Chiral Amplification and Helical-Sense Tuning by Mono- and Divalent Metals on Dynamic Helical Polymers
Chiral Amplification and Helical-Sense Tuning by Mono- and Divalent Metals on Dynamic Helical Polymers
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.201105769
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发表时间:
2011-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Riguera, Ricardo
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作者:
Freire, Felix;Seco, Jose Manuel;Riguera, Ricardo
The controlled induction of a helix-sense bias in helical polymers [1] by external stimuli [1–4]—that is, the possibility of selecting a helix with a preferred handedness—has become a desirable goal [2, 3] owing to the potential applications of these materials as chiral sensors, molecular devices,[5] chiro-optical switches, memory elements for information storage, chiral catalysts, and conductive materials, amongst others.[1–3] Since the pioneering work by Green et al.[6] on the amplification of chirality in polyisocyanates, helical polymers with chiral amplification properties have attracted much attention.[1–3, 7] Herein we report the synthesis and evaluation of a new and highly dynamic poly (phenylacetylene)(PPA) derivative that bears chiral pendants. This polymer incorporates the two aforementioned features (selective helix induction and chiral amplification) to give a material that acts as a sensor for the valence of metal cations. In the amplification of chirality reported herein, the external stimulus—the trigger—is provided by the selective coordination of the pendants with mono-or divalent metal cations (achiral agents) in such a way that the valence of the metal determines the right-or lefthanded helical sense of the polymer and its chiroptical response.[8] α-Methoxyphenylacetic acid (MPA), connected to the phenylacetylene moiety through a (C6H4) ÀNHÀC (= O) amide bond, was the pendant of choice. This system was selected because: 1) the 1, 2-(amide carbonyl–methoxy) moiety is an excellent chelating moiety for certain cations (as shown by CD and NMR spectroscopy studies)[9] and 2) metal chelation is known to switch the antiperiplanar/synperiplanar (ap/sp) conformational equilibrium of chiral MPA amides.[9] In this way, the (R)-and (S)-MPA phenylacetylene monomers 1 and 2 (Figure 1 a) were prepared and we assessed their capacity to coordinate with mono-and divalent cations (Li+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Mn2+). The addition of divalent metal cations induced an inversion of the CD spectrum, indicating a conformational switch from the ap to the sp form. This inference was corroborated by optical rotation and by 1H and