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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

"Cofactor"-controlled enantioselective catalysis

We report an achiral bisphosphine rhodium complex equipped with a binding site for the recognition of chiral anion guests. Upon binding small chiral guests-cofactors-the rhodium complex becomes chiral and can thus be used for asymmetric catalysis. Screening of a library of cofactors revealed that the best cofactors lead to hydrogenation catalysts that form the products with high enantioselectivity (ee?s up to 99%). Interestingly, a competition experiment shows that even in a mixture of 12 cofactors high ee is obtained, indicating that the complex based on the best cofactor dominates the catalysis.

Effector enhanced enantioselective hydroformylation

In this communication, we report rhodium DIMPhos complexes with an integrated DIM-receptor that can bind carboxylate containing effectors and their application in the rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation reaction. The binding of chiral effectors in non-chiral [Rh(DIMPhos)] catalysts does not lead to enantioselective hydroformylation, but the binding of either achiral or chiral effectors can significantly enhance the enantioselectivity induced by the chiral Rh-metal complexes. For example, the supramolecular complex [Rh]/[1S?L3] displays high regio- and enantioselectivity in the hydroformylation of vinyl acetate (72% ee, and b/l >99), whereas in absence of this effector the ee is around 17%.

Applicability of a modified Edman procedure for measurement of protein adducts: Mechanisms of formation and degradation of phenylthiohydantoins

Adducts to N-terminal valine residues in hemoglobin (Hb) are used for monitoring in vivo doses of electrophiles and are quantitated by means of a modified Edman procedure, the "N-alkyl Edman procedure". In the reaction with pentafluorophenyl isothiocyanate, N-alkylated valines cyclize and detach from the protein as pentafluorophenylthiohydantoins (PFPTHs) much more efficiently than do unsubstituted N-terminal valine residues. The mechanisms of this reaction, and of possible degradation reactions, have been studied with model compounds using phenyl- and pentafluorophenyl isothiocyanate. The rapid cyclization to N-alkylvaline-PTHs occurs as a consequence of the influence of substituents on ring formation. This facilitated cyclization favors a direct attack by the thiocarbamoyl nitrogen atom on valine-C-1, and is also observed to occur slowly at unsubstituted N-terminal valines. Such cyclization is favored in protic solvents. Under alkaline conditions and in the presence of air, hydrolytic and oxidative processes give rise to degradation products. The PTH derivatives of N-alkylvaline are less apt to undergo such reactions than are the corresponding derivatives of unsubstituted valine. We conclude that the presence of an N-substituent exerts a greater influence on the cyclization process than the structure of the amino acid or of the Edman reagent. For adducts of different structures, the method has broad applicability, for which the limits, however, are not yet explored. The knowledge from the studies is valid not only for the N-alkyl Edman procedure, but also, to some extent, for the classical Edman degradation reaction. The oxidative side reaction gave rise to the invention of a novel synthesis route for insertion of nucleophiles at carbon-5 in thiohydantoins. The present investigation provides a basis for the N-alkyl Edman procedure, facilitating new toxicological applications.