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Tomczyk I, Kalek M. Electrochemical Dearomatizing Methoxylation of Phenols and Naphthols: Synthetic and Computational Studies. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303916. [PMID: 38315289 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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The electrochemical oxidative dearomatizing methoxylation of phenols and naphthols was developed. It provides an alternative route for the preparation of methoxycyclohexadienones, important and versatile synthetic intermediates, that eliminates the need for stoichiometric high-energy chemical oxidants and generates hydrogen as a sole by-product. The reaction proceeds in a simple constant current mode, in an undivided cell, and it employs standardized instrumentation. A collection of methoxycyclohexadienones derived from various 2,4,6-tri-substituted phenols and 1-substituted-2-naphthols was obtained in moderate to excellent yields. These include a complex derivative of estrone, as well as methoxylated dearomatized 1,1'-bi-2-naphthols (BINOLs). The mechanism of the reaction was subject to profound investigations using density functional theory calculations. In particular, the reactivity of two key intermediates, phenoxyl radical and phenoxenium ion, was carefully examined. The obtained results shed light on the pathway leading to the desired product and rationalize experimentally observed selectivities regarding a side benzylic methoxylation and the preference for the functionalization at the para over the ortho position. They also uncover the structure-selectivity relationship, inversely correlating the steric bulk of the substrate with its propensity to undergo the side-reaction. Moreover, the loss of stereochemical information from enantiopure BINOL substrates during the reaction is rationalized by the computations.
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- Ireneusz Tomczyk
- Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2C, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland
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- Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2C, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland
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Shaashua O, Pollok D, Dyadyuk A, Shames AI, Waldvogel SR, Pappo D. Dynamic Thermodynamic Resolution of Racemic 1,1'-Binaphthyl-2,2'-diol (BINOL). Org Lett 2024; 26:2129-2134. [PMID: 38446080 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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A dynamic thermodynamic resolution method for converting (R/S)-BINOL (1,1'-binaphthyl-2,2'-diol) into (R)-BINOL in 100% theoretical yield is reported. This technique involves mixing (R/S)-BINOL with N-benzyl cinchonidinium bromide (1 equiv) and a [Cu2(tmeda)2(μ-OH)2]Br2 (2.5 mol %) redox catalyst in acetonitrile. In the background of this process is the observation that the energy for atropoisomerization decreases significantly when an electron is removed from BINOL. Therefore, it is possible to convert both enantiomers into the thermodynamically favorable [N-benzyl cinchonidinium bromide·(R)-BINOL] adduct.
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- Omer Shaashua
- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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Zhang J, Wang K, Zhu C. Deracemization of Atropisomeric Biaryls Enabled by Copper Catalysis. JACS AU 2024; 4:502-511. [PMID: 38425940 PMCID: PMC10900502 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Atropisomeric biaryls have found crucial applications in versatile chiral catalysts as well as in ligands for transition metals. Herein, we have developed an efficient crystallization-induced deracemization (CID) method to access chiral biaryls from their racemates with a chiral ammonium salt under copper catalysis including BINOL, NOBIN, and BINAM derivatives. After being significantly accelerated by its bidentate diamine ligand, the copper catalyst exhibits high efficiency and selectivity in racemizing biaryl skeletons, and the cocrystal complex would be enantioselectively formed together with chiral ammonium salt, which on acid-quenching would directly deliver chiral biaryl without further chromatographic purification. This CID process is easily scalable, and the chiral ammonium salt was nicely recoverable. Ligand effect studies showed that bulky alkyl substitution was an indispensable element to ensure efficient racemization, which probably proceeds via a radical-cation intermediate and further allows axial rotation by forming a delocalized radical.
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200438, China
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Roos CB, Chiang CH, Murray LAM, Yang D, Schulert L, Narayan ARH. Stereodynamic Strategies to Induce and Enrich Chirality of Atropisomers at a Late Stage. Chem Rev 2023; 123:10641-10727. [PMID: 37639323 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Enantiomers, where chirality arises from restricted rotation around a single bond, are atropisomers. Due to the unique nature of the origins of their chirality, synthetic strategies to access these compounds in an enantioselective manner differ from those used to prepare enantioenriched compounds containing point chirality arising from an unsymmetrically substituted carbon center. In particular stereodynamic transformations, such as dynamic kinetic resolutions, thermodynamic dynamic resolutions, and deracemizations, which rely on the ability to racemize or interconvert enantiomers, are a promising set of transformations to prepare optically pure compounds in the late stage of a synthetic sequence. Translation of these synthetic approaches from compounds with point chirality to atropisomers requires an expanded toolbox for epimerization/racemization and provides an opportunity to develop a new conceptual framework for the enantioselective synthesis of these compounds.
