Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrolysis of Biaryl Oxazepines for the Synthesis of Axially Chiral Biaryl Amino Phenol Derivatives

The development of catalytic asymmetric reaction with water as the reactant is challenging due to the reactivity- and stereoselectivity-control issues resulted from the low nucleophilicity and the small size of water. We disclose herein a chiral phosphoric acid (CPA) catalyzed atroposelective ring-opening reaction of biaryl oxazepines with water. A series of biaryl oxazepines undergo the CPA catalyzed asymmetric hydrolysis in a highly enantioselective manner. The key for the success of this reaction is the use of a new SPINOL-derived CPA catalyst and the high reactivity of biaryl oxazepine substrates towards water under acidic conditions. Density functional theory calculations suggest that the reaction proceeds via a dynamic kinetic resolution pathway and the CPA catalyzed addition of water to the imine group is both enantio- and rate-determining.     

桥连双(酮亚胺)和双(二酮亚胺)及其铝配合物的合成与催化活性

通过桥连双β-二酮类化合物与取代苯胺反应, 合成了5个新的桥连双(β-单酮亚胺)化合物(1~5)和2个新的桥连双(β-二酮亚胺)化合物(6,7), 它们与三甲基铝反应, 得到了相应的3个双(β-酮亚胺基)二铝配合物(8~10)和2个双(β-二酮亚胺基)二铝配合物(11,12). 采用核磁共振、 红外光谱和质谱等对这些化合物进行了表征, 通过X射线单晶衍射分析证实了铝配合物的结构, 并考察了这些铝配合物在ε-己内酯开环聚合反应中的催化活性.     

Bis(<Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-cyclodextrin)s Linked with an Aromatic Diamine as Fluorescent Sensor for the Molecular Recognition of Bile Salts

The binding behavior of three aromatic diamino-bridged bis(β-cyclodextrin)s (2–4) with four bile salts {cholate (CA), deoxycholate (DCA), glycocholate (GCA) and taurocholate (TCA)} has been investigated at 25 °C in a phosphate buffer (pH=7.20) by fluorescence and 2D NMR spectroscopy. The results indicate that these bis(β-cyclodextrin)s act as fluorescent sensors. From the ROESY spectra, it is deduced that the phenyl moieties of bis(β-cyclodextrin)s 2–4 are partially self included in the cyclodextrin cavity, and are not expelled from the cavity upon complexation with bile guests. Owing to the cooperative host-tether-guest binding mode in which the linker and guest are co-included in the two cyclodextrin cavities, these bis(β-cyclodextrin)s significantly enhance the binding ability and selectivity as compared with the native β-cyclodextrin 1. Possessing suitable tether length, bis(β-cyclodextrin) 3 gives the highest K _S values, ranging up to 39,900 mol⋅L⁻¹, for complexation with CA. The complex stability constants are discussed from the viewpoint of multiple recognitions between host and guest.     

Bridged silsesquioxanes containing a chiral diphosphine substructure. Catalytic properties in asymmetric hydrogenation

Bridged silsesquioxanes with asymmetric catalytic properties are described. These new silica-based materials are obtained by the sol-gel hydrolysis of an organosilylated chiral compound bearing rhodium-complexed diphosphine ligands. The incorporation of the organometallic species in various hybrid networks was achieved upon co-hydrolysis of the latter silylated ligands with TEOS or with 1,4-bis(trimethoxysilyl)benzene. These amorphous hybrids have been tested as enantioselective catalysts for the hydrogenation of (Z)α-(acetamido)cinnamic acid to the corresponding aminoacid and the results were compared with that obtained from the complexed precursor in homogeneous medium and related grafted silica. Enantioselectivities slightly higher than for homogeneous reaction were obtained in the case of the heterogeneous catalysts prepared by the direct hydrolysis of the rhodium-complexed diphosphine compound or by its co-hydrolysis with 1,4-bis(trimethoxysilyl)benzene. Conversely, a significant decrease in selectivity was observed when the organometallic species was immobilised in silica or grafted at the surface of silica.     

Consequences of an algorithm for bridged graphs

Chepoi showed that every breadth first search of a bridged graph produces a cop-win ordering of the graph. We note here that Chepoi's proof gives a simple proof of the theorem that G is bridged if and only if G is cop-win and has no induced cycle of length four or five, and that this characterization together with Chepoi's proof reduces the time complexity of bridged graph recognition. Specifically, we show that bridged graph recognition is equivalent to (C₄,C₅)-free graph recognition, and reduce the best known time complexity from O(n⁴) to O(n^3.376).     

