- Molecular Recognition and Cocrystallization of Methylated and Halogenated Fragments of Danicalipin A by Enantiopure Alleno-Acetylenic Cage Receptors
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Enantiopure (P)4- and (M)4-configured alleno-acetylenic cage (AAC) receptors offer a highly defined interior for the complexation and structure elucidation of small molecule fragments of the stereochemically complex chlorosulfolipid danicalipin A. Solution (NMR), solid state (X-ray), and theoretical investigations of the formed host-guest complexes provide insight into the conformational preferences of 14 achiral and chiral derivatives of the danicalipin A chlorohydrin core in a confined, mostly hydrophobic environment, extending previously reported studies in polar solvents. The conserved binding mode of the guests permits deciphering the effect of functional group replacements on Gibbs binding energies ΔG. A strong contribution of conformational energies toward the binding affinities is revealed, which explains why the denser packing of larger apolar domains of the guests does not necessarily lead to higher association. Enantioselective binding of chiral guests, with energetic differences ΔΔG293 K up to 0.7 kcal mol-1 between diastereoisomeric complexes, is explained by hydrogen- and halogen-bonding, as well as dispersion interactions. Calorimetric studies (ITC) show that the stronger binding of one enantiomer is accompanied by an increased gain in enthalpy ΔH but at the cost of a larger entropic penalty TΔS stemming from tighter binding.
- Carreira, Erick M.,Diederich, Fran?ois,Fischer, Stefan,Gropp, Cornelius,Husch, Tamara,Trapp, Nils
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supporting information
(2020/03/13)
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- Organocatalytic enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions between seyferth-gilbert reagent and isatylidene malononitriles: Synthesis of chiral spiro-phosphonylpyrazoline-oxindoles
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A new method has been developed for the catalytic enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the Seyferth-Gilbert reagent (SGR) to isatylidene malononitriles using a cinchona alkaloid derivative as a catalyst. This method allowed for the synthesis of a series of chiral spiro-phosphonylpyrazoline-oxindoles in good yields with excellent enantioselectivities. The synthetic utility of this method was further demonstrated by its use in a three-component domino reaction involving isatin, malononitrile, and SGR based on sequential Knoevenagel condensation and 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions.
- Du, Taiping,Du, Fei,Ning, Yanqiang,Peng, Yungui
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supporting information
p. 1308 - 1311
(2015/03/14)
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- Factors affecting migration of tertiary alkyl groups in reactions of alkylboronic esters with bromomethyllithium
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The reactions of bromomethyllithium with tert-alkylboronic esters could be of great potential for the formation of quaternary carbon centers but often give poor yields/conversions. Calculations and experimental evidence show that tert-alkyl groups migrate less effectively than other types of alkyl group in such reactions and that O-migration competes. Furthermore, slow/incomplete capture of the bromomethyl reagent by the boronic ester is a problem in more hindered systems, and an additional competing reaction, possibly Li-Br exchange on the bromomethylborate species, also leads to lower yields of migrated products. Based on this, experimental protocols have been devised in which the competing reactions are largely suppressed, leading to higher conversions to migrated product for several substrates.
- Elliott, Mark C.,Smith, Keith,Heulyn Jones,Hussain, Ajaz,Saleh, Basil A.
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p. 3057 - 3064
(2013/06/27)
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- Photochemical Hydroxymethylation of Alicyclic and Aliphatic Alkenes Induced by a EuIII/EuII Photoredox System in Methanol
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The photoirradiation of a methanol solution of EuCl3 and alkenes such as cyclohexene, cyclooctene, cyclododecene, and tetramethylene afforded (hydroxymethyl)alkane.The dihydro dimer of alkene,hydrogen, and ethylene glycol are also formed.Reactions proceed via a radical mechanism induced by hydrogen atoms and hydroxymethyl radicals, which are produced by a photoredoc reaction of EuIII/EuII in methanol.
- Ishida, Akito,Yamashita, Shinya,Toki, Susumu,Takamuku, Setsuo
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p. 1195 - 1200
(2007/10/02)
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- Conformational Analysis and Stereodynamics of Primary Acyclic Alkyl Radicals by EPR Spectroscopy
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The EPR spectra of n-alkyl, 2-methylalkyl, 2,2-dimethylalkyl, 2,2,3-trimethylbutyl, and 2,2,3,3-tetramethylbutyl radicals indicate that at 90 K they exist in "rigid" conformations with respect to rotation about the Cβ-Cγ bonds.The preferred conformations about the Cα-Cβ and Cβ-Cγ bonds were deduced by analysis of the β- and γ-H hyperfine splittings (hfs). 2,2,3,3-Tetramethylbutyl radicals, the only radicals with a CH3 group approximately all-trans with respect to the semioccupied p-orbital, were also the only radicals to show resolved δ-hfs.The barriers to internal rotation of the methyl groups in n-propyl, isobutyl, neopentyl, 2,2-bis(trideuteriomethyl)butyl, and 2,2,3,3-tetramethylbutyl radicals were obtained by line shape analysis; the ethyl rotation barrier in 2,2-bis(trideuteriomethyl)butyl and the tert-butyl rotation barrier in 2,2,3,3-tetramethylbutyl radicals were estimated in a similar way.The experimental hfs of trans γ-hydrogens were shown to fit a relationship of the form aHγ = 0.1 +7.9 cos2 Φ, where Φ is the dihedral angle between the SOMO and the plane through Cα, Cβ, and Cγ.Trends in the internal rotation barriers of the alkyl groups were adequately accounted for in terms of steric effects.
- Ingold, K. U.,Nonhebel, D. C.,Walton, J. C.
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p. 2859 - 2869
(2007/10/02)
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