A Mild Approach to the Synthesis of sn‐Glycerol 1,2‐Di‐γ‐linolenate 3‐Palmitate

A synthetic approach comprising several studied modifications was applied to the preparation of sn‐glycerol 1,2‐di‐γ‐linolenate 3‐palmitate ( 4 ). Thereby, a convenient and mild synthetic method was elaborated, affording 4 from 1,2‐O‐isopropylidene‐sn‐glycerol ( 1 ) in an average yield of 65 – 75% and analytically acceptable purity.     

2′‐Deoxy‐5‐propynyluridine: a nucleoside with two conformations in the asymmetric unit

The title compound, 1‐(2‐deoxy‐β‐d ‐erythro‐pentofuranosyl)‐5‐(prop‐1‐ynyl)pyrimidin‐2,4(1H,3H)‐dione, C₁₂H₁₄N₂O₅, shows two conformations in the crystalline state: conformer 1 adopts a C2′‐endo (close to ²E; S‐type) sugar pucker and an anti nucleobase orientation [χ = −134.04 (19)°], while conformer 2 shows an S sugar pucker (twisted C2′‐endo–C3′‐exo), which is accompanied by a different anti base orientation [χ = −162.79 (17)°]. Both molecules show a +sc (gauche, gauche) conformation at the exocyclic C4′—C5′ bond and a coplanar orientation of the propynyl group with respect to the pyrimidine ring. The extended structure is a three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bond network involving intermolecular N—H...O and O—H...O hydrogen bonds. Only O atoms function as H‐atom acceptor sites.     

1,N6‐Etheno derivative of 7‐de­aza‐2,8‐di­aza­adenosine

In the tricyclic nucleoside 7‐(β‐d ‐ribo­furan­osyl)‐7H‐imidazo­[1,2‐c]­pyrazolo­[4,3‐e][1,2,3]­triazine, C₁₁H₁₂N₆O₄, the con­formation of the N‐gly­cosyl bond is intermediate between anti and high anti [χ = −103.5 (3)°]. The ribo­furan­ose moiety adopts a ₃T² sugar pucker (S‐type sugar) and the conformation at the exocyclic C—C bond is ap (gauche–trans). Molecules of the title compound form a three‐dimensional network via three medium–strong intermolecular hydrogen bonds (one O—H⋯N and two O—H⋯O bonds).     

8‐Aza‐7‐deaza‐7‐propynyladenosine methanol solvate

In the title compound, 4‐amino‐3‐propynyl‐1‐(β‐d ‐ribofur­anosyl)‐1H‐pyrazolo[3,4‐d]pyrimidine methanol solvate, C₁₃H₁₅N₅O₄·CH₃OH, the torsion angle of the N‐glycosylic bond is between anti and high‐anti [χ = −101.8 (5)°]. The ribofuranose moiety adopts the C3′‐endo (³T₂) sugar conformation (N‐type) and the conformation at the exocyclic C—C bond is +sc (gauche, gauche). The propynyl group is out of the plane of the nucleobase and is bent. The compound forms a three‐dimensional network which is stabilized by several hydrogen bonds (O—H·O and O—H·N). The nucleobases are stacked head‐to‐tail. The methanol solvent mol­ecule forms hydrogen bonds with both the nucleobase and the sugar moiety.     

Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of anti‐Vicinal Silylboronates by Conjunctive Cross‐Coupling

Chiral 1,2‐bimetallic reagents are useful motifs in synthetic chemistry. Although syn‐1,2‐bimetallic compounds can be prepared by alkene dimetallation, anti‐1,2‐bimetallics are still rare. The stereospecific 1,2‐metallate shift that occurs during conjunctive cross‐coupling is shown to enable a practical and modular approach to the catalytic synthesis of enantioenriched anti‐1,2‐borosilanes. In addition to reaction development, the synthetic utility of anti‐1,2‐borosilanes was investigated, including applications to the synthesis of anti‐1,2‐diols and anti‐1,2‐amino alcohols     

7‐Vinyl‐8‐aza‐7‐de­aza‐2′‐deoxy­adenosine monohydrate

In the title compound, 4‐amino‐1‐(2‐deoxy‐β‐d ‐eythro‐pento­furan­osyl)‐3‐vinyl‐1H‐pyrazolo­[3,4‐d]­pyrimidine monohydrate, C₁₂H₁₅N₅O₃·H₂O, the conformation of the gly­cosyl bond is anti. The furan­ose moiety is in an S conformation with an unsymmetrical twist, and the conformation at the exocyclic C—C(OH) bond is +sc (gauche, gauche). The vinyl side chain is bent out of the heterocyclic ring plane by 147.5 (5)°. The three‐dimensional packing is stabilized by O—H·O, O—H·N and N—H·O hydrogen bonds.     

