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A New, Aqueous (1)H NMR Shift Reagent Based on Host-Guest Molecular Recognition Principles for Organic Compound
Seiji Ogo1, Shigeyuki Nakamura, Hong Chen
1Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, Institute For Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444, Japan, and Department of Material Science, Faculty of Science, Osaka City University, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558, Japan.
Abstract:
We have discovered that the supramolecular host [CpRh(2'-deoxyadenosine)](3)(OTf)(3) (1, Cp = eta(5)-C(5)Me(5), OTf = CF(3)SO(3)(-)) has utility as a new, aqueous (1)H NMR shift reagent, via a host-guest molecular recognition process that occurs by non-covalent pi-pi and hydrophobic interactions, with a wide variety of H(2)O-soluble organic substrates. These organic compound guests that we present, to illustrate the utility of host 1 as a novel, aqueous (1)H NMR shift reagent, encompass examples such as aromatic carboxylic acids, phenylacetic acid (G1), 1-naphthoic acid (G2), and 2-naphthoic acid (G3), an aliphatic carboxylic acid, cyclohexylacetic acid (G4), as well as biological compounds, a di- and a tetrapeptide containing terminal L-tryptophan (Trp) or L-phenylalanine (Phe) groups, L-Trp-L-Phe (G5) and L-Trp-L-Met-L-Asp-L-Phe amide (G6) in the pH range 5-10. A discussion of the molecular recognition parameters that effect the (1)H NMR shifts of the organic guests and a comparison with the water-soluble lanthanide shift reagents (LSRs) will be presented to demonstrate the usefulness of this aqueous molecular receptor as an aid for organic compound structural analysis.