Thiol-Ene Cationic and Radical Reactions: Cyclization,Step-Growth,and Concurrent Polymerizations for Thioacetal and Thioether Units

Thiol-ene cationic and radical reactions were conducted for 1:1 addition between a thiol and vinyl ether, and also for cyclization and step-growth polymerization between a dithiol and divinyl ether. p-Toluenesulfonic acid (PTSA) induced a cationic thiol-ene reaction to generate a thioacetal in high yield, whereas 2,2′-azobisisobutyronitrile resulted in a radical thiol-ene reaction to give a thioether, also in high yield. The cationic and radical addition reactions between a dithiol and divinyl ether with oxyethylene units yielded amorphous poly(thioacetal)s and crystalline poly(thioether)s, respectively. Under high-dilution conditions, the cationic and radical reactions resulted in 16- and 18-membered cyclic thioacetal and thioether products, respectively. Furthermore, concurrent cationic and radical step-growth polymerizations were realized using PTSA under UV irradiation to produce polymers having both thioacetal and thioether linkages in the main chain.     

Search for high reactivity and low selectivity of radicals toward double bonds: the case of a tetrazole-derived thiyl radical

The search for new radical structures having both low selectivity and high reactivity toward the addition reaction onto alkenes can be of interest in organic synthesis or polymer chemistry and has led us to propose a new tetrazole-derived thiyl radical. The reactivity of this sulfur-centered structure is compared to that of an aminoalkyl radical also efficient for alkene addition Worthwhile results are obtained; the new structure is more reactive on the complete range of alkenes with addition rate constants higher than 107 M(-1) s(-1) for both electron-deficient (acrylonitrile, ...) or electron-rich (vinylether, ...) double bonds. Quantum mechanical calculations have allowed a better understanding of this unique feature.     

Addition of carbon-centered radicals to double bonds: influence of the alkene structure

The radical addition reaction to the double bond is well-recognized in organic chemistry as a powerful tool for C-C bond formation.The reactivity of three selected carbon centered radicals (aminoalkyl, methyl, and cyanomethyl) toward five double bonds, also representative of widespread monomers (vinyl ether, vinyl acetate, acrylonitrile, methyl acrylate, and ethylene), was examined in detail by using molecular orbital calculations. The observed reactivity is strongly influenced by the reaction exothermicity demonstrating that the energy barrier is governed in large part by the enthalpy term. The polar effect, as computed by molecular orbital calculations from the transition state structures, can drastically enhance the reactivity. A clear separation and quantification of the relative role of the polar and enthalpy effects in the different radical/double bond systems are obtained and the observed trend of reactivity is discussed. In addition to the effect of the charge-transfer configurations on the barrier, a large influence on the transition state geometry was evidenced.     

The first density functional study on the

The hetero-Diels-Alder reactions of 1,2-diaza-1,3-butadiene with ethylene, methyl vinyl ether, and methyl acrylate have been investigated theoretically with the aid of density functional theory using the Becke3LYP/6-31G(d) computational level. In the reactions with substituted alkenes, the transition states are concerted but asynchronous; the shortest bond-forming distance involves the nonsubstituted carbon of the alkene. In agreement with the experimental results, the reaction with methyl vinyl ether proceeds with high endo stereoselectivity and with complete regioselectivity to form the 6-methoxy cycloadduct. The conformational study of the transition states shows a sharp s-trans preference. In contrast, the [4 + 2]-cycloaddition of 1,2-diaza-1,3-butadiene with methyl acrylate have been found to occur with low regio- and stereoselectivity but with a s-cis preference in the transition structures.     

Heck reaction with an acyl synthon: new coupling reaction between α-halo vinyl ether and alkene

α-Halo vinyl ethers were successfully applied to palladium-catalyzed Heck reaction. Reactions of α-halo vinyl ether with alkenes under various Heck conditions form a new carbon-carbon bond along with a vinyl ether functionality, which can be further manipulated. This is the first synthetic methodology for the coupling of an acyl synthon with alkene employing Heck reaction.     

