1781-78-8Relevant articles and documents
Meier
, p. 235,244 (1972)
Covalent Post-assembly Modification Triggers Multiple Structural Transformations of a Tetrazine-Edged Fe4L6 Tetrahedron
Roberts, Derrick A.,Pilgrim, Ben S.,Sirvinskaite, Giedre,Ronson, Tanya K.,Nitschke, Jonathan R.
, p. 9616 - 9623 (2018)
Covalent post-assembly modification (PAM) reactions are useful synthetic tools for functionalizing and stabilizing self-assembled metal-organic complexes. Recently, PAM reactions have also been explored as stimuli for triggering supramolecular structural transformations. Herein we demonstrate the use of inverse electron-demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) PAM reactions to induce supramolecular structural transformations starting from a tetrazine-edged FeII4L6 tetrahedral precursor. Following PAM, this tetrahedron rearranged to form three different architectures depending on the addition of other stimuli: an electron-rich aniline or a templating anion. By tracing the stimulus-response relationships within the system, we deciphered a network of transformations that mapped different combinations of stimuli onto specific transformation products. Given the many functions being developed for self-assembled three-dimensional architectures, this newly established ability to control the interconversion between structures using combinations of different stimulus types may serve as the basis for switching the functions expressed within a system.
Reaction rates and mechanisms for radical, photoinitated addition of thiols to alkynes, and implications for thiol-yne photopolymerizations and click reactions
Fairbanks, Benjamin D.,Sims, Evan A.,Anseth, Kristi S.,Bowman, Christopher N.
, p. 4113 - 4119 (2010)
Because of its utility in network polymerization, dendrimer synthesis, and monomer development, the photoinitiated addition of thiols to alkynes has rapidly become an important tool for polymer scientists. Yet, because this chemistry has only recently been applied to cross-linked polymer development, understanding of the nature of how the yne structure affects the reactions and information on the relative reactivities of alkynes bearing various substituents is unavailable as is the relative addition rate of the thiol to the yne as compared to the vinyl sulfide. Herein, the photoinitiated addition of octanethiol to various alkynes is explored. The most rapid addition of thiols to alkynes is that to cyclooctyne, although the resulting vinyl sulfide does not permit subsequent thiol addition. Furthermore, in the absence of radical initiators and light, thiols add spontaneously to cyclooctynes, suggesting limitations to the orthogonality of the strain-promoted copper-less azide, alkyne cycloadditions. In order of decreasing reaction rates, the consecutive addition of two thiols occurs with the aliphatic 1-octyne > propargyl acetate > methyl propargyl ether > 2-octyne. Ethyl propiolate and methyl propargylamine exhibit very small reaction rates with thiols, and no consecutive addition is observed.
Brandsma,Verkruijsse
, p. 290 (1978)
Efficient Synthesis of Amines by Iron-Catalyzed C=N Transfer Hydrogenation and C=O Reductive Amination
Facchini, Sofia Vailati,Cettolin, Mattia,Bai, Xishan,Casamassima, Giuseppe,Pignataro, Luca,Gennari, Cesare,Piarulli, Umberto
, p. 1054 - 1059 (2018/01/27)
Here we report the catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) of non-activated imines promoted by a Fe-catalyst in the absence of Lewis acid co-catalysts. Use of the (cyclopentadienone)iron complex 1, which is much more active than the classical ‘Kn?lker complex’ 2, allowed to reduce a number of N-aryl and N-alkyl imines in very good yields using iPrOH as hydrogen source. The reaction proceeds with relatively low catalyst loading (0.5–2 mol%) and, remarkably, its scope includes also ketimines, whose reduction with a Fe-complex as the only catalyst has little precedents. Based on this methodology, we developed a one-pot CTH protocol for the reductive amination of aldehydes/ketones, which provides access to secondary amines in high yield without the need to isolate imine intermediates. (Figure presented.).
Electronic effects versus distortion energies during strain-promoted alkyne-azide cycloadditions: A theoretical tool to predict reaction kinetics
Garcia-Hartjes, Jaime,Dommerholt, Jan,Wennekes, Tom,Van Delft, Floris L.,Zuilhof, Han
, p. 3712 - 3720 (2013/07/26)
Second-order reaction kinetics of known strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition (SPAAC) reactions were compared with theoretical data from a range of ab initio methods. This produced both detailed insights into the factors determining the reaction rates and two straightforward theoretical tools that can be used to predict a priori the reaction kinetics of novel cyclooctynes for strain-promoted cycloaddition reactions. Multiple structural and electronic effects contribute to the reactivity of various cyclooctynes. It is therefore hard to relate a physical or electronic property directly and independently to the reactivity of the cyclooctyne. However, we show that Hartree-Fock LUMO energies, which were acquired while calculating activation energies at the MP2 level of theory, correlate with second-order kinetic rate data and are therefore usable for reactivity predictions of cyclooctynes towards azides. Using this correlation, we developed a simple theoretical tool that can be used to predict the reaction kinetics of (novel) cyclooctynes for SPAAC reactions. Activation energies, distortion energies, and TS conformational data were compared in a set of strained cyclooctynes in strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition (SPAAC) reactions. Only electronic effects could be accurately related to experimental rate data. Copyright
