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decreasing temperature because of the minimal contribution
from the ΔΔHq/RT term (eq 2). Thus, in water, as ΔΔHq
and ΔΔSq carry opposite signs for a given axially chiral 1b
(P or M), the same enantiomer is enhanced with minimal change
in the ee value at different temperatures.
Our current investigation has provided an opportunity to
manipulate enantiospecific photochemical transformations of
axially chiral chromophores through H-bonding. The dynamic
aspects that arise as a result of H-bonding offer new avenues to
control and comprehend fundamental mechanistic features dur-
ing light-induced transfer of molecular chirality.
For 1c, a trend similar to that for 1b was observed in toluene,
MeOH and MeCN (Table 1, entries 17ꢀ19) . Because of the
fast racemization of 1c at elevated temperatures, ΔΔHq and
ΔΔSq values were computed at low conversions (5ꢀ10%) to
gauge their influence in the initial stages of the reaction. Similar
to 1b, the ΔΔHq values for 1c are comparable to the ΔΔSq
values for a given reaction temperature in toluene, MeOH, and
MeCN. As both ΔΔHq and ΔΔSq have the same sign in MeOH,
MeCN, and toluene, when the temperature is increased, the rela-
tive contribution from the ΔΔHq/RT term decreases, changing
the magnitude of the ln(kSR/kRS) term (eq 2), which is reflected in
the temperature dependence of the ee values (similar to 1b).
The enthalpyꢀentropy compensation plot10 gave a straight
line passing through the origin, indicating that the same mechan-
ism is operating irrespective of the solvent employed.15 To
comprehend the dichotomy between the solvent and tempera-
ture dependences for 1a versus 1b and 1c, it is critical to
appreciate the influence of the solvent molecules surrounding
the substrates and their influence on both ΔΔHq and ΔΔSq. For
1a, few solvent molecules around the amide group will likely
be enough to freeze the CꢀN bond rotation irrespective of the
temperature. Hence, the ee values are not affected drastically by
changes in the temperature or solvent. Conversely, for 1b and
1c, a cluster of intermolecular H-bonds with the solvent in
addition to the intramolecular H-bond facilitated by the amide
carbonyl and the 3° hydroxyl groups likely contributes to both
the differential activation enthalpy and entropy.10 Temperature
plays a crucial role in determining the strength and magnitude
of the H-bonds. This dependence is reflected in the solvent and
temperature effect on the ee values for 1b and 1c.
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Supporting Information. Experimental procedures, sin-
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gle-crystal XRD data (CIF), characterization data, and analysis
conditions. This material is available free of charge via the
’ AUTHOR INFORMATION
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’ ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The authors thank the NSF for financial support (CAREER
CHE-0748525) and generous funding through NSF-CRIF
(CHE-0946990) for the purchase of departmental XRD instru-
mentation. Anoklase Ayitou, Barry Pemberton, and Ramya
Raghunathan are thanked for help with manuscript preparation.
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