Glycoluril dimers bearing hydrogen atoms on their convex face and their self-assembly in the solid state

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo800699s

(Figure Presented) A selective method for the synthesis of 1,6-substituted glycolurils has been developed. The glycolurils have been used for the synthesis of methylene-bridged glycoluril dimers bearing hydrogen atoms on their convex face. Depending on the side walls of the dimers, different modes of self-assembly in the solid state have been described using X-ray crystallography.

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Glycoluril Dimers Bearing Hydrogen Atoms on Their Convex Face
and Their Self-Assembly in the Solid State
Marek Stancl, Marek Necas, Jan Taraba, and Vladimir Sindelar*
Department of Chemistry, Masaryk UniVersity, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
sindelar@chemi.muni.cz
ReceiVed March 28, 2008
A selective method for the synthesis of 1,6-substituted glycolurils has been developed. The glycolurils
have been used for the synthesis of methylene-bridged glycoluril dimers bearing hydrogen atoms on
their convex face. Depending on the side walls of the dimers, different modes of self-assembly in the
solid state have been described using X-ray crystallography.
Introduction
bituril formation. Depending on the reaction conditions, a
diastereomeric mixture of S-shape and C-shape products was
prepared. Later, it was found that suitable modification of the
o-xylylene side walls results in C-shape dimers which self-
assemble into hydrogen bonded dimeric aggregates in the
Glycoluril and its derivatives are heterocyclic compounds that
have been used as building blocks of various supramolecular
objects. Among others, the groups of Rebek, Nolte, and Isaacs
extensively studied the synthesis and the behavior of a wide
variety of glycoluril derivatives. Rebek showed that molecules
terminated by glycoluril units self-associate through the hydro-
gen bonding into dimeric pseuodospherical capsules. Nolte
prepared a number of molecular clips based on bis(o-xylylenyl)
diphenyl glycoluril derivatives. These clip molecules have a
preorganized cleft that is capable of binding aromatic guests,
particularly phenols and dihydroxybenzenes. The functional-
ization of the molecular clips by crown and aza-crown ether
moieties led to the preparation of molecular basket receptors.
More recently, Isaacs reported self-association of chiral and
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solution and the solid state. Enantiomeric self-recognition and
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the self-sorting of these dimers were demonstrated.
Despite of extensive work in the supramolecular chemistry
of glycoluril compounds, to the best of our knowledge, there is
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only one examples for each of molecular dimer, trimer, and
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clip containing glycoluril unit carrying two hydrogen atoms
at the “bridging” positions of the two fused five-member rings.
These two hydrogen atoms on the convex face are usually
substituted by different groups to overcome extremely low
solubility of the glycoluril-based supramolecular objects. For
example, the solubility in nonpolar solvents is improved by
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achiral molecular clips in the crystalline state. The clips are
derived from glycoluril bearing two ethyl ester groups on its
convex face, and their self-association is tuned by the modifica-
tion of two o-xylylene walls. Methylene-bridged glycoluril
dimers were first synthesized to investigate the preparation of
new cucurbituril analogs and explain the mechanism of cucur-
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SCHEME 1. Preparation of Methylene-Bridged Glycoluril Dimers
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phenyl or ethyl ester groups. On the other hand, molecular
clips and dimers in which the glycolurils bear carboxylate or
phenylenemethylene pyridinium groups show good solubility
glycoluril has extremely low solubility in organic solvents and
is problematic and inconvenient to prepare precursors 1c, 2b,
and 3b by the alkylation method. Due to the low solubility of
glycoluril we decided to follow a known procedure which
allowed us to generate the precursor 1c directly by acid catalyzed
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2
in aqueous environment.
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reaction of methylurea and glyoxal. The reaction results in
the mixture of cis-(1,6-dimethyl) 1c and trans-(1,4-dimethyl)
1b glycoluril derivatives. Pure products were obtained only after
the extensive fractional crystallization. We optimized the
separation method using the finding that pure cis derivatives
crystallize from aqueous solution in the presence of H PO .
