Helix Persistence and Breakdown in Oligoureas of Metaphenylenediamine: Apparent Diastereotopicity as a Spectroscopic Marker of Helix Length in Solution
摘要:
Oligomeric ureas derived from m-phenylenediamine with chain lengths of up to seven urea linkages were made by iterative synthetic pathways. Three families were synthesized: 4 and 20, bearing a terminal chiral sulfinyl group; 24, bearing a terminal rotationally restricted amide group, and 30 bearing a terminal achiral bromophenyl group. The distal end of the oligomers was capped with an N-benzyl group to act as a diastereotopic probe. With a terminal sulfinyl group, the H-1 NMR signals arising from the CH2 group of the diastereotopic probe remained anisochronous even when separated from the stereogenic center by up to 24 bonds (in 20c). With a rotationally restricted amide, anisochronicity was no longer apparent beyond 17 bond lengths (in 24c). No anisochronicity was observable with a terminal bromophenyl group. We interpret these results as indicating that the oligoureas of short lengths adopt a defined helical secondary structure in solution, but that in longer oligomers the helicity breaks down and transmission of chirality in these systems is limited to about 24 bond lengths. We propose that "apparent diastereotopicity" (anisochronicity) provides a general empirical method for identifying secondary structure in solution.
Synthesis and Stacked Conformations of Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical Oligo-ureas of Metaphenylenediamine
摘要:
The addition of substituted anilines to nitro-substituted isocyanates followed by reduction generates new aniline-substituted ureas, which can be further extended in a one- or two-directional iterative manner to form oligomeric ureas based on a m-phenylenediamine monomer. Oligo-ureas with up to eight urea linkages are reported. Fully N-substituted oligo-ureas are crystalline, and the X-ray crystal structures display ring-stacked conformations. H-1 NMR studies indicate that the stacked conformation persists in solution.
Helix Persistence and Breakdown in Oligoureas of Metaphenylenediamine: Apparent Diastereotopicity as a Spectroscopic Marker of Helix Length in Solution
作者:Jonathan Clayden、Loïc Lemiègre、Gareth A. Morris、Mark Pickworth、Timothy J. Snape、Lyn H. Jones
DOI:10.1021/ja805758v
日期:2008.11.12
Oligomeric ureas derived from m-phenylenediamine with chain lengths of up to seven urea linkages were made by iterative synthetic pathways. Three families were synthesized: 4 and 20, bearing a terminal chiral sulfinyl group; 24, bearing a terminal rotationally restricted amide group, and 30 bearing a terminal achiral bromophenyl group. The distal end of the oligomers was capped with an N-benzyl group to act as a diastereotopic probe. With a terminal sulfinyl group, the H-1 NMR signals arising from the CH2 group of the diastereotopic probe remained anisochronous even when separated from the stereogenic center by up to 24 bonds (in 20c). With a rotationally restricted amide, anisochronicity was no longer apparent beyond 17 bond lengths (in 24c). No anisochronicity was observable with a terminal bromophenyl group. We interpret these results as indicating that the oligoureas of short lengths adopt a defined helical secondary structure in solution, but that in longer oligomers the helicity breaks down and transmission of chirality in these systems is limited to about 24 bond lengths. We propose that "apparent diastereotopicity" (anisochronicity) provides a general empirical method for identifying secondary structure in solution.
Synthesis and Stacked Conformations of Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical Oligo-ureas of Metaphenylenediamine
The addition of substituted anilines to nitro-substituted isocyanates followed by reduction generates new aniline-substituted ureas, which can be further extended in a one- or two-directional iterative manner to form oligomeric ureas based on a m-phenylenediamine monomer. Oligo-ureas with up to eight urea linkages are reported. Fully N-substituted oligo-ureas are crystalline, and the X-ray crystal structures display ring-stacked conformations. H-1 NMR studies indicate that the stacked conformation persists in solution.