Molecular receptors. Synthesis, X-ray crystal structures, and chemical properties of crown ethers bearing an intraannular phenolic group
Molecular receptors. Synthesis, X-ray crystal structures, and chemical properties of crown ethers bearing an intraannular phenolic group
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00295a024
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发表时间:
1985
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
M. Parvez
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作者:
C. Browne;G. Ferguson;M. Mckervey;D. Mulholland;T. O'Connor;M. Parvez
Macrocyclic polyethers having the 1, 3-xylyl subunit and an intraannular phenolic group have been synthesised to determine the influence of the proximate oxygen atoms of the crown ether on the chemical behavior of an intraannular substituent and, conversely, the influence of the substituent on the binding properties of the macrocycle. Williamson synthesis between 2, 6-bis (bromomethyl) anisole and the sodium salts oftri-, tetra-, and pentaethylene glycol produced the corresponding 15-, 18-, and21-membered crown ether anisóles which were demethylated with lithium iodide in pyridine affording the 15-, 18-, and 21-membered crown ether phenols 6, 7, and 8, respectively. The pAfa’s (H2Q) of these phenols were found to be (6) 10.7,(7) 10.6, and (8) 10.5. The crystal structures of 18-crown phenol (7), its p-nitro derivative (Id), and the ammonium salt of 10 have been determined. The crystals of 7 are orthorhombic, space group Pelf with four molecules in the unit cell of dimensions a= 9.779 (2) A, b= 18.943 (3) Á, and c= 8.915 (2) Á. Crystals of 10 are monoclinic, space group P2\¡ c with fourmolecules in the unit cell of dimensions a= 10.503 (1) A, b= 9.003 (3) Á, c= 18.924 (3) Á, and ß= 101.98 (1). Crystals of 16 are also monoclinic, space group I2¡ a with eightmolecules in the unit cell of dimensions a= 20.476 (2) A, b= 9.092 (3) A, c= 21.211 (2) Á, andß= 108.92 (1). The structures were solved by the direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares calculations: for 7 R= 0.053 for 759 observed reflections, for 10 R= 0.032 for 1189 reflections, and for 16 R= 0.053 for 2635 reflections. The analyses establish that in all three structuresthe phenolic group is oriented toward the center of the macrocyclic cavity; intramolecular O—H—O hydrogen bonding is apparent in 7 (0 (1)—H-0 (5) 2.856 Á) and 10 (0 (1)—H-0 (2) 2.707 A). In 16 the+ NH4 cation is held closeto the ring cavity by three N—H—O hydrogenbonds, one to the phenolate oxygen (N—O 2.690 Á) and two to ring oxygens (N—O 2.884 and 2.883 Á). A fourth N—H—O hydrogen bond to the phenolate oxygen of a neighboring molecule (N—O 2.781 Á) yields centrosymmetric hydrogen-bonded dimers. Dimensions for 7, 10, and 16 are in accord with expected values. The p-nitro group in 10 exerts a considerable structuring effect on the conformation of the macrocycle. Reactions of these phenols with bases including ammonia are discussed, and the isolation of some crystalline phenoxides is reported.Many polyoxygenatedmacrocycles of the crown ether variety possess cavities capable of providing a favorable environment for the reception of guest species, notably alkali and alkaline earth metal cations and ammonium and alkylammonium salts. 1™ 9 Ion-dipole interactions lead to binding, the strength and specificity of which are determined by cation and cavity size, cation-coun-terion interactions, receptor topology, the number and disposition of the ethereal oxygen atoms, the layer properties of the receptor, and the environmental properties of the system as a whole. 1CW7 The realization that ion-binding characteristics can also be influenced by replacing one or more ethereal oxygenatom of the crown ether by another heteroatom or group capable of electron donation, or by attaching additional binding sites in the form of functional groups to the periphery of the macrocycle, has been an important feature of recent developments with synthetic re-