Results and Discussion
We decided to expand the chemistry of glycolurils by the
preparation of the methylene-bridged glycoluril dimers 1d, 2c,
and 3c (Scheme 1) with hydrogens on their convex face and
differing side walls. These structures were selected for at least
two reasons: (1) The absence of a bulky group on the convex
face of the glycoluril dimer can result in the formation of unusual
self-associates in the solid state as well as in the solution. (2)
The preparation of the dimers based on unsubstituted glycoluril
can give more information about the mechanism of cucurbituril
formation as they resemble the repeating unit of the macrocycle.
Here we report the preparation of three new methylene-
bridged glycoluril dimers 1d, 2c, and 3c. A selective method
for the preparation of 1,6-protected glycolurils (dimer precur-
sors) was developed. Glycoluril dimers 1d, 2c, and 3c were
studied by X-ray crystallography and different patterns of self-
association depending on the side wall substituents were
observed.
Glycoluril dimers are prepared in two steps. First, a precursor
of glycoluril dimer is prepared. In the following step two
precursor molecules are linked by condensation with formal-
dehyde. Usually, the precursor is a 7,8-substituted glycoluril in
which two nitrogen atoms in the 1,6 positions are protected by
o-xylylene unit. These precursors are prepared by the alkylation
of the 7,8-substituted glycoluril with dihalogen-o-xylylene in
DMSO in the presence of t-BuOK. Column chromatography is
required to obtain the desired product from the reaction mixture.
The yield of the alkylation reaction increases with increasing
solubility of glycoluril derivatives, which is influenced by the
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Despite this improvement, the overall yield of the pure cis-
dimethyl derivative is only 9%.
As both the alkylation of glycoluril and the condensation of
alkylurea are not suitable methods we looked for a better way
for the preparation of the dimer precursors. We envisioned that
the selective preparation of the dimer precursors can be achieved
by acid catalyzed intramolecular cyclocondensation of bisureas
with glyoxal. In order to verify our presumption we selected
bisureas 2a and 3a for which the intramolecular condensation
of two urea groups is preferable compared to the intermolecular
reaction resulting in a polymer. We found that the reaction of
both aromatic 2a and aliphatic 3a bisureas with glyoxal in water
acidified by HCl is regioselective and yields the 1,6 - protected
glycoluril. The product can be easily separated from the reaction
mixture by precipitation, giving rise to modest yields 75% (2b)
and 47% (3b). Notice that other bisureas can be also used in
the condensation reaction with glyoxal to yield 1,6-protected
glycolurils. We are currently testing our method for the
preparation of Rebek’s tennis ball building blocks based on
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4
durene.
We used the protected glycolurils 1c, 2b, and 3b in acid
catalyzed condensation with one equivalent of formaldehyde
to obtain the dimers 1d, 2c, and 3c. Reactions were performed
in concd HCl. We choosed a reaction temperature of 80 °C to
obtain only thermodynamically more stable C-shaped diaster-
eomers. Indeed, under these conditions the C-shaped dimers 1d,
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type of the groups on the convex face of the molecule.
Glycoluril has no substituent on the convex face. Therefore,
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c, and 3c were obtained in high yields of 90, 94, and 81%,
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Glycoluril Dimers
FIGURE 1. Wireframe representations of the crystal structures of
methylene-bridged glycoluril dimers (a) 2c and (b) 3c. In 2c, the
interplanar distances d are, respectively, 3.940 and 4.069 Å for two
crystallographically independent dimeric aggregates. Color coding: C,
gray; H, white; N, blue; O, red.
FIGURE 2. Wireframe representations of the crystal structures of
methylene-bridged glycoluril dimer 1d (a) viewed along the c-axis and
(
b) viewed along the a-axis. Color coding: C, gray; H, white; N, blue;
respectively. The presence of C-shaped dimers was confirmed
by H NMR spectra in which two doublets typical of the
O, red, C-H· · ·O hydrogen bonding, turquoise.
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diastereotopic methylene protons of the central eight membered
ring were observed.
colurils, glycoluril clips, and dimers, similar three-dimensional,
well-organized arrangements have not been reported.
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d
Slow evaporation of aqueous solution of the dimers 1d, 2c,
and 3c resulted in crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction.
