胆甾类分子钳对氨基酸衍生物的对映选择性识别

用差紫外光谱滴定法考察了以脱氧胆酸作spacer的手性分子钳1～3对一系列α-氨基酸甲酯的对映选择性识别性能。结果表明,分子钳1和2与客体氨基酸甲酯形成1:1型超分子配合物,并显示较好的手性识别能力。分钳3对所考察的氨基酸甲酯均没有明显的识别作用。讨论了主-客体间尺寸/形状匹配、几何互补等因素对形成超分子配合物的影响,并利用计算机模拟作辅助手段对实验结果和现象进行了解释。     

氨基酸卟啉锌配合物对氨基酸酯的分子识别研究(英文)

用紫外可见吸收光谱滴定方法研究了一种新型的苏氨酸卟啉锌配合物(主体)对氨基酸酯(客体)的分子识别.这种锌卟啉可以与氨基酸酯形成 1:1和 1:2的两种加合物.氨基酸酯的氨基首先与氨基酸残基的羧基作用形成 1:1的加合物,然后与锌卟啉的中央锌原子配位形成 1:2的加合物,客体分子与主体分子上的氨基酸残基之间的排斥作用以及主客体之间的色散力作用是主体分子能识别客体分子的另外两种作用。     

Templating photodimerization of coumarins within a water-soluble nano reaction vessel

An octahedral Pd nanocage serves as a reaction vessel to control photodimerization of coumarins in water. The coumarin derivatives explored in this study react within the Pd nanocage to selectively yield a syn head-head dimer, whereas in water, they yield either a mixture of dimers or a different isomer. The selective dimerization is interpreted to mean that the monomers are preorganized by the cage through weak intermolecular forces. The selectivity obtained within the nanocage is more general and predictable compared to other hosts used previously to control the geometry of photodimerization reactions.     

NMR Studies of a New Binding Mode of the Amino Acid Esters by Porphyrinatozinc(Ⅱ)

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Cucurbituril adamantanediazirine complexes and consequential carbene chemistry

Adamantanediazirines, precursors of adamantanylidenes, form 1:1 complexes (guest to host) with cucurbit[7]uril and cucurbit[8]uril and a 3:1 complex with a Pd nanocage in water. (1)H NMR spectra suggested that these complexes are stable in water on the NMR time scale. While photolysis of adamantanediazirines in water gave mainly adamantanone and adamantanol via adamantanylidene as intermediate, the 1:1 complexes of adamantanediazirine with cucurbiturils gave intramolecular C-H insertion products of adamantanylidene in >90% yield. The study establishes that significant control of carbene reactivity can be achieved when the precursor is encapsulated within a tight inert cavity. While the general characteristics of molecular containers can be understood on the basis of concepts such as "confinement" and "weak interactions", each one is unique and deserves careful scrutiny.     

The Redox Coupling Effect in a Photocatalytic RuII-PdII Cage with TTF Guest as Electron Relay Mediator for Visible-Light Hydrogen-Evolving Promotion

A nanocage coupling effect from a redox Ru^II-Pd^II metal–organic cage (MOC-16) is demonstrated for efficient photochemical H₂ production by virtue of redox–guest modulation of the photo-induced electron transfer (PET) process. Through coupling with photoredox cycle of MOC-16, tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) guests act as electron relay mediator to improve the overall electron transfer efficiency in the host–guest system in a long-time scale, leading to significant promotion of visible-light driven H₂ evolution. By contrast, the presence of larger TTF-derivatives in bulk solution without host–guest interactions results in interference with PET process of MOC-16, leading to inefficient H₂ evolution. Such interaction provides an example to understand the interplay between the redox-active nanocage and guest for optimization of redox events and photocatalytic activities in a confined chemical nanoenvironment.     

