Helical arrays of pendant fullerenes on optically active poly(phenylacetylene)s

Novel, optically active, stereoregular poly(phenylacetylene)s bearing the bulky fullerene as the pendant were synthesized by copolymerization of an achiral phenylacetylene bearing a [60]fullerene unit with optically active phenylacetylene components in the presence of a rhodium catalyst. The C60-bound phenylacetylene was prepared by treatment of C60 with N-(4-ethynylbenzyl)glycine in a Prato reaction. The obtained copolymers exhibited induced circular dichroism (ICD) in solution both in the main-chain region and in the achiral fullerene chromophoric region, although their ICD intensities were highly dependent on the structures of the optically active phenylacetylenes and the solution temperature. These results indicate that the optically active copolymers form one-handed helical structures and that the pendant achiral fullerene groups are arranged in helical arrays with a predominant screw sense along the polymer backbone. The structures and morphology of the copolymers on solid substrates were also investigated by atomic force microscopy.     

Macromolecular helicity inversion of an optically active helical poly(phenylacetylene) by chemical modification of the side groups

An optically active helical poly(phenylacetylene) was synthesized by the copolymerization of phenylacetylenes bearing optically active hydroxy or ester groups obtained by the kinetic resolution of a racemic phenylacetylene with lipase; the helix-sense was inverted from one helix to another by the further chemical modification of the hydroxy groups with achiral bulky isocyanates or an acid chloride.     

Macromolecular helicity inversion of poly(phenylacetylene) derivatives induced by various external stimuli

Unique macromolecular helicity inversion of stereoregular, optically active poly(phenylacetylene) derivatives induced by external achiral and chiral stimuli is briefly reviewed. Stereoregular, cis-transoidal poly(phenylacetylene)s bearing an optically active substituent, such as (1R,2S)-norephedrine (poly- 1 ) and β-cyclodextrin residues (poly- 2 ), show an induced circular dichroism (ICD) in the UV-visible region of the polymer backbone in solution due to a predominantly one-handed helical conformation of the polymers. However, poly- 1 undergoes a helix-helix transition upon complexation with chiral acids having an R configuration, and the complexes exhibit a dramatic change in the ICD of poly- 1 . Poly- 2 also shows the inversion of macromolecular helicity responding to molecular and chiral recognition events that occurred at the remote cyclodextrin residues from the polymer backbone; the helicity inversion is accompanied by a visible color change. A similar helix-helix transition of poly((R)- or (S)-(4-((1-(1-naphthyl)ethyl)carbamoyl)phenyl)acetylene) is also briefly described.     

Hierarchical amplification of macromolecular helicity of dynamic helical poly(phenylacetylene)s composed of chiral and achiral phenylacetylenes in dilute solution, liquid crystal, and two-dimensional crystal

Optically active poly(phenylacetylene) copolymers consisting of optically active and achiral phenylacetylenes bearing L-alanine decyl esters (1L) and 2-aminoisobutylic acid decyl esters (Aib) as the pendant groups (poly(1L(m)-co-Aib(n))) with various compositions were synthesized by the copolymerization of the optically active 1L with achiral Aib using a rhodium catalyst, and their chiral amplification of the macromolecular helicity in a dilute solution, a lyotropic liquid crystalline (LC) state, and a two-dimensional (2D) crystal on the substrate was investigated by measuring the circular dichroism of the copolymers, mesoscopic cholesteric twist in the LC state (cholesteric helical pitch), and high-resolution atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of the self-assembled 2D helix-bundles of the copolymer chains. We found that the macromolecular helicity of poly(1L(m)-co-Aib(n))s could be hierarchically amplified in the order of the dilute solution, LC state, and 2D crystal. In sharp contrast, almost no chiral amplification of the macromolecular helicity was observed for the homopolymer mixtures of 1L and Aib in the LC state and 2D crystal on graphite.     

