单质硫:合成含硫杂环的优质硫源

含硫杂环化合物在药物、分子器件和材料等诸多领域应用广泛,因而其合成方法备受关注.合成含硫杂环的关键在于分子中C—S键的构建,一般通过含硫有机物或无机物参与的C—H键功能化或C—X键偶联反应来实现.单质硫价廉易得,性质稳定,是合成含硫杂环的优质硫原子供体,因而以单质硫为原料合成含硫杂环成为人们研究的热点.综述了近年来以单质硫为硫源合成各种含硫杂环的研究进展情况.     

H2XP…SHY复合物中磷键与硫键的理论研究

用从头算量子化学方法MP2 与CCSD(T)研究了H₂XP和SHY (X, Y=H, F, Cl, Br)分子的P与S之间形成的磷键X―P…S与硫键Y―S…P的本质与规律以及取代基X与Y对成键的影响. 计算结果表明, 硫键比磷键强, 连接在Lewis 酸上的取代基的电负性增大导致形成的磷键或硫键增强, 键能增大, 对单体的结构和性质的影响也增大; 而连接在Lewis 碱上的取代基效应则相反. 硫键键能为8.37-23.45 kJ·mol^-1, 最强的硫键结构是Y 电负性最大而X 电负性最小的HFS…PH₃, CCSD(T)计算的键能是16.04 kJ·mol^-1; 磷键键能为7.54-14.65 kJ·mol^-1, 最强的磷键结构是X 电负性最大而Y 电负性最小的H₂FP…SH₂, CCSD(T)计算的键能是12.52 kJ·mol^-1. 对磷键与硫键能量贡献较大的是交换与静电作用. 分子间超共轭lp(S)-σ^*(PX)与lp(P)-σ^*(SY)对磷键与硫键的形成起着重要作用, 它导致单体的极化, 其中硫键的极化效应较大, 从而有一定的共价特征.     

二元和三元复合物中阳离子硫键与磷键的理论研究

采用MP2/cc-pVDZ和cc-pVTZ基组分别对复合物XH₂S⁺…NCH₂P和NCH₂P…PyX(X=NH₂, CH₃, H, CN, F, Cl, Br)中的硫键和磷键进行了研究, 讨论了键长、 键临界点的电荷密度(ρ)、 拉普拉斯密度(▽²ρ)、 范德华表面穿透距离、 二阶稳定化能和电荷转移量对硫键和磷键相互作用能的影响. 结果表明, 当取代基X为吸电子基团时, 形成的硫键较强. 当X为给电子基团时, 形成的磷键较强. 利用能量分解方法分析了取代基—CN导致硫键稳定性反常的可能原因. 还进一步讨论了三元复合物H₃S⁺…NCH₂P…PyX(X=NH₂, CH₃, H, CN, F, Cl, Br)中硫键和磷键的协同相互作用以及取代基对复合物稳定性的影响. 并通过对比相同的2种单体在三元复合物和二元复合物中的二阶稳定化能和相互作用能的差值, 说明了硫键与磷键起到相互促进的正协同作用, 增强了三元复合物的稳定性.     

简单多原子无机共价分子的“键类数”计算及应用

本文提出了计算简单多原子无机共价分子中不同键型(σ键、π键和孤对电子——非键)键数目——“键类数”的方法,建议了几个计算“键类数”的简单公式,并讨论了它们在利用价层电子对排斥理论推断分子几何构型,确定分子的路易斯结构和判断分子中是否可能有非定域大π键形成等方面的应用。     

不对称催化反应在手性药物合成中的应用进展

本文从官能团的转换和碳硫键形成的角度概述了我国近年来在不对称催化反应领域的研究进展,特别是在手性药物及其中间体合成中的应用进展。参考文献42篇。     

对二甲氨基苯亚甲基染料的合成

根据Marder等[1]提出的键长变化理论,分子键长变化(BLA值)大约在0.003～0.005nm之间时β达到最大值,对于较早合成的多烯和花菁染料来说,BLA值太大(大于0.01nm),这是由于分子的吸电子基和给电子基对激发态的稳定不够或者由于分子从基态到激发态变化过程中失去芳香性.近来,不少人用低芳香稳定能的杂环来替代苯环已取得了较好的效果[2,3].目前人们对含硫代巴比土酸的分子的研究很多,而未注意到对含强吸电子基绕丹宁和海硫因分子的非线性光学性能研究.因此合成以绕丹宁、海硫因为吸电子基的染料分子并将其与含硫代巴比土酸的染料分子比较是有…     