The Redox Coupling Effect in a Photocatalytic RuII‐PdII Cage with TTF Guest as Electron Relay Mediator for Visible‐Light Hydrogen‐Evolving Promotion

A nanocage coupling effect from a redox Ru^II‐Pd^II metal–organic cage (MOC‐16) is demonstrated for efficient photochemical H₂ production by virtue of redox–guest modulation of the photo‐induced electron transfer (PET) process. Through coupling with photoredox cycle of MOC‐16, tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) guests act as electron relay mediator to improve the overall electron transfer efficiency in the host–guest system in a long‐time scale, leading to significant promotion of visible‐light driven H₂ evolution. By contrast, the presence of larger TTF‐derivatives in bulk solution without host–guest interactions results in interference with PET process of MOC‐16, leading to inefficient H₂ evolution. Such interaction provides an example to understand the interplay between the redox‐active nanocage and guest for optimization of redox events and photocatalytic activities in a confined chemical nanoenvironment.     

Photoinitiated polymerization of β-cyclodextrin/methyl methacrylate host/guest complex in the presence of water soluble photoinitiator, thioxanthone-catechol-O,O′-diacetic acid

β-Cyclodextrin (β-CD) was used to complex the monomer, methyl methacrylate (MMA), yielding a water-soluble host/guest complex. Photoinitiated polymerization of β-CD/MMA complex was achieved in the presence of thioxanthone-catechol-O,O′-diacetic acid (TX-Ct), a one component water soluble photoinitiator. Photodecarboxylation of TX-Ct in water seems to be an important reaction mechanism. Therefore, resulting alkyl radicals are able to initiate the polymerization of β-CD/MMA host/guest complex in water.     

新型手性Salen双核锌配合物的分子识别研究

合成了新型手性Salen配体（H3L）及新型手性Salen双核锌配合物（主体）.通过研究主体对咪唑类客体及氨基酸酯类客体的分子识别行为,测定了这些配位反应的缔合常数.主体对咪唑类客体分子识别的缔合常数顺序为:K(Im) >K(2-MeIm) >K(2-Et-4-MeIm).主体对氨基酸酯类客体分子识别的缔合常数顺序为:K(LeuOCH3) >K(ValOCH3) >K(AlaOCH3) >K(SerOCH3),配位数均为2.主体与D、 L型氨基酸酯分子识别反应在不同温度下的缔合常数结果表明,随着温度的升高,对映选择性下降.实验发现反应体系中存在焓熵补偿关系. CD光谱的研究结果也反映了主体对不同客体识别能力的差异.     

Hydrogenation of 2,4-hexadienoic acid methyl ester

Hydrogenation of 2,4-hexadienoic acid methyl ester on supported metal catalysts (Pd/C, Pt/C, Rh/C and Ru/C) has been investigated. Methyl esters of 2-hexenoic and 3-hexenoic acids were formed and further hydrogenated to the methyl ester of hexanoic acid. Palladium was found to be the most active and selective catalyst for this reaction owing to the formation of intermediates.     

Self‐Assembled Tetragonal Prismatic Molecular Cage Highly Selective for Anionic π Guests

The metal‐directed supramolecular synthetic approach has paved the way for the development of functional nanosized molecules. In this work, we report the preparation of the new nanocapsule 3? (CF₃SO₃)₈ with a A₄B₂ tetragonal prismatic geometry, where A corresponds to the dipalladium hexaazamacrocyclic complex Pd‐1 , and B corresponds to the tetraanionic form of palladium 5,10,15,20‐tetrakis(4‐carboxyphenyl)porphyrin ( 2 ). The large void space of the inner cavity and the supramolecular affinity for guest molecules towards porphyrin‐based hosts converts this nanoscale molecular 3D structure into a good candidate for host–guest chemistry. The interaction between this nanocage and different guest molecules has been studied by means of NMR, UV/Vis, ESI‐MS, and DOSY experiments, from which highly selective molecular recognition has been found for anionic, planar‐shaped π guests with association constants (K_a) higher than 10⁹ M ^?1, in front of non‐interacting aromatic neutral or cationic substrates. DFT theoretical calculations provided insights to further understand this strong interaction. Nanocage 3? (CF₃SO₃)₈ can not only strongly host one single molecule of M(dithiolene)₂ complexes (M=Au, Pt, Pd, and Ni), but also can finely tune their optical and redox properties. The very simple synthesis of both the supramolecular cage and the building blocks represents a step forward for the development of polyfunctional supramolecular nanovessels, which offer multiple applications as sensors or nanoreactors.     

