Molecular Encapsulation via Metal-to-Ligand Coordination in a Cu(I)-Folded Molecular Basket
摘要:
A molecular basket, composed of a semirigid C-3 nu symmetric tris-norbornadiene framework and three pyridine flaps at the rim, has been shown to coordinate to a Cu(I) cation and thereby fold in a multivalent fashion. The assembly was effective (K-a = 1.73 +/- 0.08 x 10(5) M-1) and driven by enthalpy (Delta H degrees = -7.2 +/- 0.1 kcal/mol, Delta S degrees = -0.25 eu). Variable temperature H-1 NMR studies, assisted with 2D COSY and ROESY investigations, revealed the existence of Cu(I)-folded basket 10(b) with a molecule of acetonitrile occupying its interior and coordinated to the metal. Interestingly, 10(b) is in equilibrium with Cu(I)-folded 10(a), whose inner space is solvated by acetone or chloroform. The incorporation of a molecule of acetonitrile inside 10(a) was found to be driven by enthalpy (Delta H degrees = -3.3 +/- 0.1 kcal/mol), with an apparent loss in entropy (Delta S degrees= -9.4 +/- 0.4 eu); this is congruent with a complete immobilization of acetonitrile and release of a "loosely" encapsulated solvent molecule during 10(a/b) interconversion. From an Eyring plot, the activation enthalpy for incorporating acetonitrile into 10(a) was found to be positive (Delta H-double dagger = 6.5 +/- 0.5 kcal/mol), while the activation entropy was negative (Delta S-double dagger = -20 +/- 2 eu). The results are in agreement with an exchange mechanism whereby acetonitrile "slips" into an "empty" basket through its side aperture. In fact, DFT (BP86) calculations are in favor of such a mechanistic scenario; the calculations suggest that opening of the basket's rim to exchange guests is energetically demanding and therefore less feasible.
Stereo- and Regioselective Synthesis of Molecular Baskets
作者:Michael J. Gunther、Radoslav Z. Pavlović、Joseph P. Fernandez、Lei Zhiquan、Judith Gallucci、Christopher M. Hadad、Jovica D. Badjić
DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.9b00330
日期:2019.4.5
We describe a stereoselective method for obtaining multigram quantities of molecular basket 1syn in overall 11% yield, using inexpensive cyclopentadiene and diethyl fumarate as starting materials. First, an asymmetric synthesis of enantioenriched bromo(trimethylstannyl)alkene (−)-8 was accomplished by the stereoselective bromination of dibromonorbornene (+)-4 guided by anchimeric assistance and subsequent
我们描述了一种立体选择方法,使用便宜的环戊二烯和富马酸二乙酯作为起始原料,可在总的11%的产率中获得多克数量的分子篮1 syn。首先,对映体富集的溴(三甲基锡烷基)烯烃(-)- 8的不对称合成是通过对二溴单降冰片烯(+)- 4的立体选择性溴化,并通过邻氨基苯甲酸协助进行的,随后顺式-外-消除四溴单降冰片烷(-)- 5a的。关键步骤。随后的Cu(I)催化的(-)- 8的环三聚反应被优化为1 syn / anti产率为85%,非对映异构体比例为1:1。重要的是,我们的机械实验结果与以链型方式与Cu(I)同手性二聚体中间体的外消旋作用发生的环三聚化相一致,从而降低了转化的立体选择性。通过更轻松地访问1型syn分子篮,可以完成一系列的识别研究,以生产新型超分子催化剂,有机磷清除剂和纳米结构材料。