A novel zwitterionic HILIC stationary phase based on "thiol-ene" click chemistry between cysteine and vinyl silica

A novel zwitterionic stationary phase with high hydrophilicity was facilely synthesized based on the "thiol-ene" click reaction between cysteine and vinyl silica, which exhibited great potential in the separation of oligosaccharides, peptides and basic compounds, as well as in the enrichment of glycopeptides.     

硫醇-烯/炔点击化学合成功能聚合物材料

点击化学具有反应条件温和、产率高、速率快、产物容易分离以及高度选择性等优点,成为国内外研究的热点之一。硫醇-烯/炔光化学反应作为新型高效的点击反应近年来备受关注,通过这种方法制备高性能及功能性聚合物材料也是新材料领域的前沿研究内容。本文综述了近年来硫醇-烯/炔点击化学在功能聚合物材料合成中的研究成果,详细介绍了硫醇-烯/炔点击化学的特点、优势及其反应机理,重点归纳了利用硫醇-烯/炔点击化学合成线型、超支化、交联等分子结构的功能聚合物材料的研究进展,并对由这种方法合成功能聚合物的单体特点、反应路线及产物应用进行了阐述,最后对硫醇-烯/炔点击化学的进一步应用前景做了展望。     

Rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of ozone with unsaturated alcohols,esters, and carbonyls

The kinetics of the gas-phase reaction of ozone with unsaturated alcohols, carbonyls, and esters in air have been investigated at atmospheric pressure, ambient temperature (285–295 K), and in the presence of sufficient cyclohexane to scavenge the hydroxyl radical which forms as a product of the ozone-unsaturated compound reaction. The reaction rate constants, in units of 10^?18 cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1, are 0.26 ± 0.05 for acrolein, 1.07 ± 0.05 for 2-ethyl acrolein, 6.0 ± 0.4 for ethyl vinyl ketone, 4.9 ± 0.4 for 3-buten-1-ol, 14.4 ± 2.0 for allyl alcohol, 105 ± 7 for cis-3-hexen-1-ol, 7.5 ± 0.9 for methyl methacrylate, 2.9 ± 0.3 for vinyl acetate, 4.4 ± 0.3 for methyl crotonate, and 8.1 ± 0.3 for the 1,1-disubstituted alkene 2-ethyl-1-butene. Substituent effects on reactivity are discussed by comparison with alkenes and indicate that the reactivity of unsaturated alcohols is the same as that of alkene structural homologues and that the —C(O)OR, —C(O)R, and —CHO groups decrease the reactivity towards ozone as compared to alkyl groups. Estimates are made of the atmospheric persistence of these unsaturated compounds using the kinetic data obtained in this study as input to structure-reactivity and linear free-energy relationships. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

巯基-烯点击化学

点击化学自2001年由Sharpless提出后,由于其高效、可靠、高选择性的特点迅速成为药物和高分子材料合成的新方法。随着对点击化学研究的深入,其反应类型在不断增多,应用范围也在不断扩大。自由基或亲核试剂引发的巯基-烯反应作为其中一种新型的点击反应具有点击化学的所有特性。本文从点击化学的概念、特征和类型出发,重点介绍了巯基-烯反应的机理和在合成功能聚合物、制备拓扑结构高分子、表面修饰以及生物药物等方面的应用,并对巯基-烯反应的最新研究成果进行综述,最后展望了巯基-烯的点击化学的发展前景。     

Efficient side-chain modification of dextran via base-catalyzed epoxide ring-opening and thiol-ene click chemistry in aqueous media

In this study, a novel approach by combining base-catalyzed epoxide ring-opening and thiol-ene click chemistry is presented for the side-chain modification of dextran. The vinyl-modified dextran is prepared by a basic epoxide ring opening reaction of allyl glycidyl ether in 0.1 mol/L NaOH, followed by thiol-addition click reaction of three model sulfhydryl compounds using water-soluble Irgacure 2959 as the photoinitiator, leading to side-chain functionalized dextran modified with carboxyl, bidentate dicarboxyl or amino groups. This is the first example of combining epoxide ring-opening and thiol- ene click chemistry for side-chain modification of dextran in aqueous media. Importantly, it may also be extended as a convenient and efficient method for the side-chain modification of other polysaccharides.     

