Fuente Nueva, S/N, 18071, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias, Avda. Fuente Nueva, S/N, 18071, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias, Avda. Fuente Nueva, S/N, 18071, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias, Avda. Fuente Nueva, S/N, 18071, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias, Avda. Fuente Nueva, S/N, 18071, Granada, Spain
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Evans NH. Recent Advances in the Synthesis and Application of Hydrogen Bond Templated Rotaxanes and Catenanes. European J Org Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201900081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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