NMR Studies of Host–guest Complexes Between Monocarboxylic Acids and Amide-based Cyclophanes in Chloroform

Formation of host–guest complexes with acetic acid and benzoic acid was studied by NMR for amide-based octaazacyclophanes having pendant methyl ester arms; the cyclophanes were tetramethyl 2,9,18,25-tetraoxo-1,4,7,10,17,20,23,26-octaaza[10.10]paracyclophane-4,7,20,23-tetraacetate, its meta-isomer and analogues. Amide NH proton and CH₂ proton adjacent to amide C = O in every cyclophane host showed down-field NMR shifts in the presence of the guest acids in CHCl₃-d, suggesting the formation of 1:1 complexes in which the carboxyl group of an acid molecule formed two hydrogen bonds with the amide NH and C = O moieties of a host molecule. Since the complex formation competed with the dimerization of the guest acids, the monomer–dimer equilibrium was restudied by NMR and the equilibrium constant was determined to be 330 M^? 1 for acetic acid and 518 M^? 1 for benzoic acid. By using these values, the formation constants of the host–guest complexes were determined to be 8–51 M^? 1. The close contact between the host and guest molecules via hydrogen bonding was consistently confirmed by NMR shifts due to the ring current of aromatic group.     

Molecular recognition in cyclodextrin complexes of amino acid derivatives. 2. A new perturbation: the room-temperature crystallographic structure determination for the N-acetyl-p-methoxy-L-phenylalanine methyl ester/beta-cyclodextrin complex

Cyclodextrins (CDs) are cyclic oligosaccharides that encapsulate various small organic molecules, forming inclusion complexes. Because CD complexes are held together purely by noncovalent interactions, they function as excellent models for the study of chiral and molecular recognition mechanisms. Recently, room-temperature crystallographic studies of both the 2:2 N-acetyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester/beta-CD and 2:2 N-acetyl-L-phenylalanine amide/beta-CD complexes were reported. The effect of changes in carboxyl backbone functional group on molecular recognition by the host CD molecule was examined for the nearly isomorphous supramolecular complexes. A new perturbation of the system is now examined, specifically perturbation of the aromatic side chain. We report a room-temperature crystal structure determination for the 2:2 N-acetyl-p-methoxy-L-phenylalanine methyl ester/beta-CD inclusion complex. The complex crystallizes isomorphously with the two previously reported examples in space group P1; the asymmetric unit consists of a hydrated head-to-head host dimer with two included guest molecules. The crystal packing provides both a nonconstraining extended hydrophobic pocket and an adjacent hydrophilic region, where hydrogen-bonding interactions can potentially occur with primary hydroxyl groups of neighboring CD molecules and waters of hydration. The rigid host molecules show no sign of conformational disorder, and water of hydration molecules exhibit the same type of disorder observed for the other two complexes, with a few significant differences in locations of water molecules in the hydrophilic region near guest molecules. There is evidence for modest disorder in the guest region of an electron density map. In comparing this system with the two previously reported complexes of phenylalanine derivatives, it is found that the packing of the guest molecules inside the torus of the CD changes upon substitution of a methoxy group at the para position of the aromatic phenyl ring. Backbone hydrogen-bonding interactions for the guest molecules with the CD primary hydroxyls and waters also change. This structure determination is a new and revealing addition to a small but growing database of amino acid and peptidomimetic interactions with carbohydrates.     

The Role of Amino Acid Esters and the Amide Group in the Chiral Induction Process by a Novel Monoamide‐Linked Monozinc Bisporphyrinate

A monoamide‐linked monozinc bisporphyrinate for monodentate chiral guests was designed and synthesized. It was used as a host to complex with amino acid esters; the resulting CD spectra showed typical bisignate shape, which suggest the ability to transfer chirality from amino acid esters. The molecular structure of the host indicates that amino acid esters function as monodentate ligands in the host‐guest complex. ¹H NMR spectroscopic studies suggest formation of a hydrogen bond between the amide NH and the carbonyl oxygen groups of the amino acid ester. The possible mechanism of the chiral induction process was further studied by DFT calculations.     

