卤键在超分子化学中的应用进展

卤键是指作用在卤原子(路易斯酸)和具有孤对电子的原子或π电子体系(路易斯碱)之间的新型弱相互作用,其在超分子多维自组装和分子识别(如超分子催化、超分子选择拆分、超分子传感)等领域有着广泛的应用。本文介绍了卤键的类别、特性、功能及在超分子化学结构与功能领域中的应用。     

分子间卤键和氢键控制的网络结构的组装（英文）

分别以四苯甲烷和四苯基卟啉为中心,端位引入四氟碘代苯,合成了两类四齿卤键供体分子,并合成了3,3’,5,5’-四甲基-4,4’-联吡啶(TMBP)作为卤键受体分子.以四苯甲烷为中心的卤键供体分子和TMBP基于分子间I…N卤键和H…N氢键在固相中自组装,得到一类超分子网络结构.晶体结构显示,一个四面体卤键供体分子通过两组I…N卤键和两组H…N氢键结合四个TMBP分子,与之对应,一个TMBP分子通过一组I…N卤键和一组H…N氢键结合两个四面体分子,形成单层网络结构,网格为宽度2.37nm的正方形结构,层与层之间通过其它氢键和卤键进一步堆积.卟啉类四齿卤键供体分子的晶体数据显示,通过较为复杂的分子间C—I…π及H…F等弱相互作用,供体分子自身进行平面组装,层与层之间通过π-π堆积等作用进一步堆积.     

呋喃与双卤分子间卤键的电子密度拓扑研究

用DFT和MP2(full)方法研究了呋喃-XY (XY＝ClF, BrF, BrCl)体系分子间的相互作用, 讨论了两种卤键类型 Y—X…O和Y—X…π的作用. 研究表明: Y—X…π的相互作用比Y—X…O的作用强, 计算得到的分子间相互作用能按照呋喃-BrF＞呋喃-ClF＞呋喃-BrCl的顺序依次降低. 形成卤键后, 两种类型卤键复合物中的电子受体X—Y键伸长, 其振动频率发生红移. 利用电子密度拓扑方法对卤键的电子密度拓扑性质进行了分析.     

基于分子间卤键的超分子平面大环自组装

本工作报道了含卤键供体和受体片段的三种芳酰胺分子(化合物1~3)的设计和合成, 并对固相中卤键的不同作用模式进行了探索和分析. 化合物1的晶体数据显示, 由于没有分子内氢键, 组成分子的三个芳环相互扭转一定角度, 并且在分子间交替排列的N···I和O···I卤键的控制下, 组装成了一条线型的超分子组装体. 由于酰胺羰基和两个紧邻的氟原子之间的排斥作用, 化合物2未能形成分子内三中心氢键. 在此基础上, 将三氟碘代苯作为卤键供体片段引入到化合物3中, 并且在折叠体骨架中嵌入了嘧啶单元. 化合物3的晶体数据显示, 基于多组有效的分子内三中心氢键和分子间较强的卤键作用, 双分子间形成了[1+1]的超分子大环. 另外, 由于嘧啶环的引入, 使得该超分子大环接近共平面.     

H2CO与双卤分子间卤键的电子密度分析

运用B3LYP和MP2方法在6-311++G(d,p)基组水平上, 对H2CO-XY(XY=F2、Cl2、Br2、ClF、BrF、BrCl)卤键体系进行构型全优化, 得到了O…X—Y型卤键复合物. 结果表明, MP2/6-311++G(d,p)计算结果与实验值较吻合. 并在MP2水平下计算了分子间的相互作用能, 用完全均衡校正CP(counterpoise procedure)方法对基函数重叠误差(BSSE)进行了校正. 利用电子密度拓扑分析方法对卤键复合物的电子密度拓扑性质进行了分析研究.     

乙烯、乙炔与双卤分子间π型卤键的电子密度拓扑研究

运用DFT和MP2(full)在6-311++G(d, p)和aug-cc-pvdz基组水平上, 对一系列简单的分子间π型卤键体系C2H4(C2H2)-XY(XY= F2、Cl2、Br2、ClF、BrF、BrCl) 进行构型全优化, 得到了T型卤键复合物. 结果表明MP2(full)/ 6-311++G(d, p)计算结果与实验结果较吻合. 并在MP2水平上计算了分子间的相互作用能, 用标准Counterpoise procedure (CP)方法对基函数迭加误差(BSSE)进行了校正. 利用电子密度拓扑分析方法对卤键复合物的拓扑性质进行了分析研究.     