Methylene bridged glycoluril dimer 2c bearing two xylylene
rings is organized into dimeric aggregates; the driving force of
the dimerization is the van der Waals interactions together with
the face-to-face π-π stacking interaction of xylylene rings
Compounds 1d, 2c, and 3c represent first glycoluril dimers
bearing hydrogen atoms on their convex face which have been
characterized by X-ray crystallography. As these dimers re-
semble the structural motif of cucurbituril, we have closely
investigated their structural features. Notice, that while 1d dimer
has a plane of symmetry, glycoluril units in 2c and 3c are twisted
(Figure 3). This is presented by the pairs of bond angles through
the methylene bridges which differ in 2c (121.1 and 124.3°,
and 119.2 and 121.8° for two crystallographically independent
molecules) and 3c (107.6 and 118.0°) and are identical in 1d
(146.4° as required by the crystallographic symmetry). As
(
Figure 1a). Previously reported analogs, which differ in the
presence of two ethyl ester groups on the convex face, do not
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a
undergo dimeric aggregation. Dimer self-assembly was also
observed in the crystal structure of 3c (Figure 1b). Unlike 2c
the glycoluril skeleton of 3c is framed with propylene chains.
Thus, the dimerization can be assigned to the van der Waals
interactions only. Dimeric aggregates of both 3c and 2c are
connected by short-distance C-H· · ·O hydrogen bonds between
methylene bridges and glycoluril carbonyls and also through
solvating molecules of water.
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confirmed by H NMR spectra, both glycoluril units of the
dimers are identical in the solution; also there are no bulky
substituents on the convex faces which could introduce strain
into the structures. We therefore attribute the significant twisting
of glycoluril units in 3c to the intermolecular contacts with the
solvating molecules of water.
In the crystal structure of 1d no dimerization was observed.
Instead, there is a three-dimensional network of molecules which
are held together by weak hydrogen bonds C-H · · · O. Each
molecule is surrounded by two molecules with the same
orientation and four molecules which are rotated by 90° relative
to the central molecule (Figure 2a). The stacking of these motifs
along the crystallographic c-axis results in columns in which
the bowl-shaped molecules are packed on top of each other
As is obvious from the above data, 1d adopts a more planar
form than usual for this kind of molecular dimers in the solid
state. This flattening is also apparent in the direction perpen-
dicular to the long axis of the dimer; the distance between two
oxygens in glycoluril units in 1d is 6.165 Å which is remarkably
higher than corresponding values in 2c and 3c (ranging from
5.784 to 5.987 Å) as well as in other crystallographically
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(
Figure 2b). There is no hydrogen bonding between the
characterized glycoluril dimers. The pronounced planarity of
molecules in the columns. The structure is held together by the
hydrogen bonding between the molecules in the neighboring
columns and stabilized by van der Waals interactions involving
methyl groups. Among published crystal structures of gly-
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FIGURE 3. Molecular structures of glycoluril dimers 1d, 2c, and 3c. Notice mutual twisting of both glycoluril units in 2c and 3c in their side
views. In 2c, the distances and angles for two crystallographically independent molecules are given.
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d can be explained by the presence of four methyl groups that
Reaction mixture (after reaction between methylurea and glyoxal)
was evaporated to dryness, and the resulting solid was dissolved
in boiling 8% H PO . The solution was left to cool to room
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make the dimer more flexible compared to 2c and 3c in which
two terminal nitrogen atoms on both sides of the dimers are
connected in seven- and six-member rings.
temperature. Needles, which separated in a few minutes, were
filtered off. This crystallization procedure was repeated once or
twice to produce pure crystalline 1,6-dimethylglycoluril 1c. Yield
Conclusions
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3b
1
is around 9%. mp 252-254 °C (dec.) (lit.
298-300 °C). H
In conclusion, we have prepared methylene-bridged glycoluril
dimers bearing two hydrogens on the convex face of the
glycoluril units. A new method for the preparation of glycoluril
dimer precursors, cis-terminated glycolurils, was developed. In
the solid state 3c and 2c form dimeric aggregates whereas 1d
features a unique three-dimensional structure. Our findings
suggest that the intermolecular contacts are important factors
governing the conformation of glycoluril oligomers.
NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d ): 7.39 (s, 2 H), 5.17 (d, J ) 8.3, 1 H),
6
1
3
5.10 (d, J ) 8.3, 1 H), 2.78 (s, 6H). C NMR (75 MHz, DMSO-
d
[C
6
): 159.7, 75.2, 60.2, 29.2. HRMS (ESI+) m/z calcd for
+
6
H
10
N
4
O
2
+ H] : 171.0882; found: 171.0880.
Tetramethylglycoluril Dimer (1d). 1,6-Dimethylglycoluril 1c
340 mg; 2 mmol) was mixed with paraformaldehyde (60 mg; 2
mmol) and 3.2 mL of concd HCl. Resulting mixture was heated to
0 °C (bath temperature) for 4 h and then evaporated to dryness.
Product could be crystallized from water, if necessary. White solid
(
8
1
(
5
327 mg, 90%). mp > 300 °C. H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d
6
):
Experimental Section
.63 (d, J ) 14.6, 2 H), 5.32 (d, J ) 8.6, 2 H), 5.10 (d, J ) 8.6,
1
3
1
,6-Dimethylglycoluril (1c). This was prepared according to
2 H), 4.11 (d, J ) 14.6, 2H), 2.84 (s, 12 H). C NMR (75 MHz,
1
3b
published procedure.
carried out as follows:
Separation from 1,4-derivative 1b was
DMSO-d
for [C14
6
): 106.1, 71.4, 70.4, 52.3, 29.8. HRMS (ESI+) m/z calcd
+
H
20
N
8
O
4
+ H] 365.1686; found: 365.1667.
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Glycoluril Dimers
o-Xylylenebisurea (2a). o-Xylylenediamine dihydrochloride
washed with cold water. White crystalline solid (8.47 g, 78%). mp
1
5
1
hemihydrate (6.96 g; 31.9 mmol) was dissolved in 200 mL of
water. Potassium cyanate (5.17 g; 63.8 mmol) was added in one
portion. Resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature over-
night. Separated solid was filtered off, washed with water and
acetone, and dried in Vacuo. White solid (5.44 g, 76%). mp
183-185 °C. H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d ): 6.00 (br s, 2 H),
6
13
5.40 (br s, 4 H), 2.98-2.92 (m, 4 H), 1.47-1.38 (m, 2 H). C
NMR (75 MHz, DMSO-d ): 158.8, 36.8, 31.0. HRMS (ESI+) m/z
6
+
calcd for [C H N O + H] : 161.1039; found: 161.1030.
5
12
4
2
Propyleneglycoluril (3b). Propylenebisurea 3a (1.00 g, 6.24
mmol) was dissolved in 100 mL of water. Glyoxal (crystalline
trimer dihydrate, 0.44 g, 1 equiv) was added; the resulting mixture
was acidified with 0.2 mL of concd HCl and heated to reflux for
1
6
1
2
7
)
1
24-225 °C (lit. 219-220 °C) H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d
.25-7.18 (m, 4 H), 6.41 (br s, 2 H), 5.55 (br s, 4 H), 4.20 (d, J
6
):
1
3
6
5.7, 4 H). C NMR (75 MHz, DMSO-d ): 158.6, 137.8, 127.4,
26.5. Note: Signal of methylene carbons is overlapped by solvent
2
h. The resulting solution was partially evaporated to the formation
+
signal. HRMS (ESI+) m/z calcd for [C10
14 4 2
H N O + H] : 223.1195;
of crystalline phase and then left in refrigerator overnight. Separated
crystals were filtered off and washed with a small volume of
found: 223.1189.
o-Xylyleneglycoluril (2b). o-Xylylenebisurea 2a (5.44 g, 24.4
mmol) was mixed with 540 mL of water and stirred under reflux.