Helical Poly(phenylacetylene) Bearing Chiral and Achiral Imidazolidinone‐Based Pendants that Catalyze Asymmetric Reactions due to Catalytically Active Achiral Pendants Assisted by Macromolecular Helicity

A series of optically active helical copolymers of phenylacetylenes are prepared by the rhodium‐catalyzed copolymerization of the imidazolidinone‐linked, catalytically active achiral phenylacetylenes and catalytically inactive chiral phenylacetylenes. The obtained chiral/achiral copolymers exhibit an induced circular dichroism in the UV–vis regions of the copolymer backbones resulting from a preferred‐handed helical conformation biased by the chiral imidazolidinone units incorporated in the copolymers. The copolymers are found to catalyze the asymmetric Diels–Alder reaction and produce the products with a moderate enantioselectivity in spite of the fact that the catalytically active units of the copolymers are achiral, indicating that the observed enantioselectivity totally originates from the helical chirality dynamically induced by the optically active, but catalytically inactive imidazolidinone units incorporated in the copolymers.

     

Switching of macromolecular helicity of optically active poly(phenylacetylene)s bearing cyclodextrin pendants induced by various external stimuli

A series of novel phenylacetylenes bearing optically active cyclodextrin (CyD) residues such as alpha-, beta-, and gamma-CyD and permethylated beta-CyD residues as the pendant groups was synthesized and polymerized with a rhodium catalyst to give highly cis-transoidal poly(phenylacetylene)s, poly-1alpha, poly-2beta, poly-3gamma, and poly-2beta-Me, respectively. The polymers exhibited an induced circular dichroism (CD) in the UV-visible region of the polymer backbones, resulting from the prevailing one-handed helical conformations. The Cotton effect signs were inverted in response to external chiral and achiral stimuli, such as temperature, solvent, and interactions with chiral or achiral guest molecules. The inversion of the Cotton effect signs was accompanied by a color change due to a conformational change, such as inversion of the helicity of the polymer backbones with a different twist angle of the conjugated double bonds, that was readily visible with the naked eye and could be quantified by absorption and CD spectroscopies. The dynamic helical conformations of poly-2beta showing opposite Cotton effect signs in different solvents could be further fixed by intramolecular cross-linking between the hydroxy groups of the neighboring beta-CyD units in each solvent. The cross-link between the pendant CyD units suppressed the inversion of the helicity; therefore, the cross-linked poly-2betas showed no Cotton effect inversion, although the polymer backbones were still flexible enough to alter their helical pitch with the same handedness, resulting in a color change depending on the degree of intramolecular cross-linking.     

Supramolecular helical assembly of an achiral cyanine dye in an induced helical amphiphilic poly(phenylacetylene) interior in water

A water-soluble amphiphilic poly(phenylacetylene) bearing the bulky aza-18-crown-6-ether pendants forms a one-handed helix induced by l- or d-amino acids and chiral amino alcohols through specific host-guest interactions in water. We now report that such an induced helical poly(phenylacetylene) with a controlled helix sense can selectively trap an achiral benzoxazole cyanine dye among various structurally similar cyanine dyes within its hydrophobic helical cavity inside the polymer in acidic water, resulting in the formation of supramolecular helical aggregates, which exhibit an induced circular dichroism (ICD) in the cyanine dye chromophore region. The supramolecular chirality induced in the cyanine aggregates could be further memorized when the template helical polymer lost its optical activity and further inverted into the opposite helicity. Thereafter, thermal racemization of the helical aggregates slowly took place.     

Mechanism of helix induction on a stereoregular Poly((4-carboxyphenyl)acetylene) with chiral amines and memory of the macromolecular helicity assisted by interaction with achiral amines

Cis-transoidal poly((4-carboxyphenyl)acetylene) (poly-1) is an optically inactive polymer but forms an induced one-handed helical structure upon complexation with optically active amines such as (R)-(1-(1-naphthyl)ethyl)amine ((R)-2) in DMSO. The complexes show a characteristic induced circular dichroism (ICD) in the UV-visible region of the polymer backbone. Moreover, the macromolecular helicity of poly-1 induced by (R)-2 can be "memorized" even after complete replacement of (R)-2 by various achiral amines. We now report fully detailed studies on the mechanism of the helicity induction and memory of the helical chirality of poly-1 by means of UV-visible, CD, and infrared spectroscopies. We have found that a one-handed helix is cooperatively induced on poly-1 upon the ion pair formation of the carboxy groups of poly-1 with optically active amines and that the bulkiness of the chiral amines plays a crucial role for inducing an excess of a single-handed helix. On the other hand, the free ion formation was found to be essential for the macromolecular helicity memory of poly-1 after the replacement of the chiral amine by achiral amines, since the intramolecular electrostatic repulsion between the neighboring carboxylate ions of poly-1 significantly contributes to reduce the atropisomerization process of poly-1. On the basis of the mechanism of helicity induction and the memory of the helical chirality drawn from the present studies, we succeeded in creating an almost perfect memory of the induced macromolecular helicity of poly-1 with (R)-2 by using 2-aminoethanol as an achiral chaperoning molecule to assist in maintaining the memory of helical chirality.     