疾病标记物分子印迹技术在分离传感分析中的应用

疾病标记物分子印迹聚合物以疾病标记物为模板分子,可实现低浓度和基底复杂的疾病标记物的高效分离和富集。以疾病标记物分子印迹聚合物为敏感元件构建的传感器,可用于对威胁人类健康的高发病率和高死亡率疾病进行筛查和诊断。本文介绍了分子印迹技术的原理和方法,重点介绍了疾病标记物分子印迹中常用的印迹方法、印迹材料、以及疾病标记物分子印迹聚合物在疾病标记物分离及传感中的应用。     

DNA分子识别及传感技术

DNA杂交生物传感器为基因的识别及疾病的诊断提供了一种快速,简便,廉价的方法,此文从DNA的固定及检测技术两个方面,举例介绍了各不同方式的研究应用现状及对传感器灵敏度,杂交专一性,杂交速度及使用寿命的影响,对DNA识别技术的发展前景进行了展望。     

液晶态分子在分析化学中的应用进展

评述了液晶态分子在分析化学中的应用进展，包括其超分子的分子识别作用，液晶在色谱，光谱探针，核磁共振谱等分析化学领域中的应用。     

Molecular Receptors for Recognition and Sensing of Nucleotides

Nucleotides are constituents of nucleic acids and they have a variety of functions in cellular metabolism. Synthetic receptors and sensors are required to reveal the role of nucleotides in living organisms and mechanisms of signal transduction events. In recent years, a large number of nucleotide-selective synthetic receptors have been devised, which utilize different molecular designs and sensing mechanisms. This Minireview presents recent progress in the design of synthetic molecular receptors for selective recognition of nucleotides in aqueous solution. The binding properties of receptors and the origins of their selectivity for a particular nucleotide are discussed.     

Iodide Discrimination by Tetra-Iodotriazole Halogen Bonding Interlocked Hosts

Whilst the exploitation of interlocked host frameworks for anion recognition is widely established, examples incorporating halogen bond donor groups are still relatively rare. Through the integration of a novel tetra(iodotriazole)-pyridinium motif into macrocycle and axle components, a family of halogen bonding catenane and rotaxanes are constructed for anion recognition studies in a competitive aqueous-organic solvent mixture. Importantly, the degree of anion selectivity displayed is dictated by the topological nature and charged state of the respective interlocked host cavity. All the interlocked hosts exhibit iodide anion selectivity over other halides and sulfate, with the level of discrimination being the greatest with the mono-cationic rotaxane. Arising from greater electrostatic interactions working in tandem with halogen bonding and hydrogen bonding, the di-cationic rotaxane displays stronger anion association at the expense of a relatively lower degree of iodide selectivity.     

Polymers for Anion Recognition and Sensing

In biological systems, the selective and high‐affinity recognition of anionic species is accomplished by macromolecular hosts (anion‐binding proteins) that have been “optimized” through evolution. Surprisingly, it is only recently that chemists have systematically attempted to develop anion‐responsive synthetic macromolecules for potential applications in medicine, national security, or environmental monitoring. Recent results indicating that unique features of polymeric systems such as signal amplification, multivalency, and cooperative behavior may be exploited productively in the context of anion recognition and sensing are documented. The wide variety of interactions—including Lewis acid/base, ion‐pairing, and hydrogen bonding—that have been employed for this purpose is reflected in the structural diversity of anion‐responsive macromolecules identified to date.     

Halogen‐ and Hydrogen‐Bonding Catenanes for Halide‐Anion Recognition

Halogen‐bonding (XB) interactions were exploited in the solution‐phase assembly of anion‐templated pseudorotaxanes between an isophthalamide‐containing macrocycle and bromo‐ or iodo‐functionalised pyridinium threading components. ¹H NMR spectroscopic titration investigations demonstrated that such XB interpenetrated assemblies are more stable than analogous hydrogen bonding (HB) pseudorotaxanes. The stability of the anion‐templated halogen‐bonded pseudorotaxane architectures was exploited in the preparation of new halogen‐bonding interlocked catenane species through a Grubbs’ ring‐closing metathesis (RCM) clipping methodology. The catenanes’ anion recognition properties in the competitive CDCl₃/CD₃OD 1:1 solvent mixture revealed selectivity for the heavier halides iodide and bromide over chloride and acetate.     

Halogen Bonding in Solution: Anion Recognition,Templated Self‐Assembly,and Organocatalysis

The halogen bond is a supramolecular interaction between a Lewis‐acidic region of a covalently bound halogen and a Lewis base. It has been studied widely in silico and experimentally in the solid state; however, solution‐phase applications have attracted enormous interest in the last few years. This Minireview highlights selected recent developments in halogen bond interactions in solution, with a focus on the use of receptors based on halogen bonds in anion recognition and sensing, anion‐templated self‐assembly, as well as in organocatalysis.     

