Makrocyclische Ionophore beruhend auf oligomeren Terephthaldiamiden mit von Gastmolekülen abhängiger Selektivität

Macrocyclic Oligolactams Based on Terephthalic Acid as Ionophores with Selectivity Depending on Included Guest Molecules Macrocyclic 20- to 60-membered oligolactam hosts exhibit ion selectivities in poly(vinyl chloride) membranes which depend on the ring size and on the substituents of the amide N-atoms. The selectivity may be changed by loading the macrocyclic host with CHCl₃ as guest molecule.     

Macrocyclic bis(amidonaphthol)s for anion sensing: tunable selectivity by ring size in proton transfer process

The investigation on anion sensing properties for a series of macrocyclic bis(amidonaphthol)s 3a-3c reveals the significant effects of macrocyclic ring size. Among them, macrocycle 3c with the largest ring size shows F⁻ ion selectivity by causing clear red shift (24 nm) in fluorescence emission after complexation with F⁻, which results in significant color change of fluorescence from blue to green. This excellent selectivity toward F⁻ ion might be attributed to the fitness between the acidity of -OH group and the basicity of F⁻ ion. Further exploration indicates that the acidity of -OH group can be tuned by ring size to give it the capability to discriminate the subtle difference in the affinity of F⁻, CH₃COO⁻, and H₂PO₄⁻ to -OH proton.     

Macrocyclic Ligands in Separations

The selectivity of macrocyclic ligands such as crown ethers and cryptands in binding metal and other cations in aqueous and nonaqueous solvents can be exploited to make ion separations. Cations are usually separated by direct interaction with the ligand. In addition, anions associated with the positively charged macrocyclic complexes can be separated in novel separations systems. We have incorporated macrocyclic ligands into high performance ion chromatography, liquid membranes, and solvent extraction separation systems involving coalescence extraction.     

Cyclitol-based metal-complexing agents. Effect of the relative orientation of oxygen atoms in the ionophoric ring on the cation-binding ability of myo-inositol-based crown ethers

myo-Inositol-derived crown ethers having varying relative orientations (1,3-diaxial, 1,2-diequatorial, and 1,2-axial-equatorial) of the oxygen atoms in the ionophoric ring were synthesized and the extent of their binding with picrates of alkali metals, ammonia, and silver were estimated. These crown ethers bind very well with potassium and silver picrates and show good to moderate binding toward lithium, sodium, cesium, and ammonium picrates. These myo-inositol-derived crown ethers exhibit very strong binding for silver, even though they do not have sulfur or nitrogen coordinating sites in them, which are known to have high affinity for silver. The ratio of binding constants for silver to other ions tested varies from 10(2) to 10(5). The ion selectivity and the strength of binding are dependent on the relative orientation of the oxygen atoms in the ionophoric ring as well as on the size of the macrocyclic ring.     

New lariat ether carboxylic and hydroxamic acids: Synthesis and lanthanide ion complexation

Twenty-six new lariat ether carboxylic and hydroxamic acids based upon dibenzo-13-crown-4, dibenzo-14-crown-4, dibenzo-16-crown-5 and dibenzo-19-crown-6 ring systems are synthesized and the solid-state structure for a dibenzo-19-crown-6 lariat ether hydroxamic acid is determined. The efficiency and selectivity for lanthanide ion extraction into chloroform by these proton-ionizable lariat ethers is strongly influenced by the crown ether ring size, lipophilic group attachment site and identity of the acidic function. In general, the lariat ether hydroxamic acids were more efficient and selective lanthanide ion extractants than the corresponding lariat ether carboxylic acids. The ¹H nmr and ir binding studies indicate that both the macrocyclic polyether unit and the proton-ionizable group are involved in lanthanide ion complexation.     

Bis-4,4′-biphenyl Ring Embedded Octaphyrin with Three Distinct Conformational Structures

Three distinct conformational structures of carbaoctaphyrins were prepared by incorporating bis-4,4'-biphenyl units in the macrocyclic core. The free-base form adopts a figure-eight conformation, whereas the protonation triggers a conformational change with a pyrrole ring inversion and acquires an open-framework structure. The insertion of bis-Rh^I metal ion in the macrocyclic core affords a singly twisted conformational structure. Furthermore, the local aromaticity in the bis-4,4'-biphenyl ring dominates the overall macrocyclic aromaticity in all three forms, and thus adopts nonaromatic characteristics. These results are supported by spectral as well as theoretical studies, and they are unambiguously confirmed by X-ray crystal analyses.     