不对称卟啉化合物的合成及其与氨基酸甲酯的作用

本文合成了含有单取代酰胺基的不对称卟啉及其锌(Ⅱ)络合物Zn(m,2-CNTPP)及Zn(m,3-CNTPP).对三氯甲烷溶液中它们与谷氨酸二甲酯、亮氨酸甲酯以及苯丙氨酸甲酯的作用进行了系统的研究,讨论了卟啉化合物对氨基酸甲酯分子的结合能力、结合方式,以及二者之间的多种存在形式。结果表明,锌卟啉与氨基酸甲酯以1:1的化学计量结合,中心金属锌(Ⅱ)离子和氨基酸甲酯中的氨基配位,卟啉环上的取代基与氨基酸甲酯中的残基可形成氢键、范德华力等弱相互作用。在卟啉和氨基酸甲酯的作用中,氨基与金属离子直接配位,α-碳上的质子靠近卟啉环平面,而酯基中的甲氧基处于远离卟啉环平面的位置。     

Effect of nanocavity confinement on the relaxation of anesthetic analogues: relevance to encapsulated drug photochemistry

We report on UV-vis absorption and picosecond emission studies of methyl 2-amino-4,5-dimethoxy benzoate in neutral water and complexed to alpha-, beta-, and gamma-cyclodextrin (CD). Upon encapsulation, the emission intensity and the fluorescence lifetime increase, indicating a hydrophobic effect of the nanocages on the photophysical behavior of the guest. beta-CD confinement shows the largest effect. The time-dependent frequency shift of the emission (approximately 720 cm(-1)) in beta-CD nanocavity is larger than the one observed in water (approximately 490 cm(-1)) due to the hydrophobic and polarity effect of the nanocage and reflects a strengthening of the intramolecular H-bond of the encapsulated dye upon electronic excitation. Anisotropy measurements indicate a free motion of the guest into the nanocavity. The observed results are relevant to the hydrophobic as well as hydrophilic interactions which govern photochemistry and photophysics of caged drugs, organic, and biological systems.     

"Venetian blinds" mechanism of solvation/desolvation in palladium(II) wheel-and-axle organic-inorganic diols

A family of organic-inorganic wheel-and-axle diols (Pd(LOH)(2)Cl(2), Pd(LOH)(2)(CH(3))Cl, Pd(LOH)(2)(CH(3)COO)(2), LOH = alpha-(4-pyridyl)benzhydrol) and several corresponding solvates are synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Their structures are compared to investigate the factors governing the modes of solid state association, the propensity to clathration, and the structural basis of guest inclusion. In all the complexes, the palladium coordination is a slightly distorted square. The LOH ligands coordinate Pd(2+) by means of the 4-pyridyl ring. In the chloride complexes solvation occurs with a 1:2 host/guest ratio by hydrogen bonding between the terminal -OH groups of the complex diol and one acceptor atom on the guest, and it is further assisted by guest stacking between host aryl rings. All solvates are organized in layers with practically invariant metrics, while the layers may be assembled in different arrangements. The structures of the nonsolvate compounds are related to the metrics of the solvate forms by rotation of the complex molecules within the layer plane. In all cases the nonsolvates are completely converted into the corresponding crystalline solvate forms by exposure to the vapor of the guest, and conversely they are quantitatively recovered from the solvate upon removal of the guest by mild conditions. On the basis of the structural data, it is proposed that the solvation/desolvation process proceeds by a concerted rotation of the complex molecules in the layer plane. The structural analysis of Pd(LOH)(2)(CH(3)COO)(2) and of its tetrahydrofuran monosolvate form suggests that the first step of the solid/gas solvation process may imply the clathration of 1 mol of guest between the aryl rings, which successively triggers the collective reorientation of the host molecules.     