Reaction mechanisms of a cyclic ether intermediate: Ethyloxirane

Oxiranes are a class of cyclic ethers formed in abundance during low‐temperature combustion of hydrocarbons and biofuels, either via chain‐propagating steps that occur from unimolecular decomposition of β‐hydroperoxyalkyl radicals (β‐?QOOH) or from reactions of HO? with alkenes. Ethyloxirane is one of four alkyl‐substituted cyclic ether isomers produced as an intermediate from n‐butane oxidation. While rate coefficients for β‐?QOOH → ethyloxirane + ?H are reported extensively, subsequent reaction mechanisms of the cyclic ether are not. As a result, chemical kinetics mechanisms commonly adopt simplified chemistry to describe ethyloxirane consumption by convoluting several elementary reactions into a single step, which may introduce mechanism truncation error—uncertainty derived from missing or incomplete chemistry. The present work provides fundamental insight on reaction mechanisms of ethyloxirane in support of ongoing efforts to minimize mechanism truncation error. Reaction mechanisms are inferred from the detection of products during chlorine atom‐initiated oxidation experiments using multiplexed photoionization mass spectrometry conducted at 10 Torr and temperatures of 650 K and 800 K. To complement the experiments, calculations of stationary point energies were conducted using the ccCA‐PS3 composite method on ?R + O₂ potential energy surfaces for the four ethyloxiranyl radical isomers, which produced barrier heights for 24 reaction pathways. In addition to products from ?QOOH → cyclic ether + ?H and ?R + O₂ → conjugate alkene + HO?, both of which were significant pathways and are prototypical to alkane oxidation, other species were identified from ring‐opening of both ethyloxiranyl and ?QOOH radicals. The latter occurs when the unpaired electron is localized on the ether group, causing the initial ?QOOH structure to ring‐open and form a resonance‐stabilized ketohydroperoxide‐type radical. The present work provides the first analysis of ethyloxirane oxidation chemistry, which reveals that consumption pathways are complex and may require an expansion of submechanisms to increase the fidelity of chemical kinetics mechanisms.     

Versatile functionalization of aromatic polysulfones via thiol‐ene click chemistry

A facile, efficient approach for preparation of functionalized aromatic polysulfones by postpolymerization modification with thiol‐ene click chemistry is described. The key synthetic strategy is to incorporate a pendant vinyl ether group into polysulfones as a reactive precursor with controlled degrees of functionalization. Synthetic utility of the pendant alkenyl group is demonstrated by generating diverse polymer derivatives using thiol‐ene functionalization including glycosylated polysulfone. The highly reactive alkene platform in the polymer affords convenient, metal‐free, and azide‐free click transformations to create diverse ranges of new functionalized polysulfones that could be applied in various applications. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2016 , 54, 3237–3243     

基于巯基-烯点击化学法的β-环糊精固定相多模式色谱保留行为研究

基于巯基硅胶与单取代-6A-烯丙氨基-β-环糊精的巯基-烯点击化学反应,制备了β-环糊精(Click TE-CD)共价键合固定相。元素分析结果表明β-环糊精被成功键合到硅胶表面。以黄酮苷类化合物为模型,考察了Click TE-CD固定相在亲水、反相和超临界流体色谱等分离模式下的色谱保留行为。黄酮苷类化合物保留时间随流动相中乙腈含量的变化呈现典型的U型曲线,表明Click TE-CD固定相具有亲水/反相的双重保留特性。应用几何学方法测得Click TE-CD固定相在反相/亲水、亲水/超临界、反相/超临界混合模式下的正交性分别为69.8%、50.8%、50.8%。对比复杂中药样品降香提取物在反相、亲水、超临界等模式下的分离情况,结果表明Click TE-CD固定相在分离中药复杂样品方面具有极大潜力,可以在一根色谱柱上通过分离模式的改变,实现二维液相色谱的分离。Click TE-CD固定相不同分离模式的分离性能和较好的正交性表明该固定相具有在液相色谱方法发展和二维液相色谱分离方面应用的潜力。     