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Mondal A, Toyoda R, Costil R, Feringa BL. Chemically Driven Rotatory Molecular Machines. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202206631. [PMID: 35852813 PMCID: PMC9826306 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202206631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Molecular machines are at the frontier of biology and chemistry. The ability to control molecular motion and emulating the movement of biological systems are major steps towards the development of responsive and adaptive materials. Amazing progress has been seen for the design of molecular machines including light-induced unidirectional rotation of overcrowded alkenes. However, the feasibility of inducing unidirectional rotation about a single bond as a result of chemical conversion has been a challenging task. In this Review, an overview of approaches towards the design, synthesis, and dynamic properties of different classes of atropisomers which can undergo controlled switching or rotation under the influence of a chemical stimulus is presented. They are categorized as molecular switches, rotors, motors, and autonomous motors according to their type of response. Furthermore, we provide a future perspective and challenges focusing on building sophisticated molecular machines.
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- Anirban Mondal
- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry University of GroningenNijenborgh 49747 AGGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry University of GroningenNijenborgh 49747 AGGroningenThe Netherlands,Department of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceTohoku University6-3 Aramaki-Aza-AobaAobaku, Sendai980-8578Japan
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry University of GroningenNijenborgh 49747 AGGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry University of GroningenNijenborgh 49747 AGGroningenThe Netherlands
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Kasemthaveechok S, Abella L, Crassous J, Autschbach J, Favereau L. Organic radicals with inversion of SOMO and HOMO energies and potential applications in optoelectronics. Chem Sci 2022; 13:9833-9847. [PMID: 36128246 PMCID: PMC9430691 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02480b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Organic radicals possessing an electronic configuration in which the energy of the singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) is below the highest doubly occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level have recently attracted significant interest, both theoretically and experimentally. The peculiar orbital energetics of these SOMO-HOMO inversion (SHI) organic radicals set their electronic properties apart from the more common situation where the SOMO is the highest occupied orbital of the system. This review gives a general perspective on SHI, with key fundamental aspects regarding the electronic and structural factors that govern this particular electronic configuration in organic radicals. Selected examples of reported compounds with SHI are highlighted to establish molecular guidelines for designing this type of radical, and to showcase the potential of SHI radicals in organic spintronics as well as for the development of more stable luminescent radicals for OLED applications.
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York Buffalo New York 14260 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York Buffalo New York 14260 USA
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Mondal A, Toyoda R, Costil R, Feringa BL. Chemically Driven Rotatory Molecular Machines. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202206631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Anirban Mondal
- University of Groningen: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Stratingh Institute for Chemistry NETHERLANDS
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- University of Groningen: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Stratingh Institute for Chmistry NETHERLANDS
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- University of Groningen: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Stratingh Institute for Chemistry NETHERLANDS
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- University of Groningen Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen NETHERLANDS
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Kasemthaveechok S, Abella L, Jean M, Cordier M, Vanthuyne N, Guizouarn T, Cador O, Autschbach J, Crassous J, Favereau L. Carbazole Isomerism in Helical Radical Cations: Spin Delocalization and SOMO-HOMO Level Inversion in the Diradical State. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:7253-7263. [PMID: 35413200 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c00331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report a new molecular design to afford persistent chiral organic open-shell systems with configurational stability and an inversion in energy of the singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) and the highest doubly occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) for both mono- and diradical states. The unpaired electron delocalization within the designed extended helical π-conjugated systems is a crucial factor to reach chemical stabilities, which is not obtained using the classical steric protection approach. The unique features of the obtained helical monoradicals allow an exploration of the chiral intramolecular electron transfer (IET) process in solvents of different polarity by means of optical and chiroptical spectroscopies, resulting in an unprecedented electronic circular dichroism (ECD) sign inversion for the radical transitions. We also characterized the corresponding helical diradicals, which show near-infrared electronic circular dichroism at wavelengths up to 1100 nm and an antiferromagnetic coupling between the spins, with an estimated singlet-triplet gap (ΔEST) of about -1.2 kcal mol-1. The study also revealed an intriguing double SOMO-HOMO inversion (SHI) electronic configuration for these diradicals, providing new insight regarding the peculiar energetic ordering of radical orbitals and the impact on the corresponding (chiral) optoelectronic properties.
