Nanostructured polymer duplexes via the covalent casting of 1-dimensional H-bonding motifs: A new strategy for the self-assembly of macromolecular precursors
Nanostructured polymer duplexes via the covalent casting of 1-dimensional H-bonding motifs: A new strategy for the self-assembly of macromolecular precursors
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DOI:
10.1021/ja000777s
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发表时间:
2000-05-24
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15
通讯作者:
Krische, MJ
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作者:
Archer, EA;Goldberg, NT;Krische, MJ
A major theme in the development of the chemical sciences resides in improving the capability to negotiate issues of selectivity in the organization of matter on increasingly greater-length scales. 1 While molecular synthesis has advanced to an art through the precise control of chemo-, regio-, stereo-, and enantioselectivity, the identification and orchestration of persistent noncovalent binding motifs is extending synthetic technology to the nanoscopic regime by allowing the construction of supramolecular architectures through the self-assembly of instructed molecular components under equilibrium conditions. 2 Along these lines, the H-bond-mediated self-assembly of molecular precursors represents a powerful strategy for the logic-driven retrosynthesis and construction of nanoscopic materials in structurally homogeneous form. 2e Nevertheless, the nominal stability of most noncovalent aggregates detracts from their usefulness. To address this deficiency, template-directed syntheses involving the covalent capture of discrete noncovalent superstructures3 and the polymerization of organized assemblies4, 5 have been described. Robust nanoscale assemblies may also be obtained through the stabilization of kinetically labile systems by the preorganization of binding sites and accumulation of multiple binding interactions. 6 Macromolecular systems are well-suited to this latter strategy, and recently much attention has been given to the preparation of polymers incorporating H-bonding moieties7 and the self-assembly of dendritic macromolecules8 and block copolymers. 5a, 9, 10 As part of a program involving the development of synthetic methodologies for the synthesis of nanostructured materials via self-assembly of macromolecular precursors, we herewith report preliminary studies on the design and de novo synthesis of synthetic polymer strands capable of duplex formation through the “covalent casting” of 1-dimensional H-bonding motifs. Excluding systems that borrow from naturally occurring superstructural motifs (eg, homo-DNA11), to the best of our knowledge this report represents the first efforts toward unnatural polymer duplexes assembling through the action of inter-strand H-bonds. 12 Cooperative binding via preorganization of multiple complementary binding sites enhances association through the reduction of entropic terms for the formation of discrete objects through receptor-substrate interactions. 2e, 13 For the application of this principle to 1-dimensional superstructures, such as the H-bonded tape I, it was hypothesized that preorganization of the molecules comprising the 1-dimensional superstructure could be achieved by introduction of a covalent linker as shown schematically for the partially cast H-bonded tape II. Introduction of a second linking group fully casts the H-bonded tape to afford a covalentnoncovalent ladder material, polymer duplex III (Scheme 1).In accord with this strategy, I should be comprised of molecules capable of functioning as a platform for subsequent elaboration to III. Trichloro-1, 3, 5-triazine, which undergoes stepwise substitution of the chloro-functionality without over-addition, proved suitable. However, the H-bonding motif of 2-amino-1, 3, 5-triazines is undescribed. For this reason, crystals of 2-amino-4, 6-dichlorotriazine (1, R) Cl) were grown from carbon tetrachloride. The anticipated 1-dimensional H-bonding motif I was expressed, as