Reversible O-ylide formation in carbene/ether reactions

p-Nitrophenylchlorocarbene reacted reversibly with diethyl ether, di-n-propyl ether, or tetrahydrofuran (THF) to form O-ylides, which were visualized by their UV-visible spectroscopic signatures. Equilibrium constants (K(eq)) were determined spectroscopically and ranged from 0.10 M(-1) (di-n-propyl ether) to 7.5 M(-1) (THF) at 295 K. Studies of K(eq) as a function of temperature afforded ΔH(o), ΔS(o), and ΔG(o) for the di-n-propyl ether and THF/O-ylide equilibria. ΔH(o) was favorable for ylide formation, but ΔS(o) was quite negative, so that ΔG(o)s for the equilibria were small. Electronic structure calculations based on density functional theory provided structures, spectroscopic signatures, and energetics for the carbene/ether O-ylides.     

Trimethyl phosphite as a trap for alkoxy radicals formed from the ring opening of oxiranylcarbinyl radicals. Conversion to alkenes. Mechanistic applications to the study of C-C versus C-O ring cleavage

Trimethyl phosphite, (MeO)(3)P, is introduced as an efficient and selective trap in oxiranylcarbinyl radical (2) systems, formed from haloepoxides 8-13 under thermal AIBN/n-Bu(3)SnH conditions at about 80 degrees C. Initially, the transformations of 8-13, in the absence of phosphite, to allyl alcohol 7 and/or vinyl ether 5 were measured quantitatively (Table 1). Structural variations in the intermediate oxiranylcarbinyl (2), allyloxy (3), and vinyloxycarbinyl (4) radicals involve influences of the thermodynamics and kinetics of the C-O (2 --> 3, k(1)) and C-C (2 --> 4, k(2)) radical scission processes and readily account for the changes in the amounts of product vinyl ether (5) and allyl alcohol (7) formed. Added (MeO)(3)P is inert to vinyloxycarbinyl radical 4 and selectively and rapidly traps allyloxy radical 3, diverting it to trimethyl phosphate and allyl radical 6. Allyl radicals (6) dimerize or are trapped by n-Bu(3)SnH to give alkenes, formed from haloepoxides 8, 9, and 13 in 69-95% yields. Intermediate vinyloxycarbinyl radicals (4), in the presence or absence of (MeO)(3)P, are trapped by n-Bu(3)SnH to give vinyl ethers (5). The concentrations of (MeO)(3)P and n-Bu(3)SnH were varied independently, and the amounts of phosphate, vinyl ether (5), and/or alkene from haloepoxides 10, 11, and 13 were carefully monitored. The results reflect readily understood influences of changes in the structures of radicals 2-4, particularly as they influence the C-O (k(1)) and C-C (k(2)) cleavages of intermediate oxiranylcarbinyl radical 2 and their reverse (k(-1), k(-2)). Diversion by (MeO)(3)P of allyloxy radicals (3) from haloepoxides 11 and 12 fulfills a prior prediction that under conditions closer to kinetic control, products of C-O scission, not just those of C-C scission, may result. Thus, for oxiranylcarbinyl radicals from haloepoxides 11, 12, and 13, C-O scission (k(1), 2 --> 3) competes readily with C-C cleavage (k(2), 2 --> 4), even though C-C scission is favored thermodynamically.     