硫烷化学

硫烷是一类具有三中心四电子过价键的化合物，它即可以作为特殊的反应试剂，又是有机反应的重要中间体。本文对其结构，合成，性质及其应用作一简单综述。     

富勒烯C60硫桥键联四硫富瓦烯衍生物的理论研究

利用半经验AM1法研究了富勒烯C₆₀硫桥键联四硫富瓦烯衍生物和富勒烯C₆₀键联四硫富瓦烯衍生物的几何构型,电子结构.计算结果显示,富勒烯C₆₀硫桥键联四硫富瓦烯衍生物的四硫富瓦烯(TTF)平面与C₆₀发生作用,使其弯曲的程度比富勒烯C₆₀键联四硫富瓦烯衍生物的大,从而形成一种独特的四硫富瓦烯(TTF)平面半包裹C₆₀的空间构型的D-A体系.这很可能是由于C-S单键的灵活性造成的.而且它们的HOMO轨道主要分布在四硫富瓦烯(TTF)部分,而LUMO轨道则主要分布在C₆₀上.预测了富勒烯C₆₀硫桥键联四硫富瓦烯衍生物很有可能在激发态下产生更长寿命的电荷分离态.     

过渡金属催化的硫酯的交叉偶联反应研究进展

硫酯在医药、农药、香精香料、材料等领域应用广泛,可从羧酸衍生得到,羧酸在自然界寻常可见、结构丰富.硫酯C(O)—S键能轻易和低价过渡金属发生氧化加成生成C(O)—M—S,该物种在不脱羰或脱羰情况下可以和亲核试剂反应构建碳碳键.近二十年来,人们广泛研究了过渡金属催化的硫酯的交叉偶联反应,这为从羧酸出发构筑C—C键提供了可供选择的有效方案.本综述按照过渡金属种类,依次对钯、镍、铜、铑等过渡金属催化的硫酯的交叉偶联反应进行了总结和讨论,综述了该类反应在天然产物、药物分子合成及其后期转化中的应用.同时关注了近些年报道的硫酯的不对称交叉偶联反应,以及硫酯的交叉偶联反应在串联反应和官能团转化方面的应用.     

四硫富瓦烯(TTF)衍生物的配位组装

四硫富瓦烯（tetratiafulvalenc,TTF)衍生物和二硫纶（dithiolene)化合行等有机富硫分子作为有机光电磁的功能化合物,一直受到了人们的重视,近年来一类融合了TTF和二硫纶结构的扩展TTF衍生物引起人们很大的兴趣,这类八硫共轭体系具有较好的电子授受特性,展示出潜在的应用价值。有目的地利用它与与金属离子间较强的配位能力对这些化合物进行晶体或分子设计已成为配位化学在富硫有机配合物研究中的一个热点。本文重点介绍这方面的研究的最新进展。主要包括以卤化亚铜基本骨架为基础的四烷基硫取代四硫富瓦烯（[(RS)2TTF(SR)2])的配位组装;二烷基硫取代的TTF融合二硫纶离子（[(RS)2TTF(S2)]^2-)和TTF融合双二硫纶离子（[(S)2TTF(S)]^4-金属配位衍生物的分子设计和空间构筑。通过配位修饰或组装,这类TTF金属衍生物显示了多变的结构,有的已发展具有较好的物理性质。     

Chalcogen Bonding Catalysis of a Nitro‐Michael Reaction

Chalcogen bonding is the non‐covalent interaction between Lewis acidic chalcogen substituents and Lewis bases. Herein, we present the first application of dicationic tellurium‐based chalcogen bond donors in the nitro‐Michael reaction between trans‐β‐nitrostyrene and indoles. This also constitutes the first activation of nitro derivatives by chalcogen bonding (and halogen bonding). The catalysts showed rate accelerations of more than a factor of 300 compared to strongly Lewis acidic hydrogen bond donors. Several comparison experiments, titrations, and DFT calculations support a chalcogen‐bonding‐based mode of activation of β‐nitrostyrene.     

