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Efficient Construction of Drug-like Bispirocyclic Scaffolds Via Organocatalytic Cycloadditions of α-Imino γ-Lactones and Alkylidene Pyrazolones
Published on: February 7, 2019
Hydrazide-Bearing Folda-Bonder for Modular Synthesis of π-Stacked Ring-in-Rings Complexes
Xiujie Han1, Jia Liu1, Xinrui Zhang1
1State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun130012, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Pseudostatic supramolecular preorganization coupled with dynamic covalent chemistry enables the selective construction of structurally defined ring-in-rings complexes. Cucurbit[8]uril folds a bis(acylhydrazide) into a reactive 1:1 complex that captures various aromatic dialdehydes in water, reaching a near-quantitative NMR yield (up to 97%). Single crystals can be obtained directly from post-reaction solutions without product isolation. Four related structures reveal robust cofacial π-stacking together with core-dependent dynamics and higher order packing.
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