Issue 15, 2021

Mechanical bonding activation in rotaxane-based organocatalysts

Abstract

We report herein the enhanced efficiency as organocatalysts of a series of succinamide-based hydrogen-bonded [2]rotaxanes functionalized with an acyclic secondary amine as the catalytically active site. We also evaluated their catalytic activity, compareds with that of their non-interlocked threads, in an iminium-type process between crotonaldehyde and acetylacetone. The presence of an interlocked polyamide macrocycle notably increased the catalytic activity of the entwined organocatalysts. The mechanized catalysts rapidly form a reactive iminium intermediate with the aldehyde, increasing its population. The hydrogen-bonding interaction established between the macrocycle and the electrophile has been proposed as one of the reasons for the rapid formation and stabilization of this key intermediate.

Graphical abstract: Mechanical bonding activation in rotaxane-based organocatalysts

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
21 may 2021
Accepted
27 may 2021
First published
01 iyn 2021

Org. Chem. Front., 2021,8, 4202-4210

Mechanical bonding activation in rotaxane-based organocatalysts

J. D. M. Perez, J. Puigcerver, T. Orlando, A. Pastor, M. A. P. Martins, M. Alajarin, A. Martinez-Cuezva and J. Berna, Org. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 4202 DOI: 10.1039/D1QO00789K

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