Synthetic Tripodal Receptors for Carbohydrates. Pyrrole, a Hydrogen Bonding Partner for Saccharidic Hydroxyls
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- 作者：Oscar Francesconi ; Matteo Gentili ; Stefano Roelens
- 刊名：The Journal of Organic Chemistry
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：September 7, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：77
- 期：17
- 页码：7548-7554
- 全文大小：322K
- 年卷期：v.77,no.17(September 7, 2012)
- ISSN：1520-6904
文摘
The carbohydrate recognition properties of synthetic tripodal receptors relying on H-bonding interactions have highlighted the crucial role played by the functional groups matching saccharidic hydroxyls. Herein, pyrrole and pyridine, which emerged as two of the most effective H-bonding groups, were quantitatively compared through their isostructural substitution within the architecture of a shape-persistent bicyclic cage receptor. NMR and ITC binding studies gave for the pyrrolic receptor a 20-fold larger affinity toward octyl-尾-d-glucopyranoside in CDCl3, demonstrating the superior recognition properties of pyrrole under conditions in which differences would depend on the intrinsic binding ability of the two groups. The three-dimensional structures of the two glucoside complexes in solution were elucidated by combined NMR and molecular mechanics computational techniques, showing that the origin of the stability difference between the two closely similar complex structures resides in the ability of pyrrole to establish shorter/stronger H-bonds with the glucosidic ligand compared to pyridine.