Chiroptical Sensing of Amino Acid Derivatives by Host–Guest Complexation with Cyclo[6]aramide

Autor: Jialiang Tang, Jiecheng Ji, Zejiang Liu, Yimin Cai, Yunzhi Shi, Cheng Yang, Xuebin Wang, Lihua Yuan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Molecules, Vol 26, Iss 4064, p 4064 (2021)
Molecules
ISSN: 1420-3049
Popis: A hydrogen-bonded (H-bonded) amide macrocycle was found to serve as an effective component in the host–guest assembly for a supramolecular chirality transfer process. Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy studies showed that the near-planar macrocycle could produce a CD response when combined with three of the twelve L-α-amino acid esters (all cryptochiral molecules) tested as possible guests. The host–guest complexation between the macrocycle and cationic guests was explored using NMR, revealing the presence of a strong affinity involving the multi-point recognition of guests. This was further corroborated by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The present work proposes a new strategy for amplifying the CD signals of cryptochiral molecules by means of H-bonded macrocycle-based host–guest association, and is expected to be useful in designing supramolecular chiroptical sensing materials.
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