Concave Reagents Based on Calixarenes
Concave Reagents Based on Calixarenes
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基于杯芳烃的凹面试剂
DOI:
10.1002/anie.199525551
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发表时间:
1995
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通讯作者:
U. Lüning
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作者:
H. Ross;U. Lüning
The high (stereo) selectivity of an enzyme is mainly caused by the concave environment of the active site. In comparison. reagents with simpler structures behave unselectively. According to the concept of concave reagents, the selectivity of standard reagents can be altered by placing them in a concave enviroiiinent. l'.'l Like a light bulb in if lamp shade, the functional group of the concave reagent is built into a bimacrocycle. Vari-ous synthetic pathways are used to prepare concave pyridines, phenanthrolines. benzoic acids. and thiolacetates.[21 The unit with the functional group, for example a pyridine ring,"-31 is either first cyclized to give a monomacrocycle and then bridged to form a biinacrocycle, or it is converted directly into a bimacrocycle in a one-pot reaction. Often high-dilution conditiona; ire necesary.Our goal was to use a new strategy for the synthesis of concave reagents: An easily accessible macrocycle was to be bridged with; I building block that contained the functional group. Calixareiics'"] are well suited for this purpose because they are easily accessible and can be bridged regioselectively. Examples for the bridging ofp-/rrr-butylcalix [4] arene (I) have been known for quite soine time.[''and the bridging of the larger p-tcrf-butylcalix [6] arene (2) was reported recently.[61 Usually the bridges are either flexible aliphatic chains or polyether chains, or they; ire rigid units with geometries adjusted to the calixarenes 1 or 2. l'-Acidic or basic functional groups in the bridges are the exception: an alkali metal complexing calix [4] arene containing a 2.6-dianisylpyridine bridge has been synthesized.['] But it is not il concxvc base because its pyridine nitrogen atom is more accessible froin the outside than from within the calixarene cavity.