Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions in Cinchonidine−2-Methyl-2-Hexenoic Acid Complexes: A Combined Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study
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- 作者：Daniel M. Meier ; Atsushi Urakawa ; Natascia Turrà ; Heinz Rü ; egger ; Alfons Baiker
- 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry A
- 出版年：2008
- 出版时间：July 10, 2008
- 年：2008
- 卷：112
- 期：27
- 页码：6150 - 6158
- 全文大小：1884K
- 年卷期：v.112,no.27(July 10, 2008)
- ISSN：1520-5215
文摘
Molecular interactions between cinchonidine (CD) and 2-methyl-2-hexenoic acid (MHA) have been studied by means of NMR, ATR-IR MES, DFT, and ab initio molecular dynamics. These interactions are of particular interest due to their pivotal role in the chiral induction occurring in the heterogeneous catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated acids. The population density of the Open(3) conformer of CD, the most populated one at room temperature in apolar solvents, considerably increased to a maximum by addition of MHA to CD in toluene. The CD−MHA complex showed prominent symmetric and asymmetric carboxylate stretching vibrations in the regions of 1350−1410 and 1520−1580 cm−1, respectively. DFT calculations revealed that these vibrational frequencies are expected to significantly shift depending on the chemical surrounding of MHA, that is, the hydrogen bond network. Earlier postulated 1:1 binding between CD and MHA was considered unlikely; instead, a dynamic equilibrium involving the MHA monomer and dimer, the 1:3 and possibly 1:2 CD−MHA complexes, were rationalized. Stable CD−MHA structures suggested by DFT calculations are the “1:3, halfN, cyclic” and the “1:3, halfN, cyclic tilted” complexes, where three MHA molecules are connected in wire by hydrogen bonding, two having direct interaction with CD. The confinement of CD’s torsional motions in the complexes, leading to a slightly distorted Open(3) conformer via specific hydrogen-bonding interactions, was clearly reproduced by ab initio molecular dynamics, and the stable and flexible nature of the interaction was verified. Theoretical IR spectra of the complexes reproduced the characteristic vibrational frequencies of the complexes observed experimentally, supporting the stability of the 1:3 and implying the possibility of even higher molecular weight CD−MHA complexes.