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS Centrale Marseille, iSm2, 13284 Marseille, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR - UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS Centrale Marseille, iSm2, 13284 Marseille, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR - UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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Kroeger AA, Karton A. Perylene Bisimide Cyclophanes as Biaryl Enantiomerization Catalysts─Explorations into π–π Catalysis and Host–Guest Chirality Transfer. J Org Chem 2022; 87:5485-5496. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Asja A. Kroeger
- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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Sweet JS, Rajkumar S, Dingwall P, Knipe PC. Atroposelective Synthesis, Structure and Properties of a Novel Class of Axially Chiral
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‐Aryl Quinolinium Salt. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Jamie S. Sweet
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Queen's University Belfast David Keir Building Belfast BT9 5AG UK
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Queen's University Belfast David Keir Building Belfast BT9 5AG UK
- Present address: Almac Group Ltd. 20 Seagoe Industrial Estate Craigavon BT63 5QD UK
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Queen's University Belfast David Keir Building Belfast BT9 5AG UK
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Queen's University Belfast David Keir Building Belfast BT9 5AG UK
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Kasemthaveechok S, Abella L, Jean M, Cordier M, Roisnel T, Vanthuyne N, Guizouarn T, Cador O, Autschbach J, Crassous J, Favereau L. Axially and Helically Chiral Cationic Radical Bicarbazoles: SOMO-HOMO Level Inversion and Chirality Impact on the Stability of Mono- and Diradical Cations. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:20409-20418. [PMID: 33201694 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c08948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We report persistent chiral organic mono- and diradical cations based on bicarbazole molecular design with an unprecedented stability dependence on the type of chirality, namely, axial versus helical. An unusual chemical stability was observed for sterically unprotected axial bicarbazole radical in comparison with monocarbazole and helical bicarbazole ones. Such results were experimentally and theoretically investigated, revealing an inversion in energy of the singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) and the highest (doubly) occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) in both axial and helical bicarbazole monoradicals along with a subtle difference of electronic coupling between the two carbazole units, which is modulated by their relative dihedral angle and related to the type of chirality. Such findings allowed us to explore in depth the SOMO-HOMO inversion (SHI) in chiral radical molecular systems and provide new insights regarding its impact on the stability of organic radicals. Finally, these specific electronic properties allowed us to prepare a persistent, intrinsically chiral, diradical which notably displayed near-infrared electronic circular dichroism responses up to 1100 nm and almost degenerate singlet-triplet ground states with weak antiferromagnetic interactions evaluated by magnetometry experiments.
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS Centrale Marseille, iSm2, Marseille 13284, France
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- Université Rennes, CNRS, ISCR-UMR 6226, Rennes F-35000, France
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- Université Rennes, CNRS, ISCR-UMR 6226, Rennes F-35000, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS Centrale Marseille, iSm2, Marseille 13284, France
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- Université Rennes, CNRS, ISCR-UMR 6226, Rennes F-35000, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Université Rennes, CNRS, ISCR-UMR 6226, Rennes F-35000, France
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Zhang X, Paton RS. Stereoretention in styrene heterodimerisation promoted by one-electron oxidants. Chem Sci 2020; 11:9309-9324. [PMID: 34123173 PMCID: PMC8163378 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc03059g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Radical cations generated from the oxidation of C
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C π-bonds are synthetically useful reactive intermediates for C–C and C–X bond formation. Radical cation formation, induced by sub-stoichiometric amounts of external oxidant, are important intermediates in the Woodward–Hoffmann thermally disallowed [2 + 2] cycloaddition of electron-rich alkenes. Using density functional theory (DFT), we report the detailed mechanisms underlying the intermolecular heterodimerisation of anethole and β-methylstyrene to give unsymmetrical, tetra-substituted cyclobutanes. Reactions between trans-alkenes favour the all-trans adduct, resulting from a kinetic preference for anti-addition reinforced by reversibility at ambient temperatures since this is also the thermodynamic product; on the other hand, reactions between a trans-alkene and a cis-alkene favour syn-addition, while exocyclic rotation in the acyclic radical cation intermediate is also possible since C–C forming barriers are higher. Computations are consistent with the experimental observation that hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) is a better solvent than acetonitrile, in part due to its ability to stabilise the reduced form of the hypervalent iodine initiator by hydrogen bonding, but also through the stabilisation of radical cationic intermediates along the reaction coordinate. A computational study details the mechanism, catalytic cycle and origins of stereoselectivity underlying hole-catalyzed intermolecular alkene heterodimerisation to give unsymmetrical, tetra-substituted cyclobutanes.![]()
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- Xinglong Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK.,Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University Fort Collins CO 80523 USA
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Bonetti G, Arnaboldi S, Grecchi S, Appoloni G, Massolo E, Rossi S, Martinazzo R, Orsini F, Mussini PR, Benincori T. Effective Enantiodiscrimination in Electroanalysis Based on a New Inherently Chiral 1,1'-binaphthyl Selector Directly Synthesizable in Enantiopure Form. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25092175. [PMID: 32384781 PMCID: PMC7249101 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25092175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Enantioselective electroanalysis, which aims to discriminate the enantiomers of electroactive chiral probes in terms of potential difference, is a very attractive goal. To achieve this, its implementation is being studied for various "inherently chiral" selectors, either at the electrode surface or in the medium, yielding outstanding performance. In this context, the new inherently chiral monomer Naph2T4 is introduced, based on a biaromatic atropisomeric core, which is advantageously obtainable in enantiopure form without HPLC separation steps by a synthetic route hinging on enantiopure 2,2'-dibromo-1,1'-binaphthalenes. The antipodes of the new inherently chiral monomer can be easily electrooligomerized, yielding inherently chiral electrode surfaces that perform well in both cyclic voltammetry (CV) enantiodiscrimination tests with pharmaceutically interesting molecules and in magnetoelectrochemistry experiments.