Ring closing enyne metathesis: control over mode selectivity and stereoselectivity

Ring closing enyne metathesis to form 10-15-membered rings was achieved by using a tartrate-derived linker to attach ene and yne subunits. The exo/endo selectivity of the ring closure reaction of these substrates was found to be a function of ring size, whereby larger rings (12-15) give endo-products selectively, while smaller rings (5-11) give exo-products. The E/Z selectivity of the resultant macrocyclic 1,3-dienes was not predictable except for 10- and 11-membered rings. However, both the exo/endo-mode selectivity of the ring closure and the E/Z selectivity of the 1,3-dienes were improved by performing these reactions under ethylene atmosphere. The presence of ethylene induces a selective cross metathesis between the alkyne moiety and ethylene to generate an acyclic 1,3-diene which can undergo ring closing diene metathesis between the isolated olefin and the distal monosubstituted double bond of the 1,3-diene to generate exclusively the endo-product with high E-selectivity.     

Macrocyclic ligand design. Structure-function relationships involving the interaction of pyridinyl-containing, oxygen-nitrogen donor macrocycles with selected transition and post transition metal ions on progressive N-benzylation of their secondary amines

Structure-function relationships underlying the interaction of progressively N-benzylated N(4)O(2)-donor macrocycles with cobalt(II), nickel(II), copper(II), zinc(II), cadmium(II), silver(I) and lead(II) have been probed using a range of techniques that include X-ray diffraction, DFT computations, solvent extraction, potentiometric stability constant determinations and competitive membrane transport experiments. Collectively, the results indicate that N-benzylation of the secondary amine donor groups of the parent macrocyclic ring results in an enhanced tendency towards selectivity for silver(I) relative to the other six metals investigated. The observed behaviour serves as additional exemplification of the previously proposed concept of selective 'detuning' as a mechanism for metal ion discrimination.     

Density Functional Theoretical Investigation of Remarkably High Selectivity of the Cs(+) Ion over the Na(+) Ion toward Macrocyclic Hybrid Calix-Bis-Crown Ether

Density functional theoretical analysis was performed to explore the enhanced selectivity of the Cs(+) ion over the Na(+) ion with hybrid calix[4]-bis-crown macrocyclic ligand compared to 18-crown-6 ether. The calculated selectivity data for Cs(+)/Na(+) with hybrid calix[4]-bis-crown ligand using the free energy of extraction employing thermodynamical cycle was found to be in excellent agreement with the reported solvent extraction results. The present study further establishes that the selectivity for a specific metal ion between two competitive ligands is primarily due to the complexation free energy of the ligand to the metal ions and is independent of the aqueous solvent effect but strongly depends on the dielectricity of the organic solvents and the presence of the coanion.     

新型大环聚醚的合成及配位性能

本文报道一类新型大环聚醚的合成.在以1,7-二氧杂-4,10-二氮杂环十二烷(1a)及1,7,10,16-四氧杂-4,13-二氮杂环十八烷(1b)中的两个仲胺上进行含醚键的卤代烷取代反应,获得一批带有两个含有侧链醚键的新型冠醚.以碳酸钾为缩合剂,所得冠醚碱金属配合物经酸分解及四甲基氢氧化铵处理后,得游离的大环聚醚. 用溶解度法初步测定了这类冠醚对碱金属的配位性能.结果指出,其母环及侧链上氧原子数的多少及碱金属离子半径的大小均影响配合物的稳定性,其中有些冠醚对碱金属有良好的配位能力,有的还具有优异的选择性,例如N,N′-β-甲氧基乙基-1,7-二氧杂-4,10-二氮杂环十二烷(13a)对钾及钠离子的选择比大于18-c-β,并比4,4′(5′)-二甲基苯并-30-c-10还高.     

Synthesis and trivalent lanthanide ion complexation studies of new macrocyclic receptors based lactam ionophores

This study is the first report on the design, synthesis and photophysical properties of three new macrocyclic receptors based receptors containing two amide bridges. Their binding properties towards trivalent lanthanide ions such as La³⁺, Gd³⁺, Tb³⁺, Dy³⁺, Er³⁺ and Yb³⁺ were investigated by using spectroscopic techniques. With respect to emission intensity changes upon trivalent lanthanide ion complexation, macrocyclic receptors based lactam ionophores showed higher selectivity towards Yb³⁺ and/or Er³⁺ ion over other ions. Presence of proximal two amide groups in macrocyclic lactam receptors having different cavity size were observed to play an important role in exhibiting its lanthanide ion binding.     

