Source of Rate Acceleration for Carbocation Cyclization in Biomimetic Supramolecular Cages
Source of Rate Acceleration for Carbocation Cyclization in Biomimetic Supramolecular Cages
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DOI:
10.1021/jacs.2c04179
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发表时间:
2022-06-14
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15
通讯作者:
Tantillo, Dean J.
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作者:
Quynh Nhu N Nguyen;Xia, Kay T.;Tantillo, Dean J.
The results of quantum chemical and molecular dynamics calculations reveal that polyanionic gallium-based cages accelerate cyclization reactions of pentadienyl alcohols as a result of substrate cage interactions, preferential binding of reactive conformations of substrate/H3O+ pairs, and increased substrate basicity. However, the increase in basicity dominates. Experimental structure-activity relationship studies in which the metal vertices and overall charge of the cage are varied confirm the model derived via calculations.