1,N6‐Etheno‐2′‐deoxytubercidin hemihydrate

The title compound [systematic name: 7‐(2‐deoxy‐β‐d ‐erythro‐pentofuranosyl)‐7H‐imidazo[1,2‐c]pyrrolo[2,3‐d]pyrimidine hemihydrate], 2C₁₃H₁₄N₄O₃·H₂O or (I)·0.5H₂O, shows two similar conformations in the asymmetric unit. These two conformers are connected through one water molecule by hydrogen bonds. The N‐glycosylic bonds of both conformers show an almost identical anti conformation with χ = −107.7 (2)° for conformer (I‐1) and −107.0 (2)° for conformer (I‐2). The sugar moiety adopts an unusual N‐type (C3′‐endo) sugar pucker for 2′‐deoxyribonucleosides, with P = 36.8 (2)° and τ_m = 40.6 (1)° for conformer (I‐1), and P = 34.5 (2)° and τ_m = 41.4 (1)° for conformer (I‐2). Both conformers and the solvent molecule participate in the formation of a three‐dimensional pattern with a `chain'‐like arrangement of the conformers. The structure is stabilized by intermolecular O—H...O and O—H...N hydrogen bonds, together with weak C—H...O contacts.     

Synthesis and Properties of Surfactants derived from N‐Acetyl‐D‐Glucosamine

The synthesis of 2‐acetamido‐2‐deoxy‐6‐O‐octanoyl‐D‐glucono‐1,5‐lactone 9 and 2‐acetamido‐2‐deoxy‐6‐O‐octanoyl‐α‐D‐glucopyranose 7 from 2‐acetamido‐2‐deoxy‐α‐D‐glucopyranose is reported. For both targets, the key intermediate was allyl 2‐acetamido‐3,4‐di‐O‐benzyl‐2‐deoxy‐6‐O‐octanoyl‐α‐D‐glucopyranoside 5. Surface tension measurements (critical micellar concentration of 22.3 mM and 5 mM for 9 and 7, respectively) showed up the surface activity of both compounds, while enzyme inhibition assays indicated that 9 could inhibit bovine β‐N‐acetylglucosaminidase (K_i=6.5 µM) but not Serratia marcescens chitobiase nor hen egg‐white lysozyme. Moreover, 7 was shown to induce chitinase production of S. marcescens and to be readily metabolized by these bacteria.      

2‐Propynyl 2,3,4,6‐tetra‐O‐acetyl‐α‐d‐mannopyranoside

The 2‐propynyl group in the title compound, C₁₇H₂₂O₁₀, adopts an exoanomeric conformation, with the acetylenic group gauche with respect to position C1. Comparison of ¹³C NMR chemical shifts from solution and the solid state suggest that the acetylenic group also adopts a conformation anti to C1 in solution. The pyranose ring adopts a ⁴C₁ conformation. Of the three secondary O‐acetyl groups, that on position O4, flanked by two equatorial groups, adopts a syn conformation, in agreement with recent generalizations [González‐Outeiriño, Nasser & Anderson (2005). J. Org. Chem. 70 , 2486–2493]. The acetyl group on position O3 adopts a gauche conformation, also in agreement with the recent generalizations, but that on position O2 adopts a syn conformation, not in agreement with the recent generalizations.     

Synthesis of γ‐Boryl‐Substituted Homoallylic Alcohols with anti Stereochemistry Based on a Double‐Bond Transposition

The stereoselective synthesis of anti isomers of γ‐boryl‐substituted homoallylic alcohols is disclosed. (E)‐1,2‐Di(boryl)alk‐1‐enes undergo Ru‐catalyzed double‐bond transposition with control of the geometry. The in situ generated (E)‐1,2‐di(boryl)alk‐2‐enes add to aldehydes in a stereospecific manner. The alkenylboron group within the product is amenable to a variety of synthetic derivatizations.     

8‐Aza‐7‐deaza‐2′‐de­oxy‐2‐(methyl­sulfan­yl)adenosine

In the title compound, 4‐amino‐1‐(2‐de­oxy‐β‐d ‐erythro‐pentofuranos­yl)‐6‐methyl­sulfanyl‐1H‐pyrazolo[3,4‐d]pyrimidine, C₁₁H₁₆N₅O₃S, the conformation of the glycosidic bond is between anti and high anti. The 2′‐deoxy­ribofuranosyl moiety adopts the C3′‐exo–C4′‐endo conformation (₃T⁴, S‐type sugar pucker), and the conformation at the exocyclic C—C bond is +sc (+gauche). The exocyclic 6‐amine group and the 2‐methyl­sulfanyl group lie on different sides of the heterocyclic ring system. The mol­ecules form a three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded network that is stabilized by O—H⋯N, N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.     

