Thermally induced structural transformation in a hydrogen-bonded supramolecular single-crystal

The thermally induced structural transformation of a hydrogen-bonded crystal formed from an amphoteric molecule of 6-[2-methoxy-4-(pyridylazo)phenoxy]hexanoic acid MeO was studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction measurement (XRD). Crystal form of the hydrogen-bonded crystal was measured by single crystal four circle diffractometer (Mo-K_α radiation). As a result, the crystal of MeO was stabilized by many C–H⋅⋅⋅O hydrogen bonds, and the C–H⋅⋅⋅O hydrogen bonds were broken by thermal energy reversibly. After transformation the supramolecular architecture was composed of supramolecular polymer including free-rotation pentamethylene main chains.     

Synthesis of optically active β-alkyl aspartate via [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement of α-acyloxytrialkylsilane

The synthesis of four types of optically active β-carbon-substituted analogs of threo-β-hydroxy aspartate (THA) and a β-carbon-substituted analog of threo-β-benzyloxy aspartate (TBOA), which are potent blockers of excitatory amino acid transporters in the mammalian central nervous system, via the chirality-transferring ester-enolate Claisen rearrangement of α-acyloxytrialkylsilane is described.     

Effect of ortho-Substituents on the Free-Radical Polymerization of N-Phenylmethacrylamides and on the Thermal Stability of the Polymers

Ceiling temperatures (T_c) and reactivities of N-phenylmethacrylamide (PMAm) and o-substituted PMAm's in free-radical polymerization and the thermal stability of the polymers obtained were investigated. Although PMAm and o-substituted analogs gave the same T_c, 123°C at 0.64 mol/L in N,N-dimethylformamide, that of 2,6-dimethyl-PMAm was found to be as low as 65°C. These findings are interpreted in terms of steric hindrance as a consequence of the bulkiness of the 2- and 6-substituents and of the rigid and planar structure expected for the polymers. In copolymerization with styrene, the o-monosubstituted PMAm's were estimated to be more reactive than PMAm by a factor of about 3 except for o-phenyl-PMAm. The enhanced reactivity of the PMAm with a relatively small o-substituent is explained by ground-state strain of the monomer tending toward a planar structure. 2,6-Dimethyl-PMAm and o-phenyl-PMAm showed lower and slightly higher reactivities than PMAm, respectively, probably due to the blocking effect of these substituents against the approaching polymer radical. Enhancement of thermal degradation owing to the substitution was confirmed by means of thermogravimetric analyses of the polymers. The polymers from the 2,6-dimethyl-substituted and the o-monosubstituted PMAm' exhibited similar maximum-degradation-rate temperatures.     

Mechanical Properties and Intermolecular Interactions in Molecular Composites Composed of Wholly Aromatic Polyamide and Poly-(Amide-Imide)

Poly(p-phenylene-3,4′-oxydiphenylene terephthalamide) (PPOT) and poly(4,4′-oxydiphenylene-4-carbonamidephthalimide-N-yl) (PAI) are compatible. Molecular composites were prepared by solution blending and subsequently solvent casting. The glass transition temperature of the composite increased with increasing fraction of PPOT. Intermolecular interactions between the two components increase due to formation of hydrogen bonds between the amide linkages of the component polymers. The elastic modulus of the composite was always higher than the modulus predicted on the basis of the additivity. Similar deviations from additivity were observed for the bulk density. These desirable results arise from an increase of the packing density of molecules due to the additional hydrogen bonding also shown by the infrared spectra.     

Total Synthesis of Mallotusinin

The total synthesis of mallotusinin, which bears a tetrahydroxydibenzofuranoyl (THDBF) bridge between the 2-oxygen and 4-oxygen of glucose on corilagin with a 3,6-O-(R)-hexahydroxydiphenoyl (HHDP) bridge, is described. The key features of the total synthesis are: 1) improvements of our previously reported method to synthesize corilagin; 2) establishment of the THDBF skeleton via an unusual intramolecular S_NAr reaction of an HHDP analogue, and 3) the application of a two-step bislactonization strategy for a HHDP bridge construction into the 2,4-O-THDBF bridge. Oxidative phenol coupling of 1,2,4-orthoacetyl-3,6-di-(4-O-benzylgalloyl)-α-d -glucopyranose and the orthoester cleavage of the coupling product without the pyranose-furanose ring transformation are key reactions for the improved synthesis of corilagin, which enabled the adequate supply of a corilagin precursor that was required to develop the mallotusinin synthesis. These established methods are expected to help develop the synthesis of other ellagitannins with a bridge between the two oxygens of corilagin.