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de Cózar A, Arrieta A, Arrastia I, Cossío FP. Higher-Order Electrocyclizations in Biological and Synthetic Processes. Chempluschem 2023; 88:e202300482. [PMID: 37753849 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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In general, electrocyclizations follow the Woodward-Hoffmann's rules of conservation of orbital symmetry. These rules have been extensively verified in low-order processes, both in thermal and photochemical reactions, up to eight π-electrons. However, when the number of π-electrons in the system increases, some deviations of that general rules can be found. This focused review highlights the main features of reported higher-order electrocyclizations involving 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 π-electrons. Some of these examples constitute useful intermediates in the synthesis of biologically active compounds. When computational studies were not included in the reported examples, DFT calculations have been performed to be included in this review. Analysis of the respective pericyclic topologies shows the importance of computational tools for understanding the selectivity observed experimentally.
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- Abel de Cózar
- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Química, Universidad del País Vasco and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P. K. 1072, 20018, San Sebastián-Donostia, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009, Bilbao, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Química, Universidad del País Vasco and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P. K. 1072, 20018, San Sebastián-Donostia, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Química, Universidad del País Vasco and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P. K. 1072, 20018, San Sebastián-Donostia, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Química, Universidad del País Vasco and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P. K. 1072, 20018, San Sebastián-Donostia, Spain
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Nguyen KC, Lindsey JS. Synthesis of a BC-Dihydrodipyrrin Building Block of Bacteriochlorophyll a. J Org Chem 2023; 88:11205-11216. [PMID: 37471708 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01216] [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: 07/22/2023]
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A strategy for the synthesis of bacteriochlorophyll a relies on joining AD and BC halves that contain the requisite stereochemical configurations of the target macrocycle. The BC half (1) is a dihydrodipyrrin bearing a dimethoxymethyl group at the 1-position, a β-ketoester at the 8-position, and (R)-2-methyl and (R)-3-ethyl substituents in the pyrroline ring. An established route to AD-dihydrodipyrrins (Pd-mediated coupling of a 2-halopyrrole with a chiral 4-pentynoic acid followed by Petasis methenylation, acidic hydrolysis, Paal-Knorr ring closure, and Riley oxidation) proved to be unviable for BC-dihydrodipyrrins given the presence of the β-ketoester unit. A route presented here entails Pd-mediated coupling of a 2-halopyrrole (2) with (3R,4R)-4-ethyl-1,1-dimethoxy-3-methylhex-5-yn-2-one (3), anti-Markovnikov hydration of the alkyne to give the 1,4-diketone, and Paal-Knorr ring closure. Compound 3 was prepared by Schreiber-modified Nicholas reaction beginning with (S)-4-isopropyl-3-propionyloxazolidin-2-one and the hexacarbonyldicobalt complex of (±) 3-methoxy-1-(trimethylsilyl)pentyne followed by transformation of the aldehyde derived therefrom to the 1,1-dimethoxymethylcarbonyl motif. The absolute stereochemical configuration of the Schreiber-Nicholas alkylation product was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, whereas the BC half (1) by 1H NMR spectroscopy showed a J value of 2.9 Hz consistent with the trans-configuration. Taken together, the route provides a key chiral building block for the synthesis of photosynthetic tetrapyrroles and analogues.
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- Khiem Chau Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department of Chemistry North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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Taniguchi M, Bocian DF, Holten D, Lindsey JS. Beyond green with synthetic chlorophylls – Connecting structural features with spectral properties. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C: PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2022.100513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Jing H, Wang P, Chen B, Jiang J, Vairaprakash P, Liu S, Rong J, Chen CY, Nalaoh P, Lindsey JS. Synthesis of bacteriochlorins bearing diverse β-substituents. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj05852e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Eleven bacteriochlorins have been prepared for surface attachment, bioconjugation, water-solubilization, vibrational studies, and elaboration into multichromophore arrays.
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- Haoyu Jing
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Wangchan, Rayong, 21210, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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Wang P, Lindsey JS. Synthesis of AD-Dihydrodipyrrins Equipped with Latent Substituents of Native Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls. J Org Chem 2021; 86:11794-11811. [PMID: 34347485 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01239] [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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Native chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls share a common trans-substituted pyrroline ring D (17-propionic acid, 18-methyl), whereas diversity occurs in ring A particularly at the 3-position. Two dihydrodipyrrins equipped with native-like D-ring substituents and tailorable A-ring substituents have been synthesized. The synthesis relies on a Schreiber-modified Nicholas reaction to construct the stereochemically defined precursor to ring D, a dialkyl-substituted pent-4-ynoic acid. The carboxylic acid group of the intact propionic acid proved unworkable, whereupon protected propionate (-CO2tBu) and several latent propyl ethers were examined. The tert-butyldiphenylsilyl-protected propanol substituent proved satisfactory for reaction of the chiral N-acylated oxazolidinone, affording (2S,3S)-2-(3-((tert-butyldiphenylsilyl)oxy)propyl)-3-methylpent-4-ynoic acid in ∼30% yield over 8 steps. Two variants for ring A, 2-tert-butoxycarbonyl-3-Br/H-5-iodo-4-methylpyrrole, were prepared via the Barton-Zard route. Dihydrodipyrrin formation from the pyrrole and pentynoic acid entailed Jacobi Pd-mediated lactone formation, Petasis methenylation, and Paal-Knorr-type pyrroline formation. The two AD-dihydrodipyrrins bear the D-ring methyl and protected propanol groups with a stereochemical configuration identical to that of native (bacterio)chlorophylls, and a bromine or no substitution in ring A corresponding to the 3-position of (bacterio)chlorophylls. The analogous β-position of a lactone-pyrrole intermediate on the path to the dihydrodipyrrin also was successfully brominated, opening opportunities for late-stage diversification in the synthesis of (bacterio)chlorophylls.
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- Pengzhi Wang
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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Liu Y, Allu S, Nagarjuna Reddy M, Hood D, Diers JR, Bocian DF, Holten D, Lindsey JS. Synthesis and photophysical characterization of bacteriochlorins equipped with integral swallowtail substituents. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj00499k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The two pyrroline units of bacteriochlorins can now bear gem-dialkyl or diaryl groups (L), which project above and below the macrocycle plane, whereas dimethyl groups generally have been accessible previously.
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- Yizhou Liu
- Department of Chemistry
- North Carolina State University
- Raleigh
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Washington University
- St. Louis
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Riverside
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Washington University
- St. Louis
- USA
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- Yizhou Liu
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8294, United States
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Yamada Y, Wehrli P, Miljkovic D, Wild HJ, Bühler N, Götschi E, Golding B, Löliger P, Gleason J, Pace B, Ellis L, Hunkeler W, Schneider P, Fuhrer W, Nordmann R, Srinivasachar K, Keese R, Müller K, Neier R, Eschenmoser A. Corrin Syntheses. Part VI. Helv Chim Acta 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/hlca.201500012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Lindsey JS. De novo synthesis of gem-dialkyl chlorophyll analogues for probing and emulating our green world. Chem Rev 2015; 115:6534-620. [PMID: 26068531 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Jonathan S Lindsey
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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