芳酰胺-吖啶分子钳对中性分子的识别性能. II. 新型吖啶类分子钳的研究

采用差紫外谱法研究了新型芳酰胺-吖啶分子钳(1～7)对苯胺、苯二胺(邻, 间, 对)等中性分子的识别性能. 测定了结合常数(K_a)和自由能变化(ΔG°), 结果表明, 所有的分子钳受体与所考察的客体分子均形成1∶1型超分子配合物. 识别作用的主要推动力为多重氢键、van der Waals等的协同作用. 主客体间尺寸/形状匹配、几何互补等因素对识别性能均有重要的影响. 利用核磁氢谱与计算机模拟作为辅助手段对主要的实验结果与现象进行了解释.     

新型鹅去氧胆酸分子钳的设计合成和分子识别性质研究

以鹅去氧胆酸为隔离基, 芳香族化合物为手臂设计合成了一类新型的分子钳, 其结构经¹H NMR, IR, MS及元素分析确证. 利用紫外光谱滴定法考察了其与D/L氨基酸甲酯的对映选择性识别性能. 结果表明, 分子钳3a～3e对所考察的氨基酸甲酯均具有识别能力, 其对L-氨基酸甲酯的识别优于对D-氨基酸甲酯的识别. 从主客体的大小形状匹配及几何互补关系等方面对这些受体的识别能力及对映选择性进行了讨论.     

微波干法合成脱氧胆酸分子钳人工受体

在微波辐射无溶剂条件下, 以固体K₂CO₃为载体, 脱氧胆酸甲酯与芳酰氯反应合成了11个脱氧胆酸分子钳人工受体, 其中5个为新化合物, 所有化合物的结构均经¹H NMR, IR, MS及元素分析所确证. 同传统方法相比, 该法具有简单、安全、快速、有效、对环境友好等优点. 同时考察了这类受体对中性和手性分子的识别性能. 结果表明, 这类分子钳受体不但对中性分子具有识别性能, 而且对D/L-氨基酸甲酯具有对映选择性识别性能.     

手性芳酰胺类分子钳的设计与微波合成

以间苯二甲酸为隔离基, 酰胺键桥联L-氨基酸甲酯构成手臂, 在微波辐射下合成了具有不同手性中心和裂穴的新型手性芳酰胺类分子钳. 结构均经¹H NMR, IR及元素分析确证, 并考察了其对芳香胺类化合物和D/L-氨基酸甲酯的识别性能. 初步研究表明, 这类分子钳受体不仅对中性小分子具有优良的识别性能, 其结合常数(K_a)可达2.66×10³ L•mol^－1, 而且对D/L-氨基酸甲酯亦具有良好的手性识别能力.     

氨基甲酸酯型α-猪去氧胆酸分子钳对分子的识别性能研究

用差紫外光谱滴定法考察了新型猪去氧胆酸分子钳1~6对苯胺、对甲氧基苯胺、对硝基苯胺等中性分子的识别性能,测定了主客体间的结合常数(Ka)和自由能变化(△G°)。结果表明,分子钳主体对所考察的客体分子显示良好的识别作用,主客体间形成1∶1型超分子配合物,最大结合常数可达3123.46L.mol-1,识别作用的主要推动力为氢键,范德华力等的协同作用。讨论了主体与客体的识别模式以及客体间形状、大小匹配和几何互补等因素对形成超分子配合物的影响,并利用核磁共振氢谱与计算分子模拟作为辅助手段对实验结果与现象进行了解释。     

新型酯键型鹅去氧胆酸分子钳的设计合成

以鹅去氧胆酸为隔离基、芳香族化合物为手臂设计合成了一类新型的分子钳, 其结构经¹H NMR, IR, MS和元素分析确证, 并且考察了其对D/L-氨基酸甲酯的对映选择性识别性能. 初步的结果表明, 这类手性分子钳对D-氨基酸甲酯有较好的识别性能.     

芳酰胺分子钳对阴离子的识别研究

利用差紫外光谱法考察了新的分子钳1～4对阴离子的识别性能,测定了25 ℃下,在CHCl3中主客体间的结合常数(Ka)和自由能变化(ΔG°). 结果表明,所有分子钳主体对所考察的客体分子显示良好的识别作用,主客体间形成1∶ 1型超分子配合物.识别作用的主要推动力为多重氢键作用.并利用核磁共振氢谱与计算机模拟作为辅助手段对实验结果进行了解释.     

芳酰胺-吖啶分子钳对中性分子的识别性能. II. 新型吖啶类分子钳的研究

采用差紫外谱法研究了新型芳酰胺-吖啶分子钳(1～7)对苯胺、苯二胺(邻,间,对)等中性分子的识别性能.测定了结合常数(K_a)和自由能变化(△G°),结果表明,所有的分子钳受体与所考察的客体分子均形成1∶1型超分子配合物.识别作用的主要推动力为多重氢键、van der Waals等的协同作用.主客体间尺寸/形状匹配、几何互补等因素对识别性能均有重要的影响.利用核磁氢谱与计算机模拟作为辅助手段对主要的实验结果与现象进行了解释.     

