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Direct crystallographic observation of catalytic reactions inside the pores of a flexible coordination polymer
Das, Raj Kumar,Aijaz, Arshad,Sharma, Manish K.,Lama, Prem,Bharadwaj, Parimal K.
experimental part, p. 6866 - 6872 (2012/07/31)
A new flexible porous coordination polymer (PCP), {[Gd2(L) 3(dmf)4]·4 DMF·3 H2O}n (1), was synthesized under solvothermal condition by reacting [Gd(NO 3)3]·6 H2O with the ligand 2,6,2',6'-tetranitro-biphenyl-4,4'-dicarboxylic acid (H2L). Compound 1 had a 3D coordination polymeric structure with two types of 1D channels (A and B) that were occupied by DMF and water molecules. When crystals of 1 were separately exposed to vapors of various aromatic aldehydes, either the lattice or both the lattice and metal-bound solvent molecules were replaced by aldehyde molecules. The aldehyde molecules inside the pores spontaneously underwent cyanosilylation and Knoevenagel condensation reactions upon exposure to vapors of trimethylsilyl cyanide and malononitrile, respectively. These reactions took place at ambient temperature and pressure. Moreover, both the reactants and the products translocated from one cavity to another. The products that occupied the cavity were expunged upon exposure to the vapors of an aldehyde. Because crystallinity was maintained during these chemical transformations, direct crystallographic observation was possible. Herein, we showed that confinement of the reactants inside the void spaces of the PCP led to the products; we also assessed catalytic activities of this PCP in bulk quantities. Copyright
A new (R)-hydroxynitrile lyase from Prunus mume: Asymmetric synthesis of cyanohydrins
Nanda, Samik,Kato, Yasuo,Asano, Yasuhisa
, p. 10908 - 10916 (2007/10/03)
A new hydroxynitrile lyase (HNL) was isolated from the seed of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume). The enzyme has similar properties with HNL isolated from other Prunus species and is FAD containing enzyme. It accepts a large number of unnatural substrates (benzaldehyde and its variant) for the addition of HCN to produce the corresponding cyanohydrins in excellent optical and chemical yields. A new HPLC based enantioselective assay technique was developed for the enzyme, which promotes the addition of KCN to benzaldehyde in a buffered solution (pH=4.5).
