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Peng G, Ullah N, Streiff S, De Oliveira Vigier K, Pera-Titus M, Wischert R, Jérôme F. Metal-Free Selective Synthesis of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes from Alkenes and Formaldehyde Catalyzed by Dimethylamine. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400601. [PMID: 38489225 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
Abstract
α,β-Unsaturated aldehydes are important building blocks for the synthesis of a wide range of chemicals, including polymers. The synthesis of these molecules from cheap feedstocks such as alkenes remains a scientific challenge, mainly due to the low reactivity of alkenes. Here we report a selective and metal-free access to α,β-unsaturated aldehydes from alkenes with formaldehyde. This reaction is catalyzed by dimethylamine and affords α,β-unsaturated aldehydes in yields of up to 80 %. By combining Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations and experiments, we elucidate the reaction mechanism which is based on a cascade of hydride transfer, hydrolysis and aldolization reactions. The reaction can be performed under very mild conditions (30-50 °C), in a theoretically 100 % carbon-economical fashion, with water as the only by-product. The reaction was successfully applied to non-activated linear 1-alkenes, thus opening an access to industrially relevant α,β-unsaturated aldehydes from cheap and widely abundant chemicals at large scale.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gongming Peng
- Eco-Efficient Products and Process Laboratory, Syensqo/CNRS 3966 Jin Du Rd., Xin Zhuang Industrial Zone, Shanghai, 201108, China
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers, University of Poitiers-CNRS, 1 rue Marcel Doré, TSA, 41105, 86073, Poitiers, France
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- Eco-Efficient Products and Process Laboratory, Syensqo/CNRS 3966 Jin Du Rd., Xin Zhuang Industrial Zone, Shanghai, 201108, China
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers, University of Poitiers-CNRS, 1 rue Marcel Doré, TSA, 41105, 86073, Poitiers, France
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- Eco-Efficient Products and Process Laboratory, Syensqo/CNRS 3966 Jin Du Rd., Xin Zhuang Industrial Zone, Shanghai, 201108, China
- Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- Eco-Efficient Products and Process Laboratory, Syensqo/CNRS 3966 Jin Du Rd., Xin Zhuang Industrial Zone, Shanghai, 201108, China
- Syensqo R&I Center Lyon, 85 Av. des Frères Perret, 69190, Saint-Fons, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers, University of Poitiers-CNRS, 1 rue Marcel Doré, TSA, 41105, 86073, Poitiers, France
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Mbianda J, Bakail M, André C, Moal G, Perrin ME, Pinna G, Guerois R, Becher F, Legrand P, Traoré S, Douat C, Guichard G, Ochsenbein F. Optimal anchoring of a foldamer inhibitor of ASF1 histone chaperone through backbone plasticity. Sci Adv 2021; 7:7/12/eabd9153. [PMID: 33741589 PMCID: PMC7978421 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd9153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
Sequence-specific oligomers with predictable folding patterns, i.e., foldamers, provide new opportunities to mimic α-helical peptides and design inhibitors of protein-protein interactions. One major hurdle of this strategy is to retain the correct orientation of key side chains involved in protein surface recognition. Here, we show that the structural plasticity of a foldamer backbone may notably contribute to the required spatial adjustment for optimal interaction with the protein surface. By using oligoureas as α helix mimics, we designed a foldamer/peptide hybrid inhibitor of histone chaperone ASF1, a key regulator of chromatin dynamics. The crystal structure of its complex with ASF1 reveals a notable plasticity of the urea backbone, which adapts to the ASF1 surface to maintain the same binding interface. One additional benefit of generating ASF1 ligands with nonpeptide oligourea segments is the resistance to proteolysis in human plasma, which was highly improved compared to the cognate α-helical peptide.
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- Johanne Mbianda
- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, F-33607 Pessac, France
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- Institute Joliot, Commissariat à l'énergie Atomique (CEA), Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale (DRF), CEA Saclay, F91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, F-33607 Pessac, France
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- Institute Joliot, Commissariat à l'énergie Atomique (CEA), Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale (DRF), CEA Saclay, F91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute Joliot, Commissariat à l'énergie Atomique (CEA), Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale (DRF), CEA Saclay, F91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute Joliot, Commissariat à l'énergie Atomique (CEA), Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale (DRF), CEA Saclay, F91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute Joliot, Commissariat à l'énergie Atomique (CEA), Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale (DRF), CEA Saclay, F91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute Joliot, Commissariat à l'énergie Atomique (CEA), Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale (DRF), CEA Saclay, F91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, F91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute Joliot, Commissariat à l'énergie Atomique (CEA), Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale (DRF), CEA Saclay, F91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, F-33607 Pessac, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, F-33607 Pessac, France.
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- Institute Joliot, Commissariat à l'énergie Atomique (CEA), Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale (DRF), CEA Saclay, F91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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