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Upstream product

• 186581-53-3 diazomethane 
• 610-10-6 (1S,2S)-cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid 
• 67-56-1 methanol 

Downstream Products

• 3205-34-3 (1S,2S)-(–)-1,2-di(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexane 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Induction of chirality in 4,4′-azopyridine by halogen-bonding interaction with optically active ditopic donors

Optically active ditopic halogen bond donors bearing two 4-iodotetrafluorophenyl groups were obtained by reaction of chiral diols with iodopentafluorobenzene. Co-crystallization of these donors with anti-4,4′-azopyridine afforded binary complexes containing infinite chains of the alternating component molecules connected by halogen bonds. The solid state CD measurements confirmed that complexation induces optical activity of the azo chromophore due to the twisting of the aryl-N═N system or external chiral perturbation exerted by host molecules.

Ultralow-Molecular-Weight Stimuli-Responsive and Multifunctional Supramolecular Gels Based on Monomers and Trimers of Hydrazides

The simpler, the better. A series of simple, neutral and ultralow-molecular-weight (MW: 140–200) hydrazide-derived supramolecular gelators have been designed and synthesized in two straightforward steps. For non-conjugated cyclohexane-derived hydrazides, their monomers can self-assemble to form gels through intermolecular hydrogen bonds and dipole-dipole interactions. Significantly, conjugated phthalhydrazide can self-aggregate into planar and circular trimers through intermolecular hydrogen bonds and then self-assemble to form gels through intermolecular π–π stacking interactions. It is interesting that these simple gelators exhibit unusual properties, such as self-healing, multi-response fluorescence, and visual and selective recognition of chiral (R)/(S)-1,1′-binaphthalene-2,2′-diamine and S2? through much different times of gel re-formation and blue-green color change, respectively. These results underline the importance of supramolecular gels and extend the scope of supramolecular gelators.

The Construction of Homochiral Lanthanide Quadruple-Stranded Helicates with Multiresponsive Sensing Properties toward Fluoride Anions

A series of unique homochiral lanthanide tetranuclear quadruple-stranded helicates have been self-assembled controllably by using the intrinsic advantages of chiral bridging ligands, (S)-H2L and (R)-H2L, and lanthanide ions with high coordination numbers. The self-assembly process of these chiral helicates not only ensures the structural stability and quadruple-stranded feature of lanthanide cluster in the solid state and solution, but also achieves effective transfer and amplification of the chirality code from the ligand to a higher supramolecular level. Moreover, through using optical rotation, circular dichroism spectra analysis, and luminescence measurements, we demonstrate that these chiral lanthanide helicates could serve as sensitive and multi-responsive sensors to recognize and detect F? anions based on the change of chiral signal and NIR luminescence simultaneously, which represents a meaningful exploration for developing functional lanthanide-based polynuclear clusters.

Enantiomerically pure β-amino acids: A convenient access to both enantiomers of trans-2-aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid

Enantiomerically pure trans-2-aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid is an important building block for helical β-peptides. We report here that this amino acid can be obtained from trans-cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid in good yield by a simple one-pot procedure comprising cyclization to the anhydride, amide formation with ammonia, and a subsequent Hofmann-type degradation with phenyliodine(III) bis(trifluoroacetate) (PIFA) as the oxidant. The N-Fmoc- and N-BOC-protected derivatives were obtained by treatment of the amino acid with Fmoc-OSu and BOC2O, respectively. The N-BOC derivative could be prepared in even better overall yield by a one-pot procedure leading directly from trans-cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid to the N-BOC-protected amino acid. Both enantiomers of the starting trans-1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid can be obtained easily and in large quantities by separating commercially available racemic trans-1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid using either (R)- or (S)-1-phenethylamine. X-ray crystallography of the diastereomerically pure salt obtained from (R)-1-phenethylamine revealed that the configuration of the diacid component is (1R,2R), and not (1S,2S) as reported in the literature. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2002.