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- Giorgia Bonetti
- Dipartimento di Scienza ed Alta Tecnologia, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, 22100 Como, Italy; (G.B.); (G.A.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy; (S.A.); (S.G.); (E.M.); (S.R.); (R.M.); (P.R.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy; (S.A.); (S.G.); (E.M.); (S.R.); (R.M.); (P.R.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienza ed Alta Tecnologia, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, 22100 Como, Italy; (G.B.); (G.A.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy; (S.A.); (S.G.); (E.M.); (S.R.); (R.M.); (P.R.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy; (S.A.); (S.G.); (E.M.); (S.R.); (R.M.); (P.R.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy; (S.A.); (S.G.); (E.M.); (S.R.); (R.M.); (P.R.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy; (S.A.); (S.G.); (E.M.); (S.R.); (R.M.); (P.R.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienza ed Alta Tecnologia, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, 22100 Como, Italy; (G.B.); (G.A.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-031-2386615
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Ballard A, Narduolo S, Ahmed HO, Keymer NI, Asaad N, Cosgrove DA, Buurma NJ, Leach AG. Racemisation in Chemistry and Biology. Chemistry 2020; 26:3661-3687. [PMID: 31709642 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The two enantiomers of a compound often have profoundly different biological properties and thus their liability to racemisation in aqueous solutions is an important piece of information. The authors reviewed the available data concerning the process of racemisation in vivo, in the presence of biological molecules (e.g., racemase enzymes, serum albumin, cofactors and derivatives) and under purely chemical but aqueous conditions (acid, base and other aqueous systems). Mechanistic studies are described critically in light of reported kinetic data. The types of experimental measurement that can be used to effectively determine rate constants of racemisation in various conditions are discussed and the data they provide is summarised. The proposed origins of enzymatic racemisation are presented and suggest ways to promote the process that are different from processes taking place in bulk water. Experimental and computational studies that provide understanding and quantitative predictions of racemisation risk are also presented.
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- Andrew Ballard
- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK.,Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- AstraZeneca, Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, SK10 4TG, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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Filosa A, Wang H, Li WJ, Zhang W, Ngo E, Piccolo JE, Yang HB, Li X. Order from Chaos: Self-Assembly of Nanoprism from a Mixture of Tetratopic Terpyridine-Porphyrin Conformers. CHINESE J CHEM 2019; 37:1167-1173. [PMID: 33867775 DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201900177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Porphyrins have been widely used in the self-assembly of metallo-supramolecules. In this study, we introduced 2,2':6,2"-terpyridine (tpy) into a porphyrin core to synthesize a tetratopic building block with multiple conformers. During the self-assembly with Zn(II), such a mixture of conformers was able to form a discrete nanoprism with all building blocks in one conformation. Detailed characterizations, including NMR, ESI-MS and traveling-wave ion mobility-mass spectrometry (TWIM-MS), all supported the formation of the desired assemblies. AFM and TEM further confirmed the dimensions of assembled nanoprisms. Moreover, the photophysical properties of the ligands and complexes were noticeably different depending upon size and metal ion center.
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- Alexander Filosa
- Deportment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- Deportment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
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- Deportment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- Deportment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Deportment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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