Synthesis of rigid rod, trigonal and tetrahedral nucleobase-terminated molecules

Synthesis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Yang Jin ◽  
Chuan-Shuo Wu ◽  
An-Di Liu ◽  
Li Liu ◽  
Liang Cheng

We have developed an efficient fragment splicing method for the construction of multiple nucleobase-terminated monomers. Conformationally fixed rod, trigonal planer and tetrahedral thymine and adenine structures were generated in moderate to good yields, which will serve as inspiring examples for exploration of nucleobases as natural hydrogen-bond components in supramolecular chemistry.

2003 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine F. Bowes ◽  
George Ferguson ◽  
Alan J. Lough ◽  
Christopher Glidewell

Maleic acid and fumaric acid both readily form adducts with organic diamines: maleic acid usually forms 2:1 adducts with bases, while fumaric acid usually forms 1:1 adducts, and the supramolecular stuctures within the two series are not simply related. The 1:2 adducts formed by 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane and by 4,4′-bipyridyl, respectively, with maleic acid, compounds (1) and (2), are salts [{(diamine)H2}2+]·[(C4H3O4)−]2 in which the cations lie across a centre of inversion and a twofold rotation axis, respectively. The ions are linked by N—H...O hydrogen bonds into three-ion aggregates, which are further linked by C—H...O hydrogen bonds into two- and three-dimensional arrays, respectively. In the fumarate salts formed by 2,2′-dipyridylamine (1:1) and 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (1:2), compounds (3) and (4), the ionic components are linked into molecular ladders. The 1:1 adduct of 4,4′-bipyridyl and fumaric acid, compound (5), contains two neutral components, both of which lie across centres of inversion; these components are linked into chains by a single O—H...N hydrogen bond and thence into sheets by C—H...O hydrogen bonds. The corresponding adduct formed by 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane, compound (6), is a salt that again contains chains linked into sheets by C—H...O hydrogen bonds. In the 1:1 adducts, compounds (7), (8) and (10), that are formed between 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane, 4,4′-trimethylenedipyridine and hexamethylenetetramine, respectively, with fumaric acid, and in the 1:2 adduct, compound (9), of 2,2′-dipyridylamine and maleic acid, the chains that are generated by the hard hydrogen bonds are linked by C—H...O hydrogen bonds to form, in each case, a single three-dimensional framework. In the 1:1 adduct, compound (11), of 2,2′-bipyridyl and fumaric acid the hydrogen bonds generate two interwoven three-dimensional frameworks.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Lin DENG ◽  
Jeremy P. Bard ◽  
Lev N. Zakharov ◽  
Darren W. Johnson ◽  
Michael M. Haley

A library of novel naphtho[2,1-<i>e</i>]-fused 1,2-azaphosphorine-2-oxides that contain electron-withdrawing and -donating substituents on the 3-phenyl groups have been designed, prepared and characterized. This new family of phosphorus- and nitrogen-containing heterocycles are found to be brightly fluorescent with tuneable emission wavelengths (l<sub>em </sub>= 441−493nm, F<sub>F </sub>= 0.19−0.93). Their strong self-dimerization behaviours through N−H and P=O hydrogen bond donors/acceptors were investigated experimentally and theoretically. It has been demonstrated that the pendant phenyl groups can be used to modify the intrinsic optoelectronic properties as well as the self-association of heterocycles. These results presented herein are expected to enable the development of new photofunctional materials and provide important insights in diverse areas of supramolecular chemistry.


2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry A Blight ◽  
James A Wisner ◽  
Michael C Jennings

Previous studies have determined that neutral palladium(II) dibromide complexes template the formation of [2]pseudorotaxanes, albeit with weaker affinities than the analogous palladium(II) dichloride species. Here, the self-assembly of both [2]rotaxane (2) and [2]catenane (5) were attempted using a PdBr2L2 centre as the template, resulting in the desired interlocked structures. The structures were confirmed by NMR spectroscopy, CSI-MS, and single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. [2]Rotaxane 2 was isolated in 53% and [2]catenane 5 in 41% yields. The lower yields observed in comparison to the chloride analogues can be attributed to the reduced template effect of the palladium(II) dibromide subunits, caused by both the poor steric fit of the bromides in the isophthalamide cleft and bromide’s reduced capacity as a hydrogen bond acceptor.Key words: rotaxane, catenane, hydrogen bonding, interlocked, supramolecular chemistry.


2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (16) ◽  
pp. 4688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christer B. Aakeröy ◽  
Prashant D. Chopade ◽  
Claudia Ganser ◽  
John Desper

2001 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul S. Wheatley ◽  
Alan J. Lough ◽  
George Ferguson ◽  
Colin J. Burchell ◽  
Christopher Glidewell

The 1:1 adduct of piperazine and ethane-1,2-diphosphonic acid is a salt [C4H12N2]2+·[C2H6O6P2]2−, in which both ions lie across centres of inversion in space group P21/c. The anions are linked by a single type of O—H...O hydrogen bond [O...O, 2.562 (3) Å; H...O, 1.73 Å, O—H...O, 169°] into (6, 3) nets built from a single type of R^4_4(22) ring. The cations lie between these nets, linked to them by two types of N—H...O hydrogen bond [N...O, 2.635 (3) and 2.735 (3) Å; H...O 1.72 and 1.82 Å, N—H...O, 175 and 177°] such that the cations link adjacent sheets, thus forming a pillared-layer framework. The aquated adduct formed between trimethylenedipiperidine and ethane-1,2-diphosphonic acid is also a salt [C13H28N2]2+·[C2H6O6P2]2−·2.8[H2O], in which there are 12 different types of hydrogen bond, eight O—H...O and four N—H...O. The anions are linked into chains by pairs of O—H...O hydrogen bonds and these chains are linked by the water molecules into a continuous three-dimensional framework. Within the anion/water framework are large voids which contain pairs of cations, linked to the framework by N—H...O hydrogen bonds.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Lin DENG ◽  
Jeremy P. Bard ◽  
Lev N. Zakharov ◽  
Darren W. Johnson ◽  
Michael M. Haley

A library of novel naphtho[2,1-<i>e</i>]-fused 1,2-azaphosphorine-2-oxides that contain electron-withdrawing and -donating substituents on the 3-phenyl groups have been designed, prepared and characterized. This new family of phosphorus- and nitrogen-containing heterocycles are found to be brightly fluorescent with tuneable emission wavelengths (l<sub>em </sub>= 441−493nm, F<sub>F </sub>= 0.19−0.93). Their strong self-dimerization behaviours through N−H and P=O hydrogen bond donors/acceptors were investigated experimentally and theoretically. It has been demonstrated that the pendant phenyl groups can be used to modify the intrinsic optoelectronic properties as well as the self-association of heterocycles. These results presented herein are expected to enable the development of new photofunctional materials and provide important insights in diverse areas of supramolecular chemistry.


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