An All‐Halogen Bonding Rotaxane for Selective Sensing of Halides in Aqueous Media

The synthesis and anion binding properties of the first rotaxane host system to bind and sense anions purely through halogen bonding, is described. Through a combination of polarized iodotriazole and iodotriazolium halogen bond donors, a three‐dimensional cavity is created for anion binding. This rotaxane incorporates a luminescent rhenium(I) bipyridyl metal sensor motif within the macrocycle component, thus enabling optical study of the anion binding properties. The rotaxane topology was confirmed by single‐crystal X‐ray structural analysis, demonstrating halogen bonding between the electrophilic iodine atoms and chloride anions. In 50 % H₂O/CH₃CN solvent mixtures the rotaxane host exhibits strong binding affinity and selectivity for chloride, bromide, and iodide over a range of oxoanions.     

Halogen Bonding Heteroditopic Materials for Cooperative Sodium Iodide Binding and Extraction

A series of novel heteroditopic halogen bonding (XB) receptor functionalised silica based materials, containing mono- and bis-iodotriazole benzo-15-crown-5 groups are investigated for the cooperative binding and extraction of sodium halide ion-pair species from aqueous solution. Characterisation of the XB materials by CHN elemental analysis, ¹³C CP/MAS NMR and ATR-FTIR spectroscopies confirms and quantifies the successful incorporation of the ion-pair receptor frameworks to the silica material. ICP-MS solid-liquid extraction studies demonstrate the bidentate XB functionalised material is capable of NaI extraction from water. Importantly, cooperative XB-mediated sodium halide ion-pair binding is determined to be crucial to the material's extraction capabilities, impressively demonstrating a two-fold enhancement in sodium iodide extraction efficiency relative to a heteroditopic hydrogen bonding receptor functionalised silica material analogue.     

Molecular Recognition of Zwitterions with Artificial Receptors

Many biomolecules exist as internal ion pairs or zwitterions within a biologically relevant pH range. Despite their importance, the molecular recognition of this type of systems is specially challenging due to their strong solvation in aqueous media, and their trend to form folded or self‐assembled structures by pairing of charges of different sign. In this Minireview, we will discuss the molecular recognition of zwitterions using non‐natural, synthetic receptors. This contribution does not intend to make a full in‐depth revision of the existing research in the field, but a personal overview with selected representative examples from the recent literature.     

Iodide Recognition and Sensing in Water by a Halogen‐Bonding Ruthenium(II)‐Based Rotaxane

The synthesis and anion‐recognition properties of the first halogen‐bonding rotaxane host to sense anions in water is described. The rotaxane features a halogen‐bonding axle component, which is stoppered with water‐solubilizing permethylated β‐cyclodextrin motifs, and a luminescent tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II)‐based macrocycle component. ¹H NMR anion‐binding titrations in D₂O reveal the halogen‐bonding rotaxane to bind iodide with high affinity and with selectively over the smaller halide anions and sulfate. The binding affinity trend was explained through molecular dynamics simulations and free‐energy calculations. Photo‐physical investigations demonstrate the ability of the interlocked halogen‐bonding host to sense iodide in water, through enhancement of the macrocycle component’s Ru^II metal–ligand charge transfer (MLCT) emission.     

Molecular Tweezers: Concepts and Applications

Taken to the molecular level, the concept of “tweezers” opens a rich and fascinating field at the convergence of molecular recognition, biomimetic chemistry and nanomachines. Composed of a spacer bridging two interaction sites, the behaviour of molecular tweezers is strongly influenced by the flexibility of their spacer. Operating through an “induced‐fit” recognition mechanism, flexible molecular tweezers select the conformation(s) most appropriate for substrate binding. Their adaptability allows them to be used in a variety of binding modes and they have found applications in chirality signalling. Rigid spacers, on the contrary, display a limited number of binding states, which lead to selective and strong substrate binding following a “lock and key” model. Exquisite selectivity may be expressed with substrates as varied as C₆₀, nanotubes and natural cofactors, and applications to molecular electronics and enzyme inhibition are emerging. At the crossroad between flexible and rigid spacers, stimulus‐responsive molecular tweezers controlled by ionic, redox or light triggers belong to the realm of molecular machines, and, applied to molecular tweezing, open doors to the selective binding, transport and release of their cargo. Applications to controlled drug delivery are already appearing. The past 30 years have seen the birth of molecular tweezers; the next many years to come will surely see them blooming in exciting applications.