Light-induced hetero-Diels-Alder cycloaddition: a facile and selective photoclick reaction

2-Napthoquinone-3-methides (oNQMs) generated by efficient photodehydration (Φ=0.2) of 3-(hydroxymethyl)-2-naphthol undergo facile hetero-Diels-Alder addition (k(D-A)～ 4×10(4) M(-1) s(-1)) to electron-rich polarized olefins in an aqueous solution. The resulting photostable benzo[g]chromans are produced in high to quantitative yield. The unreacted oNQM is rapidly hydrated (k(H2O) ～145 s(-1)) to regenerate the starting diol. This competition between hydration and cycloaddition makes oNQMs highly selective, since only vinyl ethers and enamines are reactive enough to form the Diels-Alder adduct in an aqueous solution; no cycloaddition was observed with other types of alkenes. To achieve photolabeling or photoligation of two substrates, one is derivatized with a vinyl ether moiety, while 3-(hydroxymethyl)-2-naphthol is attached to the other via an appropriate linker. The light-induced Diels-Alder "click" strategy permits the formation of either a permanent or hydrolytically labile linkage. Rapid kinetics of this photoclick reaction (k=4×10(4) M(-1) s(-1)) is useful for time-resolved applications. The short lifetime (τ ～7 ms in H(2)O) of the active form of the photoclick reagent prevents its migration from the site of irradiation, thus, allowing for spatial control of the ligation or labeling.     

One-pot synthesis of hyperbranched poly(amido amine) clicked with a sugar shell via Michael addition polymerization and thiol click reaction

This paper reports the production of glycopolymers via a simple and flexible method. A novel glycopolymer with a hyperbranched poly(amido amine) core and a sugar shell (HPAA-GLc) was synthesized by using thiol-ene click reaction via facile one-pot method. Hyperbranched poly(amido amine) with vinyl terminals was first synthesized by Michael addition polymerization of N,N′-methylene bisacrylamide (MBA) with 1-(2-aminoethyl) piperazine (AEPZ). Subsequently, thiol-ene click reaction between vinyl units of hyperbranched poly(amido amine) and thio-glucose was performed in situ. Based on the NMR result, all the vinyl groups reacted with thiol-glucose in 120 min. Strong photoluminescence emission was observed from the aqueous solution of HPAA-GLc.     

基于聚倍半硅氧烷微球的亲水/反相混合模式色谱填料的制备与评价

亲水/反相混合模式色谱应用广泛,但pH使用范围有限,不利于碱性药物的分离。该工作利用巯基-烯基点击化学合成了单分散多孔的半胱氨酸改性乙烯基功能化聚甲基倍半硅氧烷(C-V-PMSQ)微球。元素分析表明半胱氨酸成功键合在微球表面。C-V-PMSQ微球为介孔结构,单分散性好且具有优良的化学稳定性。以几种常见的核苷和核酸碱基作为测试样品,考察其色谱保留行为,溶质的保留因子随流动相中水相含量的变化呈现典型的U型曲线,表明C-V-PMSQ固定相具有亲水/反相的双重保留特征。使用该固定相可以分离苯的同系物及一系列亲水性与疏水性化合物。另外在高碱性流动相条件下利用亲水和反相模式成功分离了中药苦参中的3种主要活性成分,表明它在分离碱性药物方面具有较大的优势。     

Theoretical prediction on the reactivity of the Co-mediated intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction for constructing bicyclo-skeletons in natural products

This work performed a theoretical investigation to explore the mechanism and reactivity of the Co-mediated intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction for constructing bicyclo-skeletons.     

Theoretical studies of halocarbene cycloaddition selectivities: A new interpretation of negative activation energies and entropy control of selectivity

Ab initio RHF calculations with the 3–21G basis set have been carried out on cycloadditions of CF₂ and CCl₂ with ethylene. Although π-complex intermediates are predicted for both reactions at this level, MP2/3-21G calculations imply that there are no complexes in reactions of CCl₂ or more reactive carbenes with ethylene or substituted alkenes. Nevertheless, negative activation energies can be observed, since ΔG reaches a maximum due to the increase in —TΔS for these bimolecular reactions. The apparent “entropy control” for reactive carbenes results from the rapid decrease in ΔH. As the reactivity of the alkene increases, the transition state shifts to an earlier point on the free energy surface, where —TΔS³ is lower, but ΔH³ is higher than for less reactive alkenes. Model potentials are developed for ΔH and —TΔS which reproduce experimental behavior, without the assumption of intermediates.