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Stepwise, Protecting Group Free Synthesis of [4]Rotaxanes

Stepwise, Protecting Group Free Synthesis of [4]Rotaxanes
Stepwise, Protecting Group Free Synthesis of [4]Rotaxanes
Despite significant advances in the last three decades towards high yielding syntheses of rotaxanes, the preparation of systems constructed from more than two components remains a challenge. Herein we build upon our previous report of an active template copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) rotaxane synthesis with a diyne in which, following the formation of the first mechanical bond, the steric bulk of the macrocycle tempers the reactivity of the second alkyne unit. We have now extended this approach to the use of 1,3,5-triethynylbenzene in order to successively prepare [2]-, [3]- and [4]rotaxanes without the need for protecting group chemistry. Whilst the first two iterations proceeded in good yield, the steric shielding that affords this selectivity also significantly reduces the efficacy of the active template (AT)-CuAAC reaction of the third alkyne towards the preparation of [4]rotaxanes, resulting in severely diminished yields.
rotaxane; mechanically interlocked; copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition; CuAAC; active template
Lewis, James
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Winn, Joby
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Goldup, Stephen
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Lewis, James
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Winn, Joby
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Goldup, Stephen
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Lewis, James, Winn, Joby and Goldup, Stephen (2017) Stepwise, Protecting Group Free Synthesis of [4]Rotaxanes. Molecules, 22(1) (89). (doi:10.3390/molecules22010089).

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Despite significant advances in the last three decades towards high yielding syntheses of rotaxanes, the preparation of systems constructed from more than two components remains a challenge. Herein we build upon our previous report of an active template copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) rotaxane synthesis with a diyne in which, following the formation of the first mechanical bond, the steric bulk of the macrocycle tempers the reactivity of the second alkyne unit. We have now extended this approach to the use of 1,3,5-triethynylbenzene in order to successively prepare [2]-, [3]- and [4]rotaxanes without the need for protecting group chemistry. Whilst the first two iterations proceeded in good yield, the steric shielding that affords this selectivity also significantly reduces the efficacy of the active template (AT)-CuAAC reaction of the third alkyne towards the preparation of [4]rotaxanes, resulting in severely diminished yields.

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Accepted/In Press date: 25 December 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 January 2017
Published date: 9 January 2017
Keywords: rotaxane; mechanically interlocked; copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition; CuAAC; active template
Organisations: FIMS

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Local EPrints ID: 406512
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/406512
PURE UUID: fb958bd5-888b-49ff-8dbb-692c14b3f5e0
ORCID for Stephen Goldup: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3781-0464

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 12:40

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Author: James Lewis
Author: Joby Winn
Author: Stephen Goldup ORCID iD

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