Regioselective deiodination of thyroxine by iodothyronine deiodinase mimics: an unusual mechanistic pathway involving cooperative chalcogen and halogen bonding

Iodothyronine deiodinases (IDs) are mammalian selenoenzymes that catalyze the conversion of thyroxine (T4) to 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) and 3,3',5'-triiodothyronine (rT3) by the outer- and inner-ring deiodination pathways, respectively. These enzymes also catalyze further deiodination of T3 and rT3 to produce a variety of di- and monoiodo derivatives. In this paper, the deiodinase activity of a series of peri-substituted naphthalenes having different amino groups is described. These compounds remove iodine selectively from the inner-ring of T4 and T3 to produce rT3 and 3,3'-diiodothyronine (3,3'-T2), respectively. The naphthyl-based compounds having two selenols in the peri-positions exhibit much higher deiodinase activity than those having two thiols or a thiol-selenol pair. Mechanistic investigations reveal that the formation of a halogen bond between the iodine and chalcogen (S or Se) and the peri-interaction between two chalcogen atoms (chalcogen bond) are important for the deiodination reactions. Although the formation of a halogen bond leads to elongation of the C-I bond, the chalcogen bond facilitates the transfer of more electron density to the C-I σ* orbitals, leading to a complete cleavage of the C-I bond. The higher activity of amino-substituted selenium compounds can be ascribed to the deprotonation of thiol/selenol moiety by the amino group, which not only increases the strength of halogen bond but also facilitates the chalcogen-chalcogen interactions.     

The Dominant Role of Chalcogen Bonding in the Crystal Packing of 2D/3D Aromatics

The chalcogen bond is a nonclassical σ‐hole‐based noncovalent interaction with emerging applications in medicinal chemistry and material science. It is found in organic compounds, including 2D aromatics, but has so far never been observed in 3D aromatic inorganic boron hydrides. Thiaboranes, harboring a sulfur heteroatom in the icosahedral cage, are candidates for the formation of chalcogen bonds. The phenyl‐substituted thiaborane, synthesized and crystalized in this study, forms sulfur???π type chalcogen bonds. Quantum chemical analysis revealed that these interactions are considerably stronger than both in their organic counterparts and in the known halogen bond. The reason is the existence of a highly positive σ‐hole on the positively charged sulfur atom. This discovery expands the possibilities of applying substituted boron clusters in crystal engineering and drug design.     

Atomic Polarizability Dominates the Electronic Properties of Peptide Bonds upon Thioxo or Selenoxo Substitution

The amide bond as peptide linkage plays an important role in protein structure and function. A large number of theoretical and experimental studies have focused on the specific nature of the peptide bond. Little attention, however, has been paid to their chalcogen-substituted congeners, although experimental data on thioamides revealed inconsistencies with the conventional view of amide resonance theory. Here, we employed thioxo and selenoxo substitution to determine experimentally how heavier chalcogens affect the properties of the peptide bond and adjacent atoms. NMR data revealed pronounced deshielding of heteronuclei within a three-bond distance to the chalcogen atom; this indicates an enhanced electron-withdrawing potential of the heavier chalcogens despite their lower electronegativities compared to oxygen. Interestingly, linear correlations were observed between chalcogen atomic polarizability and the chemical shift values of those neighboring heteronuclei as well as several physicochemical properties, such as electronic excitation energy, C?N rotation barrier, dipole moment and amide proton dissociation. We conclude that the chalcogen polarizability, which relates to the charge capacity, is the dominant factor that determines the electronic properties of peptide bonds substituted with heavier chalcogens.     