After all material was dissolved, 40% water solution of glyoxal
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ice-water. White crystals (0.53 g, 47%). mp > 300 °C. H NMR
(
(
(
6
300 MHz, DMSO-d ): 7.55 (s, 2H), 5.21 (d, J ) 7.5, 1 H), 5.18
d, J ) 7.5, 1 H), 3.77-3.71 (m, 2H), 3.02-2.94 (m, 2 H), 1.39
(
2.8 mL, 24.4 mmol) was added. Reaction mixture was acidified
13
d, J ) 13.1, 1 H), 1.15-1.00 (m, 1 H). C NMR (75 MHz,
with 0.4 mL of concd HCl. After 1.5 h of reflux, the reaction
mixture was cooled and left in the refrigerator overnight. Crystalline
material was filtered off and washed with ice-water. White
DMSO-d
6
): 158.7, 67.5, 59.9, 38.5, 23.0. HRMS (ESI+) m/z calcd
10 4 2
+
for [C H N O + H] : 183.0882; found: 183.0872.
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Propyleneglycoluril dimer (3c). Propyleneglycoluril 3b (500
mg; 2.74 mmol) was dissolved in 4 mL of concd HCl. Paraform-
aldehyde (82 mg; 2.74 mmol) was added, and the resulting mixture
was heated to 80 °C (bath temperature). After 3 h, the reaction
mixture was cooled in the refrigerator for one hour. Separated
crystalline material was filtered off and washed with acetone. White
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crystalline solid (4.49 g, 75%). mp > 300 °C. H NMR (300 MHz,
DMSO-d ): 7.31 (s, 2 H), 7.27-7.19 (m, 4 H), 5.61 (d, J ) 7.6, 1
6
13
H), 5.20 (d, J ) 7.6, 1 H), 4.58-4.46 (m, 4 H). C NMR (75
MHz, DMSO-d ): 158.0, 138.1, 129.1, 127.2, 72.7, 59.4, 44.6.
HRMS (ESI+) m/z calcd for [C12
45.1033.
o-Xylyleneglycoluril Dimer (2c). o-Xylyleneglycoluril 2b (1.00
6
+
12 4 2
H N O + H] : 245.1039; found:
2
1
crystals (0.43 g, 81%). mp > 300 °C. H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-
d
7
6
): 5.49 (d, J ) 7.7, 2 H), 5.46 (d, J ) 14.5, 2 H), 5.24 (d, J )
g, 4.1 mmol) was mixed with paraformaldehyde (0.123 g, 4.1 mmol)
and 20 mL concd HCl. Resulting mixture was heated to 80 °C (bath
temperature) for 3 h, then cooled. Resulting solid was filtered off,
.7, 2 H), 4.28 (d, J ) 14.5, 2 H), 3.82-3.76 (m, 4H), 3.13-3.05
13
(
m, 4H), 1.48 (d, J ) 12.9, 2H), 1.25-1.12 (m, 2H). C NMR (75
MHz, DMSO-d ): 155.1, 69.7, 63.1, 52.2, 38.8, 23.2. HRMS (ESI+)
m/z calcd for [C16
6
washed with water and dried in Vacuo. 0.99 g (94%) white solid.
+
20 8 4
H N O + H] : 389.1686; found: 389.1671.
1
mp > 300 °C. H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d
6
): 7.22-7.14 (m, 8
H), 5.60 (d, J ) 8.1, 2 H), 5.47 (d, J ) 14.6, 2 H), 5.42 (d, J )
1
3
Acknowledgment. This work was supported by the Grant
Agency of the Czech Republic (203/07/P382). We thank J.
Franti sˇ ek for the HRMS analyses.
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(
4
.1, 2 H), 4.60-4.49 (m, 8 H), 4.19 (d, J ) 14.6, 2 H). C NMR
75 MHz, DMSO-d ): 154.7, 137.5, 129.1, 127.5, 69.4, 68.8, 52.1,
6
+
24 8 4
5.0. HRMS (ESI+) m/z calcd for [C26H N O + H] : 513.1999;
found: 513.2005.
Supporting Information Available: 1H and 13C NMR
spectra of all new compounds, X-ray crystallographic files (CIF)
for 1d, 2c, and 3c. This material is available free of charge via
the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.
Propylenebisurea (3a). 1,3-Diaminopropane (5.00 g; 67 mmol)
was dissolved in 20 mL of water. The resulting mixture was cooled
with ice-water, and concd HCl (11.8 mL) was added. Still under
cooling, potassium cyanate (10.87 g; 134 mmol) was added. The
reaction mixture was then refluxed for 1 h, cooled, and left in
refrigerator overnight. The crystalline material was filtered off and
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