Building addressable libraries: a site-selective allyl alkylation reaction

A Pd(0) catalyst has been used to effect allyl alkylation reactions at pre-selected locations on an addressable microelectrode array. The reactions provide a new approach to site-selective carbon-carbon bond formation and a new method for placing substrates on the surface of a microelectrode array.     

Building addressable libraries: site-selective formation of an N-acyliminium ion intermediate

A strategy for site-selectively generating reactive N-acyliminium ion intermediates on a microelectrode array has been developed. The route capitalizes on the use of an electroauxiliary for building a methoxylated amino acid substrate, and then the electrochemical generation and solution phase confinement of acid in order to form the N-acyliminium ion. Keys to this strategy were the stability of an N-alpha-methoxyalkyl amide to basic reaction conditions and the generality of the electrogenerated acid conditions for conducting microelectrode array reactions in a site-selective fashion.     

Building addressable libraries: The use of a mass spectrometry cleavable linker for monitoring reactions on a microelectrode array

Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF SIMS) has been used in conjunction with a mass spectrometry cleavable linker to determine the percent conversion of reactions that were conducted site-selectively on an addressable microelectrode array. When combined with fluorescence techniques for analysis of the reactions, the TOF SIMS experiment provides a means for optimization of both reaction confinement and reaction efficiency on the microelectrode arrays.     

Building addressable libraries: the use of electrochemistry for generating reactive Pd(II) reagents at preselected sites on a chip

A Pd(II) reagent has been generated at preselected sites on an electrochemically addressable chip. The reagent was used to effect the Wacker oxidation of an olefin substrate bound to the chip near the electrode. The use of ethyl vinyl ether in the solution above the chip effectively kept the Pd(II) reagent generated at the preselected electrode from migrating to neighboring electrodes and initiating Wacker oxidations at unwanted sites on the chip.     

Individually addressable recessed gold microelectrode arrays with monolayers of thio-cyclodextrin nanocavities

Four, individually addressable 30 microm diameter, e-beam deposited, gold microelectrodes recessed by 6 microm were suitably spaced on a single substrate to avoid diffusional overlap between each microelectrode. The single substrate device was functionalised with thiolated alpha-, beta-, and gamma-cyclodextrin nanocavities without spacer groups to ensure close proximity of the cavities to the electrode surface. The microelectrodes were assessed in two stages. The e-beam deposited micron sized electrodes were characterized using models for recessed and inlaid microdisk electrodes. Subsequently, each individually addressable, atomically flat, micro-patterned gold electrode with thiolated CD ensembles was treated as a nanoporous electrode assembly. Theoretical and experimental results were compared using cyclic voltammetry. Atomic force microscopy was also used to characterise the modified microelectrodes. Comparisons were made with thiolated CDs deposited on macroelectrodes. This is the first report of the behaviour of immobilized CD nanocavities ensembles on atomically flat gold microelectrodes.     

Building addressable libraries: amino acid derived fluorescent linkers

A new amino acid derived fluorescent linker for attaching molecules to the surface of a microelectrode array has been developed. Molecules to be monitored on an array are attached to the C-terminus of the linker, the N-terminus is then used to attach the linker to the array, and the side chain is used to synthesize a fluorescent tag. The fluorescent group is made with a one-step oxidative cycloaddition reaction starting from a hydroxyindole group. The linker is compatible with site-selective Cu(I)-chemistry on the array, it allows for quality control assessment of the array itself, and it is compatible with the electrochemical impedance experiments used to monitor binding events on the surface of the array.     

Site-selectively functionalizing microelectrode arrays: the use of Cu(I)-catalysts

Site-selective Cu(I)-catalyzed reactions have been developed on microelectrode arrays. The reactions are confined to preselected electrodes on the arrays using oxygen as the confining agent. Conditions initially developed for the Cu(I)-catalyzed click reaction have proven general for the coupling of amine, alcohol, and sulfur nucleophiles to both vinyl and aryl iodides. Differences between reactions run on 1-K arrays and reactions run on 12-K arrays can be attributed to the 1-K array reactions being divided cell electrolyses and the 12-K array reactions being undivided cell electrolyses. Reactions on the 12-K arrays benefit from the use of a non-sugar-derived porous reaction layer for the attachment of substrates to the surface of the electrodes. The reactions are sensitive to the nature of the ligand used for the Cu catalyst.     

Building addressable libraries: the use of electrochemistry for spatially isolating a heck reaction on a chip

Pd(0) was generated at preselected sites on an electrochemically addressable chip and then utilized to effect a Heck reaction. The Pd(0) was confined to the preselected electrodes with the use of allylmethyl carbonate. Unlike most mediated electrochemical reactions, the electrolysis in this case was not used to convert a stoichiometric process into a catalytic one by recycling the metal. Instead, the unique environment of the chip was used to interfere with a catalytic process to make it stoichiometric. This was done to gain spatial control over the reaction. The development of a strategy for conducting Pd(0)-catalyzed reactions on the chips should greatly expand the synthetic chemistry available for building chip-based libraries.     

Building addressable libraries: spatially isolated, chip-based reductive amination reactions

A Pd(II) reagent has been generated at preselected sites on an electrochemically addressable chip and used to effect the oxidation of the neighboring alcohols on the polymer coating the chip's surface. The resulting carbonyls were then used to accomplish site-selective reductive amination reactions on the chips. The work demonstrates that the confinement strategy developed for spatially isolated Wacker oxidations to specific sites on the chips is general and can be used for other Pd(II)-based reactions.     