Catalytic Activation of Imines by Chalcogen Bond Donors in a Povarov [4+2] Cycloaddition Reaction

Recently, chalcogen bonding has been investigated in more detail in organocatalysis and the scope of activated functionalities continues to increase. Herein, the activation of imines in a Povarov [4+2] cycloaddition reaction with bidentate cationic chalcogen bond donors is presented. Tellurium-based Lewis acids show superior properties compared to selenium-based catalysts and inactive sulfur-based analogues. The catalytic activity of the chalcogen bonding donors increases with weaker binding anions. Triflate, however, is not suitable due to its participation in the catalytic pathway. A solvent screening revealed a more efficient activation in less polar solvents and a pronounced effect of solvent (and catalyst) on endo : exo diastereomeric ratio. Finally, new chiral chalcogen bonding catalysts were applied but provided only racemic mixtures of the product.     

Charge-Assisted Chalcogen Bonds: CSD and DFT Analyses and Biological Implication in Glucosidase Inhibitors

This study reports a combined Cambridge Structural Database and theoretical DFT study of charge assisted chalcogen bonds involving sulfonium, selenonium, and telluronium cations. The chalcogen bond has been recently defined by IUPAC as the net attractive interaction between an electrophilic region associated with a chalcogen atom in a molecular entity and a nucleophilic region in another, or the same, molecular entity. Divalent chalcogen atoms typically have up to two σ-holes and forms up to two ChBs; the same holds for tetravalent chalcogens which adopt a seesaw arrangement. In sulfonium, selenonium, and telluronium salts chalcogen atoms form three covalent bonds, three σ-holes are located opposite to these bonds, and up to three charge assisted ChBs can be formed between these holes and the counterions. The covalent bond arrangement around these chalcogen atoms is similar to trivalent pnictogen atoms and translates into a similar pattern of noncovalent interactions. We have found and studied this type of charge-assisted chalcogen bonds in various sulfonium ion-containing inhibitors of glucosidase, for example, salacinol and kotalanol.     

Non-Classical Synthons: Supramolecular Recognition by S⋅⋅⋅O Chalcogen Bonding in Molecular Complexes of Riluzole

Classical examples of supramolecular recognition units or synthons are the ones formed by hydrogen bonds. Here, we report the ubiquity of a S⋅⋅⋅O chalcogen bonded synthon observed in a series of supramolecular complexes of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis drug riluzole. Although the potential of higher chalcogens such as Se and Te to form robust and directional chalcogen bonded motifs is known, intermolecular sulfur chalcogen bonding is considered to be weak owing to the lower polarizability of S atoms. Here, the robustness and electronic nature of a S⋅⋅⋅O chalcogen bonding non-classical synthon, and the origin of its exceptional directionality have been explored. Bond orders of the drug–coformer chalcogen bonding are found to be as high as one third of a single bond, and they are largely ionic in nature. The contribution of the S⋅⋅⋅O chalcogen bonded motifs to the lattice energies of a series of crystals from the Cambridge Structural Database has been analyzed, showing they can be indeed significant, especially in molecules devoid of strong hydrogen bond donor groups.     

Cyclization Triggered by Deprotonation: The Gas‐Phase Acidity of 1,8‐Chalcogen‐Bridged Naphthalenes

High‐level density functional theory computations have been used to estimate the gas‐phase (intrinsic) acidities of the complete series of 1,8‐chalcogen‐bridged naphthalene derivatives. The existence of a chalcogen? chalcogen bond in chalcogen‐bridged naphthalene derivatives plays a crucial role in the intrinsic acidity of the system. For 1,8‐naphthalenediylbis(oxy), where this bond does not exist, the para C? H group is the most acidic site, whereas for the remaining compounds, deprotonation of the ortho CH groups is the most favorable process. Deprotonation of the aromatic rings has a large effect on the strength of the bonds of the five‐membered ring. These effects depend on the nature of the heteroatoms forming the X? Y bridge, and modulate the acidity of the molecule. Also importantly, when one of the heteroatoms is oxygen, ortho and para deprotonation lead to cleavage of the X? Y bridge. This bond fission favors the formation of a CYC (Y=S, Se, Te) three‐membered ring that enhances the stability of the anion and, therefore, increases the acidity of these compounds. We have shown that, whereas this cyclization process is energetically favorable for oxygen‐containing compounds, it is not favorable for the remaining derivatives.