CH/π, CH/O弱氢键在2,6-二(α-苯基苄基)-1,5-萘二酚主体分子包结物构筑中的作用

设计、合成了一种新的主体分子2,6-二(α-苯基苄基)-1,5-萘二酚 (1). 它可与许多有机小分子形成配位包合物. 用IR和¹H NMR表征了配位包结物, 并测定了主客体分子的摩尔比: 1•DMF (1∶1), 1•DMSO (1∶2), 1•吡啶 (1∶1), 1•喹啉(1∶2), 1•N-甲基吡咯烷酮(1∶1). 用单晶X衍射分析了包结物 (1)•DMF的晶体结构, 属三斜晶系, 晶胞参数为P-1, a＝0.9085(9) nm, b＝0.9501(6) nm, c＝2.0995(6) nm, α＝99.59(3)°, β＝90.13(4)°, γ＝96.20(7)°, V＝1.776(2) nm³, D_c＝1.898 g•cm^－3. 结果表明, 主体分子间的CH/π弱氢键在决定主体分子的层状框架结构和客体分子在层间的填充方式中发挥了重要作用; 两种不等效的客体分子与主体分子的作用方式是不同的, 一种客体分子是通过CH/π, CH/O弱氢键与同层的不同主体分子相互作用, 另一种是通过CH/π, CH/O弱氢键与相邻层的不同主体分子相互作用.     

新型Schiff碱分子钳对中性分子的识别性能研究

采用差紫外光谱法考察了3种新型Schiff碱分子钳对一系列二苯甲酮、芳香二胺的识别性能.测定了主客体间的结合常数(Ka)和自由能变化(ΔG0).结果表明,分子钳对所考察的客体显示良好的识别作用,主客体间形成1:1型超分子配合物.讨论了识别作用的推动力与形状、大小匹配和几何互补等因素对形成主客体配合物的影响,并利用核磁氢谱与计算机模拟作为辅助手段对主要的实验结果与现象进行了解释.     

Acyclic cucurbituril congener binds to local anaesthetics

The recognition properties of acyclic cucurbit[n]uril (CB[n]) congener 1 towards seven local anaesthetic drugs (2–8) are reported. Job plots constructed from ¹H NMR experiments confirm the 1:1 host:guest nature of these complexes, whereas the changes in chemical shift observed upon complex formation (Δδ values) provide information about the geometry of the host–guest complexes. For complexes between host 1 and guests 2–5 and 8, a single geometry was preferred, whereas for guests 6 and 7 a mixture of two diastereomeric complexes was indicated. The K _a values for complexes between 1 and 2–8 fall in the range of 10³–10⁸ M^? 1 as determined by UV–vis and ¹H NMR competition experiments. The results further establish that acyclic CB[n]-type receptor 1 is preorganised into the C-shape required for binding and that its aromatic o-xylylene walls endow it with a potency towards aromatic ammonium ions. The K _a values reported in this paper constitute a blind data-set used in the SAMPL3 challenge aimed at testing computational methods relevant to protein√ligand systems. The work thus highlights the great potential of CB[n] receptors as model systems to promote synergy between the supramolecular and computational chemistry communities.     

Simultaneous enhancement of phosphorescence and chirality by host–guest recognition of molecular tweezers

A novel type of host–guest recognition systems have been developed on the basis of a Au(III) molecular tweezer receptor and chiral Pt(II) guests. The complementary host–guest motifs display high non-covalent binding affinity (K_a: ～10⁴ L/mol) due to the participation of two-fold intermolecular π–π stacking interactions. Both phosphorescence and chirality signals of the Pt(II) guests strengthen in the resulting host–guest complexes, because of the cooperative rigidifying and shielding effects rendered by the tweezer receptor. Their intensities can be reversibly switched toward pH changes, by taking advantage of the electronic repulsion effect between the protonated form of tweezer receptor and the positive-charged guests in acidic environments. Overall, the current study demonstrates the feasibility to enhance and modulate phosphorescence and chirality signals simultaneously via molecular tweezer-based host–guest recognition.     

Recognition of N‐Alkyl and N‐Aryl Acetamides by N‐Alkyl Ammonium Resorcinarene Chlorides

N‐Alkyl ammonium resorcinarene chlorides are stabilized by an intricate array of intra‐ and intermolecular hydrogen bonds that leads to cavitand‐like structures. Depending on the upper‐rim substituents, self‐inclusion was observed in solution and in the solid state. The self‐inclusion can be disrupted at higher temperatures, whereas in the presence of small guests the self‐included dimers spontaneously reorganize to 1:1 host–guest complexes. These host compounds show an interesting ability to bind a series of N‐alkyl acetamide guests through intermolecular hydrogen bonds involving the carbonyl oxygen (C?O) atoms and the amide (NH) groups of the guests, the chloride anions (Cl^?) and ammonium (NH₂⁺) cations of the hosts, and also through CH ??? π interactions between the hosts and guests. The self‐included and host–guest complexes were studied by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction, NMR titration, and mass spectrometry.     