Total syntheses of melinonine-E and strychnoxanthine: Evolution of the synthetic strategy enabled by novel method development

In this full account, the evolution of a synthetic strategy was detailed from a nitroso-ene cyclization to an aza-Wacker reaction for ring construction in the syntheses of melinonine-E and strychnoxanthine. The aza-Wacker cyclization to form the bridged ring was successfully developed and applied in the first asymmetric syntheses of melinonine-E and strychnoxanthine in 5–6 steps from a readily available chiral lactone. The proposed biogenesis of these two rare β-carbolinium alkaloids was revised based on their absolute configurations. Moreover, the substrate scope of the aza-Wacker cyclization demonstrated its potential for accessing various bridged ring skeletons. The mechanistic investigation established that the profound effect of the N-substituent on the amide was crucial to the success of the cyclization via the tunable amidopalladation pathway.     

Ethylene and phenylene bridged polysilsesquioxanes functionalized by amine and thiol groups as adsorbents of volatile organic compounds

Ethylene and phenylene bridged polysilsesquioxane xerogels having amine and thiol groups attached to the surface have been obtained by the sol-gel method from 1,2-bis(triethoxysilyl)ethane or 1,4-bis(triethoxysilyl)benzene and functionalized silanes in the presence of an ammonium fluoride catalyst in an ethanol solution. The synthesized samples have a porous structure (700-850 m²/g) and a high content of functional groups (1.4-1.9 mmol/g). The obtained porous bridged polysilsesquioxanes exhibit a considerable affinity for adsorbing several organic compounds (n-hexane, n-heptane, benzene, cyclohexane, acetonitrile and triethylamine) from the gas phase. The sample with an ethylene bridge and amino groups in the surface layer has the highest uptake of all compounds. Data from adsorption measurements show that functionalized organosilicon materials can be used as effective adsorbents of organic contaminants from the gas phase.     

Crystal Structures of 1,3-Calix[4]-bis-crown-6·3CH3CN and 1,3-Calix[4]-bis-(benzo-crown-6)·3 CH3CN

The crystal structures of a new solvate of the ditopic receptor 1,3-calix[4]-bis-crown-6, Bis-C6, and of 1,3-calix[4]-bis-(benzo-crown-6), Bis-benzoC6, are reported. Bis-C6.3 CH3CN (1) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/n, a = 14.388(3), b = 26.947(8), c = 14.707(4) Å, = 113.19(3)°, V = 5241(5) Å3, Z = 4. Refinement led to a final conventional R value of 0.092 for 2723 reflections. The structure of (1) differs from the previously reported structure of Bis-C6.4 CH3CN by the conformation of one crown either chain. Two acetonitrile molecules are in the close neighbourhood of the crown ether cavities. Bis-benzoC6.3 CH3CN (2) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c, a = 10.391(4), b = 17.264(11), c = 30.426(9) Å, = 94.62(3)°, V = 5440(7) Å3, Z = 4. Refinement led to a final conventional R value of 0.106 for 2965 reflections. Two acetonitrile molecules are located near the crown ether cavities, as in (1). One of the crown ether conformations is the same as in the binuclear caesium complex of Bis-benzoC6, supporting the hypothesis of a preorganization of this ligand towards the complexation of this ion; the second crown ether chain is partially disordered.     

Crystal and molecular structures of binuclear caesium complexes with 1,3-calix[4]-bis-crown-6 and 1,3-calix[4]-bis-benzo-crown-6

The crystal structures of two binuclear complexes between caesium and 1,3-calix[4]-bis-crowns have been determined. Cs₂ Bis-benzoC6(NO₃)₂. 3CHCl₃ (1) in whichBis-benzoC6 is 1,3-calix[4]-bis-benzo-crown-6, crystallizes in the orthorhombic system: space groupPca2 ₁ a=19.513(10),b=15.382(5),c=23.708(9) Å,V=7116(5) ų,Z=4. Refinement led to a final conventionalR value of 0.065 for 2321 reflections. The structure of (1) is analogous to those already reported withBis-C6, (in whichBis-C6 is, 1,3-calix[4]-bis-crown-6) and NO ₃ ^– as a counter-ion. Cs₂ Bis-C6(NCS)₂ (2) crystallizes in the monoclinic system: space, groupC2 a=36.57(2),b=11.47(1),c=13.65(1) Å, =109.03(5)°.,V=5415(6) ų,Z=4. Refinement led to a final conventionalR value of 0.063 for 2227 reflections. Compound (2) is made of dimers bridged by a disordered NCS^– ion. The crown ether chain conformations are discussed. Supplementary data relating to this article (atomic coordinates, anisotropic displacement parameters, bond distances and angles and observed and calculated structure factors) are deposited with the British Library as Supplementary Publication No. SUP 82199 (52 pages).     

Thiacalix[4]arene derivatives with proximally bridged lower rim

New types of lower rim proximally bridged thiacalix[4]arenes have been prepared by direct aminolysis of starting tetraacetate derivative in the cone conformation using aliphatic α,ω-diamines. X-ray crystallography revealed the highly preorganized array of -C(O)NH- bonds resulting in strong intramolecular hydrogen bonding between amide groups of both bridges. The length of the corresponding diamine was found to have an essential influence on the yield of these bridged molecules.