Amide-directed arylation of sp C-H bonds using Pd(II) and Pd(0) catalysts

Protocols to effect β-arylation of sp³ C-H bonds via Pd(II)/(IV) and Pd(0)/(II) catalytic cycles have been achieved using a newly developed monodentate CONHC₆F₅ directing group. These reactions provide an unprecedented means to functionalize sp³ C-H bonds in aliphatic carboxylic acid-derived substrates.     

Nanoparticulate Pd supported catalysts: size-dependent formation of Pd(I)/Pd(0) and their role in CO elimination

A combination of time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), hard X-ray diffraction (HXRD), diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy (DRIFTS), and mass spectrometry (MS) reveals a series of size-dependent phenomena at Pd nanoparticles upon CO/(NO+O(2)) cycling conditions. The multitechnique approach and analysis show that such size-dependent phenomena are critical for understanding Pd CO elimination behavior and, particularly, that different Pd(I) and Pd(0) centers act as active species for a size estimated by XAS to be, respectively, below and above ca. 3 nm. The relative catalytic performance of these two noble metal species indicates the intrinsic higher activity of the Pd(I) species.     

DNA-directed immobilization of horseradish peroxidase-DNA conjugates on microelectrode arrays: towards electrochemical screening of enzyme libraries

This work is aimed towards the generation of enzyme arrays on electrochemically active surfaces by taking advantage of the DNA-directed immobilization (DDI) technique. To this end, two different types of horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-DNA conjugates were prepared, either by covalent coupling with a bifunctional cross-linker or by the reconstitution of apo-HRP, that is, HRP lacking its prosthetic heme (protoporphyrin IX) group, with a covalently DNA-modified heme cofactor. Both conjugates were characterized in bulk and also subsequent to their immobilization on gold electrodes through specific DNA hybridization. Electrochemical measurements by using the phenolic mediator ortho-phenylendiamine indicated that, due to the high degree of conformational orientation, the apparent Michaelis-Menten constants of the reconstituted HRP conjugate were lower than those of the covalent conjugate. Due to the reversible nature of DDI, both conjugates could be readily removed from the electrode surface by simple washing and, subsequently, the electrodes could be reloaded with fresh enzymes, thereby restoring the initial amperometric-response activity. Moreover, the specific DNA hybridization allowed us to direct the two conjugates to distinct sites on a microelectrode array. Therefore, the self-assembly and regeneration capabilities of this approach should open the door to the generation of arrays of redox-enzyme devices for the screening of enzymes and their effectors.     

Organostannoxane-supported Pd(0) nanoparticles as efficient catalysts for Heck-coupling reactions

A new functional organostannoxane cage, SnP, that contains phosphine ligands in its periphery has been structurally utilized as support palladium(0) nanoparticles SnPPd. The latter was shown to catalyze the Heck coupling reactions of wide variety of functionalities efficiently.     

Nanosized Pd(0)-arabinogalactan composites as catalysts in the Sonogashira reaction

Zero-valent palladium nanoparticles stabilized by arabinogalactan polysaccharide matrix were successfully used for the first time as phosphine-free catalyst in the cross-coupling of terminal alkynes with aryl and hetaryl halides.     

The use of a detectable,mass-spectrometry-cleavable linker for quality control on an addressable microelectrode array

The synthesis, site-selective placement, and TOF-SIMS cleavage properties of a new, fluorescent linker for attaching molecules to a microelectrode array are reported. The linker was developed to provide a handle for quality control assessment of the microelectrode arrays being used to probe the binding of molecular libraries with biological receptors.     

Building addressable libraries: site selective coumarin synthesis and the "real-time" signaling of antibody-coumarin binding

[reaction: see text] The feasibility of using active semiconductor chips containing addressable arrays of microelectrodes for the "real-time" monitoring of biologically relevant binding events has been demonstrated by detecting the binding of a coumarin substrate by an anticoumarin antibody. The coumarin substrate was synthesized proximal to predetermined electrodes on the chip with the use of a Pd(II) reagent that was itself generated by using the selected electrodes. Once the coumarin was synthesized, its binding to the anticoumarin antibody was detected by monitoring the current associated with a ferrocene-ferrocinium ion redox cycle that was established between the electrodes on the chip and a remote auxiliary electrode.     

Tsuji-Trost allylations with palladium recovery by phosphines/Pd(0)-triolefinic macrocyclic catalysts

The allylation of several nitrogen and oxygen based nucleophiles with ethyl cinnamyl carbonate under mild conditions is described. The processes take place in the absence of added base and in the presence of the precatalytic system Pd(0)-triolefinic macrocycle/1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene. The macrocyclic ligand plays a key role in the recovery of the metal in the form of the initial macrocyclic complex.     

Pyrazole-tethered phosphine ligands for Pd(0): useful catalysts for Stille, Kumada and Hiyama cross-coupling reactions

Combination of 3,5-dimethyl-1-(2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl)-1H-pyrazole, A, and 3-tert-butyl-5-methyl-1-(2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl)-1H-pyrazole, B, with Pd₂(dba)₃ furnished excellent catalysts for Stille, Kumada and Hiyama cross-coupling reactions. Effects of solvents, bases and ligand/palladium ratio on efficiency of coupling reactions were studied. Molecular structures of palladium(II) complexes of A and B determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction method revealed a close similarity of ligand arrangement around the metal centre.     

Pd(II)- and Pd(0)-cocatalyzed reactions of sulfonamides with MCPs

[reaction: see text] MCPs can efficiently react with sulfonamides in the presence of Pd(0) and Pd(II) catalysts to give the corresponding ring-opened products in high yields.