Competition among aromatic guests for the host tetrakis(4-methylpyridine)nickel(II) isothiocyanate and a basis for the observed selectivity

In continuing attempts to determine the basis for the selectivity shown by the host Ni(4-mepy)₄(NCS)₂ (1) toward aromatic guests, distribution data between solid and liquid phases are reported for seven ternary systems at room temperature. These consist of1,p-xylene, and each of the following:p-bromotoluene,p-chlorotoluene,p-fluorotoluene,p-dichlorobenzene, benzene, and 4-methylpyridine, as well as the system1-p-chlorotoluene-p-dichlorobenzene. The results, as well as those for five systems already published, have been reviewed and a hierarchy of selectivity developed. After correcting the observed selectivity for inequality of guest vapour pressures the order of decreasing preference is found to bep-bromotoluene >p-dichlorobenzene >p-chlorotoluene > deuterated and protiatedp-xylenes > ethylbenzene > 4-methylpyridine >p-fluorotoluene > toluene > benzene. With the exception of 4-methylpyridine, this is the same as the order of decreasing van der Waals length of the guest molecule and, where known, the order of enthalpy of inclusion. Although longer guest molecules and those with higher vapour pressures are favoured in selectivity, guests with longer molecules are likely to have lower vapour pressures. The activity coefficients of the included guests are calculated assuming that the liquid phases follow Raoult's law.Portions of this paper were presented at the Second and Fourth International Symposia on Clathrate Compounds and Molecular Inclusion Phenomena held in Parma, Italy, 1982 and Lancaster, England, 1986.     

pH‐Controlled Molecular Switches and the Substrate‐Directed Self‐Assembly of Molecular Capsules with a Calix[4]pyrrole Derivative

10α,20α‐Bis(4‐nitrophenyl)calix[4]pyrrole ( 1 ) forms 1:1 complexes with anions of selected aromatic hydroxy acids in which the host orientation within the guest is controlled by a change in the pH value. Some bis‐anionic guests, including those obtained from 4‐hydroxybenzoic acid, 1,4‐ and 1,3‐benzenedicarboxylic acids, induce the self‐assembly of molecular capsules involving two molecules of the receptor. ¹H NMR data and solid‐state structures of the 1:1 complex of 1 with p‐C₆H₄(COOH)(COO^?)⁺NMe₄ and the 2:1 capsule [( 1 )₂m‐C₆H₄(COO^?)₂(⁺NMe₄)₂] provide structural details in solution and in the solid state.     

Glycoluril‐Derived Molecular Clips are Potent and Selective Receptors for Cationic Dyes in Water

Molecular clip 1 remains monomeric in water and engages in host–guest recognition processes with suitable guests. We report the K_a values for 32 1? guest complexes measured by ¹H NMR, UV/Vis, and fluorescence titrations. The cavity of 1 is shaped by aromatic surfaces of negative electrostatic potential and therefore displays high affinity and selectivity for planar and cationic aromatic guests that distinguishes it from CB[n] receptors that prefer aliphatic over aromatic guests. Electrostatic effects play a dominant role in the recognition process whereby ion–dipole interactions may occur between ammonium ions and the C=O groups of 1 , between the SO₃^? groups of 1 and pendant cationic groups on the guest, and within the cavity of 1 by cation–π interactions. Host 1 displays a high affinity toward dicationic guests with large planar aromatic surfaces (e.g. naphthalene diimide NDI+ and perylene diimide PDI+) and cationic dyes derived from acridine (e.g. methylene blue and azure A). The critical importance of cation–π interactions was ascertained by a comparison of analogous neutral and cationic guests (e.g. methylene violet vs. methylene blue; quinoline vs. N‐methylquinolinium; acridine vs. N‐methylacridinium; neutral red vs. neutral red H⁺) the affinities of which differ by up to 380‐fold. We demonstrate that the high affinity of 1 toward methylene blue (K_a=3.92×10⁷ m ^?1; K_d=25 nm ) allows for the selective sequestration and destaining of U87 cells stained with methylene blue.     

A Modular Phosphorylated Glycoluril-Derived Molecular Tweezer for Potent Binding of Aliphatic Diamines

A molecular tweezer based on a glycoluril-derived framework bearing four phosphate groups was synthesized and shown to be capable of binding organic amines in aqueous solution. This work reports the K_a values for 30 complexes of this molecular tweezer and amine guests, determined by means of ¹H NMR titrations. Both the hydrophobic cavity and the phosphate groups contribute to the binding. Bulkier molecules and molecules bearing negatively charged groups like carboxylates in amino acids bind less tightly due to a steric clash and coulombic repulsion. The narrow cavity and the strong ionic interactions of the phosphate groups with ammonium guests favor binding of aliphatic diamines. These binding properties clearly distinguish this system from structurally related molecular clips and tweezers.