Synthesis of pyrimidinocyclophanes having a bridging nitrogen atom
摘要:
Reactions of 1,3-bis(omega-bromoalkyl)-substituted uracils, quinazoline-2,4-dione, and 5-methyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trione and 1,3-bis(m-bromomethylbenzyl)-5-bromouracil with amines (aliphatic amines, benzylamines, naphthylmethanamine, and anisidine) gave a series of macrocyclic compounds having one pyrimidine or triazine fragment and an azapolymethylene bridge connecting the N-1 and N-3 atoms of the heteroring. The bridging nitrogen atom in some macrocyclic compounds was subjected to quaternization with methyl p-toluenesulfonate.
The conformations and self-associative properties of novel pyrimidinocyclophanes with a substituted nitrogen atom in a spacer have been studied using several independent NMR methods (NOE, aromatic shielding effect, 2D DOSY, GIAO DFT chemical shift calculations, DNMR) in a variety of solvents, in acidic and basic media. At room temperature the title compounds in neutral solution are in slow exchange on the NMR time-scale and exist in a folded conformation. In the acidic medium protonation occurs at the bridge nitrogen, and that leads to dramatic modifications of the structure and dynamics of the compound. The protonated form exists at the equilibrium of 'folded' and 'extended' conformers. Moreover, the protonated form is prone to association and can be effectively described as a dimer at room temperature. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.