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  • Organic Catalysis
  • Host-Guest Chemistry

Background:

  • Functional macrocycles are key to host-guest binding and tuning catalysis.
  • Existing strategies focus on macrocycle-cation complexation to enhance anion reactivity.
  • The complementary approach of using macrocyclic anion receptors to improve cation catalysis is underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and investigate a macrocyclic anion receptor for enhancing acid catalysis.
  • To explore the strategy of trapping counteranions to improve cation catalytic activity.
  • To demonstrate the efficacy of the macrocycle in a specific catalytic reaction.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of a novel macrocycle with multiple cooperative H-bonding sites.
  • Characterization of the macrocycle's binding affinity for the ethanedisulfonate anion in solution and crystals.
  • Evaluation of the macrocycle's impact on the ethanedisulfonic acid-catalyzed Povarov reaction efficiency.

Main Results:

  • The synthesized macrocycle demonstrated tight binding of the ethanedisulfonate anion (K>10^6 M^-1).
  • Low catalytic loading (0.25 mol%) of the macrocycle significantly improved the Povarov reaction efficiency.
  • Acyclic analogues showed diminished effects, highlighting the importance of the macrocyclic structure.

Conclusions:

  • The macrocyclic anion receptor effectively traps counteranions, favoring substrate protonation.
  • This strategy represents a novel method for enhancing acid-catalyzed reactions.
  • The study opens new avenues for designing macrocyclic receptors for catalytic applications.