The role of internal H-bonding in the conformational preferences of some molecules of the formula CH3CHYCH2X

The conformational energies of 1-amino-2-propanol, 2-amino-1-propanol and 1,2-diaminopropane are studied using ab initio molecular orbital theory employing minimal (STO-3G) and extended (4-31G) basis sets. Calculations at both levels of theory generally favor conformations stabilized by internal H-bonding for all molecules considered. Results are first presented for conformations employing assumed geometries. Since the conformational energy differences as found by the initial set of calculations are in some cases rather small it then becomes necessary to introduce geometry optimizations into the study at the minimal STO-3G level. In addition, to get a better estimate of the energy differences of the various conformations 4-31G calculations are performed on the STO-3G optimized structures. These latter results indicate the following, (a) For 1-amino-2-propanol only one conformation that is stabilized by intramolecular H-bonding is low in energy; this has the methyl and amino groups anti. The other H-bonded conformer, where the methyl and amino groups are gauche, is predicted to be ca. 1.2 kcal mol^?1 less stable. Similar findings for this molecule have recently been provided by micro-wave spectroscopy. (b) For 2-amino-1-propanol the two H-bonded conformers are only separated by about 0.5 kcal mol^?1, with the anti conformer being more stable. Micro-wave spectroscopy again supports these calculations. (c) For 1,2-diaminopropane the gauche conformer is predicted to be of rather high energy (ca. 2.5 kcal mol^?1) compared to the corresponding anti H-bonded conformer. The value of 2.5 kcal mol^?1should be taken as an upper limit, since the geometry optimization of the gauche conformer of 1,2-diaminopropane is incomplete compared to the optimization carried out for the anti conformer.     

O‐Ethyl and O‐methyl N‐(2,3,4,6‐tetra‐O‐acetyl‐β‐d‐glucopyranosyl)thiocarbamate

In both the title structures, O‐ethyl N‐(2,3,4,6‐tetra‐O‐acetyl‐β‐d ‐gluco­pyran­osyl)­thio­carbam­ate, C₁₇H₂₅NO₁₀S, and O‐methyl N‐(2,3,4,6‐tetra‐O‐acetyl‐β‐d ‐gluco­pyran­osyl)­thiocar­bam­ate, C₁₆H₂₃NO₁₀S, the hexo­pyran­osyl ring adopts the ⁴C₁ conformation. All the ring substituents are in equatorial positions. The acetoxy­methyl group is in a gauche–gauche conformation. The S atom is in a synperi­planar conformation, while the C—N—C—O linkage is antiperiplanar. N—H?O intermolecular hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into infinite chains and these are connected by C—H?O interactions.     

Carbohydrate‐based amphiphilic diblock copolymers: Synthesis,characterization, and aqueous properties

Amphiphilic poly(ε‐caprolactone)‐b‐poly[(methacrylate‐graft‐poly(ethylene oxide))‐co‐6‐O‐methacryloyl‐D ‐galactopyranose] (PCL‐b‐P(MAPEO‐co‐GaMa)) with various compositions and molecular weights were synthesized via a controlled four‐step strategy. The first step involves the synthesis of functionalized poly(ε‐caprolactone) macroinitiator by ring‐opening polymerization (ROP) of ε‐caprolactone (CL) as initiated by aluminum triisopropoxide (Al(OⁱPr)₃). After selective bromination of the hydroxyl end‐group of the resulting α‐isopropoxy, ω‐hydroxy poly(ε‐caprolactone) by using 2‐bromoisobutyryl bromide, the controlled radical copolymerization of α‐methoxy, ω‐methacrylate poly(ethylene oxide) (MAPEO) with 6‐O‐methacryloyl‐1,2;3,4‐di‐O‐isopropylidene‐D ‐galactopyranose (DIGaMa) was performed by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) in THF at 60 °C using CuBr ligated with 1,1,4,7,10,10 hexamethyltriethylenetetramine (HMTETA) as catalytic complex. In the final step, isopropylidene protective functions were selectively removed using an aqueous formic acid solution leading to the expected amphiphilic graft copolymers. The molecular characterization of those copolymers was performed by ¹H NMR spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) analysis. The self‐assembly of the copolymers into micellar aggregates as well as the related critical micellization concentration (CMC) in aqueous media were determined by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and fluorescence spectroscopy, respectively. In parallel, the morphology of the solid deposits of micellar aggregates was examined with atomic force microscopy (AFM). © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 3662–3672, 2008     