Control of helix sense by composition of chiral-achiral copolymers of N-propargylbenzamides

N-Propargylbenzamides 1-7 were polymerized with (nbd)Rh(+)[eta(6)-C(6)H(5)B(-)(C(6)H(5))(3)] to afford polymers with moderate molecular weights (M(n) = 26,000-51,000) in good yields. The (1)H NMR spectra demonstrated that the polymers have fairly stereoregular structures (81-88 % cis). The optically active polymers, poly(1) and poly(2), were proven by their intense CD signals and large optical rotations to adopt a stable helical conformation with an excess of one-handed screw sense when heated in CHCl(3) or toluene. The sign of Cotton effect could be controlled by varying the content in the copolymers of either chiral bulky 1 and achiral nonbulky 3, or chiral nonbulky 2 and achiral bulky 7. The smaller the pendant group in the copolymerization of achiral monomers with 1, the more easily did the preferential helical sense change with the copolymer composition. However, the copolymers of chiral nonbulky 2 and achiral nonbulky 3 did not change the helical sense, irrespective of the composition. The free energy differences between the plus and minus helical states, as well as the excess free energy of the helix reversal, of those chiral-achiral random copolymers were estimated by applying a modified Ising model.     

乙烯基二联苯单体的螺旋选择性自由基聚合

为了深入理解乙烯基二联苯单体自由基聚合过程中的手性传递,进行了手性单体(+)-2-[(S)-异丁氧羰基-5-(4′-己氧基苯基)苯乙烯、非手性单体2-丁氧羰基-5-(4′-己氧基苯基)苯乙烯的均聚反应及它们二者的共聚反应,探讨了聚合温度和溶剂性质对手性单体均聚物旋光活性、手性单体含量对共聚物旋光活性以及聚合反应溶剂的超分子手性对共聚物旋光活性的影响.研究发现,降低聚合温度、采用液晶性反应介质有利于得到旋光度大的聚合物;少量手性单体的引入即可诱导共聚物形成某一方向占优的螺旋构象,比旋光度随手性单体的含量增加呈线性增长;在胆甾相液晶中制备的非手性单体聚合物不具有光学活性.这些结果表明,该类乙烯基二联苯聚合物具有动态螺旋构象,其光学活性主要依赖于主链的立构规整度和侧基不对称原子的手性.     

A helical array of pendant fullerenes on a helical poly(phenylacetylene) induced by non-covalent chiral interactions

Novel [60]fullerene-based poly(phenylacetylene)s prepared by the copolymerization of achiral phenylacetylenes bearing a C(60) or crown ether pendant form a one-handed helix upon complexation with L- and D-alanine, yielding a helical array of the pendant fullerenes with a predominant screw-sense along the polymer backbone.     

Temperature‐Induced Chiroptical Changes in a Helical Poly(phenylacetylene) Bearing N,N‐Diisopropylaminomethyl Groups with Chiral Acids in Water

A stereoregular poly(phenylacetylene) bearing an N,N‐diisopropylaminomethyl group as the pendant (poly‐ 1 ) changed its structure into the prevailing one‐handed helical conformation upon complexation with optically active acids in water. The complexes exhibited induced circular dichroism (ICD) in the UV/Vis region of the polymer backbone. Poly‐ 1 is highly sensitive to the chirality of chiral acids and can detect a small enantiomeric imbalance in these acids, in particular, phenyl lactic acid in water. For example, a 0.005 % enantiomeric excess of phenyl lactic acid can be detected by CD spectroscopy. The observed ICD intensity and pattern of poly‐ 1 were dependent on the temperature and concentration of poly‐ 1 , probably due to aggregations of the polymer at high temperature as revealed by dynamic light scattering and AFM. On the basis of the temperature‐dependent ICD changes, the preferred chiral helical sense of poly‐ 1 was found to be controlled by noncovalent bonding interactions by using structurally different enantiomeric acids.     