A supramolecular heteropolyoxopalladate {Pd15} cluster host encapsulating a {Pd2} dinuclear guest: [Pd(II)2⊂{H7Pd(II)15O10(PO4)10}](9-)

A high-nuclearity polyoxopalladate compound, [Pd(II)(2)?{H(7)Pd(II)(15)O(10)(PO(4))(10)}](9-) {Pd(II)(17)}, comprising a {Pd(15)} host occupied by a {Pd(2)} guest and the parent pristine "empty" [H(7)Pd(II)(15)O(10)(P(V)O(4))(10)](13-) {Pd(15)} cluster have both been prepared and characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallography, (31)P NMR, CSI-MS, and XPS. The encapsulated {Pd(2)} has a short Pd(II)-Pd(II) distance within the {Pd(15)} host. Solution studies indicate that the empty host and filled guest complex are in equilibrium with each other, and UV titrations revealed a binding constant of ca. 10(3) for the guest Pd(II) ions, with a binding stoichiometry of almost 2.     

Hydrogen-bonded network and enforced supramolecular cavities in molecular crystals: An orthogonal aromatic-triad strategy. Guest binding,molecular recognition,and molecular alignment properties of a bisresorcinol derivative of anthracene in the crystalline state

Abstract

Crystallization of an orthogonal resorcinol-anthracene-resorcinol compound 1a (host) from an ester solvent such as alkyl benzoate (guest) affords a 1:2 host-guest adduct 1a·2(ester). An essential aspect of the crystal structures of ethyl, propyl, and isobutyl benzoate adducts (space group, P2₁/n) and also that of methyl benzoate adduct (C2/c) is an extensive hydrogen-bonded network of host 1a, leading to a molecular sheet composed of hydrogen-bonded polyresorcinol chains and anthracene columns. This network generates well-defined, cyclophane-like supramolecular cavities, which incorporate two alkyl benzoate molecules in a highly selective manner via a combination of essential host-guest hydrogen-bonding and what may be called the cavity-packing effect. The selectivity factor between methyl benzoate (the lowest-affinity guest) and isobutyl benzoate (the highest-affinity guest) is 1:70 under competitive conditions. The actual geometry of the cavity is somehow dependent on and hence induced-fit adjustable to the guest structures by manipulating the intramolecular (anthracene-resorcinol dihedral angle) and intermolecular conformation (tilt angle between two hydrogen-bonded resorcinol rings) of compound 1a as well as the sheet-to-sheet distance. The adducts 1a·2(guest) can also be obtained by solid-state guest-exchange or guest-binding, respectively, using a preformed adduct or guest-free apohost dipped in an appropriate guest solvent. The methyl benzoate adducts obtained in these ways exhibit the same X-ray powder diffraction pattern as the genuine single-crystal obtained by direct crystallization of host 1a from methyl benzoate. Thus, even internal supramolecular cavities maintained by the hydrogen-bonded network are readily accessible to molecules in bulk solution. In addition, they undergo an induced-fit adjustment to a guest molecule newly added by the guest-exchange or the guest-binding process, during which the crystallinity is maintained. The potential use of symmetrical and divergent multiple hydrogen-bonding sites with an orthogonal aromatic spacer (orthogonal aromatic-triad strategy) is discussed in terms of a tool to construct a new class of porous organic crystals that show novel molecular recognition, crystalline-state guest-binding, and crystalline-phase molecular alignment properties.     

Diatomite-supported Pd-M (M=Cu, Co, Ni) bimetal nanocatalysts for selective hydrogenation of long-chain aliphatic esters

Diatomite supported Pd-M (M=Cu, Co, Ni) bimetal nanocatalysts with various metal compositions were prepared and characterized by means of X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It was demonstrated that the metal nanoparticles were uniformly distributed on the support, and their size was centered around 8nm with a relatively narrow size distribution. The catalysts were used to catalyze hydrogenation of long-chain aliphatic esters, including methyl palmitate, methyl stearate, and methyl laurate. It was indicated that the all diatomite-supported Pd-based bimetal catalysts were active to the selective hydrogenation of long-chain esters to corresponding alcohols at 270°C, originated from the synergistic effect between the metal particles and the diatomite support. For the selective hydrogenation of methyl palmitate, Pd-Cu/diatomite with metal loading of 1% and Pd/Cu=3 displayed the highest performance, giving a 1-hexadecanol yield of 82.9% at the substrate conversion of 98.8%.