Structural analysis of rapamycin and related compounds using [M + Li]+ ions generated by liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry

Cationization of the macrocyclic immunosuppressant rapamycin with lithium ion upon liquid secondary ion mass spectrometric ionization yields a number of fragment ions, which are observable in the full-scan spectrum. These are clearly assigned using B/E linked scanning (fragment ion scanning), B²/E linked scanning (precursor ion scanning) and peak matching for accurate mass measurement. Many of the fragments are produced by processes that open the macrocyclic ring, and it is possible to observe several different pieces of the molecule as fragment ions. The diversity of fragments produced facilitates the elucidation of new rapamycin-like structures through mass spectrometry. Three structurally modified rapamycin analogues have been examined by this technique, and the modifications to the molecule may be located based on the nominal masses of their fragments.     

Synthesis of a new fluorescent macrocyclic α-amino acid derivative via tandem cross-enyne/ring-closing metathesis cascade catalyzed by ruthenium based catalysts

A simple methodology to a unique macrocyclic α-amino acid (AAA) derivative involving three step synthetic sequence has been reported. In addition, various ruthenium based catalysts were studied to enhance the selectivity of the desired macrocyclic AAA derivative 6. The fluorescence behavior of these AAA derivatives 5 and 6 indicate their potential applications in biological sciences as biomarkers, ion sensors and peptidomimetics.     

Macrocyclic DNA‐Mismatch‐Binding Ligands: Structural Determinants of Selectivity

A collection of 15 homodimeric and 5 heterodimeric macrocyclic bisintercalators was prepared by one‐ or two‐step condensation of aromatic dialdehydes with aliphatic diamines; notably, the heterodimeric scaffolds were synthesized for the first time. The binding of these macrocycles to DNA duplexes containing a mispaired thymine residue (TX), as well as to the fully paired control (TA), was investigated by thermal denaturation and fluorescent‐intercalator‐displacement experiments. The bisnaphthalene derivatives, in particular, the 2,7‐disubstituted ones, have the highest selectivity for the TX mismatches, as these macrocycles show no apparent binding to the fully paired DNA. By contrast, other macrocyclic ligands, as well as seven conventional DNA binders, show lesser or no selectivity for the mismatch sites. The study demonstrates that the topology of the ligands plays a crucial role in determining the mismatch‐binding affinity and selectivity of the macrocyclic bisintercalators.     

Efficient and Selective Formation of Macrocyclic Disubstituted Z Alkenes by Ring‐Closing Metathesis (RCM) Reactions Catalyzed by Mo‐ or W‐Based Monoaryloxide Pyrrolide (MAP) Complexes: Applications to Total Syntheses of Epilachnene,Yuzu Lactone,Ambrettolide, Epothilone C,and Nakadomarin A

The first broadly applicable set of protocols for efficient Z‐selective formation of macrocyclic disubstituted alkenes through catalytic ring‐closing metathesis (RCM) is described. Cyclizations are performed with 1.2–7.5 mol % of a Mo‐ or W‐based monoaryloxide pyrrolide (MAP) complex at 22 °C and proceed to complete conversion typically within two hours. Utility is demonstrated by synthesis of representative macrocyclic alkenes, such as natural products yuzu lactone (13‐membered ring: 73 % Z) epilachnene (15‐membered ring: 91 % Z), ambrettolide (17‐membered ring: 91 % Z), an advanced precursor to epothilones C and A (16‐membered ring: up to 97 % Z), and nakadomarin A (15‐membered ring: up to 97 % Z). We show that catalytic Z‐selective cyclizations can be performed efficiently on gram‐scale with complex molecule starting materials and catalysts that can be handled in air. We elucidate several critical principles of the catalytic protocol: 1) The complementary nature of the Mo catalysts, which deliver high activity but can be more prone towards engendering post‐RCM stereoisomerization, versus W variants, which furnish lower activity but are less inclined to cause loss of kinetic Z selectivity. 2) Reaction time is critical to retaining kinetic Z selectivity not only with MAP species but with the widely used Mo bis(hexafluoro‐tert‐butoxide) complex as well. 3) Polycyclic structures can be accessed without significant isomerization at the existing Z alkenes within the molecule.     