Synthesis and property of helical poly(phenylacetylene)s bearing chiral ruthenium complexes and real space imaging of meso- and nanoscopic structures by atomic force microscopy

Novel sets of helical poly(phenylacetylene)s bearing a chiral ruthenium (Ru) complex with opposite chirality (Δ and Λ forms) as a bulky pendant (poly- 1 and poly- 2 ) were synthesized through the polymerization of the corresponding optically pure phenylacetylenes with a rhodium catalyst, and their structures in solution and morphology on solid substrates were investigated with NMR, ultraviolet–visible, and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopies and with atomic force microscopy (AFM), respectively. The obtained cis–transoidal polymers (poly- 1 and poly- 2 ) showed characteristic Cotton effects in the region of metal-to-ligand charge transfer of the chiral Ru pendants. Poly- 1 and poly- 2 were thought to have a predominantly one-handed helical conformation induced by the chiral pendants. However, the apparent Cotton effects derived from the helically twisted π-conjugated polymer backbone could not be observed, probably because of the strong chiral chromophoric pendants. However, in the AFM images, the helical polymers adsorbed on mica could be easily discerned as isolated strands, and the visualization and discrimination of the right- and left-handed helical structures of the chiral polymers were achieved by high-resolution AFM imaging. On the basis of the AFM observations together with the CD measurements and computational calculation results, possible structures of poly- 1 and poly- 2 were examined. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 4621–4640, 2004     

L-丙烯酸薄荷酯与2,5-二(4'-己氧基苯基)苯乙烯无规共聚物的合成和旋光性质

通过自由基共聚合制备了一系列L-丙烯酸薄荷酯( L-MtA)与2,5-二(4'-己氧基苯基)苯乙烯(BHPSt)的共聚物L-MtA(x)-co-BHPSt(1-x).利用UV-Vis和1H-NMR光谱表征了共聚物的组成,根据Kelen-Tüd(o)s (K-T)方法计算得到的L-MtA和BHPSt的竞聚率分别为0.36...     

Synthesis of helical poly(phenylacetylene)s bearing cinchona alkaloid pendants and their application to asymmetric organocatalysis

Four novel dynamic helical poly(phenylacetylene)s bearing cinchona alkaloids as pendant groups were synthesized starting from the commercially available cinchona alkaloids, cinchonidine, cinchonine, quinine, and quinidine, by the polymerization of the corresponding phenylacetylene monomers with a rhodium catalyst. These polymers exhibited an induced circular dichroism (ICD) in the UV–visible region of the polymer backbones in solution, resulting from the preferred‐handed helical conformation induced by the optically active cinchona alkaloid pendants. In response to the solvent used, their Cotton effect patterns and intensities were significantly changed accompanied by the changes in their absorption spectra probably due to the changes in their helical conformations, such as the inversion of the helical sense or helical pitch of the polymers. When these helical polymers were used as polymeric organocatalysts for the asymmetric conjugated addition and Henry reactions, the optically active products with a modest enantiomeric excess were obtained whose enantioselectivities were comparable to those obtained with the corresponding cinchona alkaloid‐bound monomers as the catalysts. However, we observed a unique enhancement of the enantioselectivity and a reversal of the stereoselectivity for some helical polymers, suggesting the important role of the helical chirality during the asymmetric organocatalysis. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2011     

Synthesis,characterization, and application of helical polymers

This review mainly describes the asymmetric synthesis of optically active polymers with helical conformation. Bulky methacrylates such as triphenylmethyl methacrylate and 1-phenyldibenzosuberyl methacrylate give one-handed helical and optically active polymers with almost perfectly isotactic main chain conformation by polymerization with chiral anionic initiators. The radical polymerization and copolymerization of these monomers under chiral conditions also afford optically active polymers with prevailing one-handed helicity. N, N-Disubstituted acrylamides also give optically active, helical polymers in the asymmetric anionic polymerization. Optically active polyisocyanates with a prevailing one-handed helical structure have been prepared in the copolymerization of an achiral isocyanate with a small amount of an optically active isocyanate and also in the polymerization of alkyl and aromatic isocyanates with optically active lithium alkoxide or amide compounds. The existence of a stable helical structure for polychloral has been successfully proved with the helical oligomers of chloral. One-handed helical polyisocyanides have been prepared by helix-sense-selective polymerization of bulky isocyanides and also by the cyclopolymerization of a 1, 2-diisocyanobenzene derivative with the Pd complex of a one-handed helical oligomer.     