天然产物 6-脱氧-6氨基葡萄糖甘油糖脂的合成

天然氨基甘油糖脂sn-1,2-dipalmitoyl-3-(N-palmitoyl-6-dehydroxy-6-amino-α-glucosyl)glycerol 3 和 sn-1-palmitoyl-2-myristoyl-3-(N-stearoyl-6-dehydroxy-6-amino-α-glucosyl)glycerol 4 通过简便有效的合成策略首次被合成。其关键步骤为：三氯亚胺酯糖基供体 10 与 (S)-isopropyleneglycerol 在乙醚溶液中发生糖苷化反应,立体选择性的生成3-O-(2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl-6-dehydroxy-6-benzyloxycarbonylamino-α-D- glucopyranoyl)-1,2-O-isopropylene-sn- glycerol 7。中间体 7 经过脱除丙酮叉、与不同的脂肪酸缩合、脱除保护基和选择性的在氨基上酰化,最终得到目标化合物 3 和 4。     

7‐Deaza‐2,8‐diaza­adenosine

In the title compound [systematic name: 4‐amino‐7‐(β‐d ‐ribofuranos­yl)‐7H‐pyrazolo[3,4‐d][1,2,3]triazine], C₉H₁₂N₆O₄, the torsion angle of the N‐glycosylic bond is high anti [χ = −83.2 (3)°]. The ribofuran­ose moiety adopts the C2′‐endo–C1′‐exo (²T₁) sugar conformation (S‐type sugar pucker), with P = 152.4° and τ_m = 35.0°. The conformation at the C4′—C5′ bond is +sc (gauche,gauche), with the torsion angle γ = 52.0 (3)°. The compound forms a three‐dimensional network that is stabilized by several hydrogen bonds (N—H⋯O, O—H⋯N and O—H⋯O).     

Absolute structures and conformations of the spongian diterpenes spongia‐13(16),14‐dien‐3‐one,epispongiadiol and spongiadiol

The absolute configurations of spongia‐13(16),14‐dien‐3‐one [systematic name: (3bR,5aR,9aR,9bR)‐3b,6,6,9a‐tetramethyl‐4,5,5a,6,8,9,9a,9b,10,11‐decahydrophenanthro[1,2‐c]furan‐7(3bH)‐one], C₂₀H₂₈O₂, (I), epispongiadiol [systematic name: (3bR,5aR,6S,7R,9aR,9bR)‐7‐hydroxy‐6‐hydroxymethyl‐3b,6,9a‐trimethyl‐3b,5,5a,6,7,9,9a,9b,10,11‐decahydrophenanthro[1,2‐c]furan‐8(4H)‐one], C₂₀H₂₈O₄, (II), and spongiadiol [systematic name: (3bR,5aR,6S,7S,9aR,9bR)‐7‐hydroxy‐6‐hydroxymethyl‐3b,6,9a‐trimethyl‐3b,5,5a,6,7,9,9a,9b,10,11‐decahydrophenanthro[1,2‐c]furan‐8(4H)‐one], C₂₀H₂₈O₄, (III), were assigned by analysis of anomalous dispersion data collected at 130 K with Cu Kα radiation. Compounds (II) and (III) are epimers. The equatorial 3‐hydroxyl group on the cyclohexanone ring (A) of (II) is syn with respect to the 4‐hydroxymethyl group, leading to a chair conformation. In contrast, isomer (III), where the 3‐hydroxyl group is anti to the 4‐hydroxymethyl group, is conformationally disordered between a major chair conformer where the OH group is axial and a minor boat conformer where it is equatorial. In compound (I), a carbonyl group is present at position 3 and ring A adopts a distorted‐boat conformation.     

Catalytic,Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,2‐anti‐Diols by Asymmetric Ring‐Opening/Cross‐Metathesis

An enantioselective method for the synthesis of 1,2‐anti‐diols has been developed. A cyclometalated chiral‐at‐ruthenium complex catalyzes the asymmetric ring‐opening/cross‐metathesis of dioxygenated cyclobutenes, thus resulting in functionally rich synthetic building blocks. Syntheses of the insect pheromone (+)‐endo‐brevicomin and monosaccharide ribose demonstrate the synthetic utility of the 1,2‐anti‐diol fragments generated in the title reaction.     

Catalytic,Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,2‐anti‐Diols by Asymmetric Ring‐Opening/Cross‐Metathesis

An enantioselective method for the synthesis of 1,2‐anti‐diols has been developed. A cyclometalated chiral‐at‐ruthenium complex catalyzes the asymmetric ring‐opening/cross‐metathesis of dioxygenated cyclobutenes, thus resulting in functionally rich synthetic building blocks. Syntheses of the insect pheromone (+)‐endo‐brevicomin and monosaccharide ribose demonstrate the synthetic utility of the 1,2‐anti‐diol fragments generated in the title reaction.