EXAFS investigations of strontium complexation by a polymer-supported crown ether

Extended X-ray absorption fine-structure (EXAFS) measurements have been used to probe the coordination environment of strontium ion sorbed from aqueous nitric acid solutions on an extraction chromatographic resin comprising a macrocyclic polyether dispersed on a polymeric support. The strontium EXAFS of the metal ions sorbed onto the resin are consistent with a 1:1:2 strontium:crown ether:nitrate stoichiometry in which the strontium is enveloped in the crown ether ring and both nitrate anions are coordinated to the strontium as bidentate ligands. This is the same structure and stoichiometry observed for complexes in liquid-liquid extraction when the macrocyclic polyether is dissolved in a diluent with low water miscibility like 1-octanol.     

Enantiomer-Selectivity for Phenylethylammonium Ion of Membranes Based on a Chiral Macrocyclic Polyether

A chiral macrocyclic crown ether exhibits an enantiomer-selectivity of 2.6 for α-phenylethylammonium ion when incorporated in solvent polymeric membranes. The sequence of selectivity of these membranes clearly differs from that of lipophilicity for the different biogenic ammonium ions studied, indicating a significant structural contribution.     

Anion and carboxylic acid binding to monotopic and ditopic amidopyridine macrocycles

Binding of inorganic anions, carboxylic acids, and tetraalkylammonium carboxylates by macrocyclic compounds of different size was studied by NMR in DMSO-d6. It has been shown that at least a 15-membered ring is necessary for successful recognition of fluoride. Larger macrocycles were shown to bind HSO4(-), H2PO4(-), Cl(-), and carboxylic acid salts. Effects of binding topicity are discussed. The 30-membered macrocycles 4 and 4m selectively bind substrates that are size- and shape-complementary: maximum binding is observed for dicarboxylic acids and dicarboxylates with four-carbon chains, and the binding constant for association of fumaric acid and 4 is ca. 5 orders of magnitude higher than that of maleic acid. The 30-membered macrocycle 4m showed selectivity toward alpha-ketocarboxylic acids. Secondary amino groups were not crucial for binding of fluoride to the macrocycles; however, they proved to be very important for selectivity and strength of carboxylic acid binding. The X-ray structure of the adduct of 4 and nitrobenzoic acid confirmed the guest H-bonding with both the amide and the secondary amino groups of the 30-membered macrocyclic host.     

Chelate ring geometry,and the metal ion selectivity of macrocyclic ligands. Some recent developments

Abstract

The idea (Hancock, 1992) that the dominant architectural feature in controlling metal ion selectivity in both open-chain and macro-cyclic ligands is the size of the chelate ring is pursued further. It is shown that when more than one or two six-membered chelate rings are present in the complex of a nitrogen donor macrocycle, the steric requirements of the six-membered chelate ring of a M-N bond length of 1.6 Å and N-M-N angle of 109.5° become particularly severe, and can only be met by a small tetrahedral metal ion. Thus, the ligand 16-aneN₄ (1,5,9,13-tetraazacyclohexadecane) forms complexes of low stability with all metal ions studied to date, but a conformer of 16-aneN₄ is identified by MM calculation which is predicted to form complexes of high stability with very small tetrahedral metal ions. The question of the M-O bond length and O-M-O angles that will produce minimum strain in chelate rings containing neutral oxygen donor is addressed. The observation (Hay, 1993) that the geometry around an ethereal oxygen coordinated to a metal ion approximates to trigonal planar rather than tetrahedral leads to ideal M-O-C angles of about 126°, which leads to minimum strain energy with much longer M-L lengths in chelate rings containing neutral oxygen donors than neutral nitrogen donors. It is suggested that this fact accounts for the general tendency of crown ethers to form their most stable complexes with potassium out of the alkali metal ions, and also accounts for the very small macrocyclic effect observed in complexes of macrocycles containing mixed nitrogen and oxygen donor groups. The preferred geometry of four-membered chelate rings is discussed, and it is shown that higher coordination numbers of metal ions are associated with four membered chelate rings, and that four membered chelate rings may be used to engineer preference for larger metal ions. Very rigid reinforced chelate rings are discussed, and it is shown that open-chain ligands with reinforced bridges between the donor atoms can display all the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects associated with macrocyclic ligands.     

Magic ring catenation by olefin metathesis

[reaction: see text]. Olefin metathesis has been employed in the efficient syntheses of a [2]catenane with the templation being provided by the recognition between a secondary ammonium ion and a crown ether. In one approach, a crown ether precursor has been clipped around an NH2+ center situated in a macrocyclic ring, yielding the mechanically interlocked compound. In the other approach, the reversible nature of olefin metathesis allows for a magic ring synthesis to occur wherein two free macrocycles can be employed as the stationary materials, leading to the formation of the same [2]catenane.