Title
Supramolecular Photochirogenesis with Higher-Order Complex. Highly Accelerated Exclusively Head-to-Head Photocyclodimerization of 2-Anthracenecarboxylic Acid via 2:2 Complexation with Prolinol
Author
Yuko Kawanami, Shin-ya Katsumata, Masaki Nishijima, Gaku Fukuhara, Kaori Asano, Takeyuki Suzuki, Cheng Yang, Asao Nakamura, Tadashi Mori, Yoshihisa Inoue
Year
2016
Journal
JACS
Abstract
Unprecedented 2:2 complex was shown to intervene in the enantiodifferentiating photocyclodimerization of 2-anthracenecarboxylic acid (A) mediated by hydrogen-bonding template L-prolinol (P) to accelerate the formation of chiral anti-head-to-head and achiral syn-head-to-head cyclodimers in >99% combined yield with enhanced enantioselectivities of up to 72% ee for the former. The supramolecular complexation and photochirogenic behaviors, as well as the plausible structures, of intervening Am•Pn complexes (m, n = 1 or 2) were elucidated by combined theoretical and experimental spectroscopic, photophysical, and photochemical studies. Furthermore, the photochemical chiral amplification was achieved for the first time by utilizing the preferential 2:2 complexation of A with homochiral P to give normalized product ee’s higher than those of the template used. The present strategy based on the higher-order hydrogen-bonding motif, which is potentially applicable to a variety of carboxylic acids and -aminoalcohols, is not only conceptually new and expandable to other (photo)chirogenic and sensing systems but may also serve as a versatile tool for achieving photochemical asymmetric amplification and constructing chiral functional supramolecular architectures.
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Instrument
J-815
Keywords
Circular dichroism, Stereochemistry