Helicity induction on a poly(phenylacetylene) derivative bearing aza‐18‐crown‐6 ether pendants in water

A stereoregular poly(phenylacetylene) bearing the bulky aza‐18‐crown‐6 ether as the pendant (poly‐ 1 ) formed a predominantly one‐handed helical conformation upon complexation with various chiral compounds, such as amino acids, peptides, aminosugars, amines, and amino alcohols in water. The complexes exhibited an induced circular dichroism (ICD) in the UV–visible region of the polymer main chain. Therefore, poly‐ 1 can be used as a novel probe for determining the chirality of chiral compounds in water. The assay of 19 common free L ‐amino acids gave the same ICD sign at 0 °C except for L ‐phenylalanine. The effects of pH, temperature, guest concentration, and organic solvent content on the ICD during the complexation of poly‐ 1 with chiral compounds were also investigated. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 41: 1004–1013, 2003     

大位阻烯烃不对称环氧化合成手性环氧化合物

采用大位阻的有机锂试剂或格氏试剂与卤代烯烃偶联合成了7种大位阻取代烯烃. 以Oxone(KHSO₅)作为氧化剂, 分别在D-果糖衍生酮和(2S,5R)-2-异丙基-5-甲基环己酮为催化剂的催化下, 将合成的7种大位阻取代烯烃转变成了7个大位阻的手性环氧化合物. 其中以D-果糖衍生酮的对映选择性最好, 当双键碳上含有3个取代基时, 对映选择性最高, e.e.值为96.8%~99.5%. (2S, 5R)-2-异丙基-5-甲基环己酮的对映选择性较差, 无论是一取代的烯烃还是三取代的烯烃, 其e.e.值均介于25.6%~34.1%之间.     

侧基对N-炔丙基酰胺螺旋共聚物光学活性的影响

设计并合成了5个系列的带有不同侧基的手性-非手性N-炔丙基酰胺共聚物,以铑有机配合物为催化剂对单体实施聚合反应得到高产率(>95%)的共聚物,聚合物具有高立构规整性(cis-含量高于94%).利用圆二色(CD)及紫外-可见吸收(UV-Vis)光谱技术对共聚物的二级结构及光学活性进行了表征,当非手性单体的酰胺侧基体积适中时,共聚物具有较高的光学活性,部分共聚物的光学活性甚至高于纯手性聚合物.表明通过选择合适的手性-非手性共聚单体及单体配比,可获得具有高光学活性的螺旋聚合物.     

Helix formation of poly(phenylacetylene) derivatives bearing amino groups at the meta position induced by optically active carboxylic acids

Two novel phenylacetylene derivatives bearing diethylaminomethyl groups at the meta position on phenyl groups [3‐(N,N‐diethylaminomethyl)phenyl]acetylene ( 1 ) and [3,5‐bis(N,N‐diethylaminomethyl)phenyl]acetylene ( 2 ) were synthesized and polymerized with [Rh(nbd)Cl]₂ (nbd: norbornadiene). Both monomers gave highly cis–transoidal stereoregular polymers that exhibited an induced circular dichroism (ICD) in the UV–visible region, probably because of a prevailing one‐handed helical conformation upon complexation with optically active carboxylic acids such as mandelic acid and lactic acid. The sign of the Cotton effects reflected the absolute configuration of the chiral acids. Therefore, these polymers can be used as a novel probe for determining the configuration of chiral acids. The polymers were stable in the presence of chiral acids in solution. The poly‐ 1 complexed with chiral acids exhibited a split‐type ICD, whereas the poly‐ 2 complexed with chiral acids showed a different, non‐split‐type ICD. The ICD pattern of the poly‐ 1 /chiral acids complexes dramatically changed with an increase in the concentration of the chiral acids, thus showing a non‐split‐type ICD similar to those of the poly‐ 2 /chiral acid complexes. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 39: 3180–3189, 2001